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DAILY KENTUCKIAN ehs Mtmlwr ef ASSOCIATED PRESS Etab'ihl 1879 Vol. XL-Daily Vol. 1. No 144 H0PK1NSVILLE, KENTUCKY, SATURDAY. AUG 24, 1918. Trice 3 Cents THE WEATHER. iHUM DEFEA1 DSS ASTROUS;1 i ! Fair, ami continued warmer Sat'ir dayknd prohshly I'liinilay. 1 Sditorial Comment The shipping lmnr.1 announces that tip to Aug. t more limn l,fiOQ ton of shipping has been completed. - fton i , The KinprvMi of (irrnmny is re ported ao ill that Ilia Kaiarr has been! compelled to go to Berlin to b with her in the catle. j Private William F. Reese, of Ceru-f lean Spring, Ky., la missing in ae tion, la tha casualty Urt of August 2- C. E. Adam, of Omaha, Neb., waa elected commander-in-chief of tha Grand Army of tha Republic for the -f tuning JT- s z?-- on . Thomaa J. Mooney la to appeal at ence to tha United State Supreme Court for a reversal of hi conviction for murder In connection with a bomb explosion in San Francisco, officials of tha International Worker' Do fena League announced. Emmrtt Pkpin, 28 year old, for 18 year a resident of Alaska, haa Jour neyed 4,100 mile to join the tank eorr Papin Irft Alaska July 12 and arrived in St. Louia August 13. Ha came to enlist so ha would have an opportunity to bid farewell to many of hie relative In that vicinity. So many girl telephone operatora have been married lately that the official In charge of tha telephone eervire in London have issued statement to clients apologising for delay and explaining that all tha exchanges are very shorthr ided. "Tha claims of lov have proved too strong for many of our girl employe," say the statement, "and w are now in argent need of a' targe number ef operators.'' The impending short ago of husbands has made many girls "marry while marrying is good," and strain the uniform oftrn helpa to remove the f. ir one's disposition to hesitate. TWO MORE STARS. lUring the last two year, eight young nun. anJ buys under age, have left tha Kenturkian office, one after tha other, to enter the army. These names are represented un our ser vice (lug: J. Frsnk Logan. Fenton S. Cunningham. Oscar Jenkins. William Keel. Addison Wiliium Junes. Harry Tunka. Vernon Howard. Jolly B. Jones. The last three have gone thia year, on of them only a few daya ago. Mr. Cunningham became ill in the fall of 1717 and waa discharged and haa been a linotype ocrator in tills of fice for the luit six months. He is in tha draft for next Tuesday, having improved in health. In addition to the eight enumerated above, two more of the Kentuckian's employea ar under immediate call. They ar Robert Brumfleld, desk man, who ia a volunteer will enter an officers' training school Septem ber 1st. Also Mr. J. Mack Newman, linotypa operator, who ia in tha Lo gan county call near at hand. These will add two more stare to the service flag, but leaves us with out an operator or editorial nasi "liL Unly one temporary substitute operstor is available and ha will be within the new draft age. THE FAIR.' The fair this year promise, to bo th best w hav aver had. Th Hen derson fair ia over and tha ono at Bowling Green will be our only rival in he e'ute. People from far and ' ncer are making arragementa to at tend, while the advertising men ar received with the greatest Interest and enthusiasm wherever they go. Th exhibit. In every department win be complete and th competition will be of the closest nstur. There y,, rateet circumspection. In the will be cattle and hogs and ovary nUln, ml dry Urritory In Ten poaslbl liv stock ntry from many' b 0 b ao dry that om- pnrta of th stat o Her. Tha racea promise to uo very gooa. i Already horse iron all over n.n tucky ami from aa