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The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
PRESIDENT EAYORS
FREEDOM Of SEAS
AN AGREEMENT MUST ALSO IN
cLUDE UNION OF NATIONS,
Ne SAYS.
WOULD MAKE PEACE SECURE
Wilson in England to Further Plans
Took Christmas Dinner With Our.
Troops-Will Return TO France
New Years Day.

Paris.-The presidents first week in
France finds the preliminary situation
surrounding the peace conference fair
ly well developed toward the point
where, according to the presidents
expressed view. it will be worth while
for the United States to participate.
The presidents conferences with the
French and Italian statesmen have
served to emphasize that he considers
a treaty Of peace not enough, but that
the general agreement to be made
among the nations must include sat
isfactory settlement Of the question
of freedom of the seas and q, league Of
nations. .,,-s Pal f.s .,.. g.....sE.
The president now goes to England
to continue the discussions there along
the same lines as those he had with
the representatives of France and
Italy, which the presidents advisers
describe as having been satisfactory.
TIE definite announcement Of Pres
ident Wilson's plans covering the Pc
riod from Christmas eve to New Years
eve, including Christmas dinner with
the troops near Chaumont, the presi-
dents. trip to England and meeting
with Premier Lloyd George and his
return to France on New Years. has
served somewhat to clarity the precon-
ference situation.
70 Arrange for Conference.
Continental Europe makes much Of
the Yuleude; 80, in the absence OF
President Wilson and others closely
identified with the war settlement
and because of many holiday social
functions engaging the Americans. II
is not likely that there will be political
or peace developments Of note. The
week will be devoted principally tc
perfecting the machinery Of the con
ference. 80. .ts -s..
The inclusion of a visit to Man
chester makes an important change In
the presidential program, as Manches
ter is an industrial center. There hi
would be brought into contact with
the labor classes.
President Visits Wounded.
President Wilson Sunday visited the
Red Cross hospital at Neuilly. where
he shook hands individually and talked
with 1900 badly wounded Americans
for the most part survivors of thu
Chateau Thierry action. He spen
more than four hours in the hospital
visiting every ward and stopping a
every bedside. Later he visited thu
French hospital Val de Grace.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Germany's Cabinet o. X.

The revolutionary parliament, that
adjourned Saturday, gave the cabinet
the fullest authority to manage affairs.
The prestige of Chancellor Friedrich
Ebert and Philip Scheidemann has
been greatly enhanced by the ap-
pointment of a national central ex-
ecutive committee of q soldiers and
workmen. comprised wholly of major
ity socialists.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Are DemobiIizina Fast.

Total rehabilitation on December
IA had reached 29,9O3 officers and
18S,562 men. The chief of staff said
more than 100000 men have been as
signed for early rehabilitation, in
cluding $1,000 divisional troops, $4,000
engineers and 10000 men of the mill
tary aeronautics division.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Auto Firms Get Aid.

Washington, D. C.-Through agree
ments with representatives of the au-
tomobile industry the war depart
ment's surplus stocks Of automobiles
and trucks will be taken up by the
industry itself and not placed on the
market except in that way.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
SUMMARY OF THE
WORLDS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS or eorH HEMl.
sPHeREs BOILED DOWN TO
LAST kIs8GVssa
ARhNeEO foR QUICK READiNG
edsf Nosss csssftne H4ppeni9ae Ia
This Country and Abroad That
Are u lsdltn1mmaats inters.s
to All the Psspie.

,,oS bssss's sssSssstss sss ssss s!sEsBp t's'''
T@ msnibssasshtt roff Of tie Amer.
icaSed cBeas stood at 100000 q On
Decsmber a..
Rsxal. the capital of Esthonia, sit
uate on the gulf Of Finland. has been
evacuated by the Germans.
Maximum prices on coal and zone
regulations on fuel shipments viii not
be removed before February 1.
Fiye hundred thousand Italians lost
theiE lives in tie Eaf, Of this num-
ber 100000 were kiiled In action. -
ivy first old-fashioned English
Christmas in five years, with more
thar old fashioned enthusiasm, Is on
over ali England.
Ge1eral Pershing has reached ad-
vanced American headquarters at
Treyes. ON his first visit to German
soil. He was at Coblenz Monday.
usaeresa is asia to appropriate
. a. aS7' 500 al 6A6eion 81. bostoffice
buildings III f2S cftles. CONSTRUCTION q
which was postponed during the war
Tsiephone and telegraph lines rs,
co1Sderable stretches in q territory 81
miles ride asa tnD miles Ilss.,sl lons vsr. e!,
wrecked IN tie recent storm in Sout}
Dakota
President. Wilson aud the allied lead
ers have been appealed to by repre-
sentatives of 100000 Greeks In thi
country to insist at the peace confer
ence upon the freedom Of the Greek
everywhere. fa.'.. '''', ..''..
Instead Of. the. 2seo. o. .QQ9 r tons ,s, Of shiI II
ping demanded OF Germany by the a!
lies to carry out the provisioning o
that country mentioned in the armis
tiSe. the German authorities win b
able to collect only 100000 tons.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Oldest Living Woman.

