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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
I'LL QUIT
IF YOU Will
Czernin's Answer to Russia
MProves.. ..Kaiser's Scheme =
- -.--
that Wilson Barred.
HINGE PLEDGE ON ALLIES
Refuse to Bind Themselves
Unless Russia Pardners
in War Will Do So.
HINGE PLEDGE ON ALLIES

Petrograd, Dec. 28.-The central
powers are ready to make an immedi-
ate general peace without compulsory
annexations:.and without contribu-
tons.
! This is their answer through Count
Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian Ifor-
eign minister, made on Christmas
day at Brest-Litoviskj.to the Russian
proposals, whichIthey are ready to
accept utmost particulars as the basis
Of negotiations.
They insist however, that the CEN
tral powers cannot bind themselves
one-sidedly to such conditions without
a guarantee that the allies of Russia
will realize and fulfill these condi-
tons.
The Russian delegates asked for a
ten days recess in the negotiations in
order to put the proposal before Rus
sia's allies.
Count Czernin declared that the
central powers believed that the basic
principles uttered by the Russian del
egates could be the basis of such a
peace. He said they shared Russian
condemnation of the continuation of
the war for the sake of conquest. II
is necessary to indicate most clearly.
the Count added, that the Russian
proposals could be realized only in
the event that all belligerents obligate
themselves to adhere to the terms of
such peace. The Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister declared that the CEN
tral powers did not intend to annex
forcibly territories seized during the
war nor to deprive the nations of po-
litical independence lost in the war.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
Meeting at the Methodist
Church Monday Night With
Many Speeches.
GOOD MUSIC PROGRAM
Whole Town and Country
People as Well Are
Invited.

There will be a patriotic communi.
ty-wide Watch Night meeting at the
Methodist church Monday night be.
ginning at $50 p. m. The music will
be under the direction OF Miss Fol.
lansby and the choir.
Prayer by Rev. A. S. Anderson
2.-Scrlpture lesson, Rev. j. w.
stiles.
3.-Origin and Use of Watch Night
Frank Rives.
4.-Brief History of Germany-J.
A. Mckenzie.
5.-Constitution and Spirit of the
German Empire, Chss. M. Meacham.
6.-What is German Kultur? Judge
w. T. Fowler.
THE Influence of German Kul.
tur on the Church and Schools oi
America, DR.. C. M. Thompson.
8.-The Horrors of German Ruth.
lessness, Ira D. Smith.
9.-How Did America Get Into the
War, r. E. Cooper.
10.-What is America Fighting For?
Judge j. w. Downer.
11.-What We Have Already Done
in Preparation, Rev. G. C. Abbitt.
12.-Whose War Is 1t? Ira L Smith,
13.-How Can the Farmer Help tc
Win the War? T. C. Jones.
14.-What Should Be the Program
Of the Schooling? Prof. L. E. Foster
15.-What Good May We Hope
Will Come Out of the War? T. c.
Underwood.
16.-What is the Mission of the
Church in This War? Rev. Everett
S. Smith.
17.-What is the Y. M. C. A. Doing?
Rev. Paul Shell Powell.
l8.-What Should Be the Spirit OF
the Church and Nation in Prosecuting
the War? Rev. Thomas Chapman.
19.-The meeting will close as the
clock tolls out the hour of midnight,
and as the bells ring in the new year
Rev. Charles Brevard will offer the
closing prayer with which the Watch
Night services will close.
The speeches will be from 5 to 10
minutes. In no case can a speaker
go beyond ten minutes. Every
speaker will have a ringing message
for the community.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
TERRIFIC
EXPLOSION
Airman Destroys German Am.
munitiOn Train and Sac
rifices Himself.

