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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-28

United States navy has the dis
tinction OF beiEg somewhat older
than the government itself, for nine
months before the actual Declare
ton OF independence congress au-
thorized the construction OF two ma.
tional" cruisers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-28

MISS KATHERINE SCHULTZ.
Decidedly suggestive Of the war
in France was the costume worn
by Miss Katherine Schulze at the
recent Piping Rock races.
Parislans Who stu AFFECT smart
dressing have lately adopted a Sc.
we're style OF costume which resem-
bles both the nuns and the nurses
attire. The frock worn by Miss
Schulze embodied all OF the for
eign details. among which IL a per
fectly plain skirt reaching to the
ankles
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

Shaving was pfacticed in the new
world before nc was discovered By
Europeans, and the Mexican BARRIERS
shaved their customers with fakes Of
volcanic glass, each piece as 1t lost
its edge being flung away and a new
one applied. A curious instance OF
political significance in the mode OF
shaving may be remembered By some
people. It was after the downfall OF
Napoleon III, when the French army
ceased to be imperial and became re-
publican, that a general order was is
sued that all military chins were to
be shaved, and forthwith the familiar
characteristic "imperial" disappeared
from 100000 chins.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

How many people suffer fr m an
hing back?
How few know the cause2
Fit hurts o stooD or lift
If you suffer sudden, darting
pats
II you are weak. lame and tired
Suspect y ur kidneys.
Watch for natures signal.
The first sign may be headache or
dizziness.
Scanty. painful. or too frequent
urina'ion.
Nervousness or a constant, dead
tired feeling.
Avert the serious kidney diseases
Treat the weakened kidneys with
Deans kidney Pills,
A remedy especially for sick kid.
neys.
Gratefully endorsed by residents
of this locality.
W. H. Barksdale. farmer, RID.
No. 8, Pembroke. KY. says:
II suffered with lame. aching
back and nays kidneys acted irreg-
ularly. ~
Doan's Kidney Pills, promptly re.
lieved the complaint and put my
kidneys ia fine condition.
My back became strong and did
not trouble me any more. either.
am clad to endorse Doan's
Kidney Pills."
Price Soc a. all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy.
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Barksdale had. Foster
Milbnrn Co, Props, Buffalo,N Y
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
QUANTITY OF OIL IN SIGHT
United States Geological Survey
Makes Important Report on Fields
in Colorado and Utah.

Twenty billion barrels of crude oil
and 2OOO,OO0.OOO barrels of gasoline
is the estimated yield from Colorado
shale beds, according to the United
States geological survey. In anticipa.
ton Of the day when, on account OF
the advancing cost of gasoline and
other products obtained from petro.
leum, 1t might be found commercially
profitable to utilize some of the enor.
nous supply of petroleum to be de.
rived from the distillation Of the vast
deposits Of so-called hydrocarbOn
shales of the Green river formation Of
northwestern Colorado and northeast.
ern Utah, the United States geological
survey has for three years been max
ing field investigations Of these de-
poslts.
The examinations have been accom-
panied by mapping of the areas of n.y.
drocarbon shales and by such field
measurements of the thickness of the
shales In workable beds and such rude
field dlstillation tests as will afford
primary information concerning the
amount and richness Of the shales In
different parts Of the region.
Very rough but cautious calculations
of the contents Of the shale In parts of
the area examined indicate that the
dlstiilation Of shale from beds over
three feet thick In Colorado alone will
yield moreythan 10000. 100000 barrels
of crude oil, from which more than
1000, 100000 barrels Of gasoline can
be extracted by ordinary methods. Al
report giving the results Of these ex.
plorutions and tests and an account
of experiments as to possible gasoline
production. both by the ordinary CON-
mercial processes, and by the Rlttman
process, IL now In press,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

