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Lieutenant Thomas Allen.

The remains of Lieutenant Thomas
Allen, Irish Volunteers, which was ex-
humed at Glasnevin, have been REIN
tered at Hill of Down. He died from
wounds received at the Four Courts in
Easter Week. The remains were taken
from st. Joseph's Berkeley Street, to
the Broadstone, many Volunteers
marching at the funeral.
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Death of Sister Whelan.

Sister Mary Philomena Whelan, who
has died at the Convent Of Mercy, Ros-
common, was born at Mountrath in
1850 Office and Solemn Requiem
Mass was celebrated at the Convent.
O'Doherty, Maynooth, ofliciated at the
graveside.
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WICKLOW.
The Flax Crop.

low is gradually extending, and this
year over Is acres of an excellent crop
are now ready for treatment. A new
scutching mill has been erected at
Avoca. So successful has the, crop
promised this year that big increase
in the acreage is anticipated next
year.
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Child Fatally Burned.

On st. Stephens Day child named
Lee, eleven months old, died in County
Cavan lnfirmary from burns received
few hours earlier in his parents
residence in Owen Roe Terrace.
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Death of Martin FIavin.

The death is announced of Martin
Flavin, Cork. lie built up lucrative
business in the butter trade and was
one of the leading merchants of Cork,
which he represented for a term in
Parliament.
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Hiah Cost Of Living.

The cost Of living is soaring day by
day in Dublin. The price of fresh
beef is now Is. Sd. per lb. as against
Sd. per lib at the beginning Of the war.
Rib steak, Is. I'd. a pound compared
with I'd. before the war. Mutton and
other cuts have also nearly doubled
In cost.
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Death of Edmond Higgins.

The DEATH at seventy-twO. of Mr..
Edmond Higgins, at Conagh, Dungour-
ney, removes a we'll known East Cork
figure, who took an active part in the
Fenian movement, and was imprisoned
as a suspect in the days Of the Land
League.
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LADIES' AUXILIARY.
HENNEP1N COUNTY.

AS sSSn5H Ss$so + F.
1873 Ave. D %g Xics any
Mary N 6'Keefs. Treasurer. liz sth ii Ave- :
respondens, 9o Ssf AG GouHHty GGr,
Teresa Jordan, Mistress at Arms: Mrs.
Bridget Ray, Sentinel.
Dempsey. 1920 Columbus Ave: W.
Pres, Mrs. Tresa Jordan. s103 Cedar
A1sy tS A Rec. n Seq It,, Mrs; M; A: Lane 81
sin Sex z7 MRS Ne Rssaa
Mrs. Clara Ryan, 81 Holden st.; ms.
ssec NH Miss h Mary Z 5oyi4n. 1925 14th Ays
Lillian ryan Msstings Seid On sec.
O. a6a ha M19a g. f7th of S. month at
v May Ill., soo 4ts ST. q ~ v;s:
Fres., Mrs; John Smell, 1Sos Emerson
AZ ~ A Bee sfs n s MsfS xfs
get Ray, 1921 Grand ST. n. f.; ins. Sec.
Margaret Sullivan, 75s Washington 81.
Ave: n. E.; Medical Examiner, Doctor ri
r OBrien; Meetings held on the first
and third Monday Of each month at s1S
ae Dtvs Mary No g:ss 4a,,:;
Ave: n; Vice Pres. Jennie Rice. 1854
R Rsyant sg Av s;ns n; Re-; See. Mary 4
Katharine Ryan. 1902 srd AVG. a. 4:
n: ms. Sec, Mrs Nellie Webster, 1915
a A1s s III St. M Mr.
Meetings held first and third Tuesday:
or each month. Hall. Plymouth and
Division No. 4-,Pres.. Mrs Anna Bry.
Mrs. i I Mehler. ~ ist5 AVE- s.; Rs Rec.
Az; s.; Treas. Miss Mari Marie M Mur pfsn
25os 18th Aye. s.; Fin. Sec, Miss Edith;
Barbsr and Mu Ags Mreatysisa1
held the first. and third wednesdays Of
each month in the rooms Of the East
Lake Commercial Club.
ssss Ms;gs!:t Muffin 81. Pss::s
1927 Ns7u; Emerson Aye; N; Rec: SEQ. Nss1
is1' ii. a1t1 z Az: III FL 81:
ms. Sec, Katherine OBrien. sase -
fa1r AZ Az n; TTrs;H: Martha Grian: 1919
q. Egan. Ills Emerson A Ave- n. I ~:
a inss ne nei I. svsry nrst ana third Th1rs-
ner AZ 81 e S. IN. month H.. at schulsr hail. ssF
VIZ MY n 81 aos ssa 4 sssi Maj. Il:
osan ' ses 81 sts n AZ ~ II &c. IN MF ~
p; Medical Examiner, Dr. Rose Valley:
Wednesday Of each month at END Ava
N. E. and Central.
RAMSEY COUNTY.
.. County President: Mrs. Ellen Genres.
Se6 ST. Clair St: Vice Pres. Miss -.
s9s. scott. M esn E:i 49, ~
Treas, Mrs. 4ergaret Carey, Sel ".
nian hall. 7th ana Frsnkiin Sta.
n. 1ivision No: :. Ct; P.ul--Pres, 1!!..-
Roach AtT IS IS 81 i,s x::
MtehaeId Ave-: Fin. Sec, Mary H ay. ~
1915 Aibemarle g.; 1ns. Sec, Mary No
nsr. 62S Virginia Ave; Nod. ExemisS.
testinss are held on second and fs9FSk
MAN Hall at Sis ,. n.
Ms. ysSsnns COX. q nth nss e.: -
Pres; Mrs Mary Kenny. rs =. III .;
Fin. Sec, Mrs. Elisabeth 1lcNeilY. ~
HcSsnas 20 Carol a. ~ Ave.; Fr.. 1.f:sss
Margaret casby. IS3 John st.; GsS. -
simmer, DE-. H. A. Burns, Lowry 1oAR
Meetings are held On aret 90 t6i56
wAsDcA COUNTY.
Elisabeth 0iyna: Hes free. 90
9eenaa: Fla. ana Iaa q T.. JuiSa -
ply: Rec. See. Nay Dsitso: ~.
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L!oNeFosRD..
Reeiuse Found Dead.

