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Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29
PLANS MADE FOR
LONG Fight; NO
half Way SLIPS
Cabinet Program Laid Beforg the
Council of Defense at
Washington.
WAR ON KAISER; NOT PEOPLE
United States Leaders Frame Meas
ures for Aggressive Conflict
Floating of $5,o0o,ooo,oo0
Loan Considered.

Washington, March 26.-The United
States government Is getting ready to
put into effect measures of the most
far-reaching and aggressive character
in the event of war with Germany. It
will not be satisfied with mere at
tempts to protect American merchant
vessels. Its preparations will be de-
signed to meet any eventuality-u long
war, If necessary. There will be no
halfway measures.
This program was agreed upon n
long cabinet meeting, and it guided
the council Of national defense when il
met with its advisory commission.
The program decided upon includes
military, naval, industrial and finnn-
cial measures.
The question Of sending an army
abroad will be left for future consid'
b GRAFTON.
May Form Political Alliance.
Whether political alliances with the
entente allies will he formed Is not
known, although military us well as
naval cooperation Is possible, and the
government will furnish both money
and supplies to the allies without
stint.
Suggestions before President Wilson
included the possibility of ilOating 4
loan of $5,O00,00O,0OO for the entente
When President Wilson goes before
congress soon after it meets in extra
session on April . he is expected Il
make 1t clear that the government ant
| people of the United States will no
he prompted by hostility toward th,
German people, but only by acts of the
/ German government. So far the pres
ident has given only preliminary con
sideratlOn TO his address to congress
The object of meeting Of the cOun
ell of national defense with its com
mission was to take an inventory oi
dustrial preparedness and to decide
what further measures are necessary
The council is expected To take an i'm
portant part in the conduct of actual
warfare.
Wilson Warns Of Long War.
In the meantime the administration
is sounding warning to the people oi
the nation that preparations must he
made for the possibility of long and
bitter war. 1t Is part Of 'prepnred
ness program" of the administration
10 prepare" the people To II full real
ization of what sacrifices they must he
ready to make: tn achieve sober real
ization of all citizens of the magnitud,
of the task ahead of the nation; To dis
place careless optimism with stu
dious knowledge of what is ahead.
Part of this preparation is in nd
vance VT the demands which will h,
made shortly by the government fo
men. money, labor and materials, On
scale unprecedented In the nation
history. The administration propose
no halfway measures If II can h
avoided.
Will Curb War Profits.
One thing the council of national dc
fense proposes to guard against-an
that Is eXtortionutc war profits by IN
dustries affected. The government
! will undoubtedly undertake some sp,
cial taxing system tn cut down man
enormous Surpluses.
However, American business hu
thus far shown that 1t Is patriot
rnther than greedy.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Observation-Disclosures nremen are
quietly mai,ing extensive plans for the,
organization of Kentucky Police and.
Firemen's Protective Association and
for the enactment of statewide civil
service law applicable to liremen and
policemen In cities of the second class
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Stanford.-Stsnford's hand S IN
courthouse, built five years ago, has
been damaged by fire. The blaze start
ed on the second floor. The loss is
about $4,000.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Danville.-A movement Is on foot
in this city to erect in Mcdowell Park
a monument in bronze or marble to
perpetuate the name of Theodore
OHara, who was born here in 1920.
1t is proposed to raise by popular sub.
scriptioa a fund sufficient to erect a
creditable memorial.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Lexington.-The Executive Commit.
tee of the University of Kentucky
Board of Trustees approved the pro.
posal to establish at the university a
reserve officers training corps under
the provisions of the Federal Defense
Act. Capt. John C. Fairfax, U. S. A.,
commandant at the university, will be
in charge.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Parls.-At meeting of the direc.
tors of the Bourbon Tobacco Ware
house Co., CONSOLIDATED" here, div
idend OF II per cent was declared.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Frankfort,-George r. Smith, OF
Beattyville, Major Of the Third nat
talon, has been appointed Colonel OF
the Second Regiment, Kentucky Ma
tlonal Guard, TO mn the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Colonel
Allen GulliOn,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Albany.-Taylor Poison, about Is
years old, a veteran of the Union
army, is charged with killing his step
son, Thomas Parmley, 10 years old, at
Nora, in this county. Poison was ar
rested and is being guarded at his
home, where he is recovering from an
attack of illness and is, as yet, unable
to come to town.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Lexington.-While trying to catch a
train for Cincinnati Holman Hoover
and Robert Gullett, seventeen-year-old
boys, we're arrested by local detectives,
the former on warrant charging theft
of money from his employer and the
latter on a charge of carrying conceal
ed weapons.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Lexington.-Lady Walnut Hill has
just laid her seventy-sixth egg in as
many consecutive days. She is at the
Kentucky Experiment Station, where
she is in the federal egg-laying con-
test.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

