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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
TOMPK|NS ADMITS
GUILT, SAY POLICE
81 Killed Those Three People"
Jailer Declares He Told
Wife and Father.

Johnstown, Pa, July 20.-George
C. Tompkins, of Philadelphia, held in
connection with the shooting to death
Of Edmund |. HUMPHREYS, prominent
coal operator; his wife, Mrs. Carrie
HUMPHREYS, and their 15-year-old son,
Edmund l. HUMPHREYS, Jr., on a
country road near Carrolltown, this
county, last Sunday, confessed to the
three murders today, according to an
nounccment by the police. The con-
fession was made in the presence of
Jailer Edward Knee. of the county
Jail, and Tompkins' attorney.
According to Jailer Knee, Tomp-
kins was sitting in the office of the
Jail talking to his wife and his faith
er, George c. Tompkins, ST., of Cliff
ton, New Jersey, when he burst forth,
saying:
81 killed those three people. kill
ed them all l killed HUMPHREYS in
the corn. | bought the pistol in
Johnstown."
Mrs. Tompkins began to cry and
became hysterical and her husband
said no more. Later, it is said, he
made a detailed verbal confession to
the Rev. B. F. Henry, pastor of the
Ebensburg Presbyterian church, but
this confession was not made public.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
Honor The Drafted Man

The highest honor that can be
conferred upon a citizen is to be
chosen to defend his country, says
the Chicago Tribune.
This truth has been obscured by
our use of the volunteer system par
allel with the compulsory system. A
comparison is inevitable between the
men who voluntarily have made the
great sacrifice and those who have
waited to be designated to serve UNI
der the new law. This is one of the
evil effects of the volunteer system
as we employ it. When we have es-
tablished the system of universal SER
vice we shall have no comparisons
All who are called to service will en-
ter on the same terms.
But now we have the Volunteers
and the drafted man. Let us not do
injustice to the latter because of the
former. We all honor the volunteer.
He is of the flower of our nation.
But it does not follow that the draft
ed man is not of the same breed.
There are honorable considerations
which have held men back from vol
unteering. There are duties at home
as well as abroad and the conscien-
tious citizen, knowing that the draft
was coming, could honorably wait for
its operation.
We honor the volunteer. Let us
honor the drafted man. and let the
drafted man honor himself. When
he receives the summons of the gov
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25

eminent he is called to the perform
ance of the noblest of all citizen du-
ties. His country has said to him:
81 need you. place my trust in you.
/ confide to YOU my homer, my well
fare, and the success of a great
cause"
The day in which a man is draft
ed, it cannot be a day of rejoicing, at
least should be a day of pride.
The new army raised by the draft
will be body of which any man may
be proud to be a member. 1t will be
made up of picked men. The senti-
mental opponents of CONSUMPTION
have covered the idea with the dust
of fallacies. They have tried to de-
pict the conscript as reluctant
weakling or a pacifist saint dragged
brutally to war. The conscript arm
les Of France and Germany give the
lie to that. For three years of the
civil war the armies of the north
Were filled by the draft and the arm
les of the south for a longer period.
The new national army is the erea-
tion of a free people giving effect to
their free will through free institu-
tions. 1t is the creation of law, like
the jury, and to serve in it is citizen
ship at it's highest level.
The American conscript soldier i
going to fight by the side of the he
roic conscript of France-republican
soldiers both, fighting for democracy.
Together they will write a shining
page in the history of freedom.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
1,032,800 KILLED,
TOLL OF GERMANY
More Than 100000 Wounded
Since War Began-600,000
PrisOsers Taken.

London, July 20.-The German
casualties reported in the German Of
fetal lists during June, but not as
having occurred in June, are given
out b. the war office as follows:
Killed and died of wounds, 2S,Sl9
Died of sickness. 3.2l5.
Prisoners and missing. 3S,606.
The totals OF the German official
lists since the war began are as fol-
lows:
Killed or died of wounds, ,032 800
Died of sickness, 1850.
Prisoners and missing, 591,966.
Wounded, 2,S25,5S1.
The naval and colonial casualties
are not included.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
SPLENDID SPIRIT DISPLAYED
BY AMERICAN TROOPS
Green Troopers and Seasoned
Officers Show Enthusiasm
For Service.

