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The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Mr.. Anderson Burton, of this coun-
ty, informs us that his son Enoch,
who volunteered Aug. 1st, is station
ed at Lexington, likes the service and
is anxious to,reach the battle front on
the other side Of the waters.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Our people will regret the departure
of DR.. James Taylor, wife and moth
er who have decided to remove to Ed
monitor. They are we'll pleased with
Columbia, but the settling of DR..
Taylor's fathers estate necessitates
the removal, as the bulk of the bust
ness is in Metcalfe county. They are
fine people, the kind that make desir-
able residents, and this community dis
likes to give them up. DR.. Taylor
has rented his handsome home to Mr..
c. M. Hereford, who will conduct a
boarding house.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

UP to o'clock Monday afternoon
the membership of the local Red Cross
Chapter had reached ATS. This men,
bership paid in s475, quite q little
sum for our boys who have joined the
colors.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

All the appeals from drafted men in
Adair county, to the district board,
we're turned down. II a release is
made it will come through the Pres
ident and Secretary of War.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Mrs. Matte Taylor, mother of DR..
James Taylcr, fell Oh the concrete
walk at her residence last Wednesday,
spraining her right wrist. 1t was a
painful hurt, but the patient is i'm
proving.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

LosT:-A cameo brooch, between
Eubank's shop and Methodist Church
Finder leave at this Office and be re-
Warded.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The lawn party given at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Conover last
Saturday night was well attended.
About one hundred. and fifty was
present Many Columbians attended.
All report ine/tlme.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

There will be singing at Shiloh,
next Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Profs. Cabbell, Rogers and others.
Bring Carol Crown song books.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

There will be a Recruiting Officer
here next Wednesday, the 9Th Of Sep
TENDER and a man can still volunteer
if he hasn't been ordered to report to
the doctor for examination. He will
take men for the National Guard and
the Regular Army, and the British
and Canadian army If they so desire.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

All members OF Columbia Chapter,
No. 7, Royal Arch Masons are re-
quested to be in the hall next Friday
night at o'clock. 1t will be the an
nual election of officers for ensuing
year. Do not fail to be present. Coun
try members, come to the meeting
By order of the High Priest, w. T.:
Price.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Mr.. J. W. Burton, Of Purdy, this
county, will open general store in
the Butler house, recently vacated by
Mr.. e. L. Sinclair He states that he
will be ready for business in about
three weeks.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The meeting at the Methodist
church is in full Roadway, and every
body is cordially invited. Rev. Wei
don is preaching convincing sermons
and the song service is above the av
erage. All singers are requested to
take part. 1t is not a sectarian meet
ing. but for the conversion of souls
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Mr.. Eliza Young is the Democratic
election commissioner for Adair coun-
ty, and Mr.. ]. N. Coffey- is the Re-
publican.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The Lindsey Wilson and the Public
Schools started of auspiciousIy Mon
day and Tuesday, but it will be sever
al weeks before the Lindsey Wilson
fills up, as most of its pupils are from
a distance.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The crowd in town Monday, county
court, was not large! Many farmers
are breaking wheat ground and cut
ting tobacco.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Mr.. J. o. Russell sold J. w. Walker,
last week, Short Horn COW and calf,
the calf one day, old, for $4,000.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The Radcliff Chautauqua which has
just closed an engagement at this
place, will again appear in Columbia
about this time next year, the con-
tract having been signed by twenty.
two citizens of the place and the COM
pany. This action will give us two
Chautauquas next year.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The second examination of drafted
men, in Adair county, will commence
this Tuesday, morning. There are
about onr hundred and sixty notified
to appear before the board. The ex.
animation is going on in the second
story of the Butler building.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The September term of the Adair
circuit court will open one week from
next Monday.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The first call of per cent, will only
take six men from Adair county. The
others will come later.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Lightning killed a mare and colt
valued at $500, the property of NJ. D.
Order, a few days ago.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

All persons owing notes and ac-
counts to the estate of Richard Bur.
ton, apply to
G. E. Burton, Administrator.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Graded School opened Monday with
a large attendance.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The Lindsey Wilson opened with
fiattering prospects last Monday.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Mrs Cornelia Gilmer, of Honey
Grove, Texas, spent two weeks very
delightfully."- at the home of Mr. W.
A. Garnett and other relatives in the
Glensfork country. Since returning
to Columbia she has been the honored
guest at dinners. The first by Mrs
N. Coffey, the second by Mrs. Kinnie
Murrell, the third by Mrs. Mamie
Flowers Mrs Gilmer is a native of
this place, and her old friends and rel
atives are endeavoring to make her
feel at hOme-alI want her to enjoy
her visit.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Josh Butler, Jr., sold two Poland
China pigs-to AFRO Hadley for $25,
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

