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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
FAREWELL DINNER.

Jailer w. p. Midkiff, who will re-
tire from Office the first Monday in
January, gave farewell dinner tn
the members of the Fiscal Court, to
which a few friends were invited, last
Friday. The menu consisted of roast
turkey, cranberry sauce and the usu-
al trimmings that so with turkey
dinner. The table was literally sun
piled with meats, fruits and every
thing that goes 10 make up tempt
ing meal, and was eaten with CRATE
ful appreciation by the invited
guests, who can scarcely repress a
regret that Jailer Midkiff aud bis
cstimable wife will not have another
term as host and hostess at the coun-
ty bastile. The Midkiffs have set the
incoming Tichenors an example OF en-
tertaining that will not be easy to
excel. Those present were; E3-
Quires, Il, Shown. Winson Smith, W.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
ONO COUNTY MAN HoNoRED.

Prof. r. W Tinslcy, who has been
with tho Mississippi State University,
as instructor in modern languages
for the past two years, has been ten.
dered and accepted position with
the Federal Government Department
OF Justice. Mr. Tinsley gave up his
school work with the close Of last
week and reported to the Department
for duty at San Antonio, Texas. on
Sunday. His work will probably be
IN the Lone Star State.
Prof Tinsley relinquished a posi-
ton at the University. a great deal
more desirable. perhaps, than the
one accepted, but felt that in as much
as his services were requested by the
Government. it was his duty to ac-
cept
The University authorities did not
vacate the position held by Prof.
Tinsley. hut gave him leave of alb
sence.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
SQUIRE RICE TIES KNOT.

We were permitted to witness the
ease and grace with which Squire Ben
Rice can tie the nuptial, at a little
ceremony in the county court clerks
Office yesterday. The contracting par
ties were Mr.. Ray Monkey and Miss
Pearl Thurman, of Askins, in the
northern part of the county. We
were not advised whether the Squire
was there by appointment or just
happened to be on the spot when his
were needed, but he respond
cd to the eall with alacrity, and be-
fore the few onlookers knew what
was going to happen the Squire was
tieing the knot. The brevity and
beauty of the Squire's ceremony so
to those present that each
of us promised to give him any work
in that line as often as we were in
need of it. and the Squire smiled COM
placently.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
WILSON & NJ ADOO
CHAMPION BOSSES
NONE IN NATIONS HISTORY had
POWER EQUAL TO BIG
TWO.

BY the Presidents proclamation,
William Gibbs McAdoo becomes the
biggest boss, bar one, in America g
history. The only boss bigger than
he is his father-in-law,Wo Woodrow Will
son. In addition to being head OF the
Treasury Department, the third most
important executive branch of the
Government tor the War and Navy
Department outrank it now, Mr..
McAdoo will be supreme over the fol-
lowing vast agencies of commerce.:
All American railroads.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
All steamship lines, railroad-own-
ed
All railroad officials.
The Railroad War Board.
All electric lines engaged in gener-
al transportation.
All passenger associations.
All freight associations.
There have been bosses and dicta-
tors since the world began, and Cy-
rus, Caesar, Alexander, Charles V.
and Napoleon were fairly widespread
in their influence, but none of them
ever had such vast financial dominion
as Director-G eneral-Secretary Will
liam Gibbs McAdoo. The President Of
the United States to-day has more
powers than any ruler in the worlds
history, but for direct, detailed domi-
nation over great things his interest
ing son-in-law now runs him a close
second
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
THE TOBACCO MARKET.

Perhaps due in some measure to
the absence of buyers who were away
for the holidays tobacco went off
about n dollar hundred on the loose
leaf floors in Greensboro last week.
Small deliveries have been made of
the pooled tobacco in Ohio county,
and the limited information we have
seen able to get in regard to the
matter indicated the deliveries 50
made have averaged somewhere be-
tween sixteen and sevnteen dollars a
hundred. The Hartford and Narrows
houses report the grading moving
,noothly, but we understand there
i;as been friction between the grad
n and company's manager at Fords-
vile.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