American Training Camp in France,
July 21.-"Whenever you write home,
whether in a private letter or to any
newspaper, tell them we are doing
finely, and that no army ever had a
finer spirit or was more confident Of
winning"
81 have handled troops for good
many years, and under varied condi-
tions. but never had a finer set of
men, never a more enthusiastic lot
than now. 1t has been revelation
to me to see the splendid spirit that
has prevailed since we landed. and
it augers well for the part America
is to play in the war that her initial
troops take hold with vim that is
going to prove irresistible"
The first quotation is from COM
paratively green trooper, the second
from a seasoned officer. Both were
made Independently to the Associat-
ed Press within a few moments of
each other yesterday.
Both illustrate the wonderful es-
prit de corps prevailing throughout
the first American contingent-an
esprit de corps which has evoked the
enthusiastic approval Of the French.
The American soldiers, as one min
giles with them, do not appear to I'M
derestimate in the slightest the Sc
robustness and earnestness of the task
before them. but from the newest
rookie to the oldest sergeant they
are going through their daily drill,
performing their daily work with
dash, vim and cheerfulness and will
ingness that has come as genuine to
the correspondent who spent the first
two wears of the war on the German
side, and with ample opportunities to
witness the perfunctory qualities of
the German spirit.
Thus far there has not been one
single soldier who undertakes to I'M
derestimate his opponent, but like
wise no one has made his appearance
who is not supremacy hopeful and
confident in the final outcome. The
fine spirit prevailing is evident on
every side. The discipline is excel
lent, and there is an absolute lack of
complaint. The troops are taking
their training with cheerfulness and
are adapting themselves to the nov
city of billeting and living under I'M
precedented conditions necessarily
imposed by living in strangers
house.
The troops are engaged in work
almost entirely strange to them, yet
the officers say they have made en-
tirely unexpectL~ progress, which
not only is a good augury for the
balance OF the army. but is due
largely to the enthusiasm pervading
each company and regiment.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
WHAT NATIONAL
PROHIBITION MEANS

From the noise that is made about
it among the vets, one might think
prohibition meant murder.
1t doesn't.
1t simply means more food, and
that means lower food prices.
1t means more efficient labor. and
that means greater output, and that
means lower prices again.
1t means that the men who are
now making beer and whisky will
begin to make the equivalent of what
they consume, and that, again, means
more car space for legitimate COM
modities, and that means faster hand
ling of freight, and that means lower
prices.
1t means more ship tonnage to be
used in transporting material for our
boys in France and for our allies, and
that means not only lower prices for
our allies. but the lives of American
boys saved for America.
Incidentally. it means less crime.
and that means less taxes. It means
less pauperism, and that means less
taxes. II means less insanity. and
that means less taxes. II means less
disease and death. and THAT means
infinite myriads of things for 1.-THE
good old U. s. A.!
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
NO. 30
.H0LlWEG PRAISED BY
HIS SUCCESSOR
German Chancellor in an Address
Says U'Boats Invoked
To Shorten War.

Copenhagen, July 20.-Dr. Mich
aclis the new imperial German Chan
cellor, in his address to the Reich
stag Thursday afternoon declared his
adhesion to Germany's submarine
campaign, asserting it to be a lawful
measure, justifiably adopted and
adapted for shortening the war.
Dr.. Michaeis opened his Reich
stag speech with a hearty tribute TO
DR.. Won Bethmann Hollweg, the re-
firing imperial Chancellor, whose
work he said, history would approve.
The Chancellor declared that the
war was forced upon unwilling Ger
many by the Russian mobilization
and that the submarine var was also
forced upon Germany by Great Brit
aims illegal blockade and starvation
war.
The faint hope that America,
the head of the neutrals, would check
Great Britain's illegality was vain.
Germany's final attempt to avoid the
extremity by q peace offer failed and
the submarine campaign was adopt
ed, said the Chancellor.
The submarines, the speaker con-
tinued, had done all and more than
had been expected and the false
prophets who had predicted the end
of the war at q definite time had
done q disservice to the Fatherland.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
FREAKISH EGG.

l.. B. Bennett brought to The Her
aid office Saturday an egg that bor-
ders on the freak, though it is only
one of cycle that had been laid by
hen Of Mrs. r. p. Bennett, of Route
5. The egg is perfectly shaped in ev-
cry respect, but the shell is crumpled,
resembling very much an egg of the
soft shell variety that had swiveled.
The hen that produces these odd-look-
ing eggs has laid out one cycle and
has started on the second. None of
these eggs have been set by Mrs.
Bennett, and it is not known whether
or not they will hatch.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25

