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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-28

tions wero made. Jews and Catholics
alike being aided. Chief advantage
was taken Of this work by relatives
and friends in America of the Polish
sufferers. The relief association found
its work increasing so rapidly. as the
news became known in America that
II was possible to communicate with
Poland through the association. that
it is now compelled to employ a force
Of about fifty persons to expedite let
tiers and funds. About eight million
marks has thus far been received
from America for direct Transmission
and the relief association handles as
many as one hundred thousand letters
monthly from and 20 America. This
must all be copied in the associations
offices, to make any system Of secret
communication impossible.
The various rcref funds are dis
tributed with the aid of the military
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-28

authorities The American embos ossies
and consulates have also done their
full share in assisting in carrying on
the work
a slight alienation Of conditions
may come from the recently secured
permission of emigration frrm the oc-
cupied districts. Many families have
already availed themselves Of the per-
mission. most OF them gcing with
tickets sent from America.
The Hebrew association. despite the
new demands made on it. has main
tanned and even increased its work in
Palestine. IL supports two kinder
gartens. a school for girls. n CONNER
cial school and other educai' onal iu-
stitutiOns at Jerusalem, BESIDES a "
brary and home for girls II also
maintains a boys and gir's' school
and a kindergarten Mt Ja!fa ind va
rious institutions In Turksy-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-28

are left, influential interests claim,
are needed to keep the trade of the
country going and thus sustain the
credit which is keeping the allies as
well as Britain in the ring.
The cabinet divided. Lloyd George,
minister for munitions, is an out
and-out compulsionist, opposed by
Runciman, president of the board of
trade. and McKenna, chancellor of
the exchequer, who on behalf of trade
and finance demand that enough men
be left in civil life to keep the country
solvent. Asquith has devoted all his
energies, so far successfully, to trim
ming.
Compulsion Sure.
The present situation indicates that
compulson for the married men OF
military age is inevitable, but that the
government has decided that the
claim of the army must not be allowed
to overweight other considerations.
Lord Derby's report showed that out
of the 5,011,441 unenlisted men OF
military age in the country, excluding
Ireland, when he began his canvass
last October, about seven hundred and
fifty thousand married men not en-
gagged on war work refused to join by
the middle of December. Conscription
at present is in force for unmarried
men, so these 100000 married men
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-28
America Close to
Greece During War
The Great Bulk of Exports Shipped
to Sunny Country Straight from us.
Good American Greenbacks Play I'M
pOrtant Part in Financial Transactions