Even the thankless task Of solving
the knotty points that arise In the set
Element of separation allowances has
its compensatIons. Some quaint let
tiers that have had TO be dealt with
have been published already; but
there nre others. One correspondent.
for instance, states my husband has
been away to the Crystal palace and
got four days furlong, and has not
gone to the mind sweepers." Another
says: II have received your letter. I
am his grandfather and his grand
mother, he was born and brought up
In this house in answer to your let
ter" One of the most striking eplstles
reads: "Though | take this liberty as
1t leaves me at present I beg to ask
II you will kindly be kind enough to
let me know where my husbin though
he Is not my legible husbin as he as
a wife though he says she Is dead but
don't think he nos for sure but we
are not married though I am getting
my allotment regIar which Ia no fault
Of Mr.. 10y George who would stop II
II he could and Mr.. McKenna but II
you know where he is as he Is belong
to the Navy Royal Fling Corp for ever
since he Joined In January when he
was sacked from his work for talking
back at his Dos which was woman
at the laundry where he worked. n
have not had any money from him
aInca ha foir16d fhot,oh "ho tord Mro
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

The general guild Of the silk trade
at Shanghai, Chinese organization, Is
reported to have taken up on .prac-
teal basis the question Of the improve.
ment Of the methods Of silk produc-
ton in China. japanese silk is gem
orally regarded by experts as natural.
iy inferior to Chinese. yet the export
Of steam flature silk from japan has
been increasing In recent years b.
leaps and bounds. while that from
China has bsea at best no more than
holding Its owh- TWO representative
Of the guild have. been appointed 20
go to Japan and study the methods In
use there. 80 ogzi "a eN tN
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
Four Ways Of Making Candles.

Candles are made and have been
made for centuries by four distinct
processes called dipping" pouring"
drawing" and "molding." Few candles
of commerce are now made Of pure
beeswax or tallow, but usually by com.
bining stearine. q trade name for a
mixture Of varying animal and vege-
table fats; paraffin wax, obtained
from petroleum; spermaceti, obtained
from the sperm whale; beeswax and
mineral wax, obtained from ozocerite.
Palm oil and coconut oil are also ex-
tensively used In the candlemaking
trade.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
Colonial Relies unearthed.

A chest containing colonial relics
was unearthed in Jewett City. Conn.
by Louis Gill while digging on his land.
In the chest were found records Of the
battle OF Bunker Hill written by Jo-
seph Warren, part OF an old book on
gospel unity. two book covers bearing
iates OF 100 and 1880, a coin dated
I723, pistol Of the Revolutionary
period, three pieces Of Indian wampum
and pen-and-ink map OF the plot on
which the chest was buried.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
Eliminates Coal Smoke.

A Cincinnati man has found that
mixture Of water and clay on coal viii
prsyent smoke. When clayey water Is
thrown on small pieces OF coal 1t forms
a thin layer of clay around each piece.
This helps keep In the e0ai gases until
the clay Is thoroughly heated. When
the coal gases come out they are read
iIy COMMUNICATIONS burning up the
smoke. The briquettes thus burn more
slowly and more uniformly than plain
coal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
WHAT wrIters Fear.

Rupert Hughes, in conversation a
day or two ago. said that he did not
find enough sincerity In modern fiction.
Too many authors. he believes. are
restricted by the thought of "jeune
file" and the possible shock she might
receive from their works.
II did not write for little girls" says
Mr.. Hughes. II write for grown per-
sons living in u modern world"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

"Do you eycle?" asked the insurance
agent.
mo" replied the applicant for a
policy. 92t
"Ever race in motor boatrr
mo" 5sh
"Driye much In an automobller"
"Never." ~
"Ever go up in an airshipr
"Never want to-"
"Sorry we can't insure you. There's
too much risk insuring mere pedes-
trians." ibaJ r
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
Speed Of Sound.

Sound travels in a still atmosphere
and moderate temperature at about l.
100 feet per second. and increases
about one foot for every rise Of tenn
perature Of one degree. AS the tenn
perature rises musical instruments
sharpen In pitch and wood instru-
ments sharpen more than metal ones.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
ARr AMp ITs HARpsHIPs.

