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The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
LABOR SCARCE
United States Department of Agri
culture Bureau of Crop
Estimates.

Louisville, KY, April s.
Office of Field Agent,
$40 Custom House.
The condition of wheat in Ken
lucky as a whole is most excellent,
after remarkably favorable fall,
winter and spring. Rye passed the
winter in good condition, too, but
as most of Kentucky's Rye is grown
on heavy clay soils that heave very
badly the average condition of rye
is slightly lower than wheat. Wheat
now shows condition of 103 per-
cent compared with 100 per cent
this time last year and a ten-year-
average condition of "a per cent.
Rye is 100 percent now compared to
nearly 81 percent this time last year
and an average condition of SO per-
cent during the last ten years. Wheat
and rye are in excellent condition in
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
HAROLD i. JOHNSTON,
Private, First Glass, Co. A, s56th
Infantry.

Private Johnston was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross for con
spicuous gallantry, near Peuilly,
France, November 9, 1918. When IN
formation was desired as to the en-
emy's position on the opposite side of
the river Mouse, Private Johnston,
with another soldier, volunteered with
out hesitation, and swan the river
to reconnoiter the exact location Of
the enemy. He succeeded in reaching
the opposite bank, despite the evident
determination of the enemy to prevent
a crossing. Having obtained the in
formation, he again entered the water
for his return. This was accomplished
after severe struggle, which so ex-
hausted him that he had to be as
sisted from the water, after which he
rendered his report of the exploit. His
mother, Mrs. Belle Renshaw, lives in
Denver, Colo.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16

Military men Of other countries
Ioere amazed at the fighting quail
ties of the soldiers from America
The land of peace. They mere amazed
at the spirit NTH which Pershiag's
fighters wcat into battle Thousands
of american soldiers oon foreign
decorations, as yell as the Distin-
guished Service Gross of their own
country, in recognition Of acts Of
supreme heroisn or sublime self
sacrifice. Following are a feS0 Of
me most notable cases Of bravery on
The part of american soldiers IN Gc-
tion, selected By GenercI Pershimg's
.O,On staff as a0orthy of special COM
mendation.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
HAIRY 1. cAusLANp.

Private, Company !, s57th infantry.
Private Causland was decorated for
conspicuous heroism in action near
Bantheville, France, October "a, 1913.
Private CausIand was acting as am
munition carrier for a machine gun.
which was supporting a raid on the
enemy by the infantry. While this gun
was being operated from shell hole
its ammunition became exhausted and
the corporal called back to the car
riers, who were in shell holes twenty
five yards behind, to bring ur more
ammunition. Though the gun position
was under heavy enemy fire, Private
Causland called out, "I'n take IT, and
rushed forward with two boxes of am
munition. Just as he reached the EN-
placement, with the ammunition, he
was killed instantly by a machine gun
bullet. Private Causland's home was
at Anaeontes, Wash.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
Forced AT Work AZ Rodln,s.

The French police arrested at Az
aieres man named Boyon de Chalus,
It whose house they seized large
aumber Of bronzes, alleged to be false
" inscribed with the name OF Rodin.
Two metal founders and an italian
sculptor Of repute were also arrested.
The action Of the authorities arose out
If information furnished by M. Bene-
lite. the curator Of the Luxembourg
ind Rodin museums, who reported the
sale Of numerous counterfeit Robins,
If which one lot alone was bought by
! dealer for $4,000.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
JOHN PRATT.
Corporal, Co. |, 166th Infantry.

Corporal, Co. L, 166th Infantry.
Corporal Pratt was decorated for
conspicuous gallantry in action with
the enemy near Chevenges, France,
November Z, 1918. Corporal Pratt was
on duty as runner at the headquar-
tiers of the advance battalion when the
position was being heavily shelled by
the enemy. Seeing two soldiers lying
severely wounded two hundred yards
away in an open field, he crawled out
under intense fire, gave them first aid
treatment and then dragged them, one
at time, back to the dressing station.
His exceptional bravery enabled the
two wounded men to secure immedi-
ate medical attention and saved their
lives. His home address is Toledo, o.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
PHILIP c. KATz,