far south a. South rn Alabnma ar arriving and every thing possible is being dona to get things in tip-top shspe ahead of time The big shorthorn herd of Hamner 4k Mnarham, of Morgsnftcld, will bs is tb cutuo exhibit, ) :f CLE SAM'S CIEIICIIED FIST COMES DOVfJ ON THE ILLICIT LIQUOR TRAP FIC TO THE SOUTH AND TENNESSE BECOMES A SECOND SAHARA. ARRESTS AND MORE COMING Tba Prseec.Umo Threaten la Tab A Far Wide tr TUa Al First TVaa.kt JhiIM With tha peasag of tha United Statee law prohibiting the shipment of whiskey into dry territory, tha In genuity of tha bootleggers, who try to get though to Tennessee with wot goods, haa been met by tha clever ness of tha U. 8. Secret Service. It la now war to tha and and the "block I ada runners" must combat the com bined forces of tha state and "gee- eminent. The federal awtboritiee of both Kentucky and Tennessee have joined hands and District Attorney Merrill Russell, of Kentucky, is here in person to conduct the campaign, which h hopes win atop tha illicit traffic ; i Every road into Tennessee from this city ia watched and from all ap pearance very little whiskey la get ting through. The government now holda over f 100,000 worth of cap tured liquor, and 140,000 worth of blockade running CsJilse g's. Tha cars can bo libelled and sold. ' There haa been some bloodshad. A few nighta ag tn aa attempt waarj Nashville, the th driver ef on of th whiskey cars showed fight and wound cd one of the officers in th leg with a pistol bullet It aeema th boot legger go to any extent to get by. The other day at 8pringfield, Tenn., th. auceeoded In .variing th efflcer.lv.lu. waa th Black Hill. Insurance by a clever ruse. Knowing that a I consignement of whiskey was being' run throuwU. th Chief ef Folic of! Springfield set up a barricad in the road. boon a ear cam Into sight loaded with liquor and with an 'officer covering a man in th car with a revolver. Th 'officer ad dressing the Springfield chief, aaid. "I have thia gang. Got them south of Adams station. There' another big lot on th road. I'll Uko this fellow on to Nashville." That waa th last th ehief saw of tho 'officer' or his prisoner. But tha U. 8. Secret Servic will, be harder to handle akd sine th dou. tonnage af or most be handled re inforcements, the British progress governement seems determined to I and correepoeidir.gly large amount , "tinuee impressively. The Ger stop th tiaffic, atop it. It will I of labor ia neoded. In addition to mmn ar heing forced to yield ground Last Wedneeday afternoon a ear. increased salary demands, tha prices' Anally even at spots where the ad- load of boose was raptured on th Bradnhaw pike, Jamea H. Frailer and B. O. Hun ter, who were bought her Wednes day hav waived examining trial and were held over oa 1500 bonds. Two negroes, Emmctt Clark aad Harry Bell, are also in custody. There' ar growing rumors of big thing, to happen, perhap. today, " Tha Aseistant District Attorney and a special agent from Nashville were hero Thursday night In consul tation with Mr. Russell and th S or 10 men working ander him. It ia understood that a great deal of evi dence i In hand and that th Reed Bon Dry law will a construed to go a great deal farther than it waa thought It could go. It i aaid to be violation of th law to sell liquor tn wet territory to be shipped Into dry territory, if the seller baa knowledge of th fact Th Tennessee cars war easily identified as being from dry territory and soms of th dealer! who believed they were entirely within their legal rights in loading up car with liquor for southern towns' ar now In a very uneasy frame of mind and ar now making sales with p.r.j witj, it th Sahara desert ia , ,wan)ll. , 4 KENTUCKIAN