Daily Kentuckian, 1918-05-11

IS ELECTED HOPKINSVILLE BOY MADE PR1N. CIPAL PEMBROKE CRADED AND HIGH SCHOOL. The Board of Truatees of the Pem Pembroke - broke Pembroke Graded school have met and elected teachers for tha school for tha ensuing school yesr. An Import Important - ant Important change in the faculty was made necessary by reason ef the fact that Prof. J. R. Claypool, principal for the past two years, la within the draft age and has no claim for ex exemption. - emption. exemption. Hence, he was not sn ap applicant - plicant applicant and the Board was compelled to seek another person for a principal. Tha Board made no mistake In selecting Prof. Lowe Johnson princi principal. - pal. principal. Lowe is a Hopkinsvil'e boy, is st present principal of the New New-stead - stead New-stead Consolidated School and one ef the very best teachers in Christian county and this part of the state, liopkinsville and Christian county are ircud of the record this young msn hss made and he, no doubt, will give Pembroke a high class administration i f its school affairs. The Board elected four other teach- m in .4 f 1 1 inn Ia (tie nrini-inel M , i.m.n i. ri..,i ;..,. principal and Misses Martha Mc- , -. . .1 , v lamanaii, mill nnucnva aim knm roster grade teachers. The present school building which has been condemned will be partly torn down and rebuilt with new ad ditions of claas rooms and an audi torium. ' rresent terra of school will close next Thursday night with grad-l nation exercises. The Hopkinsvil'e High School Orchestra will furnish the musical program and the com commencement - mencement commencement address will be deliv ered by Dr. M. B. Adams. President of Georgetown College. U.S. ENTRANCE EXAMINATION HELD YESTERDAY IN FOUR SEP ARATE PLACES APPROXI APPROXIMATELY - MATELY APPROXIMATELY 100 GIVEN TEST. Yesterday and today are decision days for many boys and girls all over Kentucky. That is, the high school entrance examinations, being held for all Eighth Grade pupils wish ing to enter county high schools, will decide the careers of many future in and women. Under the supervision of Supt L. E. Foster and a board of examin ers, examinations are being held in four places in the county for sll pu pils finishing the 8th grade and de siring to enter high school who did not talis the examination held in January for this sams purpose. Thirty-five white pupils are being examined in Hopkinsville, 23 in Pem Pembroke, - broke, Pembroke, and 8 In Crofton. About SO or 36 colored boys and girls are tak ing the examination at the Attucks High School on First street This number added to the 66 whites total spproximately 100. Like examinations -are being held in every county in the state in i cordance with a state law and the questions for these are prepared by the State Board of Examiners and sent out from the Department of Education at Frankfort Each boy or girl taking these ex aminationa and making ths grades is grsi'usted from the 8th grade of the public school and given a Stale Common School Diploma signed by ths State Superintendent of Public Instruction. It should be the ambi tion oi every boy and giri in the sts-o te obtain one of thetv diplomas, kid also to enter and complete the h gb school and receive a diploma from it also. FIRE AT AUBURN. The business section of the town of Aubara Logaa ceuaty, had a 2S,. 000 ftt yaslsr day

