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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20
BELLS MINES

Mrs I. A. Dempsey was n
gu, st Of Mrs. Jess Shelley on
evening last week.
Misses Edith Davis Of Gre IN :
Chap ! and Rosa Shelley of this
section were guests OF Mrs II.
Fox Of Rodney Wed esday ni!ht
Mrs. Richard pierson and
children who have been visiting
her mother Mrs. II. H. Collins
have returned to her home at
Dekoven, XIV.
Miss Effie Hazel who has been
III with Tonsilitis is much i'm
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mattirgly
who have been visiting her par.
enfs Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Shelley
have returned to their home in
Harrisburg. Illinois.
Mrs. 7. A. Dempsey, Mrs.
Chas. Jones and children and
Mr.. S. c. Dempsey were guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Dempsey
Sunday.
Miss Bessie Davidson was
guest of Miss Zema Dempsey
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Dempsey
of Weston were guests of Mr.. an
Mrs, Guy Newcom Wednesday
nj hit.
Miss Alpha Hina who has been
visiting in Harrisburg, H., has
returned home.
Sunday school at Bells Mines
every Sunday at 10 O'Clock. We
extend an invation to each and
every one.
Miss Clara Hina is visiting in
Illinois.
Mr.. Charlie Hazel who spAnt
Thanksgiving with his father has
returned to Illinois.
Mr.. Jessie Farmer who has
been at home visiting his mother
Mrs. Roe Adamson has returned
t. Equality, ILL.,, where he is
employed in coal mine.
The pound and pie supper at
John Cookers Thanksgiving night
was well attended and everyone
seemed to have a good time.
Mr.. II. l.. Culley Of Sturgis.
KY, is having a new house
erected on his farm in this sec.
ton, Mr.. Euen Berry of Sturpis
Ky and Will Jones Of this Sec
ton are the carpenters.
The dance at Maurice Wilson'S
Of Green's Chapel given in honor
of Mr.. Jessie Farmers departure
! for Illinois was we'll attended
and all reported a fine time.
! 1t isn't very long until Xmas
and we must all be good for
Santa Claus is near.
With hest wishes to the dear
old Record Press. its Editor and
its many readers.
Patriot.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20

II was all my fault, anyway" Bessie
had been condemned TO die, but Wales
statement saved her life.
The mule is known to every one OF
the $50 e.aplC! ccs Of the mine aud dis
lised by 4i9 OF them. Wales alone viii
tolerate the animal. Every morning
The mule must have her chew OF tobac-
60. then exercises for a few minutes by
licking The airpipc two feet above her
head. Wales excuses this habit, say
ing it is due to temperament.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20
| CHRISTMAS
MESSAGE:
The Critic den C,ully Ua'tI, Ia
Receipt OF The Following
Communication

To he " omen OF Amalict.D
As the II liday sea on ap-
reaches, the question Vhch
onfro.ItS Us all is VIVA. sh.!l
10 about Chri mas? Shall
ollCw my usual p an and pre-
'5nt t, each of MY friends such
fits ~ | have been in tie habit
, best1wlny; or sh Ill | refrain
:om doing so this year and ex-
eni al! | ca sfford upon oar
,oIGiers AM thu u edy one, "a
;ros, tha seq"
1t occu 5 to me that there are
two ways il which We m ~ keep
"a is mas fire III and green in the
mem ries OF our children, ard
that this of al the years of our
ives, ,hoI d lie a children's
jhr stnas year.
1t i; our duty not o ly TO keep
ne tone fires burning" bat al
80 to keep tn hearts of our
! u. hold. cheerful and drive
doom ard dep ession as far as
JOS 'ible from store who sur.
'ould our hearth-fir-s.
The custom OF pom jscuous
Christmas giving as prac,icei in
oast ears has become a burden
to many people who were unable
c, b ar it. AID 10 better time
than this rirl.ver pie enti self
~ the inauguration of a reform
in this direction.
Nay we not. "a a Woman's
Committee. adopt the plainly
patriotic IS well as common
sense position that no adult per-
,Oa should give or receive pres.
,nt, of any TT which are not a
real ..recessi,y. and that all ex-
changing should be Vigorously
il con i1uad?
L. rec mt years We have rob.
bed Chris mrs of its true sig
ificancs, and substitute or
h erea, gift and sacrifice of
lin in whose name we observe
the day as sacred the unworthy
attitude of selfish seeking and
ece,ving.
Shall we net use this Holiday
,eason of 1917 t. teach the old 3r
nd better less n?
My experience with children
vince the beginning Of the war
las revealed the eSiste &c Of a
lie p and even passionate patrio-
i m, which longs to manif, st
{ eli in service and sicrifce;
an there could be no greater
4 e made OF this Christmas time
man to teach these little ones
ne sublime les OF of the Won
lerful JOY of giving, which is
far greater than that of recriv-
,nl. Instead of dwelling upon
the thought of gifts to be re.
,eived, we should instil into
heir open minds the desire to
make this season a time when
they can serve their country and
its Allies and aid in the success.
full winning Of a world peace by
uniting with their parents in
un.elfishly bestowinp upon other
The pifts. Tor their equivalent),
which in tines of nrlra theP
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20
GERMANS ATE CIRCUS zoo

