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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
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RUN AUTO PLOWs
Manned Soldiers OF France Are
Trained in New Work.
Schools Established to Enable Farm
ers to Take Up Their Old
Profession Again.

! What is called a "Motor Culture"
school has been established at Cha
pelle-Saint-Luc, just outside Of TrOyes.
1t inaugurates new era in French ag-
riculture.
Fifty army nurses of the older
classes are there, teaching MANNED SOL
diers to run automobile plows and 9TH
er traction implements of every sort.
In four crews the pupils, in turn,
, drive the tractors in the field, learn
repair work at the forge and the prin-
clple Of the motor in a series of lee
| lures. AS soon as they are able to
repair broken part as well as drive
, a motor efficiently, they are placed at
the disposal Of the mechanical Guilt
waiting commission and assigned to
one Of the farming centers that has
been provided with motor implements
for the common use of the farmers Of
the neighborhood.
This Is only one of a number Of
similar schools In France. At 0ndes,
Bordeaux, Grenoble, Grlgnon and
@NCAoJ AN oAhhht aAoOB AhdAAhC0 AaA
ers and farm laborers who comprise
60 per cent OF the total Of soldiers who
have suffered amputation are being re-
trained for the new method Of farm
ing.
The purpose Is to prepare the mu-
tilated soldiers to take up their old
professions, If possible, or another II
physical disability prevents.
The experience of the school at
Chapelle-Saint-Luc tends ~ show that
the use Of tools appropriate to work
that interests the patient is far more
effective In relieving and curing
anklyosis, due TO wounds. than any OF
the special mechanical appliances
Many a mechanic who dreamed OF
country life before the war Is timber
ing up his muscles In learning to
handle farm implements; on the other
hand. many a farmer who had lost
interest In his calling Is losing th'
stiffness Of his Joints by the manipu
iation OF tools OF the cabinet makel
and mechanic.
Basketmaking Is d favorite trad
adopted on the edge Of the Champaign,
il Eine' country. where the great deuian,
| for champagne baskets keeps -thesl
war apprentices busy. Locksmitha
tinsmiths. horseshoers. blacksmith
and shoemakers Also are turned on
By thee establishments.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

The Association has in their employ staff of the
able bonded attorneys which possibly be obtained The
Association makes it their business when other means fail
to garnishee wages obtain advertise juds
ments notes and accounts for sale.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
The Creditors Association an association for the protection
Il s Eact that many honest PEG

1t fact that honest people, through misfortune
are unable pay their bills promptly. This class usually
explain their their creditors and obtain the
time necessary their obligations But there
other class who by glib talk prouse promises and dashns
showthst make their business systematically beat their
,n,av tbrouob life
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
TO BE FULLY COVERED.

Man-No, I am carrying all the
life insurance l want.
Persistent Agent notice you
baye wooden leg-hOw about fire
insurance? 49,. "a is>l
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
CAN 1T BET

81 see a western Congressman has
been arrested in Washington for
speeding"
"Gee! I'd like to have seen him. /
never saw a congressman in q
hurry"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
LIBERTY LOAN.

'My wife is after liberty loan"
ga whatP"
"a liberty loan. She wants me to
loan her enough money so she can
get a divorce"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

The object Of this association is for the Improvement Of
credit conditions educating the slow pay and Indifferent to
be prompt in the payment of their obligations,
The elimination of undesirable accounts of The
Dead Beat and Debt Doder class also the tracing of
Skipper and making credit and better for the de-
serving.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

NOTICE
DEPARTING
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
A Bears Diet.

I A bear win eat anything from green
grass to elk steak. Favorite foods are
Ash. berries. roots. insect larvae, honey,
frogs and all k!aes g ash' Asu..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
Produce Infertile Eggs!
Inferile Eggs Keep and Market n Heat
Fertile Eggs Spoil Quickly in
FERTILE EGGS COST THE FARMER
AN ENORMOUS SUM EACH YEAR


third Of this pevenae
which have allowed
ncubate.
The rooster makes the egg fertile
The fertile egg makes the blood ring
lost blood
Matching
merely germ of the
hot weather quickly blood
the eggs
hen incubator. 3
NFERlLE EGGS WILL NOT BECOME BLOOD RINGS
sell
bird will produce mfe eggsquay that and
lbest
Rules fol Handling Eggs the Farm
Hs
which nothing but time thought
lars the poultry yard returns
+ Keeplhe clean provide every
g. Gather the twice daily
| Keep the cool, dry or cellar
! A. eggs least twice week.
kill confne all male birds Matching
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
FORGOT HIMSELF.

