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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
Would Use Pest House.
Court Notes.

The will of Thomas e. Butler was
filed In County Court here Monday
and probated. 1t devises all his
property, real and personal. to his
wife, Annie !. Butler, and two chill
dren, Eva C. and Charlie X. Butler.
each one-third, after all just debts
are paid. Mrs. Butler was designat-
ed as executrix without bond.
The will of Matthias M. Shultz was
likewise filed and probated. 1t de-
vises all of his estate, real and per-
sonal, to his wife during her life
time and at her death to be equally
divided amongst their children. Mrs.
Shultz was designated as executrix
without bond and is directed and EN-
powered with authority to pay all
lust claims against the estate.
Com'th. VS.. Barney Smith, charged
with adultry-verdict of jury guilty
as charged and fined $50 and costs
with work clause attached. Failing
to pay or replevy, remanded to jail
Com'th. VS.. Albert Long charged
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

1t is to be hoped that a bill Gre
ating the Office of county health off,
Ger, will be passed at the coming ses-
sion of the Legislature. This bill
nation that they are not wanted here
and was laid aside by the Senate
rules committee. 1t provides for a
well qualified official to be elected
by the county board of health for a
term Of four years. His duties to be
the general supervision Of the health
conditions in the county and to pro-
mote sanitation in schools and other
places where 1t might be needed.
Such an officer could be a great aid
10 the citizens Of this county. He
would be required to devote his time
exclusively to his official duties and
In case he proved unsatisfactory to
the board of health he would be re-
moved by that body. The question
OF the expense of such an office is
Negligible In comparison to the good
It would do and when we note the
fact tina. our live stock get more at
tention from the state than our chill
dren we begin to think it over.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

with breach of the peace-verdict OF
jury guilty as charged and fined SAG
and costs, With work clause attach
Oh. Failirs to pay or replevy, re-
hiended 10 Jail.
'Com'th. VS.. Ferda Lee, charged
with disturbing religious Worship
plea OF guilty entered, law and facts
TO the court and fined $40 and costs,
Fine and cost replevied and defend
ant released from custody.
Com'th VS.. Clarence Allen and
Herman Morris, charged with dis
turbing religious worship-plea of
guilty entered law and facts to the
court and fined $50 and costs. Fine
and costs replevied.
Com'th. VS.. Paul Carter. charged
with breach of peace, acquitted.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

Have you noted the fact that Mr..
Ford and company left his country
without the sanction of Mister Will
son?
Have you thought how soon the
factories which are now running
full blast on war orders would close
down if peace were to be suddenly
declared and the owners of the fac
tories faced the competition Of cheap
iy made European products?
Have you noted that fact that the
president is too busy calling the
signals for the sixty-fourth congress
TO give out any peace dope?
Did you know that Mr.. Bryan re-
signed from the cabinet because his
IDEAS about keeping the peace of the
world did not coincide with those OF
the president?
DO you know that the dismissal OF
Boy-ed and Won Papen from the
German embassy has sinister sig
nincance?
II the election in 1916 comes af
ter the European war is closed the
Democratic administration will b.
shown up in it's true light and the,
won't have a ghost of show L
make good,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

Those friends of Mr.. Urey Wodson
who were so wrought up over the Sc
lection of Mr.. Haldeman as National
Committeeman from Kentucky are
oyerjoyed to learn that the whole
business was a fake and that after
all you can't fire such a distinguish
ed Official as Committeeman with
out he agrees to it. TO sum the
whole thing up that is just what hap
pened. They told Woodson that he
was fired and he refused to abide
by any such decision.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
The Only Man Who Wants II,

1t is reported that Champ Clark
has been chosen to make the princi-
pal speech putting Woodrow Wilson
in nomination for a second term in
the Free7Trade national convention
of 1916. A good selection, One rabid
Free-Trader boosting another rabid
Free-Trader. There was time when
Champ would have been glad to have
somebody put him in nomination
But not next year. Not very long
ago he wisely and wittily remarked
concerning the nomination next year.
"Of course. Wilson can have ii If he
wants it, and if he doesn't want it,
nobody else will" 1t looks now as
though the Professor was the only
man who wants that nomination. No
body else seems anxious to face GER
tain defeat. Per contra, more than
a dozen are working for the PrOtec-
zionist nomination next year. Straws
show, etc.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
Earning a Living In Europe.

