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New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

From the case Of John T, Adams,
of Iowa, who remains as viee-ehair-
man Of the Republican national COM
mittee, may be learned the lesson
that it pays to guard onea uttsranees,
Because of the pro- German letters
and papers which he wrote and pub
lished he lost the opportunity OF be-
coming chairman Of tho committee,
The Republican party could not af=
ford to give him this honor because
of the attack that would naturally be
made by the Dem ocrats In the next
national campaign. Even Ia his
present position Mr. Adams will be
used as a target, in tho event the
Republicans dig out some Dem eeFat
who steps off tho straight and MARI
row line. What tho vice-ehairma1
said and wrote was ali done before
Americas entrance into tho war.
And, for that reason, should not be
too readily held against him. None
theless, his sentiments at that time
were so we'll forced upon the pubiie's
attention that they Will not Eeen ae
forgotten. What will be forgotten is
the time he said them. Words, like
chickens, som etimes come home to
roost.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
BOLO PASTA

Bolo Pasha's conviction by court
martial, and sentence to death as
Ntraitor, is the first great blow struck
against Boloism, a form of German
propaganda operating the world over.
aThe evidence in Bolo's case was large
ly circurnstantial. For that reason
there are many who believe the SELL
#tence was arrived at too hastily
4 Esp ecia1ly since the trial was pressed
Il wtthin the sphere Of ten days and the
verdict given after only fifteen min
@utes' denberation by the jury, France
Ahowever, is in an ugly mood And the
Clemenceau Government is not to be
lNtr1fied with, especially by anyone
8seemfngly traitorious to his own coun-
Try. Bolo Pasha, whose name has
n contured the world, must die
From this distance it is not easy to
Saget true value of the Bolo case,
Especially since the evidence present.
@ed was of such bulk and technique to
8baffle even the men trying the case.
NO less than four thousand separate
documents were presented, some of
(which contained several hundred
Npages. The report of the American
State Department figured largely in
8 he files and will serve to take away
some of the doubt; that especially
(which precludes Bolo as having been
60 Rr>lJ5t
United States Government has no rea-
son for even helping to send an inno-
tent man to his death. The Bolo
fund, traced through the Deutscne
Bank of Berlin, through several New
~ ork CITY banks, and then to France,
was largely instrumental in sending
Mpasha. 10 his ignoulinious fate. One
81 fem in this fund,-s1, 500, OOO-was
N ,sed to purchase a Partisan newspa-
60 with which to influence public
&bUinion in France against the conduct
~ the war with Germany.
81 The propaganda resorted to by the
NH German agents in this country is the
| elf-same style of intrigue and dis
honesty charged to Boloism. Com
III lotting in Berlin, the master minds OF
|aM his conspiracy wove their web SO
~ arge that it covered almost the entire
world outside of Germany. Boloism,
% course, was but one of many diff
@ erent branches of the work. The gen
@ raj German spy system embraced this
diplomatic intrigue were the salient
eatures Of it all. America knew 1t
pefore its entrance into the war, and
liter The wielders of the frebrand
Ind the brandishers of the torch were
he conspicuous figures opera tine
Aa acre, outside the German embassy.
N So, if Bolo Pasha must pay the Sc
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
BOY, PAGE MR.. WILSON.
Here's a Man With Leg Trouble Who
Would Like to See the President,
(Topeka CapitaD.

(IOpeka l;ap1tal).
Arthur Moore, young negro far.
mer, who lives south of the city OF
Topeka, KS, spent some time in the
Court House recently, looking for
Mr.. Wilson," and it finally developed
that he was in search of President
Woodrow Wilson.
Moore, who is unmarried, was given
Glass l by the draft boards, and ap-
pealed. Later he got notification
that the district board had sustained
the classification and he was still in
Glass l, so he came down to the
Court House to see how bout if -
First he went to George Kline, who
helped him with his QUESTIONABLE.
and after looking at the notice from
the district board said:
THE only thing you can do now
is to take it to Woodrow Wilson,"
Moore thanked him for the infor-
nation and then went up stairs to
the draft board office, where he asked
George Allen, clerk, if he might be
Mr., Wilson. Mr.. Allen admitted that
he was not Then Moore explained
that he had appealed, but that the
other board didn't seem to under
stand it.
ION what grounds did YOU an
peal?' asked Mr.. Allen.
ON the grounds that I got leg
trouble,' replied the candidate for
peaceful pursuits. He explained that
his leg trouble was not rheuma-
tlsm, but something that ran in the
family, and he couldn't stand IN
very long at time, He demon
strated by sinking into convenient
chair.
4 got exempted the first time
count Of leg trouble he said. land
then [ only had leg trouble in one
leg. Now I got it in both legs"
Mr.. Allen unkindly suggested that
the trouble might be "black Leg an,
an unfeeling visitor added that the
Germans might be able to make the
legs work like new. Finally he was
told that he would have to apnear
hofore the examining board ANYWAY
out If his leg trouble was serious he
might be exempted again. This
seemed to cheer him up, and his leg
trouble was not 50 noticeable wban
he went away as it was when he
came in.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
"NOBODY CARES"
1t is a Cruel Old World, Indeed, For
Those Raised In the Lap