revton Soldiers oevoured All the VIA
Animals From Hsosnbaeh's.
The kaiscr's soldiers have eaten all
Of the animals In the vast supply roo
Of the Hagenbach brothers. at Ham
burg. according to q. w. Meredith. Q
Los Angeles manufacturer. Mr.. Mere
dith was In Germany until after the
United States entered the war.
II was impossible to supply the ami.
mails with meat and other food. says
Mr.. Meredith, 20 feeding the wild am.
mails to the soldiers proved q double
purpose. In the lot were lions, tigers,
jaguars, leopards, rhinoceroses. hip
popotamuscs and other juasis bsash
end rspsileA
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20
lnsurancefor Men Who Go to War
to Replace Old Pension System
By W. c. MeAdoo. Secretary Of the Treasury

For the first time in the history Of the United
States concerted esrt governmental initiative ia
now being mad" to provide adequate and scientific
financial protection FOR the officers aud enlisted mep
OF The army aud navy for their dependents.
Instead Of proceeding along the old course Of fight
ing war FIRST and caring afterwards for injured sol>
ders and sailors and the families Of those killc the
government is at the very outset Of Americas entry
into the war laying plans for insuring and Indemnify
ing its fighting men, The plan is intended to take the
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-12-20

Lost gar wthlis oasrissd'oo Horss.
Auresa, ~ nA1Ise The 8yesr-old son
Of Frank ogy6ooA ~ procured . drink
for a strange .befDa he animal drank
The water end tAsa 1T on the lads
coz.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
10 YORK PRISONERS
ARE GRANTED BAIL
DETECTIVE STILL AT WORK
ON CASE.
Men Charged With Murder of
Negro Preacher May Be
Tried at November Court.

York. Sept. 15.-Eight of the ten
men who have been in iail here on
the charge of completely in the
lynching of the negro preacher.
Watson Sims, in the Locust Hill sec
tion OF York county, on the morning
of August "a, were released on bond
TINS afternoon. Application for
bond for the ten accused men was
made by T. F.. Mellow, Esq, of coun-
sci for the defense, before Associate
Justice Watts, at Chesterfield this
morning. Bond for j. Meek McGill,
Ezell Bolin, T. r. Penninger and w.
carson baltimore, white, and Tom
Sanders, Bill Sanders, Lawyer San
ders and Lonnie Franklin, colored.
was fixed at $500 each.
Bond of Fred Penninger, white,
was fixed at $500. and that Of
Frank Twitty. colored, at $4,000. At
6 o'clock this morning these two
men had not obtained bondsmen
and John r. Hart. Esq. of counsel
for the defense, said they probably
would not be able to do so before
Monday, although there was a posi-
bility they would be released some
time tonight.
Grand Jury Foreman Bondsman.
John Wilkerson. well-known
citizen of Hickory Grove. and fore
man of the York county grand Jury.
that presented the men last Mon
day, signed the bond OF Postmaster
McGill and Policeman baltimore. of
Hickory Grove. The other bonds
were signed by parties living in the
vicinity OF the tregady.
Tire eight men expressed great
pleasure and satisfaction this after
noon at being released from custody
after their stay OF more than week
in Jail All of them returned to
their homes this afternoon.
The case against the alleged
lynchers will probably be tried at tn,
fall term of court Of general sessions
for York county, which convenes
November IS.
}. q. Tanning, a State detective.
who has been here since shortly af-
ter the tragedy occurred, is still at
work in this vicinity.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
EXCITES MUCH INTEREST