j. C. Matthews, 10, Hartford, to
Bertha May Smith, 20, Centertown.
Noble Thomasson, 23, Hefiin, to
Pearlie King, 90. Equality.
Monroe Cook, 20, White Run, to
Stella Albin II, Baizetown.
Ray w. Cummings, 2l. Olaton, to
Gotta Felix, l6 OlatOn.
Thomas Coffman. 20, Centertown,
to Eva Keith Brown, 10, Centeftown.
W. c, Douglas, 80, Cromwell. 10
Gertrude Dartch. "a. Wysox,
Harlan Harris, %, Hartford, X. 3,
to ley Green Parks, 80. Hartford.
II. g.
Garland Royal, 80, Horse Branch,
to Josie NJ. Bailey. 26, Horse Branch.
Claude Arnold, 26, Horse Branch,
to Cordie Ford, 22, Horton.
Ernest Ford, 20, Horse Branch. TO
Nola Galloway. II, Horse Branch.
Frank Petty. 25, Hartford, TO e
zie Peters, 80. Hartford.
Ray Monkey, 10, Askins, u
Thurman, II, Askins.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
PLOT SUSPECTED.

Knoxville. Tenn, Dec. 24.-Extra
watchmen and special policemen are
on guard here tonight at every plant
and factory where war munitions or
government supplies are being manu-
featured, following an announcement
of the receipt of warning from the
secret service at Washington to the
effect that German agents were be-
lieved to have selected Christmas eve
as the time to begin a campaign Of
ruin and destruction. Manufacturers
received the warning this afternoon
and extra precautions were promptly
taken,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
MILLERS ARE WARNED
TO SAFEGUAr.V p Al

Evansville, Ind, D., 1T
-four millers of Eva v'l'H We,
flashed the warning too f. Cta |
their plants heavily, as ( "a ore
Government possesses c-a-a,ion
that concerted efforts would be made
in few days to blow up every i'm
portant -four mill in the country.
The plot is said to have been hatch
ed by German spies.
The warning came from the South
eastern Millers' Association, of Nash
vile. Tenn, the large mills in this
city and vicinity being members Of
the association. At all the large
mills here extra guards were placed
on watch with rifles, and at some OF
the mills special officers appointed by
Chief of Police Edgar Schmitt were
placed on guard, and they are heav-
lily armed.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
MAGISTRATES LAST MEETING.

The Fiscal Court as at present or
ganized, held its final meeting here
Friday. The only business of I'M
portance besides allowing routine
claims was the extension OF the term
OF the County Farm Agent to Decem-
Der 81, 1918. Heretofore the term
of the Farm Agent expired in May,
and il was thought desirable to have
II expire with the end of the year.
The final hour of the court was de-
voted to speeches by the members,
most OF whom will not be members
OF the new court Esquires, Ben
Taylor, S. l.. FulkersOn, II. c. Itch
enor, S. w. Leach, and Winson
Smith will not be members of the
Fiscal Court that cOnyenes IN Jan
uary. w. S. Dean, b. r. Rice and
Ed Shown will hold over. The new
members of the court will be, Sam
Stevens. George Rowe, Quint Brown.
w. c. Daugherty and b. c. Rhoads
The retiring Judge, John b. Wilson
made very sensible talk to the re-
firing court. Judge Wilson admon-
ished thosed present that il was the
duty of every one 10 push and not to
knock, and insisted that the man who
did not try TO help TO make the in
coming county administration q sue
cess was not q good citizen.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
THROAT Is CUT
Kaiserites Murder L. $. Captured
Soldier.
seIlce.

With the American Army in
France. Dec. 25-German atrocities
against American soldiers are official
" reported. An American sentry has
been found with his throat cut. and
must have been so'killed after being
captured.
Information concerning German
savagery has reached ;the troops in
one of a series of bulletins read to
them by the unit commanders and
posted on the bulletin boards. Here
is what they heard:
after a raid by the Germans on
trenches held by American troops, a
lone sentry of ------ infantry was
found with his throat cut from ear
to ear. He had been surprised by an
overwhelming force of Germans and
must have been so killed after cap
ture.
such brutality is familiar to old
soldiers who served against savages
in the Philippine campaign"
Another bulletin tells the men
how the Germans, in occupied sec
lions of France and Belgium, are
turning women and children out Of
their homes into the snow, the build
ings being then given over to soldiers,
horses and material.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
JAILER's MOTHER DIES.

