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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
Registrants Divided into
Glasses i'm Order OF
Eligibility.
PLAN APPROVED BY PRESIDENT
Each Man viii Know His Posi-
ton and None Needed At
Home Will Be Called.

Washington, Oct. 20.-A sweeping
change in the machinery of the Sc
lective draft, based on division of
the 100000 remaining registrants
into five classes in order of their eli
gibility for military service was an
nounced today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.
CrOwder's Announcement.
Following IS the text of the an
nouncement:
with the completion of the draft
Of the first army OF $4,000 men a
new system will be installed for the
creation of succeeding armies. which
will greatly lessen the labors Of the
local and district boards. SO far has
this been accomplished that it is be-
lieved that under the new system 80
per cent. of the work will be eliminat-
ed while the forms to be used will not
exceed twenty in number as compar-
ed with approximately 1872 forms
which the present system requires.
"Along with the reduction OF labor
there will be provided a system which
will classify ,each one of the nine
millions Of men who have not vet
been indicted into military service,
and each man will have been given
his place in the national scheme of
defense.
ITO do this it has been determined
to obtain from each man complete in
formation Of a character which will
definitely fix his economic worth as
with his fellow rogistrant,
and from the information thus OBJ
tanned, to place him in one of five
classes each to be called in turn as
the need arises"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
FOOD SITUATION
is NOT RELIEVED

Neutrality-suspicious. to the State
Department indicate that the Ger
man harvests this year have not re-
lieved the food situation to any ap-
preciable extent. 1t is known that
there is great scarcity of fats and
animal food in general and that the
supplies received from Rumania and
neighboring neutrals are not making
up for the lack Of proteins. AS the
reports come from different sources
and sections, it is difficult for the de-
partment to give an opinion on the
general situation. but it has been de-
fnitely established that. while some
of the crops were normal in volume,
the scanty supplies in most commodi-
ties have not been augmented.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
CRUSHED BY LOGS
Two Tennessee Boys Meet Death AT
Hickman. Ky.

Hickman, Ky.-Floyd Nerrin. 10.
year-old son Of Ben Merlin, Of thi.
city, was killed and Tom Stem, aged
10, seriously injured. when the logs
rolled from a car they were unload
ing here. Merlin lived only n few
minutes, but Stem, who had his right
leg broken in two places. will re-
cover.
Merlin who lived at Fayetteville,
Tenn, came here about ten days ago,
and is the oldest son of Ben Merlin.
of this city. Young Stem lived at
Big Sandy. Tenn. and had come here
to work. having been here but a
short time. The logs were wired on
the cars. and as they cut the wires
to unload, part of the logs unexpect-
eddy rolled. falling off on them.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
UNITED STATES
FOOD ADMINISTR ALTON

Washington, D. c.. Oct. az 1917.
To All Federal Food Ada aistrators:
A statement has appeared in Chi
cago papers thai The Ur'e' States
Food Nd:d nistrati0n ha Che Inten-
ton of reducing the hoe price 10
$40. Thus statement is absolutciy
untrue, and has causcG a flood Of in
quiries to which the following is a
sample Of our reply:
Chicago advices absolutely untrue
istration, which will take no steps to
and do not represent opinion or pro-
posed action Of the Food Administra-
ton, which viii take no steps to jeop-
ardiZe live stool, producers interests.
All our power will be used to keep
prices at which allied and government
tai purchases are made on a plane
that gives an assured return Of cost
and profit to producers of meat ami
mails. In our opinion the best mar
ket obtainable for the present corn
crop of the country will be through
live stock. We need increased pro-
duction Of beef and pork and the only
way to secure this increase will be
by profit on production. VIII ap-
preciate your giving this widest pub
licity.
Faithfully yours.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
LOCAL TENT
OF MaCcabees Initiate 9 Thurs
day Night-Buffet
Luncheon.

