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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-30
LETTERS FROM BOURBON COUNTY
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS


Our peof-e are always interested
:, the news of our boys who are in
,ba army and navy, as all interest is
Nv centering in the war and those
no are in it. From different points
af the compass come the following
Satters. which have been handed to
THE NEWS for publication.
lanes Monsoon, formerly of Paris,
.,.rites to Mr.. Joe Sullivan as fol-
lows. For obvious reasons the place
from which the letter was written is
lO' August %.
Dear Brother Joe: / want first
~ ask your pardon for neglecting to
rite to you. i myself am glad to
cot the time to write to you. Now,
! don't get to receive but one letter
+o-day and once every month l get a
nance to write, and / thought you
U-oIIld like to hear from me. This
3 great work we are doing IN the
rovv. This makes five times across
for me. and am getting along fine.
Ne had a big battle going over on
our last trip. 1t lasted twenty-four
hours. day and night. We sunk two
summarizes and crippled two others
without any damage to our own
boat 1t was a steady running fight
al the time, but we won. The crew
was worn out when We got to
France. 1t would be interesting
for you to go on a trip with me, as
| am an old salt now. L hope this
terrible war will end soon, as it is
awful to see people killed in droves.
But it is the only cure for those Ger
man butchers, and believe me, they
are certainly getting what they de-
serve. q. Believe me, when a depth
bomb is dropped on those subs you
ran see legs, rivets, steel plates and
all kinds Of things going up in the
cir and back in the water, Don't
write too many letters, as our mail is
not reachable all the time. With love
am,
Yours Truly,
JAMES Monsoon,
~. S. S. Siboney, care Postmaster,
New York.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-30
Individual Instruction Received By
Students of Fugazzi School
Insures Their Success

So says Miss Ada Banahan in letter to Miss Fugazzi
the letters we are receiving all the time from former
students.
June g. 1917.
Miss Irene Fugazzi,
Fugazzi School of Business
Lexington, KY.
Dear Miss FugaZz:
Just few lines to express to you my appre-
have done for
am holding fine position which you helped
me secure and feel that it your thorough,
conscientious training that made me capable OF
holding il. The individual instruction and per-
sona attention which you give your students IN
sure their success 1 shall always be glad to
recommend your school to anyone who desires
to become really efficient.
Yours very sincerely,
ADA BANAHAN.
If you have average ability do for you what
we did for Miss Banahan.
WE COURT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. SPECIAL
COACHING GIVEN FOR CIVIL SERVICE CANDIDATES.
Send For Free Catalogue.
Our catalogue giving full details and cost of tuition
is just off the press Send or call for your copy-lt is
free for the asking.
Day or Night Classes-Specia Summer rates now in
effect for the Full Business Course
For further information write phone or call at the
school.
Fugazzi School of Business
Miss Irene Fugazzi, Principal
Efficiency is Our Watchword
III NJ Upper ST. Opp. Court House Lexington. KY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-30

1t was a wise farmer who said:
tits lot cheaper to keep up fertil-
ity than it is to bring up fertility"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-30
Camp Lee, Va, Aug, 2

ED. NEWS:-This is to advise
YOU that / have again. been trans
ferred. this time to Co. c., First Pro-
risional Guard and Special Duty
Training Battalion 155th Depot
Brigade. =. L am enclosing under
separate cover a copy of The Bay
onet,' a weekly paper published in
this camp, in which you will md
some interesting articles. During
my stay here i have been receiving
THE NEWS regularly, and it has
been greatly enjoyed. / not only
Get the local news, but also read
with great interest the news of the
boys In The Service / think that
one the best departments in the pa
per. / am glad to know that most
of my friends have answered Here
when their names have been called;
but Paris, like any other town just
now, has some 'slackers' in 1t. Il
understand that Maj. Richard Tai
Clark and Nathan Bayless, Jr., are
both here in this camp, but l have
not seen them yet. AS far as
know we are the only Bourbon boys
in the camp. =. Il will write you at
greater length soon regarding this
camp, and / am sure that those we
have left behind will feel that the
Government is doing everything pos
sible for the boys, most of whom are
contented. :. i will close by saying
that each one of us is determined to
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-30

do his duty to the last notch, and we
do not want to return until the Huns
are whipped to standstill, and all
of their wrongdoings avenged.
With kindest regards to all, 1 am,
Very Truly Yours,
-. FORD FITHIAN."
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-30