Mexico City. Sept. 14.-The rev.
alation that Heinrich Won Eckhardt.
the German minister to Mexico, had
been employing Folke Cronholm, the
forem Swedish charge here to con
vey information from Won Eckhardt
to the Berlin foreign Office has ex-
cited tremendous interest.
Government officials still were
without official information. None
would give an opinion, and it is be-
lieved the attitude the Mexican
Government means to take will not
be disclosed until copy of Won Eek
hardt's letter is formally forwarded
Ambassador Fletcher said today
he had received no instructions
from Washington regarding the af-
fair and did not contemplate COM
municating with the foreign office
here on the subject
The foreign Office maintained it's
reticence as to what it's attitude
might be when officially informed as
20 the incident.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
GERMANS ELECTED
FROM FRENCH LINE
GUSTS GERMANS FROM
VERDUN SECTOR.
Austria Claims Capture of 535
Prisoners in Latest Fight
ing at San Gabrielle.

Paris, Sept. 15.-French forces
after a battle last night elected the
Germans from greater part of the
trenches which they had occupied
earlier in the day north of Caurires
wood. in the Verdun sector, the
French was office announced today.
Two surprise attacks launched by
the Germans north of Prosnes in
the Champagne region we're repuls-
ed by the French.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
SECOND PRACTICE MARCH
khaki-Clad Ranks on Hike in
Georgia

Atlanta, Sept. 14.-Khaki-cIad
soldiers of the Eighty-second divis-
ion of the national army from Geor-
gia. Alabama and Tennessee expe-
rienced their second practice march
since their arrival at Camp Gordon
when Major Gen. Eben Swift. COM
mander, today rode at the head OF
column of 5000 men on "hike"
through Dekalb county. After q
march of about ten miles the col
umn reversed and returned TO the
cantonment early this evening.
Many of the select men soon were
exhausted on their first march. bur
today after week OF intensive
drilling few showed the effects Of
the twenty-mile tramp.
l.. F. Keller, of Milan, Kan. for
merly a coach at Oberlin College
(Ohio), reported to Camp Gordon
today. He will assume charg, O.
the athletics there under the direc-
tion of the War Department COM
mission on training camp activities.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
Russians Make Gain.

Petrograd, Sept. 15.-Russian
forces yesterday defeated the Ger
man troops on the road to Pskoff ON
the Riga front, and occupied the
small town of Kronberg. the Rus
sian war office announced today.
The Russians also occupied the
towns of Keitzen and Sisseral. which
had been held by the Germans.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
Good Price for Long Staple.

JEFFERSON. Sept. 14.-T. l.. Kirk
ley, farmer who resides near town
sold a bale Of long staple cotton
here this morning. which together
with the seed, netted him $2OS.l2
after paying for the ginning, bag
ging and ties. The bale weighed
6lo pounds and the price was 35
cents, c. A. Baker of this place
bought the cotton and seed.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
Battle of san Gabrielle.

Vienna. Friday, Sept 14.-"Heavy
artillery fire continues against our
positions on Monte San Gabrielle and
east of Gorizia.' says today's war
Office statement while clearing
our trenches on the northwest slope
of Monte San Gabrielle wa brought
in yesterday during desperate en-
sagements twenty-three officers. 535
men and twelve machine guns.
"1n the Tyrol and in the Carnia
district torrential rains are hamp-
ering the activity"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
TROOP TRAIN FIRED UPON
Four Soldiers Wounded in FusiI-
lade Near Ohio TOWN