{ Judge-"Are you telling me the
TRUTH" Prisoner-'T-er-no, sir,
your honor, but that's what my law
yer advised me to say"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
ARMY ORDERS.

Col Samuel w. Miller, infantry, will
proceed to Jacksonville and st. Angus
tine, Fla. for the purpose Of carrying
out the instructions of the Secretary Of
War.
Regimental Supply Sergt. Joseph
Futherer, 21st Infantry, is placed upon
the retired list at San Diego, and will
repair to his home.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. Denham B. Graf
ton, 2Sth Infantry.
First Lieut.. Charles L. Baker, Medical
Reserve Corps. is relieved from treat
ment at the Walter Reed General Hos
pital, D. c., and will proved to his
home.
Sergt. Daniel Buckley of the Signal
Enlisted Reserve Corps. Fort Monroe,
Va. is assigned to duty in the aviation
section. Signal Enlisaed Reserve Corps.
School, Newport News, Va
Leave Of absence for fifteen days
with pay is granted Field Clerk James
R. Manners, Quartermaster Corps.
Capt. virginius E. Clark. aviation Of
ficer, Signal Corps. will proceed to Buff
porary duty in connection with. the
construction and design Of aeroplanes
for the aviation section. Signal Corps:
Private Felix de Segesser, medical
department.. is relieved from duty
with the Army Medical School detach-
Fort sam Houston. Tex, for duty in the
Southern Department.
Lieut. Col Alexander NJ Davis,
Quartermaster Corps, is relieved from
duty at Kansas City. Mo-, and will pro-
coed to New York city for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
PLEADS FOR MERIT SYSTEM.
Civil Service Reform League Urges
Caution in War Crisis.

A call addressed to the government
and the people. urging that they set
their faces against all weak and vicious
attempts to break down the merit sys-
TEN, at this moment when 1t is most
needed" was issued yesterday by the
National Civil Service Reform League
Pointing out that in the international
crisis the activities of many govern
ment agencies will be greatly extended.
the league urges that in selecting men
for service politics and personal IA
voritism shall be cut out so that the
best and only those who are best fitted
shall serve the state"
Resolutions adopted at the closing
meeting of the leagues annual meeting
Friday, urging the National Defense
Council to preserve the merit system in
its defense plans. were presented to
Secretary Baker, chairman of the coun-
ell. yesterday by delegation headed
by Richard II. Dana of Boston, presi-
dent of the league. The Secretary
promised personally to present the
resolutions to President Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Uncle Sam in the Caribbean.

We bought Alaska for Q cents
an acre.
We bought the Philippines for
81 cents an acre.
We paid sS5 an acre for the
Canal Zone.
Now we are paying $500 an acre
for the Danish West Indies, and
they are worth the money. Read
the series of articles now being
written from the Danish West
Indies by Frederick ]. Haskin,
describing what they are and
what they mean. We have bought
some of the most GURUS islands
in the world.
This series of articles. entitled
Uncle Sam in the Caribbean" will
appear In The Evening Star be-
ginning today.
Don't miss them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
MANY SEND INQUIRIES
ABOUT ST. PATRICK
Star Information Bureau Recalls
Legend of Last Snake Caught
by Him in Ireland.
Most Expensive Punctuation Mark
in History Cost Government
$4,000, 900 in Revenue.