Albeit no friend of Protection. but
strongly inclined toward low Tariffs
and no Tariffs. the Saturday Evening
Post, of Philadelphia, is entitled to
much credit for its enterprise and its
spirit of fairness in procuring and
publishing an interesting article by
Edward Mott Woolley entitled Earn
ing living in Europe" The writer
has been at much pains 10 inform
himself concerning the wages paid
in different European countries. the
mode OF living, the cost of living and
an array of important facts that IL
lustrate the contrast between the con-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

ditions surrounding the work people
OF Europe and the work people of
the United States under the policy of
Protection. The story told by Mr..
Woolley in the Post is full of human
interest. He deals with five Euro
oean wage earners of the higher type
an Austrian carpenter, an Italian
nachinist, French locomotive engi-
leer, a French millwright foreman,
a Chemnitz printer and London po-
,iceman. Had he gone to the lower
grades of employment for his facts
he would have found a far wider
gulf of contrast between conditions
n Europe and the United States.
Take for example, the case of
Peter Zekka, a Viennese carpenter.
His wage was $1.75 a day. while his
father. a bricklayer, earned s1.10 a
day. These wages were less than
one-third the wages paid to American
arpenters and bricklayers. Peters
grandmother carried hods of brick
up long ladders and was paid 80 cents
a day. In the summer she went
without shoes or stockings and in the
winter she had to go along without
gloves. She lived the life of beast
of burden; her home a hovel with
Shiny walls and a stone floor; carried
water from a faucet in an open court;
was wholly without sanitary conven-
fences; her daily life unspeakable.
Peter, the grandson, with his S1.75
a day, could afford to marry and live
in a four-room fiat costing $1.7O a
week. But to help out he had to
take in two dodgers. Food supplies
cost the Zekka family $3.50 a week,
but this allowed for very little meat,
no butter and no eggs. Nothing was
left for clothing except the small sum
paid by the two dodgers. So Peter
Zekka went to America. In New
York he promptly got work at 81
day. How he progressed and saved
money, and sent to Vienna for his
wife and family, and in time saved
enough to build little home in Jer-
sey, and finally became a successful
builder of homes for sale-all this is
well told, by Mr.. Woolley.
The case of Ernesto Callandra, an
Italian machinist, as described by,
Edward Mott Woolley in the Satur-
day Evening Post is equally interest
ing and instructive as showing what
opportunities for success in life are
afforded in this land of the free, this
land of Protection to American labor
and Industry, Again t.Ie two French
hectares, IT, loco active engine
driver and the mil.wrisht ~. mat:
the Chemp:tz printer end the L.ndon
hobby. ALI earned lagos that t.
their American prototypes would
mean dire poverty and degradation.
Liberal extracts from Mr.. Woolley's
contribution to the Saturday Evening
Post are given in this weeks Ameri-
can Economist. 1t would be we'll if
they could be read by every Ameri-
can who works for wages, and also
by every American workingman and
business man who entertains any
doubt whatsoever as to the priceless
value ola Tariff which provides en-
ployment for American labor at wag-
es three times the European wage
sca..e, makes possible the highest
standard of living known In the
world. and yet leaves margin for
savings that mean comfort and happi-
ness in the later years of life.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

A Connecticut couple kept their
wedding a secret for five years. 1t
is supposed that they were trying for
the record established by Adam and
Eve. .
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

We wonder who will get the con-
tracts for all those munitions and
other supplies incidental to the pre-
paredness propaganda.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10.

i boy up in Ohio stole money
from his Grand mother with which
to join the Y. M. G. A. What the?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
LATEST WAR news
Monday.