The oldest living woman in the
world, so far as is known, lives in
Posen. She is 134 years Of age, and
her birth Is substantiated by records.
She was a young woman when Napo.
lean swept over Europe.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Russian Casualties Heavy.

Russia's war casualties total $780,,
900 men, according to a telegram re-
ceived here today from Petrograd. OF
this number 100000 were killed. The
disabled men number 100000, while
$500, 900 other soldiers were wounded
The Russians taken prisoner total q,
SOC, 900.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
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NOTED PERSONS DIE

Lee r. Barkley. former champion
professional trapshAooter Of the north
west. committed suicide at Elk Basin.
Wyo. g..
ChicagD.-Professor George Burman
Foster. professor of philosophy of re-
1igion at the University of Chicago
since 1906.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Huns Restore Gold to Belaium.

brussels.-German representatives
have brought here from Cologne $780,
100000 marks in gold, which is being
restored by Germany to Belgium. The
armistice with Germany provided for
the return of the cash deposit of the
National bank Of Belgium, which was
removed by the Germans.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Chief of Air Service.

Appointment of Major General C..
T. Menoher, who commanded the 42d
,(Rainbow) division in France, as di-
rector of air service. succeeding John
d. Ryan, is announced.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
BELGIUM HAS FAITH IN v. S.

Expects Big Help in Industry and
Trade-Germans still Hope.
St. Louis.-E. De Cartier de March
ienne, Belgian minister to the United
States, speaking recently before the
commercial club, declared that with
Belgium despoiled by the Germans and
their factories ruined Belgium faced
the future and reconstruction with the
same spirit that it faced the German
hordes and that Belgium did not IN.
tend to become a public charge upon
the charity OF the world. He declar-
ed Belgium looked to America, not for
acts Of charity, but brotherly help
in industry and trade.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Former Kaiser Improves.

Amerongen, Holland.-Former EN-
peror William. who had been i'll dur.
ing all the past week, was able to walk
about the castle grounds Sunday.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
BIG TASK FOR OUR RAILROADS.
Will Garry 7,25o,ooo Soldiers As Re-
suit of Demobilization.

Washington, D. C.-Demobilization
of the army will place upon the rail-
roads of the country the task, Of car
ryinA approximately 7,250,o00, accord,
ing to estimates. This includes the
transportation of both the expedition
airy and home. forces to- the camps
where they are to be mustered out and
then to their homes.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27

Traffic Cop-Come on! What's the
matter with you?
Truck Driver-Tm we'll, thanks, but
me engines dead.-Buffalo Express.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
Milo Piper Suicides.

Muskegon, Mich.-Milo H. Piper,
charged with the murder of Frieda
Weichman of Chicago, committed sui.
eide in his cell In the county Jail.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
nerve or boobies
Police Display ThOrOlIghness
That AstcniSheS C0IOniaIS.
London of Today a Marvel, Forming
One of the Most important War
Centers OF Entire World.

