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HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918. Price 3 Cents V WITHIN-60 MI L OF PARI EDITORIAL COMMENT Established 1879 Vol XL-Dai 'y Vol. 1. No. 70 c 44t ir tn ua ! get iu Koatwehioa pvwmptly. Aad U yo have a aewe itam, ) it to Ik sease nbe. If Mexico wind to start mntt thing let hat by one hostile hand on Cuba. Ralph Baker, the "human fly," climbed a wall one too often Tues day. At South Bend. Ind., ho fell thro stories and waa Inatantly killed. In the aircraft debate In tho Houae Taeeday, Chairman Dent laid 16,000 plan are now in Franco, 223 of them fighting machines. Without any meant of getting to Cuba, hi caaa of war. Carranxa rould at least go to tho Jumping off place hi Yucatan and chew gum and make a fare. Tho new tho Kentuckiail is called on to supply to its renders this momlnc is anything but pleasant to read, but K is the beat that the wires brought us laat night Cadet CW R. Passwstcr, of No bUsvillf, Ind.. was killed by a fall front bw airplane at Hemstead, L. L, Tuesday and tho same day Cadet Tsui M. Currie, of Minneapolis, was killed at Ea Antonio, Tex. The Berlin report claimed tho cap ture of HO prisoners from the French and Americans in raids Tuesday. Gen. rreshing reports as a fact that only two Americana were taken, on in Firardy and the other in Lorraine. ' ooo The point at which tho German advance was mails Tuesday U op posite La on, where tho big gun are located and it may be one purpose to move three guns 10 or 1Z miles oarer to Paris. Tho proposed ordinsnre permitting the Kentucky Public Service Co. to 'vinre Its prices for electric pow er, electric lights and gas in tho city has creatod much comment and bus iness men bavu called a public meet ing to protest againat the action, which prrnlee to bring out soms very vir ' us expressions. The maeline- is set for 2:30 this after- ufcll at the H. B. M. A. oeo Ail I liniTlllA -ni i rihn i iru- - mil VllW I lllu Members of tho H. B. M. A. other business men and all cititens of Hop kinsville please take notice! . At their mooting Tuesday morning tho City Commiaaioners passed on its first reading a proposed ordinance granting to tho Kentucky Public Ser vice Co. ths right to increase their olectrk rote one and one-fourth cent per kilowatt hour ami twenty cents per hundred feet for gas, abovo the present rates now. In effect in this city. Wo urgently request all business . men and citiisns to meet at tho II. B. M. A. office this afternoon at four o'clock to enter a protest against this proposed Increase in rata. Ilopkinsvills Butiness Men's Associa ' tion, by Gamer Dalton, Secretary. MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM. t Ninth Street Christian Church. Address in behalf of tho Red Cross. . J as, Breathitt, Jr. Address for Council of National De fense J. B. Allensworth '.Reading of Lincoln's and Wilson's Memorial Day Proclamation .., .........Prof. C. C Koffman Special Music Solo. . .Pottus White SALEM CIRCLE. Salsm Missionary Circle No. 1 will meet with Mrs. A. E. Grubbs on the Clsrksville pike for their monthly meeting this afternoon at 8 o'clock. In view of tho President's request for special prayer on this day all the ladies of the community are Invited to meet with tho circle. . f EPWORTH LEAGUE. Tho Epworth League will hold a ' special prayer meeting this morning at Epworth Hall from 7:30 to V o'clock. .'It It for our soldier boys over there and the allies. Everyone that eon Is requsstsd to com. CLOSED TODAY. Th Red Cross and Surgical Dress ings room will b closed to workers to-day! ' Special reduction on pott J toina to plaaM at MeWaUs's CreoulwuM. DAY OF PRAYER AT DECORATION DAY TURNED INTO DAY OF PRAYER AND FAST ING BY PRES. PROCLAMATION. BISHOP MOORE IS HERE BUSINESS HOUSES WILL CLOSE FROM 10 TILL 12 O'CLOCK FOR SERVICES. People all over tho United States are to experience a new celebration of Decoration Day today when, in stead of