., 258 Lennis j. Brown, Center
9 town.
8 45S Lloyd Lavender, Hartford
3 1896 Layton Ross, Centertown
g 854 Chas. A. Hoover, Hartford
5 1894 Carl H. Wilson, Rockport
3 1878 Herbert Ewell Wright
< Livia
& 1895 Shelby Willis Lee. Hart
@ ford -
8 2O22 William McHenry,. Hart
& ford
3 1455 Owen Renfrow, White Run
& 1888 John H. Hobby, Simmons
3 1918 Chas. C. Watts, McHenry
8 1858 Walter A. Williams. Ro-
& sine
& 1852 EMS Townsley, Hartford
q iii Delbert d. Moseley, Hart
& ford
Z 1872 Lee Stevens, Beaver Dam
) 174S Henry Tyler, Livia
s S37 Ira w. Hazelip. Rosine
Z 2036 Geo. w. Thomas. Beaver
, Dam
s 337 Jas. VIM. Chapman. Prem
Z tiss
Z GIG Edward Free, Fordsville
z75 Geo. w. Bethany, Dean
Z field
500 Claudio J. Daugherty, Rem
1885 Miller f. Felix, Olaton
564 Eli Dennison, Hartford
945 Ebert Hill, Hartford
1913 w. A. Whobrey, Hartford
500 Frank Everly, Centertown
1867 Ben. Il. Mcdonald. Sim
mons
$50 Welby Daugherty, Baize-
town
1495 Ed Robson, Reynolds
54S Geo. Davis, Beaver Dam
1875 Robt. Clifton Burgess,
Prentiss
1878 Cody Lee Stewart, Fords-
vile
l23s Malie Midkiff, Fordsville
7S4 Elbridge Gerry Hagerman,
Centertown
1882 Rigdon Terrence, White
Run
755 Thomas Hill, Beaver Dam
LOT Bert b. Barnard. Rockport
1916 Willie b. Southland, Hart
ford
1868 Clarence Sits, Whitesville
Concluded
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
TWO AMERICANS SHOT
Attempted To Kill Kaiser, Says
Report.

London, July 20.-The Reuter- AM
sterdam correspondent sends the
following:
According to information availa-
bic here, which must, however, be
treated with necessary reserve, two
Americans We're shot recently on the
charge of having attempted to take
the German emperor's life."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25

1869 Ernest Patton, Hartford
GIG Forrest French, Prentiss
373 Vernon NJ. Crowder, Horse
Branch
1876 Ray Stephens, Cromwell
1865 Oscar Mckinney, McHenry
1891 Jno. A. Wilson, Rockport
775 Elmer P.Hunter, McHenry
1856 Ernest NJ. Dodson, Center
town &c. --- 80 -
COZ Luther w. Galley, Sim
600 Aretus Evans, Deanfield
1886 Jas. L. Burch, Beaver Dam
$40 John HAYNES, White Run
1889 Thos. F. Smith. McHenry
1852 Roy st. Clair, Dundee
507 Barty n. Dempsy, Liver
more
300 Isaac Foster. bennett, Hart
ford
437 Willard H.Carahan, Equal
ity
1924 Gilbert H. Phelps, Prentiss
604 Roscoe Embrey Beaver
AZ Homer Albin, Rosine
1868 John f. Tooley, Rockport
1913 Henry Stevens, Center
1854 Francis f. Mcintyre, Nc
Henry
1866 Jesse A. Lee, Beaver Dam
924 Mack Henshaw, Hartford
APO Harrison c. Cox, Echols
1914 Leda Keith, Olaton
ITS Con Midkiff. Olaton
514 VIM. r. DeBruler, Fords-
vile
433 Willie Colyer, Whitesville
1929 Otha Payne, Reynolds Sta
tion
10 Herman A. Ashby, Center
town
1045 Hiley Kissinger, Cromwell
1881 VIM. Costs King, Dundee
l705 Jesse H. Terrence, Nc
Henry
1881 Kyle Plummer, Beaver
Dam
1856 Era Staples, Fordsville
4S7 John Ditzer, Whitesville
1882 Arva McCarty, Philpot
1923 John Bullock, Prentiss
1S47 Chas. W. Williams, Beaver
Dam
TOT Ellis Kinds, Whitesville
l40 James M. Boone, Whites
vile
, page two
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
LIGHTNING FREAK.

