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KENTUCKIAN
OPKINSVILLE
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HOPK1NSVILLE KENTUCKY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1917.
VOL. 39 No. 96
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QKIOWL COHHEMT
morelknl Davis, a wealthy
hr cfewsed nsa "wet," va9
led -Tor Governor in Virginia,
rrlbr Stanley will attend the
Vca of Governors in Chicago,
10 if lus engagements will pr-
He has said nothing to indicate
niSN.ttitudc. on the question of seizure
of tjie,mines.
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" Ono1 pf the new rulings of Gen.
Crowderis that a son-in-law cannot
claim exemption if his mother-in-law
is wlHisg ''to assume the burden of
supporting his wife during his ab
sence." This affords many a mother-in-law
a chancc'to gct.even,
A negro who appeared for exami
nation before the draft board at Fort
W?.;ne, told the examining physician
that he did hot want to enter the cav
alry Asked why, the man replied:
''Weu. when the officer says retreat,
-J wanjV to be free to run; I don't want
ttf haye any horse to bother with.1'
ijs weekly statement of British
hant vessel lossos shows a slight
Ose over tho previous week.
V jy-one vessels of more than
If ions and two of less than 160Q
ve reported sunk by submarine
Yae. In tio previous week 18
1600 tonsand 3 in the other cat-
f .were reported sunk.
-4rs, Oma Sloan, 86, of Litchfield,
Ky.i. said to bo the oldest woman ev
er locked up in the jail at Vincennes,
must serve 75 days in the wo-
.n's prison in Indianapolis on the
V Wge of being a wanderer and with
fany means of" making an honest
ing. Her daughter, LillieHowk,
a given a like sentence. It is
k light Mrs. Sloan is the oldest wo-
oan ever sentenced tp the woqm s
rieoH ia Indiana. - .
Although the tamaA invitations to a
nferWe of -governors of sixteen
prMucing' states have not yet
issued, govwaers of eigfct of the
jfates already .have signified their
lympathy with the movement to take
rcsftic steps to reduce -coat prices to
reasonable fevol and to attend the
onference at Chicago, Aug. 16 for
1st- purpose. Favorable word has
ecn received from the governors of
iissouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, South Da
.ota, Kansas, Michigan, Indiana and
llinois. Let us hope that thegov
'rof Kentucky will be a leader in
hovement to serve his people.
taniel 0Coaoel, an attorney, was
sted inSan Francisco on a federal
'- ant chargiaff resistance ts the
law. The warrant was served
I he was addressing a meeting
.e "American Conference forDe
cracy and Terras of Peace." The
?nce hissed the officer who made
rest. Fromer United Slates Sen-
Joha D. Works, Of Los Angeks,
o and said: "This arrest is a dis
ve to the American people and is
'9 for the purpose of intimidating
king people." Dr. David Starr
kn, prominent pacifist, was pres-
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Sept. 1 the war department will
igr not exceeding one-imru 01 uie
ta from each State to enter mobil
on camns Sent 5. ihis means
of tho 90 men from Christian
be ready by that time. There
o a new ruling regarding ex-
ns because of dependents,
4i is exnected to decrease tho
men from military service,
3 are auliionzeu nereaneno
exemptions to married men
i wives aro solely dependent
em, but where tho parents or
flatives of either wife or hus-
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lb willing to assume the burden
support during his absence,
me course is to bo followed
any drafted man's employers
(Q continue his salary as a patrl-
y. A third supplemental rul
vjdes that where a man has
t'ed his dependents by his own
An land which he owns and the
m Snd that the land could be
1 o advantage so ns to continue
Ipport for the wife, the exemp
ts the man may b dvnied.
AmriiiAiiii w
h nUNUKtU.
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By Jhe Selection of One
Fifth of The Western Ken
tucky Officers.
SEVEN SPLENDID BOYS
Given Commissions, Two As
Captain and Five as
Lieutenant.
Hopkinsviile was fortunate in- the
number of her young men who were
honored with commissions at Ft.