Amsterdam, Dec. 28.- The town OF
Roussalacre (Roulers), in Belgium,
was almost laid waste recently by the
terrific explosion of an ammunition
train caused by bombs dropped by a
British airman, according to the from
tier correspondent of the Telegraf.
The airplane itself was brought
down by the aerial pressure.
Many Germans and a few Belgians,
the latter engaged in forced labor,
were killed.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
HUN RAIDERS
BROUGHT down
Italians and British Brilliantly
Fight Twenty-Five Austro-
German Planes
FIERCE DUEL, FLYING LOW
One Of Smashed Enemy Craft
Was Dreadnaught Carry
ing Three Men.
FIERCE DUEL, FLYING LOW

One of the greatest air raids the
enemy has attempted on the Italian
front came to grief Dec. 26, when
nearly half of fleet of twenty-five
airplanes was destroyed with an ex-
tensive list of killed or wounded.
The big fleet swept over the camp
west OF Treviso at s o'clock, flying
low and discharging machine guns.
Considerable damage was done.
Notwithstanding the surprise the
Italian and British machines were
soon in the air and engaged the
enemy at close quarters.
The fighting was most spectacular,
eight of the enemy cars being brought
down, six of them falling within the
Italian lines. The other machines
beat hasty retreat.
The raiders, however, returned at
IL O'Clock and several more were
disposed of, two falling in this attack
inside the Italian lines. An observer
who has just returned says that the
scene Of the conflict is covered with
wreckage of the enemy aircraft.
One of the machines brought down
was a dreadnaught, carrying three
persons; the others carried two. All
of these men were killed, wounded
or captured.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
McAdco On The Job.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Soon after
American railroads went under gov
ernment operation at noon today,
Director General McAdoo issued his
first official order wiping out compet-
tive conditions and providing for
complete pooling of traffic, equip
ment, terminals and trackage facilities
and for the retention of present Off
GERS and employees.
The immediate result will be re-
routing of traffic over the shortest
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
FIFTY MILLION
LOSS AT HAIFAX
Experts Estimate 1900 Killed
and Fully 1000
Injured.

Fifteen hundred were killed, 1000
seriously injured, and the property
loss $50, 100000 are expert estimates
submitted to relief committees after
investigation of the Halifax explosion
of the munitions ship on December 6
in the Halifax harbor. An area of
two and a half square miles in the
north end of the city was wrecked
and burned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

lines, regardless of the company with
which shipments originate, and the
common use of terminals to effect
maximum efficiency. Without an
ticipating wonders under the new
plan, officials look forward to material
improvement in the present traffic
congestion within a few weeks.
Speedy movement of freight will be
he'tirst aim of the director general.
But problems whose solution must
press close on the heels of actual
transportation question are the equit-
able reimbursement OF roads for the
use of their property on the basis of
pre-war earnings, increased wages
for railroad employees, financing of
necessary improvements, building of
additional lines or facilities and the
tangled priority situation. Before
most of these questions can be set
lied, special legislation will be neces-
sary, and to urge this President VIII
son is preparing message to be de-
Iivered to congress soon after il con-
venes after the holiday recsss next
Thursday. Legislation already has
been drafted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
Complete Unification of All Steam
and Electric Lines, With Ex-
ceptiOn of Interurb ban Lines.
MANAGEMENT TO THE OFFICIALS

Washington, Dec. 28.-Government
possession and operation of the ma
tons railroads for the war was pro-
claimed by President Wilson We'd
nesday night, to become effective at
noon today, December 28. William
G. McAdoo, retaining his place in the
Cabinet as Secretary Of the Treasury,
is placed in charge as director general
of railroads.
Every railroad engaged in general
transportation, with its appurtenances,
including steamship lines, is taken
over, and all systems will be operated
as one under the director general.
In statement accompanying his
proclamation, the Presidentannounced
that as soon as Congress reassembles
he will recommend Legislation guar
anteeing pre-war earnings and main
tenance of railroad properties in good
repair.
Government backing will be given
to new issues of railroad securities
that ready market may be found.
The Presidents move, although
forecast for weeks, came at this time
as great surprise to nearly every
body in Washington, including rail-
road officials. 1t had been generally
believed he would await the reasSemb-
ling of Congress before taking any
step. He acted through Secretary of
War Baker under authority con-
ferred in the army appropriation act.
Direct management of the roads
will remain in the hands of railroad
officials and the Railroad War Board,
comprised of five railroad heads, will
continue TO direct actual operation
under Secretary McAdoo's general
The chief practical effect of the
Government operation will be to per-
NIT complete unifcation of all rail
systems, impossible under private
operation by reason Of statutes pro-
hibting pooling of rail traffic and
The roads themselves had
gone as far as they dared in this
and it became known only
today that they had been warned by
Attorney General Gregory that a vio-
lation of anti-pooling laws could not
be permitted.
This situation was fully realized by
President Wilson, who, in his state
ment, declared the roads had gone as
far as they could and that already
some systems were endangering their
in attempting unifcation.
INTERURBAN LINES EXEMPTED. :
Although the proclamation applies
o all electric lines engaged in general
transportation, local interurban sys-
ems are specifically exempted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
Weather for kentucky Saturday fair and much colder
EDITORIAL COMMENT
o. U. Hoover.

