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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Easy Money.

Mrs Jeanette Goldstein. daughter
of A. L. Galds'ein, of Tsllsdegs.
A'a and New York. was robbed of
So. 400 in Birmir CHAM while I'll route
to the Louisville & Nashville statio n
~ take tire money TO re- brother in
I'd l.dtga She had d. avn the mon
ey from bsuk here and when she
re- chod the sia OF her bend bag was
found ctJ s'onS the top end the
mpr ey was guns.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Officials Dined.

Chas. Vaughan. CT Y workhouse
keeper, gave a 6 O'clock dinner
Wednesday evening to city officials
pas and present. Those present
were: Mayor Yost. Commissioners
Wicks and Bassett. City Attorney
Herman Southall. Judge Hunter
Wood, Jr., and former Councilmen
Gee. Quicker, Russell, Southall,
Woodbridge and Carloss.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Barbarian Custom.

Gen. Pablo Gonz lies. Cara "a
commander of Mexico City received
a telegram TO the effect that tfs
head of Gen. Juan B. Hernandez,
who was killed in battle. IVES be-
ing Stopped to him fer a Christmas
present. 4.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Knight-Pack.

A marriage license was issue d yes
terdsy to Rev. Dewey P. Knight. Of
Louisville. and Miss Anuie May Pack.
Of this county. Bothare % years Of
see, The marriage was scheduled
for last evening.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
PURELY PERSONAL.

Ray Shanklin, son of Policeman
Shanklin. returned home Thursday
morning from Texas. where for some
time he has been helping fight the
Mexican outlaws. He has just been
discharged from Troop A. of the
Twelfth United States cavalry. In
the fight at Turner's ranch he re-
ceived q flesh wound in his leg.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Solid brass umbrella
stands; 81 value, December
price So at Hardwick's.
Banquet In Holidays.

Joint committees Of the Circuit
Judges and Commemorative Attor-
ne;s' Associations have completed
arrangements for banquet in
Louisville December rs in honor Of
the Justices Of the Court Of Appeals
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Special Fees Unpopular.

When members of the Bolrd of
Trustees OF Kentucky State Uniyer-
sity meet Decembee %. at the Office
of Gov. S'sn'ey. it will be to consid-
er the advIsability of continuing GER
tain SO. cial fees at the university.
to which students have objected.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
Real Estate Deal.

S.A. Pate has lraded bis farm Of
821 acres on tbs Pembroke road 10
J. A. Mile7, taking the latter's gro
Gerry on Seven h street. M Pate
has cold the stock to the CITY Gro
cry Co, end the building is for sale.
Mr.. Mics will move to the farm.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18

SOC solid brass fern dishes,
December price 25c at Hard
wick's.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-12-18
COMEDY AT HOWELL
Three-Act Play to Be Present
ed December q.

A three.act comedy, The Time
of His Life" will be presented at the
Howell High School on the evening
of December %, with the following
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
Burdens Carried
By the Soldiers

AIEARLY all the soldiers belonging TO
~ European armies have to carry about
with them in the field a kit which
ranges in weight from ,thirty-eight to
siXty-one pounds.
The equipment that the different sol
diers carry about with them is very SINH
iar. 1t generally comprises rife and
bayonet, with rags and so on for keeping
them clean, an entrenching tool and, of
course, number of rounds of ammuni-
tisn. Then there are various articles of
clothing. with changes, and a frst-aid
outfit. All the soldiers with one excep-
tion carry a knife, fork and spoon, water
bottle and mess tin.
The Russians, who are the exception.
carry a wooden spoon only, which they
keep in their boots. There is also a sup
ply of food carried and generally one or
two reserve or emergency rations. To-
gether with an overcoat and the KNAPP
sack and similar accoutrements, the
load to be carried is a considerable one.
The Russians carry most, the weight
working out at siXty-one pounds, while
the British, French and Germans come
next in order, carrying weights of forty
seven, forty-four and thirty-eight pounds
respectively.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
The Gurkha' S
Terrible Knife