NOMINATED. Washington, Aug. Si -J.me. G. Bailey, of Kentucky, waa aouinated to-day to be a secretary of aa Em bsy of class J, ' flOliVER HAS ran IN A STATEMENT HE RENEWS THE PLEDGE TO FEED THE ALLIES IN EUROPE. (By Assoc is ted Pre.) New York, Ao. IS. "Tha United State will ahara with tha a II lea in their aacriflce af food a well a blood in tha eatue af world dmaerey," do-1 elarod Herbert Hoovar, th. Federal! Food Admiaiatrator oh arrive! .Sera today after a visit to Franca ,nti England. Ha aaaerted that to make food thia pladgs wa moat within a year supply our slltes with four billion pounds' f fata, Bin hundred million pounds of beef, half bilHon bushels ef ce real and a million and a half tons f sugsr. Ha said to build up wheat reserve to guard against crop failure next year it haa been decided to make tha bread of all allied nations containing twenty per cant of substitutes for wheat. Thio will mean an improve ment of the American loaf and an enormous improvement of the allied loaf. GOLD MIS NOT THE BEST M. S n A m I. Ti n 1 m -.-, u. v., n-i- . uiaca nni ,l t ....... i folk once proudly boasted that they1 had ono sousre mil which waa worth' mora than all the land In South Da-i kota, aat of tha Missouri river. But ' time have changed and tha Black1 Hill are sow yielding only a amall fraction of th stats' wealth. J Ms-- -a a. III. m . a a t . s L in ataoiiiTy oi go.a is tne reaeon.r In tha old daya thia unchangeable policy. At th present th fixed price ia Black Hill, handicap. Th state valuation last vear show, ed a toUl of 1185,000,000 in pro- .tlw- .Ilk TV. w.l...tl . .,v,vn wn 1 gold mined In South Dakota wa. nniie. the end of whose trial, ar pUced at 17,000.000. Since then iB '- Th British over th labor sbortage. th inability of front ot hirtT "''. h c-, th gold mine, to pay fancy wage. J Somme. to minra and th money obtainable, have taken numeroua town, and pen-' elsewhere hav hit th gold campa. ,-trated the enemy'a line aev.ral Copper and mine operator, were ". while the French, fighting be-, able to pay higher wagea when the! '' riv" h rri- . " . .'inrv rtk nf I,... price ok weir proxiucie waa increased Th Black Hill gold ia being mined from th low grade ores. A tremen-! of material required for producing ; gold hav soared. "There ia more money in potatoes than ia gold right now," aaid a min ing man. k k k k'k k FOLLOWING THE FLAG H. A. Waltrip haa arrived safely oversees. Lieut a E. Btroubo, who haa been hero oa a furlough, ha. returned to' Camp Taylor. William War, of th Great Lakes Naval Station, ia horn on a short furlough. 1 Robert N. Brumfleld, editorial as sistant and night deak man on tha Dally Kantuckian. recently accepted for th fflcr training achool, aaa aeen ordered to report at Camp uornon. Atlanta, oa., en September . . j desolation a. a result of the tornado nay during tha recent bombardment 1st Phil T. Roberts, Jr., of Gracey,. THAW FALLS TO DEATH. ; which struck this little town last J and assisted in the hospital, display haa beea ordered to report at the1 wlth American Army in Frs.nce. night Th death list mounted to 33 ing marked heroism. They ar th aame lime and place. Mr. Brumfleld Au j2. (By ,,. a. P. Lieut, tonight, all of whom have been iden- first members of the Aniericsn Red la th only son of Mr. and Mr. L. u. srumneid ami Mr. Kooerta la tha third aoa of Mr.' and Mr. Phil T. Roberts. On ef his brothers. Cspt. Tho. D. Roberta, Was disabled in other, Joel Roberta, waa disabled in aa accident and ia now at homo from th army. . j ' ' Brasil baa given R C. S. vassal for trnporUog troopa two trip, wiinou, conpensauon. BVItG AND RAVUflSOH SMASH THE LINE ON v. . SLAUGHTER TURE THOUSANDS AND RETREAT