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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
MOURN LOSS OF DOCUMENT



The Original Of the letter adj
dressed by George Washington to the
Catholics of the United States, which
disappeared from a safe-deposlt
vault under the sanctuary OF the Bal
timore cathedral. in which Cardinal
Gibbons also has stored away impor-
tant church documents, is believed
to have been stolen by some over
jealous collector.
In the Catholic Review notice OF
the letters disappearance is printed,
together with the request that it be
returned to Cardinal Gibbons. A
letter found in the vault shows that
this document was loaned by Arch
bishop Spaulding to John Culinary
Shea, a writer, in 1865. The article
continues:
Distinctly, there are no suspi-
cions Of its having been lost in that
year. 1t is a document so dear to
American Catholics that it should be
located. And, what is more, it should
be returned to its rightful possessor
the archbishop of Baltimore.
at is therefore hoped that some
overzealous historian, antiquarian OF
collector of documents will honestly
return this letter to the archives OF
the Cathedral of Baltimore, where
there will be JOY in the archives ovel
one antiquarian doing penance.
The loss was discovered in course
of the work of indexing the docu'
ments in the vault.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
SMELLS LIKE A FIRE SALE.

The odor of a fire sale clings to
the home of a Fulton man whose
wife went visiting after she had been
pressing up a few things with her
electric iron. When she returned
the iron had burned through the
table, carpet and floor. The damage
was not great when measured by ac-
tual loss, but everything in the house
smells as if it had been bought at
about 80 cents on the dollar.-Kan-
sas City Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
Marie AntOnette China
Hardwick's.
HANDSOME SERVICE.

The silver service presented as a
bridal present. to Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian
NJ. Cayce, who were married last
Wednesday, is one Of the handsomest
sets in this part of the State. 1t was
presented by Messrs. Ed R. Tandy
and Thos. b. Fairleigh, and the cost
ran well up into the hundreds of dol
lars. Mrs Cayce was. Miss Bertha
Jones, of Oak Grove, KY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
SLIPPERY PLACES.
That Caused Many Proud
Pedestrians to Be Brought
To Earth.

The streets were covered with sleet
all day Thursday and there were
many falls of people and animals,
Two serious accidents were reported,
though many persons got bumps and
bruises. A horse belonging TO r. 5.
Ambrose broke hip bone by fall,
but the animal was attended to by a
veterinarian and may be saved. While
the streets were at their slickest,
Commissioner BasSett had several
barrels of salt sprinKled upon them.
This to some.extent helped the situa'
ton in the shopping district. The
sidewalks were so slick that a good
many who were passing saloons slip
ped in.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
THE SORROW OF IT.

take away woman and what
would follow" howled the vinegar
visaged female who was lecturing
on women's rights.
But, alas, poor thingl
No one answered.
Had she been a pretty, unobtru-
siye, womanly woman, she would
have known without asking that man
would follow.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23

The equestrian statue of Simon
Bolivar, to be presented to the City
of New York by the Venezuelan gov
eminent, is to be made from design
by Mrs. Sally James Farnham, a New
York sculptor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
Ivory Manicure Sets
$3.50 up Hardwick's
KORRIS-CANNON.

License to wed was issued yester-
day to Lawrence Henry Morris and
Miss Ethel Cannon, both of this city.
They are each 20 years of age. The
groom is a son of Charlie Morris and
the bride daughter of j. I. Cannon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
Sterling. Silver Pie
Server. SIPS Hard
wick's special.
HAVE MOVED.

Radford & johnson, the real estate
men, will move their office from
corner of Ninth and Main to the
Forbes Office building. to be occupied
next year by w. r. Wheeler & Co.
They will have the room formerly
known as the directors room.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
Compare Hardwick's
prices on Diamonds.
Got His Own Price.

w. w. Barbee, of Oak Grove, on
Thursday sold his crop of 1900
pounds of tobacco to the American
Snuff Co. for $3.50 round. He got
his own price.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
See Hardwick's win.
dOws for biggest SI.OO
Vase ever shown.
Coming to Hopkinsville.

w. j. Frances, who recently sold
his business interests at Cerulean to
T. o. Turner, has bought a residence
on West Seventh street in Hopkins
vile and will move his family to that
city the first of the year. He will
probably engage in business in Hop
kinSville. Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
THRIFT.