Steubenville, Ohio, Sept. IA
A troop train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad was fired upon tonight
near Mingo Junction. Ohio, accord
ing to reports received here. Four
soldiers are said to have been
wounded, one seriously. The
wounded remained on the train.
Information as to the identity of
the troops or the destination of the
train was withheld by railroad offic-
ials because of military regula
tions.
II was said the train was fred
on while moving at a rapid rate
through Mingo Junction, but that
no stop was made until this city
was reached. The information that
four soldiers were shot was given
railroad detectives here by officers
in charge of the train. Seven
shots were fired, according to ad-
vices here.
Railroad detectives and the city
police were rushed to the scene of
the reported attack. but were un-
able TO learn anything as to the
identity or whereabouts of the per-
sons who fred the shots.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
SHIPS HEAR S. 0. s.
CALLS NEAR COAST
NAVAL CENSORSHIP is
CLAMPED DOWN.
Vessel Close to Nantucket
Lightship Reported to Have
Been Shelled.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 15.-Evi-
dence that an enemy submarine has
begun depredations in American wa
ters was brought here today by two
steamships, which yesterday morn
ing picked up wireless IS. O. s."
calls indicating that ship was be-
ing shelled by a U-boat in the vi
cinity of Nantucket lightship.
one ship receiving the distress
calls was British freighter and the
other an American tanker. Both
reported the scene Of the attack as
ABOUT go miles east of Nantucket
ana the time about O'Clock yester-
DAY morning. The identity of the
submarines victim was not learned
by either vessel, as far as is pub-
licly known.
Was Being SheIlcd.
According to the commander of
the British vessel the message re
ceiVed by his wireless operator from
the ship said she was being sha,,.d
ana reported her position, but only
part OF her name could be heard
the word abby" which is tbe Iast
name of several ships in Atlantic
trade.
The American tanker's captain
confirmed the British skipper's re
port, but added no details. Silence
was imposed on both captains hv
naval officers who interviewed tbeu
as soon as they reported to their
agents
!. Could Not Give HcIp.
The British captain said he nm
derstood an American radio station
also had picked up the distress call
Following the new rule of the sea
established since the German sub-
marine warfare, neither vessel want
to the assistance OF the submaripe,s
victim.
reports OF the sighting of sub
marines or periscopes in American
waters have been frequent since tba
united States entered the war and
the fact that messages telling of an
attack by sneIlfire were picked nm
Two steamships gave today's reports
the color OF truth, in the opinion Of
shipping men. Furthermora a.
captain of third incoming vessel
reported he had been instructed To
watch out for submarines in West
ern Atlantic waters. 1t was reali,-
ed, however, that it was possible tho
messages were a hoax.
I'm Steamship Lane.
Ihe place where the attack is re-
ported is in the steamship lane of
transatlantic ships calling at Neu,
YORK and in the vicinity in which
last October the German submarine
o-53 sank five steamships. sparinp
an American ship as the United
states was not then in the war.
A British steamer arriving TODAY
reported that she had received wire
less warning from the Cape Race. n
f. station on September I3 OF The
presence OF a submarine that had
been reported previously by anotb-
er steamer. The exact location
where the submarine was sighted
was not given.
oficers of steamers we're OF the
opinion that the underwater crar,
had been lurking in the steamship
lane between Halifax, st. Lawrence
hiver ports and Europe. They
thought 1t likely also that the sub
mersible reported today as attack
ing steamer off Nantucket might
have been the one sighted previously
In northern waters. 1t was proba-
Die, they said, that she had been
driven OF the northern coast and
drifted to the northward in the hone
Oh catching unaware vessels from
American port.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
SWEDEN PLANS REFORM
Will Remedy Conditions in Foreign
Office.

OfffCc.
stockholm. Thursday, Sept. 13-
delayed 1.-THE Swedish Govern
ment has decided to take steps to
reform conditions in the foreign Of
fee. This follows a series OF cabi-
net meetings, conferences of offic-
ials with the King and conversatins
with Ira Nelson Morris. the Ameri-
can minister and the Entente Min
listers.
No official statement OF the steps
Sweden has taken have been given
out. but the newspapers intimate
that request for an explanation
has been made to Germany.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
ATTERBURY TO MOVE MEN
Made Director General of Trans.
portation i'm France

portation in France
Washington, Sept. 14-Appolnt.
ment of w. w Atterbury, vice.
president Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, as director-general of trans
portation of the United States expe-
dictionary forces in Paris. was an
nounced tonight by the War De-
partment.
Transportation behind the lines
is the greatness OF all problems for
the modern army and the govern
ment proposes to give Gen. Per-
shing the most complete system
that money and brains can provide.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18

London. Sept. IS British troops
last night made a slight advance on
the Belgian front east of Weisthoek
and Improved their position. accord
ing to the British official statement
issued today. The statement reads:
In the course Of the night we i'm
proved our positions slightly east of
Weisthoek. A strong party of the
enemy yesterday evening attacked
the ground gained by us during the
day northeast or St Julien. AS thew
advanced to attack the Germans
were caught in our artillery barrage
and were dispersed.
Considerable activity continues
to be shown by hostile artillery
north Of Langemarck."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
Italians Gain Ground.

