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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Serbians Reach Ratavista.

the Y. M. c. A. dugouts are practic-
ally on the firing line
So always give the "Y" boast
when you have chance. And al
ways look out for the well informed
individual usually women who are not
responsible for what they say, who
tell about the horrible ways the
American army is getting used. The
morale OF our troops and-a thousand
other lies that are Matched out by
Hun sympathyizers. 1t is no childs
play over here by any means but
stories and rumors eat the heart out
OF our nation and we can't go back
and we must not show yellow"
If the French can bear up under
what has happened surely America
can follow her example.
| hope to be able to spend a few
days in Paris during my leave of abb
sence for one has not seen France
unless they have been in the metro
polls. | hope to have a few curios
to send home soon. | must, must
close. Trusting this finds all we'll at
home.
Write at least once week regard
less of when | write which | will try
to be as prompt. Write everything
you can and don't worry about me
for | am regular 'roughneck" now.
Love to all. Your son,
James.
Read President Wilson's speech
in this issue.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Notice.

Ali persons having claims against
the Estate of the late Mrs Eliza J.
Hendrick, will present such claims
duly proven as required by law to
the undersigned Executor OF her es-
tate on or before the First day of
1918.
The Bank of Hardinsburg & Trust
Co, Executor of the Estate OF Mrs.
Eliza ]. Hendrick, deceased.
Claude Mercer Attorney for the
Estate
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Notice.

All persons having claims against
the estate of the late Catherine Car
roll, deceased will present them to
the undersigned Administrator of her
estate at Cloverport, Kentucky, duly
proven, as required by law, on or
before the 18th day. of October, 1918.
Lawrence Carroll, Administrator
of the estate of Catherine Carroll,
deceased.
Claude Mercer, Attorney.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
Breckenridge Circuit Court, Ken
lucky.
Edith Pile. .... Plaintiff.
Against
Norman Pile.-................... Defendant.


Equity No. 5000.
By virtue of Judgement and
Order of Sale of Breckenridge Circuit
Court, rendered at February Term
thereof, 1918, in the above cause, for
the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty
Dollars with interest thereon from
November 10, 1915, until paid at the
rate of per cent. The following
tract of land is sold subject to the
above lien notes, and all costs herein,
shall proceed to offer for sale at the
Court door in Hardinsburg,
to the highest bidder, at PUBLIC
AUCTION, on Monday, the 18th day
of October 1918, at one o'clock P. M.
or thereabout (being Circuit Court
day., upon the credit of six months
the following described property, to-
wit: Beginning at a White Oak or
post Oak, Bridwell's corner in Bart
ly's line thence with said line E. "A
poles to McCamish's Corner two
Black Oaks same course continued
with McCamish's line in all los poles
to a sink thence with Brunners' line
No. "a Z. 155 poles to stable at the
mouth of the lane, thence S. 80 w. Sc
poles to a White Oak, thence S. IA
+ so poles to a post Oak, thence N.
S1H w. 1872 poles to stake in Bird
wells line, thence with his line S. II
poles to the beginning containing So
acres be the same more or less, the
purchaser with approved surety or
securities, must execute bond, bearing
legal interest from the day of sale
until paid; and having the force and
effect of Judgement Lien retained
to secure payment of purchase mon
ey. Bidders will be prepared to COM
ply promptly with these terms.
Approximated debt, interest and
cost, $55S.35.
Lee Walls, Commissioner.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Can't Get Alcng Without 1t

Mr., J, d, Babbage, Cloverport, Ky.
Dear Sir; You will find enclosed
$3.50 for The Breckenridge News one
year. Seems like | can't get along
without it, Send me the back num-
bers for the last five weeks if you
have them, and date my paper from
the back number and oblige. Yours,
II, |, Snider, Walters, Okla, Route
2. Box 35.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
A Soldiers Renewal.