~What for does Donald tax sic
lang stries nOoadayssp
"He SAYS it disna wear. cot his
hoes sac quick. Passing Show.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
NOT ANY MORE.

"You used to give bread and
pickles with this order"
''The old order changeth," was the
walters reply.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
VERY o6IIoiNe

Il just went up to Jones and told
him / didn't like his face
-'What did he do? =
"He changed oOuntenanoe.'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
STRIKING AN AVERAGE.

Nipp-That fellow Bighedde is
generally disliked.
Tuck-Yes, but his opinion Of
himself brings the average pretty
well up.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
FITTING EJACULATION.

81 see where the British are now
stopping consignments of false teeth
to Germany"
by gum
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
THE MEAN MAN.

"When can l buy that dream Of
a bonnet, hubby ''when you 90
shopping while you're walking in
your sleep, dear
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23

as your husband difficult to please
in the matter of dress 2"
very. When | get a gown that
he likes he doesn't like the bill, and
when the bill suits him he doesn't
care a rap for the gown"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
$4,000, 1000 Holiday Stickers
Already Distributed In
United States.

Few people have any conception of
the magnitude of the Red Cross Christ
mas Seal Campaign. Here are few
figures that will show what a gigantic
movement this is. Already 1926, 0O0,-
600 Seals have been printed and prac-
tically that entire number distributed
to agents in every state and territory
of the Union from Alaska to the Canal
Zone, from Porto Rico to Hawaii, and
even in the far-off Philippines. Ad-
vertising circulars, posters, cards, ETC.,
to the number of several million, have
also been distributed. Not less than
| 200, 600 personal letters asking peo-
pie to buy Seals have been sent out.
1t is estimated that the army of work.
ers, nearly all of whom are volun-
teers, engaged in selling the Seals
numbers well over 100000. The adj
vertising and publicity devoted to the
campaign amounts to several hundred
thousand dollars. Every effort is be-
ing put forth to sell 100, 900, 900 Seals,
or only one for every man, woman
and child in the United States. This
will mean 100000 for the anti
tuberculosis campaign in the United
States. Over 1900 anti-tuberculosis
associations of the country derive
their support from Red Cross Seals
If the good work is to GO on, you
must help.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-23
ITS NATURAL PLACE.

aHow is this conference about
Mexican 49, Pgg'
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12

his, Sam WEBB. was scared to call
his soul his own. He held something
over Sam, and treated him IKE :
dog. ~
Hazard turned to Curtis.
'Were you hsre at any time on the
evening Of the thirtieth Decoration
day7" f
Before replying the young fellow
hesitated and glanced uneasily at biz
sister. She urged him with nod 70
answer. Then
Il tried to hidp. It." he returned,
but / suppose Itmight al wen tell.
Yes. was here saw my uncle
lying dead on the library noor."
Here's the way of IT," Curtis pur-
sued. "Uncle Henry knew how I
liked to play pinochle. and he hired .
shark to teach him so he could win
my odd bits Of change latter he'd
robbed me and sister Of what was
rightfully ours. too! We'd play two
or three times q week. and other
nights he'd be taking lessons from a
fellow named Nick Blackburn. Nick
got him Job on the Andrew Cole
started to work day before yesterday
and he couldn't have fooled with
the old man any more"
Are you sure he went to work on
the thirtieth?" Hazard interrupted.
"Yes. sir. saw him OF In the
morning-Decoration day"
Paradis then recounted, In so far as
he was concerned, what happened at
the house on the fatal night.
II came in like I always did. hoping
might pick up a piece Of change
from the old man. The house was as
still as cemetery. Sam was gone:
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12

