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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31
A POLITICAL GENIUS.
liking of the Negroes" Binds His
Subjects With a Blood Oath

Down in Kentucky there is lead
er whose power of uniting and con-
trolling his constituents rivals the
genius of the greatest political gen
erals of the post and present. The
city of Paducah boast a citizen who
binds his fellow voters to him with
oaths of blood to do his slightest
bidding This man has modestestly
bestowed upon himself the august
title of the king of the Negroes of
Paducah." Unfortunately for him,
Paducah." Unfortunately for him,
however, his methods were ques-
toned by certain defeated? candi-
dates for city offices, with the result
that the election in dispute was de-
clared void by the Kentucky court
of Appeals in Burns VS.. Lackey 1S6
Southwestern Reporter, 900. Judge
Turner's opinion for the court,
reads in part as follows: Sum
merizing, we have a secret political
organization of 400 negroes, MANY
of whom are ignorant and supersti-
tious. We have each of them sub
scribing to an oath in blood that
he will obey the orders of their chief
councillor and adviser, and carry
out, both politically and otherwise
the direction of other officials
this organization shortly before the
cellor and advisor reminds the mem
bers that their oaths and tells them
to vote for certain candidates at the
approaching election, and drills
them so as they may carry out his
orders effectually. We have the
great mass of these members fully
imbued with the idea that they are
bound by and must follow this oath.
We have unmistakable evidence
that at the election the great mass
of them did vote for the men the
chief counselor and adviser directed
made. not only by the chief counsel
or and adviser, but by other officers
and members of the organization, in
tended to- intimidate any member of
it who divulged its secrets. or who
did not comply with it's oath. In
short it is sufficient to say that no
conscientious man, earnestly seek
ing the truth, can read this record
without being convinced that Haze
lip absolutely dominated this organ
ization and the great mass of its ig-
norant and superstitious member
ship, and through the machinery Of
this club and the oath which it's
members had taken controlled their
suffrage and had them vote as he
desired. and not in the exercise of
their own free and untrammeled
suffrage. 1.-THE Docket.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31
Sloan's Linimcnt For stir Joints.

Rheumatic pains and aches get
into the joints and muscles, making
every movement torture Relieve
your suffering with Sloan's Lini.
ment; it quickly penetrates without
rubbing, and soothes and warns
your sore muscles. The congested
blood is stimulated to action; a sin.
gle application will drive out the
pain. Sloan's Liniment is clean, con,
venient and quickly effective, it does
not stain the skin or clog the pores
Get bottle today at your druggist
25c.--Advertisemen
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31
MEEKS is SENTENCED.
Indiana's "Jean Val Jean" Found To
BE Guilty by Laporte Jury.

Laporte, Ind.-Indiana' jean
Val JEAN" James Meeks, will not be
reunited with his wife nor will he
return to Clarion, Penn, to engage
in business from which he was ia
ken by prison officer. A jury,
which heard his plea for liberty and
another chance" today found him
guilty of having escaped from pris-
on and imposed a sentence of one
to eight years. Meeks will have to
serve out his full original sentence
of two to fourteen years and then
begin his new term If the State does
not relent and give him another
chance to make good. He may be
held in prison for nearly 20 years.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31

for cancellation, the manufacturer
is awkwardly placed, for these or
ders still stand upon the books. II
is unlikely that buyers will cancel,
even though they have no immediate
need for the goods, because the
prices on anything contracted for
prior to last fall are so much lower
than those now in force that 1t seems
worth while to take delivery and
carry the goods in stock, especially
when these are staples.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31

finally, in an aged horse, to a nearly
triangular form. Sometimes cups
are cut or burned in the teeth of old
horses to make their mouths resem-
BILE those of younger animals. This
practice, known as "Bishoping,"
may be detected if the shape of tn =
tooth and the absence of the ring of
enamel which surrounds the natural
cup are noted. After a horse is IL
years old its condition is more i'm
portant than its age in determining
values.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31
Painful Coughs Relieved.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is a
soothing, healing remedy for coughs
and colds that has stood the test of
nearly fifty years. For that cough
that strains the throat and saps the
vitality try DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. The soothing pine balsams and
mild laxative ingredients soon drive
the cold from the system. Have a
bottle on hand for winter colds,
Group, grippe and bronchial affec-
tons. At your druggist, soc.
Advertisement.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31
Cat Catches Fish.

