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HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCRIAN
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' HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917,
VOL 39 Nj3 4
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k EMTMHU. COMMOII !
Lenlns, Rutsfc's rch traitor, has cs
(npd from prkson.
'Kerenskyhas been given another
Joteof confidence and told to form a
new Russian cabinet.
Pittsburgh ico wagon drivers "pick
ed" Sunday to go on a strike and
Pittsburgh" "saw" no ice cream.
There were 17 candidates for jailer
on the Democratic primary ballot tn
Hopkins county.
An agreement will shortly be reach
ed between the neutral Powers and
the Export Council regarding food
shipments under guarantees of their
non-export to Germany.
Editor Geo. S. Weathers has been
appointed captain of the moonlight
trsMJ,MfWs of Todd county. He
is, going to find it no easy matter to"
command a jcompai., oi scuoui
ma'ams.
There are a dozen doctors nominat
ed for seats in the next legislature,
and a third of the State yet to be heard
from. They ought to be able to take
the public, pulse before passing any
more fool laws.
The final enactment of the adminis
fratfnn food bill Is the principal task
ahead of congress this week. When
this long contested measure is out.of
. the way, the senate will be
A jjin debate on the $2,006,000,000 war
' fax bill with the leaders hoping tor a
vacation recess in September.
-77 1
. Wallace Cargiih saW ttt.bc the lead
er of a band of objectors to the draft
who are hiding In the brush near
Rock Springs crossing, was shotand
kilied.by.a- poeee 6f ae near Okla
homa City. Forty qthers-'werear-restedandthe
"rebellion" launder
control.-
Rvihp, niriter of the War Depart
ment increasing tnV Officers' Reserve
Corps 30 per cent, Kentucuy s quota
forth fiecond military training camp
in start Aucust 27 at Ft. Benjamin
Harrison MriH be increased 113. The,
original quota was 377 and the in
crease brings the number to 4au men.
"J ou. don't have to go to war to be
killed. Forty-two persons, of whom
twenty-tour were -children under 16
years of age, were, killed by automo
biles during July, according 'to the
renort of the National Highway Pro-
nrftv made Dublic in New
Vnrir r.v. Dpflths from the same
wh vj v
cause during July last year were 36.
, Captain George Guynemer, a lead
4 ing French airman, has brought down
his fiftieth German airplane. The
French aviator "had been sick in the
.hospital in the latter part of July after
scoring his forty-sixth, forty-seventh
and forty-eighth victories. On July
28 he returned to duty with the fam
ous Stork.Squadrilla and on the same
day brought'down two machines.
Following the disaster at Clay Sat
. urday morning, tho strike in the West
Kentucky coal fields was called off by
the United Mine Workers. It affected
Hinderson, Hopkins, Christian, Web
t ster and Uaion counties. The notice
was effective Sunday. It is up to
somebody to explain" the explosion,
caused by electric wires being tam
' pered with, according to the latest re
ports. Provost Marshal General Crowder
has taken steps lo reduce the number
of exemptions because of dependent
fiilies. Instructions were sent to
' governors of all states pointing out
that the minimum pay of soldiers is
, , now $30, and that local boards must
-, consider whether a man's dependents
could not be supported upon that
- amount, The instructions say that
' iritis shown a man is in as good a
position to support his dependents
'upon 130 pay as ho would be upon
, his earnings in civil life, exemption
should not be granted. It calls at
tention to the fact that a soldier Use
all his own personal wants satisfied,
ft addition to his pay.
COAL MINE
JjSASTER
At Clay Saturday Morning
Causes Death of Probably
Forty Men.
WIRES TAMPERED WITH
Is the Report of the Officials
Who Are Making Inves-.
tigation.
Clay, Ky., Aug. 6. Thirty-one
miners aro known to be dead as a
result of two explosions in Mine No.
9, of the West Kentucky Coal Co. at
Clay.early Saturday morning. Fifteen
other men, still in the mine, are be
lieved to be dead.
Rescue work was rushed steadily
throughout Sunday, but only one
body was brought up from the scene
of the-explosion.
The toll of the disaster is certain to
be above thirty-fnte.- The company
accounts for twenty-two' identified
dead, seven unidentified dead were
buried here Sunday and between ten
and fifteen men are still imprisoned
in chamberswmcn gas has prevented
the f escuersfronfreaching.
Fire which seriously damaged the
fan shaft and put the mine's ventilat
ing system out of commission, has
severely hampered the bureau of
mines in its effort to locate the en
tombed men.
REVISED LIST OF DEAD.
Thj coal company issued this re
vis! UrM of dead: t
Dewey JMcWn, Albert Brown, col
oured; "Richard BrSPey, colored; Ed-
wad JirpwH, Frs?Ball,,Erwm
onicy, jaarsnai juncrryr' coiorea;
George Cox, colored; Flem Christian,
colored; Ellis Dudley; colored; Geo
Curry, colored; Arch Jackson, Tom
Neal, colored; Jim Leavell, colored;
Ben Langsdon, Major Lang, colored;
Cabell Payne, colored; Henry Sacra,
Walter Thomas, colored; Charles P.