NV Tuesdays are meatless,
NV Wednesdays are wheatless,
Iamgettinp more eatless each day
My home II is heatless,
My bed il is sheetless,
They're all sent to the Y. M. c. A.
The bar rooms are treatless,
My coffee is sweetless,
Each day | get poorer and wiser.
My stockings are feetless,
Ny trousers are seatless,
Ny Godl How ! do hate the Kaiser.
-Ex.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

The taking over for national control
of all the railroads OF the United States
in one proclamation is one OF the
most momentous national events in
American history. Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo is constituted the
Director General of Railroads and his
purpose, it is announced, will be to
operate the various lines under the
control of their own directors except
that paramount authority shall be
vested in the Secretary. The bene-
fits accruing from the operation OF the
roads by the government will be the
control of transportation and the reg
ulation of labor troubles by making
strike agitators guilty OF treason
against the government.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
Out of Danger.

Former Senator 10 C. S. Black.
burn, who has been dangerously III
at his home in Washington for sew
eral weeks, is now reported out OF
danger and on the way to recovery.
Advices from the Capital City are to
the effect that he is now able to walk
about the house and is growing
stronger every day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
Missionary Is Dead.

Paris, Ky, Dec. 2S Miss Rebecca
Ford Heath, for ten years an Episco-
pal missionary in Japan, is dead here
at the age of 81 years. Surviving are
three sisters. Mrs. Edward R. Fifth
ian, of Paris; Mrs. 0. w. Paxton, OF
New York, and Miss Margaret Heath,
of Lexington.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

w. w. Blackwell, past supreme
chancellor commander of the Knights
of Pythias, died at Henderson, Ky.'
Dec, 26, Of paralysis, aged 65 years.
He was buried with the honors OF the
order of which he was the most dis
wtinpuished member.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Mrs. VIM. Hopson, a preachers
wife at Columbus. Ind, took off her
shoes and gave them to woman who
had none and went home barefooted.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Total acceptances of recruits for
the Army December l3 numbered
more than l4.3O0-the largest num-
Der accepted in one day in the histo-
ry Of the country.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

The Mannheim railroad station was
destroyed by a bomb Dec. "a, an
hour after the Kaiser had left it. Two
bombs also fell on the palace he had
occupied. A factory was blown up,
two bridges wrecked and number
of people killed, but Bill escaped Tor
the time being.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
Tit For Tat.

A French cruiser was sunk in the
Ionian sea by a U-boat and 10 MEM
bers of the crew lost. French de-
stroyers and seaplanes in turn de-
stroyed the U-boat and picked up %
survivors of its crew who jumped
into the sea as the boat went down.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29
DEATH list IN
WRECK NOVA
Henry Harding, of Shepherds
vile, Dies in a Louis
vile Hospital.

Louisville, Dec. 24.-The Louisville
& Nashville wreck death list previ-
ously reduced from 40 to 46 through
the elimination of three names was
swelled TO At by the death of Henry
Harding, of Shepherdsville, in hos
pital here.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

A troop train with AGO soldiers
stopped in Owensboro and exercised
the soldiers, who paraded the streets
singing patriotic songs and gave a
drill on the court square.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Fall River, Fitchburg, Haverhill
and Taunton changed from dry" to
"wet" last week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Ed. S. Troyer, Princeton, KY. has
been appointed examiner Of accounts
under the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, at 81, 800.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