The Hartford Tent of Maccabecs
initiated nine young men Thursday
night-their regular meeting night
after which an excellent buffet lunch
con was served.
The local tent is in the midst Of q
spirited contest-the "reds" being
lined up on one side and the "blues"
on the other-and Thursday night
the reds" had the "blucs" beat a
mile. However. the Blues say
they are coming strong the next
meeting night, and the "Reds" will
have to get a move on if thew put it
on 'em again.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
HARTFORD, KY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1917

September G he maintained that tho
draft law did not apply to Americans
abroad. Following the indictmen.
he reiterated this belize and said:
ut clearly appears from the law
itself. from the Interpretation 1,
upon the law by the Provost Marshal
General, by the Secretary oc War
and the Secretary Of State. Amcri-
cans abroad are not required to reg
lister under the law. which in this
case is so clear l cannot account for
the action of the grand jury"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
BOYS KILL TAXI DRIVER
AND BURY BODY IN. SAND
Startling Confession By Sus.
poets Is Verified By
Police.

Washington, Ind.-Virgil LARSON
and Dewey Chattin, each about IL
years cid. were arrested here in COM
pany with two Terre Haute girls
shortly after the boys had sold an
automobile, 2imost new, to q junk
dealer or 300. confessed to the po-
lice that they employed Andy Ma
nois, a taxicab driver in Terre Haute,
to drive them into the country or
Friday night Of last week. They say
that when near "Nine-Mile Island"
they shot Mano's in the back of the
head, and hid his body in a thicket.
Then they drove the car &c Terre
Haute, and the next night visited the
thicket, placed the body OF their VIC
tim in the automobile. drove through
Terre Haute 70 West Terre Haute
and south about six miles. where
they buried the body in creek bed.
Next day they say, they got the
two girls to accompany them on a
trip to Vincennes and Washington,
and upon reaching here they sold the
automobile. The two bows were ia
ken to Terre Haute and accompanied
the police to the creek where Manois'
body was dug up from three feet of
sand
LARSON and Chattin also confessed
the theft of two other automobiles,
which thew drove from Terre Haute
to WASHINGTON ard sold here.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
FIFTY BILLION FROM
AMERICA KAISER'S PLAN
That Was Amount He PrOsosed
To Assess Us, ii Victorious,
Says Morgenthau.

New York.-To attack the United
States if he had been victorious il
the war and make it paw German
an indemnity Of fifty billion dollar.
or more, thus making Germany cas-
lily the richest nation in the world
was the genrous scheme Of The Kaj
ser.
It has been known chat the Kaise,
proposed to conquer the United
States after he had finished with the
rest of the world and make us pay
all Gernany's war costs. but this is
the first statement Of the exact
amount the Kaiser had expected to
collect from us.
Mr.. Morgenthau, referring to the
war, SAYS:
No matter how heavy the expense
may be. it will be light in compari-
son with the price that the United
States would have 10 pay Ger
many won the war.
The great majority Of Americans
Seems TO have little realization OF
how close we stood to the brink of a
precipice. 1t was no idle threat that
the Kaiser uttered when he told Am
,bassador Gerard in October. 1916,
that when this war was over he in
tended to stand no more nonsense
from the Americans.
If Germany was victorious and
Great Britain and France were
crushed, the United States would
have been attacked on the preteXt
that it had supplied the allies with
money and munitions and be COM
PEELED to pay an indemnity that
would make Germany the richest ma
ton in the world in spite of her
enormous losses. | have heard this
indemnity mentioned at $4,000, 000,-
600, or 100000, 100000 marks.
There is not the slightest doubt in
my mind that this is what the Kai-
ser would have done if the allies had
been defeated. Indeed, the humbling
and cripling of the United States
were no less essential to the Kaiser's
to create "a master state
than the humbliing and Gripping of
Great Britain. Here were unlimited
riches in the hands of 100,000,000
people who had not had the courage
to defend themselves. They had
made billions out of the war: why
not take it away from them and put
the German empire back on its feet ?
When "a Senator like LaFollette
asserts that we had only a technical
grievance against Germany, the men
who applaud him for assailing the
Presidents policy are blind and deaf
and dumb to the calamity which was
hanging over the country.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
HE'S A CHAMPION.