During one of the storms the past
week lightning struck Milan Keel
ings field of tobacco near Fairview.
Sixty hills were completely Destroy
ed.-[Todd County Times.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
IS YOUR NAME
FOUND HERE?
Lennis J. Brown, Centertown, First Name In
Ohio County Drawn Under The
49, Selective Draft.
COMPLETE QUOTA FIRST DRAFT

Below found Ohio county citizens who
get under the selective draft Ohio
drawn with the
cry would be exempt. So publish the of
the full number GID drawn first call from which the
OF will be taken
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25
"LiD ON TIGHT"

eyes, sir, the lid certainly fits very
tight on Sunday" said Chief Wilson
yesterday to . Hustler reporter,
"Why it's so tight that | had to go
all the way to Darlington last Sun
day to get me a cigar. But surd
did enjoy that smoke he continued
Il Madisonville Hustler.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-07-25

Our observation IS that every
bride loves, hopors and obeys; but
not all az once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08
STONE GETS PROTEST
AGAINST T.R. ATTACKS
Captain in COClnePs Regiment De-
MES Mismanagement at San Juan.

Growing out OF the charge made
some days ago on the floor Of the Sen
ate by Senator Stone that Colonel
RooseveIt's regiment at San Juan Hill
got into a perilous situation from
which It had to be rescued by a negro
regiment, Senator Stone today asked
permission to put into the record a
number Of documents bearing on the
question.
The most important OF them was a
letter which Senator Stone has re-
eeivsd from W. H. H. Llewlyn, of New
Mexico, who was a captain in Roose-
velt's regiment. Captain Llewlyn
protests against Senator stones state
ments. gives his version of the facts,
and backs it up by an affidavit. AZ
the request OF the Missouri Senator
this document along with various
others bearing on the old controversy
concerning the behavior Of the Rooss
welt regiment at San Juan was ordered
printed in the record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08
MARINE IS SOLDIER,
AND NOT A SEAMAN
General Barnett So Impresses Mind
of Possible Recruits.

To visualize the marine and to
show that he is a soldier and not =
sailor, Maj Gen. George Barnett to-
day ordered the distribution of thou
sands OF attractive posters which are
to be exhibited in business houses
during marine corps week, June
1915.
Bushes men all over Washington
have been requested by General Bar
nett and the local recruiting officers
to display these posters prominently,
so that the attention OF young men
may be caught and held until they
learn some of the interesting facts
about the marine corps.
The recruiting officers said today
they were experiencing difficulty be-
cause prospective recruits think they
have to go TO the navy or to navy
recruiting stations to become q
marine. The marine corps recruiting
service and stations are separate and
apart from those OF the other branches
of the service.
with the educational aid OF these
posters and the unusual activities of
the recruiting officers and the details
of men assigned to. them, It Is believ-
ed that Washington will produce
more than its quota OF marines next
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08
GARDENS SPREAD
TO BIGGER PLANS
Committee Urges Planting Of
Larger Tracts.
VACANT LOTS ARE OFFERED
Crops Of Potatoes, Beans, iona
toes, and Cabbages Are Sought

Widespread interest among Wash
ingtonians in backyard and vacant
lot gardening is now becoming con-
centrated in the cultivation ~ larger
tracts Of land with late crops Of po-
tatoes, beans, tomatoes, and cab
bages.
Crops from the smaller gardens.
members OF the Central Garden Com
mittee reported today, are all in, and
the work OF the committee from now
on will be centsrsd on the gardening
OF tracts comprising from one to 1--WE
acres.
Each week, according to the reports
OF the committee members, brings
better results from the local garden
ing movement, and so enthusiastic are
the owners Of the vacant properties
becoming over the success Of the gar
den movement that they are not wait
ing for requests 70 be maue for the
use OF their land. but, on the other
hand are volunteering the unreserved
use OF their property to the waiting
gardeners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08
JOINS TWO BROTHERS
IN THE MARINE CORPS
Thomas Arthur Tighs Gives Up
Law to Enlist as Private.

The enlistment OF Thomas Arthur
Tighe. 1918 Harvard street northwest,
a graduate OF Georgetown University
Law School and a member OF the local
bar, as a private in the marine corps
makes the third brother OF that fam
lily TO enter that branch OF the serv-
ice.
The other two are william r. Tighe.
for thirteen years drummer in the
marine corpE band, and George l.
Tighe. who. after serving six years
as a drummer in the marine corps
hand. was discharged, but recently
re-enlisted.
The father OF the three Tighe boys
was a member Of Scott's command
when he was leader OF the Seventh
Cavalry. and also a member OF the To-
cal national guard. The family has
been represented in the service OF the
country for several generations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08
PLEA FOR UNITY
MADE BY CAPERS
Quotes SiddOns as Saying
Progress Requires Solidarity
NEEDS COMMUNITY SENTIMENT
Refers to Two Cities That Have
Made Gains by Civic Mergers.

