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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
IT'S CUBA'S BIG DAY
Sixteen Years Ago the Little Country
Gained Independence.

Havana, May 2o--The celebration
of Cuba's national holiday, making the
sixteenth anniversary of her independ-
ence began at dawn today with the
ringing of bells and the sounding of
sirens. monster parade was re-
viewed by President Menocal The
marchers included thousands of SOL
diers from Havana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
"OVER" ALREADY
Frontcnac, Kan, Mining Town, En-
thusiastic for Red Cross.

Pittsburg. Kan, May. 20.-At 9
O'Clock this morning Frontenac. in
Crawford county. three miles from
Pittsburg, had gone $3.100 over the
top in the Red Cross second war fund
drive. With quota of 1000 to raise,
the workers had $500 raised at 9
o'clock. Three-fourths of this amount
came from coal miners.
The achievement was celebrated by
the miners by the firing of salutes
with dynamite.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
Naval OFFICERS Arc Honored.

Tyrwhitt and fifteen officers of the
British navy have been awarded the
Croix de Guerre with palms for their
part in the recent naval raid on Zee
brugge and Ostend. it was announced
today. The French participants were
similarly decorated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
Baseball Today.

See baseball postscript edition
State Journal today, after the
game for full details, play by
play, of Wichita-Topeka contest
at League park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
PRIvILEGE-NOT A SACRIFICE!

A contribution to the Red Cross is simply regis
terng of your Ability to Feel Think of it not Sac
Tfeelt r. is million W times removed from sacrifice
privileged to perform an Act of Faith in the human
race, an Act of Hope in its future, and an Act of
Charity toward its present agony-all in one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
QUAKE is RECORDED
st. Louis Instrument Tells OF Earth
Shock Probably in Peru.

St. Louis, May 20.-The seismo-
graph at st. Louis university recorded
an earthquake at 1875 o'clock this
morning, the tremors continuing for
five minutes. The location is given as
approximately 1000 miles south,
probably in Peru
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
LAST HOME GAME
Nee's Kaws Leave for Long
Northern Trip Tonight.
keenan, Billed To Work This
Afternoons Contest.
THE LINEUP.

THE LINEUP:
}Topeka- Wichita-
Wuffli, rf Wolf, ct.
Trainer, If. Carey, 2b.
Roche. IS. Berger, %.
meyer. cf. Mcbride, h.
Cleveland, Sb. Coy, RI.
Bradley, 1b. Yaryan, 3b.
Nee. 2b Washburn, 1b.
Block C. Wallin,
keenan, D.. BLACK, p.
Today Johnnie Nee's Kaws play
their last game at home until June 4.
when they will return to entertain the
st. Joe Drummers. Tonight they will
leave for their first northern trip and
will play in Des Moines tomorrow.
They will go to Sioux City after their
Booster series and will then double
back to St. Joe. The last series of the
long road trip will be played at
Omaha.
For this afternoons game Manager
Nee announced that he had picked
keenan,, a Chicago recruit, to work.
keenan, was signed by the club two
weeks ago upon recommendation of
big league men but this afternoon
will be the first chance he has had
to demonstrate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
CONTINUED on Page Two.)
Aliens Must Be Careful.

Washington. May 20.-Unnatural-
ized German men and women are
warned in a department of justice
statement not to go boating on any
river, canal, lake or Seashore this
summer under penalty of violating
alien enemy regulations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
ROOSEVELT TO REPLY
Will Answer Burleson in Letter to a
Senator Soon, He Says.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, May 2O.-Colonel
Roosevelt told to the United Press
today that a letter written to some
senator soon will be public and will
constitute a complete reply to Post
master General Burleson.
'I have not seen the postmaster
generals latest statement" he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK
BY Mine or Torpedo-An Saved Ex-
cept Engineer.

Washington, May 20.-The' Ameri-
can cargo carrier J. G. Mccullough
has been sunk by a mine or torpedo
in foreign waters, the navy depart
ment announced today.
All on board were saved except En-
gineer Daughtry, address not given.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
1T SANK LUSITANIA?
Crippled U-S9 Enters Spanish Port
May Be Lusitania Pirate.

