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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30
c. R. CLARK eco.
INCORPORATED
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CROCERS. ~
Fashion Hints.

Sashes have returned with the use
Of ribbons. and many a dance frocl
is finished at the waistline with q rib
bon drawn softly around and tied in
q soft bow.
A few Of the new garments have
rsglsn sleeves.
Buckles are now worn in the hair
in the evening.
Pale rose is a favorite color fol-
evening gowns.
Double box-p aited skirts are
among the latest.
The rich wool velours are admjra
BILE for fine coats.
Hats for motoring as a general
thing are very clos e and small
Vivid plaid ribbon is used to trim
q dress of tulle.
Mercerized lace apre ears On many
of the newest blouses.
Wash silk waists are always want
ed for everyday wear.
Suits of Jersey cloth are useful
for both town and country wear.
Short evening dresses are apt to
have the odd narrow sash trains.
Nutria fur is very good substi.
tute for the much-wanted beaver.
Finest handbags are made of the
richest silks, velvet and soft feathers
Velvet hats have fascinating lace
crowns.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30

American Weed May Now Be
Re.txported to Germany
and Austria.

| Washington, Nov. 29.-Restrc
tions upon expectation of TOD Geo "a
Holland, through which IL was pre-
vented entering Germany. have
been lifted by the Netherlands Ov
erseas Trust Company according &c
q notice to the United States Gov.
eminent announced by Secretary Of
State Lansing.
Secretary Lansing stated that the
Oversees Company had informed
him that in the future shipments Of
tobacco may be made direct to any
one in Holland "or order" This
will permit the release of close to a
quarter of million of dollars worth
: of dark tobacco, now held at Balti-
more and Newport News.
The Netherlands Overseas Trust
Company, a subsidiary of the Hol-
land American line of steamers, con-
trolls all shipments to Holland. and
it undertook to assure Great Britain
and her allies that goods con.igned
to its care would be for the exclus-
i've use of neutrals in Holland. The
fact that tobacco was on the list of
goods hich had to be shipped to
the company prevented it being
sent through Holland to Germany.
Secretary Lansing's announce
ment brings to a successful termina.
ton the representations made to
Great Britain by this Government in
behalf of the tobacco growers of
Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
Senator James aud Representative
Sherley have led the fight for the
Kentuckians in which all of the
Democratic Congressman shared.
while Senator Martin, of Virgins,
and Representative Burns, of Ter
nessee. also took a hand. The rep
reservations to the Allies were made
through the Office Of Judge W. B.
Fleming, of Louisville. foreign trade
adviser of the State Department.
1t was held by this country that
tobacco from Dutch and English col
onies was being permitted to enter
Holland without restrictions and
that this constitu'ed discrimination
against the American growers. To
permit free shipments to Holland
and through this means to get to-
bacco into Germany and Austria. it
was asse tied, would not in any way
aid the Central Powers in warfare
against the Allies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30
Cocke-Day.

Roy F. Cooke, telegraph operator
at Depoy, KY, a Trenton boy and
Miss Lee Day. a popular young lady
of that community, eloped to Jeffer.
sonville, and were welded.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30
The Peoples
Trading Place

GOOD THINGS at prices that interesting to the thrifty
people of this county. ~
COFFEE We offer the greatest snap have had,
splendid Rio Coffee high grade worth zoe pound, not
cheap truck but good Coffee-ths week as long as
the stock last we have hand IL 1-2c pound
CABBACE--lOO pounds best hard Holland Cabbage Is
Sides less than wholesale price, much
you want Of this extra fine Meat for - IL l-2c Lib.
SALT7 bushe barrels Of the real Ohio River Salt for Hog
Killing. Good cooperage barrel lots for $l.90
Single barrel lots for $500
SALTS bushe barrels of Ohio River Salt 5barre lots 81 go
NVTATlONVsit up stairs room competent sales la
dies to wait you. Come and take look through
! whether you buy not Toys, Dolls, Books, Games
| China, Electrolers, Lamps.
MOLASSESVery best crop for------~---6 0c gallon
ORANGESForda Sweets, cheap now, Csc and 35c dozen
| Everything good to eat We want your business Make
our Store your Headquarters.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30
For Sale!