]. B. Allen must certainly be the
champion sweet potato grower Of the
country. Last week while digging
his potatoes he unearthed one weigh
ing eight pounds. This was rather
remarkable and he very kindly
brought this one TO us and IL was
placed in our window. where it is
now on display.
A few days later, when he finished
digging his crop. he go two others.
one weighing the same and the other
weighing nine pounds. The three po-
tatoes weighed twenty-five pounds.
Some potatoes.-Exehange.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
INDICTS CONGRESSMAN'S
SON UNDER DRAFT LAW

Madison. Wis. Oct. 20.-A Federal
grand jury indictment was returned
here against Byron Nelson. son of
Congressman John M. Nelson. Of he
Third Wisconsin Congressional diS-
trict. charging him with an attempt
to evade the draft law. He is now
in Spring Coulee, Canada.
Nelson is charged with going to
Canada last Nav to evade registra-
ton for the National Armv. Since
that time he has been a. work thcre
on his fathers farm.
Congressman Nelson has defended
his sons action and in a brief filed
with Attorney General Gregory on
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
Faithfully yours.
HERBERT HOOVER.
CUT IN CONSUMPTION
OF SUGAR URGED

Washington.-The food admins
tration appeals TO the American
people to reduce the consumption of
sugar in order TO mitigate the eff
fects of the shortage which threat
ems to extend over the Eastern
State. No relief is in sight before
late in November. when the Hawa-
iian and Western beet crops reach
the markets.
Failure of the general public 10
observe conservation recommended
tons and the export Of the product
to meet French needs are chiefly re-
sponsible Cor the situation. il is
pointed out. Since retailers have
received their stocks at prices re-
Gently agreed upon. there is no rea-
son, it is said, for price advances du-
ring the temporary scarcity.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
SNAKE IN CHURCH FAILS
TO BLUFF THE PASTOR

Madison, Ind.-A religious meet
ing at the Cross Plains Methodist
church near here was disturbed when
big black snake crawled out from
under the altar Just as the minister.
the Rev. C. f. Bromley. was about
to administer the sacrament Of COM
munion. Several persons were kneel-
ing at the altar when the serpent
appeared with its head up in the air.
The preacher was equal the occa-
ion. He said the serpent did tempt
Eve. but it couldn't bluff him, and
fulfilled the ancient prophecy by kill
ing the reptile. after which the
meeting proceeded.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
TWIN HICKORY NUTS.

While out gathering hickory nuts
in company with Mr.. A. C. Porter
one dav last week the editor found
a perfectly formed twin hickory nut
1.-The two being Joined together by
a thin substance.
We have seen this summer twin
cantaloupes, ears of corn and now we
have the twin hickory nut. Seems as
If "Old Mother Nature" is doing her
part toward doubling up food stufrs
in an effort to win the war.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24
THE KAISER AND PROPHECY"

Caneyville, KY, Oct. 22.-Quite a
stir was created here by lecture
delivered by Rev. Walter Creep. of
Horse Branch. on "The Kaiser in
Prophecy" The lecturer described
the beast mentioned in Revelations
as "Autocracy" and the Kaiser as it's
upholder in the world. He discussed
the Hohenzollern idea Of divine right
rulership and it's results. He COM
pared Biblical prophecy with history
and confirrhed it with present day
conditions. Withal the lecture was
very instructive. A tremendous
crowd was present.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-10-24

The home of Mr.. Reuben A. Ander-
son, on Clay street, caught fire Sun
day, but was extinguished before any
material damage was done.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
Truth About Underwood Tariff.

One of the most remarkable things about the Underwood tariff is the heavy increase in imports of raw ma terials under it. This has gone up 150 per cent. Most of this raw material comes in duty free, and it goes to our mills and factories for transforma, tion into the finished product. Here is where the transportation companies get their share of prosperity and where the laboring people get. theirs. Protective duties on raw materials have kept them out of this country, lessehfng the 7country's prosperity just that much.
 With a trade balance in our favor of nearly two billion now and the pros- pect of its being two and a half bil- lion by the end of the fiscal year, the party of protection has all the logic taken out of it's argument in favor of that tariff system.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
WHERE DEATH LURKS ALWAYS
Bullets Sing Without ceasing, and Birds Sometimes, in "No Mans
 Land" on Battle Front.

