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.DAILY KENTUGKIAN ; !M t "GREATER HOPKINS. VILL WANTS YOU." EstttMed 1579 VoL XL-Doily Vo. 1. No. 17 HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918. Price 3 Cents. f0 ! Kiio tc:Bn; ?'- Call 44 1 (f f.n Uit U e.t K. keaiackMa arwnplly. A ad II ym kavo Bwa ll.m. .fcea it to the 444 . WEATHER. J Friday fair, little change In temperature. N A 5 v I A DAILY AND WEEKLY Th "referendum" submitted to tho Kentuckian 's subscribers to dis- -. ylng tha fact that about 96 per tt,,n' 'Tor Daily over " ' tho Weekly. At many noetofflce '7 ubaeribar, whlU and colored. . i t lu elected to take tho dally. Thara ".,. 'oro so faw weekly readers among .'-J. tho Kentuckian't conatitoaney that wears seriously baalutinf about put ting on. a waakly edition. Tha Cour- ' iar-Jjffurnal baa long aineo dlscontino- ad ita weekly paper and except aa a purely local paper tha weekly no longer meets the requirement of the ' fanner who ride In an automobile and has a daily mail delivered at bia door. Wa may concluda to push the daily alono and not re-enter the t . ' weekly (laid abandoned SO yean ago. More than SO persona were arrest- ed for. celebrating the German of fensive In Chicago. Early in the evening police war attracted to one house by strains of "Die Wacho Am lUtein," and as a result of arrests made there. Federal and civil au thorities combined in a drive through oat a German settlement, where it was found that a general celebration was being held in many places, and ia many houses groups were found singing German songs. Bon Area also were lit in soma parts of the city. An official report says.it is per--"V mitted to say what some have known for a long time, that tha British nev er Intended to try to hold tha for ward positions in this region if the Germane attr.cked In the force ex pected. There ie every reason to be lieve that harder fighting than has yet tajiea place will develop shortly. The v6ar"ln, in the British view, cannot iowesitate in carrying on their at tack and it is a ease of break through or admit defeat. ' American mechanical ingenn't;' .in I tha dlvLe it produce opcralod by American tighten are going to win the war on land, on sea and in the '"air, 'In tho o'pinon of Henry Ford, once a pacifist, but now one of Amer ica's Hardest workers for democracy's victory. G srmany's great effort to brviik the r.lied front, in the west anci ently U no nearer ne.implishnicni than it was on the day tho great drive started, and she 1 estimated c to have, lost 400,000 met n the (ui do 'effort during leas that- a week's I got- Iris Barnett, a Louisville man, sajs ' he Invented a long range gun in I 'J Id and sent the plana t tha British government, and later waa notified that his invention was not recom mended. He now think the Germans got hold of bis plans. and used tbe-n to make the gua that shoots 7a miles. Beatrice, when your beau stays rtii 11 o'clock to-morrow night, go to the clock and move the hands up to 12 o'clock and tell him it is the President's orders. In exchange for stee' plates Japan has o-eod to transfer one hundred and fifty thousand tas of shipping to tha I'nited States . 000 The .State Food Adniiniatrationa iva been given authority to eum fctkrily requisition any stocks of wheat actually being boarded Fix your sloek tomorrow night or the Government will Ax It for you. ' The Huns cast anchor at the Ant-re river. - -000 This yesr we will have peaoliless e?,vere. mm iswuasaj as in iii memt-wmiwmmmm m mammmmm mmi-m .. . - Mwwaswajwwa. ia 1 1 1 THE HE AND PUCE NET TUESDAY MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT OFFICE OF H. B. A. ' Next Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock a largo force of men and women will meet at tho H. B. M. A. for the pur pose of beginning the big campaign to secure enough applications to in sure tho establishment in Hopklns- ville of the big cigar factory pro posed by the American Cigar Co. Many ladies and men havo pledged themselves to devote a day to this important matter and will begin the day with a determination to succeed. The publicity committee has been doing much to aid this work but has bigger things planned for next week. A large number of applications have been received already and the rap idity with which these have been. and are, coming !r ha given the committee new hope