Sergeant, Company c, s6sd Infantry.
Sergt. Katz was decorated for con-
spicuous gallantry in action near &c
tisefontaine, France, September 20,
1918. After his company had with
drawn for distance of 200 yards on
a line with the units on its TANKS,
Sergt. Katz learned that one Of his
comrades had been left wounded in
an exposed position at the point from
which the withdrawal had taken place.
Voluntarily crossing an area swept by
heavy machine gun fire, Sergt. KatE
advanced to where the wounded SOL
der lay and carried him to safety. His
mother, Mrs. Jennie Katz, lives in San
Francisco.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
HARRY c. SESSIONS,

Second Lieutenant, Co. I, S72nd In
fantry.
Lieut.. Sessions was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross for I'M
usual bravery in action near Busy
Farm, France. Although he was on
duty in the rear, Lieut.. Sessions joined
his battalion and was directed by his
battalion commander to locate open
ings through the enemy's wire and at
tack positions. He FASTENED to the
front and cut large opening through
the wire in the face of terrific machine
gun fire. Just as his task was com
pleted he was so severely wounded
that he had to be carried from the
field. His gallant act cleared the way
for the rush that captured enemy posi-
lions.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
EMORY .. Pike.
Lieutenant Colonel, D. M. G. o., s2nd
Division.

Lieutenant Colonel, D. M. G. O., e2nd
Division.
Lieut. Col. Emory j. Pike (deceased)
was decorated for conspicuous gall
,antry in action near Wanderers, France,
September 10, 1918. Having gone for
ward to reconnoiter new machine gun
positions, Colonel Pike offered his as
,istance in reorganizing advance in
fantry units which had become disor-
ganized during a heavy artillery she'll
my. Colonel Pike succeeded in locat-
Dg only about 20 men, but with these
he advanced and when later joined by
several infantry platoons, rendered in
estimable service in establishing out
posts, encouraging all by his cheerful
ness, in spite Of the extreme danger Of
The situation. When a shell had
wounded one Of the men In the out
post, Colonel Pike Immediately went
to his aid, and was severely wounded
himself when another she'll burst in
The same place. While waiting to be
brought to the rear Colonel Pike con-
tinued in command, still retaining his
jovial manner of encouragement, d.
recting the reorganization until the
position could be held. The entire
operation was carried on under terrific
bombardment and the example Of cour-
age and devotion TO duty as set by
Colonel Pike, established the highest
standard of morale and confidence to
all under his charge. The wounds he
received were the cause of his death.
His daughter, Martha Agnes Pike, lives
in Des Moines, Ia.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16

turn "A prisoners. Later the same
day he jumped from trench and
rescued a eomrade who was about TO
be shot BY German officer, killing the
officer during the exploit. His actions
were entirely voluntary. and it was
while attempting to rush fifth ma
chine gun nest that he was killed. The
advance Of his company was mainly
due to his great courage and devotion
to duty. His home address was Kelly
Lake, MINI.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16

George p. Hampton, national direc-
tor of farmers national headquarters,
heads a delegation selected by the
farmers national conference to attend
the peace conference, The purpose Of
the trip, according to resolution
adopted by the conference, is to sup
mort President Wilson in his efforts
TO form a league of nations for the
prevention of future wars.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
ALBERT MEYER,
Private, 7eth Company.

Private Meyer, who makes his home
with his father, Gustave Meyer, 282
West 127th street. New York City,
won the Distinguished Service Cross
Tor extraordinary heroism in action
near Thiaucourt, France, September
Is, 1918. While on duty as stretcher
bearer for his company, Private Meyer
rushed into the open to rescue another
soldier threatened with capture. In
the face Of q large force OF advancing
Germans. BE killed two OF the enemy
and brought in the soldier to a place
Of safety.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
NELs VOID,
Pnvate, o.. ]. iseth Infantrx.

Private. 90. !, 1Ssth Infantry.
Private Void (deceased) was deco
rated for conspicuous gallantry in &C.
ton near Cheppy, France. September
26, 1918. Private Void rendered most
valiant service in aiding the advance
of his company which had been held
up by machine gun nests. He advanced
with one other soldier and silenced the
runs, bringing with him upon his re-
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
JAMES A. sHERET,
Sergeant, Company F, 1osth
Infantry.