But 1t is wonderful thing, that strip we call No Mans Land, running from the North sea to Switzerland 500 miles. All thevway along the line, day and night, without a moments cessation, through all these long months, mems eyes have been glaring across that forsaken strip, and lead has been flying to and fro over 1t. To show yourself means death. But I have heard a lark trilling over it in the early morning as sweetly as any bird ever sung over an English meadow. A lane of death 500 miles long, strewn from end, to end with the remains of soldiers. And to either side of 1t all through those 500 miles, a warren of trenches, dugouts, saps, tunnels, underground passages, inhab- ited, not by rabbits, but by millions of rats, 1t is true, and millions of hiv- ing, busy men, with countless billions of rounds of death-dealing ammuni- tion, and a complex organization as closely ordered and complete as the organization of any city in England From a British Officers Letter in the Forum.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
What Wilson Should Have Done.

At last the final and authoritative Judgment has been pronounced upon President Wilson's successful efforts to prevent railroad strike. Theodore Roosevelt says:
 My action in the anthracite coal strike is the method, in my opinion, by which such situations should be han dled." .>
 What MT. Roosevelt did in the an- thracite coal strike was to do nothing at all until the strike had lasted five months and the public consequently had become intolerable. Then he acted.
 By following that policy President Wilson would have allowed the rail- roads and the brotherhoods to fight it out until January 4, 1917. Then he would have intervened. What would have happened to the country in the meantime heaven only knows, but the president would have had the proud qualification of knowing that he had acted in accordance with MY action in the anthracite coal strike."
Williams news., 1917-01-04
TEXAS NEWS

Yoakum, Texas.-"After using diff ferent kinds of medicines for kidney and bladder troubles will say that I have given Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tab lets fair trial and was greatly bene- f1ted, and do hereby cheerfully recom- mend Anuric to all persons suffering from kidney and bladder troubles."- MIR. HENRY ROTH, R. 4, Box 153.
 Simply ask your druggist for Dr.. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. Every pack age of Anuric is sure to be pr. Pierce's. You will find the signature on the pack age just as you do on Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription, the ever-famous friend to ailing women, and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, proven by years to be the greatest general tonic and reconstructor.-Adv.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
History-Makinq Bill,

The revenue bill contains one provi- sion which will make landmark in American financial legislation-the in- heritance tax. This tax, as it stands, is not as heavy as 1t should be, and its graduations may appear clumsy. But these faults can be corrected later; the big thing is to get any sort of inherit ance tax incorporated in our financial policy.
 The amendments introduced by the senate to secure better respect for American rights from the belligerent powers, will bear close study. It is important to note that these amend ments are permissive, not mandatory; the president is authorized" to re- sort to certain reprisals, not directed" to do so. The senate puts a club into the presidents hand, but does not in- sist on his using 1t.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
Sound Advice.

"Now, looky yur, Coonrod!" said MT. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, Ark, addressing one of his sons. There's a time to fight and a time not to fight, just the same as there's a time to sing and a time to dance, and I don't want you to get 'em mixed. Don't be too proud to fight when 1t is time to fight, but. don't be too dad burned anxious. Be sure you're right, then let Ger ripP as the poet got off. But not only be sure you're right, but be certain you're sure, and then hop to 1t like baggng wildcats. You can't unblack feller's eyes or unbust his nose, after you've blacked 'em or busted it"-Kansas City Star.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
Why Labor Is Scarce.

Here is one reason which you may have overlooked why labor Is growing scarcer every day in the United States: |:
 We have now in Pennsylvania alone 225,00O automobiles. One-third of them are pleasure cars driven by chauf- feurs, an army of 75,OOO able-bodied men removed entirely from produc- tive work.
 The army of pleasure car chauffeurs in the whole country must exceed half a million men-all nonproducers. h. deed, there is another great big army of men building pleasure cars to be operated by these other nonproducers of essentials.
 They used to complain in Germany that every taxpayer had to carry a sol dier on his back. We vary 1t in the United States by carrying a chauffeur on our backs, says "Girard" in the Philadelphia Ledger.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
How 1t Is Done.

