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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
LOST ZEPPELTNS
BLOW TO GERMANY
Half OF Effective Air,hip
Fleet Has Been De-
stroyed.

Germany pobably lost one.half OF
her total effective feet of super-Zep-
pelins on the day of October 20 in the
disastrous raid over England, accord
ing to official cablegrams received in
Washington. All France is exultant
over what the dispatches declare to be
the greatest defeat ever administered
to an air fleet since the beginning OF
the war. The qualification Is more in
tense because il is known that this
German raid was an attempt to carry
out fearful threat Of vengeance made
four days before
On that occasion the German gov
eminent sent out warning to both
France and England of dire punish
ment to follow what Germans de-
clared to be unwarranted and inhu-
man attacks by British and French
aviators upon peaceful German towns.
Reprisals were threatened in an Off
cial German communication. which in
part reads: s@s 3
For every brick that falls from
peaceful German homes, whole rows
of buildings will be overthrown in
Paris" ".>.'
There were thirteen monster Yep
pelins in the raid, and about half Of
these with their crews were captured,
and ii is considered to be a death blow
to Gerpany in air fighting.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Weather for Week.

Washington, Oct. 29.-Weather con-
ditions for the week beginning Sun
day, issued by the Weather Bureau
are: Ohio Valley-Short period Of
rain about Tuesday, followed by fair
colder weather until end of the week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Mike Is Out.

Majority leaders in the Reichstag
made a formal declaration to the chief
of the Emperor's Civil Cabinet that
Chancellor Michaelis no longer could
carry on the chancellorship.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Smith----Rogers.

A marriage license was issued Sat-
arday to R. M. Smith and Miss Laura
Rogers, both of this city. The we'd
ding was scheduled for the same day.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
Farm For Sale.

$50 Acres--Well improved, q
miles south of Hopkinsville on the
Cla;lssvlle pike. Phone 325-1.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
DEMOCRATIC
APPOINTMENTS

The Democratic nominees for coun-
ty offices Of Christian county will
address the voters at the following
times and places. -ss-.-
CONGRESSMAN KINCHELOE,
Bakers Mill, p. M, Tuesday,
Oct. 80. - -
Hawkins Store, 7;sop. mr. Tues
day, Oct. 80.
Honey Grove, Wednesday, Oct. 81,
at 7:30 p. m.
Sharber's store, Thursday, Nov. 1,
at 1870 p. m.
Fruit Hill, Thursday, Nov. I, at 7:90
p.s m.
Carl, Friday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p. m.
Fairview, Friday, Nov. 2, at 7:S0
p. m.
Red Hill, Saturday, Nov. 8, at 100
p. m.
Macedonia School, east of Crofton,
Saturday, Nov. 8, at 7:SO p. m.
Lantrips, Saturday, Nov. 8, at 100
p. m.
Consolation School, Saturday, Nov.
8, at 1880 p. m.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01

in the hands of the assessor. Under
the new law all land will be assessed
at what it is worth.
This law was at one time enforced
In the state. but when the State Board
of Equalization reviewed the assess
ments they often cut down the valua-
tion, because they could not cut down
the levy. This was done year after
year until no assessor thought of as
sessing at full value.
Mr.. Sapp says it is the belief Of most
Of the assessors that taxes can be
raised little under the new order
without much objection from the tax
payers, because of the psychological
habit Of associating the levy with the
amount Of taxes paid.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
BRITISH ARMY NOW on TOP
Force That Kaiser Sneered at In 1914
Took Its Medicine and Won.