Benjamin Harrison. This city sent
15 young men to the training camp
and three failed on physical tests in
the final examinations, while two
W. 0. Soyars and Jas. B. Winfrec
were discharged on account of serious
and prolonged illness, Mr. Soyars
having to undergo an operaFion for
appendicitis. Of the ten remaining
to the end, three have not yet been
commissioned but are understood to
have met all requirements. These
are- Joseph C. Slaughter, Oscar
Wright and Sam Torian, who went
as a student from Kentucky Univer
sity. Of tho seven given commissions two
are among the five captains and five
are second lieutenants.
CapL Thos. G. Skinner, who heads
the list, is a young attorney, a nephew
of John C. Duffy assistant attorney
general. He has lived in Hopkins
viile only a few years but has made a
place for himself as one of the city's
most prominent young men, profes
sionally and sociy, He isp splen
did type of physterevejpijHnent and
his success s a reward for his un
usual fknes. - , . . . .
Capt.. Wm. T. Radford removed
wifK his father, W. A. JJadford, from
HopkiaevUle to Louisville last year.
He served one year in West Point
Military Academy when quite young
and failed in the rigid examination
at the end of the year. He then en
tered the 'Kentucky University and
completen the ceurse and as a non
commissioned officerof Co. D saw
service on the border last winter. He
was one of the first to volunteer for
training camp work and was well
advanced when he entered. He is a
nephew of Col. Cyrus S. Radford, cS
the U. S. Marine Corps.
Lieut Ellis J. Melton is a brother
of E. S. Melton, manager of a sewing
machine company and was engaged
in business with his brother last May.
When the .camp opened, he was not
among those called but got on the
train and went anyhow and was ad
mitted. His pluck and aptness told
from the start and many good re
ports have come of his work all
along.
Lieut. Henry L, Bass is another of
tho young men who would not be
passed over, but went in person and
demanded admission and got it. He
came To Hopkinsviile when a child,
being a son of u. U. mss ana a
brother of Oscar Bass, of the jewelry'
firm of Blakey, Bass & Barnett. He ,
is'a fine young fellow and
will make
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a gallant officer.
Lieut. Robt L. Wright was a book
keeper in one of the local banks and
early offered his services and was
called amontr the first. He made
good from the start and his reward I
comes as a matter of justice for duties
well performed. He is a son of C.
0. Wright tho real estate man.
Lieut. Herschel A. Long is a native
of the city, the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Long. Ho is a graduate
of the Hopkinsviile Highf School and
of Central University at Danville.
Ho taught one year in the local High
School and then became xasliier for
the Forbes Manufacturing Co., which
position he gave up to enter the ser
vice of nis country. He is assigned
to the quartermaster's department
and is well equipped for any duties
that may be given him.
Lieut. Harry W. Ware is a son of
is. H. Waro and a grandson of
Judge W. P. Winfree. He entered
th training camp from the National
Guard, in which he was a non-com-
PRISONERS BUILDING NEW HOME
These Interned German prisoners, sailors from the cruiser Kronprlnz Wit
helm, ore helping to bulH neV quarters nenr Fort McPherson, On., which,
when completed, will house 2,600 Germans, most of them from tho German
ships Interned In American ports.
WHITE WAY
Sixty-Three New Lights aid
Fixtures of the, Most "
Modern Type.
FOR MAIN AND NINTH STS,
Business Men Contributed to
t Fuit By Ike Irt ...
Posts.
The long expected supplies for the
White Way have been received and
the movement is n longer a matter
f conjecture,
Some time ago a committee of busi
ness men canvassed Alain ana wintn
streets and signed p all the property
(owners to install the fixtures aud the
city agrees to furnish the current.
The contract was then closed with
the Kentucky Public Service company.
Now the iron posts and other equip
ment have arrived here and the work
of installing the new lights will begin
shortly. The heavy cable which will
xarry the current, 6 not yet here.
There will be 63 of the new lights
and when they are in position the
present swinging lights at the street
intersections in that portion of the
city lighted by the White Way will
be removed.
The fixtures are the very latest and
most approved type, -tho iron posts
being ornamented and surmounted by
a single large frosted glass globe en
closing the electric bulb. The wires
carrying tne current will be laid
dergrouod, removing overhead
un-wir-
tng 'altogether,
The liphts will be nlaced nn hnth
si(les of Main street from Fifth (o
Twelfth streets and on Ninth betwn
the two depots. This will give Hop-
Kinsviue a spiencuuiy ngntea main
business section.
