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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

They, however, we're shown into his
room to wait, and there saw upon his
table an abusive and scurrilous type
written letter In German addressed to
the emperor. Then II suddenly dawned
upon them that the affable young man
might be the actual author Of those
Infamous letters, about which all Ber-
lin knew and was talking. It was this
visit which, no doubt. revealed to the
baron the young mans hiding place.
Both mother and daughter, however.
kept their own counsel, met Seeliger
next day, and watched, subsequently
learning, to their surprise, that he was
the son OF General Won Trautmann,
and, further, that he had as a friend
one OF the personal Wallets of the en-
peror, from whom, no doubt, he OBJ
tanned his inside information about
persons at court.
'When his father was arrested we
knew that the young man was living
In Brussels, and at once went there In
order to induce him to come forward,
make confession, and so save the gem
eral from disgrace" said the pretty
girl seated before me. "On arrival we
saw him alone, and told him what we
had discovered In the Rue de Provence,
whereupon he admitted to us that he
had written all the letters, and an
nounced that he intended to return to
Berlin next day and give himself up
to the police in order to secure his
fathers release"
"And why did he not do soT' 1 asked.
Because next morning he was found
dead in his bed In the hotel"
Fearing the emperor's wrath, the
Breltenbachs, like myself, dared not
reveal what they knew-the truth.
which is here set down for the first
time-and. alasi poor General Won
Trautmann died in prison at Mulheim
last year.
Copyright, 1917. William Leoueux.)
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
She Used Her Voice.

The Waldorf-Astoria hotel In New
York has maid with a voice. She
can yell louder than any Comanche on
the warpath. Recently she let loose
her voice and bellhops and porters
rushed to her from all over the big
hosiery. In answer to her cries she
pointed to one of the rooms. There's
LeprOchauns In there" she cried, 'lit.
tie devil men, with bald heads and
whiskers, leaplhg over the bed in yon-
der room." 'Leprochauns," cried al
porter also from the Emerald isle, and
he devoutly. crossed himself. "Lepro-
chauns, indeed" whimpered the maid.
There they are In there. went In
and bless my soul. IL these little devils
did not go leapin' about loolEiu' fOr al
the world like Paddy MeFaddep's two
uncles over in Ballyshanon. Sure, 7
won't go in there again, Job or no Job.
With compressed lips and doughty
manners. the little party of men went
into the room and then, after a sup.,
pressed gasp, they laughed. For gam
boiling about were two tiny marmosets.
pets, are theyl" repeated the maid
"Well. may be they're all right, but
they look like devils Just the same,
and I'll have none of them" =
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

EDITORIAL NOTE. = william Le-
0ucux. who here chronicles for his
frfend, Count Ernst Won Heitzendorfr,
the intter's revelations OF the inner
life Of the imperial German court, has
long been recognised throughout Eu-
rope NJ the possessor of it's fnnermost
secrets.
The English sWho,. Whor says Of
hint "Hc has Intimate KNOWLEDGE OF
the secret service Of Continental coun-
tries and 4. considered by the govern
naent (of Great Brittany nm authority on
such mntterr.v Another authority saysi
stFew people have been more closely ns-
ISOLATED with or know more OF the
pstoundin inner machinery OF Ger
many than he.r
Leaueux probably has more sources
Of secret information at his command
than any contemporary In civil life, and
For the last six years the British Cow
crnment hns made valuable use OF his
vast store Of secret information through
q specially organised department with
which LeQueux works Ms voluntary
assistant.
Count Won HeItxendorn became an In
timntc Of LeQueux several years prior
to the outbreak of the war, he has been
living I'm retirement I'm France since
August, 1914, and II WINS there that Le-
Queux received from the crown princes
late personal adjutnnt permission to
make public these revelations of the
inner lie Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the democracies of the world might
come 20 know the reni, but heretofore
hidden. personalities of the two domi-
nnnt members OF the autocrncy they are
now arrayed against.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
Sudden Change Of Mind.

