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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-16
WHISKY is
BLAMED FOR
DEATH OF THREE

was just a faithful sort Of little
puppy with black and brown coat
and appealing eyes.
lie didn't have any home. and |
took him in" said MIS- McGlinchey
tuesday morning When think
what would have happened II Buster
hadn't berked and scratched AT the
doors to wake u up, know have
been rewarded
Mrs McGlinchey is Ill and Bus
ter MAS guarding the doorway to
her fiat The dogs barking and the
scratching on the door awakened the
woman shortly after O'Clock John
Sirbu 2 Ford employee. returned TO
his home from work soon after, and
with the brIndle bull tagging al his
heels ran thru the corridors. pound
ing on doors and CRYING TO the
tenants 10 awake
What had caused the fire. wh@
had happened in the little furnace
room was not known until after the
i'remen had completed their work at
230 o'clock Then the bodies of
Murphy and his two companions
were found lying on the concrete
floor
No formal Identification OF the
bodies had been made ~ the county
morgue. but tenants recognized Muir
ply and another neighhorhood char.
acter known as whisky Dick" The
third victim is believed to be of the
name OF Shrock Ho lohered about
bar rooms WITH Murphy and Dick.
Struggle Ends in Defeat
When neighhors learned this morn
ing that Murphy had died IN the
furnace room. they learned too. that
his struggle for regeneration had
ended in failure FOR several wears
Murphy has been familiar figure
in he vicinity Five weeks ago. be
cause OF his frequent lapSes Of irtox
ication. he was discharged as janitor
Of tho fa,s With his weakness aes.
Murphy possessed likeable disposi.
iion Those who rented the flats
sympathi2ed. and they prevailed
upon Rosenthal 10 give him anoth.
or chance" Murphy vowed that he
would lot drink tempt him no more
He had been good worker. he told
Rosenthal, had earned high waresa
had lost all thru his one falling lie
would start over.
For little more than four weeks
he ahstained Then he began 10
slip around the corner again His
trips were not frequent. but they
were noticed and thru the flats it
became known that Murphy was
drinking again Little was seen OF
him Monday The Gre. the discovery
of the bodies. told how re had end
60 his fight
Eight Families Driven Out.
The eight families renting the
fats are scattered thru the neiehbor-
hood Several women and Children
we're carried 10 safety George
Chodoron. ore OF the tenants. clad
only in his underwear, returned hve
times into the burning building 20
bring out his wife and children The
furnishings in Chodorofi's fiat. val
ued at $4,000 are practically lie
Siroved
Tho the bodies in the morguc arc
unclaimed and little is known Of
the three men in the neishborhood
n Is said that two az the victims
have wealth. relatives Murphys
brother It is reported. holds an ~
tcutive position win Sears. Roe
Duck & Company. in Chicago. Shrock
las been receiving a monthly remit
'snce from sister No one could
be found in the neighborhood who
knew the correct name OF whisky
Dick"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-16

BERLIN via Sayville Wireless) .
Jan. l6.-Beating back OF French
trench raid near Bouvraignes, south
~ Rove was announced in todays
oficial statement Elsewhere on the
western front. the statement said
the fighting activity was within
moderate limits on both sides ex-
cept there was a little liyelier local
artillery fire"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-16
GALATZ is
UNDER GUNS
OF TEUTONS
continued from pnge one,

forces on both sides clashing in IRE
quent hand-to.hand encounters Not
only have the German troops been
thrown back here but their losses
have been enormous.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-16

Morc than 1886 .sSs. 800 Nas M
VOWED in 1915 construction i'm he
United states.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-16

Baltimore society women plan 10
establish cemetery for their pet
dogs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
BUTTER SCARCE
Owing to the Shipment of
Dairy Products From
County. q.

This city is threatened with a butter
shortage. This is due largely to the fac
that handlers of butter fat have been
running the price up recently until il
rose. from AZ to so cents. Since il bet
came Improbable and one of the
buyers has retired from the field the
price has again sought the normal
figures. The same condition has been
brought about in other communities
where the cream has been gathered
up and made into creamery butter,
Chicago has taken the first step to
srp tins speculative spirit by fixing
t!ie IN ,ximum price fer creamery but
trar 500 Gems, ower than it has been
selling Tor IN some Kentucky towns.
another reason why country butter is
scarce is that the production always
decreased when winter approaches;
Another is that feed is so high that
few care to continue making butter
when bran and clover hay is almost
out of sight.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
LIBEL CASE
Awaiting The Appointment
Of a Special Trial Judge.