Not content with the ordinary
yarns that are spun by anglers,
somebody is telling a tale about a
cat that goes fishing.
AS everybody knows the ordinary
cat fears water as much as a tramp
despises it. but according to the
Hancock man the cat of which he
talks and writes wades into the ad-
jacent creek, adopts a policy of
watchful waiting for fish to come it's
way, and when this happens II grabs
the member of the finny family, Tugs
it ashore and then proceeds to eat it,
A more imaginative narrator of
feb stories would have embellished
the foregoin. yarn with additional
details as to how, after getting i.s
prey to the shore, the cat hunted up
some brush and wood, made a fire
and cooked the fish before eating it.
but the Hancock man wisely refrains
from putting such a strain upon
credulity.-tHancock (Md) Cor.
New York World.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-01-31

Temptations are too strong for
many of the people. In time even
the irresistible advertisements may
have to be censored.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
SOCIAL CALENDAR

Friday afternoon-The Missouri,
County Humane society will meet at
o'clock at the courthouse. Team No
of the Woman's Relief corps will
meet with Mrx: David G. Anderson II,
her home. sli west Pine street The
social circle of the Orchard Homes
Country Life club will meet at .
O'Clock, at the home of AIRS. Warren al
South Third street. The Woman ;
auxiliary to the United Spanish Wan
veterans will meet with Mrs. 4. l.
Dodge, II S0i Chcrr. street
Friday evening AT tho Orchard
Homes Country Life clubhouse, com
mnnity singing will be led by PROBES
sor De Loss Smith. The regular
monthly informal dancing party will
he. held at the clubhouse of the Mis-
sotla Country Club. 4 pumpkin pic
dance will be given at Fort Misso,l
with invitations issued to university
men and women.
Saturday evening-Mrs. 4. T. Ster
ing's committee of the Womans GUILD
OF the Church of the Holy. Spirit viii
hold a dancing party at the parish
house. inviting all friends Of tht
church.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
SHIP QUESTION VITAL
TO SUCCESS OF WAR
Next to Military, Chief Item
at Paris Conference.

Washington, Nov. S.-Aside from the
subject Of actual military operations,
shipping will be the most important
question taken up by American and
allied representatives at the Paris war
conference. Officials said today that
an international policy respecting the
disposition Of tonnage must be worked
out.
The United States shipping board
will turn out between now and early
spring n million tons of ships. This
will fall far short Of the ever increas-
ing demand.
AS the number of American troops
in France increases, a continuously
larger supply of ships will be neces7
sary for the transport of munitions
and materials. One subject the con-
ference will consider carefully is that
Of how many troops America can put
in the field without endangering the
food and material supplies Of France
and Italy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
D O. O. K. IN MISSOULA

y local organization of the Dramatic
'fd'r Of tn" knights Of khorassan will
j." made in Missoula SUNDAY afternoon
at meeting to be held at . o,c,ocl
III inc Nh'EhtS of Pythias hall. There
were I" members from various points
IN Montana initiated by the order at
lhe stat" meeting of the knights of
H'hfiS held in Missoula on Septem-
yer H. Tn" Imperial Palace of the
dramatic order of Knights of Khors-
san was Incorporated by an act of con-
s''Ss' approved February %, 1909.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
To Cure Gold in On. n.v

TAX" LAXATIVE BROMO 0UININE
iaoie's. Druggists refund money if it
iaiis TO cure. +. ". GROVES sigma
ture Is on each box. soc.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
For Itching Torturs'

There Is one remedy that seldom fails
to stop itching torture and relieve skin
irritation and that makes the slIin soft,
clear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply you with
zemo. which generally overcomes all
skin diseases. Acne, eczema, itch, PIN.
pies. rashes, blackheads. in most cases
give way to zemo. Frequently. minor
blemishes disappear overnight. Itching
usually stops instantly. Zemo Is . safe.
antiseptic liquid. clean. easy to use and
dependable. It costs only Sc: an extra
large bottle. $l.O0. It viii not, stain. is
safe for tender, sensitive skins.
The Z. w. Rose Co., Cleveland. o
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
Roads Today Will Ask
for Grain Rate Raise