THE presence Of the Indian troops in
France is exciting the greatest inter
est in the towns through which they
PASS to their base. French soldiers,
civilians and girls all want to see the ia
nous Gurkha knife, and are somewhat
appalled, when the little natives of Nepal
sOlemnly declare that their religion for
bids them to draw the weapon without
drawing blood.
What seemed an insurmOuutable diff
Guilty, however, was overcome when some
British soldiers who had served in India
were able TO tell the curious that the
knife would be shown if the spectators
would allow slight cut with it to be
made in the top of their finger in order
10 fulfill the letter of the law. A ban
daged finger is now becoming quite pop
uIar with the French girls
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

AIIKOLA TESLA, the inventor, sees
~ a way to end the European war in
the application of new principles of
electrical construction which he has dis
covered, and with which he expects to
revolutionize many of the activities Of
4ife.
Il have designed apparatus" he says,
"in connection with my invention, which.
even of small dimensions, is capable of
transforming energy of tens and hun
dreds of thousands of horsepower
The lighting of the ocean is only
one OF the less important results to be
achieved by the use of this invention. 1
have planned many of the details of a
plant which might be erected at the
Azores and which would be amply suffi-
rient to illuminate the entire ocean so
that such disaster as that of the Titanic
would not be repeated. The light would
b. soft and of small intensity, but ade-
uuate to the purpose.
A timely application could just now
be made in England, where a plant could
be provided for Illuminating London and
the country IN general at night to rob an
attack by Zeppelins OF its principal ter
Tors. ! have calculated that a plant of
7J,OOO-horsepOwer would be required for
the Azores, but much less power would
do for the London application.
''One of the even more valuable uses
TO which the invention can be put is the
transmission of the human voice or any
kind of picture or image from one to any
other point of the globe, absolutely ire
spective of distance. Lighting of isolated
and inaccessible places on land or sea can
he effected by this new means in cheap
and satisfactory manner.
The employment of apparatus involv-
ing the same principles will, l am salts
fed. lead to undreamed-of achievements.
For example. it will be in the power of
man to preCipitate rain, to draw unlim-
tied quantities of water from the ocean.
Lakes and rivers will be created in this
Iuanner and the whole globe trans
formed, all the work being performed
by the sun, men simply controlling the
process.
Perhaps the greatest results will be
IN the destruction of the atom and the
release of its immense energy. This dis
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
GASOLINE From
Natural GAS

THE extraction OF gasoline from casing
head gas natural gas from oil wells)
has become one of the important ad-
juncts OF the natural gas industry in the
United States. The production is increas-
ing rapidly, the quantity produced in
1913 having almost doubled that of
1912, owing to the installation of a
greater number Of plants and to the ad-
vance in the price of gasoline.
The uses Of natural gas gasoline are
many and varied. 1t Is principally used
for raising the standard of naphthas or
low-grade distillates consumed in motors;
ii is also used for lighting; and it can be
used like regular gasoline in all the arts.
There Is an ever-increasing demand for
this gas to be used In automobiles.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
WHAT a
ZEPPELIN
Really
Is LIKE
TEW military instruments in the war
have come in for so much discussion