A Rhodesian who has arrived IN
England to "jOin up after service in
the three campaigns undertaken by
the South Africans, assures me OF his
establishment at the tact and thor
oughness exhibited in the daily work
Of military police, 50. writer Ill
Westminster Gazette. The London of
today is, indeed, never"e.. ing mar
vel to the colonial soldier. 1t i'rmS
one of the most important mi tary
ccnters Of the world. II is Inhabited
by n floating population drawn from
one of the most cosmopolitan arnie
in HISTORIAN army, too, that is in no
way remarkable for the genteness OF
ifs fighting methods when the games
afoot. Yet as my South African
friend phrased it, 1.-THE whole mob
goes about on its business and its
pleasures like q small flock OF con
tented sheep with a couple of we'll
trained dogs behind Them"
Things were not always managed
that way in the early days of the
forces raised by the dOminions in the
first wear of war. My informant Illus
trates the contrast with an incident
that came under his notice while his
regiment lay intrenched ut SwakOp
mund during the German South
vest" campaign. One morning tho
men of the Union advanced posts saw
appronching them from the deser
three living skeletons, who staggered
like drunken men rs they grope'
their way blindly through the fur
mace of sand. A comrade lay help
less n mile or 50 behind, too far gon
10 walk. He was brought in Later
unconscious, but still alive. The fou
hcroes-captives in the hands Of tn
lEun-had preferred the chances o
death TO the grim certainty of n crue
and CALLING captivity, and had mar
aged to escape From their jailers III
der cover of darkness. Practical
without food and. for the most par
without water they had travele
some hundreds of miles-from on
end of the vast territory to IL
other. Almost naked, the ice-col
winds of night had crippled them, hun
ger had robbed them Of the
strength, and thirst had all but drive
them to madness. They had escape
"by the skin Of their teeth" fro
both vengeful Hun and proving Ito
And an oficlous military policemi
greeted them on their arrival In Il
, British lines with the order that The
were not to lolter in the streets
the town.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
NO MIDDLE CLASS IN CHINA
Display of Only Most Expensive and
Cheapest Merchandise in Stores
Proves the Fact.

An observ0nt traveller in China will
not fail to notice when purchasing ar
ticles Of daily necessity that there are
only two classes of articles-the most
expensive and elaborate and the cheap
est and crudest. This is but proof
of the absence of middle class, says
East and West News.
A fox fur gown worth a thousand
dollars or a giant herb valued at Il
hundred dollars il not at all uncol-
nor in China, but practical and we'll
made articles that would be wei
coined by middle-class men are hardly
obt0inable. Those who admire Chi
nose handicrafts as achievements be
yond the power of Japanese artisans
do so because they have only seen ar
tcles intended for upper-cass custom
ers willing to spend countless dollars
upon luXuries. Those, on the othoi
hand. who declare Chinese artisans
hopelessly crude. are men who have
seen only the cheap articles intended
for the masses.
japanese who Judge the ancient arts
mad industries of China by the best
productions Of the Han, Tang, Sung
Yuan, Ming and Ching dynastics tlmt
have been preserved here, forget that
crude articles of common use have
never crossed the sea of Japan and
that only articles of the best Kind
came here as merchandise during the
many centuries of commercial inter
course between the two countries.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Work and the Busy World.

Are you one of the persons who e.
not work in n crowd? If you are, y
are a most unfortunate person, for
is a fact that in this busy age most @
us have to learn to do our wori
wherever we may happen 10 he. h +
aldom that we find It possible TO worl
in seclusion shut away from the nols,
and rush Of business, observes an ELI
cheney engineer.
Most large business concerns are
bechlves of activity. Unless one crn
find 1t possible TO concentrate on the
work in hand, even in the midst of
confusion, it is plain to see that much
time will be lost and much energy
wasted in this rushing world, where
each one faces many duties in many
lines Of activity.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
PHILOSOPHY OF. MAIN CHANCE
Lonely Bachelor Realizes Mistake in
Not Welcoming Both Joy and
Sorrow Into His Life.