Agitation for a merger Of the civic
and commercial organization forces
Of the city ultimately VIII result in
success, in the opinion OF John C.
Capers, for many years a prominent
civic worker. 1t may take weeks, or
II may take years, he says. but the
plan fundamentally is right, "and
right always triumphs in the end" he
said. II men stand in the way now,
later they will see other men get the
credit that could just as well be
theirs.
Mr. ,Capers believes the people OF
Washington will never exert effective
force before Congress until, united,
they can go TO the law makers with
community sentiment back of them.
He points to two recent examples Of
other cities, where a strong central
organization acted quickly and eftec-
lively during community crisis.
Quotes Justice sIddons.
Mr.. Capers in a statement today
said:
I'm his recent address to one OF the
citizens organizations in Washington,
Justice siddons hit the nail sauarely
on the head when he said that we
could never have a continuous for
ward Washington until we had a
united Washington. Indeed, there Is
no reason why all OF the present citi-
zens' organizations in Washington
should not, each OF them, constitute =
separate bureau, with a special and
definite scope Of work and RESPONSE
bility.
These great bureaus. organized with
special consideration for the locali-
ties, interests and civic duties most
nearly in touch with their work,
could with n great force and effect
report, finally, to the one central
body. a Washington Chamber of Com
merce, at 'such times and in such
ways a. the interest OF Washington
and the District might demand read,
justment or relief at the hands OF
Congress, the District Commissioners
or public opinion, as the case might
be.
such a demand for something ma
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08
BRAINS WILLBEAT
GERMAN MACHINES
American Genius to Crush
Hun, Says Leonard
MAJOR TALKS TO ARTS CLUB
Pays Tribute to Artists Who Have
Persisted in Conflict.

Brains and not machines will win
the world war.
This was the terss opinion Major
Henry Leonard. U. 8. A., sxprssssd to
diners. at the open-air dinner given
by the Arts Club Of Washington at
coli street northwest, last night.
A naval meeting prevented Assis-
tant Secretary Of the Navy Franklin
d. Roosevelt, the honor Sdest, from
attending.
Major Leonard said the German
strength is attributable TO It's force
a. expressed in terms Of engines and
msehanisme, rather than In the lead
ership OF the Teuton armies.
PTeparednesb, stretching over Q
long period OF years, the speaker de-
clared. has been responsible for Ger
man resistance to the thrusts Of al
lied armies This must eventually
fail. he observed. and America. con-
tTibuting the browning force Of mill
tary genius. will crush the Hun.
The speaker paid q tribute to artists
who have peYished IN the war and
said their works will remind present
day fighters Of the Sacred causes for
which they offer their blood.
1.-THE spiritual man viii win the
war rather than the engine" con-
cluded Major Leonard.
The topic members Of the clue dis
cusssd after the dinner was The
Effect OF the Present War on Art and
Artists"
Sees Purifying Effect OF War.
Mrs. Henry X. Bush-Browu de-
clared the worlds aversion to war
will bring home foTcibly to the liter
airy mind the necessity OF beauty
which art alone can give to human
ity. Mr.. Bush-Brown, president of
the club. emphasized the purifying
effect Of the war on all brsncnss Of
artistic effort. He predicted art will
be freeT OF sensstionalism than ever
before in its history.
George Julian zolnay. the sculptor,
introduced the speakers. He said the
idea OF open-air dinners by the club
management was to have the mem
bsrs return TO the more simple meth
DDS OF living. Mr.. zolnay declared
the American people are beginning 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-08

realise what sacFihces nust be maas
u this country INTENDS % perform "
part in the oversee conflict one OF
The hrst evidences Of this. he de-
eIared. IN the return 10 iess preten-
tious and extravagaht forms OF enter.
tainment.
Or. Louis van Norman, . writer on
Poland. discussed the progress OF art
since the outbreak OF the European
wNr. Other speakers were M
Rsamy. an architect. and 1lr. Town.
send, editor OF the American Art
News. Misses Push and Buekman
served the dinner Planned by tia
hostesses Of the evening. Mrs. Bush
Brown and Mrs. L. N. Lfisenring-
II vas announced that open-air din
ners will be given frequently BY the
club during the summer.