"Why In the world don't they give ur
their automobile and try to pay some Of
their debtsf" asked the lady who was
always worrying about the Troubles
other people had. -
Probably" her husband replied
"for the same reason that we dOn't
move into an apartment we can AFFORD
Instead Of keeping up this place and
wondering how long we can hyoid go
Ing to smash"
"oh. but 1 despise a man VINO Is
willing to let the world see that he's a
failure, instead Of being brave enough
to keep up appearances, Mt least
Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
Trautmann Affair
Cause Of Trouble

ABE Trautmann, affair was one
which caused a wild sensation
at Potsdam In the autumn of
1912. I became IMPLICATED In II
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04
Not Kneekina AZ All.

II wanted to tsiA to you yesterday"
"why didn't you call me on the
'elephoner
-n wasn't Important enough for ne
q a. q "a thss ssnub'A" $3.50.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04


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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

ALETrER FROM CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJuTANT
TO WILLIAM LEoUEux, PossEssoR THE
SECRETS OF EUROPE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-08-04

I found the Baron Won Steinmetz liv-
Ing In a good-sized house In the Ave
nue. de Neuilly, not far from the bridge.
One Of the cleverest and most astute
officials that Germany possessed. and
a man high In the kaiser's favor. he
had. In the name OF Felix Reumont.
purchased. with government funds OF
course. cinema theater In the Rue
Lafayette. and ostensibly upon the
proceeds OF that establishment lived
comfortably out at Neullly.
At eleven o'clock in the morning his
valet. evidently German, showed me
In.
isI quite understand. my dear Helt-
ssndorff." he said. rs he took from the
empsror's packet the picture Of Frau
leln Elise and stood gazing at II. at
Is quite plain why zoo should bare
esen sent bk ~ 2tegtx:r itx.ls--i
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

cherish her the rest of his life she
consented to second marriage which
was performed during the winter by
Probate Judge ID. w. Happen. More
quarrels followed Immediately after
the marriage and ON January Is
Mrs. Ruthruff states her husband
left her for the second time. For
this reason she has filed the second
suit. Mrs. Ruthruff was sixteen
years old when married the first
time and her husband about twenty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

grades, an entirely insufficient in
crease.
S. During the campaign for the
voting of the bonds carefully ma
tured plan for the development of
the city schools was presented. 1t
proposed three things:
a. The building of a large and
thoroughly modern high school.
b. The establishing of the sew
enth and eighth grades of the city
in the present high school building
as an intermediate school.
c. The using of the Garfield
school for the first six grades now
in it, and for needed modern addi-
tons to our graded school system,
such as kindefgartens, ungraded
rooms, drill and playrooms, grade
manual training rooms, etc
The plan was formed after long
study and years of experience in
the city schools | see no reason to
change 1t. 1t Is thoroughly sympa-
tbetic and in full accord with the
best in modern school practice and
1t provides three graded
schools of six years each; one inter
school Cor junior high
SCHOOL, of two years; one senior
high school of four years. The lat
ter building would be adequate to
the junior college work
Of two more years, provided the
city ever desires to install it in ac-
,ordance with the authority granted
It by the recent session of the leg
stature.
s. Combined graded and high
schools are not supported by the |
pest educational authority. Very few
titles have this form of school and |
'ery few school men advise its use.
small towns that are able to afford
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
CHARGES CAUSE
For. Al DIVORCE SUIT

Charging him with desertion, ne
elect of duty. extreme cruelty and
| false statements concerning her re-
lations with other men, Mrs. Hair
riett Ruthruffl of Harrington has
filed suit for divorce from her hus-
band, Milton Ruthruff
Mrs Ruthruff states in her petit
tion that they were married in Oc-
tober, 1914, and that her husband
feft her about December 81 and re-
fused to support her after that
time. She states that he was insane
~ jealous of her and accused her
wrongly of all sorts of relations
with other men She asks attorney
fees and temporary alimony and
that her maiden name of Harriet
Hankensen be restored
This is the second divorce for
the Ruthruffs. Last fall the husband
was granted a decree by default.
lie made charges Of adultery and
improper conduct against his wife,
and according to her statements in
the petition, she was so Inundated
that she did not oppose the suit
Later, however, when Ruthruff
admitted to his wife that the allie
cations in his petition for divorce
were false and swore to love and
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
WHEN FEELING TIRED
Hoods sarsaparilla Builds Up tho
Whole System-Makes Pure Blood.

