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The Adair County news., 1918-06-05
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Harrodsburg Schools Busy.

Harrodsburg, KY, May IA, 1918.
Mr.. j. B. Brown, Louisville, Ky.
Dear Strive have organized War
Savings Societies in our school with
the following names, and the amounts
opposite their names have been con-
tributed through w. S. S. and Liberty
Bonds:
The Adair County news., 1918-06-05

We desire charters for these and
would appreciate the State Bulletin
for each room, with any other litera-
ture to help boost the proposition.
Yours for winning the war,
Harrodsburg Public School.
By ]. G. Prather, Supt.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
TURN STATE SPY
 ACT ON EXEMPTION
Fifty Witnesses to Tell How They
 EVaded Service Under Draft

New York, Jan. 2.-Fifty witnesses have been subpoenaed to appear to- day at the office of Attorney General Merton F. Lewis to testify regarding the business of selling fraudulent affi- davits for exemption under the Draft Act alleged to have been carried on
 by George Ringler and three asso-
 ciates now in the Tombs.
 Attorney General Lewis now has evidence that at least sixty-two ex-
 emptions of drafted men were pro- duced by Ringler and his assistants on appeal from the District Exemp- tion Board, headed by Charles E.. Hughes to the office of the Adjutant | General of the State. The manner in which the alleged frauds were car ried out was described last night by a
 Secret Service official who said
 "A clause in the law allows appeals from the decisions of the District
 Board by men who can prove that by some mistake they registered although under 21 or over 31. These may ob- tain exemption from the Adjutant General
 t'It was evidently calculated that since many appeals would be passed upon by a small number of men in
 the Adjutant Generals office, docu- l mentary evidence would not be close 1 ly scrutinized. They guessed right up | to a certain point. Sixty-two of their l clients got. exempted without much difficulty But it happened that there I was a methodical man in the Adju- | tant Generals office named Captain Hutchinson, who made more than a ] formality of going over the papers. fooi q l that the same few reappeared again and again, swearing that they had l known men, numbering more than 1 siXty-tWo, all their lives, he was sur l prised. He thought at first that the l three men might be politicians, who
 knew all about the families in their
 districts, but little further investi- gatiOn showed that the same group of
 men sWore out affidavits indifferently
 for men living on the east side, the , west side, Harlem, the Bronx, and
 Brooklyn. Then 6, comparison of the
 atfidavits showed that they had re- duced their affidavits almost to a standard form, so that they were
 swearing to almost identical facts in
 almost identical language in sixtytwo
 different cases,
 After that Capt. Hutchinson turned
 the sixty-t two cases over to the Secret Servicc. We took up the matter with the State Attorey General Under a law drawn by Governor Whitman and MT. Lewis and passed by the Legisla- ture in 1917, called the Spy Act, the Attorney General may subpoena wit nesses to appear before him, and re-
 fusal to comply with the subpoena is
 a crime The Federal District Attor-
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
KEPHART WINS RUN
Neadovbrook Club Star, Running from Scratch Captures Not Only First Place But Time Prize.

Philadelphia, Jan. 2.-Harry s. Kephart of the MeadowbrOOk club showed a clean pair of heels in the sixth annal run of the Theodore Starr club over a. 7h mile course. Run ming from scratch he not only took first place, but also won first time prize The athletes, many of whom were soldiers, competed despite the zero weather and poor condition of the roads.
 Kephart took the lead at the two and one-half mile turn and from then on was never in danger. He crossed the finish line fifteen yards ahead of J. Morris, a clubmate. The victors time was 37:G3. H. Siegel, also of Meadowbrook, who won the senior cross-country championship here two weeks ago, finished third.
 Meadowbrook, not contented with capturing first place, also took first place in the team prize. Tom Pat terson, running for Camp Meade, fin- ished fifth and took first individual military prize.
 Meade, finished fifth and took first in- ( sdividual military prize.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02

ney and the county District AttOr- neys can only invite witnesses to ap- pear before them. The Spy act has been one of the most powerful agen- cics in strengthening the arm of the Federal Government in dealing with cases in New York State.
 We summoned several of the eN- enpted men, sending officers with the SubpOenas, so that they could not run away, and, once at the Attorney Gen. erals office, they confessed as fast as questions were asked them.
 An investigation of Ringler the al- legged chief of the conspiracy, showed that several months ago he had come highly recommended as a refOrmer to the office of Mayor Mitchell, where he said he was so anxious to serve the city that he was willing to take a pO- sition for six months without pay in any department to demonstrate his merit. Mayor Mitchell turned him over to Commissioner of Licenses Bell. In a short time complaints began to pour
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
 OPEN PART
MILE VICTORY
 FOR DICK WILLIAMS
Winner Inaugurates 1918 Racing
 Season in Brilliant Fashion

