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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18
A SILVER
BULLET NOW
Is What Is Needed To Catch
The Wary Bandit
Villa
He Is HIDING IN THE HILLS
Washington Has No News and
Does Not Expect Any Soon
..-Mexico Generally Quiet.

Washington, March 17.-An inn
penetrable wall Of secrecy surround
ed tonight the movement of troops
beyond the Mexican border. So far
as official Washington was advised,
the columns virtually might have van
ished into thin air when they crossed
the international boundary yesterday
in pursuit of Villa. Even the COM
mander-in-chief, President Wilson,
did not know where Gen. Pershing's
men were.
Secretary Baker received virtually
no reports from Gen. Funston dealing
with events beyond the borders. Late
today he said he did not know wheth-
er troops had proceeded southwark
from their first bivouac on Mexican
soil last night. Not single dispatch
from the border was made public
during the day except one reporting
the death of Lieut.. Zell, Eleventh
cavalry, at the Columbus hospital,
where he took his own life in fit of
dependency.
VILLA FAR TO THE SOUTH.
Army officials were convinced that
more important developments were
to be expected for several days. 1t
seemed plain from the days accumu-
lation of rumors that Villa was far to
the south of his American pursuers.
The war department would not di-
vulge any details of the number of
troops across the border or of the
regiments sent. Press advices, how
ever, showed that infantry accom-
panied the cavalry and artillery out
of Columbus in the main column.
That means slow progress across the
desert. 1t will take days, it is said,
to cover the distance to Galena, the
town where Villa was reported UNI
officially to have been seen.
American consuls in Mexico so far
have been able to give little aid to the
troops, although all are on watch for
information that might indicate the
bandits movements. Consular adj
vices today continued to report gen.
orally quiet conditions. Officials dis
played some concern over the situation
in the Tampico district, however,
where there were signs of unrest.
KENTUCKY SENT TO VERA CRUZ
The battleship Kentucky was or
dered back to Vera Cruz from New
Orleans, Secretary Daniels explaining
that naval vessels now on the coast
did not have radio equipment power
full enough to insure uninterrupted
communication with Washington.
With the Kentucky at Vera Cruz, re-
ports from smaller vessels along the
coast can be quickly relayed to Key
West and Arlington.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

Those best informed say Villa has
no intention of lighting the United
States. He will disband his men and
/. personally seek refuge in the hills
With only few trusted companions
and can only be captured with "sil-
yer bullet" when price is placed on
his head high enough to make it worth
while to turn him up"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18
FRENCH STILL
HOLD FIRM
Verdun DefenSeS Have So Far
Proven Impregnable
Barrier.
MORE GERMAN SACRIFICES
Assault With Huge Electives on
lie Mort HOmme RepulSed
With Great Losses.

London, March 17.-Repulse at the
hands of the French again has been
the net result of a German infantry
attack launched with huge electives
after a heavy bombardment against
French positions at lie More Homme,
northwest of Verdun. The Germans,
who attacked in serried masses, were
driven eastward toward the Bots des
CorbeauX, where the French guns in
ficted heavy casualties on them.
Around Douaumont and the village
of VauX the big guns are operating
with redoubled violence, while south
ward in the WGvre the artillery
duels in the Meuse hills continue.
In the Argonne forest the French
gnns are still Smelling the German po-
sitionS northwest of the road from
Varenens and German batteries near
Montafucon.
The latest German official commune
cation, making reference to French
to dispute our possession
of the height of lie More HOmme,"
has brought forth a statement from
the French embassy at Washington
that the Germans never have gained
a footing on the hill, which the
French still hold.
Only engagements between patrols
have taken place on the Russian
front.
The Italians continue strongly on
the offensive against the Austrians
on the Isonzo front, especially on the
Podgora heights sector and southwest
of San Martina. On POdgora the
Italians entered the Austrian lines
but, according to Vienna, were re-
pulsed in vicious hand-to-hand fight
ing.
Both Austrians and Italians lay
claim to successes around San Mar
tino. The Austrians assert that an
Italian attacks in this sector failed and
that the Italians left numerous dead
on the field.
The Italian official statement de-
clares that after artillery and mus
kerry preparations the AustrianS
launched two strong attacks and sue
ceeded in reaching the edge of the
trenches taken from them recently
but were on each occasion repulsed,
leaving the ground covered with
dead. "
Premier Asquith and other officers
were criticised at large meeting in
London of married men who have
attested for service in the army.
Speakers declared there were still
100000 men available and that the
married men would refuse to serve
until Premier Asquith redeemed his
pledge to bring out the single men be-
fore the others were called to the
colors.
The feeling of the meeting was in
tensified by the reading of a letter
from Mr.. Asquith declining to receive
a deputation representing the married
men on the ground that this was
subject to be dealt with by parlia-
ment.
The meeting adopted by acclama-
ton resolutions demanding that all
proclamations calling up married men
be Withdrawn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