Mr.. J. d. Babbage, Cloverport, Ky.
Dear Sir: Please accept my renewal
for The Breckenridge News and
chage my address from Camp Merritt
IL F. T. to Cresskill, N. j., and begin
with this weeks issue. Yours truly,
Sgt. T. w. Crenshaw, Cresskill, N. j.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02

time than in the States, | will write
at least one letter and one card per
week and want you to write same
number. have written the address
correctly on the first page. With
love your affectionate son,
James Z. Nissan.
My Dear Mother: / trust you re-
ceived my previous cards and one
letter since | arrived. Our mail has
not been forwarded as yet but | sup
pose it will follow us shortly.
This camp is situated on wonder
full region, level, rolling landscape as
far as the eye can see. No ugly
barren spots, always borders of or
derby kept trees or shrubs. The
open spots are like the meadows in
an old painting; the kind | used to
look at and think there were no such
places. They were undoubtly
French landscapes.
Our voyage was an interesting one.
The weather was fine with the excep-
ton of two days off foreign coast.
We were attacked by number OF
enemy submarines and had the snap
piest seafght Imaginable and thanks
to the GOODNESS of the ships COM
manders' and the bravery of the pro-
tecting warships and destroyers.
Three were reported officially sank
without loss to any of our ships.
There was absolutely no panic "a
mong any OF the soldiers or ships
crew during the fight.
1t was the coolest work for SER
iousness of the thing have ever
seen This is all ! may say about
the voyage for military reasons.
We landed at an English seaport
and travelled inland for a time En-
gland gives the impression of well
ordered city distributed over the
country in single blocks Always in
the country and never out OF towns.
| cannot recall having seen single
wooden residential building, always
permanent stone or brick sometimes
stucco and concrete. | saw several
straw matched buildings.
Hedge and stone are the fences and
walls there.
England was interesting but we
naturally wanted to see our final
destination France, We saw the
great chalk cliff coastline the first
thing and were soon in the French
seaport.
Needless to say the Frensh people
gave us a great welcome. 1t was
sure strange, marching through the
streets of strange city of strange
country.
1t wasn't a strange country after
all 1t seemed like we had all been
here once before sometime long ago.
After few days in SO called
rest camp" where we did everything
but rest we boarded the funny look.
ing little trains and travelled inland.
We enjoyed the sights and took it
all in. We saw many German pris-
oners and Allied soldiers of the sew
eral different nations and number
of things too numerous to write
about
This camp is one of the largest |
aviation camps in this section. Air
planes are so common we don't even |
look up unless some daredevil does
some hair raising stunt way up in
the air thousands of feet and often |
doing the raiser" comes down and |
fumes about forgetting to take a |
chew of "homespun" or "cut plug"
before he went up.
am web and satisfied and intend |
TO STAY that way until its over.
Ths Y. NJ. E.. A. is doing a wond-
erful work here as we'll as anywhere
the boys" may be. l have talked
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02

Read President Wilson's speech
in this issue.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
SUBSCRIBERS
LETTERS
A Former Cloverport Boy.

The Breckenridge News. Clover
port, Ky. Gentlemen: Find en-
closed cheque for $l.jO for same
please send us your paper for the
period OF one year. Trusting you
will give this your earliest possible
attention. remain, Very truly
yours, o. l.. Perkins, Pocatello,
Idaho.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Living in San Diego. Cal.

Editor Breckenridge News. My
Dear Sir Find enclosed eight
months subscription to The Brecken-
ridge News. Please send to Lee
Jordan, 1854 Florida St, San Deigo,
Cal.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Pvt. Hubert Shaw Subscribes.

Dear Mr.. Babbage: You will find
enclosed 81 for which please send me
The Breckenridge News as far as
this one buck" will go. The News
seems like a letter from home to us
Breckenridge boys. There are FIVE
Of us boys in this camp from that
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-10-02
Sofia Told Peace Negotiations
Require Rupture OF Relations
With Germany.
BERLIN ALARMED BY MOVE
Publication Of Armistice Requests
Causes Panic-GeneraI March Says
Collapse Was Due to U. s.
Forces-AIIies Advance.