The BalkanS.-SO FAR as is known
Greece has not complied with the de-
, mands OF the Entente Allies for abso-
/ lutte freedom for their troops on
Greek soil. Unofficial advices, how
ever, deal optimistically with the sit
uation. 1t is asserted that the Greek
Cabinet again discussed the demands,
that the Premier laid them before
King Constantine, and that the En-
tente Ministers in Athens have been
assured that Greece's reply will be
satisfactory.
Meanwhile the forces of the Teu-
tonic Allies are continuing their gains
against the Serbs and Montenegrins
in the North. In the south, how
ever, attempts by the Bulgarians to
capture French positions near Kos
turino and along the Cerna River
were checked by the artillery and in
lantry fire of the French.
Germany.-A large German am
munition factory at Halle, Saxony, is
reported to have been destroyed by
an explosion with the loss of several
hundred lives. Discontinued work
men are said to be suspected of blow
ing up the plant.
Tuesday.
United States.-Count Won Bern
storff yesterday presented the State
Department a communication asking
for the reasons for the request that
Germany withdraw Capt. Boyd
and Capt. Won Papen, the German
naval and military attaches, respec-
lively, of the embassy at Washing
ton.
England.-Peace talk emanating
from Vienna, in the Vatican and in
the German Reichstag has no echo in
Great Britain, according to London
dispatches. London processes to be
more interested in the plans of the
joint war council of all the Allies
which has been formed and which
held its first meeting in Paris.
The Balkans is evidence Of
a change of military policy in the Bal
kans, where the British and French
have been beating off the Bulgarians.
and despite the rumor that a with
drawal to Saloniki is contemplated
the Allies are landing more troops.
Grcece.-There are signs that the
Greek situation is righting itself in
conformity with the demands of the
British. according to dispatches from
Athens, which report that modus
vivendi has been agreed upon re-
garding the movements of troops.
On the other hand King Constantine
has given out a statement to the AS
ISOLATED press in which he complains
that the demands of the Entente AL
lies are to much, and asserts that
Greece will not be driven out of
her neutrality by force or cajolery.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
Wednesday.

United States.--The sinking in the
Mediterranean by submarine OF the
american oil steamer Communipaw,
reports of which come from Rome.
Lvershadows other incidents of The
var insofar as this country is affect
cd. The Communipaw. according 10
the Rome dispatches. was sunk near
TobIuk. Tripoli. but the nationality
Of the submarine and the fate of the
crew are unknown.
Italy.-Reports that the Italians
have sent force to take part in the
Balkan campaign appear to be con-
frmed in the Austrian official account
of naval engagement in the lower
Adriatic Sea. The Austrian cruiser
Novara, assisted by several destroy
ers, on December s sank three large
and two small steamers and five sail
ing vessels at San Giovanni di Medua,
where they were discharging war ma
terial The Austrian fotilla was
bombarded heavily by the land bat
teries. An Austrian warship also
sent to the bottom the French sub
marine Fresnel. ..
In France.-Offensive movements
are expected in France and Belgium
where reports state that he Germans
have concentrated heavy reinforce
ments for a probable blow on the Al
lied line in Flanders and Artois.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

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idress all communications to
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-10

The Balkans.-There is evidence Of
a change of military policy in the Bal
kans, where the British and French
have been beating off the Bulgarians.
and despite the rumor that a with
drawal to Saloniki is contemplated
the Allies are landing more troops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
This Is the Pnbllc's Opportunity to
Help the Charitable Players.

To THE EprroR OF THE SuN-Str: I
sincerely hope that the public will give
their hearty support to the All-Star
Gambol of the Lambs at tho Century
Theatre on June 4 and 3. The three per-
formances will be given to aid the Ac-
tors Fund OF America. a charity which,
in these times, Is peculiarly worthy OF
assistance.
The actors OF America suffered their
share OF the business depression Of the
past winter and, as n consequence the
resources of the Fund were so severely
taxed that we are now faced with a
deficit.
Since the outbreak OF the European
war, ten months ago, there ave been
more benefit performances given In this
country for various charitable enter
prises than were ever given in any ten
years before. To all of these perform
ances the theatrical profession have
given their theatres. their services and
their lime with enthusiasm and with
out pay. The relief funds of every nation
involved in the war and OF tho neutral
nations that suffered through the war
and OF the Red Cross Society, the Am
hulance Society and all other helpful or
CARNATIONS have received the best tina
the actors of America could give them.
Many actors are now in need and
! sincerely trust that the public will
respond generously.
DANIEL FRoHMAN,
President OF the Actors Fund.
NEW York. May II,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
Unpleasant News From Paris.