Mrs. Cox, an old lady, who lived
alone at Clonart, was found dead in
bed. She had been dead several days
before it became known. The house
was noticed shut up and the neighbors
at first surmised that she had been
visiting friends.
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Absence of Crime.

White gloves were presented to the
Judge at the recent Donegal Quarter
Sessions. This ceremony denotes the
absence of crime in the county. There
is such a thing as being too peaceful,
but that of Old Donegal is not the calm
of death or slagnation.
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"Who Fears to Speak,"

At the Balla Petty Sessions Mr..
John Walsh was fined los. under the
Defence of the Realm Act and bound
to the peace for shouting for the Sim
Feiners and singing WHO Fears to
Speak of Easter Week."
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Land for the Poor.

Mr.. O'Connell, Clerk to the Listowel
Guardians, has offered six acres Of
land at a fair rent to be let in quarter
acre lots to the poor of the district,
provided that the Urban Council
ploughs the land free of COST and that
no rent is to be asked for two years.
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Petty Sessions Court Changed.
Judge Orr, and the magistrates at
Newry Quarter Sessions, made an
order changing the Petty Sessions
Court at Florida to Comber, on the
ground of convenience.
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Clerical Chances.

Most Rev. DR.. Hackett has made the
following appointments: Rev. P. Doc.
cay, &C, Ballybricken, to be Adm,
Carrickbeg; Rev. NJ. Carroll, &C,
Tallow, &C, Ballybricken; Rev. J.
Foley, &C., Portlaw, &C., Tallow
Rev. P. Shine, &C, Carrickbeg, &C.
Portlaw.
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MONAGHAN.
Farm Auctioned.

Mr. Jack Moorehead's farm at Null
labrack, scarborough, was sold by
auction by Mr.. w. B. Beatty, auction
eer for $3.50. The purchaser was Mr..
William BOles
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CAVAN.
Gun Accident.

A schoolboy, named lgnatius Woods,
from Tullyven district, is under treat
ment in the County Cavan lnfrmary,
three of his fingers having been shot
Eve
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WExFoRD.
Sale Of Farm.

Mr.. Warren, auctioneer, Corey, sold
a farm of % acres, purchased under
the Land Purchase Act, and subject
by Mr.. Thomas Loughlin, Knockamore,
near Clohamon, to Mr.. Joseph Murphy,
Graiguebeg, for G1;O40.
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Ahsence Of Crime.