From the shores of Lake Michi-
gan, near where he is in camp as a
member of Uncle Sans big bunch OF
'soon-to- be-sailorS,' James Templln,
formerly of Paris. writes to MEM
Der of THE NEWS staff as follows:
81 am at last safely anchored at
the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta
ton and am delighted with my new
life. We are we'll fed and we'll taken
care of. With the kind of boys we
have here, and knowing full we'll
that God, justice and right are on
our side, all the Kaisers and Grown
Princes and Won Hindenbergs and
all the rest of that diabolical bunch,
either on earth or in the other re-
gions, can't stop us from winning.
My address for the present is Camp
Farragut, Co., 514, Barracks 93l,
Great Lakes, Ill. Good luck to all
the force and to every body else save
the Kaiser.
yours,
JAMES w. TEMPLIN."
From a base hospital in Paris,
France, Mr.. King Culbertson, of
Paris, KY, who went overseas some
time ago with detachment of the
| American EXpeditionary Force,
writes to young lady friend in this
city, under date Of August q:
81 am at present in Paris, France.
I have just come from the front.
| am not wounded, but am sick and
shaken up. They call it shell-shock
in the army 1 am in the Base Hos
pital, and am receiving the very best
of treatment Still, l would like to
be in Paris, KY, for several reasons,
the principal one being one that you
can easily guess. L have not heard
from you since have been in France.
I have been moved around so much,
first one place and then another.
That is the way it is for the soldiers.
| -. Il am sure there is some mail
i for me somewhere at some place in
France, and you can just imagine
how glad 1 will be to get it. 1 am
not wounded, but the doctors say it
lis the result of shell-shock. France
is certainly very pretty country
but it cannot in any way compare
with our dear old Bluegrass region
of Kentucky. At least, don't think
so. !. 1T is said that France is the
home of some of the prettiest maid
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Mooney Reprleved Until Dec. 10.

Los Angeles. Cal. - Thomas ].
Mooney, in death row" at San Quen,
tin prison under sentence to be hanged
for murder in connection with bomb
explosion during preparedness par
ade in San Francisco in 1916, will not
be executed Aug. 23 next. as decreed
by court. Gov. w. D. Stephens, in
whose hands the fate of Mooney has
rested since the State Superior Court
for the second time denied his motion
for new trial, has granted reprisve
until Dec. 13, 1918.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
FOREIGN TRADE IN 1915
DECREASE SHOWN BY COMMERCE
BUREAU REPORT.
Figures for Fiscal Year Just Ended
s75,ooo, 900 Below those for
Preceding Period.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Americ foreign trade
decreased slightly in the fiscal year
ended June 30. official figures an
nounced by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce showing total OF
$s,S7$. 100000. compared with Ss.s4s.-
100000 the year before
Imports for 1918 show an increase
of 32S7. .o00. 900 with total OF s2.s4e,-
100000. Exports decreased by $362.-
100000. the total being $5.s2s. 900, 900.
Trade balance for the year was ST.
s82.000.000. compared with 1851 ,000,-
900 in 1917.
Imports of gold amounted to only
1924. .000, 900. as compared with $977,-
100000 in 1917, while exports were
$191. 100000. ss against s292,000. 900
the year before.
Silver imports totaled S70,000,000, or
twice the amount in 1917, and silver
exports increased from $4,000, 900 to
s139,o0o.O0o.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
A FIFTY Per CENT TAX
ON BIG ESTATES TENTATIVELY
AGREED UPON.
House Ways and Means Committee
Agrees to Make Levy on $50, 600
to $1,000, 900 Estates.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-A 80 per cent taz on
all estates between $4,000 and $8,-
100000 was agreed on by the ways and
means committee. Estates above $8,-
900 900 and under s10.o0o.00o will be
taxed 35 per cent, while those in ex-
cess OF s10,oO0.o0o will be called upon
to pay 40 per cent.
It is estimated that the new rates
will produce $1o.00o,o00 in revenue.
Experts of the Treasury Department
who are assisting the committee have
estimated the revenue from the estate
taxes under existing laws will yield
s70.000.000 in the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1919, SO that the increased
rates proposed represent clear gain
in revenue of at least 100000, 900. ~
While the agreement on the new
rates is tentative, Chairman Kitchin
announced they are favored by a ma
jority of the committee.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
siberia sewers BoIshevIk Rule.