assembling in throngs at ths msny cemeteries and graveyards over tho country to spread on tho gravee of dead heroes and siploiat, their nobis deds, they will assemble themselves together in churches in a worship f prayor and fasting. No greater purpose could prompt this ssaembling together thsn tho request of tho President that wo meet to gether and ask for divine guidance snd tho success of the Allied notions in this horrible combat across th a. Tho Christian people of tho nation are responding to th request most patriotically and prayerfully and the churches will bo filled at thee ser vices. Th Episcopal, Second Baptist and Cumberland Presbyterian churches will begin services at 10 o'clock this morning. The Methodist will begin at 10:30 a. m. At 4 p. m. the Chris tian Science Society will hold services in th Cooper-Davia building. Ths Ninth Street Christian church services will begin at 4:30 p. m. and tho First Baptist church at 8 o'clock to night Several local laymen will spesk st tho Bsptist church services to night and th public is invitsd to attend. At th Methodist church Bishop John M. Moor, of Nashville, th first of th six newly elected bishops to bo elected at 'tho 'recent (General Conference in Atlanta, will preach at th Methodist church and ho is cer tain to be heard by a larg audience. PURELY PERSONAL' D. L. Grinter and family, of Cadit, were In tho city yesterday. Mrs. Ella Manson returned yester dsy afternoon from a visit to Clarks- vill and HowcIL Mrs. Sallio Warfield and moth er, Mrs. Wood, motored to Clarks- vill and back yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson ar rived last night from Owensboro to visit Mrs. Fred Allen. F. C Clardy, Jr., returned yes terdsy from Be Buckle, Tenn., wher he attended school th past session. Miss Irma Stows, of Redlands, Cal ifornia, daughter of th 1st W. D. Stow, arrived yesterday afternoon to visit relatives. Mrs. Geo. W. V. Under is in Nash vill attending th graduation of bar laughter, Luclle, at St Thomas' Hos pital. . - Mrs. D. F. Paco, of Kansas City, is visiting her children Ed. U Weath ers and Mrs. l.ula Weathers Dawson snd others In Ilopkinsvills. Mrs. G. II. Taylor has returned from Colorado, wher sho spent sev eral months. Her daughter, Mi Gladys, stopped over in Kansas City, Mo., for visit to relatives, be lore returning to Hopkinsvllle. Dr. Lewis Powell returned ysetsr Jay afternoon at 6:42 from Owens boro wher he hss been for several days visiting old frisnds and enjoy ing good rest II is much lm proved and his hosts of friends will be much pleased to hsv hint with o strain. - ' ' ; Muis Lulu Berry lesvss to-day for Murfrvaaboro, Tsnn., to accept po sition as Secretsrv of th County Wsr Savings Society till school opens In September, when (he will strain rvsum her duties as fciutic teacher in connection aith th High School at Rockwall, Tana. Good oU sumiyef tuus -'- CHURCHES THREE TIMES , BY REQUEST JUDGE BUSH HAS GONE TO HEN DERSON AS SPECIAL JUDGE DURING MONTH. If Judge C. If. Bush wer as well known and popular throughout all tho counties in tho Second Congres sional District as ho is in Henderson county, h would hare no trouble in being elected if he desired to run for congress. Tho Judge left last night for Hen derson where he goes as special judg to preside tho remainder of this week. This is ths third tint with in th past three or four weeks Judgo Bush hss been appointed a special judgo to preside over th Henderson circuit court and th Information was conveyed to th Judg by th Gov ernor that ho had received a speciar request from Henderson to send Judgo Bush. & Pi fix Pi & k FOLLOWING THE FLAG Latham Davia left last night at midnight for Louisville and will pro ceed from there to tho Great Lakes Nsvsl Training Station where ho will train for th Navy. Golay P'Pool and Robt, Cooper left laat night for Louiavillo wher they will make an effort to enlirt in the Nsvy. Capt Cart G. Pace. who. has been stationed at Ft