There were no criminal cases for
the Quarter Sessions for Limerick
City and County, and the Judge was
presented with a pair of white gloves
which symbolic the absence of crime.
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CLARE.
Ennis Union Rate.

At meeting Of the Ennis Guard
ians it was announced that the Union
rate in the coming twelve months
would be Is. Id in the 6, as against
6s. lid. last year. The District COun-
ellis estimate is only $4,000, as COM
pared with 93,472 last year-a re-
duction of I'd. in the C..
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acres for ESQ to another local man.
The farms are at Holy Cross.
Killed by Falling Tree.

A Cornorer's jury at Tipperary
found that John Tracey, a laborer, of
Kilbeg, died from exhaustion following
injuries received by tree that he had
been telling falling upon him. He
suffered from fractured spine and a
broken leg.
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Death Of Chief Clerk.

Great regret is felt in Ennis at the
unexpected death of Mr.. Isaac Hair
wood, Chief Clerk in the County Sur
veyor's office. For Il number of years
he was member of the Urban Coun-
Gil. Mr.. F. Bowling was temporarily
appointed Town Surveyor at the meet
ing of the Council.
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Death of Prominent Gael.

In connection with the death of the
late Mr.. Patrick Molloy Clonmellon,
the local branch of the Gaelic League
passed vote of coincidence to his fam
tended
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Deserter's Excuse.

A man who was charged at Mullin-
gar with being absent without leave
from Portobello Barracks, Dublin, as
a private in the Royal Irish Regiment,
said he got "fed-up" waiting to be
sent to some of the fighting fronts,
and left. He was remanded
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FERMANAGH.
Crop Of Jaw PEGS.

Messrs. V. Walmsley, Kosh; V. f. v.
Fawcett, Toam; C. Fl. Maude, Lena
CHAN; A. w. Donaldson. Belleek; j.
Callaghan. Tempo; S. P. Kerr, Belfast;
s. Woods, and F. G. Fitzgerald, have
been appointed J. P.'s for Fermanagh.
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Irish National Foresters.

ITISH NattohdI F0re6terS.
Mr.. Joseph Hutchinson, Dublin, as
sisted by Messrs. Brady and Byrne,
opened branch of the Irish National
Foresters at Arigna, Shan
non, recently. Many of those who
joined were miners in the district.
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Insurance Committee.

Monaghan Insurance Committee
have reelected the Bishop of Clogher
Chairman. Mr.. John Mcdonald, Mon
Afghan, has been appointed Clerk at
$40 per annum,
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Sisters Found Dead.

Two sisters, Joan and Bessie Shee-
han, old age pensioners, have been
found dead in their house in Church
Lane, Castletownroche.
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workhouse School Closed.

VVOTNVJVV6C 0CTVOT OIVSCVs
The Athy Guardians have granted a
approximation allowance OF 912 to
the workhouse schoolmistress on the
will, in future, be sent to outside
schools.
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Death of centenarian.

Mrs. Mary M'Quaid, probably the
oldest person in Ireland, has died in
Omeath at the age Of 40. She spoke
Irish and English fuently, and was
called on by Gaelic students.
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QUEENS.
Destructive Fire.

A fire broke out recently in the
storehouse Of the marlborough Rail-
way station, and the entire contents of
the building were destroyed, the walls
only remaining The traffic on the
line was delayed for over an hour.
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Found Dead in Bed.

Death from natural causes was re-
turned at an inquest at Waterford on
Mr.. David Hezlin, forty-three, cattle
dealer, who was found dead in bed.
The jury passed vote of sympathy
with his relatives.
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KILKENNY.
Death of Secretary.

Mr.. G. j. Morris, Secretary to the
Kilkenny County Council, died from
pneumonia after weeks illness. He
was the first secretary of the Council
Act, 1898.
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DERRY.
Crimeless City.

The Recorder of Derry congratulated
crime in the City Of Derry
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DON EGAL.
Death of j. Cathcart.

Mr.. j. Cathcart, who died at the age
OF eighty-four. had been for twenty
years before the Local Government
Act. 1898, a guardian of the Cathcart
Division of the Milford Union.
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Death of William Kennedy.