London.-The provisional govern
ment at Omsk has assumed supreme
authority in Siberia and proclaimed 81
beria's independence, according to a
Reuter- dispatch from Peking under
date of the 23rd. The provisional gov
ernment has annulled all Bolshevlst
DEGREES and re-established the Siberian
duma. Approval of these actions has
been requested of the Vladivostok
government The Siberian government,
including the premier, has resigned,
says a VIadivostok dispatch.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Bali PLAYERS Exempt Until Sept. 1

Washington. July 27.-Secretary Ba-
ker decided that the work or fight reg
ulations will not apply to baseball
players until Sept. /. The ruling
means that professional baseball play
ers of draft age will have until Sept.
to find essential occupations or go in
the army. The baseball managers
asked to make the time Oct. 10. The
time as fixed by the secretary is five
weeks short of the finish of the major
league season.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Two Killed, Twenty Hurt In Wreck

Sedalia. Mo,-Two trainmen are re-
ported TO have been killed and TWEEN
ty or more soldiers injured, some Sc
riously, when a southbound Missouri,
Kansas & Texas freight train collided
with a troop train near Clifton City.
Mo-
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
shoshonl project Get. Drainage.

Washington. - Construction of a
drainage system for the Garland divi-
sion of the Shoshone irrigation project
tary Lane. Because OF the increased
cost of construction water users must
pay $3.50 an acre additional in an
nual assessments to cover the cost OF
the work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Increased Pay for Railroad shopmen.

hington.-lncrease of wages for
all shopmen and employees of the me-
chanical departments OF railroads un-
der federal control was approved
Wednesday by Director General Nc
Adoo. The new rates of pay are ef-
fective as of Jan. l this year An eight
hour day with time and half for
overtime, work on Sundays and seven
specified holidays will become effect
i've the first of the new month.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
vIadIvostok Government Ask. Aid.

iWashington.-The Russian embassy
received telegram from the Vladivo-
stok government, which recently pro-
claimed itself the government of in
dependent Siberia, declaring its de-
sire to expel the central powers from
Russia, to re-establish the eastern
front Of the allies, inviting allied mill
tary and economic assistance for Rus
sia, and asking for cooperation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Fort collins EIver 'klIIed.

Waco. Tex.-Lieut. H. C. Winter.
stationed at Rich Flying Field here,
was killed six miles south of Waco
when his airplane fell while he was
giving instructions to w. X. Aber-
nathy, a cadet Alternately was not
seriously injured Winters home was
in Fort Collins, Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Baker Nails German Lies.

Misunderstanding OF War Ba-
ker entered vigorous denial of state
ments made by the correspondent of
the Wolff bureau, the semi-official
German news agency, that Americans
lost hundreds of thousands of men in
the last weeks fighting in the Marne
salient
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Fraud and Gross profiteerino,

Washington.-Fraud and gross prof
iteering has been uncovered in many
contracts for army shoes, shirts, leg
gings and other soldiers supplies and
equipment as result of investigation
by army intelligence and Department
of Justice agents.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Turks, Capital Bombed.

Amsterdam.-Six airplanes dropped
bombs on Constantinople, according to
a Turkish official report received here.
Five persons we're wounded.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Guy ". Hardy Named for congres,

Pueblo-Guy u Hardy of Canor
City was named in the Republican as
sembly as candidate flor the congress
sional nomination in the Third dis
trict. This district comprises twenty
three counties. and the present repre-
sentative is Edward Heating, Demo
crat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
500 Dock Iahorers strike-

Duluth, Minn.-More than 500 labor
ers employed on the Allouez ore docks
of the Great Northern railroad walked
out two and half hours after they
presented demands for a wage in
crease.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Wheat Vows Released.

Denver.-Hotels, clubs and restau-
rants in Colorado have been released
from their pledge not to use any
wheat until the 1918 harvest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Americans ON italian 'FRONT.'.

With the American Army on the
Italian Front, July 27.-American fight
ing troops now are on the Italian
front. They are being billeted with
the Italians.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Get Ready for Bigger Sacrifices.

Cleveland, Ohio.-An $4,000, 900 900
army bill for 1s19-20 was forecast by
Representative Kahn of California in
an address here before the League of
Republican Clubs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Won Hussarek

Won Hussarek is Austrian Premier.
Yienna.-Baron Won Hussarek, for
mer minister of edrcation, has been
appointed to the Austrian premiership
In succession to Dr. Won Seydler,
whose cabinet resigned recently.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Austrian Socialists Ask Peace Terms.

msterdam.-Austrian Socialist-Dem-
ocrats have introduced an interpella-
ton in the Austrian lower house ask
ing the government to negotiate with
Germany jointly to fix war aims and
peace terms.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02

Britain Mourns for Former Czar.
London.-King George has ordered
the British court to go in mourning
for four weeks for former Emperor
Nicholas of Russia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Soldiers Take sa5 900, 900, 900 Insurance

Washington.-Mor than s2500o,Oo0,
900 worth of war risk insurance has
been applied for by American soldiers
and sailors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02
Famous Russian Novelist Dead.

