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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-07
Announcements
STATE OFFICES
For Governor

We are authorized to announce
ii. W. BDSWORTH
as n candidate for Governor OF Kentucky,
subject to the action OF the Democratic Party,
August Primary.
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We are authorized to announce

We are authorized TO ANNOUNCE
H. V. MCCHESNEY
Of Frankfort. KY, as a candidate for Gov
ernor OF Kentucky. subject to the action Of
the Democratic party. Primary election,
August z 1915
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RARRED Plymouth Rock eggs. laying
- strain. Now hooking orders for future
delivery. Apply for prices. Mrs. Frank
English, CIoverport. Ky.
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For Sale--IlOOSier Hoe Wheat Drill

EOR SALE-Hopsier Hoe Wheat Drill. all
late attachments. Used one season:
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J. l.. Parks. Ludiburg, Ky.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
BRYAN,s ON. OLD TROuBLE.

f William Jennings Bryan has not discovered al
ready that he is indispensable man, the
developments of the few days will impress that
fact upon him. He will find that, notwithstanding he
is out OF Office the wheels of government continue to
revolve that in the State Department that
ment is in rhythm with the sentiment of the American
people in far Germany is affected.
Since Mr.. Bryan entered public life it has been his
misfortune that his views have counter to those
of a vast majority of his fellow-countrymen. And
it is in the present instance. Bryan believes in
peace-at-any price policy, with arbitration the sol
vent for all international troubles. The people
believe that Germany must be made to account to this
country for the Faaba, Cushing. Gulhight and Lusi-
tana outrages; that il also must be compelled to give
positive assurance that future American life and
American property shall be free from German attack,
and that Imperial Germany will conduct her
fare along lines that recognized by international
law and usage President Wilson supports them in
that opinion. His policy is their policy reflected
through him. That is Mr.. Bryans misfortune rather
than his fault II is merely another many instances
which his views in accord with those of the
nation No exerton Of eloquence his part can con-
vert the people to his way of thinking They viii sup
port the President the President supporting them
and they will follow him any extreme in the de-
tense OF the national honor.
We also wish to predict. with full confidence
that, if it extreme measures Mr. Bryan him
self will be compelled abandon those views which
he holds and for which he has made such a la
bored and unsatisfactory defense and in his private
capacity, stand shoulder to shoulder with the Presi
dent and country against Germany. II would b'
suicidal for him TO do otherwise in event OF such al
emergency.
German. must define her position That definition
must be satisfactory the United States. trouble
viii follow In event of trouble all Americans ncud
ing Mr. Bryan must array themselves beneath the faf
and show themselves loyal their country and to thu
commander-in-chief of its army and navy
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
Life Insurance Millions
(From the Insurance Press)

was nearly equal to 40 per cent. of
the corporation income tax; also 46
per cent. of the individual income
tax that the United States govern
ment collected
Comparison of the distribution for
the numerous benefits TO members of
the human race with the expenditures
of the people for liquor in the United
States in 1914 showed that the value
of the alcoholic beverages consumed
was nearly three and one-half times
the amount of the distribution of
S6S6, 100000 of life insurance money.
By such comparisons can the value
of life insurance be made impress
sive. It's human interest has not
been developed by compulsory laws;
the taking Yf life insurance has been,
and it will continue to be, a voluntary
act. after much urging.
It is true, as indicated by the sur
render OF millions of dollars worth
of protection in times of business
distress, that the fundamental pur-
poses of life insurance are not fulfill
| ed always. but the argument on the
necessity of providing for family sup
port in the event of death or for funds
for income at advanced age is
strengthened by the evidence of thu
breakdowns of individual efforts un
der the stress os adverse circum
stances; and the argument will b.
forceful until the last few days o
life insurance.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10