BECOMES A ROUT. (By Asjoeiated Press.) With tha ferltiah' Araiv i. fraiu-a Anf. 2.The British srm.es this evening were vigorously following up their successes of today, which apparently have been one of the most disastrous ever experienced by the German. With British Armies in Franca, Aug. 23.,3:40 p. m. Victorious o a battle front of twenty-three miles, extending from the Cojeul river across tha A acre and 8omme rivers, almost to Lihona. the third and fourth British armies, under Generals Byng and Rawlinson at mid.ft.rnoo.. w,r victoriously following up today', .uc- cesses. The enemy ha. lost wide stretches of ground, numerous towns, thous ands ef prisoners and largo quanti ties of war materials and guns. Ha also again had heavy casualties. Crown Prince Runprecht, the Ger man commander, has thrown his men i . . . ,. .. ,., i . ! in oeioro ne auvancing oruisn in an' . . . . .i effort to aUv off the inevitable, only ta have them mowed dim avain and again by thStbrme of metal which poured from the British guns, Dead Germans were scattered ev cry where over the battlefield, 0v,r , fif, mi fro, tro1n th. "urth of Bonom 10 th rrion ol Arr " German armies are meet- jln whith apparently .pells disaster everywhere. Th British "nJ French have continued their at- tack.. aangUinarily Worsting their ' - " - -- Important gain.. Notwithstanding the large German nca might b momentarily checked The Germane hav paid a terrible price in casualtiea for their effort to halt the British juggernaut TORPEDOED Aa A lt.nll Part Ana 93 Tha Bri,ij, .i..m.r n.m..l ... h... tor. Aot4 ,nd ,unk og th, Atlantic coast More than one hundred of th crew many of them Chinese, soms severe BRITISH SHIP ly mjureu, were rescuea ana orougiij, 8. 8. Orisaba August 17, her today. A Swedish stesmsr also arrived to- day. She reported sh was held up yss- hw . .uhm.rin. bu. .ft., . w,u ,h tabmmrin,.t eow nj.r WM .owvd u proceed. B,lr Tn,w 0f p,ttburg, member it,. Amrira aviation service, ., .i.d 8unday evening when hi .irnuB, f.ii . reeult sf engine . kl. HANBERY NOT KILLED, . J,mes llsuberv. of Enid. Okla.. re- ported dead and imprssiv memorisl service, held at Enid, la aot dead. A lata report ssys ha was only wounded aad rauiaiy recovering. A 30-MILE EltOIITl AND CAP - Gen. Haig now holda dominating three hour and, according to the what disturbing nature to state de positions about Bapaume, the fall of t master of. the Italian vessel, mora ' partment officials. Vice Consul Robert T which would probably dislocate the' than 200 shots were fired. I W. Imbri at Petrograd reported in' entire German defense in this whole, region. Midway of tha battle line, south of Somme and around Roy there' haa been little fighting. The allied, commander evidently reasoning that with both wing of his offensive near, tss and north of tha Soiesonaj working smoothly .the German will soon bo compelled to give ground her without costly frontal attacks. I witti a continuation oi tne rrencn drive about Soissons the Germans -in ..i .k. i oM whjch , , pr.c.riou. situation. No mention of American participation in tha fight ing has been mentioned. Berlin Admissieas. Berlin via London, Aug. 23.- tacks by tha British have been re- newed northwest of Bapaume, aaya tk. r.arman nlloi1 rmnmuniratinn - - i a .ui- ki... a ii I,. and the Somme our counter attac are r progress. - . .. "Arttllerv aaeaffmenta between tha Ailatta and tha Aiana hava hmmm liv.lv " EARLY WAR BULLITENS. Pari Aug. 22.-Fr.nch troop. have .wept th.Germ.n. back to with- in 9 mirea of Chaulny, tha highly lm- portent railway center between No- yon and Metro ren The Harmana ara mniitmir No. - --- yon. Fifty-two French villages h-v. been liberated in tha past four days. by tha Armie of Gen. Mangin and G.n. H.mbert. French troopa have smashsd through towards Guny and Pont St.! Maria on th. Ailette river. I British troopa have retaken Alberta .