Wanted to sell or will trade for a
farm the residence in which | now
live. Possession given at once 4
JOHN J. METCALFE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30

Daniel Mclean. Of Burlingame,
, CAL, is 100 years old. Drives his
own auto daily.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-30
w. Alice Burpee Dead.

W. Alice Burpee. the best known
florist and scotsman in America.
died at Philadelphia. Pa, Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

not deny that ron-comba.ants were
Systematically killed IN large numbers
during the first weeks Of the invasion,
and this, so far as we know, has never
been officially denied. II Il were de-
MED. the flight and continued voluntary
exile OF thousands Of Belgian refugees
would 20 far 20 contradict a denial. for
there Is no historical parallel in mod
ern times for the flight Of large par.
Of nation before an isyader.
The invaders appear 70 have proceed
ed upon the theory that any chance
shot coming from an unexpected place
was fired by civilians. One favorite
form Of this allegation was that priests
had fired from the church tower. In
many instances the soldiers Of the al
lied armies used church towers and
private houses as cover for their oper-
atoms. At Aerschot. where the Bel
gian soldiers were stationed in tho
church tower and fired upon the Ger
mans as they advanced. ~ was az once
alleged by the Germans when they
entered the town. and with difficulty
disproved, that the firing had come
from civilians. Thus one elementary
error creeps at once into the German
argument. for they were likely 20 con-
found. and did in some instances GER
tainly confound, legitimate military
operations with the hostile interyen-
ton of civilians.
Troops belonging 70 the same army
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

Man., Of tho worst outrages appear 20
bavo beor perpctrated by men under
10 Influence % drink. Unfortunately
iit,1o sooms 20 have been done 90 re
pross this source o. danger. :,
In the present war. however ana
This ia the gravest charge against we
German army the evidence shows that
tho killing Of non-combatants was car
,ied out 10 an extent for which no pre-
lions war between nations claiming 20
be civilized for such cases as the
atrocities pcrpetrated by the Turks on
tho Bulgarian Christians IN $50 ana
on the Armenian Christians IN 1870 ana
1896 do not belong 70 that category
furnishes any precedent. nat ms
killing was done as part OF deliberate
Man IS clear from the facts hereinbe-
fore set forth regarding Louvaln, Aer-
scbot Dinant and other towns. Inc
killing was done under orders IN eacn
Mace. Il began at certain fixed date,
and stopped with some few exceptions
at another fixed date. Some Of the ON
ccrs who carried out the work dld II
reluctantly. and said they were obey
ing directions from their chiefs. The
same remarks apply TO the destruction
of propertv. House burning was part
Of the programme. and villages, even
largo parts Of city. were gwen 20 the
flames as part Of the terrorizing policy;
Citizens Of neutral states who visited
Belgium in December and January re-
mort that the German authorities do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
Aersch0t ard District.

l. is unnecessary to describe with
much particularly the events Of the
period beginning about September 10.
The Belgian soldiers who had rccapt-
urCd the place found corpses OF civil
ians. who must have been murdered i'm
AcrsCho, itself, just as they found
them I'M Scmpst and the other villages
Oh August p. Some of these bodies
were found in wells and some had been
burned alive in their houses.
The prisoners released by the Bel
Cian army rom the church were ali
most starved.
At Hacchj several children had been
murdered. One of TWO or three years
old was found nailed to the door of a
farmhouse By It's hands and feet. a
crime which seems almost incredible.
but the evidence for which We feel
bound 10 accept I'm the garden Of tins
house was the body of girl who had
been shot in the forehead.
Eppeghcm. At EppcEhcm the dead
body of a child of TWO was seen pinned
TO the ground with a German lance.
Same witness saw a mUulatcd woman
alive near Wecrde on the same day.
Tremcloo Belgian soldiers on patrol
duty found a young girl naked on the
ground, covered with scratches. She
complained Of having been violated. On
the same day an old woman was seen
knecling by the body Of her husband,
and she told them that the Germans
had shot him as he was trying 10 es-
cape from the house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
Journey to Cologne.