The week preceding st Patrick's day
was marked for the Evening Star In
formation Bureau by about a hundred
questions dealing with the history and
achievements of the doughty saint who
rid the Emerald Isle of snakes. Scores
of legends cluster about the campaign
between ST. Patrick and the serpents.
A typical one is the story of how the
last snake was captured. Apparently
it was too closely in league with the
powers of darkness to be driven into
the ocean; at any rate it was still at
large when all the rest of its tribe were
drowned. SO St. Patrick built box
and ordered the snake to get in. The
serpent laughed at him and added dis
paragingly that the saint was poor
carpenter. because the box was too
small So they had hot argument,
which ended by the snake trying to
get into the box to show that II was
right. But the box was larger than it
looked and as soon rs the snake got
inside, st. Patrick clapped down the
lid and that was its end. The 1nforma-
ton. Bureau does not Vouch for the
complete historical accuracy of this lit
tie incident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
RUSH-BACOT AGREEMENT
TOPIC Of ADDRESSES
Regarded as Instrumental in lnsur-
ing One Hundred Years
Of Peace.

NEW YORK, March 17.-One hundred
years Of peace between Canada and
the United States has been in great
measure the outcome of the Rush
Bagot agreement of 1917. limiting ar
mament on the great lakes, in the
opinion of both Sir Charles F'itzpat-
rick, chief justice of the supreme
court and deputy governor general or
Canada, and Sir Edmund Walker,
chairman of the Canadian Bank OF
Commerce, who spoke at luncheon
of the Lawyers Club in this city to-
day.
Hard to Overrate Blessings.
ut would be hard to overrate the
blessing that agreement has been to
other countries" the chief justice said.
TT has been the keynote of their policy
of peace for q hundred years and at
the same time has happily Influenced
the attitude of both governments to-
ward the whole question Of fortffica-
lions. And what an object lesson has
been here for the rest Of the civilized
world, The longest frontier on the
earth's surface has at the same time
been the most defenseless and the most
safe.
III there had beer the slightest dispo-
sitiou to bad faith on either side ne
added. the Rush Bagot agreement
would have broken down score of
times"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
GUN FACTORY GUARDS
SOUGHT BY UNCLE SAM
Bank Accounts May Be Boosted by
Men Employed Days Willing to
Work Part of Nights.

Here's an opportunity for thirty-two
ab1e-bodied men of Washington to give
old High Cost of Living o. knock
blow, boost their bank accounts and
demonstrate their patriotism.
| The, commandant of the Washington
navy yard is in need of guards to pro-
tect Uncle Sans big naval gun fac
| tory at night. Members of the seamen
| gunners' class are now performing this
duty. but additional men are needed.
Thirty-two men are wanted. To obtain
the positions they must first enroll in
the seamen branch of the naval coast
defense reserve and then they will
be assigned to active duty. They must
wear the uniform Of their rank and be
subject to discipline as prescribed by
navy regulations.
The men are to serve four-hour
tricks of duty three out of every four
nights in the week. The guard work
probably will start at O'clock in the
afternoon and continue until in the
morning. So much for the patriotic
side of the story.
How Living Cost Is Hit.
| Now for the high cost of living and
those bank accouts. The guards will
receive pay ranging from s2190 TO SS3
| a month. according to their grade.
, They will he furnished uniforms. Quar-
| tiers and subsistence for them in the
navy yard also will be supplied. Things
may be arranged to pay men living
outside of the yard the regulation So
per month in lieu of subsistence.
There's nothing to prevent a man from
engaging in some other line of work
by day and yet fulfilling his duties as
Waterman at night The only restric-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18

battleships. submarines and airplane
construction and operation in the
United States Navy. The ofiicers said
they had come on invitation OF tho
Navy Department under arrangements
made by Ambassador Eaon of the
South American republic.
Four of the lieutenants have been as
signed to battleships. three to subm5
rines and three to the aviation school
at Pensacola, Fla.
The Pampa was under private charter
and brought wool and hides. She Will
return with 5000 tons of coal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18

ton placed on him is that he must Be
'on the job" while on duty; no sleeping
at the post. Members of the National
Guard or other persons having assumed
a military obligation are not eligible
for the work and neither are men in the
employ of the government. The law
prohibiting a person from receiving two
salaries from the government elimi-
mates all government clerks.
Applicants for the positions should re-
port to the old Naval Hospital. at 10th
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east, as soon as possible, for it is believed
the jobs will not Ego begging"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Discourages Rebels.