ont of the war, In the opinion of Ste.
pnan Panateroff, bulgarian minister
here. who believes that his country
definitely Is determined to abandon its
alliance with Germany and Austria,
and. II the entente allies refuse TO lis
ten to peace overtures, will appeal to
the United States to use its good Of
fees.
London, Sept. 30.-Great Britain
has replied to the Bulgarian appeal
for an armistice. The governments
reply, II Is declared, is fully covered
in the reply of the allied commander
in Macedonia. BY this 1t is perfect
ly well defined that there will be no
suspension of the military operations.
At the same time it is made clear
to the Sofia government that the OPEN
irg Of peace negotiations requires
complete rupture of Bulgaria's rela-
lions with Turkey, Austria and Ger
many.
Collapse Due to U. S. Forces.
Washington, Sept. 30.-The impend-
Ing collapse of Bulgaria is the direct
result of the concentration of Ameri-
can troops on the western front, Cen
trai March, chief of staff. said.
Causes Panic In Berlin.
London, Sept. 3O-The publication
In Berlin semioflicial newspapers of
Bulgaria's armistice requests was the
cause Of the greatest panic in the Ger
man capital, according to advices re-
ceived at Copenhagen and forwarded
by the Exchange Telegraph CORE
spondent there.
Serbian troops have reached Rata
vista, Is miles north of Ishtip, and
nave advanced q considerable distance
beyond Kochana, toward the Bulgarian
border.
Serbians Reach Ratavista.
Serbian troops continue to press the
retreating Bulgarians and score i'm
rortant gains of ground, the Serbian
war Office reports. The Serbian forces
ar pushing on from Wales toward U.s.
kup. The troops defending Wales were
taken prisoner. The city and fortress
If Veles, one of the important bases
If the Bulgarian forces in southern
Serbia on the Vardar river, has been
captured by Serbian troops, the Ser
hian war Office announces confirming a
previous report
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Held After Stabhlng

Charged with stabbing Annsin
Shutan, thirty-seven years old, of 36f
Stockton street. Saturday night, An
drew Fall. twenty-six years old, of
s67 Stockton street. was arrested at
s.45 o'clock yesterday morning by
Patrolman John Larson assisted by
Patrolman Charles ID. Buchan. Jr.
Shutan was found by Patrolmen
Buchan and Kurpiel shortly after
midnight Saturday night suffering
from loss OF blood from a wound in
his left arm. The Injured nan was
taken to the office of DR.. j. g. Hay
and then removed to the City Hospi-
tai for treatment. The man suffered
considerably from the loss of blood,
but will recove from tho wound.
A search was conducted by Patrol
men Buchan and Kurpiel for Fail.
but they failed to find him following
the stabbing affair. The nan was
caught later In the morning but de-
MED the charges mad againt him.
No disposition has been made of tho
case by Recorder Pickersgiil who is
awaiting to learn the condition Of the
injured man.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
POLICE NEWS

Three mon were arrested by Pa
trolman Albert Macdonald at 7
o'clock Saturday night charged with
threatening to stab. One of the three
men was lined fifty dollars. another
twenty-five dollars and the third dis
charged. They were George Domey.
Joe Market and Nick Paulsk. Domey
having the heaviest fine imposed up
on him. Paulsk was discharged.
Barney Brown. twenty-five years
old of New Brunswick avenue. arrest
ed by Patrolman Kurpiel at 2:3O
o'clock Sunday morning on suspicion
was fined twenty-five dollars. Brown
had a razor in his possession.
William August. sixty-two years old.
a gateman of 1s3 Smith street. was
arrested Saturday morning at 1910
O'Clock by Patrolman Koscielniak.
charged with being trunk and disor-
Derby. He was given thirty days in the
county workhouse.
Andrew Miller of sTs Lee avenue
was sentenced to spend ninety days In
the county Jail this morning by Re-
corder Pickersgill as the result or
charges preferred by Mlller's wife.
Ohieer Joseph Hartung arrested NIL
Ter at $40 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
McCTan Also AssaIls Record
By Special Correspondent.

b. Special Correspondent
TRENTON. Aug. ie.-State Sena-
tor Thomas +. McCran today charged
George L. Record with a most DELHI
crate imposition on the press and
people OF the state. In his publicity
agent account of his address last
Saturday night at Paterson. McCran
says IT personally attended the Rec
ord meeting, thinking hat perhaps
Mr.. Record might like to PROFOUND
a few questions inasmuch as the press
had reported him as making reference
to me at previous meetings. But Mr..
Record not only did not refer to my
speech, but never mentioned my name
or that of Senator Wells. Imagine
my complete surprise upon reading
the stereotyped account of the Record
meeting in the Sunday newspaper to
find out that I had been ~snoozing
during the meeting the night before
and that Mr.. Record had assailed
both Wells and myself and replied to
our speeches In deteil"~ The Record
campaign is a tour Of the newspapers
'ather than OF the state. says the sem
tor and an imposition on their ger
y rosity and courtesy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
"a. Made From Straw.