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
DIRAEUS. Greece, May lS.-An
hour or SO at table in front of
safe on the water front Of Piraeus,
the Port of Athens is an object les
son in what the United States has
become to Greece since the outbreak Of
the European war. once the wheat
Of Greece came from Russia and Ru-
mania by way of the Dardanelles. Now
two huge cargo boats moored to the
sea wall are discnurGing American
grain in the holds of a flock of wait
ing barges in half n dozen yellow
streams. But the boats themselves
are Greek, not American, and on
their sides is painted the Greek flag.
the name of the boat in Roman let
ters and the single word Greece.
On the Quays, spread out in the hot
spring sun, are hundreds of noisome
looking black sacks bearing the i'm
print of a New York firm and the
label, "granLlated sugar" Once the
sugar of Greece came from Trieste;
now it journeys all the way from
New Orleans. Four Greek merchants
are tasting the contents of one of the
opened sacks. The owner stands by,
bill of lading in hand. The four re-
tire to distance to discuss terms. They
all talk OF once, waving their hands
in impassioned gestures. no one pay
ing the least attention to what the
others are saying. When one dis
sents. he does not shake his head. but
lifts it sharply upwards. clicking his
tongue impatiently The discussion
takes very long time. but finally the
bargain is struck, and the four pur-
chasers and the consignee of the sug-
ar. their days work done. retire to
"A neighboring cafe to talk politics
over Turkish coffee.
Close in the shadow of the wheat
ship. a dozen or so men are unpack-
ing a crate. A score of idlers look
on. deeply absorbed as little by little
an automobile is revealed. The ma
chine comes from Detroit, not from
France. as would have been the case
before the war.
No American Ships.
Across the harbor huge. white
passenger vessel IS moored - the
largest passenger vessel in active serv-
ice for the transatlantic trip. these
war times. IT is the King Constan-
tine. of the National Greek line, ply
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ing between Piraeus and New York
making the trip in a fortnight She,
too, flies the Greek, not the Ameri-
can flag.
Along the sidewalk opposite the
quays are more remainders of the
closening touch between Greece and
the United States. Every few steps
in front OF the wretched shops, are
stationed the glass showcases of the
money changers. filled with their
motley collection of strange monies:
Bulgarian, Rumanian, Turkish, Egyp-
tian. Russian and Serbian-the gold
and silver in bowls, the paper hung on
strings like washing on a line, against
the glass sides of the showcases. In
one corner is always "A roll of Ameri-
can greenbacks-to Americans here,
homelike and familiar in company
with so much oriental coinage.
American Men Here.
Spiro will be buying such a roll
soon. Spiro is petty officer who be-
lings to the kilkis, which used to be
the American battleship idaho. Spiro
does not live in Greece. lie is from
Saratoga. n. Y, and when his service
is over in a month or two he is going
back to his candy shop in Saratoga as
fast as the King Constantine can take
him.
The waiter at the one even half
way passable restaurant of piraeus is
from the United States. too. He also
is doing his military service, though
on leave for the present-like most of
the Greek army, SO, with loathng in
his heart he works in a restaurant
with sawdust covered floor and a row
of barrels along the wall filled with
sweet aromatic Greek liquors. until
his time is up and he can return to
Harrisburg, Pa.
The few forbdding hotels OF
Piraeus fly American flags as well as
Greek ones-just why, is a mystery,
American tourists in Greece are rare
these days of submarines i'm the
Mediterranean. But perhaps the man.
ager may have made his apprentice
ship in hotel on Broadway-reason
enough to test out the American flag,
in the mind of a Greek who has lived
in the United States. The world
around there are no more patriotic
Americans than those who were born
in Greece-and no more patriotic
Greeks apparently than those who live
in the United States.
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are all that remain available for the
army unless men are taken from So
called indispensable" occupations.
Mr.. Asquith announced in the Sc
cret session recently that 100000 of
these men must join as needed. If
$4,000 have not Joined by May q, a
compulsion bill will be introduced and
if in any week after May %. for Is
weeks, 1000 men do not enlist, the
recalctrant married men will be con-
scripted. Meanwhile, it seems certain
that boys of Is will be conscripted as
soon as they reach that age, although
Asquith was forced to withdraw bill
to this effect yesterday in view of the
clamor against forcing boys to fight
while the 100000 married men still
hold out
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-28
Some May Escape.

The point to note about this is that
the government only asks for 200. 900
married men. This means that it is
willing that the other $4,000. of
whom perhaps 225,00O are unfit,
should escape, evidently the pleas
from commercial leaders and bankers
not 20 drain the country's industries
of men have had some weight as
against the army chiefs.
The seventy British divisions, which
it may be assumed are now in the
field. are not. of course all in France.
There are troops in Egypt. perhaps
eight divisions; possibly India has
six divisions; there are not less than
six divisions in Mesopotamia; prob
ably one in East Africa, and. accord
ing to the Germans, two at Saloniki.
The rest may be under Sir Douglas
HaiS on the western front. The sew
enty divisions do not include troops
at home or in Ireland. A consider
able army under Sir John French is
always ready to repulse an invasion
from across the North sea, but the
existence of this force here is not
really a handicap to the army in
France, for the home armies simply
consist of reserve battalions for the
armies at the front and drafts are
sent from here to France as needed
The same applies to troops now in
Ireland. The strategy of the British
leaders is obvious. They know the
German units must begin to decline
in strength before the end of the pres
ent campaign, if they have not done
so already and they aim at having
seventy divisions of trained soldiers
in the field. if necessary. year and
half from now, when the German
manpower will have run out and the
German army he falling to pieces.
BY this means. it is thought ulti-
mate victory is insured. 1t would
have been possible to put 100 or 12C
divisions in the field this summer
but if this had been done there would
he no reserves to fill the gaps if the
campaign lasts over another year
And England must look to the DAY
when the magnificent armies OF
France may be exhausted
She is playing the war safe"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
SIMMONS.

Feb. 12.-Mr. and Mrs. j. w
Hodges attended court at Hartford
Friday.
Miss Blanche Chumley, of Beaver
Dam, visited Miss Irene Fuller Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. G. NJ. Burton spent Sunday
with his family at Beaver Dam.
The party at Mr.. Joe Fuquas Sat.
urday night was largely attended.
Mr.. Newt Baize, of Fordsville
who has been attending court al
Hartford, spent Saturday night and
Sunday here.
Mr.. NJ. F. Chumley spent Saturday
night and Sunday in McHenry and
Beaver Dam.
Mrs. Chas. Ashby, of Texas, is Wis.
iting her father, Mr.. G.. T. Tinsley
this week.
Mr.. Herman Hatcher left Monday
for Gary, West Virginia.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
ROCKPORT.