The death took place on January 3,
of Mr.. William Kennedy, of Johnstown,
and the interment took place at Don
oughmore Burial Ground. Mr.. Ken
nedy was we'll known throughout Kill
kenny, Queens County, and Tipperary.
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Amusement Tax Violation.

A fine of ESQ was imposed on David
Fogt, hobby-horse proprietor, at Gal
way City Sessions for neglecting to
pay amusement tax on his entertain
ment in Salthill in September.
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Peaceful Galway.

Addressing the Grand Jury at Tough
rea Quarter Sessions, Judge Doyle told
them that so far as. it appeared from
the record of crime to go before them,
the state of the county was very salts
factory.
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Rev, Bernard o,connor Dead.

Rev. Bernard O'Connor Dead.
The death occurred, after brief
illness. of the Rev. Bernard O'Connor,
PIP, Lissan, one of the best known
and most respected clergymen in
Ulster. He was born in the Parish
of Carrickmore.
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Town Clerk Appointed.

Mr.. John Ormond, Chairman, Lis
more Rural Council, shopkeeper and
farmer, was appointed Clerk to the
Lismore Town Commissioners at a
salary of G1O year.
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Bonus for Nurses.

BY 81 votes to 4, Monaghan Guardi-
to each of the five dispensary nurses.
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ANTRIM.

Wounded Soldiers in Belfast.
An ambulance train, bearing 143
wounded soldiers, arrived in Belfast
on January s, and the patients were
distributed among the city hospitals.
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TYRONE.
Fatal Gun Accident,

Fatal Gun Accident.
A youth named James Catherwood,
of Tullobeg, Stewartstown, was car
rying loaded gun when the charge
exploded and lodged in his breast, and
he died some minutes later.
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KILDARE.
ceIbridoe Union Estimates.

CeIbridQe Union Estimates.
The estimates of expenditure for the
Celbridge Union, as submitted by Mr..
Frank Short, Clerk, shows G7,654 for
the present year, as against G7,156
for last year.
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CARLOW.
Child's Fatal Mistake.

A little daughter of Mr.. r. p. Muir
ply. Graigue, Carlow, died from con-
vulsions after eating pills which she
believed to be sweets.
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N EATH.
Visitors Sudden Death.

While on a visit to neighbor,
Charles Garry, Oldcastle, fell. off
chair and died.
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Found Dead in House.

,G1OO was found in the vest pocket
of Michael Reilly, water bailiff, who
was found dead in his house at Por.
tuna. A coroner's jury decided that
death was due to natural causes.
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DOWN..
Died Of Commissions.

OIeu OF VOnVUJStOnS.
Mr. Patrick F.. Donagher, who was
found unconscious, lying in licensed
premises which he conducted in Castle
Street, Newry, died the following even
ing as a result of commissions.
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DU BLlN.
Vote of Coincidence.

Vote of Coincidence.
Balbriggan Town Commissioners
have passed vote of coincidence with
the Very Rev. Eugene Byrne PIP, on
the death of his sister,
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RoscoMM MON.
Repairing Old Castle.

The Board of Works workmen are
at present Strengthening the buttres
ses of the old castle at Roscommon
and making other repairs.
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WATERFORD.
Death Of Mrs. keane.

The death has occurred of Mrs.
Anne Keane, Johns Hill, Waterford,
mother of Mr.. H. d. Keane, solicitor.
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TlPPERARY.
Farms Sold by Auction.

Messrs. Maher and Sons. auction
GERS, Thurles, sold q farm Of eight
acres to Mr.. William Bushe. local
farmer, for $3.50. and another of IA
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Increase in Estimates.

Increase in Estimates.
The Baunboy Union estimate shows
an increase of $500, the District Coun-
Gil demand being less by GA than
last year.
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SLIGO.

Death of Katherine Brett.
The death took place at her broth
er's residence, Corn Abbey, Ballymote,
of Miss Katherine Brett, youngest
daughter of the late Mr.. George Brett.
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KINGS.
House Quilted by Fire.

Fire Quilted the premises OF Mr. j.
A. L,lmley, provision merchant, Tulla-
more. Only small portion OF the con-
tents was saved.
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LoUTH.
Increase in Salary.

The Dundalk Urban Councillors de-
cided to increase the salary of the
Town Clerk, Mr.. Mathew ComerfOrd,
by ESQ a year.
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LElTRiM.
Workhouse Masters Death.