Mrs. Nancy 7. Midkiff, wife OF Geo.
r. Midkiff, died at her home near
Adaburg Tuesday of last week OF
tubercular trouble. Her remains
were inferred in the Magan burying
ground Wednesday. Mrs. Midkiff was
76 years old, and had been for many
years a consistent member of the
Christian church. She leaves a hus-
band and thirteen children to mourn
her death. Mrs. Mldkiif was the
mother Of Jailer w. =, Midkif, Of
Hartford.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
JAMES RENFROW DEAD.

Mr.. Jamo~ Q. nf.ow died at his
TX -ce' al r iprings Sunday
)rv.2r ID Iried at Sani
-.-:-. b.. round Monday.
or @ e held by Rev.
Ja.tC" re, ,, O 10: Branch. Mr..
lclf, VS. f c years old and
I'm lied. He died of pneumonia
fever and was sick only a few days
before his death. He leaves two
brothers and two sisters, William
Renfrow, with whom he lived, and j..
b. Renfrow, OF Narrows, and Miss
Bette Renfrow, and Mrs. Wayne
Stevens, of near Hartford.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
WAS MASTER MIND or PLOTS IN
CANADA AND ON PACIFIC
COAST.
STOOD HIGH IN BERLIN
And WJs At One Time An Agent Of
Wolf Won Igel, Former Secretary
To Franz Won Papen.

San Francisco, Dec. ga woman,
designated only as "H" and said to
be prominent in the German secret
service, directed the activities OF
Franz Schulenberg, alleged master
spy held here on Presidential war
rant, according to information di-
vulged today by Federal officials.
schulenberg is said to have been
active in plans to destroy bridges and
public buildings in Canada and ship
ping and warehouses in Pacific ports.
Officials said the woman barely es-
capped arrest here four weeks ago, the
day before Schulenberg was captur-
ed. The clew to her part in Schulen-
berg's operations was revealed in a
letter found among his effects. 1t in
structed Schulenberg to meet her in
Los Angeles. The letter was post
marked Cleveland, o. Investigation
showed, officials said, that the wom-
an had been an agent of Wolf Won
Igel, former secretary to Franz Won
Papen, military attache of the Ger
man Embassy at Washington, and
alleged head of the German espion-
age system in this country. She was
described as person of birth and
education, brunette, thirty-fve
years old.
Sent Schulcnberg to America.
According to Federal officials, the
woman sent Schulenberg to the
United States in 1914 for the alleged
purpose of assisting in the mainten-
ance of contra band wireless stations
supported by the German government
for the purpose of gaining military in
formation and transmitting it to Ber-
lin.
Further revelations concerning
SChulenberg's activities disclosed to-
day showed that in February, 1915,
he inserted an advertisement in Spo-
kane, WASH. newspapers, looking to
the purchase of tract of land Or
which to colonize several hundred
Spanish families. These families, Fed
eral officials said. were Hindus, apd
the purpose OF their colonization was
to permit them easy entrance into
Canada, where they were to obtain
military information and facts con-
corning the movements of Canadian
vessels, to assist in raider warfare
conducted in the Pacific ocean by the
Germans. The colonization plan did
mot materialize.
Schulenberg's Activities.
Some of Schulenberg's activities,
according to the authorities, have
been traced to Ram ChaIdra, Hindu
on trial here, with thirty other per-
sons, charged with attempting to TO-
ment a revolt against British rule in
India. Ram Chandra made several
payments of money to Schulenberg,
officials said
Schulenberg, according to Federal
officials, was a deserter from the Ger
man army and was actuated only by
the hope of financial gain. They said
he would not admit his connection
with the woman agent.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28

daily added to the list. Judge w.
H. Barnes is Chairman; Mrs. y. ID.
Dewitt, Vice-Chairman; Miss Mag
gie Marks, Secretary, and Miss Het-
tie Riloy, Treasurer Membership is
one dollar, aud the money viii he
expended for relief work for tho sol
dicrs. Every patriotic man aud We
man in tho United States should en-
roll as a member.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
DangerOus Spy Held.