Conspicuous gallantry in action near
Ronssoy, France, September 20, 1918,
when he sold his life dearly, won the
Distinguished Service Cross for Ser
geant Sheret. During the operations
against the Hindenburg line this sol
der displayed exceptional bravery in
several single-handed attacks on en-
envy positions. After rushing two hos
tile posts and killing the occupants
with his revolver, Sergeant Sheret at
tackled four Of the enemy In a machine
gun position, killed one Of them be-
fore he was himself surrounded and
killed by the other three. Sergeant
Eheret's mother lives at % West Park
street, Albion, N. Y.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16
nEnEoRp 3. LuNsEoRp.

Corporal, Company N, 1f7th infantry.
Corp. Lunsford tdeceased) was dec
Grated for extraordinary herolsn In
action near Bellicourt, France, Oqyo-
Der Z, 1918. When the line was held
up BY enemy machine gun IRE Corp.
Lunsford strapped an automatic rife
to his shoulder and advanced In the
face Of machine gun FIRE. Firing as he
went forward, he killed four Of the
enemy before he fell dead, riddled
with bullets. Thomas Lunsford, his
father, lives in Mount Vernon, Tenn.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16

prevention of future wars.
to unite on either of them when it
faces a united and confident enemy
in November.
We believe that Judge Black is the
strongest man in the Democratic par
ty and for that reason whatever in
fluence the Kentuckian has will be
given to him again.
AS part of its subscription cam
paign, the Kentuckian will within
the next few weeks be sent into
thousands of homes in every part of
Christian county. The object of
course is to increase the semi-weekly
issue of the paper and make it
welcome visitor into the homes of the
people. The low price at which it is
offered to the subscribers ought to
appeal to every reader in the county.
There is no farmer-and the Ken
tuckian is essentially a farmers pa
per-who is too poor this year to pay
four cents week for a newspaper
of SO columns of news, and clean,
wholesome literature of interest to
every member of the family. Send
US your subscription by mail For
small remittances postage stamps
will be acceptable.
$685.
Indiana is said to be flooded with
agents selling "beer extracts" which
being in solid form and not liquid,
are within the law. The beer tablets
are touted as being inexpensive"
running from to 8 per cent. alco-
hol" assuring sufficient "kick" and
in such a form as to be always at
hand. The brewing outfits run from
$1.10 up and materials to brew six
gallons of beer cost $1.85 and some
kinds can be made 10 quarts for
SLIGO. A bottling apparatus costs
$1.10 and consists of five-foot rub
Der hose, hand capper and a dozen
crown corks. The drummers selling
the extract call it "dry goods"
*#A*
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Rehabilitation has reduced the to-
tai strength of the American army
to below 100000. Complete re-
ports April 8 announced by Gen.
March showed the aggregate strength
on that date to be 1,980,506.
Since Nov. II, 686,114 men have
sailed for home and up to April 8,
605,722 officers and men had been
landed. There have been returned
to civil life 1,7O1, 469 officers and
men, who were in the army when the
armistice was signed. Discharge or
ders now total 1925, 900. 4
%4&&
A verdict for the plaintiff with
damages at $4,000 was returned Sat-
urday at Washington by the jury in
the suit Of the Baltimore Federal
league club against the American
and National Leagues and certain
officers Of the defunct Federal league.
AS the suit was brought under the
Sherman antitrust law, the damages
will be trebled, making the amount
$24O, eco, if a final judgment is en-
tered. st
sssa
The Hartford Republican says the
monkey business going on in the race
for Governor is due to the estrange-
ment of Beckham and Haley. One
is backing Tom Rhea and the other
Col Denhardt for the Democratic
Prof. Cherry had the
backing Of the Stanley adherents,
which pitched triangular fight in the
Third District. Now it is said that
Rhea win have the support Of both
the Stanley and Beckham adherents.
%*&&
Sometimes fame comes upon men
from unexpected sources. A Union
county farmer has named his two
jacks Gov. Beckham and Gov. Stan
ley. The qualities of both are high
ly praised in an advertisement in the
Sun. !
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-16