] read story in current magazine
today. And after / read certain
part of it l laid the magazine down,
and / too, looked far away. But l
looked past the printed page into II
damp, dimly lighted trolley car-and
into the heart of my friend who feared
10 grasp u vision, Margaret j.. Sang.
ster writes in the Christian Herald.
IN the story wealthy old bachelor
vas telling his reason for never hay
nE married.
Il began to wonder" he said.
whether there was any advantage in
marrying ut all. / saw u lot of peo-
pie who were wretchedly unhappy to-
gether, and even more wretched after
hey had dissolved their matrimonial
les. 1 discovered that marriage usu-
ally meant children, anxiety, sickness
and death. | took counsel of my fears.
Why fall In love and marry If by doing
50 was going TO expose myself to the
arrows of outrageous fOrtuneI My
parents were both dead. Sorrow
couldn't touch me. Why invite unhap-
piness? If | had no family l should
have only myself TO look out fOr-to
worry abOui-and when / died nobody
would suffer agOnies of bereavement
IN lay account. So shut myself up
in my shell and built an iron wall
around my affections to keep out sor-
row.
Il was fool! What wouldn't |
give now to have had sorrow! Mnnys
The time I've envied my friend with
Il dead child. Pain and joy go hand
in hand. Dcaden your capacity for
one and you lose the other. Today I'd
rather have had Il year or so with n
woman had loved aud have lost her
Than to be what ANA lonely, child
less, wfeleSs, fricndless old man."
read the paragraph over. And
! then / took 1t to II man | knOw--I call
him sometimes, to myself. the phllOso-
phrr.
/ - Think" he told me, that the
( reasoning is quite right!
There's an old proverb that COW
crS the whole thing. | think. otis
better to have loved and lost than
never to have lved ut alln The word
love isn't the only one that will III
Il into that prOVerb. You can nut live
in place Of love, or Known or felt!
81 Think | said, that you're right
TITS better mused, ITO have lived
to have known, TO have loved-ant
lost"
you know" said the philosopher
"that every chance isn't n loSlnl
chance. Some people live and know
and feel und love without loslngw
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14

paragraph from q note in the ''Temple
Of Nature" published by Erasmus Oar
win la 1902:
Il have treated with greater conf
dence on the formation of articulare
sounds, as many years ago gave con
siderable attention to this subject for
the purpose of improving shorthand;
ut that time contrivcd wooden
mouth with lips Of soft leather, and
with q valve over the back part Of it
for nostrils both Of which could he
quickly opened or closed by the pres
sure of the fingers, the VOcality was
given by silk ribbon about an inch
long and II quarter of an inch wide
stretched between two bits of smooth
wood a little followed; so that when
gentle current Of air from bellows
was blown on the edge Of the ribbon
it gave an agreeable tone, as 1t vi
hrated between the wooden sides,
much like a human voice. This head
pronounced the p, b, IN and the vowel
Il with so great nicely as to deceive
all who heard it unseen when 1t pro
nounced mamma, papa, map and pam
and had most plaintive tone wher
the lips We're gradually closed"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Announcement.

| desire, through the columns
of the Courier, TO announce that
| have $4,000 worth of yarn pur-
chased for the Red Cross work,
but owing to the condition of the
roads and the hardness of the
mails it has not arrived. AS soon
as it comes | will distribute it to
all persons making requests.
| desire, also, to thank the la
dies throughout the county for
their prompt responses and the
Willingness shown to assist in
this great work.
Very respectfully,
MRS, H. M. Cox,
Vice-Pres.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Warning to Merchants.

Rumors that a number Of mer-
chants are disregarding the rules
of the Food Administration are
coming to me. In all cases that
| can ascertain that the rule for
price or quantity sales are being
willfully violated | shall take
prompt action, and the first step
will be to have the wholesalers
prohibited from selling to such
offenders. Citizens will be doing
a patriotic duty by reporting al
violations to me promptly.
L. r. HOyERMALE,
Food Admir- Morgan county.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
ELK FORK.

Henry M. Hutchinson fell re-
Gently and hurt his right side
and right arm, but not seriously.
Clay Wade Pelfrey fell against
a gate post and hurt his left side
pretty badly.
Roscoe Hutchinson, John W.
Conley and Lewis Skaggs, who
have been working at LenoX,
have come home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lornie Hutchin-
son have moved to Portsmouth,
O., where he has a job at a good
salary.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Made Great Discovery.

The antlseptlc properties Of flavint
were discovered by DR., c, II. Browning
aud his colleague ut the Bland-Sutiop
Institute of Pathology, the MiddleseN
hospital. "Flavine Is diamino-methyl
ucrldium chloride, which was originally
prepared by Benda at the desire OF
Ehrlich.' It is n product of coal tai
and is akin to the substance used for
polishing brown leather. The late Paul
Ehrlich had 1t prepared for another
purpose, aud It was reserved for Doe.
Tor Browning to make one of the great
est discoveries In chemico-therapy.-
London Morning Post
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Dies Of tuberculosis.