The sweetness of
sours the disposition.
revenge often
missioned officer, upon his return
from tho border. At school he was
an all-round athlete.
Hopkinsviile has been signally hon
ored by the selection of all of these
young officers, who will reflect noth
ing but credit upon their city, their
state and their country.
It is not out of place to add that
these are only a part of the gallant
young Hopkinsviile boys in the sor
vice of their country as officers.
Others are in various training schools
of both the army and navy to say
nothing of those transferred from the
National Guard. Among these are
the three Wilkerson brothers, the
two Jarrett brothers, Jack Stites,
Jack Tandy, Gilmer Bell, Joseph
Kelly and many others whose names
are not now recalled.
ASSURED
SEVEN OFFICERS
COMMISSIONED
From the Nine Hopkinsviile
Men at Ft Benjamin
Harrison.
CAMP CLOSES AUGUST 15
Secretary sf War Baker to
VinfeCamp and JAitke Ad
dress' of Importance.
Ft Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Aagr.
10. Washington dispatches to the
affect that lists of men in the officers
training camp here receiving com mis
sions would be announced Thursday
and those affecting the Ohio and West
Virginia men on Friday caused a stir
of excitement.
It is estimated thatlOOO men failing
to receive commissins, aro leaving the
camp.
While definite figures were with
held it was believed that about 60 per
cent will be given commissions.
Gen. Glenn will close the training
camp August 15. It is expected by
that time that every man who is to be
commissioned will' have learned his
rank and will be ready for discharge
from the training camp.
The men commissioned will be as
signed to commands in tho new na
tional army organization that is 6ched
uifid to be formed about September 1.
Major Richardson has planned to
make the last' few days of the training
season interesting for the men
The men called for the next camp
will begin receiving notifications on
August 10. The new camp opens on
August 27 and will close November
20.
Seven Hopkinsviile men are in the
army list or tne reserves corps as
published:
- CAPTAINS.
Thomas G. Skinner.
W. T. Radford.
SECOND' LIEUTENANTS.
Elias J. Melton.
Robert L. Wright.
Henry L. Bass.
Hcrsqhel A. Long.
Harry Ware.
All aro in tho infantry section but
Lieuf. Long, who is in the quarter
master corps.
Secretary Baker has made all his
plans to visit Ft. Benjamin Harrison,
Ind., this week to bo present when
the big training camp closes tho last
of the week.
It is his purpose to deliver the com
missions to tho new officers from Ken
tucky, Indiana. Ohio and West Vir
ginia, who aro about to bo graduated
from that training camp, and in doincr
so he will make an address which
will bo an utterance of national Im
port.
TO GATHER
DRAFT ARMY
Men Selected For Entraining
Will Be Notified by Mail
and Names Posted.
LEADERS WILL BE CHOSEN
These Will Be Commanders
Until Group Reaches Gate
of the Cantonment.
Washington, Aug. 10. Regulations
under which men of the new national
army will bd called to tho colors be
ginning Sept. 1 were issued by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder.
Two hundred thousand of the first
687,000 menvill be called up Sept. 1
and forwarded to their camp before
Sept. 5. The whole business of as
sembling the levies at entraining
points, providing them with shelter,
food and transportation and giving
them their actual induction into mili
tary life is entrusted to the civilian
local boards which selected them for
service. Until the men reach the
camps they will not be in contact with
uniformed officers. The civilian con
trol is carried forward through every
stage ofthe draft to the very gates" of
the military camps where the making
of soldiers will begin, to be complet
ed within sound of the guns in
France.
The actual call for men will go .in
each case from the provost marshal
general to the state adjutant general,
stating the number of men to be sup
plied at the specified time by the
state. Each local board will prompt
ly informed of its proportion in the
call and the adjutant general will fix
tho datewhen men from his state
shall entrain for the camps.
Immediately the. local board ' will
make out the list of men to fill the
call from the accepted men and it will
also fix the. place of entrainment and
the exact time of departure.
Orders to the men will be posted
and also be sent them by mail. They
will be directed to report to the local
board at its headquarters not less
tharNtwelve hours nor more than
twenty-four hours before the time of
departure for camp.
From (lie time specified for re
porting to the local board for military
duty," the regulations state, "each
man in respect of whom notice to re
port has been posted or mailed shall
be in the military service of the Unit
ed States."