'TThe Cuban government is rapidly
smothering the whole movement, and
there is no doubt that the whole
thing will come to an end in g. short
time The action OF the United States
government in disappearing, almost
rebuking, this outbreak has been the
most important factor in the whole
situation. The fact that the rebels
were not to be backed up by this
country discouraged anu disheartened
them very much The military activity
of the Cuban government has dealt to
them a crushing blow. / received a
dispatch from Havana today stating
that the uprising was subsiding more
and more every day. and that the
burning and destruction of property
had ceased The rebels are discour-
aged; their only hope was in the atti-
tude of the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Exports Decreased in February.

AmeEican foreign trade decreased ap-
proximately s190.ooO.oOo during Febru-
AIRY, the first month of Germanys un-
restricted submarine warfare. In a
statement the Department of Commerce
gives the decrease in exports as S147,-
032. $50 and the decrease in imports,
SI223g6S5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Oklahoma May Vote on Suffrage

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 17.-Unless
Gov. Williams vetoes the measure, 4
woman suffrage amendment to the
Oklahoma constitution will be voted on
at the state election in November. 1919.
The senate shortly before the final ad-
journment early today concurred in
house amendments to the resoiution
eliminating the grandfather" and lit
eracy test clause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
AID OF UNITED STATES
BRINGS CUBAN THANKS
Island Governments Secretary Of
State Expresses Gratitude to
Secretary Lansing.

Pablo Desvernine, Cuba's secretary
of state. called on Secretary Lansing
at the State Department yesterday. and
is understood to have expressed the
thanks of the island republic for the
attitude of the United States during
the Cuban Revolutionary uprising.
Afterward DR.. Desvernine issued q
statement saying this government, by
the rebel movement, had
won Cuba's enduring gratitude.
The statement in Havana Of Mr..
Gonzales, the United States munster.
alIayed the fear by Cubans that en-
would be given to the
insurrectionists" said DR.. Desvernine
'It also served warning on the dis
turbers that-the need expect no help
from outside Cuba
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
TO STUDY CONSTRUCTION.
Argentina Sends Navy Lieutenantt
to u. S. to Remain a Year.

BOSTON, March 17.-Ten naval lieu
tenants from theArgentine Republic
arrived on the Argentine transport
Pampa late today for a years study of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18

The only known species of frog
which occurs at present in Egypt is the
Rama esculata, the edible frog of the
continent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Oldest Town in World.

What is the oldest town in the world !?
Answer-It is generally considered to
be Damascus. Josephus says that
Damascus was founded by Uz, the son
of Adam. While there is considerable
doubt as to this, there is no doubt of
the great antiquity of the city
How did the term Yankee" orig
mate? What did it mean originally?
Answer-'Yankee" represents the at
tempt of the New England Indians to
pronounce the word English" 1t came
TO be applied to the English settlers
In 1913 one Jonathan Hastings, a New
York farmer. applied it as an adjective
TO some tools of his manufacture. to
Indicate that they were high-grade
goods. Later it was applied to New
Englanders by other sections of the
United States. Now IL is used pretty
generally by Latin America when re-
ferring to the people of the whole
United States, usually in a disparaging
sense. They use the term Americana"
as more polite one. Also in SPAIN
the word "Yanqui is used in cartoons
of Uncle Sam.
What is the chief egg-producinG
state in the United States?
Answer-Missouri, with a total an
nual production of H., 900, 900 dozens
al the time of the last egg census.
Cost of Europe's War.
What are the latest figures on the
cost of the war in Europe?
Answer-After the latest estimates
the war is costing the principal nations
Sc7.000.0o0 day.
What is the size of the largest OIL
the Egyptian pyramids?
Answer-The Great Pyramid is 45I
feet high, $50 feet square at the base,
contains 100000 cubic yards and
weighs 6.s4S,000 tons.
When was the first public school estab-
liShed in America?
Answer-In Boston, in 1886
What are the total assets of the ma
tional banks of the United States?
Answer-Approximate fifteen billion
dollars.
How many arbitration treaties, or
peace treaties did the United States
negotiate in 1918 and 1914?
Answer-In these two years this coun-
try concluded such treaties with thirty
nations, of which the principal were
France, Great Britain and Russia Prac-
ticaily all of the South American states.
as well as several smaller European ma :
lions. are also represented.
The Evening Star information bureau
viii be glad to answer questions on almost
any subject. Address The Evening Star
Information Bureau, Washington, D. C.
inclosing 2-cent stamp for postage on
reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Insurance and Submarines.