That tired feeling that comes to
you in the spring, year after year,
is a sign that your blood lacks vi
taIity, just as pimples, boils and
other eruptions are signs that it is
impure; and it is also sign that
your system is in low or rundown
condition inviting disease. II is a
warning, which it is wise to heed.
Ask your druggist for Hood s.
Sarsaparila. This old standard
tried and true blood medicine re-
lieves that tired feeling. 1t cleanses
the blood, gives new life, new cour-
age, strength and chcerfuness. 1t
makes the rich. red blood that will
make you feel, look, eat and sleep
better.
BE sure to get Hoods, because it
is the best. There is no other COM
bination of roots. barks and herbs
like it-no real substitute for it
no "just-as-good" medicine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
OF

side Light & Power company Of
Abilene.
The celebration at New Cambria
in honor of the new lights We'd
nesday night was notable event
in this small city which has declar-
ed for modern improvements, by its
installation of a complete electric
lighting system. A general invitation
was extended to the neighboring Git
fzens of other towns to join in the
festivities and about one thousand
visitors were present to see the
lights go on and to hear the speech
es and eat of the supper.
At 1880 coal oil lamps dropped
into oblivion as far as the citizens
of New Cambria are concerned and
the new lights from Abilene were
turued on. A visitor said you would
not have known it was the same
town. 1t was so completely trans
formed by the lighting with street
lamps at every corner" The New
Cambria brass band had charge of
the festivities and furnished music
on the street and at the Woodman
hall where a large crowd gathered
to hear the speeches.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
CITIES MAY ASSESS FINES
Second Class Towns Can Duplicate
State Bone Dry Law

Cities of the second class in Kan
sas need not fear that they will be
conflicting with any statute limit
ing their rights to assess fines for
pass bone dry ordinances duplicat-
ing the penalties of the state bone
dry law passed at the recent session
Of the Kansas legislature. For the
legislature took care OF that phase
Of the situation when it passed SEN
ate bill IFS, otherwise the city
supplement" to house bill 432, the
hone dry law itself.
Abilene or any other second class
city is now at liberty to pass a bone
dry ordinance making the possess
sion of liquor within the city limits
punishable by the same fine as that
assessed by the state.
The provision in senate bill IT'S,
providing for this city supplement
reads as follows:
All cities of this state may epaet
and enforce ordinances relating to
possession, receipt, transportation
and delivery of intoxicating liquors,
and prohibiting all acts made I'M
lawful BY house bill 432 of the laws
Of 1917 of this state relating to
Intoxicating liquors and providing
punishment for each violation of
such ordinances by fines of not less
than 500 nor more than $500 and
by Imprisonment for not less than
80 days nor more than six months
and payments of costs and provid-
ing for commitment until such costs
are paid. In prosecutions for viola
ton of such ordinances it shall not
be necessary to describe in the COM
plant the kind OF liquor or the place
where kept or the name OF the per-
son to whom delivered.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