One of the most important cases in
circuit court not yet tried is the in
dictment against the Courier-Journal
for criminal libel growing out of its
publications concerning the Murray
mob. Owing to Judge Bush's inter-
est in this case, he cannot preside in
the trial and the governor has so far
been unable to find a special Judge to
try the case. 1t is doubtful if it can
be tried at this term.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
WILLIAM A. REED
DEAD in IOWA
Formerly a Prominent Farm.
er Of the Cracey
Vicinity.

William A. Reed, formerly Of this
county, died Sunday night in Des
Moines, Iowa, Of pneumonia, aged
So years.
Mr. Reed went from this county to
Des Moines last spring to engage in
business.
lie was born in the Gracey neigh.
borhood and when a mere boy was
eft the sole support OF widowed
mother and family of younger chill
dren. He shouldered this RESPONSE
bility with such success that he became
one Of the leading farmers Of the
county for many years operating
jointly with his brother, John j. Reed.
About Is years ago he was married
ie"Miss Hargraves and is survived by
bis wife and four children, all of
whom moved to Des Moines They
are.John, Frank, Katherine and Will,
lifm Reed. All except the last
named are now grown. He also leaves
one. brother and four sisters-Mrs. E.
F. Blakely, Mrs. Henry Hopson, Mrs.
w. R. Wolfe and Miss Julia Reed.
Funeral arrangements had NOT been
announced yesterday, but it is sup,
posed the body will be brought here
for -interment.
Mr.. Reed was a member of the
Methodist church and was man of
probity and high sense of honor.
AT one time he>owned considerable
estate, but reverses came and he went
to Iowa last April in search of work.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Jubilee Singers.

Tonight the Fisk Jubilee singers,
from Fisk University at Nashville,
will give one Of their inimitable con-
certs at Union Tabernacle for the
benefit of the Tabernacle association.
The Fisk Singers have appeared
here several times in the past ard
have never failed to draw big audi
ence of both white and colored people
and to give full satisfaction. These
are colored people and they sing their
folk and jubilee songs, plantation
melodies and rags as no other people
on earth can sing them. But they
have been highly trained and they
also sing ballads, operas and classics
with splendid effect. Their strongest
forte however, is in their own songs
and thesewill occupy most of the
time.
The seating capacity will be divided
between the white and colored people
and seats can be reserved at the An
derson-Fowler Drug Company's store
at 35c. Balcony seats will 90 at 25c
for adults and 15c for children.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
8zlk--EeeP . little 6oex: oUzap Ia YOUR homa.N
L.M1CK8 MPosuB SAIVE

lagos of ehampneuville and Samog
neux, as well as the woods Of Malan
court, Avocourt, Camard and Cumie.
res had been occupied. Goose Hill
and Talou Hill had been taken. Nor
Homme and Hills 304 and 344 had
been stormed and occupied, over IL,
900 prisoners had been rounded up,
and nearly fifty German cannon had
been taken or destroyed, together
with more than 200 machine guns and
about forty trench mortars.
Verdun had been freed from the
constant menace of the Germans and
the French troops had shown their
marked superiority to the Germans
both on the defensive and IN the Of
fensive. They defended the citadel
with tenacity and wonderful courage
when il was threatened DyappTeut-
ly overwhelni g fol- ces, ara when
their own time came they executed d
brilliant offensive NOV emeit which
pushed the invaders back until at the
moment of writing the nearest Ger
man line northward is over six miles
away from the city, while 10 the east
ward the Germans are only slightly
closer. The French, however, are in
possession of all the commanding hills
and are able thus 10 observe all the
enemy's movements and to take the
necessary precautions against any
further attack.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Got Of Light.