-j ..I.. a . ;i . ... - - mile front ! t.. s- e i -.. ... ... iM .. ... - - - m full retreat between - . and Ainsa on a fr"" .. miles. i In his flight tn enemy I abandoning much material. French tieops have reached tha Divett river, north of the Oise, and hav taken large numbers of priaonera. x A BELATED Washington, Aug. 23. Command er William Price Williamson and S enlisted men were killed and Com mander R.. B. White and eighteen men were wounded by an accidental axploeion of a depth charge on the THIRTY.THREE ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF TORNADO Tyler. Minn.. Aug. 23-Tyler to- "'fc-ht press nU a seen of death and tided except one. Between fifty and, alxty persons wera inlured Ave of whom ar tn an improvised hospital in a serious condition. Thirty bus- Inaaa houaaa and ahflut aa m.Ra . REPORT Idvnces wer demolished. Only fourlnnUna irovernmant haa established , business houses escaped tha path of,. th storm which tor throu.h tha. town,' cutting a swath five blocks long and two block, wide. Tha perty loss ia estimated at about one) nau a muuon aoiiara, WOWD FIVE ON STEAMER' I VM HOURS RUNNING CRAFT AND ! SUBMARINE FIRE 200 SHOTS. . ( ! AND AMERICA. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 22. An Italian teamer which arrived her FEAR FOR SAFETY OF TWENTY, today reported having had a running, -fight with a German aubmarina off. Official Relieve It De.btfal That tha New England eoat lat Tuesday. Five of tha ateamer'i crew war In jured and tha ahip had oVfoot hole atova in her amidshipe by a shell from the U-boat The battle lasted AIRPLANES LIKE BIRDS London, Aug. 23. (Correspond, " 7.7 smallest British airplanes now being ence of The Associated Press) The manufactured are art-ally lea. ,h' th "rT great albatroM has been known to ,.,,. nearly 18 feet from ,t p . wmg-tip. A certain type of j "midget" aplan. recently xhjtfted in London io only IS feet in width. w( may expect to seo after the war , ii i i j rylng our declared Major cal I - .L. D..L.k ... I lot. v vh,ii, . .. ... , i . . v.co. ".nd they will be almost si uni- , .L a i- i ii venal a. tha .mart automobile mail ;n 0f pre-war times. Thesw small l: .11 1.. 1 1,. .. J k ,u. ihih 11 in ra win mirvij m vj w j .1 . . .1 :. . s u. - T . a stalling grwunuB in our ireil tin. j u..-. J K.. : 1 ... . , , ,., ,. . , Ambassador Franri., ss dean of tha Posts! aerodromes, like railway sts- ... , , . . ' ' diplomatic corps, will act as the p ra ti on 1. moit be nesr the postofflce. -V . ,t ln tn. initi., ,UgM of th. development. -Later tho problem may be solved by th use of pneumatic tub com munication bet wrrn inuai ,i . 1 m ..m j . L ..1 1. villi nu V' w nni nuuivniv delivering letters to distances of 250 mMn or more, the big tvpea of air- pine will be used, but for local work .u m.chinee ... likely to be much mor serviceable. 1 -pippin. h mail bags by P1 chut will b given a good i .d this if successful, will be of great . . T.i.