TEW military instruments in the war
have come in for so much discussion
as the Zeppelin airships, yet few
persons really know just what these
formidable machines are like.
In appearance the Zeppelin resembles
a long, narrow pencil with sixteen sides.
its exact measurements being 400 feet
long and so feet in diameter. II Yep
pelin was placed vertically next to st.
Paul's cathedral In London 1t would
prove to be over 100 feet taller than
this historic building. The body of
Zeppelin is constructed of aluminium,
and is so built on the girder principle
that despite its extreme lightness 1t can
withstand immense strain. Over this
frame specially prepared rubberized silk
is stretched.
The interior of the Zeppelin envelope
is not filed entirely with gas, as is the
case with the balloon. It is divided up
into sixteen compartments, each OF
which contains its portion Of hydrogen
gas. These "balloonets," as they are
termed, look like sixteen sacks lined up
inside the sausage-shaped parent"
balloon envelope. By means of this con-
structional system, the Zeppelin cannot
be sunk unless half Of its "balloonets"
are robbed of their gas. Also these sec
llOuS plONCAI DONy "a
being forced out Of shape, through the
wind resistance set up when the ma
chine is forcing its way through the air
at fifty miles an hour.
There are two cars to the Zeppelin,
placed close under the main body, and
each has a petrol-driven engine, driving
propellers mounted on the sides OF the
main envelope. Engines developing 800
horse power are required to force these
machines through the air when loaded
with a crew Of twenty-five men and some
five tons Of explosive and other equip
ment.
A Zeppelin is a costly production, and
100000 is required to build such mil
itary weapon and equip 1t for destructive
purposes. The expense connected with
these airships does not end here. Great
sheds must be erected and gas-producins
plants laid down, so that the Zeppelin
may have its daily feed Of hydrogen.
The speed Of this type OF airshtp does
not exceed fifty miles an hour, but an
ordinary head wind can tremendously re-
duce the rate of travel of the machine
AS for its climbing powers the Zeppelin
unless its captain adopts the desperate
expedient Of throwing overheard all his
armament at once, seldom reaches
greater altitude than 10000 feet, and
then its upward progress is slow. An
aeroplane can climb 1000 feet in two
minutes and reach an altitude Of $4,000
feet hence it can quickly rise above
Zeppelin for bomb-dropping purposes.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
Sails and Car Wheels Are Now Made of Paper

r additions the list OF
things that be manufactured 1t looks
- paper world might materiaIize a distant
whether
papepulp be found Car wheels
sensation but betting wheels
we'll known are paper garments which now used
quantities the Chicago City Hospital being burned
aerward stockings have been America
Paper towels Waterproof rain
made of that be folded and in pocket
The Japanese cooe Japan is the land where walls and
dOws made of buy waterproof few
and it Barrels pails bathtubs, cooking
utensils and washboards of be found in
houses Floor coverings and wall of
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

seldom met. Paper
suating imitation leather threads fabrics
without number. Sails something
articles while hygienc drinking
thrown used
employed in greater and greater numbers.
Papepup and of all kinds have won out as packing
material the examples of the industrial
paper bag weights a hundred pounds
paperpup substitute for wood
pentry especially lightness aimpor
tant Boards laths etc. of pulp which can easily be
cheaper than those of wood
kinds Such imitation boards
paperpulp easily together with paper
the things papepulp These short records
indicate the early Of papepulp in almost universal
field
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
GERrh1W SONhEPS W77H ZhE
HZ/72RT ROCKET 9HO7OGR39Hc
ARR7R9TLLS.

THE question Of ''inteligence"-of
accurate information about the
enemy's forests of paramount i'm
portance, especially in hostile country.
Winning or losing, the invader must
know what is before him-whether an
ambush Is prepared, and what is the
general lay Of the land ahead. Hence
the operations of scouting cavalry; hence
aeroplanes and aerostats, great and
small, as well as war-kites which take
panoramic photographs when an electric
button is pressed. And hence also car
rier pigeons, some Of them provided
with tiny cameras which are automatic
in operation, and record the country
crossed by the birds.
But all these devices offer targets to
the enemy, and in many cases fail to
accomplish their mission. The Germans
think they have the ideal aerial spy"
in the curious rocket-camers which is
among the novel features of this long
planned descent upon France. The gear
it looks like a stepladder out of bus
iness for a time-can be hitched to a
fast car and dragged across country at
high speed. Then the accommodating
party halts; the strange, scaffold-like
thing is up-ended and the camera made
ready for an ascent. A slight charge of
powder sends 1t soaring aloft for one
moments searching survey. A puff, a
cloud and column of smoke. and the
apparatus rises In silence. with its Zeiss
lens ready for action. The work done
the enemy's land mapped out as by
an eagles eye-the rocket-camera comes
futtering to earth on a parachute,
which opens of its own accord and lets
the precious record descend in safety to
eXpectant hands.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