only one school building are forced
to use this type, but almost uni
| yersaily build separate schools as
soon as they are able to do 50. Pu-
pills in the first grades OF the
schools, from 6 to II years OF age,
call for radically different treat
ment in both discipline and instruc-
ton from those in the last years OF
the high school Experience shows
that both can not be cared for sat
isfactorily in the same building.
There must inevitably be some ming
ling OF these two classes OF pupils
in coming and going and on the
Igrounds. No one standard of disci-
Tpline and conduct will apply to all.
The daily programmes of the two
schools differ in time. The high
school is dismissed from regular
school work while the graded school
Is still in session. The closing OF
the high school recitation day is
followed by two hours of the noise
and hustle OF student life in full
blast" There are practice hours for
the orchestra and the glee clubs,
class meetings, pep meetings de-
bates, athletics, gymnasium work,
and other allied forms of school
life. The entire building is resonant
with noise and life. How would this
affect the graded school pupils still
IN session till 4 o'clock?
Z. A combination school must
house from 275 to 900 graded school
pupils and also the entire high
school enrolment. The latter is now
standing at 329 and will probably
be $40 to $50 the coming year. A
com bination school costing $50, 900
according to the plans Of the archi-
tect will be practically full the day
we enter it. Then the cry will again
go up for more school room, and
there will be no way in which to
pIONluc IL
8. am firmly of the opinion
that a com animation school, built as
we would be compelled to build it,
will be unsatisfactory when taken
for high school only. High schools
and graded schools are planned on
different principles of construction
md arrangement. If any one doubts
It. look into our high school and
my of our graded schools ought to
convince him.
9. The superintendent is as
'eady as any one to replace old
with new, but this replac-
ng should proceed with due regard
or the educational efficiency of the
chools. That is what buildings are
or If Garfield is allowed to stand
he pupils remaining in it will have
yer so per cent more space than
S allowed them in the sketch plans
# the combination school, and that
xtra room is needed. We can not .
18th the money we now have build !
ew quarters for more than half the
hildren in the schools. To load the
ond issue with this double task is
o break the whole enterprise down.
he bond issue was meant for new
Ugh school and is adequate for that
purpose. The grades will take over
he present high school building.
}oth elements of the school system
will share in the benefits
w. A. STACEY.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
SUPT. STACEY GIVES FACTS
ON HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION


To the School Patrons: The real
issue in the coming school election
is the proposed wrecking of the
Garfield school to provide site for
the new building This would in
that case necessarily be a combina-
tion school, housing the first six
grades now in Garfield and the reg
ular high school students.
AS superintendent OF the city
schools, Il have steadily opposed
this plan. am strongly convinced
that it is against the best educa-
tional interests OF the city to raze
this building at this time.
Before the people vote on the
question difficult enough to trouble
the board of education for several
months, il seems desirable that some
information touching the issue be
set before the public.
/. There are 10 rooms in the
three graded schools OF the city,
Garfield, Lincoln and Mckinley, in
all Ten of these rooms, and the
largest OF them all, are in the Gar
field school. The proposal to wreck
this school means the destruction
Ct more than half the graded school
space we now have. Amy city should
asx.lr ~ 70 m
such radical measure as this.
2. Garfield school is now heav-
lily crowded and has been for years.
Five OF the ten rooms have an en-
rollment of 80 pupils or more each.
The total enrolment in the build
ing is 473 an average OF ALB pu-
pills per room. No graded school
room should have an enrolment of
over 35 pupils.
g. The fact is, II is entirely too
carly in our school development to
dispense with the Garfield school
The teaching space 1t holds is need
ed and badly needed, and we are
not ready to duplicate it IL 1t is de-
stroyed 1t must be remembered that
we need a large increase in graded
school space as we'll as in high
school space.
4. If the Garfield school is torn
down, it will, in my judgment, be
entirely impossible to duplicate this
space in a combination school with
out depriying the high school stu
dents of their real need. The plans /
submitted by the architect for a
combination school to cost 10000
allot to the high school students
only IA per cent more working
floor space than they now use in
the present building. This would
be eaten up by the increase in en-
rollment in a single year Further
more, the space allotted to the
graded school pupils in these same
plans is only about sc per cent of
the ten rooms in the Garfield. and
is only 8 per cent more than the
space now occupied by the first six
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
MEYR,s;. w0S1 ss |. Remedy
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result from Stomach Trouble. Thou
sands of Stomach Sufferers owe
their complete recovery to Mayr
Wonderful Remedy. Unlike any
other for Stomach Ailments. For
sale by C. e. Northcraft & Co., and
druggists everywhere.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to
be shaken into the shoes and sprink-
led in the foot-bath for hot, tired,
swollen. aching. tender feet. It
makes tight OF new shoes feel easy.
Sold everywhere, 25o. Ask for Al
lens Foot-Ease. Don't accept any
substitute. 12-4wk
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29

For baby's Group, Willie's daily
cuts and bruises. mamma sore
throat. erandma's lameness-Dr.
Thomas Eclectic Oil-the household
remedy. 25c and SOC
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-03-29
ALL NEW CAMBRIA LIGHTED
BY ABILENE ELECTRiCTTl

Every residence, store and hall
in New Cambria is now lfghtsd with
electricity furnished by, the River
The Harrison times., 1917-01-27
Central Avenue M. E. Church.

