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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20
RingIing Representative Here

Charles Stewart, special rep
re~sentative of Ringing Bros,
Worlds Greatest Shows called
The Intelligencer Friday
to pay his respects and to
promise that the biggest holiday
event in years in Lexington, will
be Tuesday, September IA, when
the Ringing Bros, exhibit here.
He also says the big show will
positively come here in all its
entirety. The great street pa
rade and every act and feature
of the wonderful circus will be
shown just as was in Kansas
City, and all the big towns. The
circus requires 85 cars for its
transportation. There are 1850
people employed. 700 horses, 40
elephants and a zoo of ITO cages.
There are 81 tents, including the
biggest ever made with a capac-
ity of $4,000. king Soloman
and Queen of Sheba" is the title
of the great spectacle, which
opens the performance. 1000
characters and 300 dancing girls
take part in this great product
ion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20
EAGLES CARNIVAL
STARTS AUGUST 23rd
Many Novel Attractions for Car
nival. Arrival of Show
Will be Feature.

The Altman Brothers big A.
merican Shows which will fur
nish the amusements for the
Eagles carnival this year, will
arrive in Lexington on Sunday,
August 23rd, travelling in a spec
ial train of "a cars, which is said
to be the handsomest and best
equipped show train in the en-
tire country this season. No eX-
pense has been spared by the
management Of the shows in it's
search for novelties for this
summers tour and the list of
attractions is promised to an
swer requirement and be up to
the minute in every way.
Among the leaders of this
years specialties may be men
toned the trained animal arena,
under the direction and person
al supervision of Capt. Paul Jo-
hanning. Capt. Johanning has
been associated with Carl Ha-
genbeck, of Hamburg, Germany,
for the last IA years and has
trained a great number of the
best wild animal acts, on the
road today. Fortunately at the
time war was declared, he was
in this country filling an engage
ment in New York and consider
ing discretion the better part of
valor has decided to remain
here. Capt. Johanning is ably as
sisted in his acts by a company
of well known trainers, headed
by "Floreine," trainer of lions
and tigers. Each performance at
the wild animal arena with the
Altman company consists of nine
separate and distinct wild ami
NAL acts and the necessary
touch of levity is perfectly pro-
duced by four of the funniest
clowns imaginable.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20
FRANK GROGAN.

DR.. 2. M. Williams went to
Kansas City yesterday to spend
the day on business.
Mrs. N. j. Geyer, who has been
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L..
Ristine for the past few days,
left yesterday for her home in
Neosho, Mo.
L G. Neale went to Kansas
City yesterday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Humphrey
went to Kansas City yesterday
for a visit.
Misses Virginia Hatton and
Louise Hall went to Marshall
his wife for a visitshrdul etaoo
yesterday for a few days visit.
f.. w. Bauers went to Kansas
City Saturday to spend the day
on business.
Mrs. John Samuelson left
Saturday morning for a visit
with relatives in Omaha, Nebr.
Mrs. John Limbald went to
Kansas City Saturday for a
visit with her daughter, Miss
Emma.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20
Old Plantation Show at Eagles
Carnival.

A show that never fails to re-
receive more than an average
amount of patronage with any
Carnival organization, is the Col
ored Mintrels. It is a safe bet
that this fact will once more be
demonstrated next week when
the Altman Shows exhibit here
for the Eagles Street Fair. The
company of Southern darkies
carried by this company is one
that has a reputation second to
none as producers Of music,
mirth and melody. While the
buck and wing dancing of the
entire company from the plea
ninnies clear up the line to old
Uncle Eph and Aunt Dinah, will
prove an epoch in the annals OF
real amusements. Visitors to the
Street Fair should not miss Wis
iting this attraction, which al
though old in name is novelty
when produced as it is with the
Altman Company.
AL
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20
And a Carnival Coming.