Force That Kaiser Sneered at In 1914
Took Its Medicine and Won.
BY United Press
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Aug. To-day Great
Britain is on top. At the close of the
third year of the war the British bull
dog is no longer on the bottom. The
Contemplate little army" which the
Kaiser sneered at in 1914 has taken
its medicine and, despite the hammer
ing it has received, now has Crown
Prince Rupprecht's men rather more
than matched.
The first year of the fight the small
new army recruited by Lord Kitchen
er, to take the place of the first hun
dred thousand of the Regular Army,
simply caught Hail Columbia" But
though their heads were bloodied,
they held their own The second year
saw more troops, more guns, more am
munition, but even as late as Loos the
Prussian was too strong for the new
British army, still lacking as it was
in all the machinery of war.
But, at the beginning of the third
year. England had caught up. For
the first time since Armageddon began
the British army faced the enemy on
fairly equal footing. There were plen-
ty Of men and plenty Of machinery
and with these in hand Sir Douglas
Haig. in July, 1916, began the battle
Of the Somme. The third year of the
war has seen the British get the up
perhand. They do not claim that
Prussia's power is broken, but they
do claim to have taken the enemy's
measure, won the initiative and made
a telling punch for victory.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
NEGRO los YEARS OLD DIES
Former Slave OF J. L. stephens Grand.
father, Has Many Descendants.

Lucy Ann Marshall. formerly a
slave, los years old. and perhaps the
oldest person in the State, died at her
home here Monday evening" She lived
near the NJ. X. & T. station.
During slave times Lucy Ann be-
longed to James Vanlandingham,
grandfather of ]. L. Stephens Of this
city. Later she lived for years with
Alexander Stephens. Lucy Ann had
seventeen children. All but four are
still living. She has grandchildren,
great grandchildren and great great
grandchildren.
Aunt Lucy worked almost up to the
time of her death. doing light duties
about the house. A few years
ago she noticed that few new teeth
were developing, which at the time
of her death, were well developed.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
National Livestock Market.

NATIONAL STOCK YARDS. EAST ST
LOUIS. ILL.,, Aug. |. 1917. The livestock
market for today WAS as follows:
Cattle receipts-6.5O0 including 400 Tex
ans. Market steady.
Native beef steers, S1.50M$13.50.
Yearling steers and heifers, $S.5O@S13.5O
Cows. S6O0Q $1,000.
Stockers and feeders, S6OOGS95O.
Calves. s6.O0MS13.OO
Texas steers. SJ.JOM $3.50.
Cows and heifers. Si25M 5000.
Hog receipts-6.5OO. Market steady.
Mixed and butchers. sl5.5O6S1o0O.
Good and heavy. S15.Y5GS1s.O0.
Rough. S14.50@S1415.
Light, S1545MS15.S0.
Pigs, S10.5OMS15.O0.
Bulk. S15.J0@ $3.50.
Sheep receipts-3,O00. Market steady.
Ewes, sSOO6 $3.50.
Lambs. S1O.50@S14.40.
Tanners, SiGOGS45O.
Packers, S6.OO@S6.JO.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01

regular territorial election, if Mis-
souri, had not been a state, would have
been held under the former law on
the first Monday of August. 1t was
not held. On the fourth Monday of
August, 1920, the state of Missouri
elected full complement of state Of
ficers. After that time the business
was carried on as that of a state.
When, a year later, on the tenth day
of August, 1921, President Monroe
issued the belated proclamation that
Missouri was a state in the Union, it
did not cause a ripple of excitement
in Missouri.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
CITY AND CAMPUS