New Orleans, La, Jan. 2.--The rac- ing scene shifted yesterday from the Jefferson Parish track to City Park yesterday afternoon, and with the change came an immediate quicken ing of interest among turfmen and an improvement in the quality Of the fields. The New Years handicap, at one mile, brought out a fine lot of horses and resulted in an impressive victory for Dick Williams, which has been meeting with great success here. With Garner in the saddle Dick Wilzj Hams not only beat his field home but was timed in 1:37 4-5, a close approach to the worlds record and one of the fastest miles yet run here.
 The handlcapwa expected to de- velop a duel between Dick Williams and Cheer Leader, which also has been running in great form. They went to the post even favorites, at , to l. with Harry Shaw getting a good play at to 1. Dick Williams did as his packers expected but Harry Shaw, piloted by Obert, put one over and came home second. Cheer Leader saved the show money
 Another Fast Race. ("
 The track was lightning fast and fine time was made in every event. Tn, the Good Cheer Purse Producer, with the light impOst of 97 pounds and Walls in the saddle, travelled the mile in 138 and rewarded the players of faVorites. Walls rode another choice. home when he brought Brighouse past the judges first in the second' race.
 The ony race in which the favorite did not win was the fifth, a claiming event, at a mile and seventy yards. Jessie Louise won that at 50 to 1, with 1 Brother Jonathan, with Walls up, sec- ond and Amalgamator, the favorite, 1 third.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
DARTMOUTH BEATEN
New York CoIlegians Swamp New Hampshire Basket Tosscrs If to 27 -Tichinsky Continues to Shine.

New York, Jan. 2.-Fresh from it's victory over the Navy five the Col lege of the City of New York bas- ketball team added another success to it's list last night when it defeated the Dartm outh college com bination in the local gymnasium by A to IA. Last year Dartmouth won by point, but this time the City College passers went at their rivals from the open ing whistle and outclassed them in every department. The speedy pass ing of the locals bewildered the Han oVerians-
 Tichinsky, who is regarded as the fastest forward in the college, caged eleven goals from scrimmage. The locals led by 27 to in the first half and let up a. bit in the second period.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
BOWLING ACTIVITIES
First Games in City Championship Series to Be Rolled This Evening Sixteen Players Signed to Date.

The race for the individual bowl ing championship of this city, will start this evening at the Aetna alleys. To date, Manager Rogers has received 16 entries. As the result of the first drawings, the following players will contest this evening: Lofgren ys. Shepard, Larson vs. Thompson, Troy vs. Shepard; Thursday night, Richter vs. Nichols, Hines vs. Rogers; Friday night, A. Anderson vs Kahms, Bers tini vs. Cage and Foote vs. Bren- necke.
 The Stanley Works league will hold forth this evening at the Aetna al- leys, and tomorrow evening a team from Middletown will roll a picked team from this city.
 The Universal league will start the second round of the schedule Friday evening.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
MCCLURE WINS SHOOT.
Leads Gunncrs in Lakewood's New
 Year Competition.

Lakewood, N. J.. Jan. 2.-Archi- bald J. Mcclure of New York and Lakewood won the New Years Day shoot here yesterday afternoon at the Laurel House gun club traps. All competitors shot from scratch. Con- sidering the conditions, McClure's score of ninety was excellent. Those scoring in the eighties were J. P Scope, New York, S7; Andrew J. Mur- phy, Lakewood, S4; William Norton, Lakewood Country club, S2, and w. A. Mellon, New York, S2
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
Two knOckOutS in Phiily.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 1-Tommy Carey won a fast fight from Johnny Clinton in the windup at the Cambria club matinee yesterday. In the semi final Young Weyman of Girardville defeated Buck Taylor of Baltimore. The other bouts resulted as follows:
 Battling Murray stopped Dick Got wall of York in the fifth round. Eddie Mullin finished Battling Manton in the third round, and Eddie Joyce defeated Jimmy McDonnah.
 A battle royal concluded the show
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
WALSH A FIREMAN
Red SoxsOutfie1der Joins Syracuse De- partmeJM-Erazer Decides to Re tain Him. on 1918 Team.