puncture which few minutes' prob
ing demonstrated to have been made
by q bullet of the same size. Powder
marks on the left breast Of his shabby
old e-jacket showed that the
muxxle had been close when the
weapon was fired.
From these details the police and
reporters, and next the coroners jury,
drew their conclusion that the old
man had accidentally been overtaken
by death. withal In most extraordi-
nary manner. :.
However" added Miss Bertel. I'm
spite Of the verdict andsthe police
they are suspicious Of the niece. Mrs.
Pell. and her young brother. Curtis
ParAdis mot wholly without reason
either, Imust admit.
'Mn! Psll, while besging me 70
help her. II afraid to talk much; there
d something she h holding back; {;
ana whatever II Il, X I'm any 5udge o
anothor woman's character, it's some
thing that WIN tend 70 inorimi4ate
Older 1or d ~ brother. .
sffoto Ars ~ i.ots that make =
look I'D for NJ: 4 >lttcr enuity ~
kopt hof an1 ~ uzlc1c arcz -
yooro MT nino6 ~ vns q lltflc
a. hns ~ ~ q tho h6cso. ~
twics ones abotf : vsek neo ~
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12
on Of South State street. region
whose population IL mostly colorsd-

-, ~ un.,th ot.t. .t,..4 y !. ...s..
49,. x ,.cr,,,..,cr = v,csts- ..,ssSS
4. s''-' -
LAM ana nis compenacn were
conoeosee up Two nIsnu q ste1rs ana
ooHn' p.ia 20 . noom wnere tne me-
~ nalted ana nrew OPEN , door.
When tney came Up Win MN % they
could see Within. ne pointed dramat
icaiiy 70 = ngure Iying upon = bed.
& There" he sotemnly averred. rs
the man who killed NJ. Paredis."
The man rolled hls head round and
looked At the intru4ers. two Of whom
recojIed In astonishnent.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12

For some moments the man scru:
tinized the pretty 'ace opposite his.
According to the newspapers that
was an accidental DEATH" said he.
Il don't know much about 1t, though. =
"I1l tell you about It, For my
>neighbor's sake I interested myself in
the case; I've gone as far with It as
/ can without mans assistance.
You're to be the man." ~
What she recounted may be briefly
sketched.
On the morning Of May 31st the
lifeless body of Henry Paradis had
been found, under peculiar circum-
stances, at his North Halsted street
residence. In the middle Of the room
used by the old bachelor as a library
stood table-desk, and lying on q
rug In front of this and underneath q
protruding drawer the body had been
discovered by the households sole
servant, q middle-aged negro named
Sam Webb.
There were numerous factors that
tended to veil the fatality In mystery
On the surface these. factors sug-
gested that Henry Paradis had
opened drawer Of his desk and i'm
mediately fallen dead from bullet
wound inflicted by his own revolver
BY way Of mute testimony, there
was the partially open drawer hall
full of neatly tied packages Of let
ters, together with papers and docu
ments OF various sorts, upon top oi
which lay the weapon. Its cylinder
contained Ave loaded cartridges and
one freshly exploded shell. The re
volver was of a well-known make, 3S
caliber, and just below the dead
mans heart was q small purplist
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12

On the records Of the Sutherland
Dstectivs agency Helen Bertel's name
was only one Of several after which
appeared the word, "6tenographer." !"
AZ matter Of fact. in certain spe-
cial lines OF work this uncommenly
pretty, self-reliant girl was one of the
most capable operatives the COM
pany ever had in its employ. Although
Felix Hazards lean. hawklike visage
was too we'll schooled to betray any
hint Of his deeper feelings. neverthe-
less sometimes while looking at her
his dark eyes took on an intense
glow that shook the girls poise. She
was won't to chide herself because
this look had the power Of agitating
her, and she would discourage 1t in
different ways-sometimes by treat
ing Hazard with cool reserve, another
time by poking fun at him, or, most
effective of all. by making some
abrupt. unexpected appeal to his
friendship. They never quarreled;
they were much too good pals for
that.
So on q certain June morning-the
first, to be definite-when Hazard
found a note upon his desk In her
handwriting. which was as familiar
to him as his own. he forgot every
thing else until he had read 1t some
half-dozen times.
AS he tore open the envelope and
spread out the single sheet therein
contained. two objects fell out and
duttered to the floor. He picked them
mp. They we're In the corners of
two playing-cards. the knave Of dia'
monds and the queen Of spades.
These he laid carefully aside and
read:
Ny dear Felix:
Take me to luncheon today and TN
tell you about the enclosed relics.-H.
For possibly minute he gravely
speculated upon the card fragments;
hut they only teased his curiosity
The ragged torn edges exactly
matched. demonstrating the two cor
ners had been held tightly together
when the balance of the cards were
torn away: this was the sole infer
ence he was able to draw from the
~'relics."
Promptly at half-past twelve Helen
Bertel's animated face appeared at
Hazards doorway. She was tall
graceful girl. fond Of tennis and OF
being both on and In the water. FOL
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12