Campbellsvilie is to have a loose
sleaf house. Responsible men of that
city make up stock company, the
buildings to be erected at once, The
site is near the tomato factory. 1t
will evidently be a paying venture.
and will greatly augment the business
of that town in general way. The
house will be ready to handle the
present growing crop of tobacco.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

The Campbellsville News-Journal
intimates, very strongly, that Mr.
Robt Ingram, Cashier of the Russell
Springs Bank, and DR.. Elan Harris,
also of Russell Springs, will become
citizens of Campbellsville at an early
day. DR.. Harris will open a dental
Office and Mr. Ingram to open a bus.
mess that will be a credit to the town
and beneficial to himself. These gen.
tlemen are entcrprising and would be
greatly missed from the Springs.
The Adair County news., 1917-09-05

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The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
SCORES GERMANY
Note to Mexico Rejects Sug-
gestion of Embargo.

The Administrations bitter feeling
against Germany was made clear in q
note dispatched by the State Department
to Mexico, rejecting the suggestion of
General Carranza that all neutrals de-
clare an embargo on all supplies to Euro
pean belhgerents.
German diplomacy was bitterly ar
raigned by Secretary Lansing for its
abuse of the liberties and privileges free
ly accorded to them on American soil anC
under American protection" The lofty
purposes OF General CarranZa were ap'
plauded. but the Secretary made ii en-
phatic that a modification OF present
methods of comm0ce by the United
States would not be in accordance with
international law.
The Government of the United States, >
the note stated. has unearthed a plot
laid by the governments dominating the
Central Powers. TO embroil not only the
government and PEOPLE of Mexico. but
also the government and people OF Japan
in war with the United States"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
.TUMULTY DINNER HELPS
INVIGORATE Democrats
Tribute to Presidents Secretary Inter-
preted as Lining Up Party
Against Brewers.

Newark, N. j., March 2O.-The testimo-
nial dinner to Joseph P. Tumulty tonig hit
in the Robert Treat Hotel was a big sue
cess as a movement to reinvigorate the
badly shattered Democratic organization
of New Jersey.
Mr.. Tumulty's letter to Secretary OF
State Thomas F. Martin and Assembly
man Elmer H. Geran. Monday, confirmed
the views held by many that the Presi-
dents secretary is interested In the
movement to put the Democratic party
here upon its feet again, under possibly
the leadership Of Geran.
Senator Ollie James, Of Kentucky. and
Representative Thomas ]. Heflin, of Ala
bama, the two most notable Democratic
fireworks artists in Congress, gave for
ensic class 10 the dinner. Mr.. Tumulty,
himself, an orator of ability, had the
place of honor on the speaking list.
Mr.. Tumulty's letter Of Monday, boldly
admitting his favorable attitude for many
years upon local option and urging the
Democratic party to change its attitude,
has caused a decided stir among poll
ticians. 1t is looked upon as confrmatio
from the White House of the impress
sion among many Democratic. including
Mr.. Geran. 1t Is said, that the Demo-
cratic party has been committing suicide
by lining up with the brewers, especially
in view Of the alleged way that the lat
ter. covertly. have been in alliance with
the Republicans on election day.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
1LED,' SAYS BENNY
Was With MRS. HILAIR
Dapper Young Furrier Admits He Ac.
companied Woman on Day of
Tragedy.