"You can't become a musician
without hard work"
Don't know it, sir? Wasn't I
once stoker on a steam pianoY
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

Farmers. mechanics. railroaders,
laborers, rely on DR.. Thomas Elec-
trio Oil. Fine for cuts, burns. bruis-
es. Should be kept in every home.
Csc and 50c. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
SENSITIVE.

sHello, old man. I hear you'vt
bought a house in the country
s'what IL 1 have? You don't have
10 rub IL In, do your
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

~Your father is making millions
out Of munitions. You'll be able to
buy duke after the war"
aTf there are any left"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
Either Would Do.

"Don't you wish you knew as much
as your children think you do?" mo,
wish knew as much as my children
think they do"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
NOT 80 SERIOUS.

Mary-What's the matter with
John; is he in lover
+ James-Why, no; he's only en-
gxged.-Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
unkInd.

Author = Some of my brightest
thoughts come when l am asleep.
Editor-Your great trouble Is In
somnia, ..A-s-S......a..-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03
KNEW HIM.

Mrs. Askett-Is your husband
good at golf?
Mrs. Tellum-No better than he
is any other time, / imagine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

NOTICE Valuable published Information raising
u Depstmen o. Aghukur
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03


Onet of preven
allowed
ncubate
4~efN The rooster makes the egg fertile
H. The fertile egg makes the blood ring
from blood
aft Matching is a
lay He erts
heat has the fertile
ff4NHW&k m 10
dhnT
2 NFERIIIE EGGS WILL NOT BECOME BLOOD RINGS oi ad
s a ~. S sa" ~ y
Matching sell Your
nerte
lbes. ro9agAI IL
Il @ q u 81 4
II b
both fertile fee
liars poultry yard returns; b~
the nests provide
/ daily.
Keepth in cool, dry or cellar
A least twice week.
s
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-03

Advertising increases business.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
Total Eclipse of
Sun, June s, 1918

A total eclipse Of the sun, visible
in the United States, will take place
on the afternoon of June s, 1918
according to advance information
issued by the United States weather
bureau at Washington. 1t will be
the first total eclipse of the sun
visible to this country since 1878
according to the officials.
The path Of the eclipse, it is an.
nounced, will be between Memphis
and Helena, Ark, possibly a few
miles north of Clarksdale, Miss.
1t will effect Memphis enough to
create almost complete darkness
1t will occur about 5 o'clock in the
evening and will last several
seconds.
Weather observers say it will be
one Of the most important eclipses
in years and astronomers from many
sectioas Of the Northern states are
expected to come to Memphis in or.
der that they can better view it:
effects. --News-Scimiter
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
State Has Right To
See Booze Records.

Jesse Cottrell, staff correspondent
for the Memphis News-Scimitar,
writes from Washington:
OF local interest in Tennessee is
the decision Of the supreme court
of the United States yesterday in
holding constitutional the North
Carolina statute which requires rail-
roads and express companies to
keep for public inspection records
showing liquor shipments received
in the state. The North Carolina
statute is an almost exact copy of
the Tennessee statute on the same
subject. The act is one of those
passed during the Hooper admins
tration, and before the enactment
Of the federal statute known as the
Reed amendment or bone-dry law
was the means in Tennessee Of en-
forcing the prohibition law more
effectually. Certain North Carolin-
ans took the position in contesting
the statute that interferred with en-
actment instead Of a state law, but
the supreme court Of the United
States held that under the police
power Of a state such a statute was
valid
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
Reminded OF Our
Forgetfulness