The Eagles have completed ar
engagements with the Altman
Bros. Carnival company to show
here the week of August 23rd.
this company was in Columbia
last week, and is showing in Sc
dalia this week. Lexington is
surely on the show map this
season. Two circuses, a chautau-
qua and a carnival, all within
thirty days.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20
New Repair Shop.

l have opened a repair shop
at 1921 Franklin Ave-, and am
prepared to do all kinds Of re-
pair work. Saw filing, gun
smithing, key fitting, scissors
sharpening, lawn mowers sharp
ened and adjusted. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
FRANK GROGAN.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-08-20

Making the Best of His Bent.
Hepsy-That boy of ours
seems mighty fond of tendin' to
other folks business.
Hiram-Guess we'll hev to
make a lawyer of him. Then
he'll git paid for dom of it,
Boston Transcript.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
Sheets OF Lead Poured
Into French.
A CURTAIN Of LIVID FLAME
Checks Advance - TeutOa
Line Breaks AS Men Rush
Through Smoke.
MAD HAND-TOHAND FIGHTING

Paris, Oct 30.- Details OF the ia
rious attacks made recently b. the
Crown Princes armies in the Ar
gonne Wore given to-day by an os
Ger wounded there.
The German artillery began to
lombard our trenches at q. N.
with high explosives first. ana chen
shells of all calibres were showerad
uuinterruptedly on us, he said.
our artillery replied. but w!cn
little effect The German guns were
so humorous that our parapsts be-
gan Ia melt away. and QUO FELT az If
one vas in some nameless he'll.
Earth dashed over US. covering
cur men in a gray mant,>. hut uey
did not bianch under the terrible
punishment, for aerial t0rpoaoes
were soon added to the other projec-
tiles.
Then abruptly the guns topped.
and from the German trenches gush-
ed liquid fire of new kind it
was mixture OF tar aud petrol Jets.
being directed so as to form two
walls of fire with a space between
which was soon filed up with smoke
The heat was unbeatable bI. tha
men stood their ground. SujdcDly
German infantrymen doomed ~ ia
the smoke between the walls OF ire.
We poured sheets OF lead on them
from rifles and machine guns. but
for every one down two came Up.
Slowly the human wave reached
the trench, and bloody hand-to-hand
fighting followed in the dense smoke.
We had to fall back to save our
selves from being buried by the
masses of the enemy.
Meanwhile our reserves had
dashed forward, proGting by lull in
the Smelling, but they We're brought
up short by a curtain OF fire and
shells which gave OF q blue vapor.
They put on respirators. bat they
had no effect, they were being sub
jected to the tear shells Nothing
daunted, with streaming eyes. hold
ing their breath, they dashed through
the blue clouds. and fell in serried
masses ON the Germans. who were
quite unprepared for them.
THE enemy line wayered and
then gave way. Our artillery pre-
vented supports from coming To
their aid. and, after twenty-four
hours fighting. they returned to
their trenches. only one or two hun
dred yards from our trenches.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
CLARENCE NJ. FINN DIES
At HOME OF RELATIVES

The Owensboro Messenger of Sat
urday says;
Clarence NJ. Finn, one of the most
brilliant young attorneys in Ken
lucky, died at ! O'Clock this morning
Mt the home of his father-in-law. S.
w. Anderson. in Fourth street.
The death OF Mr.. Finn was not un-
expected. He had been suffering
from chronic disease for the last
several months. All that was posi-
Bile in medical science had been done
for him. without avail. IT was only
two weeks ago that he was brought
home from Louisville, where he had
been in a hospital for more than two
months undergoing treatment. lie
visited the most prominent surgeons
in the country, including those at
John Hopkins, but they could not
promise him any relief.
Although a sufferer for many
months. the end was peaceful. He
fell asleep like 4 tired child There
was no fear of death He had so
lived that when the summons came
there was no cause 10 be afraid to
take the Journey across the dark
river.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
LEAPS OVEB TORPEDO
AND RAllS SUBMARINE