The fishing industry Of the BOs-
phorus is worth $1,OOO,O0O to Turkey
Along the Mediterranean coast she OBJ
tains excellent sponges, the Red Sea
yields mother-of-pearl, and the Persian
Gulf pearls.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
Bottle Protector

LILA G. BREWER, of New York city,
has invented a combination bottle
and bottle protector. 1t is provid-
ed with stopper and a removable bag,
the bag comprising an outer covering, a
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
ELECTRICAL Waves, Says
Tesla, Will END the WAR

covery will make the gun obsolete. The
battles of the future will be fought with
electrical waves. The destructive power
under control will be so prodigious that
on this account alone war will become an
impossibility."
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

Russia is twenty times larger than
France and Germany put together
C8,4OO,OOO square miles), and her pop
ulation is supposed to number 165 mil
lions, 100 millions more than that or
Germany.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
New Inventions and Science Notes of Interest

recommend it, are onset by making use
of an engine in conjunction with it. The
latter is used to supplement the power of
the windmill constantly, or only at times
when there is a more or less complete
deficiency Of wind.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

finer than cocoon silk, but with a tensile
strength about five times greater.
In some of the mill districts of Ger
many the uncertainty and irregularity Of
the windmill, which has its economy to
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

relatively smaller inner bag of water
proof material attached thereto at a point
adjacent its opening. filling material con-
fined between covering and inner bag,
and a draw string adapted to close the
mouth of the bag TO cause the padded
portion of the bag to completely surround
the bottle and stopper, engage the stop
per and retain it in position, as shown in
the illustration.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

to form grooves into which may be in
serted a handle to lift them from the
oven.
There are 10000 Indian farmers in
the United States.
The Japanese are now making and
extensively wearing underclothing made
OF paper. The material is finely grained
and has number of remarkable quail
ties. 1t Is very strong and at the same
time very flexible, and after being worn
few hours 1t offers no more iEterfer-
ence to perspiration than ordinary cot
ton clothing.
Hog cholera caused a loss Of $73, ,oo0,-
600 in the United States during 1913.
In a potato growing contest among
boys and girls in Connecticut, Miss
Bertha Green raised fifty bushels Of po-
tatoes from one-eighth acre, or at the rate
OF 400 bushels per acre.
During 1918 the linseed oil crop Of
the world amounted to 3,250,000 tons.
The crop for the present year is esti-
mated at 100000 tons.
The United States government an
nually employs several hundred cats and
expends about 1880 yearly for each
pussy. The cats are used in all large
eommissary depots and by the Post
Office Department. The latter depart
ment keeps more than 400 cats.
"A square foot Of honeycomb con-
tains about 1000 cells.
1t is believed that an excellent substi-
tute for silk has been produced in
Panama by crossing the blooms OF certain
wild fiber plants with a species of cos
sipium. The result is a staple of texture
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

Baking pans patented by a Massachu
setts man have the edges turned inward
to form grooves into which may be in
serted a handle to lift them from the
oven.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

There are 10000 Indian farmers in
the United States.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

During 1918 the linseed oil crop of
the world amounted to 3,250,000 tons.
The crop for the present year is esti-
mated at 100000 tons.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

Hog cholera caused a loss Of SIS, ,o00,-
600 In the United States during 1918.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-03

"A square foot Of honeycomb con-
tains about 1000 cells.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-31
BIG STRIKE HOLD UP ....
]. sHRAPNELCONTRACTS
!, ! &.E,E ! --- T.. q, ..65.
Machinists Of Locomotive Works
Demand Higher Wages
tAsSOciatod Press BY Federal wirelsss)

Associated Press by Federal wirelsss.)
DUNKIRK, New York, August 81
Maehinists employed in the plant of
the American Locomotive Works here,
which is engaged on shrapnel contracts
for the Allies, struck yesterday. Two
shell departments are affected.
The strikers base their demands on
the big profits accruing to the works
from the shell contracts, declaring they
have right to obtain some of the
benefits.
According to reports from Bridge
port, Connecticut, the strike situation
in the Remington plant there is still
at high tension. Neither side is will
ing to cOncede any material point
Numerous conferences between the
manufacturers and representatives of
the workmen have been held but they
have proved in vain. The Remington
Company will make no statement.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-31
CHINESE STEAMSHIP .
LINE now FINANCED
American and Celestial Capital
!. lists Assume Undertaking
(AssOciatod Press by Federal wireloas.)

ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireloss)
SAN FRANCISCO, August 31.--COn-
tracts for the financing of the pro-
posed Chinese American transpacific
steamship company have been signed
with American and Chinese capitalists,
according to a statement given out
here last night by V. X. wellington
Koo, the new Chinese minister to Mex
leo. Mr.. Koo is here enroute to his
new post.
As a result of the financial arrange
ments for the ship line, $4,000, 900 is
ready for the building and operation
of vessels, Mr., Koo's statement says
Negotiations are now under way, he
asserts, for ships and bids soon will
be opened and the contracts for the
construction of them awarded.
Chinese banks in the United States
also have a hand in the financing of
the ship line, according to the envoy
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-31
General Won BeseIer HurIs Forces
Against Russian Port From the
South Attacking Bridgehead
Regardless Of Waste Of Men
y .t..v. S- -------ts 's.
RUSSIANS IN c0URLAND
BEING DRIVEN BACK FAST
Grodno Believed To Be Objective
OF Kaiser's Armies About War
saw Following Fall Of Lipsk
One Key To the Stronghold
q l.
fAssociated Press by Federal wireless. ),

fAssociSted Press By Federal wirslsss,D
/. ID ERbIN, August 2l.- Benewsd
ID activity Is reported from the
Eastern 'front.' Gen. Won Beseler has
resumed his offensive in the Baltic
region south of Riga all is pounding
away on the Divina bridgehead. Won
Beseler is attacking vigorously and is
sparing nothing in men or ammunition
to capture Riga quickly.
Following the defeat of the German
feet in the Gulf of Riga by the COM
bined naval forces or the Russian and
British, it is regarded as likely that
the army will be depended upcn to
capture the city.
Russians Flee In Courland
Teutonic success also is claimed in
another section on the Eastern front
Reports from COurland in Southeastern
Galicia say the Austro German forces
are pushing on and driving the Rus
SLAMS before them.
The Russians are making o stub
born resistance, and are contesting ev-
cry foot of ground. Nevertheless, ac
cOrding to last night s official state
ment of the war Office, they are being
beaten back rapidly and at no point
in this region are they making au er
fective stand.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-31

electric lights hickering into the re-
cesses of the submarine, and now and
then there was a fash that disclosed
further recesses, but there was nothing
on which a spectator might base
surmise as to what condition the boat
was in.
The hull was rusted badly, as was to
be expected from the long submergence,
exposed to salt water and the wear Of
salvage operations.
Work Slow and Careful
Slow and careful progress was the
rule. AS the submarine was lying on
her port side, almost turned over, the
Eva side of the drydock was lifted
first, in an effort to move the boat as
far as possible on her side. This was
followed by lifting the Waikiki side of
the dock.
Lifting was of short duration, and
each period was followed by descent
by John Kealoha, diver at the dock,
to ascertain in what position the sub.
marine lay. This naturally required
time, but it decreased the possibility
of damage and made operations safer
and surer.
Crowds thronged about the dock
throughout the evening and into the
early morning. There were no restric.
tions on entering the grounds, but
there were on going upon the dock.
When the bodies will be sent to San
Francisco is undecided. Capt. Sumner
T.. W. Kittelle of the cruiser Mary.
land said that he had received no or
ders to wait for them, and none can
come until this morning, when the
navy department opens for the day. 1t
is considered probable that the Mary.
land will sail about FIVE clock this
afternoon, just as planned, for she
must convoy four submarines Of the
K-class here, sailing from San Fran
cisco about September Is, and she
hardly could spare the time.
Scow Awaits Bodies
Grimly suggestive of what was to
come, scow stood at the inner end
of the drydock. One end was cur,
tanned off with canvas. 1t was bright
with lights. From it to the submarine,
as she lay in the dock, it was only
twenty feet or 50. This scow was for
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