The Athenaeum Program Committee
is at work on the May banquet pro-
gram, which will include three of the
best after-dinner speakers in the
society, j. T. Hanbery, Geo. E. Gary
and T. C. Underwood. Others have
not been selected.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

rived in few hours. His broth
er and sister will arrive from
Oklahoma tonight and the funer-
eral services will be probably
tomorrow afternoon, though the ar
engagements had not been made yes
terday. Mr.. Russell was a member
of the Elks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

Yesterday was st. Prtrick's Day
and green was everywhere in evil
dence. Ties, ribbons and shamrocks
were seen on every hand. Even the
one cent postage stamps sold by Post
master Moseley were green.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

Lieut.. E. M. Zell, who committed
suicide at Columbus, N. M, was a
football star at West Point. He leaves
a wife and two children at Chatta-
nooga, which place he left last Sum
day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18
Judge Breathitt Honored.

Judge James Breathitt, of this city,
was one of the trustees appointed by
Gov. Stanley as trustee of the State
University.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

Gen. Joseph Simeon Gallieni, the
aged French minister of war, has re-
signed because of i'll health and Gen.
Charles Rogue has been appointed to
succeed him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18
mrs. JNO. c. JEFFERSON.

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jefferson, widow
of Jno. O. jefferson, died in Cadiz
Monday. aged 70.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Correspondents keep on telling
Just what they do not know,
About the hunt for Villa
Way down in Mexico.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18

R. A. Cook and r. A. Figg were
sworn in as Republican members of
the Board of Control Wednesday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-03-18
In Tobacco Prices This Week
With Sales Falling
Off.
BIGGEST RUSH is NOW OVER
Receipts Fall Under A Million
Pounds, First Time For
Several Weeks.

There was considerable falling off
in tobacco sales this week, due to
the bad weather and the further fact
that the roads are almost impossible
where there are no pixies.
The supply also is growing less I'M
der the deliveries of the last six weeks,
averaging more than million week.
Prices showed perceptible in
crease, averaging 20 cents above the
seasons average and well above the
dark tobacco average of 5.38 for the
entire state during February.
On the whole, conditions are more
favorable in every way.
Week ending Mar. 16, 1916. Unsold
stock Jan. /, 1916, 237 hogsheads.
Receipts for week. ...... 3 Hhds.
Receipts for year. ...... "a Hhds.
Sales for week. ....... D Hhds.
Sales for year. .... ISL Hhds.
LOOSE FLOORS.
Sales week. ............ 90, $500 lbs.
}sSales for season .... 1924, $40 lbs.
Dies for same date
cN915 ............... g, 5000, As lbs.
Average for this week. ......,. $5.69
Average for this season. 40
Market higher on all grades.
III. H. ALTERNATELY,
Secretary.
The schedule of the prices for the
week was as follows:
Trash $3.50 to 1913
Lugs $500" $h.75.
Com Leaf $500 to $3.50.
2 Med Leaf $500 to $3.50.
Good Leaf $500 to $3.50
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
LOWERING THE DEATH RATE
Report Shows a Gratifying Decrease
In the Victims eff tuberculosis
During Recent Years.