A queer verdict was returned Sat
urday in circuit court, sentencing
Robt. Leavell, negro, to one years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Leavell was tried on joint charge Of
numbering Ed. Quisenberry and
shooting at without wounding Gaines
Hooks. The testimony showed tina
Leavell fred at Hooks, but missed
him and killed an innocent bystander.
The jury acquitted him of the MUIR
der charge, but sent him up for
shooting at Hooks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
DEATH AT
STUART HOSPITAL
Patient From Morton's Gap,
Hopkins County, Passed
Away Saturday.

Mrs. MolIie Carroll, wife of j. N.
Carroll, of Morton's Gap, died at the
Jennie Stuart Hospital Saturday. She
had ZEN sufferer from gall stone
for some time and underwent an op.
peration Oct. 81, but her condition
did not improve. Mrs. Carroll was
So years old. She was a native of
Tennessee, a daughter of E.V. Greer,
OF that State, but had resided in Hop
kins county for some time. The re-
mains were taken to Morton's Gap
Sunday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Nearing Their Goal.

Kentucky student officers of the
10th Company at Fort Benjamin Har-
rison for the second Officers Training
Camp, entertained Saturday as a
closing feature Of the camp. The en-
tertainment came just following the
end Of the 10th Company's turn in the
trenches, and herculean work was
necessary to remove the mud and
slime.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30

Germany's eighteenth enemy has
entered the field against her, By a
virtually unanimous vote the Brazilian
congress has passed resolution de-
claring that state Of war exists be-
tween Germany and Brazil. The
president of the republic has sane
toned the proclamation Of a state Of
war.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30

The maximum price for granulated
sugar has been fixed at IL cents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
BRILLIANT
IF FORFRANCE
Six Hundred Thousand Ger
mans Lost in Attempt to
Take the Fortress.

The greatest battle ever fought, an
18-months struggle for Verdun, which
has beenin progress since Feb. q,
1916, has been brilliant triumph for
the French army. Today not only
the famous city, but its outlying belt
OF forts are in the hands of the victo-
rious French defenders while the dis
comftted German assalants lie be-
Ahind their shell-shattered lines suffer-
ing severely from the hard hits they
have received and unable to do any,
thing more for the moment to retrieve
their most recent defeat than to try to
hold back their antagonists while they
recover breath.
Among the one-time wooded val
leys and hills inthe vicinity Of the
fortress no fewer than 100000 Ger
mans have fallen dead or wounded.
Tens of thousands Of their bodies
A#ere buried where they fell, only to
be disinterred again by shells tearing
up the ground in the course of the in
cessant bombardments and then once
more covered by earth thrown UP by
other exploding proiectiles. The cor
respondent of the Associated Press
had frequent evidence, while cross
ing the torn up battlefield during the
fighting of the temporary character of
the graves. Around Douamont, Vaux,
Pepper Hill, Goose Hill, Dead Mans
r Hill and Hill 304, all centers of most
serious fighting during many months,
the earth is impregnated with blood
and the churned up soil is so desic-t
Gated that in dry weather II forms in
to deep beds of dust while in wet
: weather il is just swamp Of ooze.
through which 1t is difficult to make
progress.
In the battles Of August and Octo-
her, 1916, Verdun had freed itself of
some of the heavy pre~>''r, : thr
Herman hosts but u 90 l. -m
hi Is and woods SUI 10. ia ~ aiy
was still in the occupat.Dn u ,Lo eae-
my. The great Flanders battle this
summer was well under way when
French commanderin-chief, General
Petain, decided that the time had ar
rived for new push at Verdun, be-
fore which strong German army un- /,
der the orders Of the crown prince,
!. was sitting.
Preparations were carefully made
aud the artillery began its work Of
destruction Of the German positions
about the beginning of the second
week Of August. The Germans re-
piled vigorously and the reciprocal
cannonade gradually increased in vol
ume until the morning of the day fix
ed for the Fench infantry to 90 "over
the top" That dawn when the writ
or made his way across the scared
and scorched earth toward the front
line in order to observe the opening
OF the engagement, every noise con
tceivable by the human imagination
seemed to have combined to break
the eardrums and shatter the nerves,
while all about great slugs of steel
fell and scored and racked the soil.
The result Of this last battle may be
told in few words. On a front
stretching in straight line just about ,
~ miles territory Of depth Of from
1900 yards to 5000 yards had been ,
recaptured by the French. the viii !
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Another Appeal.