The Daily Kentuckian's equipment
has been ordered and the linotype
and other machinery necessary TO It's
operahon, are expected to be in place
in a few weeks. In the meanwhile
ali subscribers who pay for the daily
at 50 a year from the time it starts to
he sent through the mails, will be
given the tri-weekly without any
charge uniil the daily succeeds it.
Those whJ prefer the weekly at VI
will be supplied with the tri-weekly
without extra charge during January.
The new paper is receiving a very
cordial approval from the public gen.
orally. Many new subscribers have
already been voluntarily promised
and the merchants are assuring It OF
substantial support. The tri-weekly
subscribers on the rural routes are
nearly all expressing a preference Tor
the daily issue and are delighted with
the prospect Of getting a daily local
paper on the day Of publication. The
Daily Kentuckian will fill a long felt
want.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Maj. Gen. Harry C. Hale, who was
thought to be still at Camp Taylor,
has turned up in France.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Steffanson, the Arctic explorer
absent since 1918, has reached Fl
Yukon with his party.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

The mid-winter meeting OF the
Press Association, closed at Lexing'
ton yesterday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

Japan will not send troops to 81,
IBERIA.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-12-29

President Wilson was 81 years OLE
yesterday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-06
SUMP'N WRONG.

SUMP'N WRONG. - "a Young
Mother" wants advice from young
men. Perhaps an old man may help.
Something wrong with the moral
law" when a young woman who has
added to the population should have
to beg an honorable place.
Brother Wells says the moral law
preserves the race, but here its viola
ton adds to the race. Why then
does almost universal immortality of
half the race not destroy population?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-06

moral. &C. F. Hunt.
PATRIOTISM. - The nation is
about to be plunged into war. The
young men between 10 and 25 will
bear the burden. am the owner Of
a cigar store. I hear the converse
lions of many Of the young men on
the subject.
Some are in favor Of war, others
are disguised with conditions; all are
patriotic. But the treatment some
of these young men have received at
the hands of corporations, coupled
with the high cost of living, is starV-
ing their patriotism and will not ben
eft the nation or the individual
The case that impressed me most
was that of a splendid young type Of
American manhood. He is honest,
reliable, industrious. He went to
work for Sears, ROebuck & Co. in
August, 1916. He worked all through
the rush. Two weeks ago, just be-
fore the quarterly bonus came due.
they called him into the office and
told him his references we're no good.
1t took them eight months TO nnd IL
out. The bonus stimulated their in
vestigatOrs.
This is not the only case. could
fill one edition of your book with
cases of this kind. Not all about
Sears-Roebuck, but of State street
department stores, stOckyards and
other places.
How can the government expect
the young man who has been treat
ed this way to fight with the spirit, of
'76 or '61?-A. E. B.
-O-O
Over 5000 Germans and Austrians
have applied for citizenship papers in
Chicago since Feb. I. 1t makes the
stork an alsO-ran in the matter Of
producing Americans.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-06
TRIBUNE MAKES HIM

TRIBUNE MAKES HIM SOCIAL
Every knock from the Tribune
was a boost for Aid. Kennedy. No
other newspaper in the whole world
would lower itself like the Tribune
did by attacking an honest mans
character and council record.
However, these vile criticisms did
not carry much weight with the in
teIigent voters of the 9th ward.
They returned Kennedy to the city
council by a larger majority than any
other candidate. Aid. Kennedy is
one of the leaders in the council and
many years ahead of the times. The
people of the 9th ward could not at
ford to lose such a valuable man.
really do believe that the Tribune
is making Socialists out Of the peO-
pie very rapidly. It has made one Of
me. Now l am satisfied. l have
barred that poison sheet from my ia
bic forever Who is going to join
me?-. G. E.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-06

If chastity helps the race, then the
law is physical and biological, not
moral A moral law deals only with
ethics.
Young Mother" is as worthy as
any young widow with one child;
perhaps more reliable, being Chast-
ened by unjust condemnation of the
moral. &C. F. Hunt.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-06
cultured and moral class Of people
your moral or physical support will
be appreciated.-ManIy BIoomgren,
Chicago Social Culture Club, $3.50 N.
Clark.
M. ]. JAcORsON.-Is

Mr.. j. JACOBSON.-I am little
startled to see that you took my let
ter, Vital Forces, " in a hot spirit.
must confess that I have not seen
your letters, which you mention in
The Day Book
It would interest me to see them.
If you have copies at hand kindly
mail them to me. I will return them.
Good Active, P. o. Box $50.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30
Practical Education