Washington. Nov. S.--Some of the.
railroads represented at the hearings
on the proposed Is per cent increase in
freight rates submitted detailed state
ments to the commission today in
which they elaborated on the testimony
given yesterday. The hearings will be
resumed tomorrow, with testimony re-
garding grain rates.
The railroads propose including
livestock and meat traffic in the Is
per cent increase.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
Expect to Be Sent East.
Hunger Striking Suffs
>Given, or Take, Food

Washington. Nov. S-AIiss Alice PAU.
mead OF the Woman's p3,ty and Miss
Rose Winslow, hunger striking in the
district Jail hospital We're fed late to-
day by the jail authorities LIQUID
food was given them through rubber
tubes, breaking a fast of more than
- hours.
Whether force vas employed may be
always a matter of dispute. DR., J,
\. Cannon, the jail physician said it
VAS not used, while suffra gists indig-
nantly asserted that such a thing was
impossible.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
Dance ENlVENS
GUARANTEED LIFE
Missoula Boys, Cooped Up
in Barracks, Make
Best of It.
MAY GO TO NEW YORK
Confined Soldiers Awaiting
Orders to Join Other
MOntanans.
MAY GO TO NEW YORK

Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash
Observation-Disclosures up in their
auarantined barracks. the Missoula
county men who went out with the
second draft quota are passing long,
dreary days as best they can indoors.
Letters books and drill, drill, drill. fill
the hours.
There was, however one bright day
among the ten that have already
passed The men had a dance. The
first formal" it has been called, with
some disregard for usage. No one
could be invited. of course, for a guard
patrols the barracks day and night,
but the military band of the Thirty
ninth company opened the windows of
an adjacent dining hall and furnished
music for the stag party.
Elmer kron Is Billie.
Elmer kron of Missoula, arrayed as
woman and Butte Scotty." the bar
racks comedian, were bellies OF the hi
lari"us bali, which was a success from
the start, despite the disadvantages
of a rough floor and hob nailed army
boots.
Iheif confinement has not put the
.Missoula men behind the rest OF the
camp. Drilling indoors they have per
fected little details to such an extent
that there is not a better looking com
pany in the whole camp.
The fourth-quota men from Mssolla
have arrived in camp bat the 'veter-
ans have not seen them. They have
seen no one, for that matter, except
a few kindly comrades who sometimes
throw candy and banter through the
windows, and emissaries from the y
NJ. c. A., who deliver books and maya
zines occasionally.
Expect to Be Sent East.
The Missoula men expect to be sent
to New York as soon as the uliaran-
tine is lifted. Other members of the
depot brigade have already left, and
il is rumored that the Missoula boys
are going.
The men have been under quarantine
ever since a soldier from eastern Mon
tana. uuartered in the barracks, was
taken to the hospital with spinal men
nights
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09

policy. They advocate cooperation
with non Socialist parties, and eNhort
the workers and peasants 70 he pa
tient and to wait for the constituent
assembly "a carry out the urgent TO
litical ana economic reforms. They
have been in power since last May aid
have regarded kerenskN as their chef
political leader. As the MenSh y Xxi
are in the majority throughout the
country, the Bolshevili may hold tenn
porary sway in Petrograd, but th"E
cannot gain control Of the country"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
cAMiNETTI, JR., ENLIsTs.

San Francisco, Nov. S.-Anthony
calninetti, jr., son of Commissioner of
immigration Anthony Camnetti, today
enlisted in the aviation section Of the
United States signal corps for train
ing as an observer. He enters service
as a private, first class.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
Hun Generals Receive
Austrian Decorations

Amsterdam Nov. S.-A Vienna dis
patch says that, in recognition Of the
successes won on the Italian front,
emperor Charles has made General
Won korbatin fiold marshal, has con-
Tered on Duke Eueene and Field Mar
shat Won Hndonbre the hrilliants OF
the cross of the military order of the
ilrst class. with the war decoration,
and has awrcded 10 General Won Bue-
low the grand cross of the Order of
Leopold, with war decorations.
y man who seeks advice usually
GETS more than H. can possibly use
Dssefct News.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
U. S. HAD CHOICE
OF TWO BATTLES
Could Have Fought Germany
Alone Later or With
Allies Now.
WALSH TELLS STORY
Senator in University Talk
Explains Events Prior
to Outbreak.