Wallace, mine foreman; Jim Wilson,
colored, and L. T. Wallace.
G. T. Powell, in charge of the bu
reau of mines rescue car from Evans
ville, issued this statement relative to
the work the rescue crew has accom
plished: Rescued, uninjured 73
Rescued, injured 18
Bodies recovered 25
Charles S. Richardson, vice presi
dent and general manager of the
West Kentucky Coal company, issued
the following report last night:
Identified dead 22
Unidentified dead 9
Missing. 25
EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHEN
CURRENT WAS APPLIED.
None of the government men would
make a statement of their findings
thus far, declaring it is too early to
ascertain the cause with any degree
of certainty.
It became known here, however,
that the explosion occurred simultane
ously with the switching on of the
electric current which operates the
nine and shaft machinery.
This fact was taken to be particular
ly significant and tho belief is preva-
I lent here that the explosion had been
arranged for tho minute the current
was directed through the mine wires.
NEW TRUSTEE
IS CHOSEN
For the Hopkinsville Public
School Board.
Mr. L. B. Cornette, President of
the Tobacco Board of Trade, was on
Friday night elected a member of the
Public School Board to succeed L. E.
Fowler, resigned.
The resignation of Miss Emily Bra
dn, as a tetcher was accepted and
Miss Evi Quarles was-slected as her
successor In tha Belmont school, to
opn Sept 2. .
CAMP AT AYER, MASS., AND ITS
View of tho training- camp for the national nnny under construction at Ayer, Mflss., and, at right, Cnpt. Edward
Canflcldi Jr., U. S. who Is In charge: of tho building work there
SOME CLOSE
In the Democratic and Re
publican Primary Elec-'
tions Saturday..
RIVES WINS FOR SENATOR
Smith, Jones, Major, Hopson,
Wilson and Jackson Dem
ocratic Nominees.
Following are the. two tickets nom
inated in Chrisian county.
Those marked with an asterisk
were '.named, without a primary: , -'
democratictigket: "
Frank Rives, Senator.
Dr. J. B. Jackson,, -Representative:
Jas. B. Allenswortb, Judge.
Ira D. Smith, Attorney.
'Thos. C. Jones, Clerk.
E. H. Major, Sheriff.
Oscar Wilson, Assessor.
R. C. Hopson, Jailer.
L. E. Foster.Supt Public-Schools I
Dr. S. H. Lovan, Coroaer,
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
F. L. Hamby, Senator,
H. C McGehee, Representative.
G. H. Champlin, Judge.
Sam T. Fruit Attorney.
George B. Powell, Clerk.
J. J. Claiborne, Sheriff.
Malcolm Lunderman, Coroner.
W. A. Nichols, Jailer.
No candidate .for Superintendent of
Public Schools or Coroner.
The Republican Racer.
Only four Republican candidates
were voted for'in the primary.
For County Judge, G. H. Champ
lin had an overwheming majority
over T. H. Joiner.,
For County Clerk there was a hot
race between Geo. B. Powell and
Robt. H. McCarrolL Powell won by
61 votes.
1 W. A. Nichols won for Jailer over
.W. T. Gates and M. V. B. Russell,
col.
In the race for Representative be
tween H. C. McGehee and B. F.
Fuller, the former won by a small
majority.
THOS. C. JONES FOR CLERK.
FINISHES
HKflHsKr BisiillllllH
FRANK RTVES FOR SENATOR. '
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All fee other nominees were named
without having to go into the prima'
JBoth'partiM -ieW'afiVikl -primary;
wecbowkSaiurday. The 'Democrats
voted for Senator aitd six county, of
ficers and some, district officers. The
Republicans foe only four county
officers.
On the Democratic side there were
some lively ootrtests. In thp triangu
lar race for tfce state senatorial nomi
nation, Frak Rives carried Christian
by 753 and Hopkins by 4 over W. R.
Howell.
Ira D. Smith was an easy winner
over Jno. C. Duffy for county attor
ney, carrying every precinct except
Lantrip'fi.
Thos. C. Jones won over R. T.
Stowoffor county clerk by 150, receiv
ing 1,325 votes to 1,175.
E. H. Major for sheriff defeated W.
L. Gore by about 250 majority.
In the assessor's race Oscar .Wilson
won over Geo. W. McKnight and
John L. Thurmond.
For jailer R. C. Hopson won in a
clpse finish over W. J. McGee, Geo.
D. McCord and C. W. Lile. Hopson's
plurality is 50.
Dr. J. B. Jackson won over Eldon
Crutch field for representative.
In the Hopkinsville district W. S.
Davison was nominated for magis
trate over Esq. Jno. M. Morris.
NOMINEES FOR MAGISTRATE.
Districts. Dem. Rep.
1 T.H.Moore
2 W. S. Davison
3 W. L. Parker
4 Roland Anderson T. H. Major
6 J. R. Torian J. W. Wood
7 D. C. Capps F. W. Bowling
8 R. F. Overton E. W. Woodburn
SENATORIAL
Vote
By Counties In The
Sixth District.