The greatest number of prisoner
from Louvain, however. were assemble
al the station and taken by trains 70
Cologne. Several Witnesses describe
their sutferings and the i'll treatment
they received on the journey. One o.
the first trains started IN the after
noon. II consisted Of cattle trucks,
about 100 being IN each truck. Il took
three days 10 get to Cologne. The
prisoners had nothing TO eat but few
bi scuIts each, and they were not al
lowed to get out for water and none
was given. On a wagon the words
"Ciyilians who shot at the soldiers a.
Louvain" were written. Some were
marched through Cologne afterward
for the people to see. Ropes were put
told they would be hanged. After be-
ing kept a week at Cologne some o.
these prisoners were taken back this
tine only thirty or forty in truck
and allowed 10 go free on arriving AT
Limburg. They were kept az the sta
tion during the night and the follow
ing day left for Cologne For two day.
and q half they were without food.
and then they received a loaf o..
bread among ten persons, and
some water. The prisoners weri
afterward taken back 10 Belgium
They were. in all. eight days "a
the train, crowded and almost without
Whatever may have been the case
when the burning began on inc even
ing of the 25th, u appears clear that
the subsequent destruction and OUT
RACES were done with a set purl ose.
u was not until the 26tn ;hat the
library and other university buildings,
the church Of St Peter and many
houses were set on FIRE. IL IS ~ be
noticed that cases occur in the CcpO-
sitiors in which humane ac's by IN
dIvidual officers and soldiers are men
toned. or IN which officers are said
20 have expressed regret At being
obliged 20 carry out orders for cruel
action against the civilians. Similar
ly. we ind entries IN diaries which re-
veal genuine pity for the population
and disgust at the conduct Of the
army IL appears that German non
commissioned officer stated definitely
that he was acting under orders and
executing them with great unwilling
ness" A commissioned officer. on be-
ing asked at LouyaIn by witness
highly educated man about the hor-
rible acts committed by the soldiers,
said he was merely executing or
ders," and that he himself would be
shot Il he did not execute them.
Others gave less credible excuses. one
stating that the inhabitants of Lou
vain had burnt the city Themselves
because they did not wish TO supply
food and quarters for the German
army. /, was TO the discipline rather
than the want Of discipline in the
army that these outrages, when We
are obliged 10 describe as systematic,
we're due. and the special official no
,lces posted on certain houses that
they were not TO be destroyed show
the fate which had been dccreed for
the others which were not so marked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

tTo occasions. the first. from Friday,
September :, 20 sunday. September o.,
and. again. later DO the month. about
the 10th. The civilians had delivered
up their arms a fortnight before the
arrival 90 She Germans
Early 40 the month. probably about
the 9Th. witness saw two civilians
murdered by Jhlaus. Anothcr witness
saw their dead bodies. which remained
IN the street for ten day. Two hun
drcd civilians we're utilized a. n screen
by the German troops about this date.
on the 9Th the town was partially
burned. ono witness was taken pris-
ornr no the street b. some German
soldiers. together with several other
civilians A. about - o'clock some
Of the ta.lcst and strongest men
among the prisoners were picked out
20 20 round the streets with paraihn.
Three or four carts containing parahn
tau.s were brought up. and syringe
vas used 10 put parai'in on 10 the
houses. which we're then hrei. ne
process of destruction began with the
houses Of rich people. and atterward
the houses Of the poorer classes were
treated I'm the same manner. German
soldiers had previously told this wit
ness that If the Burgomaster of Ter
monde. who was out Of iowa. did not
return by - O'Clock that day the town
would be set on FIRE. The nring OF
the town was in consequence of his
failure 20 return. The prisoners we're
afterward taken 10 a factory and
searched for weapons. They were sub
scquently provided with passport en-
abline them 70 go anywhIc IN the
town. but not outside. The witness
I'm question managed 20 effect MS es-
cape By swimming across the river.
4 witness living at Baesrode was
taken prisoner with $50 others and
kept ali night in field. The prisoners
were released on the following morn
ing. This witness saw three corpses
Of civilians, and says that the Ger
mans IN Sunday, tho 9th, plundered
an destroyed the houses Of those who
had fed. The Germans left on the fol-
lowing day, taking about thirty men
with them, one a man Of seventy-two
years of age.
Later in tho month civilians were
again used as a screen. and there IS
evidence of other acts Of outrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
AersChot and District.
rar.od II. LAugust p