(By the International News SeFviee.)
New York. March D.-'Inspector, lied
Ito you yesterday. This woman's telling
the truth did come to Manhattan with
Mrs. Hilair Thursday. I'm telling the
whole truth now. inspector, 30 help me.
We came as far as Grand Central to-
gether-on the subway. But she left me
at Grand Central She went away with
another fellow-a fellow 1 do not know.
She did not explain-just left me for him
one of those slim tango boys, inspector" ."
Benjamin Sternberg, the dapper young
furrier, taken to the Second Branch De-
tective Bureau yesterday to tell what he
knew about Mrs Elsie Cavan Hilair, the
Brooklyn woman strangled to death and
robbed In the Hotel Martinique last
Thursday, almost slid from his chair to-
day as he thus addressed Inspector Cray.
1t was 3 o'clock in the evening when
Sternberg-'Benny" Sutton. as Mrs.
Hilair and her niece. Miss Irene Muir
ray, knew him-thus demolished his
own alibi that he had not been out of
Brooklyn Thursday.
Since late Monday afternoon without
sleep. except for snatches of fifteen
minutes and without leaving the de-
tective bureau, the now unkempt
Benny had been questioned.
But until the detectives brought
from Brooklyn a woman who identi-
fed him and Mrs. Hilair as persons she
saw enter a subway train at Hoyt
street and ride to New York, he clung
to his story-that he had not left
Brooklyn all day Thursday.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
ROOSEVELT SCORES
"ACTS OF SOFTNESS"
Says Strong and Evil Men Must Not
Be Turned Aside with Pretty
Platitudes.
CBy the 1nternationaI News service.)

tBy the International News Service }
New York. March 3o.-"A nation that
prides itself in manliness must prove
its manliness when the time comes -
declared Col. Theodore Roosevelt today
in brief address at the Flower Show
in the Grand Central Palace.
Don't forget-and I ask you women
present not to forget in expressing your
sympathy and showing practical fashion
that you and your children will need
this sort OF preparedness here in this
country unless this country wakes up
before it is too late" said Mr. Roose-
Welt,
The history of two and one-half years
of blindness has shown that strong and
evil men must not be turned aside with
pretty platitudes. gestures, acts of soft
ness, non-resistance, and failure to show
manliness.
"A meeting such as this represents one
practical way that America can show its
sympathy for those bitterly wronged peo-
pie abroad, and l approve every effort to
repair the giant strength Of this country
for conditions similar to those in Europe
at present"
Colonel Roosevelt was accompanied by
Robert Bacon. former United States AM
bassador to France.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
AMERICA Will insure
SHIPS AGAINST SUBS
War Risk Bureau Removes Practically
All Restrictions On Cargo Policies.

Financial protection OF American ship
ping that braves the German submarine
zone will be extended by the govern
ment with a liberal hand. it was an
nounced last night
Practically all of the restrictions here
tofore imposed on the insuring OF car
goes OF American ships bound for the
war-zone will be removed by the Gov
ernment Bureau OF War Risk Insurance.
Only arms, ammunitions and guns
will be placed under the insurance bu-
reau's ban. Up to now the government
has declined to insure so-called "con-
ditional contraband' bound for Europe
in American ships.
The change in policy was decided upon
at conference held yesterday by Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo, Director
Delaney. of the Insurance Bureau and
Hendon Chubb. W. r. Hedge. and W. n.
Davey, of Mex York. the avdisory coun-
ell of the bureau. They discussed the
new conditions growing out of the sink
ing of the American ships, Vigilancia,
City of Memphis, and the Illinois. The
bureau carried S250.OoO of insurance on
the Illinois.
As soon as the extra session of Con-
gress convenes the administration will
ask for additional funds to enable the
war risk bureau to enlarge its protec-
ton policy. Congress will also be asked
to make available for the payment of
risks the premiums paid to the bureau.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
U. S. IS OFFERED
COPPER AT COST
Contribution of Producers in
Event of War Amounts to
Nearly $l0,O00,000.

The contribution TO national defense
by the copper producers Of the United
States will amount to nesrIy $4,000. 900.
This was announced last night by the
Council of National Defense. on behalf
Of whom Bernard N. Baruch, of New
York, chairman Of the committee on ma
terials. has been working for weeks.
The copper producers-and the list in
cludes nearly every producer IN the
United States-have offered to furnish
the army and navy OF the United States
with all the copper 1t needs for every
possible purpose at cost.
Oner Cut Price.
With the metal selling in the markets
of New York today at 81 cents a pound,
and the offer Of the producers being to
serve the army and navy with the a.
600. 900 pounds needed during the ensuing
year at less than II cents a pound. the
tremendous generosity is made evident.
The following letter yesterday fas re-
ceived by Mr.. Baruch. and 1t bore the
signatures Of nearly all the copper pro-
ducers of the country:
I'VE beg to say that we will furnish
the quantity named for delivery within
twelve months. viz:
Twenty million pounds for the navy
and twenty-five million five hundred and
ten thousand pounds for the army in ap-
proximately equal quantities, each quar-
ter from April 1917 to 1918, at the price
of 16.673s cents per pound, delivered in
regular shapes, at Atlantic seaboard
points.
I'VE offer the copper at this price
our costs for labor, ma
terials, supplies. etc. vary from 30 to
nA UVr4w. 80
the ten-year period; because we believe
it to be our duty to furnish the require
ments of the government in preparing
the nation for war, with no profit more
than we receive from our regular pro-
duction in normal times
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
STRIKERS BITTER
Make Sweeping Charges
Against Breakers"