New York. oct. Decorated
with distinguished service medal
by King George IN person aud voted
$G.5Ob by the British Admiralty for
steaming into and sinking the first
German submarine lost ia the war.
Captain j. w Bell. Of the British
steamship Rio Large8, is in New
York at present and soon will steam
for South America.
Captain Bell said that on Febru-
AIRY 20 be was in command of the
Thordis, a steamship of 1 900 tons.
proceeding TO an English port. He
was on Beachy Head, the scene Of
many submarine torpedoings and
WAS preceding two British trans
ports, when he saw the periscop. Of
a submergib.e. At the same mo-
ment he saw n torpedo foaming
through the water aimed full at his
steamship.
II signaied TO the engineer to give
her good kick" said Captain Bell.
referring to his imperative order for
fun speed. The seas were very rough
and the Thordis leaped high, while
the torpedo held its own level. As
result the ThOrdis actually went ov-
er the torpedo between seas.
81 turned and steered straight at
the submarine, the bow of the Thor
dis striking the U-bOat amidships.
know We struck her. for saw the
debris fly up around our bow. The
impact broke two of the bow plates
of the Thordis and two of her pro-
peller blades. +"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03

which has been one of the biggest
successes of the year. found the
vaudeville theater only little more
than half full. Vehicular traffic. ev-
en- for the skilled drivers of London
taxis and buses. has become fraught
with the gravest dangers. Any num-
Der of cabs have already disappeared
from the streets and the bus COM
pany is reducing its night service by
fifty per cent.
Matinees will probably. before
long. take the place OF evening
shows at the playhouses and music
halls. as the 'lights-out" order has
convinced even the most imperturb-
able Londoner that, however much
he is inclined to scoff at the Zeppelin
peril. the authorities consider 1t a
very real proposition.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
BARRETT's FERRY.

Nov. 1.--Mr. Galen Gentry who
has been seriously III of stomach
trouble. is very much better.
Mr.. j. r. Harl. mention OF whose
Illness was made recently. is no bet
ter at the present writing.
A Few from here attended tho
School Fair at Fordsville Saturday.
They report it success. There
would have been much larger
crowd had not the report that there
We're several cases Of diphtheria and
scarlet fever in Fordsviile. been cir
culated.
Quite number from here attend
ed the singing convention at Mar
wins Chapel yesterday.
A box supper was given at Dun
dee last Friday night for the benefit
of the school 1t was success. Air.
Ira Day is teacher at that place.
Mr.. Palmer Lloyd, who has been
travelling salesman for company in
Moline, ILL.,, for some time. spent
about month with his parents here
recently
Mr. ] p Lloyd and family are
visiting relatives in Indiana,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
76-NEAR-OlD MAN WINS
FIRST PRIZE READING

In Clay county the first prize for
reading was won by a man &c years
old, and the second prize for reading
was won by Il woman IS years Old.
These youthful students began
to learn TO read during the summer
moonlight school" this year.
Some of the teachers report that
there are as many as 60 pupils each
in the moonlight schools" OF their
counties, and all of them illiterates.
who are learning TO read and write
Prizes have been offered by the
School Trustees in McCreary and
Leslie counties for the teacher secur-
ing the largest number of pupils in
the school.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
HORSE AND RIDER JUNE
OVER CLIFF FOR MOVIES

NSw York. Oct. Mounted On
a horse. Art Jarvis, appearing ia
film version at Carmen under
the direction of the William Fox
Company. rode on a precipice eighty
three feet high into Au Sable
chasm in the Adlrondacks recently.
when one OF the closing scenes OF the
photoplay was being nlmed. The
wild leap terminated In a pool Of
water. dotted by sharp. ugly crags
OF rock. Both horse and rider
struck the water together. In the
descent they turned two complete
somersaults. and one of the five
camera men tented Every one who
witnessed II thought Jarvis death
was certain. Jarvis was iished out
of the pool, the bottom OF which ne
and his horse had touched. and
rushed In a special Pullman car to
the Flower Hospital IN New York.
where II was found he had received
a broken leg aud Infinite bruises
and decorations. lie has chance
for recovery
The horse was uninjured and
swan ashore Jarvis was playing
the role OF Don Jose In Carmen"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
FALLING TREE CRUSHES
SKULL or AN AGED MAN