At the convention of the National
Association for the Study and Proven.
ton of tuberculosis, held recently at
Seattle, 1t was shown that the nation
Ell death rate from tuberculosis has
decreased from 326 per 100, 900 in 1880
to 1865 In 1913. This decrease 70
equivalent to the saving Of 1871
lives in a single year. 1t proves that
the fight against the scourge is being
waged wisely and effectively.
1t is estimated that there are to.
day 100000 consumptives In the
United States. Their ~existence means
an economic loss OF $214, SOC, 900 q
year. Any moveAent to lessen the
number of ~sufferess is commendable,
not only from tbs standpoint of the
humanitarian, but also from that u
the practical ecoacgtst.
Such figures are highly interesting
just at present. They shcw that while
more than half thu world Is almost
wholly absorbed in the work Of taking
life, the American republic remains
concerned in the business of saving
life. The contrast between the hui
m~anitarians in session at Seattle and
the strategy boards which are meeting
today in all the great European cap.
itals is sufficiently st.ihing.-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27

4 wasn't q week ago." and Allison
locked across the starry sky to the
tree-scalloped hills. with the compile.
ton of the consolidation OF New York's
transportation system, and the build
ing of q big central station. / thought
/ was through. 1t seemed a big achieve
ment to gather all these lines to a COM
mon center, like holding them in my
hand; to converge foul millions Of
people to n point, to handle them
without confusion, and to redistribute
them along the same lines. looked like
a life's work; but now I'm beginning
to become ambitious"
"Oh, l see," grinned Jim Sargent.
You want to do something you can
really call a Job. II remember right
ly, you started with an equipment OF
four horse cars and two miles of rust
ed rail. What do you want to conquer
next?"
Allison glanced down the hill, then
back out across the starlit sky. Some
new fervor had possessed him tonight
which made him a poet, and loosened
his tongue which. previous TO this,
could almost calculate it's utterances
In percentage.
THE world" he said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
Thoushtiassness and Accidents.

The yast majority of personal In.
Jury accidents are not duo - mechani.
cal defects" writes II. l.. 0annett, In.
spector Of safety Snd fro prevention
of the Commonwealth Edison com.
pany at Chicago, "aut are plainly dae
to some thoughtless act On tie part OF
the injured or his :ellow 1aa.
"An arm or leg OF can n.ver be re.
placed-an eye loSt cannot be put
back. and a life onfe surr1niered can
never be recalled.
Life is sweet. / horne with a Grip.
pied father is not filed With the happi.
ness that 1t Is entitled 10 enjoy; and a
home from which the fsiher has been
called to that land fiSn whence No
traveller returns In truly in distress.
and has an added xa-tfess when 1t Ia
known that an available accident
caused by the tAeHThtless act had
caused the untimsiS call Of the grim
reaper"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
APT v.

Edward e. Allison Takes a Vacation.
Edward E. Allison walked into the
Offices of the Municipal Transportation
company at nine o'clock, and set his
basket OF opened and carefully anne-
tated letters out Of the mathematical
center of his desk; then he touched a
button and . thin young man. whose
brow, at twenty, wore the traces Of
preternatural age. walked briskly In.
Take Mr.. Gregory these letters
and ask him If he will be kind enoagh
to step here"
Yes, sir" and the concentrated
young man departed with the basket,
feeling that he had quite capably borne
his weight of responsibility.
Gregory walked in, a fat man with
no trace of nonsense about him.
"Out for the day. Ed?" he surmised,
gauging that probability by the gift
OF the letters.
"A month or So" amended Allison,
rising and surveying the other articles
on his desk calculatingly. I'm going
to take a vacation"
Its about time" agreed his efi-
cient general manager. 81 think It's
been four years since you stopped to
take q breath. Going to play a ittle?"
That's the WORD" and Allison
chucAied like u boy.
81 suppose we'll have your address,"
suggested Gregory.
NO"
Gregory pondered frowningly. He
began to see q weight piling up on him
and, though he was capable. he loved
his nesh.
About that Shell Beach extension?"
no inquired. There's likely to be trou-
BILE with the village Of Waveview. Their
local franchises"
Settle it yourself" directed Allison
~carelessiy, and Gregory stared. Dur
ing the long and arduous course Of Al
lison's climb, he had built his C
on personal attention to detail. Good.
by" and Allison walked out, lighting a
cigar on his way to the door.
He stopped his runabout in front OF
a stationer's and bought the largest
globe they had In stock.
Address, please?" asked the clerk,
pencil poised owe delivery slip.
"Pll take 1t with me- and Allison
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27