Sometimes fame comes upon men
from unexpected sources. A Union
county farmer has named his two
jacks Gov. Beckham and Gov. Stan
ley. The qualities of both are high
ly praised in an advertisement in the
Sun.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

deaf ears) from this rosy dream to find to our shocking surprise that It IS a nightmare of reality instead of the garden of Eden of our dreams.
 To those who could see it was an open secret that our immigration for the last quarter century has been lying like an undigested lump in the nations stomach, until it caused this cancer, "Bolshevism which we must at all price eradicate, before it eats up still more vital parts of our body.
 For those who doubt the truth of the above statement I shall cite a few of my personal experiences which ought to convince anyone with good sound common sense-a quality, alas, but rarely found in our politicians.
 Our immigration policy has been a football in the hands of these polltl- clans who again worked under the in f1uence of interests which, while ad- vancing their own selfish side of the problem certainly had absolutely no recard fer the development moral, physical intellectual and in the last instance even economical, of the entire nation at large.
 While there can be no argum ent whatsoever about the necessity of laws to protect the taxpayer from public charges the future generations from diseased fathers and mothers, and American labor from competition of foreign cheap labor, the question arises: how did congress and the eX- ecutive powers meet these problems.
 Let us glance for minute or so be- hind the curtain, on the stage on which our great human historic pa seant is being produced with more dramatic force just now than ever in mankinds history.
 On July 1, 1917, namely three months after the United States had declared war on the most dangerous foe we ever had to face, foe which threatened to put the whole universe under the heel of autocracy-on that beautiful Sunday in July, one of the strangest spectacles greeted the on- locker that ever befell mortal man to view since the creation of the world. It was no more nor less than a gl- gantic peace parade in the streets of Boston. Mind you, a peace parade three months after the United States had entered a world war in which our
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A United States inspector coming from Winnipeg across the border felt something move under his seat in the smoking compartment. The crawling, . creeping something turned out to be a little Chinese boy who had been hid den under the seat by a member of the . train crew when the car started from Winnipeg. When the steam heat was turned on in the pipes the poor little Mongolian could not stand the roast ing, and craWled out half baked"
 Another time a refrigerator car coming from Mexico was opened in St. Louis and after the pineapples were unloaded two Chinamen were discovered frozen stiff'' They had been hidden in the travelling lice box by professional smuggler who charg- ed $4QO per head for the job.
 An epidemic of smallpox ragged in Quebec and many Americans died Their bodies were shipped to Cleve- land, Buffalo, Detroit or other places along the line. One day, by accident, one of the immigration inspectors came across dozens of deserted collins, which, instead of containing dead Americans had contained live China men-and another scheme for snug gling had been unearthed.
 If the sn1ugglers and crooks will go to such extremes in order to import Chinamen. who can be, with compara = tive ease, detected even if safely land ed on this side of. the border, what will they not do to circumvent a lax enforcement of our immigration act? And what will they not do to make a farce and a joke of a law which was never meant for a serious instrument for keeping out undeSira bles, by it's makers and would-be sponsors?
 We would have been much better eff without any immigra ton law what soever, than with the various luke warm laws which have been passed by our congress these last 25 years. It was this fact which lulled our people into the soft and gentle dream that ''All is well'' when as a matter of fact All was .wrong.'l . f~~'2 ! We only woke up recently (you. my readers, not I, fer I have seen it com . ing all along but was preaching to
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

suddenly to Bridgeport, Conn.,, in or der to help pour oil on the troubled
 waters of our immigration tide. Bridgeport was one of the centers of ammunition manufacture at that time. Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian am- bassador, had bought some Hungarian newspaper, and aided by this and by paid agitators, excited the Magyar la borers to the number of 1S,O00 em- ployed in that vicinity to strike. Only after a, months diligent work amongst them did I succeeNl in showing them
 through moving pictures, lectures, pri-
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