Christian, Hopktiu. Total
Frank Rives .... 1401 1030 2491
W.R.Howell 708 1020 1734
II. A. Robinson... 298 631 929
Rives' majority over Howell is . . 757
F. L. Hamby, Rep., of this county,
received the Republican nomination.
Ships Taken Over.
Tho emergency fleet co-operation
has requisitioned all merchant ves
rcls or more than 2,500 tons now
building in American shipyards. Ex
tra forces of men will be put on and
work. of finishing the vessels rushed
CONSTRUCTOR
LEGISLATIVE
NOMINEES
Factional Fights Were Made
In a Number of the
Districts.
Here is the table of Democratic and
Republican nominees for the Legis
lature so far as known:
Allen A. J. Oliver, R.
Anderson H. V. Bell, D.
Ballard' and Carlisle B. S. Bailey,
D.
Barren J. Wood Vance, D.
Bell, Harlan, Leslie and Perry J.
T. Boiling, R.
Boone W. B. Cropper, D.
Bourbon Claude M. Thomas, D,
Boyle C. D. Minor, D.
Bracken Dr. S. B. Laughliq, D,
Brcckenridge "W-iW. Baxter, D.;
r 1 -r
noy J. isuin, i
Caldwell J. H. McConnell, D.
Carroll and GallatinW. N. Winn,
D.
Carter and Elliott Leslie Wells, D.
Christian Dr. J. B. Jackson, D.;
H. C. McGehee, R.
Clinton and Wayne S. C. Dobbs,
D.
Daviess, City District R. E. Wat
kins, D.; James S. Cruse, R.
Daviess, County District Griffin
Kelly, D.
Estill and Powell Clarence Miller,
R.
Fayette, City District W. F. Klair,
D.
Fayette, County District Arch L.
Hamilton, D.; Dr. German Moiller, R.
Fleming S. Lee McGohan, D.
Franklin L. B. Hamilton, D.
Grant J. M. Elliston, D.
Grayson A. R. Witten, D.
Green and Taylor J. H. Wade, D.;
J. S. Hall, R.
Hancock Fred J. AIsop, D.
Hardin -M. E. Lee, D.
Harrison Lark Garnett, D.
. Hart B. L. Copelin, D.; R. T.
Smith, R.
Henderson J. W. Johnson, D.
Henry Richard Radcliffe, D.; G.
C. Demaree, R.
Hopkins Rev. D. S. Edwards, D.
Charles Ashby, R.
Jefferson, 44th John Drcscher, D,
Jefferson, 45th John B. Rapier,
D., (leading); Joe Hudson, R.
Jefferson, 4Gth Very close be
(Continued on Page 4.)
L. E. FOSTER, Superintendent.
CANADIANS
MAKE 'GAINS
Germans Break Into Edge of
Hollebeke and Are Hurl
ed Out By British.
FRENCH WIN IN FLANDERS
Tricolor Troops Extend Lines
Northwest of Bixchoote;
Fleeing Russians Stop.
Infantry fighting, although not on
an extremely heavy scale, began
again in Flanders on Sunday, and in
two engagements the Anglo-French
troops were victorious. Tho weather
moderating, Crown Prince Rupprccht
after an all night bombardment, sent
his troops against the British positions
at Holebeke oh the Ypres canal, be
tween Ypres and Warneton, and
charging forward on both sides of the
canal thn Germans gained a footing in
the village of Holobeke. The success
was only momentary, however, as
the British threw out the Teutons by
an immediate counter-attack and took
Some prisoners. Other German at
tacks in this area also were checked.
North of Bixchoote, which lies to
the north of Ypres, the French are fol
lowing up their successes of last
week.
The pincers with which the Cana
dians are slowly forcing the Germans
out of Lens again has been tightened
slightly.
ThwCanadians consolidated their
position, which is within 1,000 yards
of. the center of Lens on the western
frpnt of the town. South of Arras,
German raids" against the Britsh lines
on Sunday met with failure.
German attacks on the Aisne front
hive been, withstood successfully by
the French.
The Russian politcal situation has r
become calmer. Premier Kerensky
has withdrawn his resignation, and '
there are continued indications of the
strengthening of the morale of the
Russian armies on the southwestern
front. With all political parties be
hind Premier Kerensky in his effort
to solify the provisional government,
it will be possible for him to carry
out stronger measures. The new
head of the armies, General Korniloff,
also will be able to use more stringent
means in keeping the Russian soldiers
to their duty.
In an offensive operation near Ba
ton, east ofj Czernowitz, the Russians
have taken more than 500 prisoners
and captured three machine guns.
Here the operations are virtually on
Russian soil, as is the fighting just to
the north around Chotin, where the
retreat has halted measurably. In
Bukowina between the Pruth and
Bystritza, however, the Russians aro
fleeing before the Austro-Germans,
who have taken several more towns.
ANNOUNCES FOR
COMMISSIONER
John W. Richards Enters the
Contest For Oct. 20.
We are author -"d to announce
r JOHN W. RICHARDS
as a candidate for City Commissioner
in the non-partisan primary election
October 20, 1917.