Syracuse, IN. Y, Jan. 2.-No mat ter whether baseball keeps or not, Jimmy Walsh, the Red SoX outfielder and former Yankee, will have enough to buy his weekly supply of smokes. Jimmy started the new year as a member of the Syracuse fire depart ment. He intends to keep working all winter.
 Connie Mackarecently was inform ed bv Owner Frazee of the Red SoX that he could have Walsh back, but on account of the unsettled conditions in baseball F'razee last Saturday decided to retain Jimmy as a member of the Ped SOX Outfield.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
GUNNERS BRAVE JACK FROST.
DOremus Got 91 Kills in Shoot At Lit
 tic Falls

Little Falls, Jan. 1.-Nine mem bers of the Little Falls Gun club braved zero weather yesterday and competed on the holiday handicap. P. H. Dore- mus did some remarkable shooting between trips to the clubhouse stove. He broke 94 out of 100 targets. J. R. Weltmer was second best scratch man. He got SC breaks. Harry Fran cisco won the handicap prize with 70, 30-10O. A. Smith had 79 1S-97; Lyman Sindle, v, 20-97 and G. M. Chaffe S3 1O-93
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
OVERCOME BY HEAT.

Pasadena, Cal, Jan. 2.-Four per- sons were overcome by heat yesterday in the crowd of 42,0O0 which wit messed the football team of marin es stationed at the Mare Island navy yard defeat the army team from Camp Lewis, Washington, one of the features of the annual tournament of roses here. The score was 19 to 2. Profits from the game will go to the Red Cross.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
GOII1 AT PTNEHURST.

Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 1.-Two match rounds in the midwintcr tournament will be disposed of at Pinehurst to- day. The first three divisions will play over the number two course in both rounds and the other division will use number one. Norman H. Maxwell, the medalist, will meet V. A.
 Seggerman in the first round
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
of the gong

sa lit him almost at Will. It was dsN& %0ucston how much punish nea1t Nhgoud coulct21o for he never Hot a punch get by. That he was on gnis feet at the finish was mere testl-
 mony of the fact that ne could assin1-
 Hate enough punishment to beat a half dozen less rugged men.
 Callahan gave a splendid exhibition of free hand hitting. He used excellent Judgment, missed few blows and his distance on leads and counters was well nigh perfect. He won every round and scored a decisive victory. Tn the first round he came within an of sending Wagond to the floor. He caught the rugged Italian with a short right on the jaw and sent him l clean across the ring. The ropes alone ! saved Wagond from going down. He
 clinched for the rest of the round and \ his wonderful recuperative powers & enabled him to weather the storm m the next five rounds.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02

l.. Glover who ran second on the championship tilt at Van Cortlandt Park, the red and black appears likely to lose it's title next fall unless some new material is developed Cum mings and McHale were also on the team which sent Cornell down to it's third defeat in seventeen years.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
POOL CRACKS TO MEET.

Milwaukee, Jan. 2.-F'rank Taber- ski, of Schenectady, N. Y, holder of the pocket billiard championship, will defend his crown against Ralph Greenleaf of Monmouth, ILL, consid- cred to be his most dangerous rival, in a series which begins here tonight. The men will play block of 150 points on three nights.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
PENN'S TEAM BROKEN UP.
McIIaIe and Cummings Join Colors
 and Others May Follow.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 2.-The cham pionship cross-country team of the University of Pennsylvania has been broken up by the enlistment of +. B. McHale and w. N. Cummings. Cummings has joined an ambulance unit, while McHale is now a marine.
 With the loss of the services of l..
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
LEAVE FOR NIAGARA.

The second group of the Polish vol unteers left the city for their training camp at Niagara Falls yesterday. They are a part of the Polish legion which is being formed and trained for serv- ice overseas. The first company of the Polish volunteers departed for camp on Thanks giving day.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
DOXIC WhipS PaulsOn.

Lawrence, Mass, Jan. Paul Doyle of New York won a referee's $ 5decision over Mike Paulson of St. Paul in ten rounds. The bout was fast and exciting all the way.
 Doyle had Paulson groggy in the last two rounds.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
DAM OF DAN PATCH DEAD.