BOLT STABLE iiv ur n aM? ova f if tu a r rtu AND PROVENDER BURNED WITH BUILDING. A large stable on the farm of W. J. McGee, near Bennettatown, 40 by 60 feet, was struck by lightning shout 3 o'clock yesterday morning and de destroyed - stroyed destroyed with Ha contents. In the stable were 6 mules and two wagons belonging to Dudley Miles, who has been operating the farm while Mr. McGee was Irving in town aa Assessor. Abo a lot of hay and com, two-thirds belonging to Miles and one-third be belonging - longing belonging to McGee. The loss ef tha building falls on Mr. McGee. His loss is about f 1,000 and Mr. Miles about 12,000. There was some insurance, but how much was not known yesterday. Mr. McGee was present, having driven to tha farm that day. Ilia horse and buggy were in another stable and escaped. WHOLE PARTY WIPED OUT. An American patrol on tha Tout sector fell victims to a silent enemy ambush soma time Tuesday night Tha Germans evidently used bayonets and the butts of their rifles. The Americsns went out early in the even ing and nothing waa heard of them until another patrol happened to cross the post where the others had been ambushed. Net one shot was fired during pis encounter, as far as was known.- ANOTHER BAD ACCIDENT. Seven soldiers were killed and 22 injured, 4 seriously, when a troop train coach Jumped ths track near Columbia, 8. C They were Carolina troops in Mschine Gun Compsnies. STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE ALLOTS THREE FARM TRACTORS TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO STIMULATE FARMING. The State Council of National De fense haa purchased 100 Fordson tractors from Henry Ford A Son, of Dearborn, Michigan, and has allotted them to various counties throughout ths 8tate to be sold to furmers st root plus the freight The present coat is $750 f. o. b. Dearborn, Mich. Three ef these tractors have been sent to this county snd they sr- rived yeaterday morning in a car with two for Todd county, and two for Trigg. These were unloaded and driven to the Ford Garage on 7th . street from which place they will be distributed to the farmers. These will be sold to the farmers by Tubal Jones, Ford Agent here, but ths ssle will have to be approved by the local council of National De fense,, since there ere certain re requirements - quirements requirements that must be met. The purchaser must pay cash for the trac tractor, - tor, tractor, must have 250 acres of land for eultivstion, snd must meet such other requirements as msy be made by the Council of Defense. The purchaser tf these tractors is to stimulate the use of such machinery throughout the country to overcome in a measure the farm labor shortage. WAR DEVELOPMENTS. Ostend, the other Cermsn submv rine base not far from Zeebrugge, has been blocked by a British raid. The old cruiser, Vindictive, loaded with concrete was sunk In ths out let B' ' h cssualtiee were light This isi ' lilar exploit to the one April "J a Zeebrugge was block- ed. I section of British front , reported entered yea. fromptly retaken by the aesi terdaV' BrUtalO- Tha . h took a village near MontdiJ i captured 260 prison era. Tht lines about Ypres h h-beea - beea h-beea imfy rs-etakUshe4.

NEW PHASE GIVEN TO THE RE. PORT ON THE AIRPLANE . SCANDAL.' 'j . BBsexasasaasssa- (By lalanuitiMel News I ere lea.) Washington, May 10. A aew and sensational twist to the army aircraft scandal was gives- to-day when the War Department turn en its prin cipal accuser, Cutsoa Borgtans. Through Senator Thomas, ef Colora Colorado, - do, Colorado, spokesmen fog the amendment ea the Military Affeirs Committee, the Government caused to be read kite ( the Congressional record correspond--ence and affidavits tending to show that at the very time Borglum as collecting information upon which he charged officers of the Government with graft he was using his poasittoa as the President's investigator to or ganise an airplane compeny. GUNS TURNED ON AMIENS. The German artillery, under orders from the Prussian and Bavarian' crown princes, is doing its nnmost to turn Amiens Into en other Rheims. Itcsrdy's capital has already suffered terribly from this effect to carry out the German ides of striking ter terror - ror terror into the fatherland's enemies by fie destruction of then mot wved worrs of art and evcy .day adds to its ru.Ttrin. The cjrrei pendent wei t all over the city and observed lif effects of the bombsrilmei' whirl la- turned parte of tin town Into hoops of ruins and killed 62 civilian men, t ' .men anc' fh chilifrew jesi J s l '. c ing ji , '-two m't foe. tv ei,-i t . en and ini.'n children Ik f.T Hie pcpula'l m hsd a i . ; ji r m I . t.cuate th- ; Asw-t of the -ell iwd ( , (Vse. srs . f the in en i ay type, t'i- 'j.ve msw l (it? image, m up utne picxrnt 1 mI hou) u.. Lccrj de- ' sir e.t hen t. e r ni r v r.o gal- ni'y i tu'-k their . 