eSs14 WA HE aA4s, and his books.
M his figures; then he went to hia
broker with a list of railroads.
Get me what stock you can Of
these" he directed. "Pick u up a.
quietly as possible
The broker looked them over and
elevated his eyebrows. There wss
not a road in the list which was i'm.
portant strategically, but he hsd
ceased to ask questions Of Edward
Allison.
Three days later Allison went int
the annual stockholders meeting Of
the L. and C. railrosA, and registersa
majority Of the stock " that inss1.
nificant line. which ran - the shoss
opposite Crescent island, Joined -
Towando Valley shortly after its emsp-
gence from its hired entrance int
New York, ran for fifty miles over the
roadway Of the Towando, with which
1t had g longtime tracking contract
and wandered up into the country.
where Ii served as an outlet to q
tain conservatively profitable terri
tory.
The president reached for his gavel
and called the meeting. The stock
holders. gray and grave, and some
with watery eyes. drew up their chairs
to the long table; for they were direc-
tors, too. They answered to their
names. and they listened to the main.
utes, and waded mechanically through
the routine business, always with their
gaze straying to the new force which
had come among them. Every man
there knew all about Edward e. ALI
son. He had combined the traction In
terests of New York by methods as
logical and u~nsympathetic as geon.
etry, and where he appeared, no mat
ter how pacific his avowed Intentions
there were certain to be radical up
heavings.
Election Of officers was reached In
the routine, and again that solemn In
quiry in the faded eyes. The Official
slate" was proposed In nomination.
Edward e. Allison voted with the rest.
Every director was reelected!
New business. Again the solemn
inquiry.
Move to amend Article Three, Sec.
ton One of the constitution, relating
to duration Of Office" announced Alb.
son. passing the written motion to the
secretary. ION a call from the major.
ity OF stock, the stockholders OF the
l.. and c. railroad have a right to
demand a special meeting, on s1e
weeks notice, for the purpose Of re.
organization and reelection"
They knew it. 1t had to come.
Edward e. Allison waited just long
enough to vote his majority stock. and
left thu meeting in a hurry, for he
had an engagement to take tea with
Gail Sargent.
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27

Free n Air. He Gayly Told Her.
helped them secure the clumsy thing
In the sea- beside him. Then he
streaked up the avenue to the small
and severely furnished house where
four ebony servants protected him
from the world.
Out of town except to this list" he
directed his kinky-haired old butler,
and going into the heavy oak library,
he closed the door. On the wall. de-
pending from the roller case, was a
huge map, a broad familiar domain be-
tween two oceans, and he smiled as
his eye fell upon that tiny territory
near the Atlantic. which, up to now, he
had called q world, because he had
mastered 1t.
His library phone rang.
"Mr. Allison?" a woman's voice. Gail
Sargent, Mrs. Sargent. Mrs. Davies. or
Lucille Teasdale. No ether ladies were
on his list. The voice was not that Of
Gail. Are you busy tonight?" Oh.
yes. Lucille Teasdale.
Free as air." he gayly told her.
I'm 30 glad" ratified Lucille. "Ted's
Just telephoned that he has tickets for
The Lady's Maid Can you join us?"
with pleasure. No hesitation
whatever: prompt and agreeable: even
pleased.
That's jolly. I think six pakss susk
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
When the Worm Turned.

"Your honor" declared Officer Nc
Pherson, Il heard an awful yellin' back
In the wagonyard, and when / got
there this man was beating his wife,"
Judge Brayle turned Sharply OF tie
prisoner, a tall, gaunt farmer, with
:~lay-colored complexion.
us this true? Were you beating your
wife, sir?" the judge demanded.
Eyes, your honor"
How did you come to do it,"
Lord knows, jedge. For twenty
years she allus wuz tn enc what did
tn beatin', but l jes' happened ter
catch her when she wasn't feelin'
right."-Case and Comment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
Good Rlddance.