Madrid. May 20.-The German sub
marine U-39. says an official dispatch
from Cartagena, entered that port last
night in a damaged condition.
The U-39. according to German
advices is the submarine that tor
pedoed the Lusitania off Kinsale May
z 1915. 1t is possible that the old
U-39 may be out of service by this
time and that her number has been
taken by a new boat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20

Heir to Russian Throne III
Moscow, May II fdelayed) Grand
Duke Alexis. the former czarevitch, is
seriously i'll, according to a report
from TobOlSk;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
RUTHLESS ACTS
OF HUNS CREATE
UKRAINE HATRED
People Under Kaiser's Heel
Burn Rather Than Give Food.
Peasants in Open Rebellion Are
Prohibited Assembly.
HUNS APPOINT own OFFICIALS
HUNS APPOINT OWN OFFICIALS
Legislative Body Declared a
Body of Traitors.
People Are Armed and Resist
ing Food Demands.

Moscow, via London. May 90
Towns and villages in Ukraine are in
flames. General Skoropaski. self
styled "hetman" of the Ukrainians, is
ignored by the population which is
fleeing to Great Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
STORM KILLS twelve
Bloomfield, Nebraska. Hit by Tornado
Saturday Night.

Omaha, Neb., May 2O.-A tornado
at Bloomfield. Neb.. Saturday night.
killed twelve and injured rs.
Bloomfield, Neb., May 20.-Twelve
persons were killed and twenty-five
injured in a tornado that swept this
part of Nebraska Saturday night. The
dead: Mrs. Herman Hagges and one
child; Mr.. and Mrs. August Fred
rickson, and two children; five Spin
ner children; one child at the Pieper
farm.
It is feared later details will swell
the death list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Unsettled tonight and Tuesday.
Probably showers. Not much change
in temperature. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20
LOOK FOR SHOWERS
And Kansas Needs Them MeteoroIo-
gist Flora Says With Glee Today.

Today's Temperatures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-20

TT is over here over there, and it
goes across, with your boy-the
Red Cross.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
THE INFLUENZA SITUATION

The influenza situation in Paris
has again reached an acute stage.
New cases have been reported to the
local Board of Health by the physi-
clans, some of he cases being of a
serious nature. ..
Unless conditions improve within
the next forty-eight hours, drastic
measures will be taken by the Board
of Health. according to a statement
from one of the members yesterday.
Notice has been given that no pub
lie gatherings of any kind will be al
lowed before the first week in Janu-
airy at the very earliest In another
column in this issue of THE NEWS
appears warning from Health Off,
Ger A. H. Keller, sanctioned by the
Board of Health. 1t is not helping
matters to conceal the fact that the
Board of Health is deeply concerned
over the situation here.
In the language of a health official
THE people must play the game ac-
cording to the rules, and play it
hard" Persons with colds, coughs
and other indications of a predispCsi-
tion toward influenza must either
guard against spreading the germs or
stay at home. The only means of
avoiding a general ban on all activi-
ties is for the people to voluntarily
take the situation in their hands and
stay away from gatherings of any
kind and to strictly observe ALL the
sanitary regulations, especially that
of splitting in public places and on
sidewalks. The people MUST see to
it that the regulations of the Board
of Health are followed out and ANY
violation reported promptly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
FATHER OF PARIS VISITOR MAY
SUCCEED McADOO.

In recent issue THE NEWS
published Washington dispatch to
the effect that Representative Carter
Glass, of Virginia, was slated to sue
coed Hon. VIM. G. McAdoo, as Secre-
tary OF the Treasury. Interest in the
prediction centered around the fact
that Representative Glass hand
some daughter, Miss Augusta Glass.
is well-known here, where she has
been an admired visitor.
Yesterdays daily papers published
the following press dispatch from
Washington, which further indicates
the strong possibility of Representa-
tive Glass succeeding former Secre-
tary McAdoo. The dispatch to the
Cincinnati Times-Star says:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Word
went around unfficially on the House
side of the Capital to-day that Repre-.
sentative Carter Glass, of Virginia,
Chairman of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee, had been chosen by
President Wilson to become Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
Garter Glass was born in Lynch
burg, Va, January 4, 1858. He was
a member of the Virginia Senate
for your years, and took his seat in
Congress in the year 1902, filling the
unexpired term of the late P. J. Otey
He was reelected to the Fifty-eighth
and the Sixty-fifth Congresses, and
his present term EXPIRES next year.
He is a Democrat, and serving from
the Sixth Virginia district. Mr.
Glass is owner of the Daily News, a
morning newspaper, published in
Lynchburg, and the Daily Advocate,
an afternoon paper"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
VEHICLE CRASHES INTO Alto
CAUSING MANS DEATH