't have tik-d to ex iui1 thflfli-'- tho ijcrmnn .. s. i.g the gtarc of "q cr hnv aused, ha . int. m shells upon the tl while a nntht the Gv man airmen have circled high over the blase and dropped more bombs. The cathedral, which possesses the finest Gothic nave in existence, haa so fsr escaped serious damage, but any moment may see irreparable in jury done, as projectiles continue to fall all around it TAET AND VALS1I 10 ARBITRATE (By lateroatiewel News Sere be.) Washington, May 1 0. Fonnet President W. H. Taft and Frank P. Walsh, Joint chairmen ef the Na tional War Labor Board, were ap appointed - pointed appointed aa mediators to effect aa Amicable agreement between tele graph companies and the members of the Commercial Telegraphers' U- ion. OFFICER FLIER KILLED. Lawton. Okla., May 10. Lieut George Sherman student officer at Poet field school for aerial ebeerva ebeerva-ers, - ers, ebeerva-ers, wss killed Thursdsy whoa aa army airplane In which he was making a flight fell 800 feet The pilot ef the machine was only ellghtry Injured. ROSCOE CANKLING SIMMONS. Roecoe Cankling Simmons, one ef the most noted colored orators la the country, delivered a patriotic lec lecture - ture lecture at the Tabernacle last algat, un under - der under ths auspices of the colored Ms Ms-sonic - sonic Ms-sonic Lodge. A section of the house waa reserved for white 'people. A large crowd attended. MANY KILLED. Fiirhtaen e- ,5"' V se . ' aflTW " . US) rf

have newi Ham, It te the Same Uf. ' A I Baa n wart. "W ' Boston, hai eued Senator Lode for $20,000 for knocking him down year ago, WW anuigivn, M iviiiuvi v capitoL ooo " The church column does not appear this morning , for tha resson that tha pastors do not furnish their 8undsy programs in time for Saturday'! pa pa-per. - per. pa-per. Hereafter tha Church announce ments will ha made en Sunday morn morn-rng, - rng, morn-rng, for such pastors as request It. rCUOKX M flit Clark Fuqua is here on furlough from Camp Sherman, O. Letters received from Joseph Stitea by bia parents, dated April llth. told of his experience under flra in the front line trenches, after he had reurned to billets in the rear. v Arthur K. Goodwin, Manager ef tha Western Kentucky Tire Co., ap applied, - plied, applied, about two weeks ago for a place in the V. F. Army aa Air Airbrake - brake Airbrake lnrctnr. YUr lny morn morning - ing morning he received orders to report to tha authorities at Camp MraHe, near Baltimore, on May 20. Mr. Good Goodwin - win Goodwin is in tha draft but volunteered when this special call was made. Ha will leave about the 17th or 18th. k k k k k k FURELY PERSONALS. R. M. Woldridre and Edgar Ren Ren-shsw - shsw Ren-shsw left yesterday for Louisville to attend tha races. George Crabtree and Raymond Johnson went to Louisville yesterday In an auto. , Mrs. E. II. Higgina has as her g'ijft Mrs. George W. Powers, of Par Parts, - ts, Parts, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. MrKentie and children and Buck Boxtey have gene to Louisville in Mr. McKenxle'e car. Thomas Metcalfe left this morn morning - ing morning for visit to Castle Heights Military Academy, Lebanon, Tenn., where he was in school for two years He will be gone several days. Lieut CoL E. B. Baasett has re returned - turned returned to Camp Shelby after spend spending - ing spending a day and night with his family. He stopped off here on his- return from Owenaboro where he testifled as witness In the trial of four miners of Clay. Ky. Mr. John G. Ellis, for long time a hook keeper in the City Bank, has resigned and will look aler his pri private - vate private interests. Mr. Ellis has been one rf the bank's most faithful and ef efficient - ficient efficient employes for 20 years and his retirement leaves a vacancy that will be hard to fill. CHICAGO MARKETS. (Furnished by Whitfield Bros., t Odd r allows Bldg.) April 10, 1818. torn Open. High. Low Close Msy ....127V 127 127 117 July . ... 