MISUNDERSTANDING struck a
barn on j. j. Prices farm near Fair
view and killed two mules. Lightning
also struck Winfield O'Brien's stable
near town and killed a mule.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Hor Sinsvlle,-The Rev. Barney
Butler, 30 years old, died of tuber.
culosls of the throat in sauntorium
, at III Paso, Tex. He was a Methodist
missionary for many years in Mexico
and South America, and for the past
year has been engaged in evangellstic
work H. southern states,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Lexington,-A suit to compel the
Kentucky Traction and Terminal Com
pany to issue to the students of Ham
ilton College the same reduced fares
that are granted to students of the
University of Kentucky, state normal
schools, public and parochial schools,
under the anti.pass law, has been filed
here by j. l.. Tarton, The company
contends that under the law 1t has no
authority to accord reduced rates to
Hamilton College students.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29
CINCINNATI MARKETS.
Flour, Hay and Grain,

Flour-Winter patent $9.2569.75
winter fancy .SS.75d9.25, winter family
%25dS.75, winter extras $72jd 775
loV'grade S6.75GL25.
Corn-No. white $l.20dl.2Olh, No
3 yellow $l.l9dl.2O, No. 8 mixed Slls
u l.20. white ear $l.l9Ml.2l.
Nay-No. timothy S1S.50dl9. No.
EitalS. No. 3 $16d17. No. clover
mixed Sl75CGlS, No. . Sl6.5onlG No
| ,'oyer $1,000, No. > S1S019.
Oats-No. white 70a7lc. standard
W. ,te 6sig q7Oc, No. 3 white tSHt9
". white 66G6Sc, No. > mixed 6Sd
C9c, No. 8 mixed 66dGSc.
Wheat-No. . red S2l0d21l. No,
red S2.O4d2.O9, No. ! red $l.S5N l.sj,
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Whole milk creamery extras
i3c. centralized creamery extras 4vc
iirsts 3Sc. seconds sac.
Eggs-Prime iirsts pc, f,rstS 2Giac
ordinary iirsts 26c, seconds 25r
Live Poultry-Broilers, IL lbs and
under, 35c; frycrs, over l., ID, g5c;
fowls, lbs and over. PIE; under lbs
2lc; roostcrs, Ice.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Shippers Sgall,25; butcher
steers, extra $lO.2iHlO.75, good tC
choice S9dlO.25, common to fair S6,5,
as; heifers. extra $lO0 l0.7j, good tC
choice $9W9.75, common to fair St5,
GS,5O; cows, extra SST5V9. good K
choice $75OdS.5O.
Bulls-Bologna $7.5OaS,Si, fat bull.
$4,000.
! Hogs-Selectcd heavy shippers
/ Sl51O, good to choice packers an
! butchers $l5.O5dl5IO, mixed packers
! $ll.S56l5.O5, stays SSUll5O, common
to choice heavy fat sows SS.iOu i3.AO
light shippers $l3.5OG14, pigs (llO ID,
and less) S7qllo0.
Munitlon Bureaus May Be Created.
observation-disclosures may be ask
ed to provide for Department Of Mn
nitious and Department of Wa
Transportation II the AmcrcanGrr
man crisis develops into a war OF 'arg
proportions
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Harlan,-The postoflice here was en-
tered by yeggs, who dynomited the
safe and obtained S75 in cash and
stamps worth $50. No clew has been
found which in any way indicates who
was responsible for the robbery.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Frankfort.-Assistant Secretary of
State James A. Scott returned from
Pike county in the role of Deputy
Sheriff, having in custody Mousie Rob-
inson, who killed her husband in
mining camp in Pike county and was
sentenced to serve eight to twenty
one years in the reformatory. He
turned her eyer to Warden Phythian
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