San Francisco. Dec. 24.-Federal
officials announced tonight the arrest
on a presidential warrant of Franz
schulenberg. alleged to be one of tue
cleverest.. and most dangerous Ger
man spies operating on the Pacific
coast. According TO army officers.
he planned to deJtroy government
docks and shipping in most of the big
coast ports.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
RED GROSS HEADQUARTERS.

tThe local chapter of the Red Cross
has secured headquarters in the Glenn
ioilding. near the Bank OF Hartford,
Shd will be open every afternoon. The
local chapter organized here last
week has already "A large member
shin, and many new names are being
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
REVOLT PLANNED
IN u. S. SUSPECTED
RUSS SHIP WITH MUNITIONS
ABOARD HELD UP BY UNCLE
SAM.

A Pacific Port, Dec. 24.-Federal
officials to-day found packages of am
munition, several hundred rifles and
q number of bags filled with revol-
vers buried under the cargo of hides
in the Shilka, Russian freighter
which arrived here Friday night un-
der control of it's Bolshevik crew. Of
hcials said the cartridges found in the
ammunition packages contained slugs
such as are used by the Germans on
the Eastern front.
The consignment was probably in
tended, officials said they believed.
for Industrial Workers of the World
or for use OF a raider in the Pacific.
Liquor and I. W. w. Papers.
IAN investigation TO determine
the purpose of those in charge of the
ship will be made Immediately" the
United States District Attorney here
to-day said. I'VE know that the
Shilka is manned by n Bolshevik
crew and apparently is in charge OF
a committee of five that took the YES
sci over after the crew mutinied a
few days out of the Russian port"
"Oiflcials, continuing their search
to-day, discovered large quantity
OF liquor and a number of |. w. w.
newspapers aboard, they announced.
If the munitions were intended for
the l. w. w, officials said, the Shil-
ka probably intended to unload her
cargo here and then proceed to some
prearranged obscure spot on the
coast and put the rifles, revolvers
and ammunition ashore.
Crew May Be Interned.
Among the Federal agents work
ing on the ship were some who said
they believed the munitions were sent
by the Bolshevik to aid |. w. w. to
foment revolutions in the United
States to further Bolshevik princi-
pies.
Capt. Boris Dogal. master of the
boat and members of the crew prob
ably will be informed, officials assert
ed. Search will be continued until
the entire vessel and cargo is gone
over.
Saturday night unverifed rumors
were circulated that the vessel car
ried 100000 sent by Bolshevik to
aid the defense of !. w. W., under
trial in Chicago. officials have found
no trace of the money.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28

s. Dean, S. l.. FullJerson, II. c. Itch
enor, g. +. Rice and Ben Taylor, and
Messrs. Rowan Holbrook, Claude
Blankonship, Arthur Kirk, Judge
John 10. Wilson, Superintendent Ozna
Shuts, Charlie Smith, owen Hunter,
Sheriff s. o. Keown. Editor w H.
Coombs and John Henry Thomas.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-12-28
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS ALL PEOPLE OF OHIO COUNTY

RTFORD, OHIO COUNTY, KY, FRIDAY DECEMBER 2s 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-19
NAVY IS SETTLING
OVER GRAYSOH
APPOINTMENT
Presidents Friend Jumped Over
Heads of Many Older Officers
is NAMED REAR AD MIRAL
Wilson Selects Young Physician and
Golf Partner for $4,000 Post of
Medical Director.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-President
Wilson today took steps for the pro
motion OF five staff corps officers of
the navy to be Rear Admirals in ac.
cordance with the provisions of the
last Naval Appropriation act creating
this permanent grade for the Medical
pay construction, and civil engineer
corps Among these promotions is
that of DR.. Cary T. Grayson. a passed
assistant surgeon, with the rank OF
lieutenant commander who for years
has been detailed as physician to the
president DR.. Grayson was promoted
over 10 passed assistant surgeans, Sc
surgeons, 26 medical inspectors, and
Is medical directors-a total of 137--
and pay to $4,000
DR.. Grayson, who Is promoted from
far down on the medical corps list,
has been attached TO the White House
since the Taft administration. He was
retained by President Wilson and, be-
sides serving as Aid and keeping his
chief in physical trim. he has become
the presidents friend and companion
The doctor recently passed the eXami-
nation for the grade of medical direc-
tor, and. in spite of the demands of
the white house upon him, has found
time to keep up practice in local
hospitals. He is 3S years old, a na-
tive of Virginia, entered the navy in
1908, and has had three-year cruise
around the world.
DR.. Grayson has spent little time
at sea and has been successful in ad-
vising the president concerning his
health and personal comforts. but ma
val officers are at loss to see why
he should be made to outrank the best
brains in the corps and be placed in
a position TO command men nearly
twice his age and with scores OF years
additional experience.
From the viewpoint OF efficiency the
1877 numbers which DR.. Grayson jumps
are less important than the grades
he jumps. He has never been navy
surgeon. yet he is placed in command
over eighty five navy surgeons, all OF
whcm were above him in point of ex-
perience and time Of service. He is
even placed over medical inspectors,
whereas ii events took their prescrib-
ed course 1t would be years before he
attained this rank.
Medical officers naturally feel that
the duties of the Medical Corps, which
has the health of the navy in charge
are not of suchiiighty importance that
appointments to the most responsible
posts should be based on the appar-
ent desire to provide rich bouquets
for personal friends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-19
PRESIDENT LIFE
THREATENED BY
The bLASTERS'
California Prosecutor Claims An
arChists Plotted Assassination
ALLEGED LEADER ON TRIAL
Member Of Organization Charged
with Completely In Bomb Explosion
Which Killed 10 Persons.