An attempt to define the full mean
ing of the distribution of $6S6,70O,0O0
in the name of life insurance in 1914
as computed by The Insurance Press
from special and official reports, may
prompt the query. The amount of the
distribution was equal to what, as a
matter Of money only?
1t was nearly equal to the ordinary
disbursements, exclusive of postal de-
fciencies. by the United States gov
orpment during the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1914. for the civil, war,
and navy establishments. pensions,
Indian service and the interest on
the public debt
II ives nearly two-thirds Of the
amount of the net national debt It
was more than twice the amount of
the customs receipts and more than
twice the amount of the internal reve-
nue. receipts.
II was more than equal to the total
amount of the expenditures to No.
vember l. 1914, for the purchase
construction, fortifGations. etc. Of
the Panama Canal and the amount o
the balance of the canal bonds auth
orized. but not issued.
incidentally, and not accounted 70
in the computation OF distribution
for each $1,000 of death claims pai
the American life insurance compa
nies paid $61 for taxes, licenses an
fees. The total of the taxes, etc
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
Editorial Opinion
VIEWS ON OFFICIAL COMlTY.

From the Oakland Tribune.
THE spectacle of Federal admins
tration and other officials striving to
bring pressure to bear upon delegates
10 the National Association of super
visors of State Banks, at the Hotel
Oakland, yesterday, was not an up
lifting one. The comptroller of the
currency at Washington is engaged
in and out of the courts with the
Riggs National Bank of Washington.
Irglv charges have been made against
Comptroller Williams, and he, IN turn,
has brought charges of wrongdoing
against the bank. The courts nave
been appealed to, and that is the prop
ner Mace for tile issue TO be tried.
II is distinctly improper and un-
American for Federal officials TO try
to persuade, or by the suggestion OF
pressure, to induce the bank super
visors in national convention TO take
biased and partisan action in case
which is i'm process of judicial deternl"
nation. There were very grave dlf-
ferences Of opinion concerning the
passage of resolution at the conven-
tion in Oakland yesterday, and we un-
derstand that the Endorsement given
Comptroller Williams was adopted by
a very slender majority.
Any proceeding or action in the case
of the dispute between the RIGGS
bank and the comptroller of the cur
rency and other treasury officials
should have been emphatically refused
by the bank supervisors who have
been holding their convention here.
The impropriety of attempting to eN-
press an opinion in this matter at
this time ought TO have been plainly
evident to every man of good sense
and of good taste. The Federal and
other officials who are responsible for
forcing this action upon the conven-
ton have shown such a lack of judg-
ment and propriety as 10 seriously
impair their usefulness in any public
office. The ill-timed and unfortunate
action taken by the convention Of bani
supervisors will affect the public un'
pleasantly for the reason that It mus
| inevitably suggest the suspicion tha
| the men 10 whom the safety and 81
pervision of State banks is intrustet
/ are lacking in propriety. wisdom an'
a sense of fitness. The grave poin
at issue between the Treasury ofhcial
/ at Washington and the Riggs bank
of that city ought 10 be determined il
an orderly and legitimate fashion, an
not by appeals to the public or n
partisan activities of subordinate oth
cials here or elsewhere.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
Sentiment and The Navy
CFrom the New York Tribune.

oppose this Formidable array. Admiral
Fiske states the case concisely as fol-
lows:
A smaller number of dreadnoughis,
predreadnoughts and destroyers than
the enemy woIld bring; no, battle
cruisers, no effective scouts, one air
ship recently contracted for, only
three good aeroplanes. not yet ready;
an embryonic aeronautical service, two
mine depot ships one mine layer and
twelve mine sweepers; also about for
ty-five submarines Of all kinds and
ages. distributed over the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts, Panama, Hawaii and
the Philippines.
Thi splain summary is disquietine
enough. but L. does not tell the whop
story, for we have TO consider nos
only our manifest deficiencies in mer
terial. but the impossibility of man.
ming even the inadequate fleet at our
disposal. There are not men enough
TO go around even in time of peacei
there are no trained reserves, there
is not even a war staff for the general
conduct Of affairs. Moreover. IL must
be considered that we have fallen be-
hind in other matters. Our submar-
! ines, Admiral Fiske points out, have
never attempted such feats as are sue
cessfully performed by foreign navies.
and though the man in the street has
| inflated ideas OF the American gun
ner. the achievements in long range
firing in the present war snrpass any
thing hitherto dreamt of in our navy.
In short our navy is out Of date.
SO much out o. date that to build it
up will be a matter of years To sup
pose that we could improvise in an
emergency is an absurd delusion This
was sufficiently demonstrated in our
own Civil War. and the training Of
men is infinitely more specialized in
the navies of the present day. But
il is idle to speculate on this point
when we have not even the ships II
It is to take from three to five years
TO build up an adequate navy. the
sooner we fall to the better. II II
is the business of the people 10 see
that this is done, let the people bring
pressure to bear and make II under
stood, as Admiral Fiske observes
that while sentiment and reason are
the principal things that govern the
T doings of men, we must not use one
} ! in the others place"
Evening journal., 1915-06-10