tragic occurrence on the farm OF
John Henry COST, near Panther, Fri
day afternoon ut about 4 o'clock,
caused the death Of Mr.. COST. as the
result of falling limb striking him
on the top of the head. crushing his
skull Death was almost instanta-
neous.
Mr.. COST was assisting Hamp Biv-
ems in cutting down a large tree. As
IL began to fall. the tree sweryed in
some manner. and before Mr.. COST
could get out of the way he was
caught. the heavy weight of the tree
crushing him to the ground
MIR. COST WAS ~ years Of age. aud
* survived by his wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Mary McElmore. Of
Greensboro.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03

tmidnight) the vote in the State in
the race for Governor was uDdecid-
ed, but indications pointed to the de-
feat of Mr.. Stanley Sixty counties
outside OF Louisville and Jefferson
county give Stanley total vote OF
$4,000 and Morrow $4,000. Louis
Vile gave Stanley a majority of A.
900. These returns We're from the
Western and Middle portion of the
State. The eastern portion was yet
to be heard from. All the Democrat
ic Circuit Judges ri the Louisville
District were elected
Daviess was the only county in
this Judicial District to go Democrat
ic by a bare majority of 1856. Nc
Lean and Hancock counties both
went Republican by majorities of
10 and 102 respectively.
The following figures are for Gov
ernor, Circuit Judge. Common
wealth's Attorney and Circuit Clerk.
and show the respective majorities:
Ohio County.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
LONDON NOW DARK AS
THE HOLE OF CALCUTTA
Theaters Aud Restaurants Are
Most Seriously Affected By
lights Out" Order.

Aondon, Nov. London has not
been so dark at night since the re-
gency--thanks to Count Zeppelin.
The zimmerman gloom is strangely
appropriate TO the spirit OF the hour.
which is one OF depression. must
repeat over and over again that your
average John Bull still does not hold
the loss of the war as thinkable.
He keeps on telling you that Eng
lan6 has not even yet got into her
full stride. But he admits that things
are not going any too well, and he is
far less inclined to jump on the Dis
NAL Jimmies (war slang for pessi-
mists) than he used to be.
London after p. m. these starlit
autumn nights is almost as impene-
trably black as the hole Of Calcutta.
One breads to think what the old
town will look like soon when
the fogs are due. The new lights
OUT orders came into effect re-
Gently. Thousands OF street lamps
were snuffed out, shop windows made
still darker. untransparent sheeting
put up in every fiat and house win
dow. automobiles had TO mask their
lights more than ever. omnibuses
travel as blind as possible. and
any and everything capable OF she'd
ding CLEAN effectually "doused."
II people nayigated in sedan chairs
behi1d torchbearers waving fam
b4fhA. Il would be perfectly easy to
iningine yourself back In pre-vic-
lorian days. As II is. they are al
most afraid TO go home In the
dark,
lights out" is working tremen-
douW silent revolution IN London's
everyday. or, rather, overnight. life.
The theaters and restaurants are SCI
riously affected, because when peo-
pie so home from town IN the late
afternoon or early evening they stay
there.
TIE other night at kick To-"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
STATE SEEMS TO Be IN DOUBT
IN THE. RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Birlhead and Ringo Are Defeated in the Sixth Ju-
diciaI District,
A. c. Porter Democrat SurmOunts Big Republican Major
ity and Wins Out For Office of
Circuit Court Clerk
ONO cOUNJYS VOTE FOR -FOUR IMPORTANT OFFICES

The election in Ohio county pass
ed of quietly yesterday and an unu-
sually large vote was polled. In
tense interest prevailed and the
streets we're crowded with people all
80 and up until ten o'clock at night.
when the vote in the county was
practically known and summed up.
Perhaps the most remarkable race
eyy- run in this county was that of
Mbssrs. A. G. Porter, Democrat, and
Wallace Riley, Republican. for the
office of Circuit Court Clerk. Sur
mounting Republican general ma
jority of over seven hundred, with
AZ the precincts heard from. Mr..
Porter wins out by a majority OF
twenty-seven. Talking to a group
Of friends in The Herald Office last
night, Mr.. Porter very modestly said
that he took none of the credit to
b hself but accorded all honors to
mis- friends who had so faithfully
stood by him. He was reminded
that il took some worthy personali-
ty for a man to command so many
friends, but in manly way he still
commended that his friends deserved
the credit. adding that he would do
everything in his power to maintain
their friendship and that his appre
citation of their Efforts in his behalf
was beyond words to express.
In this judicial District Judge
Birkhead and Commonwealth At
torney Ringo are defeated for re-
election by majority Of about $50.
Evidently these gentlemen were
heavily scratched" in the voting
At the hour of going to press
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
MORE, WAR ATROCITJES--
CORSETS ARE CONTRABAND