This story throbs with real
Ism In the words narrowest
meaning. It 10 . faithful rem
derIns Of m authentic expert
ence In the career Of Z high
officIai Of detective agency
whose name 10 . household
word throughout the English
speaking world. Real names Of
persons and places arc some
times disguised. In all other re-
spects tho amazing, often thrill
Ing, always gripping facts arc
recorded Just az they happened.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12
"Is the Man Who Killed Mr.. ParadIsi"

any more; so when the old man drew
the money from the bank the devil
just naturally got into Sam.
Sam he plans It all out. I'm chef
on Great Northern dining car, and
he knows I'll be in Chicago over Deco
ration day. He has me 60 to q col
ored folks ball on Twenty-eighth
street, where he's invited, and make
out like I'm him. We've often done
that Just to be skylarking. and
thought nothing of It till l saw the
papers next afternoon. Then I real
lied what q position ! was in. pre-
tending to be Sam. because right
away felt It was him that had killed
his boss.
Il was scared. We favor one an
other 90 close, II the police was look
Ing for Sam, like 40 not they'd pick
me up instead Of him.
II was wild to find him. When went
| to where he'd been working there was
. lady and gentleman there. and by
the frightened way they acted ut sight
Of me was surer than ever that folks
knew Sam was guilty.
"Then ! met this gentleman. and I
thought was gone for sure. reckon
! oushtn't to have run; but just
couldn't help It
by and by some colored folks told
me about the accident to Sam. \ went
to the hospital and had him brought
here. After I'd talked 70 him while
he promised to tell sv6rything and
give back the money he'd taken"
Al he nnished speaking he went TO
dresser drawer and took out long
thick manila envelope. This he hand
ed to Hazard.
You'll find all the money there just
like Sam got it-t2.S00."
Sam Webb's story was not long.
His plan to slay his employer and d.
vert suspicion from himself was
simple He knew Paradis would be
alone the night OF the thirtieth. and
also was familiar with Blackburn's
frequent visits to the house and their
object. He also was cognixant Of Cur.
tls' visits. He did not, however.
know that Blackburn had Ieft the city
on the Andrew Cole that morning.
and that, when he interrupted the old
mans dummy-hsnd game and shot
him with his own pistol suspioion Of
Blackburn would rebound from Z dead
wan and alight upon the real culprit
You're duok. Fslixl~ Hslsn Bsr.
I'll Assured hin vhen onoe mers she
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12
~Thers," He soIemnIy Averrsd,

I couldn't raise my uncle-nobody at
all. This seemed queer because the
front door wasn't locked.
"As soon as lit the gas In the II.
brary saw Uncle Henry on the floor,
dead. ! was pretty badly scared. A
pinochle deck was on his desk with q
lot OF melds spread out. as II he'd
been playing game with somebody.
On top Of the cards was his gun. 1t
looked like whoever had shot him had
reached across the desk and poked
the gun right against him, then
dropped 1t and run.
Right away / thought. whoever
found the cards spread out like they
were-anybody knowing how much
we'd played together-would think I'd
shot him.
Il dropped the gun into drawer
that stood open. and put the cards In
my pocket"
The balance Of Curtis Paradis'
story agreed with what Hazard already
had heard. and likewise explained his
movements when leaving his uncle's
house and proceeding south on Hal
sted street.
"Just before turning on the gas I
saw two cards in the old mans hand,
Believe me, 1t was worse than being
shot at to stoop and snatch them
away: yet might az well have left
the rest as those two.
swell. snatched them. and the
corners tore away. l was too ratified
TO stop and get the corners; ] was
could"
Knowing OF Blackburn's vacated
room. he had slipped into It from the
alley and remained there hiding all
night. He Il was who had LETT the
pack Of cards there.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-02-12

Mn. Pan ana her. brothsr wsrs len
q charge of ~ house. On re vay
down town HasaF1 ~ ~ ne9ro
VQfo 1o1ned N Ma pegtel = whom
~ 6oeuor Id to1nDhoned. The jouf'
No onded among the Twentiss ~
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-31
Portsmouth and Peace.