For each district five alternates will
be summoned to the board headquar
ters in addition to the men actually
selected to fill the board quota. They
will be held at tho assembling point
until time to fill in vacancies, should
any of the levy fail to report.
Except for retreat roll call, the men
will be given town liberty until 45
minutes before train tiipe. The board
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best qualified to command and nlaco
lim in charge of the party for its
trip. Ho will name a second in com
mand to aid him and the other men
will be told that the orders of these
two must be obeyed under pain of
military discipline.
The man in chargo of tho parly will
call the roll at the board headquarters
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ust before train time,
no up tho draft andaccompanied by
:io board members, march them to
ic station to entrain.
There a final verification of the list
will be made and if any man of the'him 0Ver to the nearest army post for
selected number is missing, an alter
nate will bo sent forward in his place.
Tho tickets, with meal tickets and all
papers relating to tho party, including
copies of registration cards, will be
turned over to the man in command,
and tho party will start for its train
ing camp.
It will bo tho duty of tho compand
or of each party to watch over his
men over the trip and seq that none
aro left behind at any station, tliat all
aro fed regularly and that no liquor is
furnished to tho men en route.
After tho departure of tho levy for
.BLAST WAY FOR
THE BIG CHARGE
Allies' Giant Guns Leveling
German Defenses On
Flanders Front.
FRENCH MAKE TWO GAINS
Advance of Austro-German
Troops In Galicia Checked
by KornilolTs Fighters.
On none of tho battle fronts of Eu
rope has the fighting activity of the
last twenty-four hours been marked.
In Flanders, however, the great artil
lery battle continues to be most vio
lent, seemingly preparing the way
for further heavy infantry activity.
The only infantry engagements in
Flanders have taken place on the line
between Ypres and Dixmude, with
the French troops the aggressors in
both instances. Northwest of Bix
shoote the French have enlarged
further the gains made on Wednes
day. Southwest of Bixshoote, in the
region south of Langemarck, the
French have made some progress in
the German line.
Terrain conditions in Flanders,
made more difficult by the rains of
the last ten days, are such that with
out the destruction of enemy defenses
by artillery fire, it is nearly useless to
throw forward infantry attacks. There
are indications that the Anglo-French
guns of all calibers are engaged in
levelling the German defense posi
tions. Tfej German general staff re
ports tho artillery fire in Flanders as
yery great and says it has been espe
cially heavy on the Belgian coast and
from Bixshoote to Hollbeke. The
latter sector takes in most of the im
portant Ypres salient.
Except for several local raids by
the French, there has been no infan
try activity on the long line from St;
Quentin to the Swiss border. Tlie
French and German guns, however,
are hammering the opposing lines
along the Aisne front in Champagne
and on both banks of the Meuse in
the Verdun region.
Apparently the Russians have
checked the Austro-German advance
in Galicia and Bukowina as no notable
gains have been made by the Germans
since the Russian line stiffened.
To the south in Moldavia the Rus
sians and Rumanians are attemntinfr
to re-occupy the positions north of
Fokshani lost to Field Marshal Mack
ensen's men. They have attacked
the Austro-Germans with strong
forces but Berlin says the effort
failed.
The number of prisoners taken by
the Teutons in this region is reported
to have reached 3,300.
Brings Suit.
Mr.
Charles J. Cronan filed suit
lVn,n.,l
-
for $300,000 damages
against the Louisville Herald Compa
ny and against John C. Schaffer, t
Chicago, tho owner of the publica
tion, for alleged 'false and libelous
editorials concerning Mr. Cromn
during the last two weeks of the May
oralty campaign in Louisville.
camp, the local boards will turn to
Hither up the stragglers. If there is
.?,vide"C0 ?f wilful-violation of orders
ttieottenaer will be renorted to ti n
adjutant general of the army as a de
serter and- tho local police will be
, asked to arrest him on sight and turn
trial. Where there was no intention
to desert, however, and the missing
man reports of his own will, tho
board will send him on to the camp
with an explanation and a recom
mendation to his degree of culpability
Arrived at the camp, tho party will
undergo another physical examination
by doctors. If any are rejected the
local board will bo notified and alter
nates sent forward for each case. Ti'a
net quota of a board will be regarded
as full only when tho full number of
men called for havo been finally accepted.
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