The death has occurred of Mr.. John
McGreevy, Master of the Carrick-on
Shannon Workhouse.
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CORK.

Pope and ireland.
I Cardinal Gasparri, conveying the
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GALWAY.

Found Dead in House.
Having missed him for fortnight, q
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neighbor burst in the door Of man
named Carroll, who lived at Lehinch,
near Portumna, to find him dead
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NATIONAL OFFICERS A. o. II.
Joseph Mclaughlin. N. p, Philadel.
Patrick F. Cannon. N. v. p. Clinton
Mass.
. Thomas J. Mathews. N. s.. Providence
Peter ]. Doyle. N. v. p. Montreal
M. w. Delaney. N. T.. Chicago. Ill.
NATIONAL DIRECTORS A. o. II.
James ]. Regain, st. Paul, MINI.
John E. Healy, Wilmington, Del.
Edward r. Hayes, New Brunswick
N. j.
James Clancy. Ishpemtng. Mich.
Philip ]. Sullivan. Thompsonville.
Myles F. Mcfarland. Brooklyn. N. Y.
NATIONAL OFFICERS L. A. A. o. II.
Mrs. Mary F. McWhorter. N. p, Chi
Mrs; Adelia christy. N. v. p. cleve-
land. Ohio.
ford. Mass.
burgh. Pa.
NATIONAL DIRECTORS L. A. A. o. II.
Mrs. Sarah Robinson. Richmond. Va.
Mrs. Mary Arthur. Indianapolis. Ind.
Mrs Ada K Cannon. Davenport,
Iowa, National Chairman Irish History.
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Arrested on Suspicion.

In connection with recent assault
on the police near Skibbereen, three
men named Cahalane, Sullivan, and
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WAsDcA COUNTY,

Divisi6o Ne. I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Eiisabeth 0yna: Wee Pres, 80
1Ssnes: Fla: sa1 Iaa -. yulie ~
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STATE Observation-Disclosures.

STATE oFFIcERs-MlNNEsoTA.
Bid ass' St. Paul: j. Doyle Endicott
Vice President-A. ]. Powers. Duluth.
State secretary-,P. J. o'Donnell. $500
Treasurer-John sheehy. Montgom-
State chaplain-Rev. M. oBrien.
President Of Insurance Fund IT. J.
Secretary Of Insurance Thomas
State treasurer Insurance - John
State Medical D5iirector-Dr. J. ".
oGG93 nan st. Paul:
Moran. minneapolis; E. ]. McManus. st.
Paul; p. L. Cummings, Minneapolis: j.
p: Corcoran, st. Paul; Thomas WEIGH,
STATE oFFicERs-L. A. A. o. H.
President-Mrs. Mary B. Daley. 1902
MY, Vice 6; R;rs.slldent-Miss May E. Ham
Secretary : Ella c.. Heating. 147
Treasurer-Miss Mary Coogan, Fari-
Board of Directors-Mary M. sulli-
van. Duluth; Ellen Conroy, St. Paul;
Mary J: Reilly, Brainerd.
St AqPa ai: GemmittssMargasst Scott
oils; Elizabeth McNally. St. Paul.
Insurance Secretary = Margaret A.
Grady. Saltwater.
>, insurance Treasurer-Margaret Sui
State Medical Director - DIR. E. w.
Buckley, st. Paul.
Directors Of Insurance Fund-Nellie
Curran, Minneapolis; Annie Conroy, St.
Paul; Josephine Hagerty, Shieldsville;
Anna Wtllesen, Duluth: Margaret No.
Ian, st. Paul.
Auditing Committee-Anna Kennedy,
st. Cloud; Anna Bryant, Minneapolis;
Nellie Webster. Minneapolis.
DIVISION OFFICERS A. .. H.-TIME
AND PLACE OF MEETING.
ANOKA COUNTY.
County President-Jehn p. Coleman,
Division No; l. Anoka--Pres., Ro-
ards; Rec. Sec: John P. Coleman; Fin.
p. Green; Treas, John Ward; Med. Elk,
J. II. Frank and A. G. Caine. Meetings
held on third Monday evening in each
month at WOodman Hall.
BIG STONE COUNTY.
County President-M. J. Mcdonnell,
Graceville. MINI.
TTrain9r; vice Pres +; T: +; Rowan: Rec
naty: ms. Sec, c. P. Ginnaty; Treas, J.
w. Ginnaty; Med. Elk, B. M Randall
Meetings held on the first Sunday and
third Thursday Of each month at Fra
ternity Hall.
DTrrE rADrrr 1Nry>ynnv
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-22
Trenton Not For Bonds.