Everything from murder down to
simple assault was charged against the
strikebreakers at a meeting held last
night by the union men OF the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company. The
men asked that the company be thrown
into the hands of a receiver They as
serted the company had paid dividends on
80 900, 900 Of stock and that the stock was
watered.
The meeting last night at the Pythian
Temple was held under auspices of the
Single Tax Association. Herbert ].
Brown, Jackson A. Ralston. an attorney
for the American Federation of Labor:
Edward McMorrow, International execu-
tive for the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employees,
and several others spoke.
Resolutions were passed condemning the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. and concluding:
Want Public to Help.
Resolved That we believe these
periodic controversies between the rail-
ways and their employees will occur so
long as the business of carrying passen-
gers is conducted as a private enter
prise, hence We favor the public owner
ship of the electric railway lines operated
in the District of Columbia, and ask Con-
gress to enact legislation to accomplish
this end as speedily as possible"
Mr. Browne said one street car COM
pany. hiding behind moral law. on the
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
GUARD To PARADE
Capital Will Honor Border
Veterans Tonight.

Each carrying an American flag, thou.
sands of Washingtonians will gather on
the Avenue this evening to participate ir
the demonstration which has been ar
ranged by business men here in honor
of those National Guardsmen who rep
resented this city for more than seven
months on the Mexican border.
Working diligently since the return of
the District boys from southern Texas,
the various committees and subcom-
mittees appointed have labored to make
the reception to the Guardsmen a success
and are today resting on their oars, con-
fident that no details have been over
looked.
Escorting the troops and headed by
their fifty-five piece band. will come the
Boy Scouts. Each scouts will carry red
or green fire sparklers.
At 7:15 o'clock in the evening the
marchers will form on Second street and
Pennsylvania avenue and at 7:30 the or
ganizations, one by one, will fall in
for their triumphal march up the
Avenue.
Order of Parade.
In the forming of the parade the fol-
lowing order will be observed Thir6
D. C. Infantry, First Separate Battalion
Infantry, Battery A and Battery B,
Field Artillery. Troop A, Cavalry. Com
pany b. Signal Corps and Field Hospital
Corps. The line of march will be up the
Avenue to Thirteenth street, thence to
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
SAY WAR EXISTS
Hughes, I. R., Root and 9th
ers Urge United Loyalty.

CBy the international News Service. }
New York. March 2O.-By solemn and
impressive standing vote. followed by
a wave of enthusiasm that echoed
through Fifth avenue. the Union League
Club tonight adopted series of reso-
Iutions summed up in the following:
Resolved: That this club ask the
American people to face the fact that
war with this country now exists by
the act of Germany and that whole united
weight of American loyalty must be
concentrated upon effective governmental
action"
Universal military training and service
were urged upon the nation, the resolu.
tions further calling upon the President
TO use all the power vested in him to re-
pei German attacks and upon Congress
by every means in its power Immediately
to put the nation in a thorough state OF
defense
That the nation is at war was the key
note OF the speeches This and a de-
termined purpose to support the Presi-
dent in every forward step he shall take
was the burden of the addresses deliver
ed by former President Theodore Roose-
welt, Charles f. Hughes, former Justice
Of the Supreme Court; former Secretary
of State Root, and Joseph II. Choate, in
the late autumn of his life.
Let us not delude ourselves: Germany
is now making war on the United States
making war with ruthless barbarity.' de-
clared Mr.. Hughes in an introducing ad-
dress. 1T is not a question of legalistic
conception"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
ASQUITH DEFENDS *. OF K"