Bayard, N. Mex., left yesterdsy after a visit of several days to Ed. L. Weathers and family. Wm. E. Cantrcll, Battery A, 80th U. 8. Field Artillery, has been pro moted to Signal Sergeant and is now at the Officers' 'Training School at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas. Scrgt Fairleigh War is her from Camp Wheilur, at Macon Ga., visit ing his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Fairk-igh. Information has resched her that Henry V. Barctiuld, of Gracey, has ived in Franc. JAS. R. CARIES PROMINENT FARMER BELOW CRACEY DIED LAST EVENING. J as. R. Gaines, a prominent farm er of near Montgomery, in Trigg county, died yesterday afternoon aft er a long illness. II was a son of th 1st J as. IL Gaines and was unmsrried. lis U survived by three sisters and on brother. He was a brother of Mrs. C. B. Blske mors, of this city, and his nephew George Blakemore had been with him during hia laat illness and was with him at ths time of his death. Mr. Gaines waa born Aug. 14, 1861 and was in hia 64th year. He was educated in this city, being a member of th society of 'Terrell's Boys." He wss church member and was a good and useful citixeiu Funeral arrangements hsd not been announced hut night, but th burial will probably take pluiy this after noon in tho family burying ground. MUSIC RECITAL BY MISS ALBERTA HILLE'S CLASS AT NEWSTEAD TO-NIGHT. Miss Albert Utile's Pisno Class st th Newstesd Centralised High School will give . a recital at ths school building this evening at 6:30 o'clock. The program is a most at tractive on and a musical treat is in stor for thos so furtunat as to b present Miss Hills is a teacher of unususl culture and accomplish- menta and her pupils hsv attained a rar degree of eaoalWae la their stadiss. BIG MP AIIYIS IMP; OUT EXPANDING OFFICES IN CHERO KEE BUILDING AND PREPAR ING FOR BIGGER BUSINESS. DISTRICTS AGENTS HERE COMPANY INSTITUTING NEW SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTING AND SIMPLIFYING WORK. Ths Cherokee building presents a very busy scea today and for tho balance of tho week. Tho Metropo litan Life - Isranee Company has had its office quarters in three rooms for the past three or four years but hss now taken on of the entire side of the building, composed of flv rooms, fitted up and is now one of the handsomest office quart- ers in Hopkinsvllle. The company ia instituting a new system whereby the old time receipts book the policy holders have bean required to have with them when the payments were made at the office ia being done away with and instead they are given a receipt carbon copy of which is left at the local office and any one can ascertain at any time as to whom ths insurance waa paid without the local office hav ing to consult the Agent's collection book or the policy holder's receipt book. AU of the old system of suditing and inspecting the agent's account which was done on the aver-sge- of once a year has also been done away with and th agent's sc counta will be audited each day, thereby making it a much more ac curate way of handling the business with every one concern ed. The local manager, K. C Ware, has railed in all his men who will be here for the rest of the week. The out-of town men who are here are stopping at the Hotel Latham and the register gives their names ss follows: , J. A. Franceway, Madisonville. R. L. . Grimes, Msdisonville. II. T. Howard. Madisonville. E. D. Ramsey, Madisonville. F. I. Withers, Earlington. C. V. Oakley, Bowling Green. W. F. Col and wife, Bowling Green. R. S. Cole, Bowling Green. Geo. P. Scott, Bowling Green. F. A. Wolfe, Bowling Green. W. H. Hargis, Franklin. W. P. Harrison, Glasgow. . D. B. Cole. Glaagow. II. E. Dorsey, Glasgow. P. O. Brown, Horse Cave. R. B. Wathen, Elisabcthtown. J. E. Downing and daughter. Daw- sun Springs. B. G. Harrington, Princeton. L. C. Cash, Princeton. C. F. restaur, Princeton. D. Turner, Guthrie. ' McKee Thompson, Kuttawa. E. L. Harpemiing, Marion. The