nited states Senator T. j. Walsh
speaking before the students of the
state University at eonvocation yes
tfrday morning, outlined clearly and
thoroughly the events which resulted
IN the declaration of war against
Germany by the United States. Sen
ator NalSh's presentation of facts as
they appeared to members of the SEN
tie was one Of the most forceful talks
which has been given at a university
eonNocation in years. Mr.. Walsh was
introduced by Dean A. y. Whitlock,
Mr.. Walsh said in part:
The Causes Of the War.
senator La Toilette in speech be-
lore the Nom Partisan league given in
-. PAU last spring stated that we
we're at War with Germany simply be-
eaus" she had interferred with the
rights Of American citizens to travel
on foreign ships in the war zone. If
TINS statement were true, we would NOT
now be at War with Germany. If this
were true, congress would never have
passed the resolutions which plunged
Us into war with the German pcorlc."
senator Walsh, by citing examples
Of German atrocities against the
nltod states, showed how tho HIM
mad step by step drawn this country
Ia a place where there was no alter
hatlr" for war.
Never was there a time since the
boat war fairly began when Amer
fah citizens could be assured of safetv
or snlpS carrying contrabands or on y
ship IF any kind
Here Alone or in France.
America had her choice-to fight
IN" hun On French soil with the help
Of all the European powers, or ia FIGHT
mere alone. | chose France"
'ufln& the course of his remarks.
senator Walsh cited instance after in
stance whore Germany, years before
'I." outbreak of the present war. .o1
"otoiN proclaimed her designs upon
'hH nlt"d States. He read from n
pamphlet written by a German mill
'2fN authority the subject of which
WAS: y Possible Means of the Con-
quest OF the United States" which was
written before Germany began war
against the allies.
Mr.. Walsh urged the point that NV
III" faithful prosecution of the univer-
SHY the students We're doing a big
part III winning the war
IN" speaker had one of the largest
audiences which has gathered nj con-
vocation this year.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-09
CONVICTED FOR BUNCo.

Great Fails, Nov. SHERMAN Per
son, ailas Benson, alias Nelson, was
convicted by jury in the district
court this afternoon of larceny by
bunco of $3.50 from Gus Winherr in \
fake horse race.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-08-22
KENTUCK|ANS
ARE ARRESTED
For Violating Provions of
The SeIective Draft
Law.
TWO | OGAN COUNTY OFFICIALS
Removed From Board and Placed
Under $4,000 Bond At
RusseIIviIle.

Russellville, KY, Aug. 20.-Sheriff
James S. Taylor, member of the Ex-
emption Board of Logan county and
County Judge J. w. Edwards were
arrested here today on the charge OF
conspiring to violate the provisions
of the selective draft law. Both were
held for examining trial August 20,
released on $4,000 bail each by United
States Commissioner George S. Har-
dy.
Taylor is charged with promising
to exempt drafted men in exchange
for political support. Edwards is ac-
cused of conspiracy in connection
with the charge but the alleged ex-
tent is not outlined by r. H. Lyttle-
ton, special agent of the Department
of Justice who secured the warrants.
Taylor was removed from the board,
and j. Warder Linton appointed.
Taylor charges that his arrest is due
to political opponents. Both he and
Edwards denied the charges.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-08-22
INJURIES FATAL TO
WILLIAM ELDER
Was Run Over By Mine Motor
Last Week at Broadway
Mining Co.

AS a result of injuries sustained
Saturday, August IL, when he was
struck knocked down and run over
by a motor in the mine of the Broad
way Mining Co., at Simmons, neces-
stating the amputation of a foot,
William Elder, aged 33, died Tues
day, August IA, just two days after
the accident.
Though the injuries sustained to
his feet were the most noticeable at
the time of the accident, he was ev-
identity internally injured.
Elder was one of the best liked
employees of the Broadway Co., and
his death was great shock to his
many friends and. associates.
He leaves a wife and four small
children. His remains were laid to
rest in the cemetery at Caneyville,
his old home.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-08-22
JOHN v. KERN
+ TAKEN BY DEATH
Former Indiana Senator
Expires In AsheviIIe
August 10.
LONG A LEADER IN HIS STATE
And Was the Democratic NOmi-
nee For Vice President
In 1908.