Paris.-Maxim Gorky, famous Rus
sian novelist, is dead, according to a
dispatch from Berne.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-08-02

Western Newspaper Union Sew. service.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08
LOGAN COUNTY SOLDIER
TELLS OF GREAT BATTLE
German Gunners Found Chained
to Guns. Says q II Kelly. . Ma
rine VINO Was In Recent
Battle In France.

Some cf the guns We took had theil
German gnnners and crews chs'ne,
q them. 50 that they had to fight ol
DE outright" Il the significant sen
tence contained In letter from c. u
Kelley. United States marine corps
to his sister. Mrs ". r. Mathews. ol
North Logan
The letter IL dated June 10. having
been written from the base hospital
alter Kelley had been wounded lie
received three wounds IN the upper
ard lower rieht leg and IN the shoulder
only one wound in the thigh beine
" ri0ns
III l. wonderiw. ne says. how
fsiianily our boys fight. Just as though
iley had been fighting A. long as the
French The boyA face the machine
guns and shells and march right In
without e.sn of fear
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08
My Wife Wished She Was
Dead So / Killed Her

said HlAh. here is Is cents. Oct
:. eenfs worth Of Ice cream, told
her ~ get " IN two boses sent
fne box 10 her rlofher and sfspfsther
bsseo " ohe Loved Min.
While se ver~ eating the Ice
cream. my wife icesed around and
rave me q sarcastic look
4 s.id: -Yoa 'ose me. don't YOU
she hsncA<d her sbosiders and AID
rot ssy sny more. After ve got
ihrosxh eofine TIE Zee eresm. - got
m bed snd started 70 rro~i about this
seiiov Moan rh< Children were
Weeping 10 ~em- polse IN the seeopd
room from where ~e were. and my
life ys<l>d ~ shen.
W. sese growing all The time ~
ter y o'eIotk ! s~id: 'Yos viII -
serry fsr thi< some of fbe<e days
ny wife snsr>r~d: AN riehf: I
sssld jost - - ~ % i've
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08
VICTOR NICHOLS. SAILOR
TELLS or HUN ATROCITIES

Victor Nichols. ann Of Mr. and Mrs
I'D NichoIa of ,hia city. who has hesn
IN The Navy for more than finssn
months, with headquarters At a port
on tho Atlantic, aud who spent u
short yinit with his parents and
friends here last week, r.clted somu
unpublished history while here u
dIa not believe all reporta / read IN
tho newspapers of the German afro.
cities, but now believe everything
| hsvc heard and read | have sesa
the men who bear the marks. SOM
some Of them without ears, others
whose eyen were soaged out. SOME
with horrible cosa marks alaHtaa
across face. neck and breast. while
others suffered unprinlahle indiEnl-
Ties.
Mr. Nichols n assistant pharna-
ciat on the Battlcship Arkansas. aud
expects TO sail for Italy by way II
Spain aoon lie had telegfaphed hia
mother that he would not be home
An accident 10 hls ship gave him an
10 spend - hours AZ
home after using five days for the
Journey n feel fine and llke the
work he said
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08

The extraordinary s'ory. told BY
fhiIlp shirley cockreli. Of Go y.
Street Northeast Washington. y C..
who beat bis wife TO death ssrdsy
n.xhf.
My wife came home from ~ork be-
tween { and ; O'Clock Sunday after
noon and vent % bed I vent os' Cor
shosf an hour b~sween and 8 o'etcts
10 get some whisky. bof ! de no' ret
A.
When ! came hack. I stayed s0~n-
Fisirs and Issyed the piano usfil
about , O'clock Then ~enf nfv1ir.
snd renf into the be1room ts.oaf
ten sinsse< later zsked my wife "
shs woa1d eat some ic~ cream she
rrsnfed vhen ! s-ked her the frss
time ssk>d b>r zxsIn. and she
ssn = gse~< 90
Z esl1e1 ~ ixus sister = ssS
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08

Missoala. Mont. July Sc " Tan
ner Of RiehIand Center. Wis. one OF
= crew Of fire -fighers In the Clear
water forest. was caught beneath a
falling tree and instantly killed last
riFht.
The fires are two weeks earlier than
those that made a furnace of the
Northwest In 1910 Every available
man has been sent from the Missosls
offices and forestry officials az Den
Yer and Ogden. have been asked 10
send rangers to help fleh' the flames
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08
NEW R[C|sTRAMTs Of
CLASS | TO BE EXAMINED
e--t-~~-~
All Must b. ready 70 Answer Call
TO ColorS In August; Physi-
clans Are Drafted 10 Do
Examining work.