(Detroit NewS).

(b6LIOlk NSWS)
The Wall Street Journal is Of the
opinion that government ownership
or control of railroads is not finding
favor. 1t has taken the trouble to
interview "a prominent steel manu-
facturer," and from him quotes the
following pathetic incident:
Yesterday" said the steel man, IT
rode from Boston to New York with
an important New England ma-nufac-
turer. The car was cold and he was
bundled in fur coat. The trip was
long, with many stops and waits.
Finally, as we neared New York, he
said: I do not mind very much the
car being cold; I am we'll protected.
The delay is not serious; L have
plenty of time. But what [ do not
like is that nobody cares
THAT is it, you see. When the
government controls, nobody cares
.how the public is treated. 1t is just
the same to the officials and to the
train employees whether you travel or
stay at home"
The contemplation of this fur-clad
steel magnate, riding on slow train
should move to tears. He has been &C
customed. when railroads were run
WlUn proper TeCCSIllL1ol1 Va dodilCy, "
be whirled across the country in his
private palace car, for which all
trains serving the common people
were duly sidetracked. Behold now,
the autocratic hand of the govern
ment descends upon the transporta-
ton systems and our friend from Wall
street finds himself shunted in among
the ragweed and cinder piles to per
r>,j+ and fra in loads of food
to beat him in.
All. a changed world have we!
And nobody cares. That is the
Notwithstanding feature of it. He
could endure the cold. The north
winds tooth is far less sharp to a
man in a big fur coat than mans in
gratitude But to have your own
railroads turn against you-railroads
that you have brought up by hand
and fed out of a bottle, as it were,
railroads that you have nourished
and articulated and inflated and bus
ticated and resuscitated again and
again---the very thought is enough to
flush the well-worn pavem ent of Wall
street with tears.
Once it was not so. Then the
long, full vestibuled, palatial trains,
equipped to carry a few people in all
the comfort which their winnings in
Wall street made possible took prece-
dence over all other forms of trans
portation. And as they rode thus in
luxury, these gentlemen from Wall
street planned to make new railroads
or to un1nake those existing. It was
a diverting occupation.
But the cruel war came and put an
end to it all, The government be-
came the largest customer of the rail-
roads 1t is desired to ship imme-
diately large stores Of supplies and
to transmit large numbers of men,
It found that the railroads had some
cars, and a few engines in tolerable
repair. but these were details that
had received little attention by the
gentlemen in preferred trains and
making and unmaking railroads.
For six months and more, the gov
eminent tried to prepare for war
with the privately owned railroad
chaos. AS it demanded more ana
more of legitimate service, the gen
tlemen in fur coats threw up their
hands and implored the government
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
Bill Kaiser,

From Eurpno .ee@ee the startling
news
That near city of the Jews
The great and mighty Kaiser Rin
Has built palace On hill,
Where, after licking everything,
He hoped to reign a worldwide king;
Bill thought 'twaa easy to whip the
Until Old Glory was unfur1ed
This unexpected Yankee trick
Has made Bill Kaiser very sick,
And, notwithstanding his spizzeri1ls-
tum.
He lett the front that he might think
some;
That's right, Bill, Just think and think.
And may you never sleep a wink
Until your mind is fully made
To abandon your worldwide escapadet
For in your palace you may dwell,
Not as a king, but In a cell:
In fact. your fate no one can tell
You may not stop this side of he'll.
u. 3. DARND,
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

to take over their mism anaged prop
erty.
And now, after the month of gov
eminent control, Wall street is Of the
opinion that the new system will not
find favor. But the great mass of the
common people who want coal and
food have not yet been heard from.
1t may be that they will favor sys-
tenn that sdetracks the Pullmans for
the coal trains and straightens out
the tangle into which private owner
ship has brought the transportation
system of the country. It may be.
This rs a cruel world.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