With the best intentions in the
world our people have been doing
the noble work of prevailing upon
all who would to send Christmas
boxes to the soldier boys, many Of
whom will give their lives for their
country-and in the meantime the
sailors and nurses. who are just as
worthy, have been forgotten. 1t is
too late now to remedy the forget
fulness before Christmas, but after
ward all should remember the good
women and splendid "Jackies" who
are just as valuable as are the SOL
diers in the trenches. Many a
nurse whose work lies inside the
danger zone, where German shells
are falling. is refined, educated,
tenderly nurtured woman, with the
blood Of a patriot and heroine pulls
ing through her veins and she is
mighty well worth remembering
Too much cannot be said in praise
OF the sailors who are Drawing the
German submarine menace-and
remember that all Of them are vol.
unteers In their dangerous work.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
Arthur Ross LOOses
House and Contents

While Arthur Ross and wife were
in town last Saturday afternoon,
they received word by telephone
that their home and contents, be-
tween three and four miles West Of
town, had been destroyed by fire
since they had left. When Mr..
Ross left home, there was little
fire in the fire place, but he covered
it with ashes in a way that he
thought it perfectly safe.
Mr.. Ross and family had left their
three children with the family OF
Riley Ross while they made the
necessary trip to town. We are in
formed that they have an afflicted
child, who they were just on the
point of taking to St. Louis to have
treated and perhaps operated upon
for relief which trip, Of course,
would have cost considerable mon
ey. The loss Of their home, with
ell its contents, under the circum-
stances, is an unusually heavy blow
to MT. and Mrs. Ross and their lit
tie children. If he needs temporary
help the people ought to give It
to him cheerfullY
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
Coal Shortage
All Over Country.

Since the beginning Of the unpre.
cedented cold spell which began
with the snowfall on Friday, the
9TH inst, there have been reports Of
coal shortage all over the country.
with considerable suffering in the
cities, notable in New York where
the coal shortage was marked a
week after the extreme cold set in.
In the smaller cities the purchase Of
coal was limited to two tons and in
many Of them the charitable or
ganizations had their hands full In
looking after the poor to keep them
from actual suffering. in fact, death
by freezing. In addition to other
distress brought by the shortage Of
coal during a spell Of weather with.
out precedent in at least forty years,
all over the country, many plants
which hire much labor. have been
forced to shut down when business
was booming. When the labor hir-
ing plant closes its doors, the income
of the laborer ceases and many who
are independent when work can be
had have to look to some extent to
charity to live.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
Goodbye Until
January 4, 1918.

With this issue The PROGRESS will
not again appear until date of Fri
day, January 4, 1918.
This custom has long been OBJ
served by this and other country
papers. which feel that the steady
work of the year entities their forces
to the lay-off Of a week from rou.
tine work.
The PROGRESS wishes each and
everyone Of its readers and all the
people the merriest Christmas pos
sible under the circumstances.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
NUMBER
Property Owners
Can Defeat Project.

Washington, D. C., Dec: 15.-
while no further information as to
the determination of the nitrate
plant fight has been given out by
the administration, it Is we'll estab-
lished that unless the avarice Of
property owners around Sheffield
defeats the project, Muscle Shoals
will win this fight. 1t is believed
by those in close touch with this
situation that only the possibility
of a radical advance in real estate
values has caused the war depart
ment to withhold the announce
ment that the Tennessee river has
won the fight.
The government has acquired IT,
tie to large area of land necessary
for the experiment plant and the
main plant for which twenty mil
lions of dollars was appropriated,
but more is needed It Is believed
that only unexpected events can de-
prive Muscle Shoals of the fruits Of
its long fight.
The immediate Inauguration of
this work has become a military
necessity. The government nitrate
supply, required in the manufacture
of explosives, needs replenishing,
and the experimental plant which
has been definitely awarded to
Sheffield will relieve this situation
to some extent. The principal plant
cannot be completed under four or
five years, but the government is
not inclined to discount the posi-.
bility Of long war, and will begin
the erection of the big plant at an
early date,
The first man who attempts 10
fsirsAsven = stEsEbllnc xlss 81
the way Of the great nitra plant en-.
|terprise at Muscle Shoals, on the
Tennessee river, by asking an ex.
cessive price for the required real.
estate, ought to be literally run out
of the country. The government
has appropriated twenty millions
dollars for such plant and even
more money will be spent on it,
but if the Alabama landholders be-
come too hoggish in their demands
they will yet run away perhaps
from the whole South the biggest
thing ever contemplated South Of
the Ohio river.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21