According to q Paris despatch in
yesterdays SUN several important
American contracts have been AN
celled" because the goods delivered
were not equal to sample, In some
cases were the direct contrary of
what was stipulated In the contract.
For instance, 100000 pairs Of socks,
which were to be 20 per cent. wool
and 30 per cent. cotton, were found
to be 70 per cent. cotton and 30 per
cent. wool. Thus are the fine tradl-
lions Of army contracts" perpetu-
ated; and thus is the integrity Of
American manufacturers advertised
to the world.
Haste may feebly e%xtenuate an oc-
casional inferiority Of product; but 1t
Is not pleasant to read that ''of TWEEN
ty-five Of the largest American houses
with which the French Government
Is doing business only n has a rec
ord Of never falling below sample"
Yet such must be the record of sub
stantially all our manufacturers II
they are to do business with anybody
not actually compelled to accept
their wares.
Our Latin American friends for
whose trade we are supposed to be
making so eager an effort, what an
invitation to do business with us Is
thus sent out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
The Usual Way.

There may be various results from
the recent appearance of an Ameri-
can opera company In the bankruptcy
courts Of Boston. 1t Is of course pos,
sible that the artistic existence OF the
institution has permanently CONF to
ar end. AS an alternative there ~
the experience Of the Western opera
company which rose from Its ashes
with a celebrity which would have
mortified the traditional phoenix.
There Is always a difference In the
event OF the troubles which beset
these institutions for spreading the
beneicent and educational influences
Of opera.
But the process in its formative
stage is likely to be much the same,
whatever may he the part Of the
country In which the opera company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
On the "Starving" Of Germany.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir: Alpha
hid OF Amsterdam does we'll to dyna-
mite the Starvation" argument or pre-
text OF German Lusltanian a~poloGists.
No one Is within miles OF starvation in
Germany. In one breath they use this
argument. In the next they boast OF
their ample and unimpaired food sup
piles the boast is sustained by Amer
leans who have been In Germany on
business. There is plenty OF food.
This plea in Justification Is as false
as the German claims for their subma-
rine warfare. The last report showed
2Ol British ships destroyed, but the
British are building ships faster than
that. The Germans have not dimin-
ished the total at all, have not eve
matched tho increase, to say nothing OF
making. any impression on Great Brit
aims immense total OF moro han 49,
600, 900 ton W. C. TAYLOR.
BosroN, Mass. May 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Open and Critical as Usual, in Spite
Of Wars and Woes.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: THE
SuN is supposed to be the leader OF the
newspapers in the use OF English. How
then, unless Il was because of Its patriot
ism, did THE Sun fail TO notice the
grammar OF our note TO Germany?
1t may be according to tho grammar
used at Princeton; 1t Is certainly not
good elsewhere.
Very correctly the note regards the
~. s. Government" as a term to re-
quire a singular verb and a pronoun in
the singular. The Imperial German Gov
eminent, however, Is sometimes singular
(possibly all the time, you may say)
and sometimes plural. Take the Attn
paragraph "The Imperial German Gov
eminent considered themselves" their
adv~ersaries' they have warned" But
the Imperial Government accepts"
correct, but in the same sentence plural
verb recognize"
The sixth paragraph has Tin refer
ence TO the same Imperial Government)
their present method" A few sem
fences more and o have the correct
the Imperial Government frankly ad-
mits."
In the ninth paragraph I notice they
have In the past; they will make
reparation' and the Imperial German
Government have in the past"
] know Quoting from memory and
feeling ! am not correct) II may seem
not right that every nice offence should
bear it's comment" Blu after a week
Of preparation should not our President
and his advisers produce a better effort
In English? WILLIAM SINCLAIR.
WORCESTER. Mass, May II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
A Quotation From Virgil.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir; "Vir-
gil says, Labor omnia vincit.'" writes
wv. II. d" to THE SUN on May ~. but
II he will consult the 'Georsics,' book l..
line l45, he will find that L. VergilIus
Matos agrees with the painter OF the
decorative frieze In the legislative IL
brary at the Capitol, Albany, and says
Labor omnia vicit." AS one whose too
brief school days are long past and
having little Latin" at the best, the
painter first consulted a distinguished
jurlst. and thus confirmed the render
ing of the quotation he received at it's
original source before adopting It for
the frleze.
That notable humanist the late ]. A.
Mcneil Whistler says somewhere in his
collected works that zone may be pref
lily led into unseemliness when over
come by an undue sense OF right" This
thought Is commended to wv. II. d."
but II he finds no other fault than the
one here refuted in one hundred one
fifteen running feet OF mural decora-
ton. comprising twenty-odd life size
figures, vast stretches OF the Hudson,
the presentment of two OF our cities,
and various decorative ornamental ad-
juncts. may not the modest painter,
without falling into the same pitfall as
your correspondent. conclude that he
has served his State to the fulflment Of
his hearts desire? WILL II. Low.
BRoNxvlLLE, May IS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
Mr.. Wilson's Speech.