lock. Suppose $50 pounds of SIN ol1e-
! less powder are showed in for the next
shot Suppose the red-hot plug is
, swung home and stops the powder.
Before il locks the whole mass may
ignite. And the only possible advan-
tage that can come out of such care
lessness is the afternoon off you may
get while burying the ashes of your
Shlpmates who were in that turret-
Safety orders say "SPONGE." And.
! believe me, we SPONGE!
Then there's the bareback dan
ger, gases left in the bore after the
discharge. From which arises the
custom of having the gun captain sing
out Bore Clear" before the next
powder comes up. Sometimes pieces
of burning bags remain in the tube
! Then must the bore-spOngc be used
And even after the gun is loaded,
every precaution is taken to guard it
until the breech is closed tight. E1ec-
trio connections are broken, primers
kept out (these are the little fulnin-
ate cartridges which set off the big
bags), and the firing key kept open.
In smaller guns. firing fixed ammu-
nition it is forbidden to use force
when the shell case sticks. Ordinar-
! lily it would be safe almost to hammer
on the cartridge to jam it in. But one
sensitive cartridge may massacre the
whole gang manning the piece.
If a pointer pulls his trigger and
the gun doesn't go off that is called
miss-fre. If in a few moments the
explosion comes, indicating that the
powder was burning slowly I'll the
time, the technical expression is
"hang-fire." Since Il miss-fire may al
ways be a hang-fre the gun must he
left closed and not touched for at
least 80 minutes which is considered
a safe interval. OF course attempts
may be made to fire the gun by using
another electric circuit, or by concus-
sion (striking the firing pin), and oy
putting in another primer.
The stop-it-tive safety orders are
intended to guide men after Hell mas
busted loose" For instance. when
Hare backs or explosions occur at the
gun all powder must be damned back
into it's tanks All magazines must be
shut Fire hoses already led out at
the beginning of the battle, must be
turned on Gas masks are got out
and preparations made for escape if
necessary.
There are over 200 safety orders.
No more important set of commands
exists in the Fleet. No day passes
without some drill and instru ctions
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

The suspension of voorhees, Mon
days has begun. That is something:
Soon they will be an unpleasant III en-
ory:--NeW HaFen Journal-Ceufier:
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
Economy.
Life).

You must be crazy, Isabel. Tvs
asked you repeatedly to be econom,
ical, and yet you go and order thu
most expensive fur coat in the shop.S
We'll, I don't mind being econom4
ical but I do object to looking aco-
nomicai."
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
including them. And the result

including them. And the result is
safety.
Are not health, happiness, success,
and even wealth, kinds of ethical and
spiritual safety? Grant me that, and
don't you think we should all do well
to provide ourselves with Safety Or
ders-and memorize them word for
word, letter for letter?
Ask any big man. He does it.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
FACTS AND FANCTES.

Maj OIberg of the German gen.
eFal staff announces that the Germans
are about to hit the French front and
remarks "Ged Help Albion.'' Did the
Kaiser give him authority to lend God
to the French?
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

One reason why we are not very
popular at a party Is because we
wish to discuss socialism when the
others want to play HeaVy-Heavy-
Ovpr-Y curl lead. Dallas Morning
News.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

Are the Bolsheviki waFing?"
a4sks a. contemporary: Probably in
the region of the belt. They have
everything to eat now in Petreglaa,
but feod.-New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

Robert" said Mr.. White to b;s
young son, "didn't you promise mo
You wouldn't disobey again o-d
didn't I say I'd whip you if Won did o"
YES, dad" replied the voungster
but as I didn't keep my promise
won't mold you to yours. New York
Evening Post
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

With Russia out of the war, The
peaee-}oving Belshevaki eau now de-
vote their entire time to the humane
work of numbering the F1nns--Nsw
York WaFld.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

Ne reader of Secretary Bahef's
weekly review Of the war can escape
the belief that Germeny's delay In
starting an offensive on The western
front is causing Mr.. Baker consider
able vexation4---New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

In retiring from the Versailles con-
ference, Gener1 Caderna very truly
observes, ut Is becoming more ord
more indispensable that the problems
of the war BIG evnsid Tered as q whole
Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