LeXington.-When l.. c. Bowen re.
turned to Lexington after a day trying
to run down Might Riders" who are
suspected Of having attempted the de
struction of the dollhouse at bridge
across the Licking river, on the road
between Flemingsburg and Mt Ster
ling, he said his bloodhounds trailed
to a point where two saddle horses
and horse hitched to buggy were
tied to a fence on road leading down
stream, about mile from the bridge,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Whitesburg--Coa interests of the
Harlan county field are getting ready
to construct a branch railroad, feed
er of the Louisville & Nashville road,
from Kilday to Seagrayes Creek, dis
tance of eight miles, which will open
a rich, undevelopod field containing
thousands of acres. This property car
ries at least three workable seams, in
cluding the main Harlan seam, which
is seven feet thick and has coal of a
fire quality,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Paris.-In the Bourbon Circuit Court
Ella Walters and George Cravens, who
were Jointly. indicted on the charge OF
housebreaking and stealing lot OF
brass from the Paris Gas & Electric
Co., we're each sentenced to serve
three years in the penitentiary. The
Walters woman is the first white won.
an to be sent to the penitentiary from
Bourbon county in over twenty years.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Columbia-The Adair Fiscal Court,
after an all-day session, considering
propositions for road work, finally de.
cided to extend the fund for work on
the Columbia and jamestown road, the
citizens on that road having contribut.
ed $4,000. The county tax and state
aid will make $4,000 or $4,000 to be
expended on this road.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Frankfort.-Round table discussion
of the thyroid gland was the principal
subject given attention at the regular
monthly meeting of the County Med
ical Society.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Louisville.-The Board OF Trade was
in charge of the reception given the
First Kentucky Regiment, which re.
Gently arrived home from the border.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Whitesburg.-Large freight yards
viii be e-ennstrucied. in. a few weeks at
the mouth Of colly Creek, three miles
from Whitesburg, by the L. & N. rail
road in order to increase the tonnage
in the coal fields of Kentucky, 1t is re.
ported. Double tracks will be con
structed from Whitesburg to the coal
fields, sixteen miles distant.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Bowling Green.-George w. Motley
one of the substantial citizens of War
rem county, is the proud possessor
among other relics, of pair of saddle
pockets made by his grandfather
Isaac Goodnight, said to have been the
first white male child born in Ken
tucky, The pockets" were made by
Mr.. Goodnight during the latter years
Of his life, and are still in good state
OF preservation.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Barbourville.- Heads of IL national
banks of Southeastern Kentucky and
Northeastern Tennessee met at Cor.
bin, to consider the recent ruling of
Comptroller Williams, limiting inter.
est to be charged on loans to per
cent II was the consensus OF opinion
that smaller national banks will have
to take out state charters II this ruling
is enforced, as the banks in smaller
towns, they claim, can not do profit
able business on such an interest, ali
loans considered.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Frankfort.-Captain Frank l.. Ripy,
of Lawrenceburg, was appointed lieu
tenant colonel of the Second Regiment
of the Kentucky National Guard by
President Wilson. He succeeds Lieu
tenant Colonel John H. Webb, of
Whitesburg. Lieutenant Colonel Webb
resigned
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Henderson.-The Royal Neighbors
Of America, in annual session here,
elected Mrs. Sid Douthitt, of Newcas.
tie, state oracle; Mrs. Lula Linton,
Fulton, vice oracle; Mrs. Mary Pill
kinston, Elizabethtown, state recorder.
Mrs. Lizzie Carter, Mayheld, and Mrs.
Amanda Smith, Somerset, were chosen
delegates to the Supreme Camp at
Buffalo. Louisville was chosen for the
state camp next year.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

F'ranklin.-The grand jury, in a re.
mort to Judge John S. Rhea, praised
the condition of the county's aims.
house and other public institutions.
A total of 2S indictments was returned.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Frankfort.-Rodman Wiley, Com.
missioner of the Department of Public
Roads, has written a letter to all
County Judges in Kentucky, asking
that in building gravel or macadam
roads this year material be left every
1000 feet along the road to be used
for maintenance. Mr.. Wiley points
out that this would effect great say
ing in the cost of maintaining roads
that are built new or reconstructed.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Morganheld,-"Uncle Josh" Robin
son is going to the Confederate re
union in Washington, They have al
ready made arrangements for a plac,
for him to stay-"becaus they ar,
mighty particular about me now tha
| am the only colored man left to e
to the reunions" he says. "Uncl,
Josh" is the only black man in tn,
United States who wears the Southern
Cross of Honor, given by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-03-29