Santa Rosa. cal, July !. Lnthur
burbas'k, the Dlant wizard. today
has new variety OF wheat which he
says wili.rryolu,IonIze the farm In
dustry.
u Ia not the super wheat he ere
aIed soon after America entered the
war hut q distinct variety that will
produce 80 bushels TO lha acre that
formerly produced but is and Ia rich
IN nutriiiye value.
Corn IN not a wheat subntitufe."
says Burbank in his announcement.
= have given my time with patriotic
lnient and recent experiments have
crowned my efforts with succesas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08
STATE B0lnO TO
EQuluzE COUNTY TAKES
Levy For Next Fiscal Year to Be
Announced Next Wednesday;
May Hold Levy Down
10 2 Mills.

Logan County Excise Board. COM
Iosed OF Judge John ID Chappelie,
chsirmsa County Treasurer Frank
Wolfe. l. Hirschl. chairman Of the
Board Of cgunty Commissioners.
Mss Margaret Dooiitile. County su-
persntsndent. Enoch Carter. County
Assessor. Al Leer. County Clerk and
Arthur svsnk. County Attorney. viii
meet July z7th. for the purpose % sp-
proving or rejecting the next years
estimate Of the several cososy offi-
cers. n well a. the estimates OF
the city and school dls,ricf~.
The State board Of equalization vilI
rect Wednesday morning Tor the par
,ose q equslizinr the assessments Of
al counties and 20 announce the isz
levy 70 BE- due the State during the
nsrt fiscal year.
According 10 Z y Howard. state
safitor. the levy nsrf rear for state
srs-oses shah not exceed too nifI<
ard II eyen may b lover. The lew
ls' year rss fro and one half MILLS
The ss<>ss>1 Variations IN al coun-
fies iss; yew sxrrez.fed 81 - ,ses.
60.
Last year tro mills vese iesied for
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08
T0OArs WAR SUMMARY

Mom~nsnun hatasnlnsn are in the
riaklnx nn tha wtwteFa front Ths Iall
of lhe past few Day wlll NOT eont nus
long and Il u not lmtrohabis the tlsr-
mans will break It by hurting their
masses against the allied Inns 70 crush
n II loasihIr
correspof 'oAe- ~ 'he ffuas. Wills
reporting sha = s~~ German hlow
is impending o., sly are unable 10
s'se grounds Tor ihe belief. flnt tho
,iermans have hsi much time IN
which 20 prcpar. for further great
strokes and u IL known they have
fiom thirty to fnfsy dlvislana ia shape
n be thrown into the fray Adiad 10.
this - the fact that lha usrmans
have not ta-n very aefive for moro
than a week and their counter attacks
have not bern very active Tor more
ihan a week and their counter. at
taeks have not been earied % with
ne usual strength aud determination.
Meaavhile The allies are buay
strengthening the positions taken from
Tho enemy IN tho CAST ~sek Raids
are being carried oat hers aud there
but nal IN great strength ~xreff In the
ease 81 the Ansirians who have
owed fofeard teo yeria on . fronf
~ more than mile tn the Ssmsf
reEion. south ef tho sonme The
AmAfiean nectors have beea quiet
quiet since The activity % saturday
when the French made slight gaia
near chateau Thierry on a sector sa-
lflnlnE that held ~ the Amerlcana
herlln reports fhis very locai lnel.
dsut a. attacks 10 strong fofes Which
were repalsed
On the Italian front the llallana are
consolidating nnd strenglhensnx tho
positions felaksa near the moath q
the fiass Vienna admits ihe loas 81
me ground east a ~ southeast of capo
slie. rhieh ~ss the near~sl th@ enemy
BAD rot 70 venire There has been
only slishf activity In tn moacia,a
1rns
There are many Indications ihsf fhs
ne~s from Hnssis In the next fs~ fays
viii bs imfortsnt and significant a
ocncerns The fs,are 81 that trouhi<i
couniry
In the north shs residents a re
earmsn region have thfo~n OF ne
authority of ths soisheslki govern
rent IN Ncscow and iolnei the en-
'<nie siifes There 4 great amount
o. xsf saepilrs IN fhls r~Fion sni
Americas. French ant rriilsh srcops
are fasfdln< A. vhiie ceraan and