A quarter OF century ago Lord
Salisbury surprised and shocked very
many of his countrymen with the
blunt declaration that the defence of
the country was not the business of
the government but the business Of
the people themselves. Yet this state
ment of ultimate responsibility was
quite obviously true. and If true OF
Britain IL is no less true of this cOun-
try. Rear Admiral Fiske had the same
truth in mind when he spoke on
Thursday night OF the present state
of our navy and proceeded to specu-
late on what must come to pass If un-
fortunately we should chance to be
exposed to the attack Of any of the
great naval powers. He was address,
ing the alumni of the Naval Academy,
and IL was unnecessary either TO en-
large upon our innumerablc shortcOm-
ings or to enter into particular ac-
count OF all the reforms 50 urgently
needed. "We. as naval officers" he
said, "realize all this; but this will
accomplish nothing unless we make
the layman realize it, too"
The truth that in the last ten years
our navy has been suffered to fall
| far behind in point of relative eff
cheney among the worlds navies is
hardly recognized by the public ever
now, or if recognized 1t is too com
monty accepted with easy equanimit,
while the Secretary of the Navy con
tinues 10 smile complacently and con
! soles us with patriotic commonplace
and an abundance of sentimental gush
As far as sentiment goes, Admira
Fiske allows that we are well enOugl
off, but although the country's sen
timent is behind the country's navy
yet" he insists, that navy itself i
not a matter OF sentiment but mat
ter of fact" Coming down TO thi
plain matter of fact. what do we find
A navy demonstrably and notoriousl
incapable of holding its own agains
any considerable enemy. Supposin
we we're at war with one of the grea
powers whose feet was free to al
tack us. the force would of cours
include dreadnoughts, pre-dread
noughts. battle cruisers, cruisers
scouts, destroyers, submarines. min
layers and mine sweepers. aircraI
and all the other vessels that go
make up a modern navy. Consid6
Q what this country has at present
Evening journal., 1915-06-10

This is a word that ought to be
sufficient, addressed in all gentleness
to those who ought to be wise.
The government document or letter
which comes most intimately and re-
mains most constantly in relation
with the daily life of the hundred
millions Of Americans is the two cent
postage stamp. II is the unit Of mail
communication. II is beloved by all;
tolerated when II brings the butchers
bill, blessed when Il becomes the mo-
tor of the missives of Cupid. IL is
not too much to say that in the do
mestic affection of most people the
two cent stamp ranks Immediately
after the members of the family and
the savings bank account.
Well we remember, notwithstand-
ing the many years that have elapsed,
the cyclonic storm of indignation that
swept over every part OF this republic
when the postoflice authorities, in
some whimsy conceived in hebetu-
dinous faulty, undertook to substi-
tute for the agreeably dry red of the
then existing two cent stamp thing
of horror printed in particularly
nauseating pale green We do not
believe that any veteran in the estab-
lishment at Washington over which
the Hon. Albert S. Burleson now
presides has forgotten the historic in
cldent Of the Sickly Green Stamp.
Mind you, there was no question o.
deterioration in the quality of thu
! paper, in the regularity of the per
/ foration, in the adequacy Of the adhe
sive smearing The offence was mainl.
against good taste, the sin was purel.
aesthetc. Yet not for that reason wa
the popular uprising (which, II ma,
perhaps be proper 10 observe. TIL
Sun had the honor to organize an
to lead to victory less prompt, les
fierce IN its just wrath, less over
whelming in its practical unanimit,
If the Postofiice Department ha
not surrendered by the withdrawal q
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
PRIYATE CApITAL ANn STEAMSHIP LINES.