Oxford, Ind, Jan 2.-Zelica, dam of Dan Patch, 1:55, pacer, died here last night of old age. She was 26 years old and was the dam of several foals which made racing records.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02

in against his activities from moving
 picture proprietors and other holders of licenses. Finally Comm issioner of Accounts Wallstein was directed to in vestigate him and later recommended that Ringler be dismissed.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02
Fight Terrific Draw.

Akron, Ohio, Jan. 2.-Johpny Grif- fiths and Bryan Downey fought a ter rife twelve round draw here yester- day afternoon. Both men were badly cut LID at the end of the battle.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-02

TIME: 500 P. NJ. SHARP. PRICES: soc and $1. .0O.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05

'.ss. ALASKA NEWS

Jerome L. Drumheller, Spokane capitalist, has bought half inter est in the -Goodell property on Archangel creek, near Willow creek -Anchorage Times.
 Dr. Andrew smith of Portland has been awarded the contract for carryinS mail from Kodiak to Un- alaska.-Juneau Empire.
 F. z. Johnson of the Alaska Fish Co, states that the report that the caRnery at Waterfall was destroyed by fire is untrue and that dama0es amounted only to about $25.
 A cooperage plant for manufactm ing barrels is being installed by Harry Cribb at Anchorage. with a capacity of 5000 barrels per month
 The Columbia Red Metal Mining Go. Is installing a sawmill near val .dez. A monorail will be built from the peach to the mine.
 Q
 The Red Cross Packing Go. has been organized at Juneau to can clans.
 J. L. Long is starting another cannery at Douglas in connection win the fresh fish industry operat- ed py the Alaska Coast Fish Go.
 The Taku Canning Co. will elm ploy crew all winter to construct new cannery building and dock from lumber cut by the Juneau Lumber Co.,, this fall.
 Frank Cavanaugh and Chas. swift ger expect to open new cannery In Juneau.
 Father Rivet was a passenger on the train this morning on his way to Whitehorse.
 Dr. w. T. Turnbull left this morn in. Cor home after a couple of days visit in the Garden City.
 MT. and Mrs. Lorne McAlister re- turned to their home at the sum mt this morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05
Eaets About New Plant World.

A new plant world, though one. or few forms, is opened up by Dr. Pierce see,s botanical investigation of libra- ries. The spots appearing on the pa per of old volumes, or those Kept Ill damp places, are found to be due to various fungi and to represent cer- tain number of species In different stages of: growth, colors and condl- lions. The microscope shows the ordi- nary spot to be made up of dark cen tral nucleus, which is the mycelium or vegetative portion of the plant, sur rounded by lighter zone colored py the secretlons of the organism. Plants still living have been transplanted to gelatine, NcorIce, potatoes or other suitable soil, and from the growths so obtained In three to six weeks the va rious kinds have been identified. AS reported to the Paris Academy of SCI enees. about 20 different species have been so far isolated. The molds are not all introduced into the books or paper, but in some cases their germs appear to have been present in the pa- per materials even in the raw hper itself. ~AFr "'s .
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05
"C0NTINUED IN OUR NEXT"
How Woman,s Shrewdness Served e Save Her Life and Incidentally
 Enrich Literature.

No one 1knows who wrote "Ths Arabian Nights" but 1t Is related that "The Thousand and One Nigbts" as they are often called, originated in this manner: Schariar was sultan of. Persia and having no faith in women, and having carte blanche to marry as many wives as he chose, he had each bride killed the day after he married her. The vizier who did the executive work on this program was filled with horror at the atrocities he was obliged to perform, the more so as he had 8 beautiful daughter of his own and was in constant terror lest she ind favor in the eyes of the sultan. One day his fears were realized and the beautiful Scheherazade was chosen victim. She did not share her fathers apprehension, however, having Q scheme of her own for thwarting the sultan's designs. The morning after her marriage she began telling her husband a story, and just as he was about to leave her for his afairp of state, she brought the talerto thaf fascinating point where we generally find that 1t is "to be continued" The sultan decided to have her saved dH night that he might hear the end or the story. This proceeding was re- peated for thousand and one nights' By that time, Scheherazade had borne him children and the sultan had de- cided to abandon the cruel practfcs of killing his wives. ''The Thousand and One Nights" translated into French in 1704 by Antoine Galiard' was compiled from these fascinating stories.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05