Kelly Mckenzie, aged about
% years, died Of tuberculosis al
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Mckenzie, on Front
street, Tuesday morning Feb. II
Deceased was a young man o!
steady habits.and good reputa-
ton. He is survived by his faith.
er, mother, widow and two child
rem. The remains were taken tc
Pleasant Run Wednesday for in.
terment.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
TALKING MACHINE OF l772
Had Wooden Mouth With Lips OF Soft
Leather, and Was Invention Of
Erasmus Darwin.

That someone Was pwzling over the
Idea of making II monograph us early
as 17T2 Is proved by I'm extract from
u hitherto unpublished letter by DIR.
Erasmus Darwin grandfather OF
Charles Dnrwin) TO Benjamin Frank
lin, quoted by DR.. L.. Hussaliof in Sci.
ence. 81 have heard" wrote DR.. Oar.
win "of somebody that attempted to
make speaking machine. Pray, was
there any truth In any such reports?'
Aud DR.. l.. l., Woodruff of Yale uni
yeraity quotes the following interesting
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
MOON INFLUENCE IS ABSURD
Phases Of the Great Night lIluminator
Have Nothing to Do With Crops,
Say Scientists.

In the farmers almanacs you will
find tables Of dates proper for plant
ing crops, killing hogs and so on based
upon the phases. of the moon. Anc
the Rural New Yorker Is authority fol
the statement that many farmers still
adhere faithfully to this ancient syS
TEN. TO show them how absurd thi,
Is. 1t prints the following statement
by C. f. Marvin chief of the United
States weather bureau:
ut is the general belief of scientist
that the moon has no appreciable in
huence on temperature, rainfall, o.
growth.
"plant growth depends upon temper
Azure, light, humidity and plantfoot
(both In the soil and in the air), AM
its availability. Obviously the moor
heither mellows the ground nor fer
til2es il, neither, does it alter the com
position Of the atmosphere; hence j
affects neither the mechanical condi
lion of the soil nor the klnd or guam
THY of available plantfood.
"lf the moon has any influence OF
pIiMt growth ii would seem that +
must exert this influence through IT,
light. Experiment, however, shows
that when II plant is so Swallowed tina
Il gets only one one-hundredth of nor
nal daylight, it grows but little better
fhun it does in absolute darkness, Ful
daylight Is about 100000 times bright
er than full moonlight; hence one one
hundredth Of daylight, already too fee
bic to stimulate appreclably plant ac
l;ylty, is still 5000 times brighter THAI
full moonlight. The conclusion is tEn'
even in respect to light stimulus, tli
moons influence on plant growth i
I wholly negligible"
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14

A DEAF-MUTE Linotype opera
tor on the Miami (Fla.) Herald
is peeved because the exemption
board has refused to accept him
as soldier. He whites: IF the
unspeakable Turk can fight like
he does. | can't see why an I'M
speaking American can't fight
like the devil. could. "-Lyno-
type Bulletin.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Notice.

To all curators, committees,
administrators and guardians;
You are hereby required under
the penalties of the law to come
in and make settlement with the
Court as such. Wednesday af-
ter the End Monday in each
month | will be at the court house,
1914 j. H. SEBASTIAN,
County Judge.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14

was baptized by Rev, Milton
Conley, member of tho New
Light Baptist church. nearly 40
years rgo. For the past 4 or .
years he has been a member of
Enterprise Association. 7 h e
last two months of his life was
principally devoted to calling on
the Lord for help. He died as
easy as going to sleep.
SLAB.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14

NOTICE-On and after Feb.
Is, 1918, the subscription price
of the Licking Valley Courier will
be 60 cents for six months and
35 cents for three months.
The price of a years subscrip.
lion will, for the present, remain
at one dollar.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
Attention!

Any and all persons who are
willing to knit socks, sweaters or
muhlers for our soldier boys will
be supplied with yarn if they will
write or phone Mrs. H. M, Cox,
West Liberty, KY,
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
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april LIST, 1917.
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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1918-02-14
More Appropriate.

your hired man, out there under tie
tree, is a mos; picturesque figure" said
The stranger with the flowing necktle.
81 should like to paint him; and"
"Sartin" replied honest Farmer
Bentover. "Paint him all We want to.
But II would do him more good to sand.
paper him. He is petrlfed. kansas
City Star.