Feb. 1.-THE body Of Mr.. -,
Knight, of Muhlenberg county, wa.
found last Thursday morning. Sew
eral days ago Mr.. Knight left home
to go to Paradise for his mail, and
from the time he left home until his
body was found in Jacobs creek, not
a great distance from Paradise on
the morning of the 10th of February,
nothing was known of him. 1t is
believed he undertook to cross the
creek on the ice, broke through and
in this way lost his life.
e. G. Heck, of Evansville, Ind,
has moved his family to Rockport,
and will make this his future home.
Mrs. Geneva Rice, who has been
with her mother, Mrs. McDougal, for
several weeks, returned to her home
in Drakesboro this week.
We are having some beautiful
weather after long siege of dark,
dismals days that were calculated to
discourage the most determined spir-
it. The health of the people seems
to be improving and the grip seems
to have weakened in its persistent
attacks.
The river has subsidized and it is
possible for the farmers to begin to
look after fencing and other matters
pertaining to the next crop.
Last Thursday morning our ticket
agent sold 81 tickets to Beaver Dam
to parties on their way to Circuit
Court at Hartford. Rockport was
surely fully represented in your city
this week.
Wallace Brown passed through |
town Friday with a nice bunch of |
cattle. He intends taking them to
his farm and feeding them for the
market later on.
Mr.. ]. T. Ennis, of Butler county,
was circulating among his friends in
town this week.
Mr.. Z. A. Jennings arrived this
on the steamer Evansville
from a trip in the interest of his.
tile factory at Rockport.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
Our Visitors.

The following named were among
The Herald's recent callers: j. F
Nall, A. R. Burton, w. B. Crabtree
and wife, Hartford, Route 1; Mrs. w
]. Bean, Mrs. w. A. Mines, w. II
Riley and A. j. Grigsby, Hartford
S. II. Ellis and e. l.. Ashby, Hart.
ford, Route 8; DR.. G. l.. Everly, ]
w. Hendricks, Ruby Naples, w. T
Beaseley and Horace Hines. Rock.
port; T. w. Daniel, Olaton; E. F
Render, A. N. Fulton and Solar
Chinn, Beaver Dam. Route 2; Mosco
Taylor, Prentiss; Onice Brackin
Beaver Dam, Route l; Coca Barnes
and J. l.. Allen, Beaver Dam; John
+. Wallace. Narrows; o. L. Ross and
]. B. Warden, Centertown; AlviT
Ross, w. E. Brown and S. ID. Will
liams, Centertown, Route 1; C. ID
Hudson, Livia; John G. Keith, Horse
Branch, and ]. W. Foster. Hartford
Route z.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
.POSSUM HUNTERS EAGER
TO make CONFESSIONS
Butler County Situation Is
Without ParaIleI-PrOsecu'
ton Surprised.

Morgantown, KY, Feb. 12.-With
alleged possum hunters fairly
swarming into the court house and
clamoring for an opportunity to be
allowed to confess their connection
with the organization or to tell what
they know about it, the grand jury
of Butler county now in session was
confronted here with situation
that is perhaps without parallel in
the history of the State. Judge Nc
Kenzie Moss, who is holding court
here, was not present, having been
called to Tennessee by the death of
his mother, but Commemorative At
torney Gillian had the surprise of
his life at the situation. He thought
his work prosecuting alleged possum
hunters was over, with the hard
fought cases and the convictions re-
Gently accomplished at Bowling
Green, where the cases were taken
on change of venue. He had can
vassed the situation after the Bowl
ing Green trials and concluded that
the situation had been cleaned up
finally. N
The alleged members of the or
ganization came into court in some
instances in groups of a dozen and
let it be known that they wanted to
confess their connection with the
organization, tell how 1t had its in
ception, what its objects were and
who, besides themselves, We're men,
bers of the clan. They were referred
to the grand jury and that body
found that 1t had great deal more
on its hand than 1t could attend to.
Their object in going before the
grand jury and confessing was to
have the organization broken up, so
they are said to have announced.
1t Is presumed that the trials will
be gone into, although there is a
possibility that the cases will be filed
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
GIFTS FOR LEAP YEAR
BRIDE ARE NUMEROUS
Tempting Offers Are Made For
Girl Who Pops the
Question.
The Hopkinsville New Era say