Because of reckless driving death
has again invaded. the homes of
Paris people already bowed down I'M
der weight of sorrow, with their
cup overfiowing. This occurred when
Richard Butler, son of Mr.. and Mrs
W. o. Butler, of Paris, died at the
Massie Memorial Hospital, in this
city yesterday morning at six O'clock
as the result of injuries received by
being thrown from a buggy i'm which
he was riding.
Eye witnesses who testified at the
Coroner's inquest, held at the court
house yesterday afternoon, stated
that young Butler was racing down
South Main street about 7:15 o'clock
Wednesday night, with a coIored
man named Matt Holmes. They were
going out the street at a rapid pace.
almost side by side. Buffers horse
drew a little ahead, and as he ap-
preached the home of Mr.. Luther
Ashcraft, on South Main street. MFR.
Dee Ashcraft and Mrs. Ashcraft were
just ahead of him in their auto.
Just as they were about to turn into
the driveway at the home of his ia
Their Butler yelled to them to get out
of the way. Mr.. Ashcraft endeavcr-
ed to swerve his machine to the CEN
ter of the street, thinking there was
a runaway team behind him. Before
he could accomplish this Buffers
horse and buggy plunged into the
side of the car. The buggy vas
wrecked, and Butler was thrown vio-
lently to the pavement, landing on
his head. Mr.. Ashcraft ran to him,
and finding him unconscious, with
blood flowing from his ears, mouth
and nose, Immediately drove for med
ical aid. The Davis ambulance was
summoned and the unconscious man
hurried to the Massie Hospital. There
an examination revealed a fracture
of the skull and blood clot at the
base of the brain. Young Butler lin
gered until yesterday morning, when
death ensued.
Coroner Rudolph Davis held an in
quest yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock at the court house, when the
facts as adduced were embodied in
the following verdict by the jury
composed of III. M. Collins, foreman.
r. H. Burris, c. F., Sprake, A. l..
Stephenson, F. p. Lowry, I. F. Nc
Pheeters: 1--WE, the jury, f1nd that
Richard Butler came to his death
from being thrown form bug
gy driven by himself We also find
that the accident which resulted in
his death was caused by no fault Of
anyone, being simply case of reck-
less driving"
Mr.. Butler was thirty-six years
old. He is survived by his widow,
who was formerly Miss Lula Kim
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06

time things certainly look much better
for car service and we anticipate no
trouble whatever in this line.
Further the immense redrying
plant, which, by the way, is the great
est plant of it's kind in Kentucky and
which is within so feet of each of our
houses will be of great advantage in
handling this crop.
Upon the whole if the farmers will
use good sense and judgment in mar
keting this crop and not try to bring
it all in at once but feed the market
as any well regulated machine should
be fed there need be no congestion.
Burley Tobacco is in a particularly
strong position. Government reports
show substantial shortage over last
years crop; consumption has increas-
ed; the closing Of the war has opened
territory that was inaccessible during
its progress and tobacco prices are
stronger today in Virginia and North
Carolina than before the war closed
and are from four to five dollars
higher than year ago.
Under these conditions the farmer
only needs to sit steady and not rock
the boat by placing his tobacco upon
the market before the buying forces
Of the large factories are ready to
buy. ~. .,-...-
1t is our opinion that this years
crop is hardly the equal of last years
in quality and that the per cent. of
low grades is larger and the per cent.
of fine tobacco smaller than a year
ago, this being also true in the Caro-
linas it seems only natural result
that there should be wider margin
between the common and fine tobac-
cos than existed last year.
Even under these conditions we
confidently expect the average this
year to equal or exceed that of last
season.
We give you this information for
what is may be worth to you and we
assure you that it would be greatly
to our interest as it is to the interest
of every warehouse in the country to
sell all the tobacco possible in De-
cember, but we know it is to your in
terest to sell only when you have
full competition and we again advise
you to protect yourself by marketing
only when you have assured yourself
that that time has arrived.
After having frankly made you &C
quainted with all the facts if there
are those who insist upon selling, our
doors are open to receive and every
thing is in readiness for a sale on De-
cember IL, and you will receive, as
always, our best efforts in your be-
half, remembering, too, under any
conditions we can do as much for you
as any one else. i,@-
Thanking you for. your patronage
in the past we ask you at the proper
time to bring your tobacco to the
Bourbon or Paris Houses, where the
selling fee still remains 2 per cent.
commission and Is cents per hun
dred. ARK. ~s4.. ".
Very truly yours, s.,
2 Bourbon Tobacco Warehouse CO..
IS By JNO. T. COLLINS, Manager.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06