and. new life and a practical assurance that noth ing now can prevent Hopkinsville having the factory which is so much needed. With 300 or more women and girls working at good wages in modern factory a large part of the onerous burden of living will be lift ed and independence established in many homes. The reports of the two committees who visited a like factory at Padu cah should be convincing evidence that would cause any girl who wants to earn her own living to sign an pplication for work in this factory. The moral surroundings will be carefully looked after and the health tho employee carefully guarded. The ministers of the various churches the school teachers, the mothers, and the Civic League have all entered into this work heartily and are lend ing their efforts to the end that we shall not fail The wages will be $1.00 per week to start. After three or four weeks tha employee will be put on piece work and soon is earning from $8.00 to $15.00 per week. The Secretary of the II. B. M. A. Mr. Dalton, has rendered tho city of Hopkinsville a valuable service in bringing to ita citizens this golden opportunity and if the buaineaa peo ple do not tuke advantage of the op portunity theirs is the loss. Next week ttu) generals have planned to go over tho top" and desire aa many volunteers as will to have a part in the lory of victory. If all will pull together Hopkinsville can boast of a factory worth while. DEDICATION OF SERVICE FLAG. With appropriate ceremonies the High School service flag will be dedi cated this morning at 10:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. The program is as follows: Orchestra. Solo Our Glorious Country Mrs. I. E. Barnes. Patriotic Reading, Mary Joe Wallace Orchestra. .. .Star Spangled Banner Reading of names. Unveiling. Salute to flag by school. Orchestra. Addresses James Breathitt, Jr., Oglesby b'oysrs, W. A. Long. Solo.. keep the Home Fires Burning Miss Ruth Msjor. ' Orchestra. A road tax election will be held in Graves county tomorrow. PEHNGS CflSDALlY LIST (By lateraatioaal News Service.) Washington, March 28. Tho fol lowing casualty list from Gen. Persh ing waa announced this afternoon: One killed in action, one by accident, sixteen died from disease, one severe ly wounded, twenty-nine slightly wounded and four'missing in action. FOLIOWIKC THE FUG. Under date of March 23, Harry Tun Its, one of the "stars" on the Kenluckian's service flag, writes from Houston, Tex: "You probably will be surprised to hear from me, but I just couldn't help writing and telling you how much I enjoyed reading four of the latest copies of the Daily Kcntuckian which were sent to me. The paper is surely a great deal better than I expected it to be, and after reading the copies gsve them to snother lloptown boy who is in the Medical Corps here, whom I chsnced to meet and he sure wao glud to get them, because it waa just like get ting a letter from home. Give my regards to all the bunch. Am getting along Tine and have gained between 5 to 10 pounds since enlisting. As it is getting late I will hsve to close, wishing you the best of success with the Daily Yours respectfully. Private Harry A. Tunks, A. S. .S. C. 113th Arro Service Squadron, Ellington Field, Houston, Texss. Le.tlie Crown, of Hie Fruit Hill vicinity, in this county, has enlisted in the United States Navy and left this week for Norfolk where ho will go in training. Mr. Brown has been a teacher for several years in this snd other counties, is a life graduate of the Western State Normal School, and for the past few montha hai been Government Farm Agent for Pike county, Ky. He is a bright, intelli gent and energetic young man and an able teacher. He is just the kind of a man that will make good in the U. 8, Navy. Edward Breathitt left yesterduy for Newport, Rhode Island, to begin his training for service as a sailor in the Navy. Will 11. Owen has notified his moth er here of his safe arrival in r ranee March 2 I. J. Summers Cooper, one of Hop- kinsvillu's bust kuown young men, has resigned his place aa book-keep er for the American Snuff Co., and will again volunteer for service. Mr. Cot per made several attempts last year but failed on account of undur wvght. He has put himself through a special course of dieting and the fact that the weight requirements have been lowered will also help him this time in getting into some