The production of fuel and lighting
a from straw Is now made possible
by a Canadian Invention. This pro-
Queer, which is designed for Individual
farm use, offers q practical can for
utilizing the vast Quantities Of straw
that now 90 to waste on the Western
plains.
The gas Is made in a retort equipped
with three cylinders. each OF which
molds q bale Of straw seven feet
long, two feet wide. and six inches
thick.
After filling and closing these cham
bers, a straw or gas fire Is lighted
under them and allowed to burn 30
or 10 minutes. One firing with wheat.
oat, barley, or fax straw In this mnn-
nSr produces 1000 cubic feet OF gas,
having fuel value Of 400 b. l. n About
12.000 cubic feet Of gus can usu'
ally be generated from one ton of
straw, and In addition six to eight gal.
Ions of tar and $40 pounds Of carbon,
from which Iampblack a be OBJ
tained.-Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
New Cigar Factory

Another manufacturing company
has been added to the long list that
has been the means of making Perth
Amboy known throughout the coun-
try as the "Pacemaking City"
The new concsrn Is known as the
@. H. p. Cigar Company of Philadel-
phia and will manufacture the VIM
cello brand of cigar. The company
have leased the building at 422 Park
avenue for a term OF years and are
now practically rebuilding 1t to meet
their needs. The building was former
~ occupied by the Perth Amboy Man.
ufaoturins Company and used for the
manufacture of shirt waists.
The cigar concern plans to employ
200 people. and will give them ideal
working conditions. as they realize
that the better the working quarters
are the beAe # and more perfect prod
uct they - produce. h company
has come here to stay and is spending
a large amount of money in e~quipping
the plant. They expect to build when
the present lease runs out.
Although the concern Will only
make one brand of cigar at the pres
ent time, this brand will be manu-
featured in three different sizes. The
plant Will be able to turn u 10000
cigars a day. and at the present time
have owe three million sold which
have not been delivered.
Samuel /. Grabosky is the president
of the new company, and Benjamin
Grabosky Is treasurer. The superin-
tendent will be II. j. Fink. who was
formerly connected with the Porto
Rico Cigar Company here. Mr.. Fink
will make his home in this city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Men Sc Years Old May Enlist


Sergeant Trapper In charge OF the
local recruiting station received word
from Adjutant General w. T. Bates at
Washington to the effect that the
ages for enlistments have been ex-
tended.
The adjutant generals letter fol-
lows:
Subject to existing regulations. the
maximum age for enlistment in the
staff corps in the department is ex-
tended from the forty-first birthday OF
the applicant to his ffty-sixth birthday
Under the present instruction. how
ever. all voluntary enlistments are
prohibited of men who have not
reached their forty-stxth birthday.
All applicants must pass the re-
quired physical examinations and
should have special qualifications re-
quired for eniistments for the stan
corps desired and for which enlist
ments have been authorized"
No applicants over forty-hve years
Of age all be enlisted for the Medical
Department unless he presents a let
ter Issued by the authority OF the
Surgeon General requesting enlist
ment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
State Board Refuses to
Allow Credits for Canning

TRENTON, Aug. 1e-The State
Board of Education has refused to
go on record as giving permission to
the local boards throughout h state
to release boys and girls over sixteen
years OF age from school for service
in Gaming establishment with the I'M
derstanding that the time thus spent
was to be properly credited as school
work.
Assistant State Commissioner of
Education Wesley O'Leary offered a
resolution for the boards adoption
carrying out this plan. He is In
charge of industrial, agricultural and
general vocational education in the
State Department OF Public ~Instruc-
ton.
The canning work is to be done in
September, and the resolution pro-
vided that the local boards should
comply with the rules and regulations
adopted by the state Board of Edu-
cation at its meeting Of last February
for school credit and membership In
the Junior Industrial Army of New
Jersey and the United States Boys
working Reserve, IL they decided to
permit their pupils to engage IN this
work.
The members Of the State Board re-
fused TO approve Of the plan mainly
on the ground that 1t might interfere
WIFI kCnOOiilt6. IL was POAhtOo OAe
that President Wilson and the Federal
Government is strongly urging hat ed
ucational work must not be sacrinced
in war activities. John p. Murray OF
Jersey CITY declared that England and
France have. and are still doing
everything possible to maintain their
schools. Murray asserted that this
proposed canning idea would AFFECT
principally pupils of the rural schools,
especially those In South Jersey,
which he believed needed all the help
| possible. He continued further by
saying that the school days in South
Jersey should number 200 in the year,
and that each should be five hours In
| duration.
Professor John c. Van Dyke of New
Brunswick declared many of the pu-
pills In South Jersey leave the schools
for farm work in the spring and do
not return to classes until Novem'
Der. He estimated their number as a
| fourth of the enrolment. but Presi-
| dent Melvin A. Rice of Red Ban
thought II would be better to say half
| of the enrolment
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19