Louisville.-Many Kentucky distll'
lers are watching with unusual inter
est the outcome of suit In the fedora
court here by Albert Casey, admins
traitor of the state, suing for the bene
fit of the Kentucky Distilleries 0nc
Warehouse Company to recover from
]. Scott Mayes, collector Of interna
revenue of the Fifth district of Ken
lucky $4,000 penalties assessed be
cause of alleged equalization" frauds
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
1T GETS THEM ALL IN END
BeIated Speed Germ Manifests Its
Presence in Centenarian About to
Take First Auto Ride.

Kitty GOetz, one hundred years old,
and her brother, Igny Karisch. only
ninety-eight, resolved that they would
never go to an institution for the aged.
True, the wind that had blown the roof
from their squatters' shanty was
sweeping coldly over the meadows
near Rosedale, l.. l., where they lived,
and they had nothing to eat. But they
weren't going to leave their homes just
for that Spring would be coming soon.
Kitty left her nightdress on all day
to fool the police, for she reckOned
they wouldn't take lady through the
streets In her nightdress.
Then they heard purring sound,
which grew louder, then seemed to stop
just outside their door. They tOttered
out and saw a large, sleek automobile.
1--WE come to take you for ride" a
police sergeant announced. Were
going to Kings County hospital" Kitty
had never been i'm an automobile be-
fore, and as she looked at the big car
belated speed germ infected her soul
Say" she demanded, show fast can
we get to that place|'-New York
Tribune.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
HIS VOICE FROZEN TO POST
At Least This Is Deduction of Wyo-
ming Weather Observes From
Very Peculiar Phenomenon.

Scoffers have arisen from time to
time to say that United States official
weather reports are a joke in so far
as they deal with the future; but their
descriptions of the present and past
are admittedly serious and accurate.
Therefore one must not read in too
jovial a frame of mind the report of
Wyo, where they have been having
some very cold weather. Mr.. Moore
cites in his report that one night two
men stopped at his cabin, and the next
morning he tried i'm vain to call one
Of them, who was at the barn, to come
to breakfast. But the man did not
come So the two sat down to break
fast without him. In about ten min
utes the man in the barn strolled into
the house.
"Why didn't you call me when break
fast was ready?" he asked.
II did," was the answer.
That was during the cold snap. A
thaw hit Castle Rock a few days ago,
Moore says, and while he was stand
ing in the back door summing himself,
he was startled by a weird medley of
counds. BY listening closely he could
hear the words:
'Come on to breakfast
There was no one in sight. And then
he realized why the man had not heard
him.
The voice, his own voice, had frozen
to a post and was thawing out.-BOs-
ton Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
Snake Problem.

This Is not new but it's worth re-
peating. A man in Zion City. ILL.,, sent
it to the News:
Two Zion City snakes. of which
there are abundance on the lake front
property, had fight. One was a gar
ter snake and the other a bullhead."
Each was three feet long and i'm their
ferOcity they seized each other by the
tail and proceeded to swallow each
other whole. They both started at the
same time and at the same rate of
speed.
Now the question is. which of these
two snakes survived. or rather which
one was on the outside by the time the
other was swallowed, the garter snake
or the bullhead?
II took five minutes for the two
snakes to swallow each other and they
both swallowed each other right to
the tip of the fangs. Which one was
on the outside when they were finished
or were they both inside?-Indianap-
oils News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning l
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be-
cause it is real liver medicine; entire.
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sail
vate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful OF
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your slug
gish liver to work and clean your bow
els of that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system
and making you feel miserable. l guar
antee that bottle Of Dodson's Liver
Tone will keep your entire family feel
ing fine for months. = Give it to your
children. 1t is harmless; doesn't grippe
and they like its pleasant taste.-Adw
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
Weak, Fainty Heart, and Mysteries
can be rectiied by taking "Renovine" a
heart and nerve tonic. Price soc and 81. Adv.
Comfort First.