"'I-0I y, TaUEu9V 80
Immediately after the battle Of Ma
Ina. which resulted in the evacuation
by +ts Germans Of the district Of
Vs.-.-. Scm7s,, Hofstade and Ep-
re-ter. long series Of murders were
t.~~ ted either just before or during
Oh. treat ~ The army. Many of the
i-r. ....r-s. who were unarmeG. includ-
.- women and young children, were
.... One of them under revolving
-. - .--..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
Gelrode.

D- Che same day, at Gelrode, small
village close 20 Aerschot, twenty-five
civilian. were imprisoned in the
church. seven we're taken out by fifteen
German soldiers IN charge Of an officer
inst outside. one of the seven tried to
-.- away. vhereupon all the six who
-e~a.-ej behind alive were shot. This
W.. O.. t-c night Of August 70. No
--.-.-.-.l~ whatever had been given.
Tho mon ~ question had been searche /
-.t DO arms mad been found upon
,-s-~. Here. as az Aerschot. precau-
lions had been taken previously 70 Sc
..-. -.. delivery up Of all arms IN the
bands u civilians
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
Hofstadt.

Phi Hof-,aie a number Of houses had
i,.- .et or FIRE and many corpses Were
soon. some iu houses, some IN back
yards and some in the streets.
Several examples are given below.
Two witnesses speak 10 having seen
t-a body o. a young man pierced bv
ta,ouo. tmusts. with the wrists cut
e.
Ur O side road the corpse Of a civilian
was -ac1 on his doorstep with a bayo-
re- wound in his stomach, and by his
ride the dead body of boy five or
six. with his hands nearly severed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
TermOnde.

To understand the depositions de-
scribing what happened at Termonde
ii is necessary to remember that the
German army occupied the town on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

eighty inhabitants are stated 10 nave
been shot, after they had dug their own
graves"
Prisoners Massacred.
The last and most important entry
is that contained in Diary No. ~.
This ~ blue book, interviewed WIN
blot.ing paper, and contains no name
or address There Is, however. one
circumstance Ghich makes Il possible
20 speak with certainty as 70 the regl-
mont Of the writer. He gives the names
of First Lieutenant Won Open, Count
fulcnburg, Captain Won Roeder. firSt
Lieutenant Won Book ind Polach. Sec
ond Lieutenant Count Hardenberg and
Lieutenant En0elbrecht. A peru,al OF
the Prusslan army list Of June, 1914
shows that all these officers. with the
exception OF Lieutenant Engelbrecht
belonged 10 the list Regiment OF Foot
Guards. On August -. 1914, the writer
was in Ermeton. The exact transla-
ton Of the extract, grim in its brevity,
Is "a follows: "24/8/14. We took about
! 900 prisoners; at least 500 were shot.
The village was burnt because inhabi-
tants had also shot. Two civilians were
shot AZ once
We may now sum up and endeavor 70
explain the character and significance
Of the wrongful acts done by the Ger
man army IN Belgium.
Murder. rape, arson and pillage be-
gan from the moment when the Ger
man army crossed the frontier. For
the first fortnight Of the war the towns
and villages near Liege were the CHIEF
sufferers. From August 10 70 the end
Of the month outrageS spread IN the
direction % Charleroi and Malines,
and reach their period of greatest in
tenslty. There - a certain significance
in the fact that the outrages around
Lioge coincide with the unexpected re-
eistance of the Belgian army in that
district, and that .he slaughter which
reigned from August 10 70 the end of
the month is contemporaneou with
the period when the German army's
need for quick passage through Bel
GUM at all costs was deemed impera-
tive.
Drunkenness Not Checked.
In all wars many shocking and out
rageous acts must be expected. for IN
every large army there must be pro-
norton Of men of criminal instinct
whose worst passions are unloosed by
the immunity which the conditions Of
warfare afford. Drunkenness. more
over. may turn even a soldier who has
no criminal habits into a brute, who
NAV commit outraGes at which he
would himself be shocked in his sober
moments. and there is evidence that
INVESTIGATION was extremely prevalent
among the German army, both in Bel
gium and in France. for plenty of wine
was 10 be found in the villages and
country houses which were pillaged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
Malines.