-j assistance, nags may aiao oe picsvu; up while Oymg after the manner in; which ma i bags ara now caught by, . I express vxaina. . RED CROSS HEIFERS. . "blockade runners" cannot be too (By Atsoc atcd Press.) j highly commended. This traffic is Albuquerque, N. M., Aug. 23. not only a menace to the people of Tha cattle men of the western dis-, Nashville, but so bold are th drivers trict are being asked to give to the 'of the car. engaged in it that life and Rocky Mountain division of tha Red limb ar no longer safe on tha high- Cross on heifer for each 500 head j ways from Kentucky into the rapi- -of cattle they own. Donors ar to tal city of tha state. No mercy shouhl keep the stock until the first Jsnusry' be shown th men engsged Jn th when they wilt be shipped to the National Western Stock Show at Denver. After being exhibited there in competition for prises they will be sold at auction for the benefit f tho Red Cross. i - I FRANCE DECORATES LANSING'S SISTERS,' quiait number, of state will msk Paria, Aug. '22. The Miasea Em- t impossibl for a place like Hopkins ma S. and Katherine E. Lansing ofj . harbor a traffic that Watertown, N. Y., sisters af thlana ruin to all who touch it, Tho th American Secretary of 8UU.I . F nJ Pt eflleiaai should hav been decorated with the French eooporete with th agents of th na War Cross and cited in the army r-! ' government in capturing and 4ara, I punishing th men engsged in th Th tw sister, worked In the ' utragoua business. Edeteriol Hsr American Red Cross canteen at Eper Columbia, Tennessee. - Cross canteen to receive thia honor, LINE OF STEAMERS. Washington. Aug". 23. Tha Ar-! m. 0f steamers to operate from' u..,. Air., i.. P,n,i. ir.nu an' tha Strait af Magellan, stopping atllslalur ef a law legalisms the pro-Lamm nrrta en tha coast. The ir.g ef as many of the state nH at the becinning of operations! Iconoisted of sot steamships. I LOWERS FLAG III PETROGRAD IMBRIE CLOSES CONSULATE WHEN BOL3HEVIKI SAY WAR EXISTS UETvYtLN RUSSIA ' Raasiaas Will Lei Them Depart. Washington, Aug. 22. Dispatcher from Russia today were of some- la delayed dispatch that member of, 'the bolshevik eovernmrnt at tha form. ! er Russian capital had issued a pro- ' v , nunriamento declaring that a state i . or war existed between Russia and ' the United State. , . In view of the bolshevik declare- i J , ! tion. Mr. Imbrie reported in his dii ' patch, which was dated Aug. 2, tha ' ha had lowered the United States flag , aver tha consulau and, following tha i recent action of Consul General Poole Moacow, closed the consulate and , . .... . ., ,. , SutM 0er to th, Norwegil,n Americans in Petrograd. believed to' ... , " . 'V 7 cotuul - , wouIJ rcmain ,t hi, h, h, WM iMlTUeiiont from tn. state department One American, " r" , "id the consul, was under srrt, nother ,n h "noinrr in niailUJ i- Announcement tn - j: i.L S r a v ,Z ' . ,VT i I ' Franc of- th appointment of two - j , , . ..:... . . , I "w iwwi iwiviviiai vvuniua, one m Ar - t m chanral and tha ether af Vladivoa . . ' however, eounter-balanccd the "x-'-vorable aew. confined in th 7Y V; H f"' 'llt" 1 r ... . . r allied nations. Whether the 20, American, in Pe- ... . ... "- w. m V, n 1 it w . . I A , L . " .Jl ! !u ?i i r "rT".'n,l. " h tm.n"h ov""nt ""'" American, leav. " " w " 'i'! " ,. .V ? .i.v v i V ! !! uu , . T i . Americana against i,, nd. ,,"er "ho B0W control in Finland. . , r-w v.,.,. Efforts ef the federal officiuls at j Nsshville to break up the nefarioua ,' tramc in boot through th pa of ' unholy traffic in tha damned souls of men. They ar outlaw and especial ly in thia time of satri.re; entitled to no sort fr . consideration. UnXortu- nately the legal penalties imposed ara aot sever enough to give them, ad quat punishment, Speed th dsy when the adoption the federal amendment by tha re- TO HONOR SOLDIERS. St Paul, Minn., Aug. 23 Min- aeeote lakea will bo named after dier from thj" state who give tat i live or distt..Tuiah thsmselve a th battlefields of France, if a aid - went which Im gaining headway ' prove successful. Thoee behind the movement , " noaa to unr paesage at the next thousand lake a is desired e' v tuu nerees. ir b Ir- if) I. it f O ' -r Tt v. aaa.aaaaaAaaaasaa 4