Miss A. Gentry returned to Kansas
City today after visiting Mrs. Mar
shall Gordon.
Misses Helen and Mabel Vanatta
went to Vandalia today to visit their
grandfather.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F. Zeigler, who
have been visiting for the last ten
days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
C. Zeigler, returned to their home in
Chicago yesterday.
R. W. Atkinson, secretary to Dean
Jones. and J. A. Conner went to Kan
sas City today for a two weeks visit.
George Kohrs has gone to Kansas
City to visit friends.
A. o. Blackmore went to Centralia
today on business.
r. Dorste left for Moberly today
on business.
Tevis Groves returned to Lexing-
ton today after visiting for several
days at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
house.
Misses Bernice O'Brien and Emile
Ames returned to st. Louis today
after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. T. A.
Ficklin.
Miss Bertha Laurence left for Paris
today on business.
Mrs. Curtis Robnett went TO Glas-
gov today to visit relatives.
Mrs. Mary Roberts went to Renich
today to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Lindsey left fer
Colorado Springs today for a two
weeks vacation.
Mrs. Arley Lake and children OF
Spaulding Springs, who have been
visiting relatives here, went to Shell
bina today to visit relatives.
E. C. Sublette and L. ]. Dulle went
to Centralia today on business.
]. w. Ellis and r. T. Finley went
to MOberly on business today.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Dunning re-
turned to st. Joseph today after Wis.,
iting relatives here.
]. G. Norris returned to St. Joseph
today after visiting relatives here.
G. P. Bauer and C. l.. O'Brien left
for Centralia today on business.
Mrs. Alex Bradford went to Colo
rado Springs today for months va
cation.
Robert T. Steele of Mobile, Ala, is
the guest of John o. Steele at the
Sigma M house.
Miss Ellen NJ. Anderson. principal
of the school for nurses at the Uni
versity, has returned from Paxton
ILL.,, where she spent her vacation.
Miss Mae Livesy. graduate of the
school for nurses at the University
is visiting here.
Miss Mary Robinson of the agricul
tural extension service returned yes
terday from giving lectures and exhib
its at Smithdon and before the South
east Baptist Association at Van Buren
Mo.
Dr. D. F. Luckey is spending his va
cation giving lectures on control o
live stock diseases in southeast Mis-
souri,
p NJ Brandt of the College of Ag
riculture is writing to farmers club
and getting the names of prospective
students. He will send literature t
them
d. c. Wood Of the agricultural ex
tension service is visiting at Rolla an,
Springfield.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
Journalism Graduate Gets Scholarship

Fred Keller of Jonesboro, Ark.
who was graduated from the School of
Journalism of the University in 1915.
has been awarded the Southwestern
Fellowship in New York University
for 1918. Mr.. Keller was principal
of the Tyronza, Ark, public schools
during the last school year.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
ASSESSED
At FULL VALUE NOW
General Assembly Has Gre
ated Special Commission
to Enforce Law.
RATE TO BE LOWER
Object Is to Get More Reve.
nue. and Secure Uniform
Assessment.

"If you have 800, you will be as
sessed at $780, says P. H. Sapp. Boone
County assessor, who attended the
convention of assessors at Jefferson
City, July II. 1T has been the law
to assess all property at its face value
for more than twenty years, and now
the General Assembly has created a
special tax commission to enforce the
law
The order of the State Tax Commits
sion will increase the assessed valua-
tion of Missouri to more than twice
the present amount, according to AS
SCISSOR Sapp. The order applies to
both real and personal property. Mon
ey has been assessed at so per cent
of its real value, and land at a much
lower per cent. The average assessed
valuation of farm land in Boone Coun-
ty is S1O27 an acre.
That the enforcement of this law
may not be a burden to the state, the
tax levies of the county courts will be
decreased inversely in such proper
tion that the total amount of taxes
collected in the state will not exceed
the amount collected before the as
sessed valuation was raised. The to-
tai tax of a citizen of Columbia last
year was $3.43. On the new valuation
this levy will be reduced to about
SLIP. provided the Columbia school
tax, which is $125, is reduced in the
same proportion as those which are
levied by the county and city officials.
No Reduction i'm State Tax Till 1919.
| The total tax of a citizen of the
county last year was SO cents plus the
amount of school taxes in his partic-
ular district This amount also will
undergo a proportionate reduction.
One important exception will apply in
both these cases. The state tax is IS
cents This cannot be reduced until
! the assembly meets in 1919. There
fore, there will be no reduction in the
| levy for state taxes the first year,
since these are paid in the fall of 1918.
This will increase the state taxes to
double what they were before before
raising the valuation of property, and
do something to help the state out of
its weak financial condition. It will
re possible for the Assembly to re-
duce the levy after the first year, and
it probably will be done.
The only exception to raising the
assessed valuation this present assess
ment is in the case of merchandise.
Merchants pay their taxes the year
they are assessed. They will be as
sessed as usual this year, so there will
be no imposition on them. The as
SCISSOR and his assistants are assess
ing now at 100 per cent, but no one
will have to pay taxes on this assess
ment until the fall of 1918. after the
county court has reduced the rate.
VIII Result in Uniform Assessment.
The two main objects of enforcing
the tax law are. to get more money
the first year 70 run the state on, and
to secure a more uniform assessment
on all kinds of property over the
state AS it is now, Boone County
land is assessed at $10.27 an acre
Some of the neighboring counties witt
81 an acre This is unfair to the
counties that are valued high, and the
matter of valuation has been solely
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
RIOT INVESTIGATION STILL ON
Grand Jury Probing Lead District
Trouble Continues Work.
By United Press