days, and when the Infantry was hem
med IN on top Of Mont KENNEL.
the cavalry drove forward IN counter
attack and held OF the shock divisions
Of the enemy while the French gum
ners got their pieces away.
Later. at the battle Of Locre, the
cavalry also shared fully with the In
fantry. blocking gaps in the line. and
the final definite occupation Of the
town for the allies was accomplished
by a cavalry battalion. A sergeant
and a handful Of dragons drove 40
Germans out OF the town. and at an
other point a cavalry officer and 20
men backed up the infantry at a
critical moment, the officer waving a
pistol In one hand and a shovel In
the other es he led the dash which re-
stored the situation.
Defend compeIane.
A few days later the same cavalry,
after another long ride, met the n
envy advance against ViIlers-C otterets
woods In the Aisne sector, where the
fighting today is waging hercely, and
where the horsemen again are
gagged. When the Germans drove for
ward In their effort to get around the
forest to Compeigne, the horsemen
blocked the road between the wooded
region and the River 0urcq.
In view Of this record for swift and
dashing attack afoot, the cavalry APP
pears to have established a new place
for itself In modern warfare They
are the light reserves; the men who
are always hurled first Into the point
Of danger to hold until the siow-mov-
ing infantry arrives. They have
learned trench warfare completely.
and General Foch Is making use Of
them In any nov that lnsures them
a glorious chance when the day comes
for the allies to drive back all along
the line.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Press Uphofds Leaders.
A ssoc{nfed prpas

PARIS (Havas Agency Aug. 10
The German press Is attempting to
reassure It's public that a general re-
treat Is necessary on the western front
to allow General Ludendorn room to
maneuver and to assume h initiative
on a vast scale, the newspapers re-
port.
A German retreat, the newspaper
says, would be a direct result of the
recent Allied successes. The news
papers assert hat even II the Ger
mans received reinforcements from
Austria they have lost the power to
command events as Marshal Foch a
the initiative and will keep II.
German propaganda insists that
the German general stan viii retain
the initiative by forcing premature
engagements on the American army
and start with wearing 1t out before
It is fully prepared.
L'Homme Libre says h a h
american forces taking part In the
Picardy offensive could not be COM
pared In size with those OF the
French and British. 1t says that
America will soon have its first class
army In France and that 1t will have
airplanes which German aviatorS
will have reason to fear.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
Stokes Turns on Record


By Special Correspondent.
TRENTON. Aug. 1s-New zest was
added to the Republican United States
senatorial fight today when former
Governor Edward c. Stokes issued a
statement. declaring the candidacy of
George L. Record, and the princi-
pies which he Is advocating. a menace
to the welfare of the Republican party
and stating that II Is the duty Of
the other candidates to answer Rec
ord n ot necessarily In a joint debate
but by an appearance In the stump
and through the press" The state
ment of Mr.. Stokes today comes Just
n week before the time limit for the
filing of nomination papers for the
United States senatorial nomination,
and, although there Is not the slight
est intimation in the statement that
the former executive intends to en-
ter the race, II has given rise to talk
that today's expression may be but
the ~forerunner Of his own entrance
into the Republican fight at the elev-
enth hour.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-19
May Have U-BOat Spies

NEW YORK, Aug. 1e.-Several
mysterious prisoners will be arraigned
today In the Federal Court In Brook
lyn on charges of espionage and sa-
botage, as a sequel to the efforts OF
Secret Service agents and the Camp
Mills Military authorities In hunting a
nest of German spies believed to have
been in communication with U boat
raiders off the coast.
The exact number OF prisoners Is
not known. One report Is there were
five men and n woman arrested
near Mitchell Flying Field and Camp
Mills. Another version ia there are
Ave men and four women, all Ger
mana in the net. It is believed the
arrests were the first OF a series by
which the Government agents expect
TO round up all suspected men and
women around the Long Island dying
fields.