A man, engaged in buying a necktie for himself, turned the pile over and over and at last put aside two as not worthy of further consideration. The salesman placed the rejected ties in a separate box. The man asked wheth- CT they had been placed by mistake with those he had been examining.
 "Oh, mo-" was the polite response; i; "but we have orders when five or six men turns down a tie to take 1t out and put 1t aside"
 "What becomes of them?"
 "We sell them to women who come in here to buy ties for men,"
Williams news., 1917-01-04
NO BASIS IN FACT
RooseveIt's Idle Talk Concerning
 Germany and Venezuela.
Ex-President's Claim That His Action Forced the kaiser's Government to Submit to Arbitration Is
 Laughable.

"When I was president and Ger many wanted to assume control of part of Venezuela temporarily got Dewey and had every ship in the fleet ready south of Porto Rico. And I got the arbitration 1 asked for because Ger many knew I meant what I said. If It had been otherwise we would have had German stronghold in Venezu- ella, and most of the present war would have been fought right at our front door. Roosevelt.
 MT. Roosevelt does not explain in de- tail just how the establishment of German stronghold in Venezuela would have brought the present war to our front door. The capture of Paris or Petrograd by way of Vene- zuela would have been a f1anking movement of very considerable dimen- sions. But that Is a detail. What 1t Is well to remember concerning Ger many and Venezuela Is that associated with Germany in the pressure against Venezuela for the payment of her debts were Great Britain and Italy, and that France on her own account had broken relations with the VeneZue- Ian government. We are asked to believe that Great Britain was help ing Germany to establish a stronghold in Venezuela, and that only MT. Roosevelt's drastic action frustrated the nefarious scheme. To compare Venezuela with the European war Is to compare backyard smudge with a conflagration.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY DISEASES

There is only one medicine that really stands out pre-eminent as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, liver and bladder.
 Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the highest for the reason that it has proven to be just the remedy needed in thousands upon thousands of even the most distress ing cases. Swamp-Root, physician's pre- scription for special diseases, makes friends quickly because it's mild and immediate ef- feet ii soon realized in most cases. It ii . gentle, healing vegetable compound.
 Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes-6fty cents and one dollar. ..-
 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.-Adv.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
watson E. Coleman, ' SN Patent Lawyer, Washington, - D. 0. Advice and books free
TOO KEEN ON THEIR SPORT
Anglers Would Have Done Better to Have Read the Other Side of the
 Notice Board.

The disciples of Izaak Walton had found perfect stream for the exercise of their art, and they settled them selves for a days fishing, underterred by a notice board. The board, which had been painted by an amateur, read
 "Notiss-These grounds Is privet, and yer carn't fish ere. These fish ain't the kind to be tempted by wurms, and there-"
 Here space ran out, and the injunc- ton was left .uncompleted. For two hours the anglers sat by the stream, tempting the trout, not with worms, but with the very latest and most ex- pensive bait"
 But nothing happened. Then sud denly appeared the owner of the grounds and the author of the notice board.
 "Hi, you two! Ave yer read that board?"
 "Wefl, yes, we did. But - r- we thought you wouldn't mind, and we couldn't find your house, or we would have" .....
 "Oh, 1t don't matter on'y thought, seein' yer afishin' there, that you 'adn't read both sides of the board. If you ave, of course, go on amusing yourselvesl" !"
 A nasty glance at the other side of the board showed that 1t continued the exhortation begun on the front, as follows:
 "-ain't no flsh."-London Answers.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
Drinking of Water
(By V. M. PIERCE. M. D)

The general conclusions of the latest Medical Scientists proves that drink ing plenty of pure water both between meals and with ones meals is bene- ficial to health. It has now been prov en by means of the X-rays and actual tests upon many healthy young men that the drinking of large amounts of water 1oith meals is often beneficial. Therefore if you want to keep healthy drink plenty of pure water (not ice water), both with your meals and be- tween meals. If you ever suffer from backache, lumbago, rheumatism, or any of the symptoms of kidney trouble such as deep colored urine, sediment in urine, getting out of bed at night frequently and other troublesome ef- fects, take little Anuric before meals. These Anuric Tablets can be obtained at almost any drug store.