Asheville, N. c., Aug. 17.-Former
Senator John w. Kern, of Indiana,
and Democratic nominee for Vice
President in 1908, died here tonight.
He was 6S years old.
Mr.. Kern, who came here a week
ago to recuperate, died of uraemic
poisoning. With him at the time
of his death were Mrs. Kern and Mrs.
George B. Lawson, q daughter, Of
Roanoke, Va.
Funeral arrangements have not
not been made, but the body will be
taken tomorrow to Hollins, Va, the
summer home of the late Senator.
Up to the time of his retirement
from the Senate in March last Mr..
Kern was majority floor leader and
chairman of the Democratic Confer
ence Committee.
Native Indianan.
John Worth Kern, member Of the
United States Senate from Indiana
since March 4, 1911, was born in Alto,
Howard county, Indiana, on Deem
Der 20, 1S49. His father was a coun-
try doctor and came from a good
family in Virginia. The elder Kern
first went to Warren county. Ohio,
where he married Nancy Liggett, the
daughter of farmer. In 1886 he
settled in Shelby county, Indiana,
some thirty miles southeast Of Indi-
annapolis. Ten years later he remov-
ed to the Alto settlement in Howard
county, hundred miles to the north.
From 1854 to 1864 the family occu-
pied a farm in Warren county, Iowa,
but the close of the Civil War found
them back in Indiana.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-08-22
RIDES Is MILES ON
HORSEBACK AT 81

Whitesburg, Ky.-"Uncle" Robert
Bates, who observed his ninety-fourth
birthday some days ago at his home
on the headwaters of Rockhouse
creek, this county. and who is the
father Of twenty-five children, rode
horseback over rough mountain roads
fifteen miles into Whitesburg to at
tend the Letcher Circuit Court He
recently returned from the Blue
Grass section, where he took drove
of fine young cattle "Uncle Bob" is
one of the mountains wealthiest men,
owning large areas of fine mountain
coal and timber lands,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-08-22
KENTUCKY, INDIANA AND
WEST VIRGINIA TROOPS
Will Probably Land In Hatties'
burg, Mss, During
Watermelon Time

Hattiesburg, Hiss, Aug. 21.-The
prospects are that the National
Guardsmen of Indiana, Kentucky and
West Virginia who will compose the
units at Camp Shelby, within few
miles of Hattiesburg, will get here in
time to enjoy eating many luscious
watermelon, for which this section
of the South is famous.
The watermelon season is not yet
over, and the visiting boys in khaki
have some rare treats in store for
them in the way of watermelon
feasts.
But watermelon is not the only
fruit of Mississippi soil that the SOL
diers will enjoy. Later will come the
delicious Satsuma oranges, grown be-
tween here and Gulfport and other
Mississippi coast cities, grape fruit,
and other decicacies. Speaking of
foods, the coast is only 20 miles
away, and it will be possible for the
men to have shrimp, fresh fish and
crabs included in their daily sra
tions."
A trip to the cost will be one that
the soldiers can enjoy. At any of
the cost cities bathing facilities are
excellent, and boating and fishing are
attractive features. 1t is probable
that many soldiers will run down to
the cost, as we'll as visitors who come
to see them during their stay at
Camp Shelby.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-08-22
ITALIAN FORCES IN
MIGHTY OFFENSIVE
while Marked Gains Made By
French At Verdun-Take
1900 Prisoners.

With the British troops busily en-
gagged in successfully parrying Ger
man counter thrusts against the
newly won ground in Flanders, the
French and Italians have started a
monster offensive, the French against
the Germans. near Verdun. and the
Italians against the Austrians from
the region of PLAYA to near the head
waters of the Adriatic.
Sharp and decisive blows gained
for the French, positions held by the
Germans on a front of more than
eleven miles, extending from Avo-
court wood. eastward across the
Mouse into Boisedechaume, while the
Italians, after a bombardment of in
tensity never before experienced in
that theater, leveled the Austrian de.
lenses, crossed the ruins and also the
Isonzo river and now are at deadly
grips with the enemy on a front Of
about thirty-seven miles.
Nearly 10000 prisoners have al
ready been taken by the French and
Italians. Doubtless the number will
be materially augmented when full
details of the fighting are obtained
The Germans and Austrians lost
heavily in killed and wounded. and
guns and machine guns captured.
The new territory taken by the
French embraces positions that have
literally weltered in French and
German blood in battles that waged
to and fro since the crown prince
started his most costly enterprise
an attempt to take Verdun-which
resulted in utter failure.