President Wilson appealed to the
American people againfor the relief Of
the stricken Armenian and Syrian
peoples. The situation among more
than 1000, 900 destitute persons is
said to be $50 distressing as to make
a special appeal to the sympathies of
all"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
To Save Babies.

A dispensary unit of five young wo-
men has left for France TO save Il e
lives OF refugee babies suffering from
German atrocities.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30

one-half years old respectively, and
have found It very satisfactory when
they had the Group. The first application
helped to loosen the phlegm, making
them rest more easily, and they were
able 10 go to sleep. vapoRub also helped
them when they had severe colds. I
can recommend 1t to all mothers"
But the best part about this Little
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Is that II is
applied externally and hence can be
used freely. with perfect safety, on
the smallest child, as often as wished.
Three size, 25c. soc or 800.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
You Can Keep Them Free from
Colds Without Dosing. r.

These two fine boys have q Little
Bodyguard" to protect them against
sudden attacks OF Group or cold trou-
bles. Their mother Mrs. G. G. Evinger.
1924 N. 9Th St, Terre Haute. Ind.
writes
4 II have tried your vick's
A N vapoRub on my two boys
VI ~ twho are ninete n
n ~NWhtNl months and three and
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Six.Captured.

Six Of the ten German prisoners
who escaped from the alien enemy
detention camp at Fort Mcpherson
Tuesday night were captured in Geor-
gia by agents of the Department Of
Justice.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Modern Venus.

Alma Rubens. the photo artist. 10
said to have a figure closely approach
ing the perfect lines Venus De Milo.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21

WASHINGTON. Dec. Elm the
face OF startling lack of clothing,
thousands of men will be called to
the colors by December 81, so Quar-
termaster General Sharpe admitted
to probers. This is part of the first
draft unsommoned as yet. He said
at the present there was insufficient
clothing for the men In training.
American troops sent to France were
clad more lightly than the French
and British by 81 per cent He ad-
vised the English "purveyor gener-
al system to order army ordnance,
clothing and food.
He said one uniform each was Is
sued to a million and half men, al
though a small portion of these
were cotton cloth. Sharpe said two
million Overcoats were completed by
December Is. He said the reason
the million and a half men had not
all received overcoats was due to late
deliveries by contractors.
Asked If there was any trouble ov-
er shoe supplies, Senator Wadsworth
said he heard that half an infantry
detachment stationed at Camp Gus
ter marched out to target practice
and then returned. giving their shoes
to the other half so they could prac-
tice. Sharpe admitted such u con-
dition existed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21
UMATILLA GOES OVER
TOP, is FIRST COUNTY
TO COMPLETE QUOTA
IN RED CROSS DRIVE
CANINE CAUSES OLD
FASHIONED STAMPEDE
PENDLETON. MEAT co. MINUS
II HEAD AS RESULT; 200
ANIMALS IN MAD ROUT.

In tho days of the old west when
cattle ranged by the thousands on
the plains, a stampede was a fire.
quent thing, but in these days of
small herds and fenced lands. such a
thing is seldom heard of. Neverthe-
less, the Pendleton Meat Co. is shy
some good beef and Bert Whitman
Is minus a lot of sleep as the result
of stampede of cattle which occur
red one night last week on Butter
Creek where the company is winter
ing 200 head of stock.
The stampede is not laid at the
door of a German agent. 1t was a
dog that caused it. The canine got
among the sleeping cattle and so
frightened them that they raised
their tails and fled in a body. Out
upon the sagebrush sweeps beyond
the Western Land & Irrigation Co.
lands they fled. When they were
rounded up, there were 81 missing.
Ever since then Whitman and his
helpers have been riding almost day
and night over the west end of the
county picking up the lost animals
and all but twelve have been found.
Those twelve. however, seem to have
disappeared as completely as though
swallowed up by the earth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21
CITY WILL SURPASS
QUOTA ON ARMENIAN
AND SERIAN RELIEF