Two little girls whose parents were
natives of Norway had just been lis,
tening to lecturer who praised the
people of that country very highly.
"Just think, l was born in Nor
way!" said one with a good deal of
pride.
well" the other answered, II could
have been born there If I'd wanted to,
but thought I'd rather just be born
in America, and then I'd be here
Christian Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
CAL0MEL. MAKES YOU SICK, UGH!
IT'S MERCURY AND SAu|vATES
Sraghten Up! Don't Lose Days Work. Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With "Dodson's Liver Tone"

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
q dose of the vile, dangerous drug to-
night and tomorrow you may lose a
days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break
Ing 1t up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. II you
feel sluggish and "all knocked out" if
your liver is torpid and bowels consti-
pated or you have headache, dizziness.
coated tongue, If breath is bad or
stomach sour. just try a spoonful of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store or dealer and get 50-cent
bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone. Take
q spoonful tonight and II it doesn't
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
MOUSE CLIMBS TO FATAL END
Starts at Pretty Foot In Church at
MerehantvIIIe, N. j., but Grip
10 Deadly.

Merchantville, N. IA harmless
little mouse came near creating a SEN
sation at one of the church services
Sunday morning. The mouse started
to roam around the auditorium and
found himself surrounded by beautiful
scenery In the midst Of which he soon
discovered a neatly booted foot be-
longing to one of the young women Of
the congregation. Without q moments
hesitation he started to climb. The
owner of the boot grabbed the mouse
In the middle of his journey, getting a
strangle hold. She exerted so much
pressure that the creature fell to the
floor dead. An Obliging usher removed
the carcass.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-18
UNITED STATES IS NOW EXPERT
IN MAKING MUNITIONS OF war
America the Ueady Is America the Unready No LongeRch
Machinery and Experience This Country Can Now Turn
Out War Material in Staggering Quantities =
High Efficiency Reached in Big Plants

to come In, first In rivulets, then In
spates, and at last in torrential flood.
the whole country was fortified. The
purchase Of horses and the demand
for meat and grain In unheard-of guam
titles filed to overlooking the pockets
of the farmers. The boot, wooden,
clothing. and implement manufacture
ers were sOonsworking overtime. Such
raw materials as brass, nickel, and
copper put on an amazing squirt. In
deed, for a while 1t almost looked as
! though the American Industrial ma
chine would be subjected to a strain
it might not be able to bear.
Bid Against Each Other.
So little in the early days of the war
was the business Of purchasing Amer
lean supplies reduced to a system that
not only were England, France, and
Russia competing with one another,
but the army and navy departments
of all three countries had. their sepa-
rate representatives over here cover
ing the same ground and bidding
| fiercely for the same commodities.
If things had gone on like that the
results would have been bad for the
allies, but, I think, worse for America.
There would have been much ILL
feeling, constant misunderstanding,
and more than little litigation.
American manufacturers would have
got, and were, in fact, rapidly getting,
i no In 4
easily have happened that the short
cOmings of comparatively few Amer
lean contractors would have proved
boomerang to all American prosperity.
Nor could the United States have
reached its present level OF uniform
well-being under the haphazard sys-
TEN of buying and selling that OBJ
tanned in the first months of the war.
Some corporations would have prof
tied abnormally; others would have
been left out in the cold, and while
trade in any event would have re-
vived, it's revival would have been
much less diffused, much more I'M
even, and much more liable to sudden
setbacks. War business in those days
was practically the only business the
United States was doing; it was the
mainstay Of the whole industrial fab
ric, and while 1t was important for
the allied governments, it was even
more so for America, that it should
be handled with judgment by respon-
sible agents, and in q way that would
bring in the utmost benefit to all par
ties.
Appoint Purchasing Agent.
The British government In January.
1915, selected the house Of ]. P. Nor
gan & Co. to act as its representative
in America, to safeguard 1t against
the men of straw, supervise its pur-
chases, and bring order and common
sense into the business of making con-
tracts. The firm was to receive q
commission of per cent on the first
$5OOOO,OOO of the purchases 1t was au-
thorized to make, and per cent there
after. 1t was not an exclusive con-
tract. That is to say, the British gov
eminent might buy through other
channels and agencies to any extent