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army IN Fayette county were phys
ically 1T.
Gov. Stanley has offered a reward
Of 5000 for the unknown murderer OF
Marion Murphy, who was killed by
a robber near Central City last June.
Miss Cordie Stewart, 90, Winchester,
died OF poison She left note ask
ing that soldier at Camp Stanley
be notified
General E. r Glenn, OF the regular
army, probably will be nominated as
Major-General Of the lndiana-Ken.
lucky division OF the national guard.
The First Kentucky Infantry, upon
being mustered into the United States
army, become the One Hundred and
Fifty-ninth Infantry.
The strike of $4,000 miners in South
eastern Kentucky and Northeastern
Tennessee begun Saturday. and 60O
men have walked out
An interesting wedding took place
at Eolia. south of Winchester, when
Joe Neice, II years old, was married
to Miss Regina Boggs IS years old
a schoolgirl of that community.
DR. j. w. MeGlothlin. of the Bsp
fist Seminary in Louisville, has been
urgently requested to accept the post
Of agent and representative OF the
Southern Baptist Churches in the food
administration in Washington.
Major Allen W. Gullion. chief pub
licity agent of the Provost Marshal
Generals office, has been promoted a
rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Judge
Advocate. Major Gullion comes OF a
| fighting Kentucky family. His birth
! place is Newcastle.
The Kentucky Brigade is now al
more than war strength. 1t was an
nounced at headquarters in Lexington
The excess will be organized into
motorcycle and armored car companies
II authority is given by the War De
partment.
BY the finding OF seven additional
bodies in the mine OF the West Ken
lucky Coal Company at Clay, the lisI
OF known dead as the result OF Tbs
explosion recently has been increased
to 81. Fifteen more are believed e
be in the mine.
United States Coal q Coke Com
pany, subsidiary OF the United States
Steel Corporation, has purchased 20,
900 acres OF coal lands in Harlan
County. Work on construction o
mining camp for a population Of Is.
900 has been started The camp will
ho ,,,nda1aA ftar Gary tnurY,
Howard Morehead. 80. guard a
the Jefferson county jail, was drowned
and Miss Edna Boone. 10, louisville
narrowly escaped the same fate whel
rowboat in which they were takini
photographs, careened and threw then
into the waters OF the Ohio river, a
the foot OF Gibson lane.
Soldiers called into service for wa
against Germany will be able to sent
at least S25 month home TO depend
ents. In case OF death In line of dut.
their dependents will receive from SIS
up, according to the rank OF the sol
der These things we're made clea
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
, Fire destroyed the big grain eleya
tors of A. Waller & Co, at Henderson
+ The big plant was total loss. Thou
sands of bushels OF wheat in concret
bins, IL is hoped, may have been saved
Twenty thousand bushels OF corn wer
destroyed. The loss is estimated a
S250,OOO
Only 20 per cent of the men draftel
! for the national army in Kentucky am
Indiana will be called for training a
= Camp Taylor early in September TIL
: entire army will not be called to tn
colors before the latter part Of October
Insurmountabe difficulties make II In
possible to get the force into trainin
before that time.
r Computations made by NJ. NJ. Logan
member Of the Kentucky State Ia
Commission, disclose the inequality o
the taxation in the Commonwealth, In
: asmuch as some rich agricultural an
mining counties assess the land at
very low figure, The assessment range
from s93,S9 per acre in jefferson
county to s3.6S in Menifee.
The State Election Commission ha
been called to meet August IS for III
purpose of canvassing the election re
, turns OF the state primary 1t is likel
: that on that date the County Election
Commissioners will be selected TIL
lists have been received from the Re
publican and Democratic committee
men OF the counties
james Beeler, 23, Of Louisville, wa
arraigned in Federal Court. mot be
cause OF any Stacker proclivity," a
he expressed 1t, but because hi
principles were all against war" II
said he was member of the Socialis
! party. He admitted to the Court h
had not registered as required by tn
selective draft law.
r. e. Watkins, who received tn
Democratic nomination in the primar,
for Representative from Owensborc
announced that In the event of hi
election in November, which is almos
certain, that he would be candidate
for Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives at the next session OF the Leg
islature.
William P. Klncheloe. brother O
Congressman David NJ Kincheloe, o
the Second Kentucky District wa
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