brznch of the army, lie is anxious for immediate service. Mr. Cooper is a graduate of a military school and has had much of the necessary training. k k k ' II- s ENSIGN KILLED. Ensign Michasl Joseph Delehanty, of Boston, Mass., was killed In a sea plan full at Pensacola, Fla. Dele- hsnty was born in Boston a 18V$. DOZEN SHIPS ! JAPAN (By laleraatioul Newa Service.) Washington, March 28. The war trade board announced tonight the purchase of twelve Japanese ships of an aggregate tonnage of 100,000. Negotalions for 200,000 additional tons are under way. In return Japan is to get an equivalent tonnage in steel plates. GERMANY'S SECRET PLANS. Germany's secret plans of con quest have been again brought to the light in a remarkable manner by the publication of secret communica tion sent by Berlin to Vienna last year, outlining Germany's intentions. It waa written by tho then Chancel lor Michaelis, and through some means fell into tho hands of Hugo Haase, leader of tho Independent So- c iii list in tho Reichatag, and was read by him to the Main Committee of that body. The following significant passagea are quoted from the secret comunication of Chancellor Mich aelis: "The motive of all of Germany's acta ia the lack of territory, both for the development of Commerce and colonisation. Germany has to solve two problems the freedom of the seas and the opening of a route to thesoutheast. And thne two prob lems rsn only be solved through the destruction of England. "Our object is the permanent se curing of the German Empire in Central Europe and the extension of its territory. No one who under stands the significsnce of thia wur can doubt that, in spite of our wish to be moderate, w shall not allow ourselves to be deterred from ex tending the borders of the empire nd from, under all circumstances, annexing such territories as are fitted for colonisation and are not subject ed to the influence of the sea pow er. "We eg weaken her (Russia) ma terially by taking away her border territoriea, the Baltic provinces. By using skillful policies the Bsltic pro vinces can easily be Germanised. They will bo settled with Germans and their population will double it self. That is the reason why they must be annexed Tho frontier between the German Empire and Po land must be materially altered. "In the Vosgea, the boundary line must be improved by tho annexation of some valleys, so that the German frontier troopa can no longer be fired upon from French territory. France ill lose Briey and a strip of land west of Luxemburg. The value of Briey in an economic and military sense Is evident ironi mo fact 1111 16,000,000 tons of iron ore are pro duced there. For tho safeguarding of tha German and Luxemburg irou industry, Longwy must remain in our hands." These extracts arc from a docu ment which promises to become his toric, as showing the reel purpose of Germany as contrasted with the pro fuse declarations made by tho Chan cellor to tho Reichatag regarding Germany's desire for peace and its repudiation of any wish to make violent eonqueata. STILL ANOTHER. The forty-fifth aviator to meet death aineo .October was killed on the avatioa field near Ft Worth, yesterday! First Counter Thrust By The French Hurls The Huns Berlinward For Two Miles On a Six-Mile Front, ALLIED ARMY OF E Great Force 01 Reserves Or ganized on the American Plan to Strike Hard WILL ATTACK WEAK POINT And With A Flyinc Wedge Battle Up The Forces At The Salients Center (By Interaatieaal Newa Service.) WASHINGTON, MAR. 2H. THE GREAT RESERVE AI'MIUS OK ALLIES, ESTIMATED AT HtOM 600,(100 TO 800,000 STRONG, IN CLUDING AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE NOW IN MOTION. THIS NEWS MEANS THAT THE "AMER ICAN PLAN," CREDITED TO MA I. GEN. TASKER II. BLISS. BY PItE.M IER LLOYD-GEORGK IN' JAM!. ARY, IS IN ACTUAL OPERATION. THE KESI'LT IS EXPECTED TO BE THAT A FLYING WEDGE WILL BE THROWN AGAINST THE GERMAN LINES AT THE UNPRO TECTED POINT. OF SUFFICIENT FORCE TO EFFECT AN OPEN ING. THE NEXT OBJECTIVE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GERMAN RESERVES SUPPORTING GEN. HINDENHURG AND GEN. LUDENDORFF FROM THE REAR. ANOTHER DELAY. (By InUraational News Ssrvice.) Washington, March 1!H. Plans for bh'ciI draft legislation were thrown into confusion through the reopening the controversy between Provost Marshall General Crowiler und mem bers of the House