Eleven wears after the so-Japanese
peace conference Portsmouth again comes
into prominence as the meeting place OF
commissioners who are to seek a settle
ment of the Mexican problem The first
of these gatherings in the New Hamp-
shire town had for its aim the ending OF
a war; the second is called to find some
way by which the danger OF war may be
averted In the one Occident and Orient
faced each other with languages strange
TO western ears, with modes of thought
and of diplomacy as widely apart as the
two hemispheres; in the other the more
nearly related American and Latin
American meet to strive for agreement
through the Spanish and English tongues.
Doubtless this new conference will lack
MANY of the features which made the
first picturesque, not to say spectacular,
There will be fewer contrasts of phyiog-
nomv and costume to strike the eye, and
the concourse of interested spectators
viii be less cosmopolitan. As before, the
world will look on from without, but
with no survey over colossal antagonists
narted for a moment and awaiting only
the word to Join battle again or to
ground arms. In at least one respect a
sort of INTERPRETATION of the new by
the old cannot be avoided. 1t will be
impossible for the American Mexican
commissioners to come together without
feeling the influence and getting some
of the inspiration which went out from
the earlier gathering and found there a
worthy contamination.
Exactly II years ago yesterday Ports
mouth associated herself with the peace
ideal in memorable scene. Along the
dusty road from the conference building
came the automobiles freighted with the
decision that was to re-estabish amity
between two great world powers. Ser
gius Whites face shone with exultation
when. springing from his car and hurry
ing into his hotel. he was at once chal-
lenged for the news by an eager crowd.
Mir. gospoda. miri" Peace gentlemen,
peaecl" There should be some augury
in that conclusion for the commissioners
who assemble at Portsmouth next week.
Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-31

No doubt there will be a thorough in
vestigation of the circumstances sur.
rounding the escape of Robert Fay, con-
victed plotter against munitions plants
in the United States, from the federal
penitentiary in Atlanta, Ca, early in the
present week Fay was formerly an Off
Ger in the German army and, II the evl'
dence presented at his trial can be given
credence he was specially detached to TO-
ment trouble in the United States and
to prevent, as far as possible, the ship
ment of munitions to the entente allies.
For his crime he was sentenced to eight
wears in the federal penitentiary and
had scarcely begun his term when he was
allowed certain liberties which enabled
him to put on brazen front and escape
from the institution. The American
public demands an investigation of the
circumstances of his escape and demands,
moreover. his recapture that he may be
compelled to serve out his reasonable
sentence. Nothing short of the consum-
nation of both of those things will salts
fy the people of the United States,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-31
MORETOWN

F. H. Sawyer, Mrs Addie Sawyer, Miss
Harriet Knapp and guests were in Bur.
lington Friday
Miss Harriette Clark of Roxbury re
turned home Thursday after several
days visit al A, c. Child's.
Mrs. b. F. Griffith and daughter, Mil,
bred, spent several days last week with
relatives in Montpelier, returning home
Sunday
L. Wilcox attended the special session
of the Vermont legislature at Montpel.
Ter Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Palmer and daugh.
ter. Goe. of Jonesville, were guests at
L. f. Flint's several days recently.
H. A. Brownson was in Montpelier
Saturday.
Rev. A. A. Mandigo returned from
Sheldon Friday.
Mrs NJ II. Farrar OF Wakefield, Mass
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. \. 6
Childs, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Ethel Child and Miss Grace Bulk
ley attended the teachers meeting at
Middlesex.
P. F. Nerney was in Bethel Thurs
day.
b. E. Gillette Of Burlington was in
town Wednesday.
A New England telephone was in,
stalled Wednesday in the residence OF
G. II. Sleeper.
Work on the state road which will
extend through the village, was begun
Monday under the direction of f. +.
Palmer
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J., Wilcox and daugh-
ter. Jean, went to Barre Tuesday for a
visit with relatives.