. Na,1es itself many bodies were
.... One witness saw German SOL
...r cu- e voman's breast after he had
murdered her, and saw many other
dead bodies Of women in the streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

Tho t7.,cs we've set on fire with spe-
.... .r1s~atus. Vhile people were
.-..... trou their houses. already
t..--.... and some were shot IN the
.- tic following day a number Of
.-. civilians were shot under the or
.,-. .r aa officer. together with the
t.----.as.cr. his brother and his son.
az f-.. incident. which - spoken or hy
.-.~- witnesses. clear account -
,..e-. German soldiers came and
..,s hold q me and every other man
4er --..4 see. and eventually there
,.e-o about sixty % US, including some
ofc.rity %. O., years OF age, and thcy
--e5r Us accompany them. Al
..e prisoners had 20 walk with their
ts-ts above their heads. We were
..e- s.ogvoi ard made 20 stand IN a
,,e and ar officer. q big fat man who
lad t..c.sh uniform came
,,.~r she line and picked out the
t.----. .'cr. his brother and his son.
.-s some mon who had been employed
..te- ..o Rcd Crosse. In all. ten men
,-r-o picked out The re-
-...-+e- were made to turn their backs
....-- .-e cen. ] then heard some shots
.,.t ana ! and :hc other men turned
,.-~. and We saw all the ten men, in
o..s.-c Tho burcomsster. were lying on
BE- ground This incident is spoken
~ nv other witnesses also; some OF
.letr doros,t.ons appear IN the ap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13

One witness describes the scene
"The whole Of the prison
ers-m men, women and children were
placed in the church. NOBODY was al
lowed TO so outside the church to
obey the calls of nature. The church
had to be used for that purpose. We
were afterward allowed TO go outside
the church for this purDose. and then
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22
POLITE PARIS

Since the war began the women
have been taking the places. of the
men on the Paris street cars"
well, they'd do it here, but the
men are too il-mannered to get up"
Express.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22
REAL FRIENDSHIP

REAL FRIENDSHIP
He seems determined to kiss me,
remarked the girl who was fishing
for a compliment. 81 wonder why"
Hard to tell" said the other girl.
''This is the season for freak BETS"
Louisville Courier-JouFnal.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-15
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Saskatoon, Sask. = Sam Elliott,
wife and baby burned to death. Fire,
destroyed home.
Los Angeles. - John Mills, deaf
mute, fatally slashed wife with axe,
seriously wounded their daughter,
Mrs. Eva Hendricks, then jumped
from third-story window, dying in
stantly.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IA located
290 feet under water Plans being
perfected for raising death trap.
ST. PauI.JHouse of representatives
passed bill permitting boxing in st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth.
MiIWaukee.--5 bandits held up 8
men in downtown saloon. Robbed
them of $50.
MiIan.-GeneraI strike of all la
borers in Milan as protest against
killing of socialist by policeman in
an anti-war demonstration Sunday
launched here. 80
New York.-What was said to be
minor" operation performed today
at Roosevelt hospital upon Mrs. The,
odore Roosevelt. - =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-15
TRAIN ROBBERS GET SILK LOOT.
-ENGINEER FOILS THEM

Buffalo, April 1870 masked rob-
bers early today held up New York
Central fast freight train near San.
born, Niagara county, and escaped
with ten auto truck loads of valuable
silks. The train was from Boston,
bound for Chicago, via the Michigan
Central at Niagara Falls.
The daring of Engineer Morris
Coss in cutting out his engine under
fire and running into Suspension
Bridge for help prevented more ex-
tensive looting. @
Cleo Smith, BOT w: Erie St, dead at,
County hospital Dope.