The whole great problem Of win
ning the war rests primarily on one
thing; the loyalty and sacrifice Of the
,N'oerican people in the matter of
food. "-Hooyer
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15


service and Ahe work started with full
steam ahea&." The consequence
seems to be Nhat time ana money
were wasted, workmen were handi-
CAPPED with lack of equipment, and
general aIl-around carelessness and
extravaganza set up where efficiency
alone should reign. The international
CORPORATION, for this magnanimous
service. was to receive the munificent
sum Of s6,O00,00Q This for services
rendered."
Looking over the roster Of the
American International Corporation,
the president of which is Charles A.
Stone, we find on the list Of direc-
tors the names Of such men as
Frank A. Vanderlip, J. Ogden Armour,
Theodore n Vail, James A. Stillman,
Robert S. Lovett, Percy A. Rockefel-
Ter and Otto H. Kahn. Occupying
such positions, these men must natur-
ally bear some part of the fespon-
sibility that attaches itself to the
H.
have closed their desks in the world
of finance and big business and have
given their time and attention to gov
ernmental matters, receiving in return
salaries of one dollar a year. The
Federal Government has often been
criticized for not placing business men
at the heads Of Its various depart
ments. Unless some Of these giants
can explain away the stigma growing
out of the Hog Island episode, the
people Of the nation Will soon have
ideas of their own about business men
conducting affairs of state and nation
There is a lot Of debris to be carried
away.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

The "TeFnmies'' consume s,e00.-
900 jars Of jam a week, but let us try
10 give our ''Sammies'' plenty of
meat. It stands to reason that man
can fight better on a meat than b jam
diet+-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

The severity OF the local closing
order will be better understood and
appreciated when it is generally
known that it is Impossible to gst an
Ice cream soda after o'clock Ia the
evening Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

We hope that those Germans be-
tween the Italians and the mountains
are enjoying the flue winter weather.
Horse steak with Enewball gravy isn't
bad If fried right Paterson Press
Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

A Thrift Stamp day puts quarter
away.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17

Mr.. Sherman Snapp, formerly of
Paris, who had his registration trans
ferred from the Bourbon county draft
to California, has, received notice to
report at Fresno, Cali, on or before
May Is, with the quote from that
section for army service. Mr.. Snapp
has been on the Pacific coast for sew
eral years as manager of a crew Of
solicitors for the Royal Baking
Powder Co. He is a son of Mrs.
Alice Snapp, of Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
MASS-MEETING OF COLORED CIT
IZENS IN RED CROSS WORK

F. M. Wood, chairman of the COM
mittee for Red Cross work for Bour-
bon county among colored people, is
calling mass-meeting at st. Paul
M. E. church Sunday at $3.50 o. m.
At this meeting every man, wo-
man and child are expected to give
literally to the Red Cross fund for
the work of mercy among the SOL
diers in the United States Army.
Both cash and pledges will be taken
next Sunday and Monday.
A house to house canvass will
reach those who do not have the op-
portunity of attending the Sunday
meeting.
F. NJ. Wood spoke to the Red Cross
Society at Millersburg, Wednesday
last, after which donation of fifty
dollars was taken and at the same
time they pledged themselves to raise
one hundred and fifty dollars during
this Red Cross Drive.
All eyes are now turned toward the
cOlOred citizens of Paris to see how
well they will perform this urgent
duty for their sons who are sacrifice
ing their lives for a worldwide De-
mOcracy.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
FIFTEEN LEAVE MAY % FOR
CAMP TAYLOR.

The Bourbon County Board of EX-
emption has sent official notifications
to eighteen draftees embraced in the
recent call, to appear before them at
the court house on May 20, ready to
leave for Camp Taylor, near Louis
vile, at 7:35 p. m, on the following
day, Wednesday, May 20. The first
fifteen men named in the list will go
while the last three will be substi-
tutes. The men who will enter the
service are:
Harry Leach, Thos. McVay, Cleve
Lewis, Mike Shannon, Leland Hudson
Barnes, ]. Scott Woodford, Lloyd
Lanter, Lee Grimes, James Lot Banta,
Richard English, Andrew j. Turney,
Alva NJ. Barnett, Walter Hobert Case,
Harold Urmston Shropshire, Martin
Steven Glenn, Walter Brown Crump,
Thos. Leslie Cummins, Otis Coldiron.
The Board received yesterday the
following official order from the War
Department, which is about as strin-
gent as could be made:
''This call completes the call for
white men in the second quota, and
therefore no local Board will defer
the call of registrants whose order
number is within this quota on &C
count of being engaged in the Guilt
walton of a crop, as provided in Bull
letin No. Ga. No registrant can be
deferred IN THIS CALL UNDER
ANY CONSIDERATION"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
BROTHERS IN LAW QUARREL,
WITH FATAL RESULTS