ball, of this county; his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. Butler, of Paris,
three sisters, Mrs. Lorena ClaypOle,
of Bourbon county; Mrs. Lizzie B IT.
Ter, of Frankfort; Mrs. Daisy Sharp,
of Lexington, and four brothers,
Henry Butler, of Latonia, David
Butler and Thee. Butler, of Bourbon
county, and Elihu Butler, of Paris.
The funeral will take place in the
Paris Cemetery at two o'clock to-
morrow Saturday afternoon, with
services conducted at the grave by
Rev. Ernest Mangum. The pail
bearers will be w. H. Whitley, Virgil
Gaitskill, DR.. VIM Kenney, DR.. C..
G.. Daugherty, DR.. d. S. Henry and
John Ashe.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL
CALL CAMPAIGN.

Mrs. Frank p. Lowry, of Paris, Eas
been appointed as Chairman for
Paris and Bourbon county of the Red
Cross Christmas Roll Call, which Is
to extend from December 18th to
December 23d. The appointment
came through Mr.. B. F. Bourne, Dr.
vision Manager. and is one most
worthily bestowed. Under Mrs. Low
rvs direction a thorough house-to-
house canvass of the city and county
will be made. All that is necessary
for you to help in this work is to
have heart and give a dollar to the
solicitors for adult membership and
twenty-five cents for children under
twenty.
Americas second-time Christmas
Is almost here. Our thoughts, our
interests, our hearts are not in the
trivial things just now-they are for
the most of us, with the boys In
France, whom we hope will soon
come back to good old Paris and
every other precinct of Bourbon
county, and that none of them will be
missing when the homecoming roll Is
called. Their thoughts. their inter-
ests, their hopes are in the ked
Cross, and the knowledge that it is
ever present and ever ready to lend
them aid when most needed.
Let our Christmas message to those
boys say that We stand solidly behind
them and behind the American Red
Cross Society, the greatest humanita-
rian institution the world has ever
known. There is yet a great deal of
work for this splendid organization
to do, and its heavy financial burden
will not cease until all our boys are
safely returned home And that
means there are many Bourbon coun-
ty boys and many Bourbon county
homes to be gladdened. So the dol
lar representing the renewal of your
membership or the rendering of a
new membership will be most accept
able just now.
On account of the influenza ban
no public mass meetings can be held
and there can be no public speaking.
But the solicitors can call at your
homes and present their pleas. and
it will not be in the heart of any HUI
man being in Paris or the county Of
Bourbon to turn a deaf ear to the
pleading of The Greatest Mother Of
All''-the American Red Cross.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06

We received letter of like nature
from the j. P. Taylor Co., also one
from another buyer on this market.
bacco as was disposed of by us by
January 1, last season.
With our usual winter weather.
not such as we had during December
We have, therefore, the assurance of
only one of the companies, common
ly known as the Big 4, that they will
be on the market before January 1.
Tobacco marketed sooner than this
will have to be taken care of by their
buyer, the Spectator and warehouse
men both the latter of whom will ex-
pect to sell at handsome profit when
all the buyers come on.
The Officers and Directors of this
Company after carefully considering
existing conditions have agreed that
not one of them is willing to market
his own tobacco until they have full
competition and consequently they
will not ask their friends and patrons
to put the crop they have spent
year in producing and in the produc-
ton of which they have paid the
highest prices for labor ever known,
upon any market any where until
such time as they are convinced that
all the buyers are on the sale.
The announcement of The j. P.
Taylor Co., The American Tobacco
Co., and the R. j. Reynolds Tobacco
Co., that they could not be on any
Kentucky Markets before January 1,
was made some weeks ago before the
decision OF some of the markets and
H0nCoS N hrrYy
consequently, we have taken the
pains to make inquiry of these COM
panies if there has been any change
in their attitude and have received
in each case the information that
they certainly do not intend to place
buyers any where in Kentucky until
January 1, but have repeatedly re-
celved the assurance from all these
that the Paris market will get BUYERS
at the same time other markets do.
We regret these companies have
been compelled to take the action
they have for we certainly would have
been glad to have seen sales made
through December as usual, especial
ly in view of the fact that a large
quantity of tobacco is ready for mar
ket.
season we are only losing two weeks
and had not every one better wait this
short time for prices that are sure to
be higher?
We hear much talk of congestion
and consequent lower prices on &C
count Of a deferred opening. Let us
look at the matter calmly and see if
things are as bad as they are repre-
sented. By reference to our books
we find that the market opened last
season on December S. Owing to un-
precedented weather conditions we
only sold during December 667. 900
pounds of tobacco. We have fire.
quently sold this amount of tobacco
in two days. Counting in this, way
by January 8. of this season we can
easily have disposed of as much to-
and January last year, and with the
large amount of tobacco stripped and
ready for market it is. possible to
have sold by January Is, 1919. more
tobacco than was sold by the market
upon the same day of 1918.
Last season too we were ,greativ
troubled by car. shortage. At this
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
. IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY. Z