Andrew Carnegie said at a luncheon
In his Fifth avenue mansion overlook
ing Central parbi
THE captair OF Industry has s;sap-
~peared-apd a ~ Job, too.
Il refer, of 10 mai .-pe OF
captain OF ! Cd whiul is lam
yooned in the so.aDstone story.
did you hear about the horrible.
horrible DETACHMENT that has hap
pened to the tombstone of the captain
of industry. poor old Trillions?' said a
banker.
mo said his companion. What
did the DETACHMENT consist Off
"'Some scoundrel added the word
friends" to the poor fellows epitaph.'
""Yes. And what was the epitaph?'
at was. HE did his best."'"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
SYNOPSIS.

A a vestry meeting of the Market
square church Gail Sargent listens 10 a
discussion about the sale of the church
to Edward Z. Allison, local
traction king, and when asked her opin-
LOT. of the church by Rev. ninth Boyd,
says 1t is apparently Il lucrative business
enterprise. Allison takes Gail riding in
MS motor car. When he suggests he is
entitled to rest on the laureis of his
achievements, she asks the disturbing
question:: Why" Gail, returning to her
Uncle Jim's home from her drive with Al
,lson, hnds cold disapproval in the eyes
OF Rev. Smith Boyd, who is calling there,
AT q bobsled party Gail finds the world
oncomfortably full of men.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27

Fools ofttiDO S1sA u ~ ~
while visa nsA ts~s0t1GasA
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
Peter che Great,

What Alfred the Great is to early
Britain. that Peter ne Great, in HIS
crude way. Is to RvsSa. II ever a race
of people found adequate expression
in one person, that E>ee was the Slavic
race in their great csir. AS an acorn
enfolds an oak, tha type of q greet
forest. Sc Peter ts Great enfoaasd
the Russian people. Into him tnsy
have flowed from ths twilight of tiG,a.
and from him thsS 1ave gone out =
the ends of the eafth. And this -
one of his dreams, that his couuopy
might have ample bs1n1aris&"-H~
The World Gtosp-Ani Bsysni.n -
Edwin Davies 6eAosxmaker.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27

Despite the fact that he is over
ninety years Of age. J. Fl. Fisher OF
Cleveland, O.. Is still at the forge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
Method.

Browns Jones strictly neutral?
Mrs. Jenks-Yes; he sides with
whoever he's talking with!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27
Important to Mothers
The Best Excuse.

Brown-Ignorance of the law ex-
cnses no one.
Smith-Quite SO. 1t Is much Better
to be rich and hire good lawyers
Life.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-27

Piles Relieved by First Application
And cured in q to IA days by PAZ0 tho
universal remedy for all forus Of Piles. Druggists
refund money If IL failA Soc
New Britain herald., 1916-08-17
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

Artists and thinkers. by L. W. Flac-
 GUS.
 "These essays on Rodin Maeterlinck and Wagner are real intellectual DOT traits, type-figures relieved against a background rich in allusion. No less chosen"
 . His work is fresh and original, the literary manner distinguished, and the collection of essays an suspicious ments. ."-Nation.
 Between St. Dennis and St George, a
 sketch of three civilizations, by
 F. M. Hueffer.
 He has really given us the impress sions of one highly civilized person as the war has played on his mind, with illustrative anecdotes som metim es serious. at other times whimsical. His style carries the reader along like g. cork on a current; he has many good stories to tell e1l"-Athenaeum Alfred Russell Wallace, letters and
 "reminiscences, by James Mar
 chant.
 He has made a selection from sev- eral thousands of letters, and has bound these together with a sympa- thetic and Well-written biographical cOmmentary.' y.'-Nature. England's efforts, by Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
 "A book written in answer to an American correspondents question: Has England done all she could ?" Particularly inspiring is her story of what the women are doing, their cheerfulness, courage and devotion Mrs. Ward, with her daughter, visited intuition plants. the fleet in the north, Red Cross hospitals at home and in France, and other places where | England is showing her spirit."- Athenae cum.
 Industrial preparedness, by c. E. Knoeppel. Marrying of Ann Lette, 8 comedy in four acts, by Granville Barker. Samuel Co1eridg dge-Taylor, musician;