San Francisco, Jan. 1S.--Assstant
District Attorney Edward A. Cunba,
in opening the case today against
Thomas ]. Mooney, who is on trial for
murder in connection with the bomb
explosion that killed thirteen persons
in the San Francisco preparedness
parade, told the jury that President
Wilson's life was threatened by an
anarchistic organization known as
"The Blasters," of which Mooney was
a leader He said this would be
shown by the evidence to be present
ed
that these men plotted revolution
against the government. | will prove
that they said in an edition of The
Blast, The weather cock in the White
House had better watch out. Sup
preston Of the voice of the discon-
tented leads TO assassination
Beginning his address Cunba outlin-
ed the history of the bomb explosion
here last July in which ten persons
lost their lives and in which it is
charged Mooney had part
In his address to the jury, Cunha
said the paragraphs in the Blast, on
which he based his charges, were as
follows:
THE Federal Government has sup
pressed the Alarm of Chicago and the
Revolt of New York. We are not go
ing to say that it is an outrage. Why
should the government not commit
outrages? Invasion of personal liber-
ty, suppression of free speech and free
press, silencing of noncqnformists and
protestants. shooting down rebellious
workers--all of this the very essence
of government.
I'VE don't complain. We under
stand Wilson's position. He must do
his masters bidding. This is the
sane policy But we want to warn
the weatheroock in the White House
that it may not prove safe. suppress
sion of the voice of discomfort leads
to assassination. Vide Russia"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-19
BIC EATERS GET
n KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take a glass of Salts before .break-
fast if your Back hurts or BIad-
der bothers you,

The American men and women
must guard constantly against Kid
ney trouble, because we eat too much
and all our food is rich. Our blood is
strive to filter out, they weaken from
overwork, become sluggish the eli
minative tissues clog and the result
is kidney trouble, bladder weakness
and general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
of lead; your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have
rheumatism when the weather is bad
get from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table,
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This fam.
Gus salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia. and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
clogged kidneys, to neutralize the
acids in the urine so it no longer Is
a source Of irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, makes delightful effervescent
Whitewater beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can
make a mistake by having a good kid
ney flushing any time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-19
TAGGED OUT" WOMEN
VIII Find Helpful Suggestion in
This Letter.

Oyerworked. run down tagged
OUT women who feel as though they
could hardly drag about, should pro-
fit by Mrs. Carter's experience. She
says:--"l am the mother of six chill
dren and got so weak and rundown
that couldn't eat anything and it
seemed almost impossible for me to
get around and do my work. | tried
different doctors remedies without
benefit. saw Vinol advertised and
decided to try II. and received so
much benefit from the first bottle that
| continued to take 1t, and 1t has built
up my strength and made me strong
and well. | consider Vinol the best
medicine | have ever taken, and ad-
wise all weak, rundown women to try
It," Mrs. Bessie Carter. State Road
n. C.
II all the tired, overworked. run
down women in Bennington could
only realize how our delicious Vinol
which contains beef and cod liver
peptones, iron and manganese pep
tonates and glycerophosphates, sup
plies the vital elements necessary tc
build up blood and strength, WE
wouldn't be able to supply the de
mand w l.. Gokay. Druggist. Ben
nington, also at the Leading Drug
Stores in all Vermont towns.