Nlmrod Crump, who is stationed
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station at Great Lakes, ILL.,, is a
guest of his mother, Mrs. Carrie
Crump, near Little Rock. Mr.. Crump
says not many of the boys in the SER
vice seem to be sorry the close of the
great war has arrived, and that all
OF them expressed desire to return
to civilian life again.
800
Woodford Buckner, who has been
stationed at Camp Gordon, near At
lanta, Ca, has been mustered out of
the service, and has returned to his
home near Paris. Charles and Ed
ward Spears, of Paris, and HI. C..
Current, of Millersburg, who were
also at Camp Gordon, have returned,
after receiving honorable discharges.
- n - -
Private j. C. Dodson, who has been
stationed at Fit. Benjamin Harrison,
has received his honorable discharge
from the army service, and has re-
turned to Paris, where he is now a
guest of relatives. Mr.. Dodson was
for several years employed as a car
inspector for the Louisville & Nash
vile, and will resume his former po-
sition under the "back-to-the-old-
job" provisions of enlistment.
= = =
DR.. w. G. Worthington, formerly
of Clintonville, who is now a Lieu
tenant in the service, and a member
of the Medical Corps in France,
writes to Thornwell Tadlock, of
Paris, stating that he was in a Base
Hospital in France, recovering from
the effects of having been "gassed."
DR.. Worthington wrote that he had
not met anyone since he had been
in France that he knew. He stated
that out of eight warm friends he
had made in the army service, and
who had been comrades in every
sense of the terms, six and been killed
since Sept. IL. DR.. WOrthington left
fine practice at Clintonville, in
patriotic call to the service of his
country.
Mrs. Carrie F. Stone, of Paris, re-
ceived letter recently from her SON,
George L. ("Tommie') Frakes, In
which he stated he was well up to-
ward the firing line, and that he had
plenty of excitement in the way of
lodging bursting shells and shrapnel
from the German guns. The letter
was written on Nov. 5, before the
singing of the armistice pact. He
said it was a wonderful experience for
a peace-loving country boy like him
to be under rain of explosives, and
to hear the roar of the big gums,
which could be plainly heard from
where he was stationed. He Is
member of Co. p, 22nd U. s. Engi-
neers, 5th Battalion, American Ex-
peditionary Force. He was writing
by the light of candle, and doing
Continued on Page 81
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR EYES

He who loves not his country can
love nothing; he who neglects his
eyes can expect his eyes to neglect
him. Better see DR.. VIM. Riley
Franklin Be sure you are right and
then go ahead. Dr. FrankIin's glasses
will help you clear the way.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
GIFTS WORTH WHILE-HAND-
SOME AND MODERATELY SOLD

Don't buy trash for gifts. Let us
show you something worth while
Pictures, Leather Goods, Books,
Fancy Baskets, Games, Stationery,
Novelties that are really new and
worth while. Beautiful line of novel
Christmas Greeting Cards to select
from.
.(xl PARIS BOOK STORE.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-12-06
EASY TO PLEASE A MAN

Just buy him the same sensible
kind of things that he buys for him.
self during the other 364 days Of the
year.
]. w. DAVIS & co.