Military committee over its terms. The controversy may dcluy tho legislation from three weeks to a month. EXPULSION DEMANDED. (By lalarnatioiaal Nsws Service.) "Washington, March 2H. The red lag of the Wisconsin election waved sguin in the Senate this afternoon. loyalty and Americanism were the issue. John Sharp Williums, of Mis sissippi, msde a savage attack on the Republican candidate, Lenroot, and demanded that LaFolletle bo ex pelled from the Senate. EVERY LITTLE HELPS The atat tax commission has re duced the assessment for Christian county from $24,000,001) to $23, 000,000. Every little million helps in these times of high prices. CAPT. CLARK LEAVES. Capt E. W. Clark, who has been homo on a short visit to his fsmily, left last night for some point which, (or military reasons, he refused to disclose. 800.000 READYTOMOV THREATENING TO THE WHOLE GERMAN CENTER (By lateraalional News Service.) LONDON. M A It. THE NIGHT STATEMENT FROM FRANCE SAYS THE BRITISH ARE HOLD ING FIRM AT ARRAS. AFTER AN ALL DAY BATTLE. HARD PRESSED. Washington, March Jrt. Gen. Perching cibled the war department tonight th:it four Germans divisions from the Ku.ikiiiii front have hcen added to the German armies attack ing the SommcKCctnr. SHOOT DOCTORS. Washington, March "H.--American doctors and stretcher bearers work ing under fire on the American sec tor no longer wear Alute arm bands ami Red Cross as it has been determ ined that Germans made special tar get. of them. SEVEN DAYS (By International News Service I. Wiishin;:!n. March 2H. Wheat less days so far as the hoUM-hnMs are concerned vcrv abolished tonight by order of the Food Administration. Restrictions continue, however, on ull public eating places. (Ry le'crnslional N'i Service.) Washington, March 2.V - Bread cards and bread lines for Americans are only u few months away, Cha.r man Lever, of the House Agrnul tural committee declared this after noon. The statement cume in the miibt of an imKissionrd plea for the paKMigc of the House loll proposing to loan $ . r 1 1 ' , " 1 to fanners to uid III buying spring wheat seed. Con- servutive Republicans joined with the I Southern Democrats in blocking tie lion on llo measure. Ei (By lateraalioaal News Service.) New Orleans. .March 2H John M. Parker, Vice Presulenlal candidate on the Progressive ticket In the Roosevelt campaign, today an nounced In return to tha lemo cratic rty. NOT VETOED. Fiva of the bills passed by the last Legislature have been allowed to be come laws without tho Governor's signature. Among these is the Nunn Jones Red Light BilL BISCUITS NOV BREAD CARDS 01 TO (By IntarwalioMal News Service.) Iximlon, March 28. At dusk this rvrnng after an all day battle, tho fighting is still in progress. Just ns the Germsn crater was dashing beyond Montdidier, between Amiens and Comneigne, the French reservea truck the German flank ten miles southeast of Montdidier, southward of Noyon, pu.shing the Germans back nearly two miles on a aix and a quarter mile front. This waa tho first large scale counter thrust de livered by the BUM'S and constitutes an important victory, which, if fol lowed up, threatens to turn the whole German center unless it is drawn hack at least thirteen miles to the Rove -Noyon front, to bring it on u level with the right flank. ARTILLERV DUELS ONLY (By laternalioaal News Service.) Paris, March 28. Only big gun tuels and the usual patrol raids char acterized the lighting on the Ameri can sector today. (By Interaatioaal News Service.) Kansas City. Mo., March 2H. With all the stmt t.ir service suspended, a regiment of home guards under arms, saloons und restaurants closed ami a large portion of the buaineaa tied up. Kansas City faces the most serious period in its history. Tho city noty be put under martial law. The trouble grows out of a laundry strike, which spread to other indus tries. RAFTS BID (By laleraatieaal News Service.) New York, Msrch 28. Life raft under construction for tha Amerksn Navy were destroyed by fire at amsll dant hero today. IE DAMAGE (By UleraatUaal Newa Service.) East port. Me., March 28. Hyster icus nr hero to-day caused large damage in a warehoaso of the East ern Steamship Company. (By latensatieaal Newa Serviae.) Pari,, March S8 It la anderstood that Secretary Bakov, who arrived here to-day from London, will go to Rome to visit tha Italian front LAUNDRY STRIKE BACK III PARIS