GSTF private capital does not supply adequate lines Of
4 shipping to South America the Federal Government
will have to do IT," President Wilson, We would
remind him that before private capital risks itself in
such ventures il must have that the
ton of lines will show profits and that Democratic
interference with private business will not be aimed to
regulate such lines to death. No man with money will
care to place it transportation line If that line
is TO be made the plaything of those Democratic Off
cials in Washington who have made such botch of
everything they have touched and who seemingly are
beyond the reach Of reform influence. If President
Wilson attempts to bring about government ownership
of South American steamship lines. he probably will
find himself confronted by the opposition that de-
feaed his ship purchase scheme in the last Congress-
The best service the Federal Government can do to-
ward promoting active trade relations between this
country and the South American republics is TO show
that il is favorable to business and not bent ham
pering destroying it by pernicious legislation and
administrative acts.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
LINING UP AGAINST SALISBURY.

1.-TWO of the Republican Councmen-elect are deserv
ing OF special congratulation. They Arthur
Johnson the First ward. and Albert n. Williams.
OF the Twelfth ward.
Both those wards nominally Democratic. This
time the Salisbury machine made determined efforts to
carry them II frustrated by the popularity of the
Republican candidates. the unpopularity the Demo-
cratic candidates and the determination of Democratic
voters to rebuke the Salisbury machine for it's
bearabe arrogance.
That machine has lost its power south of Sixth
street The Democratic feeling against Senator sauls-
bury and his henchmen is so strong in Wilmington
that each election only to make the plight of
their machine the more deplorable. There is a firm
determination the part of certain Democrats of in
huencc to destroy it and. ultimately to drive Senator
Salisbury from public and political life
The defeat Of Springer and spruance mere
skirmishes The real battle will not be fought until
Senator Salisbury comes up for reelection. or at
temps put of his creatures in the Senate TO sit
with him. Then the anti-Sausbury Democracy will
make itself felt in full force and il will effect the
suit Il has in mind. That is merely indicated, not
especially emphasized by the defeat of Springer two
years ago and of spruance last Saturday.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10

the spinach splashed tombstone which
II had fatuously put forth as two
cent stamp-had not the POstofiice
Department gracefully plscated the
public Indignation by restoring the
cherished color of aurora and rose
buds-it is quite conceivable that the
administration might have gone to
smash. Thrones have been overturn-
ed for less heinous crimes against
the peoples rights.
For weeks reaching into months the
purchasers of Mr.. Burleson's two
cent stamp have noted with surprise
and growing anger that It is not the
good old reliable two cent stamp to
which they had become accustomed.
The hue of the ink has changed but
slightly, il at all; the mucilaginOus
coating on the reverse has undergone
no marked depreciation in efficiency
but all the crispness and roughness
I of the texture OF tho stamp itself has
disappeared. This means that an in
ferior quality of paper is now used
and the most casual inspection of one
OF Mr. Burleson's postage stamps
shows that such is the case. The fibre
/ is so slushy, the paper is so soft, the
! perfOrmatiOn is so poorly done, that u
/ is a work of delicacy and caution tC
separate a sheet of these stamps into
its component parts without destroy
ing from two to forty of the one hun
dred units and thus contributing L
the revenues of Mr. Burleson's de
partment a considerable percentag
of excess taxation for which the gov
ernment makes no return in posta
service rendered.
II cannot be that Postmaster-Gen
eral Burleson expects by such pett
economies. by such impositions on tn
citizen n-customers of his department
to amass revenue to be squandered j
carrying farm products long distance
by mail and semi-socialistic exper
ments of that sort.
Let him remember the Sickly Gree
I postage stamp
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
THURSDAY JUNE 10. 1915
AN EDUCATIONAL NECESSITY.