London. March 2o.-Former Premier
Asquith in the house of commons today
offered strong defense for his former
associate, the late Earl Kitchener, who
was recently jointly blamed by an inyes-
tigating committee for the Dardanelles
campaign.
Asquith attacked those men who had
criticized TX. Of H." when but short
time ago they were in almost "slavish
adulation'' before Earl Kitchener. He
said there were many reasons for Kitch-
ener's delay in sending troops to the Dar-
danelles. one of which was the need for
Russian aid at the time and pressure
from. France for English troops there.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
GERMANS STAGE
RUTHLESS ORGY
Retreating Army Pillages and
Burns-Allies Gain 300
Square Miles.
peciaI Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London, March 20-The great German
retreat in France goes on unchecked.
1t is an orgy of destruction and pillage.
Military experts predict that 1t is the
forerunner of the greatest battle in the
history of the world.
British and French armies, pressing
forward with wonderful elan, are ap-
preaching the famous "Hindenburg line. "
running from Lille, through Douai, Cam
brai, st. Quentin. LaFere, Laon to the
ALsne River. at a point just north of
Rheims.
The French are five miles from St.
Quentin and LaFere. and the British
only a little more distant from Cam
brai. The German retirement has not
spread north OF Arras, but Is under
way few miles southeast of Scissors,
where the line in France bends to the
east
In three days the Germans have sur
rendered 1900 square miles of France
and go cities. towns and villages. Their
losses have been terrible In their rear
guard actions against French and Brit
ish cavalry and light artillery.
Ruthless Destruction.
The allies are advancing over smoul-
NeIliS EulnS never In history has there
been a more ruthless destruction than
that done by the Teutons in their retire.
ment. Towns and villages have been
burned to the ground: farm houses de-
stroyed, crops burned, fruit trees up
rooted. bridges and roads blown up and
every member Of the civilian population
male and female-who might aid
France, has been sent a secret prisoner
to Germany
The LaFere-Cambrai line has wonder
full natural strength and the Germans
have fortified 1t with all their engineer
Ing skill. II their scheme was to lure
the British and French into disorga nized
pursuit and then turn and cut them up
in detail. these Napoleonic strateges
have failed. for the pursuit is In the
hands of the cavalry. which can draw
on 20 flank whenever assaiIed.
The allies believe the $4,000 Germans
freed by this titanic retreat will be add
ed to the German armies along the Bel
CLAN frontier for a drive toward Calais.
British armies and guns await that issue
with confidence.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
FRENCH BATTLESHIP
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Vessel of IS.028 Tons Torpedoed in
Mediterranean. Berlin Claims.

IBy the International News Service
Berlin (via Sayville wireIess). March 20.
A large French battleship of the Dan
ton class was sunk in the Mediterranean
by a German submarine, 1t was officially
announced.
The official statement says:
"A German submarine Commander
Lieut.. Capt. Morant. on March 10 in the
western Mediterranean sank a large
French bsttleship of the Danton class
The battleship was protected by destroy
crs. The ship ran A zig-zag course i'm
mediately after being hit and listed heav-
lily. capsizing forty-five minutes later"
Battleships of the Danton class displace
IS.G2S tons; length, 476 feet: speed, be-
tween nineteen and twenty knots; arma-
ment. four Finch and twelve 9.+inch,
sixteen 12-pounders. and ten small guns.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
Wedding License? Oh, No!
Had Poem and Heart Tears

Chicago. March D.-Just a poem-and
heart tears"-that was all the evidence
of marriage Prof. Henry Landwirth. for
merly of Loyola University, and Mrs
Lillian Landwirth had in their possession
when detectives arrested them on com.
plant of the professors first wife.
They said II was enough. The poem
had something about feeling every vi
bration OF her body like a green leaf
and there was more stuff about heart
kisses. The professor said It beat a reg
ular marriage license contract and that
he had used II to marry two women. The
unpoetic detectives just threw the pro-
fessor in jail.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-21
Bank Messenger Held Up,
But Holds On to SatcheI

Pittsburgh, Pa, March ga daring at
tempt to hold up a bank messenger in
the heart OF the financial district was
frustrated about noon today when X.
J. Hinch. messenger for the Liberty Ma
tional Bank, battied for several minutes
with hcld-up man in fun view Of many
pedestrians. a..
The crowd grew larger and the hold
up man fed after striking Hinch q heavy
blow in the face. Many Joined I'm pur-
suit, but the robber eluded all. Hinch
succeeded in holding on TO his satchel,
containing valuable papers and q con-
siderable sum Of money.