One night as the Boston express
 pulled out of the BOnaVenttlre Stduoh
 in Montreal, two American lhlLnlgra- ton inspectors went through the tram
 while it was speeding towards the bOr-
 der, examining Canadlans, French,
 English and all kinds ot immigrants,
 most Of whom calimed to be coming on a visit to the states. It was a very unsatisfa ctory and diSagreeab1e job, as nearly everybody had retired in the Pullman slcepers, and people hate to Dc disturbed. On the Pullman list ?hore appeared among other travellers the names of a dozen French Canadian n&ns for whom a very courteous Mother Superior vouched The U. S. Inspectors, having finished their tenta- tive inspection, went to the smoker and mixed in with the rest of the trav- elers. Within half an hour or so d porter touched one of the inspecto rs gently on the shoulder and whispered a few words in his car. The inspectors countepance changed and he almost closed his left eye in his attempt to signal to his colleague to follow him, and unobservod, tho two left the smok- CT The travellers in the car took no notlce of what was going on The in spectors held a lengthy conference With the porter and then waited.
 " hen tho train stopped at St. AL Dans at about 10 D. m., the U. s. in spectorS assisted by tho train crew. dragged out dozen seemingly inno- cent and peaceful nuns" from their oerths and dumped them most un- tremendously onto the platform. some Of the passengers witnessing this outrage most naturally, protested, and a serious riot seemed imminent Ihen the inspectors tore the cloals and hoods from the nuns and before the astonlshed audience stood 12 frightened Chinamen. They were for pldden to enter Uncle Sam's hous, through the gate. 50 they, attempted 10 get in over t4eN wall; they were caught But are we certain that hun dreds of other Chinanen have not crossed cur borders by such or othor novel means This was a clever and !nGealous scheme for smuggling them h. It is not tho only one.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

vate talks, mothers clubs, night school instruction in English, in American history, and by explaining the wonder ful opportunities offered here to those who are willing to avail themselves of the same-the obligations and duties they owed to their adopted country. l compared the old country to their mother and the new to their wife. and eventually they saw the folly of their threats to destroy the mother of their own children.
 These events of course opened my eyes, if they had not already been
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

very existence was threatened with an- initiation. And that peace parade was not only for peace, but for inter nationalism ''-the very antipode of na- tionalism. The banners carried in that parade by 10000 men, women and children attacked practically every thing for which we stand, everything for which our boys were fighting lover there."
 But there were other symptoms
 Even before the United States enter ed the war l had a wonderful chance to observe one of these I was called
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

open, to the effect which our car ''laissez-faire" policy of immigrs had on our population from 9 pol point of view.
 Of course, I knew long ago tha had never properly tackled two { problems connected with the in1rn tion question, and which should interested every father and mo from the point of health, and ( taxpayer from the point of view 0 pocketbook.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12
Second Section
THE IMMIGRATION CANCER.
 How It Works-Where 1t Fails.
By TERI TELIX WEISS

years U. Inspector; during the Special of of Justice; author of "JJnce Sam eve" who assisted ernment the arrest of Dr. Hindu conspiraOrs Italian recently Service.)
 (,onvrght 1919 News Service, Inc,
New Britain herald., 1919-12-12

(To be continued.)
The Mena weekly star., 1919-05-29
POLK COUNTY FARM
 WINS HIGH PRAISE
State Agricultural Leader Makes In. teresting Report on Greiner's
 Golden Rule Farm.

A modern hog farm is owned by F. J. Greiner of Mena, Polk county, re- ports H. F. Kapp of the agricultural extension division, University of Ar kansas. Mir. Greiner has his farm equipped with modern hog houses, dipping tanks, a gasoline engine to pump the water for his stock and his home, and also has a gasoline engine that he uses for saving wood and for running his wife's washing machine.
 He has 140 head of purebred regis tered o. I. c. hogs and in addition has "A bred gilts and sows that will far row Soon. He has sown and is sowing Bermuda grass and clover for pasture for his hogs and is raising various grains for feed.
 Mrs. Greiner breeds Barred Ply mouth Rocks and had pen of chick ems entered in the egg laying contest conducted by the agricultural experi- ment station at the University of Ar kansas MT. and Mrs. Greiner moved to Polk county from Billings, Mo. Mir. Greiner has been in the hog busi- ness eight years.