The Hopkinsville New Era says
At least one section Of country ha.
asked for a full list Of offers fol
the Leap Year bride, SO the New Era
hereby repeats not only the list but
the entire conditions for the benefit
of all who may be Interested. The
proposition is certainly an attractive
one for any girl who has the nerve
to propose.
First, the gifts will be given to
any white couple who come to the
court house in Hopkinsville and are
married, the bride to sign an aft
davit declaring that she proposed to
the groom. There is no limit on the
ages of the parties and the offer is
open to the world.
The prizes are as follows:
County Clerk Harris, free mar
riage license.
County Judge Knight, free mar.
riage ceremony.
w. T. Cooper, 500 worth of Pre-
MUM Store tickets.
Wall &~McGowan, $500 worth Of
Premium Store tickets.
Kentucky New Era, / year sub
scription.
Georges Bakery, wedding cake.
T. L. Metcalfe, regular shower
bouquet for the bride.
J. L. Freedman, fine roast of
meat.
McClaid G Armstrong, $50 tomb
stone.
Mrs. ID. L. Mitchell, will make the
first dress the groom buys for his
bride.
Reach G Fears, S. rocking chair.
G. D. McCord, supply of spices
and fiavoring extracts.
Richard Leavell, a mule.
II. l.. Lebkuecher, box of cigars.
G. w. Southall, side of meat and |
bushel of meal.
Blakey, Bass G. Barnett, gold we'd
ding ring.
Hopkinsville Bottling Works, 2
dozen bottles of soda pop.
Hopkinsville Auto Co., gallon of
gasoline or auto ride.
Dixie Cafe, supper or dinner for
the bride and groom.
Ben Winfree, fire insurance policy
on all the gifts.
Jared Renshaw, setting of Rhode
Island Red eggs.
w. r. Bowles, SIS life size pic
ture of the couple.
Mr.. Leavell put a time limit of
ten days on his offer of mule,
which was the only such restriction
made, all the others being for an in
definite period. This morning Mr..
Leavell said he would extend his Of
fer another ten days.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16

And II there are fewer weeklies of
tho Kind that are slipshod, SO much
the better for those that are conduct
ed in the right way.
The country weekly will never die
II has its well appointed place in the
affairs of the American people. On
the contrary, the country weekly.
particularly the all-home-print coun-
try weekly, is growing greater in the
estimation Of newspaper readers
from day to day. It is only the chaff
that is falling by the wayside.-
1.-THE American Press.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
BEAVER DAM.

Feb. 14.-The revival meeting
closed at the Methodist church here
last Wednesday evening. 1t resulted
in 33 conversions and goodly mum.
Der added to the church, also the
christian people greatly revived.
The first basket ball team of Bea'
yer Dam went to Livermore Satur.
day evening to play the first team Of
that city, which resulted in the Bea'
yer Dam team being winners by
twenty-three to fourteen.
DR.. DeWeese and wife were visit
ing relatives in Fordsville Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Flora Lee Birkhead, of Ow.
ensboro, spent the weekend with
Miss Annie Barnes.
Mr.. Tilford, of Louisville, visited
his sister, Mrs. DR.. DeWeese, last
week.
Messrs. Bowen Bell and Wardei
Gardner, of Glendale, KY, visited
friends in Beaver Dam last week.
Mr.. William Martin, of Logans
port, visited his sisters, Misses Sallis
and Grace Martin, who are students
in the West Kentucky Seminary
Saturday.
Mrs. Josie Rogers and daughter
Miss May, of Fordsville. KY, are Wis
iting Mrs. Rogers nephew, Mr.. Ev
erette Taylor, this week.
Mr.. Joe Young, of Nashville Tenn.
and Mr.. Henry Young, of Rockport
father and son, We're pleasant visitor,
in the home of Mr.. d. G. Young las
week.
Born to the wife of Mr.. Charlie
Leach, boy, weighing pounds
last week. Mother and child doing
we'll.
Mr.. Elliott Orr, who is taking in
strumental music in Louisville. spen
few days at the home of Rev. r. L
Creal last week.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
RALPH,