Metropolitan last ysar wrote more insurance ths a any other in surance company In the United Stats It is by far the largest company doing an industrial business and through this industrial department the com pany ia doing health and welfare work that commends itself to every one in the highest degree. The coun ty nurse in this county ia practically supported by the Metropolitan and during the month of April it paid the Health and Welfare League 1168 In sunnflft of the county nurse. In' addition to the health end wel fare work th company la doing, it sUnds resdy at all times to aid in the promotion of any clean business, enterprise. It was the Metropolitan agent more than any other on sgency who wer instrumental in se curing the applications thst won the cigsr factory for MsdiesnviU. They are undertaking th ssnie wing (or Hopkinsvllle, and, with the coopera tion of our business men, success is sure to crown our efforts. STILL BOASTING. (By lateraatloaal News Servate.) Berlin. Msy 2. Newly arrived French nd English reserve have beta defeated. the we sffiee eft-uouaoes, HOIS HAVE PUSHED TOWARDS BRITISH SHIP III! AND 101 ' LIVES LOST (Be lalaraatioaal Hews 'Service.) London, Msy 29. The British transport ship Leasowe Caatile was sunk by a submarine in the Medi terranean May 2ft, and one hundred and one lives were lost ICE PRICES LOCAL FOOD ADMINISTRATOR INSTRUCTED TO ADJUST RAISES. Local Food Administrator G. C. Koffman received an order from the State Food Administrator yesterday advising him that it is not permitted ice dealers to Increase ths price of ice over the prices charged a year ago without a special permit Mr. Koffman was directed to investigate prices and if found to have been raised to adjust them locally If pos sible and failing in this to report the fscts to the Stat Administra tion. A matereal advance has been made in the prices of Ice in ths city snd Mr. Koffman stated last night thst be would carry out his instruc tions at one. (By latoraalioaal News Service.) Washington, Msy 29. President Wilson to-night issued an appeal to tho American people to economise to the uttermost in all purchases in or der thst productive agenciee of country can be developed in the ful lest measure in making war supplies. YAR BOARD (By lalarmalloaal News Service.) Washington. Msy 29. A war in dustries board was to-night estab lished by President Wilson as sep arata agency of the government to act under hia direction. HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENTS Thro county high schools sre clos ing this week and "commencements' are th order of th day. Last night the Crofton High School class graduated and Prof. E. B. Weathers, of Franklin, delivered the class address. The Howell High School opened ita exercises last night with a Busi est recital by Miss Lucy Jones' class. Tonight "The Village .Lawyer," a play by tho school will be given. To morrow night the graduation ad dress will be delivered by Prof. Westhsrs. The graduation exercises of the Newstesd School will be hold tonight and tomorrow night Tonight's pro gram will consist of a musics! enter tainment by the pupils and Friday night the graduation exercises prop er will be hold and Ave diploma gr4 uates will be swsfdsd diploma. MM ECONOMY IS URGED FORWARD A WEDGE SOISSONS SEMEEII MILES BERLIN CLAIMS CAPTURE OF 25,000 PRIS ONERS AND SOISSONS IS BEING EVACUATED UNDER SHELL FIRE, INCLUDING AMERI CAN HOSPITALS. THE LATEST. (By latorwalioaal News Service.) PARIS. MAY 29. SOISSONS HAS BEEN EVACUATED BY THE ALLIES, THE WAR OFFICE AN NOUNCES TONIGHT. THE CITY WAS ABANDONED AFTER SEV ERAL HOURS BATTLE IN WHICn THE FRENCH RENDERED -BITTER RESISTANCE." THE ENE MY SUBSEQUENTLY OCCUPIED SOISSONS. IN THE CENTER THE ALLIES, UNDER PRESSURE, YIELDED GROUND IN THE RE GION OF LOUrEIGNE TO THE NORTH OF THE IMPORTANT RAILROAD C2.WTER OK FERE ON TARDOENOIS. A FLUCTUATING BATTLE IS IN PROGRESS ON THE PLATEAU SOUTH OF SOISSONS. LUPOIGNE IS ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILES NORTH OF FERE ON TARDENOIS, WHERE THE RAILWAY RUNS DIRECTLY SOUTUWESTWARD TO PARIS. TROOPS COVERING RHEIMS HAVE RETIRED BEHIND THE AISNE CANAL NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN. THE ALLIES HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR POSITIONS ON THE PROUILLARD-8AVIGNY-TELLY LINE. BERLIN, MAY 29. TO-NIGHT'S WAR OFFICE STATEMENT 8AYS: "WE HAVE FURTHER PROGRES SED BETWEEN SOISSONS AND HI! KIMS." (By latovwatasaal News Service.) Washiness; May 29. Ths Ameri can forces which captured Csntigny have consoliilsted their positions, ac cording to official communiques from Gen. Pershing. American Army France, May 29. The Germane during the but twenty four hours have mode a stubborn counter attack in an effort to retake the village of Cantigney on the Pirardy front west of Montdidier, which was captured by the Americans in yesterday's brilliant forwsrd dash. Each time the Germans were repulsed with heavy losses. ljiied in (By lateraalioaal News Service.) Washington, Msy 29. Provost Manhsl Crowder has topped another reservoir. Through sn outlet opened to-night ia th storage basin of America's msn power will flow indi reetlv. mors terror for th Germans. Several hundred thuussnd registrants held for limited military service will be released to taks th place of abb) bodied men f J for th firing lin. 1 DOWNED. (By latoraatioaal New Servieo.) London, May 2 Seventeen Ger msn machines wer brought down yestorday and thirty tons of bomb dropped on vsrious Uriels, Including Thionville. Six British machines r missing, tonight's official auUmant a aviation says. AMERICANS HOLDING FAST RELEASED (By lateraatiewal News Service.) Paris, May 29. Latest reports from the front are that tho German offensive ia slowing up. Much ar tillery has been saved, kept from fall ing into the hands of the enemy. The number of prisoners lost hi not un- iluly large considering the gigsntie (Tort of the foe. As it stood at last accounts, lste this afteraooew Fiames on the rnris-Rheims-Verdun railroad had been lost retaken and eventually lost again and to the southwest of thia railroad the centre of the German advance had reached the towns of Bruys and Hoys. Brays lies sixty miles from Psria. This place is th maximum depth of the German advance which ia IT miles in the center since the offensive be Ban. Soissons is reported hard pressed this afternoon. The city, which ia the pivot of the Allied left the front of the Germsn attack hss been deluged with shells. Rheims, the piv ot of the Allied right appears lees iangcroualy mensced. The civil pop ulation ia evacuating. American hos pital units are doing wonderful work lat the evacuation of hospitals hi th Soissons sector and among the civhV Lin population. Local Repulsa. London, Msy 29. A complete re pulse by the French of tho Gentian 'local attack north of Kemmel ia th only infantry action reported by to night's British official report en th I Flanders fighting. IS (By laleraalisBal News Service.) Berlin, Msy 29. The Germans have raptured the Heights west of th city of Ciry, east of Soissons, th war cfllc announces, and note that th loss of the Heights adds to the prersrious positions of Soissons which is the pivot of the Allied left. Twenty-five thousand prisoners have been taken in the new offensive, one French snd one British General among th captured. MAY TIE OVER MEAT HOUSES (By Intoraatiowal News Servk.) -Washington, Msy 29. President Wilson approved the recommenda tions of the beef investigations com mtaoion extending government con trol over packing bouses. Outright government operation ia favored it "it should be found impossible to enforce regulatory measures." t - (By latoraatioaal Now Serviee.) Wsukssha, Wia.. May 19 Grs Lusk, slayer of Mrs. Mary Roberts, wife f Dr. Roberta wfth whom Mm Luak waa infatuated, waa found guil ty of murder la the) second ds" (to-night ' SOISSONS CAPTURED GRACE LUSK CONVICTED I