1 47 S 147 145 145 Oat m iffy 754 75 74 T4 July 68 68 66 66 Pork- july 46.10 46.10 45.70 46.s5 ju. 25 82 25.82 25.65 15.72 l.a rd July 24.47 24.47 24.25 24 25 July .24.17 24 25 24 07 14.12 Beads. Lib Lib !'.. 8866 98.62 4 s .85.86 85.84 .. Lawlsvilla Live Stock. -V Cattle Receipts 100; steady. Hogs Receipts S10; steady. Sheep Receipts 100; active, unchanged. . , all HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA. The High School Orchestra will olar several selections of inspirational muala Monday night at the Taberna- ela preceding Lieut Fat O Brian's laeture. This niuaicai concert wiu befla promptly at 7 44 ssJ last until

around the Aveloy woods and hostile srtillery sctivity st different points. particularly on the Vimy and Robecq sectors snd south of Dicks Busch. There was nothing further to re port but much sir fighting was again done. Thirty-nine German machines and one balloon were brought down by the British forces yesterday and sis British tnachlr.ee failed to re return. - turn. return. Twenty-four tone ef bombs were dropped en various German railroad stations and on the aubmarine base ef Zeebrwgge, la Belgium. Ostend harbor has been blocked by sinking sn obsolete ship la the channel, an other signal triumph for the Brit British - ish British fleet. OSTEtlD PORT sun (By lateraattoMl Newa Service.) London, May II 0. Tha German port of Ostend waa closed today by the ainking of the British cruiser Vindictive In the channel The whole operation required only about forty-five minutes, after two hours preliminary bombardment by the Brit ish. The spot and manner of the Vin Vin-dietive's - dietive's Vin-dietive's sinking are described "as ideal." Berlin's CWerf.l View. Berlin, May 10 "The enemy's at tempt to block the port of Ostend was completely frustrated, says am admiralty statement to-night "The entrance ef the port ia quite clear." EASTLAND-BRONAUGH. The Pembroke Journal haa this to aay of the1 Eastland-Bronaugh wed wedding: - ding: wedding: "A wedding which came as a com complete - plete complete surprise to the friends ef the contracting psrtiee waa that of Mrs. Helen Pendleton tronsugh, of this city, snd Mr. T. D. Eastland, ef Danville, Ky. The wedding occur red at Macomb, Ilia., ea April 27. The intimate friends of the couple were aware that their courtship woud culminate in marriage soon. but when it was announced, after the bride's return from a visit ia Illinois, that ths happy event had al ready taken place, surprise was gen eral. After spending a few days ith the bride's parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Eastland went to Hopkins ville to make their home, having tak en an apartment ia the Pennyroyal building. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. Pendleton and is one of Pembroke's most popular and lovable young women. Mr. Eastland ia a meuber of a prom inent Danville family and a splendid young gentlemen. He ia a saleeman for tha Delco Light Co., with head quarters st Hopkinsville. The besl wishes ef many friends are extended Mr. snd Mrs. Eastland." -' STOCIUEY'S BUSY NIGHT. ' Last night 20 automobiles were parked ea Ninth street between Main end Virginia, at one time. "THE KAISER, THE BEA8T OF BERLIN." The supreme sensation ef the year. A merciless expose of Germaa butchery and "kultur." A masterful production that conveys a powerful message to every true Amer ican. Chaise 6stef Unt Pheas 14.