of feminine emotion, but they do not know the American War Moth We do. The one interpretaHon Of the message Is that the American mohter is willing and ready to pay the full price for world freedom.
 It was the first rational eonven- ton of American War Mothers, and their message voices the determina- tioa of all American women, for the millions who have no sons to send wjII stand loyaly with the War Mothers. ..s ,--vaE
 Unconditional surrenderP" These supremely brave American war Mothers have sounded the slogan for their sons in France. It will be the slogan of the French. the Brit ish, the Italians, the Serbians and ths indomitabIe Belgians, Whatever the cost in lives of American boys, the mothers will pay, but in return thev demand unconditional sul' render.
 With this ringing message. A merIcan War Mothers will put new strength for further sacrifice and new hope into the hearts of the wa- Mothers of every nation at war with the Hun.-Portland Tele- gram.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05
CHARACTER MUST BE BUILT
Manss Best Qualities Seemingly Can
 Only Be Brought Out blythe Proc .dtsy esa of Hammerlng.

The word character" Is true to It's derivation. It Is Greek word, which Ee' pronounce harass; which they pro- naunce .charass, but which had the same meaning then as now. They smoke then. of coin in the mint, which was hammered and tortured by the sharp edges of the die, as being stamped upon, indeed, as a poor char assed thIng-as bearing character. It's character came to 1t because IL was beaten, pounded by this tremend- ous hammer. The more 1t was beaten the more distinct character 1t had. believe all our words of similar import have a similar derivation. Thus, when we say that man is of this type" or manhood, or that type" of manhood, the original meaning Is that he has been beaten into that shape by the blows of experience that have. passed over him. ...
 !. Burns says "the rank is but the guinea stamp" This means, at bottom, that a s.pound" is metal which has been pounded And there are metals which improve in quality all the time you stamp and hammer them. Just the, same Is true of a man, If he have the true heart, the true life and makes himself master of the circumstances instead of the slave. Ana the hammering is no unimportant part or the urocess.-Edward Everett Hale.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05
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Add This Fact to Your Store .of Knowledge.

Kidney disease. often advances 60 rapidly that many person Is firm ly in it's grasp before aware of it's progress. Prompt attention should bs given the slightest symptom of kidney disorder. If there is a dull pain in the pack, headaches, dizzy spells or tired, worn-out feeling; or if the kidney secretions are Of fensive, irregular and attended with pain, procure a good kidney remedy at once. ,., ,&
 Thousands recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Read the statement below. !
 Chas. Braasch, retired clothes dealer, 5S2 N. Coronado St., Los Angeles, Calif., says: When f was living in Chicago, several yeara ago, my kidneys were giving me con siderable trouble. When a mans kidneys become disordered, he feetf out of sorts all oyer. My back OCT" tainly was lame and 1t was hard for me to tend over or list anything heavy. The steady ache across "ths small of my back nearly took ths life out of me. Was advised to try Doan's KKidney Pills and I found they were just what need- ed. Doan's quickly relieved me ana I was soon free from the trouble"
 Price COG at all dealers. Don,e simply ask for a kidney remedy ge. Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tha. MT. Braasch had. Foster mil. burn Co.,, Mfgrs., N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05
WISE FROM EXPERIENCE

A certain party asked George Armstrong the other day if ne could explain the reason why, the goohers are putting so much ma
 terial in their nests this fail' Ill an apparent effort to make them warmer and more comfortable, ana iS-the fact of their doing so was all indication of another severe winter.
 NIT. Armstrong replied that ne was not an authority on the hap- it's Of gophers, but that In all prooa- bility their actions were in line with thcse of the people of the town who, made wise by last winters ex- perience of lack of fuel, had takeh time by the forelock and were now weIl-supplied with immense stacks of wood, cut and piled ready for whatever may occur in the way or col4 waYes-Whitehorse Star.- <, ..;. ..,,.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-10-05

An item states that "forty states maintain state geokogists." Idaho Is little conservative on main
 slnInG excess officials, though In the matter of analyzing theA hard surfaces of the state it "maintains" 9 few former officials at Boise who have been doing geological wor With a hammer at the penitentiary for some time past. Also seem to l"ve some others who deVe!yped marked ability in locating certain pay streaks in the state house for mation.-Pocatello Tribune.