Berlin, Nov. Ia Dutch CORE
spondent reports to the German
trade paper, Des Konfectionaer. that
the French government has prohib-
tied the export of corsets to all neu-
trail countries from which they
might reach Germany.
The order issued by the French
authorities states that the corsets
contain metal and must therefore be
considered contraband.
This raised the puzzling question
What shall be done to a neutral ship
il one of the neutral or German
woman passengers is found wearing
corsets? Is such II vessel subject to
capture?
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
BIG RUSSIAN DRIVE IN
EARLY SPRING PLANNED

New York. Oct. 3O.--More than
100000 Japanese-made rifles. with
sufficient ammunition for an extend
ed campaign. have been received by
Russia during the last three months.
according to Albert b. Thayer. OF Gun
cinnati. o., who arrived here to-day
on the steamship Frederick WI.
from Copenhagen.
In addition about 500 trained Jap
anese officers are engaged In in
structing Russia artillerymen in the
use Of new high powered guns. Mr..
Thpyer also said that all large fac
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03

A native colporter was recently
distributing copies of the gospels
among the troops OF Italy. lie had
an experience that striklngly shows
the fact that opposition TO the truth
often turns out to its furtherance.
He says: A soldier whom | knew
to be a priest and to whom | had
given Gospel OF John. tore II to
pieces. scattering the leaves IN the
air protested politely. saying that
II II did not please him he should
have returned il. collected the
scattered pages from the ground aud
one by one distributed them 70 those
present. begging that thcy read them
to see II there was anything bad N
them. All began to read. some ia
groups OF five or ten (there We're
200 soldiers PRESENT. and talked
with them. Then wonderful thug
happened. One by one. upon finish
ing their reading, they came begging
me for che whole book. that they
might continue. The result was that
J did not have enough gospels TO go
round"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
LNCOLN'S SCHOOL BOOK
BRINGS 1910 AT SALE

New York, Oct 30.--Abraham
Lincoln's book of examples in arith-
metic which he used as schoolboy
about 1924. when he was Is years
old, brought s240 at sale from the
library of John c. Burton. Of Mil
waukee. which is being conducted
here. Another book on examples in
compound interest sold for s1l5.
Court papers filed by Lincoln and in
his handwriting brought from sS5
to $l1O. A poster advertising q
speech by Lincoln in favor OF Harri-
son and Tyler, at Alton. Ill.,. In 1910,
sold for S2f0.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
CITY SPENT "a, 100000
TO WIPE OUT IT'S RATS

New Orleans. Nov. More than
f4,50o.ooO has been expended in the
last year in an effort to make New
Orleans rat-proof and prevent the
reappearanco Of bubonic plague. ac-
cording TO an announcement made
here to-day by DR. Il. II. creel. OF
the United States Public Health SER
vice. in charge OF the work. Seven:
ly-four thousand. five hundred and
twenty-siS buildings have been made
rat-pfooi about 1000 not considered
worth repairing b. the owners have
boen demolished and work Is pro-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-11-03
Special Notice

To Sunday School superintendent
of all denominations OF Ohio county.
Don't fail to meet at Hartford. KY.
on Friday. Nov. 18th This meeting
is for very special purpose which
Will be made known on the day Of
the meeting. II your Sunday School
has gone into winter quarters we
want you to come. II you were the
superintendent. This meeting will
be at the Baptist church at 10 a. m.
j. ID. BAUGH