Dy ItJS
BONNIE TERRE, Mo-, Aug. AL
though scores Of witnesses have been
examined the grand jury, in session
here to determine responsibility for
the recent race rioting in the Flat
River. Desloge and Bonne Terre lead
mining districts will be in session at
least a week longer, it was stated to-
day. Prosecuting attorney Matthews
of st. Francois County, in in charge of
the investigation.
Many suspects, believed to have had
a part in the rioting which resulted in
forcing hundreds of Russian, Italian
and Austrian laborers to leave the dis
trict, have fed, since the investigation
started.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
Dean williams to Speak in Fulton
Notice.

In order to get their grades for the
Summer Session regular students
should file their student cards in a
self-addressed stamped envelope in
this office. Others students may OBJ
tain their grades by leaving a self
addressed stamped envelope in this
office.
FRANK CHAMBERS,
1Ol Academic Hall Registrar.
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
ROOMS FOR RENT
FOR SALE
ROOMS WANTED

WANTED: To rent. by Sept. /. a small
house. or two or three rooms. unfinished
OF partly furnished on lower floor for light
housekeeping. Call at Missourian office.
ID $50 tf
The daily Missourian., 1917-08-01
PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET SOON
Eighth Annual Assembly to Be Held
at HOllister August 3-12.

BY United Press
FULTON, Mo-, Aug. 1.-Plans are
practically completed for the eighth
annual Presbyterian Assembly which
opens at Hollister. August 3. contin-
uing until August 12 Miss Gertrude
Dubbs of st. Louis, will be one Of the
principal speakers. Hollister was
chosen because many of the delegates
wish to spend their vacations in the
Ozarks.
Dean Williams to Speak in Fulton.
Dean Walter Williams has accepted
an invitation to address the two Pres
byterian synods of Missouri, Northern
and Southern, at their joint session in
Fulton in October
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
AMERICAN
 HOMES ARE
 0vER-HEATED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. - Fuel Administrator Dr. Garfield has issued statement declaring that most American homes are now overheat ed, and urging all householders that a maximum temperature of 6S de grees is recommended by eminent American physicians. He says with the saving that will result from that temperature the supply of coal will go far toward meeting the enor nous war demand for fuel.
 Fuel Administrator Garfield says the 1917 coal shortage will be 50,000- 900 tons. Munitions plants are us ing 50 per cent. more coal than last year; the Bethlehem Steel Co.,. alone consuming 3,00O,OO0 tons more than in 1916. Demands for coal for army and navy use have jumped this year from 2000,000 to 5000, 00C tons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
ENGLAND'S SCHOOLS ARE BUSY TRAINING
 FUTURE OFFICERS

LONDON, Nov. 2S-England is turning her public schools to great advantage in training future army officers At EtOn from two or three to twelve hours a week are given to drilling, musketry and signal prac- tice, and the handling of the Lewis machine gun. Instructors are off cers incapacitated for active duty and non-cOmmissioned officers too old for the firing line. From it's LOGO students Eton has organized cadet corps of three companies each 200 strong. Prince Henry, son of King George, and Prince Leo pold, son of the king of Belgium, Ire "privates in the ranks" In their gray uniforms, frightened by pale blue braid, the cadets execute their drills with the efficiency of veter ms. In the South African War 129 out of 1492 Etonians gave their lives for England. In this war 5000 en- listed, and of them between 500 and 200 have been killed and 1000 wounded
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
DECLARES JAPAN IS
 DOING HER PART IN
 THE PRESENT CONFLICT