In Mr.. WILSON'S speech there was
properly no immediate mention of the
present International situation, but
there vas that yelled sufficient refer
ence to American patriotic feeling,
without which 1t would have disap-
pointed expectation. The navy is the
representative Of the nation, a nation
that makes no threat" against any
other. a nation whose force Is "of
moral principle" that will contend
for nothing else. For such a moral
principle, the inviolability OF Amer
lean rights upon the seas, Mr.. Will
SON Is now striving; and Americans.
las members Of a great union OF
hearts that constitutes a patriotic
people," stand by the President to
whatever issue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-18
Shall We BE Taxed to Create . Use
less Surplus?

Small in comparison to the totals
Of the appropriation bills vas Is the
sum Governor WHITMAN has cut from
them, 1t serves one highly useful pur-
pose. 1t convlcts the Legislature Of
gross extravaganza. i%nattention and
lncapacity. 1t justifes every criti-
cism that has been uttered concern
Ing the manner In which these bills
were made up. 1t strengthens every
suspicion as to the motives that In
fluenced those who composed them.
1t finally exposes the direct tax OF
$19,OOO.OO0 as unnecessary, uncalled
for and ~indefensible.
Until Governor WHITMAN BY his
" acts had put the official seal Of
disapproval on the Items, the Republi-
can lawmakers might have hoped to
devise a plausible defence for them,
and to Justify the $10,OOO.0OO tax on
the ground that their appropriations
had been approved BY the Governor
after mature deliberation. Had Mr..
WHfrNAN's pruning knife been with
held. appropriations and tar would
have stood together. But the Gov
ernor has rendered this impossible.
He has shown up the legislators as
w%asteful, improvident and undepend-
able. and despite the impossibility Of
reducing lump allowances he has
succeeded in discrediting completely
the fruits of their endeavors. In &C.
complishing this he has rendered. by
his own reckoning. an important prod
uct Of the direct tax useless for the
maintenance Of the State. Thus he
has made its collection improper and
In fact scandalous.
Under these circumstances there is
only one course for the Governor II
follow. 1t calls for the veto Of the
direct tax bill and the calling of the
Legislature In extraordinary session
to pass a substitute for 1t conditioned
on the actual needs Of the treasury.
II this procedure Is not adopted. the
Republicans In legislative and execu-
tive ONCE will be accountable for a
burdensome tax that does nothing ex-
cept to pile up a surplus In the treas
ury: and when this has been made
clear they will be asked. not only In
this city hut IN every voting precinct
in the State, to explain their purpose
in extracting money from the taxpay-
ers' pockets to deposit in banks which
will in turn lend 1t at a profit to their
customers.