Feb. 12.-The farmers here arA
beginning to burn plantbeds and pre-
pare for another crop.
Miss Stacey Miller. of Chicago,
ILL.,, visited her cousin. Mrs. H. W,
Ralph, a few days ago. ~
Miss Ida Harris has returned to
her home at Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. Bertha Brown is attending
the Western Kentucky State Normal
at Bowling Green.
Mr.. ]. l.. Patton spent Monday
with his mother, Mrs. Belinda Pat
ton, of Adaburg, who has been ill of
lagrippe for some time.
Mr.. ]. w. Ralph, who has been i'll
for some time, is no better.
Those who have been on the sick
list here, but are improving now,
are: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Patton and
daughter Leathel, Mr.. L. A. Ralph,
Mrs. j. A. Ralph. Mrs. Bertha Ralph,
Mrs. c. C. Moseley and Master Aaron
Ralph
Mr.. H. w. Ralph visited Rev. ]. L.
Joyce and family, Of Mt. Moriah,
Tuesday.
On Jan. 30, 1916. Miss Eva Ralph
and Mr.. Alfred Wade were united in
wedlock at $3.50 D. IN. at the home
OF the bride, Mr.. and Mrs. e. w.
Ralph. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Will Edge.
Mr.. Jno. c. Ralph, of Sunnydale,
visited his father. Mr.. j. NJ. Ralph,
and sister, Mrs. ]. l.. Patton. We'd
nesday night and Thursday.
Mr.. J. L. Patton went to Hartford
Saturday on business.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
\ Worthy Movement.

AS | understand, there is a law
which prevents the two telephone
companies here from consolidating,
so the home company could have all
the local business and some other
company handle the long distance
business. There is bill before the
Senate now and If it should pass
the Senate and House, 1t will then
be up to the people to vote on the
amendment to the Constitution.
Personally believe such an
amendment should be submitted and
adopted. 1t is a home rule measure
and can do no harm. 1t could not
be voted on until 1917, the year | go
out of Office, but its passage would be
of advantage to Hartford and Ohio
county people who want local and
long distance service for the price
of one telephone. J. c. ILER.
Ed. Note-If this can be done and
the price of the single phone system
remain the same the consolidation
would mean a big saving to the local
patrons.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

On Thursday, February -, 1916,
at $. j. Weller's farm, three miles
from Dundee, Ky, commencing at
10 a. m, we will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest and best bidder
the following:
Thirty-seven head of cattle, con-
sisting of five miIch COWS with
calves, fourteen other mich cows
and two bulls, the remainder sprin.
ger cows and heifers; eighteen Du-
roc Jersey hogs, one bay FLY, all
farming Implements, lot of corn and
hay, eleven shares (Sf0O n share)
in Dundee Mercantile Co., five shares
(par value $40 each and surplus $40
per share) Metropolitan Fire Insur-
ance Co., seventeen and one-half
shares in Southern Life Insurance
Co., and other things too numerous
TO mention.
Terms made known on day of sale.
Reserve the right to reject any or all
bids.
JOHN and II. I'll. SPURRiER,
Administrators of Estate of s. J..
Weller, deceased. 5t3
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16
THE COUNTRY WEEKLY
FAST GROWING BETTEI:

The latest newspaper statistics
show that there are 14S publications
less in the United States to-day than
there We're last year at this time
These statistics also claim that the
greatest mortality among publica-
tions has been in the field of the
weeklies.
Some may construe this as an i'll
omen and assert that the day of tbs
country weekly has passed. OF
course such statement is absurd on
the face of il, as the number oi
healthy and worthy country week,
lies now fiourishing will testify witt
out further argument.
What the figures do show. how,
ever, is that the newspaper which l.
conducted without good business
methods cannot survive. Methods
and adherence 10 strict business prin.
ciples ere the foundation stones up
OH which success Is built in every
business nowadays. and this applies
10 the newspaper business more than
20 any other.
Furthermore, the decrease In the
quantity OF weeklies published means
that "any old thing won't do. DUAL
ity is what is desired, not quantity.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16

of apples this season. They also
sold over $500 bushels Of peaches.
Their principal crops are apples,
peaches and Strawberries. They give
employment to several hands the
year around and have q growing bus
mess. After their present order for
apples which are on cold storage
on hand about 500 barrels of fine
aples which are on cold storage
tDixon Special to Sebree Banner.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-02-16

away during the good behavior of
those who are involved.
Mr.. Gillian was doubly surprised
at the action of the men in view of
the fact that in the trials at Bowling
Green, the accused made such hard
fight for their freedom.
Nothing that ever happened here
has caused such a sensation as the
action of the alleged possum hun
tiers.