WASHINGTON, Nov 28. - Prof Uyehera of the University of Tokio vice-chairman of the Japanese Par liamentary delegation, says Japan has done all her power to aid the Allies. There is no way in which we could send sufficient troops tC Russia to be of any use and main tain them there. We never could send the necessary guns over a sin gle track railway a distance of 5000 miles. Guns and ammunition we sent to the Russians talked the roaC to it's utmost. It is easier for the United States than for Japan tC send troops and equipment to Rus sia. Japan has sent it's fastest cruisers and destroyers to hunt U boats in the Mediterranean, patrol! the Pacific and Indian ocean and i sending much of it's commercial ton mage to the United States and West ern Europe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
GERMAN CRITIC SAYS WORK OF SOLDIERS
 MOST DIFFICUL-T I

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-Gen. von Ar lenne, military critic of the Berliner rageblatt, sends from the Flanders ront graphic pictures of the diff 3ulties of the German defense when he fire roller" as the Germans erm the moving barrage, makes it's aggressive attack The sufferings If the defenders in the front line" len. von Erdenne writes, "composed )f shell holes almost filled with wa CT, are such that the men must be 'elieved every two days, instead of very week or ten days as last year The infantry now spends two days )n the firing line, two in support md two in reserve until relieved As the German artillery cannot dig owing to the boggy terrain, it must fire without cover And the worst of it all, the German counter attacks can traverse the fire roller only by small attachments in single file"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
WAR LOANS AND CREDITS.

LONDON, Nov. 27.-The Frank furter Zeitung says that war loans already issued by Germany have realized 72,000,0 0,000,000 marks; but the credits already voted by the Reichstag aggregate 94,000, O,006 marks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
Thanksgiving Dinner

Take your Thanksgiving dinner at the Gastineau Hotel Cafe.
 For special dinners and reserva- tions, see MT. Carl Slade.
 Music from 5:30 to 700 D. m.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-28
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

The southern wing of the ratreatina
German army is slowly recoiiing along
a 10-mile front under the furious on
slaughts of the French. The first see
tion of the great Coucy-St. Gcbain
forest has been completely cleared OF
the invaders and Gen. Niyille' s troops
are now face to face with the last for.
midable natural barrier which lies be.
tween them and Laon, the plateau Of
St. Gobain. To the north the French
are about two miles from the town OF
st. Gobain, center OF the most famous
glass factories in Europe. ST. Gobain
is Is miles northwest Of Laon.
No change has taken place in the
neighborhood of st. Quentin, where the
Germans are still making desperate
efforts to wrcst from the French the
Essigny -Bcnay plateau, undisputed
possession of which, will, according to
military critics, render the fall of the
city inevitable.
VI tHcl hol III INC brlilSn nave mdue
some slight progress, but no material
change i'll the situation has taken
place. Bad weather is reported to be
seriously interfering with operations
on this portion of the front. Sporadic
fighting has occurred in several of the
other war theatres, but nothing to in
dicate the beginning Of major opera
tions has taken place
The arrival at an Atlantic port of the
White Star line freighter Cretic from a
European port is announced today,
March 2s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-28
MILITARY CENSUS
WELL UNDER WAY
Listers VIII Complete First Tour of
Village This Afte-noon-Inter-
prefer in LIill District.

The listers expect that when they
quit work this afternoon they viii have
finished their first complete tour OF
the village in connection with the tax
ing of the military census. There are
numerous houses at which they must
call again because they found no one
at home on their first trip.
\. J. Currier of the listers went this
afternoon, accompanied by Miss Novak
as Interpreter, through the Fort DUN.
mer mill district to obtain information
at many houses where il was impossible
before to get the necessary informa,
tion.
After the village is thoroughly can
vassed the listers have the rural sec
tions within the town limits to cover
and this viii be slower work.
A Brandon young man was fined SIC
and costs because he refused to give
the lister who called on him the de
sired information. On the second call
the young man gave satisfactory an
swers TO the questions asked.