II. f.. Rose. Helix treasurer of the
Armenian-SyTian Relief committee,
today sent in $500, which is $50
more than Helix quota He also sent
I'm word that the committee expected
TO send in 500 more.
Pendleton will pass her quota of
the Armenian and Syrian relief fund
today. So ready has been the re-
sponse that Treasurer j. S. Johns will
have Pendleton's $250O and more in
hand when the campaign closes this
evening. This morning over $4,000
had been turned in and several COM
mittees had not yet reported.
In quite d number of the com
munities over the county, the cam
paign has not yet started, having
been deferred until the Red Cross
mem bership campaign is finished. G.
A. Price of Milton has sent word that
the campaign viii lbe taken up there
right after Christmas. Pilot Rock
has already subscribed her quota.
The local Elks last night voted S25
to the fund. The Wenaha Club
contributed 500 and several other
large subscriptions have been receiv-
ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21
COWBOY ROPES CAR
AND PULLS 1T OVER
MOUNTAINOUS ROAD
CEast Oregonian Special. }

UKIAH, Dec. 21.-Miss frankie
Sturdivant. who went to Pendleton
with the drafted boys last week, had
some experience on returning. While
she was in Pendleton a heavy rain
fell which made travelling in a car
very hard. But Miss Sturdivant not
being easily discouraged. started for
home, and all went well until she
reached the summit of the Yellow
jacket mountain, where she found a
foot of snow. Here the car refused
to go further and. while debating
what course to pursue, a lone horse
man rode up and she asked him If
he could assist her. He kindly said
yes, and having a long lariat on his
saddle, he soon had the rope fastened
to the car and around the saddle horn
and he pulled the car up two or three
steep places, and she came on to
towwn long after dark, with every
thing covered with mud and head
lights cleaning, and laughingly said,
"Tis good to be here"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21
HOOverizing On Lamb
Causes Sharp Slump
In Price Quotations
MARKET HAS SHRUNK 90 PER
CENT RECENTLY, SII1I1PMEN
DECLARE

Do you like lamb chops? Are yol
laying Off Of lamb to conserve the
sheep supply Are you trying TO
Hooverlze by leaving young mutton
alone? II you are you are partly
responsible for the remarkable sluilat
in the lamb market.
Sheepmen declare that the lamb
market has shrunk 65 per cent re-
Gently and that the present quotations
for fed lambs would not compensate
the sheepman for his expense in get
ting the lamb ready for market. DR.
s. w. Mcclure. secretary of the Ma
tIonaI Woolgrowers' association, de-
clares this big shrinkage is due to
the fact that the consuming public
is under the impression that the l.
S. food administration has asked
that the lamb be spared.
This, however, is not the case, as
n telegram received by local sheep
man quoting Hoover's first assistant
shows. Except as affected by the
general order for meatless days,
there has been nothing given out by
the food administration asking that
the public refrain from ordering
lamb.
AS a matter of fact lamb is the
cheapest meat on the market today,
sheepmen declare.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21
Examination OF Files
Refused Bq Packers

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Packers
made the first move to block the fed
eral trade commissions food probe
when the Swift company refused to
permit the federal agents to examine
the files, according to Heney, who is
endeavoring to show that stockhold-
ers in the old Chicago stockyards
were fleeced of three million by the
packers He will appeal to the courts
if the refusal continues. The treasur-
er of the old company admitted its
president secretly agreed with Armour
to form main holding corporation,
thereby freezing out the stockyards
stockholders. Heney attempted to
show the stOckyards managements
collusion with the packers. The treas
urer admitted the old cumpany's di-
recturs were dummies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21
HUMBLE REGALARS
FEEL SLIGH T ED
ON RIO CRANDE

That the Red Cross and Y. NJ. G.
A. are overlooking the regulars, Civ
ing all attention to men in the ma
tional army is complained by Lieut..
Frank Bertholet in a letter to his
father, Gus Bertholet, conductor on
the Northern Pacific Lieutenant
Bertholet is with Troop NJ, Eighth
Cavalry. at Ruidosa. Texas, He
writes that his boys are in the saddle
"a hours in the day, with night in
camp only now and then and with
chances of being shot while riding
the river Rio Grande. 1t is no little
game they are playing there and he
regrets that the regulars are not be-
ing remembered by civilian organ
izations AS all the regulars are vol
unteers. not drafted, they feel
slighted.