AT Trenton, Tuesday, and election
was held to take the will Of that dis
trict on a $4,000 bond issue to be
used for new graded school building.
The proposition was defeated by a
pronounced majority. Many women
voted for the first time and the con-
test was exciting from start to finish,
a strong vote being polled.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-22

this as a great victory. They will say
they captured these cities. They have
not. They have not won them by
battle. We are not moving back be-
causeof enemy pressure, but we are
reshaping the western front lines so
that we will have an aggressive initia-
tive.
Gust in this matter Won linden
burg drew back the lines in Poland
in the winter OF 1914 to make posi-
BILE the great offensive of 1915 and
similarly we permitted the Rumanians
to sweep across the Carpathians last
summer that we might destroy their
armies when they got out of their
own lines. -
The Rumanian campaign shows
what the possibilities of the present
movement are 1t is the only kind of
strategy that can make possible a
decision on the western front"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-22
'EXILES Will RE-
TURN TO RUSSIA
Political Subjects and Other
Refugees Greet Revolt
With Joy.

Paris, March 2l.--Return to their
fatherland Of thousands of exiled Rus
sian political suspects is expected
here to be one of the greatest results
of the revolution. A large lony OF
Polish and other refugees are in Paris
and many of them serving in the for
eign legion. A dispatch from Nice
says the large Russian colony there
received the news ioyously and join
ed in a telegram to the new minister
Of justice, asking him to inform them
when they could return to their coun-
try. A committee was selected to So
licii from French, British and Italian
government facilitation for repatria-
ton. tS.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-22
NEAR
ST. Quentin
continued from Pipt PseeJ

trenches were difficult to maintain
and the artillery observation points,
SO important in this kind of warfare,
were few.
The new positions are laid out in
the best possible locations, with the
finest of observation points and deer
concrete shelters for the battery posi-
tons. While the enemy is coming up
to them, he will be in the greatest
possible difficulties himself in the de-
vastated battlefield.
ri regret exceeding that this move
is forcing a great destruction OF a
beautiful part of France. Yet the
destruction is not so great as the de-
vastation inflicted by the British and
the French on the Somme battlefield,
and when the entente refused our
peace proposal it took the RESPONSE
bility o. this destruction upon itself
II is war measure. We are COM
PEELED to take it to carry out military
plan to meet the big offensive the en-
tente had planned. We have destroy
ed nothing except out of military
necessity.
81 know we will be accused again
of continuing the war, but we are
fighting for our existence. We were
compelled by the refusal OF the en-
tente to make peace to defend our
selves against their promised often
sive. We have done everything we
could to avoid needless suffering but
what happens is their fault, not ours,
eve expect the entente to claim all
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-22
NUMEROUS
OPERATIONS
AT Jennie Stuart Hospital,
and All But one Are
Doing Nicely.

Miss Ora Green&ood, an attendant
at the State Hospital, was operated
upon Tuesday night and was yester-
day very i'll.
Jas. Rector, Lewisburg, KY, and
Rufus Bowley, Morton's Gap. KY,
operated upon the first of the week,
are both doing nicely. ...
Miss Ada Cooke, of Trenton, an
operative patient, will be able to go
home in few days.
Mrs. Homer Dollins, of the county,
and Mrs. G. L. Josey, of Morton's
Gap, continue to improve, following
recent operations.
Mrs. John Sholar, of Route 3, and
Mrs. M. E. Wright, of Elkton, oper-
alive patients, are convalescent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-03-22
IN PADUCAH HOSPITAL.

Daniel Mcnamara, a trainman, who
fell from a train in the l. C.. yards
here, several days ago, is slowly i'm
proving at the |. C. Hospital in Padu-
cab. He stumbled and fell from the
top Of moving freight car, striking
the railing between two cars. AS a
miricle he rolled clear of the track,
thus preventing his being ground to
death under the wheels of the train.
His hips were severely bruised,
besides sustaining other serious bruis-
es. No publicity was given to the
accident at the time.