In the hearing in County Court be-
fore County Judge George Batterton.
of Clifton Griggs, charged with kill
Ing his brother-in-law, Charles Cur,
tbs, with brick, a verdict of ac-
qu1ttal was rendered, the evidence
showing Curtis the aggressor, and
that Griggs clearly acted in seIf-de-
Tense. Griggs was discharged from
custody.
According to the testimony adduct-
ed at the trial Curtis came to the
Griggs home, while intoxicated, and
became very abusive. Mrs. Griggs
threatened to call officers, which in
furiated Curtis still more. He drew q
knife and started toward Griggs, who
backing away from him picked up a
brick and struck Curtis on the head.
Sheriff VIM. G. McClintock and
Deputies James Gibson and j. o.
Marshall were called and went to the
Griggs home in an automobile. Curtis
was brought in the machine to the
Paris Jail, and later to the Massie
Memorial Hospital, where he linger-
ed in an unconscious condition until
death came. An investigation by
physicians revealed the cause of death
as blood clot on the brain, caused
by the blow.
Upon learning of Curtis death a
warrant was sworn out for Griggs'
arrest. He surrendered himself vol
UNFAIRLY, and at the trial was ac-
quilted.
The body of Curtis was removed to
the home of his father, Mr. e. C. Cur
tbs, in East Paris. The funeral was
held from the residence at nine
, o'clock Wednesday morning, with
services conducted by Rev. w. e.
Ellis. The interment took place In
the Pine Grove Cemetery, in Clark
county.
The victim was twenty-eight years
old. He is survived by his parents,
four sisters, Mrs. Clifton Griggs, of
Stony Point; Mrs. Herbert Weaver,
of Knoxville, Tenn; Mrs. C. Sharpe
and Mrs. r. G. McMichael, of Lex
! ington, and five half sisters, Misses
Nettie, Ethel, Jessie, LOrine and
| Louise Curtis.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17

Mr.; and Mrs. Percy. Adair, Of
near Paris, have received a letter
from their son, Allan: Adair, who Is
now a member OF the American ,Expe-
dictionary Force in France. Young
Adairf IS Corporal in the service,
being In Co. C.. 18th Engineers Bat
talon; The letter was written from
/. Somewhere in France" Corporal
Adatr stated that he was well. and
not a bit homesick, and the fact that
he was thousands OF miles away from
the old Bluegrass only made him the
more eager and determined to fight to
q finish to win the war so as to re-
turn to civilization again.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-17
VOLUME XXXVII
BE PREPARED FOR THE BIG RED
CROSS DRIVE.

The stage is all set, and the actors
all know their parts in the big Red
Cross campaign, which is to occupy
the boards in the State all next week,
from Monday, May 20, to May 81. In
Paris and the county it is planned to
make ''one-day drive" for various
reasons, the principal one being that,
as this is the busy season of the
year with the farmers, the soliciting
committees do not want to incon-
venience them by taking up more of
their time than necessary.
The campaign will be opened with
the big mass-meeting at the Paris
Grand Opera House, on Sunday after
noon at three o'clock, the program of
which has been announced in the
Paris papers. Col. John r. Allen, of
Lexington, a speaker of more than
local reputation, will be the principal
speaker of the day. The meeting will
be presided over by Mr.. John B.
Downing, of Lexington. Music for
the occasion will be rendered by the
Boys Band from the /. o. o. F. Home
at Lexington, and the Community
Chorus of this city.
It is the desire of County Chair
man James Caldwell, who has been
hard at work day and night to make
the drive a success, that everybody
come prepared to make their subscrip-
lions at this meeting. There is no
way to dodge the issue, and all who
are not seen on Sunday, will be found
on Monday. Not soul will be over
looked, and the members of the So
Letting committee will be sure to call
on you and on your neighbors. So
be prepared for the inevitable.
Make the work Of the committees as
light as possible. You yourself can
realize what a vast amount of work
will be entailed in seeing personally
all the people in certain locality.
So help them out by being ready
with your contribution at the mass
meeting Sunday afternoon.
The following is list of the So
liciting teams and their captains in
each precinct in the city and county.
They will be right on the job all the
time, and they want it borne in upon
the people of the city and county
that there will be no such thing as
getting away from them:
Paris No. IF. P. Lowry and Dr..
M. H. Daley, Captains, and Wood
ford Spears, Thos. Kiser, Harry Kers-
lake, Walter Payne, Frank M. Clay,
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