There are many things taught in
the public schools OF today that will
be of little if any good at all to the
child now studying them. Every
teacher realizes the fact that she has
dwclt probably week or more on a
lesson which, after all will not be Of
any value to the child whatever. Yes,
/ mean arithmetic, too. There are
impractical problems in all text books
ON mathematics; Intentionally | be-
lieve they were put there for a good
cause, for all arithmetics are general
ized. That is, most text books used
today, such as the arithmetics are
made general because they are used
IN the east and west, north and south.
Many of them are used both in the
city and rural schools, therefore the
work contained in them must be
greatly varied to suit the prevailing
conditions. | remember a teacher
once kept me on problem for more
than week. 1t was problem which
] feel abashed to mention here, but
] learned to solve it and every other
one sithlar TO it, and since that time
have been actively engaged in
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30

little ones during the afternoon.
Among them was a patriotic parade
when each child was presented witt,
soldiers capy and Uncle Sans flag.
Little Annie Laurie Warren won
the prize for pinning on the don
keys tail
Ice cream and cake was served in
the dining room where the table pre-
scented lovely sight with its pink
roses and lighted candles. The center
piece was miniature cake with four
tiny candles.
The little guests present were &C.
neva Hussey, Annie Laurie Warren,
Marjorie Horne, HuIda Echols,
Lloyd Brewer, Paul Hill, Samuel
Echols, Billie Horne and little Mary
Louise Pittman.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30
DORMINEY-PEEK

OF much interest to many friends
WAS the marriage Of Miss Mae Dor
miney and Mr.. ]. y. Peek, Jr., Of
Dade City, Fla, which was quietly
solemnized at the home of the bride S
mother. Mrs. A. Dorminey on SUI
vance street, Rev. L. A. Hill per-
forming the ceremony.
Only the members Of the inmedi-
ate family were present The bride
wore becoming travelling suit of
dark blue broadcloth, with gray &C
cessories.
Following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. M. B. Mobley entertained the
bridal couple and few friends at
dinner at their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peek left for trip to
Jacksonville and other points of in
terest before going to their home in
Dade City.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30

school work for six years, using diff
ferent textbooks for class and refer
cnce work, and to this day | have
never seen a problem similar to the
one on which | spent about eight Of
thc.most valuable days of my life in
learning to solve. Those are i'm
practical problems and my! how |
wish that teacher had taught me
more about the denominate numbers
and their use, or had shown me the
common sense side of inverting frac-
tons to multiply in division
Experience has taught me that we
are throwing valuable hours to the
wind every day in the class room
unless we use supplementary texts,
desk books, or some form of CORE
lative with each lesson we teach A
single text book is too narrow, or eX-
pressing it with more courtesy to the
authors, a single text book is too gen
cral. Every lesson, each thought, cv-
cry expression made, and impression
intended to be made must be taught
specifically in order to have the child
remember and retain it. There are
SO many things taught to a child,
which, to his utter disgust, he has
forgotten after a few months or
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30
WHEY DISCOVERS HUSBAND
WITH PAIR OF AFFINITIES

Atlanta, Ga NOV. 3O.-Mario Rob
inowitz and the two handsome girls
accompanying him were charmed
with Atlanta and enjoying their visit
in this city-until Mrs. Robinowitz
dropped like bolt from out of the
blue and caught them in boarding
house and called the police to arresl
them
Instead of the usual ciopmcut With
one affinity according to his wife's
interesting story as told in recorders
court yesterday when the crestfallen
husband and his comcly companions
came up for trial.
The judge did not attempt to
straighten out the tangle of domes-
tic difficulties, but fined Robinowitz
and the girls $40 each and shooed
them out of court when they paid
their fines.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30
Number 7.

weeks. More than likely those things
were impractical, something that the
boy or girl never intended to use, or
they might have been important but
yet delivered to the child in an I'M
pleasing manner. There are imprac-
teal methods of doing everything,
but in all the professions | know of
none in which impractical methods
come bobbing up as in modern teach
ing. Every teacher should watch for
these intrusions and shun them at
every chance.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-11-30
EASTERN STARS HAVE FROLI

EASTERN STARS HAVE FROLIC
The members of the Eastern Star
were invited guests of Miss Bertha
Jones on Tuesday afternoon to cane
grinding at her home near Irwinville.
Several cars went out filled with
Stars" and all were treated royalty.
They enjoyed the cane and pecans
and cane juice and many bottles were
carried home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Royal were
present also so it was royal time
all around.