We did want Judge Joe Hie,
gins to be nominated for the Su.
preme court from Middle Tennessee.
but the people assembled In con.
vention did not see II that way
and Judge Higgins is no kicker.
But the people may give the GENTLE
man from Fayetteville something
just as good" even If 1t does not last
so long as a Supreme judseship.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21
VOLUME XXXIv
"ShieIds Bill
Will Be Fought. y

Under tins caption, IN the len
nessean and American Of last Sun
day, with the sub-head, Sims may
be induced to protect it in the
House. John w. Erwin writes most
learnedly from Washington some
thing, he may have difficulty in
proving. He states that Congress
man 7. W. Sims was an avowed op-
ponent of the Shields bill in the
last Congress-, but the article from
Washington written last Saturday,
the intimation Is made and some
what explained by Mr.. Erwin, that
pressure in connection with the
next race for congress. to be
brought by Senator Shields and his
following 10 the Eighth district Of
Tennessee, may cause our congress-
man to change his position on the.
Shields water power proposition
Mr. Erwin says Judge Sims has
close race on In the Eighth dis
trict this coming year." Who au-1
thorized Mr.. Erwin to state that
Mr., Sims has on any sort Of racer
He says further He is opposed by
Judge Sidney Everett, Of Jackson,
who Is a formidable candidate
How can Mr. Sims be opposed by
Judge Everett be he ever so formid-
able, when Mr.. Sims has not said a
word about being q candidate, eth
q directly or indirectly, in Wash
ington Or III bis home district? Mr..
Erwin, who Is evidently given to
shooting off his CAB perhaps for the
sheer pleasure Of hearing own head
sound, as 1t were, keeps on and
says. Senator Shields organization
has good grip on the Eighth dis
srIct Now the Senator hos aEasiII
his power to make considerable
trouble for Judge Sims" Constru-|
ing this into threat, doubtless not
authorized by Senator Shields, vel
must say that Mr.. Erwin has eth
er not been in Washington long,
that his residence there has been in
vain or that he has not acquired
the first inkling Of knowledge of the
character and general makeup of
the Honorable Thetus w. Sims, i'll
he believes that the Congressman
can be driven by Shields. by a
newspaper CORRESPONDENT or any
body or anything else to support
any measure which he has opposed
on principle--and that's what
prompts Congressman Sims to favor
or oppose measures in the Congress
Of the United States. AT the end
of his remarkable communication
Mr.. Erwin shows the nothingness Of
what he had already written by
stating that President Wilson is
having prepared a water power bill
which will correctly represent the
administration on that important
subject and it is believed that it
will be substituted for the Shields
bill and passed by the present Con-
gress. The paper for which Mr..
Erwin writes ought to insist that he
confine himself to matters on which
he is better posted than on political
affairs in the Eighth Tennessee dis
trict.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-21

R. w. Howard, who never fails,
was in town Monday and paid his
subscription.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-05-15
NEWS

The steamer Spokane of the Pac- fife Steamship company with a larg list of passengers, is reported due hers at eleven o'clock tonight. .l Postponement of the sailing of the Alaska from Seattle from today until tomorrow, was reported today ry the Alaska Steamship company's local office, She will be due here Sunday. The Dolphin, the sailing Of which was delayed from yester- day until today, will also arrive Sunday.
 Because announcement yesterday of a June ? sailing date for the So- phia of the C.P.R., is understood to have led to the belief by some that she would not make trip in the in:erim, the following inform atioq is given to correct that i'm pression. The Sophia will sail to- night from Vancouver and will be due here Saturda-. On her next trin she will be due here June 1 and will sai June 2.