On next Sunday our new superin-
tendent of the Sunday school, Brother
Louis Keck, will be in his place for
the first time.
e. p Rochester and family who have
recently moved to Colorado has writ
ten for their church letters. They say
Methodism is very strong in that sec
ton of the country. We wish for them
all the happiness and prosperity that
can come through the channels of
Grace
Excavation for our basement has
progressed substantially. We hope to
see this work completed in the near
future.
We have received four members
since conference who will be of much
value to us. There are other Method
lists in town who ought to unite with
the church and help in a more active
way establish the teachings of Jesus
Christ
The Harrison times., 1917-01-27
SPRADLING ACQUITTED
FORMER HARRISON MAN.

The trial of Newton c. Spradliug
at Fort Smith last week ended on
Saturday with an acquittal Sprad-
ling was a former citizen of Harrison,
but went to Fort Smith to take charge
as guager of the distillery which later
on becameaone of the greatest moon
shine products in the history OF the
country. In the winter Of 1914 the
operators of this distillery advised the
internal revenue agents that they had
ceased business. The department
placed its seals upon the machinery
and plant and presumed the distillery
to be inactive. However, the govern
ment alleges the moonshiners resumed
the manufacture Of whiskey there
without advising the proper officials,
new and modern equipment being sub
stituted for the previous machinery.
The old still Of $50 gallons capacity
was increased, it was charged, and the
numerous watts connected with sewers
to the Arkansas river, near by, so
that they might be emptied in few
minutes in case discovery threatened.
Thousands Of gallons of whiskey were
manufactured and sold withou, the
payment of government tax, thus de-
frauding the government of vast sums.
Guager Spradling, however, proved
to the satisfaction of the jury that he
was not criminally involved in the
great swindle. He is now a merchant
at Aurora Mo.
Ike Stapleton, Breck Robinson, John
Coffman and Fayette Christian OF Har-
rison were witnesses in the case, hav-
ing been summoned as character wit
nesses in behalf of Spradling.
The Harrison times., 1917-01-27
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED.

Rev. l.. A. Robertson, general mis-
sionary of hte Baptist State Conven
ton, announces the following Sunday
School Institutes for North Arkansas
during the coming month:
Grand View, Thursday and Friday,
March l and 2.
Urbanette, Saturday, March 3.
Oak Grove, Sunday and Monday,
March A and 5.
Blue Eye, Tuesday and Wednesday,
March and 7.
Carroll County Association-Hope-
we'll, Thursday and Friday, March s
and 8.
Bellefonte, Saturday and Sunday,
March 10 and H.
Crooked Greek Association--Settle-
ment, Monday and Tuesday, March u
and IS.
Peedee Associaton-Sidon, Wednes-
day and Thursday, March IA and Is.
Little Red River Association-Wes
Batesyille, Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, March 1G, II and IS.
independence Association -- Calico
Rock, Sunday and Monday, March IS
and 10.
Rocky Bayo Association-Mt View,
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 90
and 81.
Blue Mountain Association-Cott
Thursday and Friday, March % and 23
Mountain Home, Saturday and Sun.
day, March "A and 25
White River Association From the
26 to 81 to be arranged by Rev. A. NJ.
Grain.
Rev. A. l.. Hulick and wife Rev.
L, A. Robertson, Rev. }. S. Rogers.
Rev w. S. Wiley and others are to
participate in these meetings. d,
The Harrison times., 1917-01-27
Indicates Blende.
THE JAsPER-HARRIsoN ROAD.

The Jasper Herald says that at
second meeting of the Newton County
Road Improvement Association, held
in Jasper on last Monday, after dis
cussing a proposition to build road
to the bridge at the mouth of Big
Creek, and appointing a committee to
act on it, the proposition for immedi-
ate relief in getting across Big Buff
falo between Jasper and Harrison was
taken up.
The meeting decided to raise the
money necessary to supplement what
volunteer labor would be given and
the work on that portion of the road
will be begun at once and completed
by the time the bridge is open for
traffic.