n EDUCATIONAL interests in Wilmington will be we'll
II served II Or Thomas o. Cooper, of the First
ward, be defeated in his race for reelection mem
Der the Board of Public Education In fact there
is thing in the school situation it exists at
the present time that would be productive of bene
fetal results the defeat of this who has done
much to bring educational system into disrepute.
The voters in the First ward will perform great
service only TO themselves but also to the city at
large IT, Saturday afternoon, they will to the
polls and cast their ballots against him and a
tinuance of his harmful and insulting policies
DIR. Coopers friends say he cannot be beaten They
assert that the will not dare against
him in defense of themselves and their children Re
cent experience has demonstrated that the in the
First ward fully capable Of indulgence in inde-
pendence Of thought and action. II be that these
Cooper leutenans who say that Cooper has the First
%oters roped thrown hog-tied and branded Will
find That they mistaken and that they are fully
capable of defending their educational system against
such things as those for which Cooper stands.
Cooper is united temperamentally and by underly-
ng afhlintion, sit in the Board of Education.
lie stands for ianitor-rule, whewashed-basement
and cldsed-door policies that resented by Whining
ton students parents and teachers The voters in the
First waiI should be among the first put the seal
of their dsapprova upon such policies. and to show
MAT they appreciate the imperative need for better
things in our educational system.
A vote for Cooper will a vote for policies and
underlying influences that should be tolerated in
the schools Of any enlightened community. vote
against Cooper will in of better edu-
cational facilities for children in the First ward ant
all the other wards.
The people of Wilmington looking to the voters
of First ward show by their action Saturda,
afternoon that they not "roped thrown, hog-tet
and branded" by Cooper any of his henchmen. bu
that they free and hgh-minded citizens whit
love their children and desire to give to then
the best things possible in the way of educa
tonal advantages. something they obtah
with Cooper, any man like him, on the board. Th
retirement of Cooper is an educational necessity.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10
Talks on Cooking No. 16

Why do cooking teachers, domestic science teachers
and others prefer gas to all other forms Of fuel?
Mrs Kate B Vaughn, who visited Wilmington re-
Gently was an ardent supporter Of the Gas Range. She
had varied experiences and rather unsuccessful experience
with all other forms Of fuel Her work for the Crisco
Company takes her to all parts Of the United States
Wherever she could she insisted on using Gas Range
In few isolated communities she had no choice and was
compelled to use other fuels
Did you ever use any other method Of cooking.
Mrs Vaughn? was the question put to her by Whining
ton lady after one Of the lessons "YeS, replied Mrs
Vaughn and found them great handicap to my work
because took so long bake and cook especially where
| was using more than one burner at time With Gas
Range not only used all the burners on top Of the range
but the oven burners at the same me otherwise it would
take me weeks to demonstrate all my Dishes where now
with the help Of the Gas Range | can accomplish in
few hours the labor Of days il used other fuels
This is very important point to consider. You can
load your Gas Range down to the very limit You can
push the Gas Range up to high speed and get your din
ner or supper out on time at the very minimum Of fuel
cost
Evening journal., 1915-06-10

Democratic administration Of the Postofice Depart
ment is in line with Democratic administration of the
other Federal Departments For the last six months OF
1914 a deficit of S65OO.OOO is admitted AS usual the
trouble is blamed on the European war; and usual
the American people refuse to accept such'an excuse
for Democratic Shortcomings This effort of the Wilson
administration to make the European the goat"
and to load upon it responsibility for failure to
accomplish things for the welfare Of this country has
become so persistent that the belligerent nations of
Europe have valid right to protest against and
insist that the blame be placed where it properly
longs.
Evening journal., 1915-06-10

While success is attending the German and Austrian
armies on the eastern war front. the Allies making
material headway against the Germans the western
front and against the Germans and the Turks the
Gallipol Peninsula and in the Caucasus. Substantial
progress also being made by the Italians against the
Austrians All in ALL the situation must be exceedingly
satisfactory to the Allies. notwithstanding the success
that is attending the German submarine warfare
against British and neutral merchant ships