Mount Vernon signal., 1917-04-27
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Paducah-Police Chief Luther Gra- !
ham has been instructed to enforce the
proclamation of President Wilson in
regard to aliens, and will comply.
Louisville.-Three men are dead and
three others were injured as the re- ,
suit of an explosion in the boiler room I
at the shops of the Louisville & Nash ,
vile Railroad Co.
Louisville-Roy Wiley. q years old,
of Cropper. KY, one of squad of sol :
diers guarding a bridge. was found
dead by his relief. His skull had been ;
crushed by train.
Eddyville. and busi-
ness men OF Lyon county will speak
at every schoolhouse in the county
within the next few days, urging the
farmers to plant large crops.
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old, was fined $1O0 in police court on
the charge of cursing American sol
diers and President Wilson. He is
subject to prosecution by federal au-
thorities.
LexingtOn.-PatriOtic in pocketbook
as well as heart, the revenue payers of
the Seventh Internal Revenue district
broke all records for tax payments. A
ed to $95 95,90101.
Louisville-Free Lance. by Imp Al
vescot out of Merry Heart, winner of
the Latonia Derby in 1912, was killed
in terrific battle with Ralph, another
thoroughbred, at Bashford Manor, the
home of George ]. Long, his owner.
near here.
Paducah.-The wireless plant at the
high school will be dismantled in COM
pliance with orders from Washington,
d. c. The plant was erected last fall
by seniors and messages were receiv-
ed from as far as Springfield and AL
ton, Ill
Paris.-A unanimous call has been
| issued by the congregation of the Paris
Presbyterian church to the Rev. John
]. Rice. of Nicholasville The Paris
church has been without a pastor since
the resignation over a year ago of the
| Rev. DR.. Shive.
Lexington.-George Land, commits
sioner of public safety, announced his
withdrawal from the race for sheriff,
having decided to stand for reelection
| as city commissioner. Land was con-
sidered one of the strongest candi-
dates in the race.
! Lexington.-The faculty of the Uni |
versity of Kentucky answered the ma |
tion's cry for more food by passing |
resolutions permitting all students, |
male or female, to return to their |
home at any time they may choose |
without loss of credit if they devote |
their time to the production of food |
stuff.
Whitesburg-With the unusually |
satisfactory market conditions prevail |
ing throughout the country and the car
situation greatly improved on all the |
railroads in Eastern Kentucky unpre- !
cedented activity continues throughout
the mountain coal fields, which are at
| tracing coal operators, financiers
and others from all sections of the
country.
Ashland-The Hardwood Manufac-
turing Association of the United States
held school of instruction at the lum-
ber yards of the Van Sant-Kitchen
Lumber Co., of this city, at which the
inspectors of the association in this
section and other lumber men we're
present. These gatherings are held
once or twice each year for the pur-
pose of instructing inspectors how to
uniformly inspect lumber.
Lexington.-Companie of the Sec.
ond And Third Kentucky Regiments
have been ordered to begin mobilizing
here at the new mobilization site, just
: approved by the War Department
three miles from Lexington. Accom-
} panied by Col. George T. Smith, of the
, Second Regiment, Lieut. Col. Guy H.
Preston, of the Second United States
Cavalry, went to the mobilization site.
looked over the ground and assigned
reservations.
Louisville.-Failure on the part of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Car Service Commission of the
American Railways Association to re-
lieve the shortage of freight cars in
the United States is charged in resolu-
tions adopted by directors of the
Louisville Board of Trade. Copies of