Among other questions answered
were the following:
What are the assets of the largest
American life insurance company?
Answer-The assets of the largest
company are admitted at sS52. 100000.
What is the cost of building the vari-
Gus classes of submarines?
Answer-The cost of submarine con-
struction Is estimated roughly at $1,000
ton, on the basis of gross tonnage.
What is cumulative stock? Treasury
stock?
Answer-Cumulative stock is stock
so carried that if the dividend is not
paid one year it is added to the divi-
dend of the succeeding year. Thus. if
cumulative 5 per cent stock skips a
dividend this year, the next year S
dividend will be 10 per cent. If the
stock is preferred cumulative, 1T is
usually assumed that all the accumu-
lated dividends must be paid before
common stock receives it's dividend.
Treasury stock refers to stock created
at the time of incorporation and re-
naming unsold. If company is capt.
talized at 100000 and only $4,000
worth of stock is sold. the remaining
$4,000 is carried as treasury stock If
treasury stock is subsequently sold
above par, the premium goes into the
surplus fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Occurred Twenty Years Ago.

Another tale of other times brought
up by a question asked Of the inforrna-
tion bureau was the story of the Two
Million-Dollar Comma" This most ex-
pensivs punctuation mark in history
was printed about twenty years ago,
and its history was widely known at
the time. 1t appeared in a United
States tariff bill. The bill provided
that foreign fruit-plants, etc" were
to be admitted free of duty. the idea
being to encourage the culture of high
grade varieties of fruit trees and
grape vines in this country. When the
bill was printed, Foreign fruit-plants,
etc." read Foreign fruit. plants, ETC."
and as result oranges, grapes,
lemons, bananas, etc, came in free, of
duty for a year. The slip cost the
government 100000 in revenue.
Statistics on the number of married
Presidents of the United States were
also called for. 1t seems that there
has been only one bachelor President
in the history of the nation. He was
James Buchanan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
agency Of peace and industry in tn
whole world"

whole world"
while the conditions which make
for peace and prevent war were Sc
cured SO early in our history" he said,
many other things have helped to
bind US together SO completely that
even our differences are respected, and
the fact that the two greet democracies
are trying social experiments, some
times along widely separated lines, is
more apt to excite mutual respect and
interest than animosity.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
WOMEN'S ''D|X|E DRIVE
WILL START APRIL |.
Suffrage Campaign to Be Carried to
Thirteen Southern States-Tu
Travel by Motor.

A Dixie drive" is to be started by the
National Woman's Party April /,
through thirteen states which have not
yet been fully organized by the party
and which are the strongholds of the
democratic party. Miss Maud Younger,
woman voter Of California, is to be
in charge of the drive.
Tho Dixie drive" will be conducted
entirely by motor. Mass meetings will
be held in the principal towns and
cities Of all the states visited, and state
conventions Of the newly organized
branches of the woman's party will be
held at all state capitals. The states to
be visited include Virginia, North Caro-
Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, West Vir-
ginia and Maryland.
Organizers Sent Ahead.
In preparation for the southern trip
several organizers have been sent to
the south in advance Of the woman's
party leaders. They include Miss
Vivian Pierce Of California Miss Beulah
Amidon Of North Dakota, Mrs. st. Clair
Stevens of Nebraska, Miss Mabel Yer
non OF Delaware and Miss Lucy Bran
ham of Maryland.
The southern trip will not be con-
cluded until June 8, and while it is
going on Legislative activities and Or
ganization of conferences will continue
in many other parts of the country. 1t
is the purpose, of the National Woman s
Party leaders to have every congress
sional district we'll organized and every
congressman posted by his constituents
as to how he stands in regard to the
federal suffrage amendment by the time
the regular session Of the sixty-fifth
Congress convenes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18
Sir Edmund Walkers Views.

Sir Edmund Walker asserted that
the agreement transformed the lakes
from dividing line between two
embittered peoples into the greatest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-18

Lieut. Col Alexander NJ. Davis,
Quartermaster Corps, is relieved from
duty at Kansas City. Mo-, and will pro-
coed to New York city for duty.