Rome, Sept 16.-Italian troops
gained ground yesterday along the
southeastern edge of the Bainsizza
plateau, It is announced oficially.
More than 400 men were captured.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
PUTS PRICE ON THE
HEADS OF AMERICANS
GERMAN SOLDIERS TO GET
REWARD FOR THEM.
TeutOn Military Authorities
Make Offers for First Amer
can Prisoners BrOugh in.

British Headquarters in France
and Belgium, Sept. 15-(By the AS
sociated Press. German military
authorities on the Western front
have shown concern about the i'm
minence of the American armys
entry into the fighting by Offering
rewards for the production of the
first American prisoners. The Cen
eral commanding the Eleventh re-
serve division recently put the price
of 400 marks on the first American
soldier brought, dead or alive, into
his lines.
This information has been dis
closed by the diary of a Prussan
sergeant of the Twenty-third re-
serve infantry regiment He wrote
at the end of July:
I'VE are supposed to have had
American troops opposite us for
some time now, and two divisions of
Portuguese on our right. TO the
man who brings in the first Ameri-
can, dead or alive, to Headquarters
has been promised the Iron Cross OF
teen days leave.
Fortified Ruins.
The diary, which covers period
of nearly two months describes in
detail the destruction of an impor-
tant industrial town by the Ger
mans and it's transformation by a
German army commander into q
great mas of fortified ruins. Bat
teries have been planted in the eel
lars of private houses, factories and
public buildings, which have been
partly demolished to give a better
field for the fire, while the streets
and squares and even the city Gem
etary have been torn up and en-
meshed with wire to provide posit-
ions for groups of machine guns.
The diary describes how the
troops Quartered in the city spent
their time when not on duty in fir
ing machine guns from the barri-
caded windows and the roofs of
buildings left standing, and in
searching for hidden treasure and
in digging among the ruins for sill
verware
Soldiers Looting
The sergeant tells how his
friends found gold watches and
priceless paintings from the mu-
seums. statuary and other works of
art which they are boarding in their
dugouts. The German authorities
have removed the bulk of the muni-
cipal valuables to Germany.
German soldiers. it seems, were
eager to serve at ST. Quentin be-
cause Of the chances for treasure
hunts" there.
The diary does not indicate any
marked depreciation OF the German
morale, but emphasizes the discom-
fort of conditions OF life in the field
and the terrible accuracy of the
French gunners who give the Ger
mans no rest.
On the Flanders front during the
past few days the only activities
have been slight outpost engage
ments.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-09-18
Berlin's Reply to Pope.

Rome. Sept. 16.-The reply OF the
Central Powers to the peace propo-
sails Of Pope Benedict is expected in
five or six days.
The day book., 1917-04-04
GAs-TRACTION-TRIBUN HALL GANG
MAY NOT CONTROL NEW COUNCIL

HOW VIII Jl6 new CITY COuASA
stand on gas, traction, telephone
and Commonwealth Edison fran
chises or rate schedules, all Of which
must be renewed this year or the
next two years?
Will the new council back up
Mayor Thompson if the mayor re-
appoints Jake Loeb to be a member
Of the school board?
How will the council stand if an
other street car strike comes next
summer, following lack Of success in
negotiating a new wage agreement?
These are among big questions
talked about today in connection
with the new and reelected alder
men who won in the ballOting yes
teTday. That Mayor Thompson lost
and the Municipal Voters league
gained in the election is conceded on
all sides. Though the Thompson
LUndin organization was successful
in picking off Merriam, Sits, Buck
and Kearns, retiring aldermen who
fought the City Halls payroll grabs,
there are among the incoming alder
men several figures who will be ag-
gressively against the City Hall ma
chine. New men like George F. Tiff,
Charles V. Johnson, George NJ. May
pole, Joe Kostner and others are al
ready counted on by enemies Of the
mayor. Organized labor figures that
Thomas Abern the new alderman
from the 18th, is a gain for labor be-
cause Ahern used to be a member Of
the street car mems union and in
his previous term as an alderman
was always with labor.
The amazing run Of John c. Ken
nedy in the 9th ward is a puzzle to-
dav in the offices of the gas and trac-
ton companies, the Tribune, and the
City Hall politicians who massed
their forces in a drive planned to kill,
suuelch and destroy the 27th ward
,1rrvs oh