(Be International News London, May 10 Both the French and British have scored new local Eceasaa during the last twenty-four Lhoajrs. Artillery activity te increas ing steadily e tit vital sectors ef the Flanders and Pkardy fronts, and resumption ef the great struggle rate near. AH military experts are peculating -on tha enemy's plans. What may be taken as ths view of tha British war office was given the correspondents by General Rad Rad-eliffe, - eliffe, Rad-eliffe, chief director of military oper operations - ations operations at the wsr office, when he said to-day that the balk ef. the German reserves are still oa the Amiens front indicating a probable renewal ef the attack there. Freeh divisions on the Flanders and Bourne fronts show that Germany is tapping bar As TeM la BerUab Berlin, May 10. To-night's war office statement says: "An English local attack north ef Albeit was re repulsed. - pulsed. repulsed. A French advance la Apre- mont wood also failed." (By lataewatiawal News Sentsa.) London, May 10. The telegraph company's Moscow correspondent says the Russisa Council of Commis Commissioners - sioners Commissioners has received information to the effect that the city of Bostoff, on the Don, reported by Berlin to have been occupied by German troops yesterday, haa been recaptured, the Germane being throws back SO miles. Russian cavalry is reported to be pursuing the Germans. ALL ELECTED EXCEPT SUPT. TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC ' SCHOOLS ALL GET THEIR POSITIONS ANOTHER YEAR. Tha Hepkinsvitle Public School i Board met last night for the election of a faculty for next year. All of tha 36 or 40 teachers were re-elected without exception. Miss Addis Green, who has been a substitute, was elected as aa assist assistant - ant assistant to the principal at tha Belmont echooL The election of a superintendent was postponed until a future date. PRINCESS MONDAY. Julian Ellinge, the well-known pro professional - fessional professional woman-imitator, can boast a popularity far greater tea a might be expected from the fact that be has never appeared ia any except large cities snd towns. That ia, he is s "big-timer" ss they put it ia the thestricsl world. ''When Mr. Eltinge made his screen debut recently un under - der under Paramount ; aaspiese. It was thought that the small towns where Mr. ElUnge had not appeared might not be as interested ia seeing aim oa the scree a. but this sarsaiae was found to be absolutely Incorrect as thousands of small cities sad villages all ever the souatry poured ia their inquiries sad requests for My. EhV inge's pictures. "The Clever Mrs. Carfax." ia scheduled to appear at the I'rinee theatre ea Moadey. Best varieties aeter pleats. Pheas

SECOND CALL CO TO CAMP WEEK OF MAY SS-20. CHRISTIAN TO SEND 105 THE REST Or HER SECOND DRAFT QUOTA WILL BE COLORED MEN. Frankfort, Ky., May 10. All the white men remaining In the quotas of the second draft call .will report at Camp Zarhary Taylor May 25 to 28. The county quotas have been allot ted by Maj. Henry Rhodes, who also received a rati yesterday from the Provost Marshal General for special "rvre men, who can volunteer up to May 20. This call includes twenty railway trainmen' te report to the engineers at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., four veterinarians te report to the vcterianary corps. Camp I e, Peters burg, Vs. j twenty-five hostlers and stable men to report at the same camp and twentyflve mule packers to report at Jacksonville, Fla. These U III KUIW. II , , , . .w.my nr oneway. .no negro carpenters ana helpers are wanted at Fort Wayne, Mich., under the same calL The net quotas of some counties under the second draft evil, together with the number ef men to be fur furnished - nished furnished for Camp Esc nary Taylor, May 28 to 28 follow: Net quota Call 43 107 107 74 66 73 44 24 00 106 23 63 65 63 84 407 180 Caldwell .. Calloway . . Calloway . . Davieaa Henderson . . .. 80 .162 ..162 . .185 ..161 ..228 ..164 .. 45 ,.110 ..201 . . 92 ,.101 ..122 ..144 Hopkins . . . Logan . i Lyon MrCracken . Muhlenburg Todd Trigg . I'nion . . . . Warren . . . Webster 168 Louisville 00 Jefferson Co 334 (By lateraatieaal News Service.) Chicago, May 10. The Govern ment at the trial of I. W. W. agitat agitators - ors agitators to-day, introduced evidence show showing - ing showing that Ve organisation called for "4,000 rebels to go on a job at one cantonment" The cantonment re- fered to is at Roekford, Illinois. CUNNINGHAM-AUSTIN. Another of Trigg county's soldier boys hsd his name enrolled among the list of benedicts when Mr. HoDoer Cunningham and Miss Oyra Austin, both of this county, were united in marriage In Louisville on May first Mr. Cunningham has been at Camp Taylor since last October, and Miss Austin had gons to Louisville to at tend ths State Educational Aasocia lion. They had been sweethearts for number of years, and their mar riage was announced in cards received by many friends at home. They will be at home to their friends at 24 South Fourth street, Louisville. Cadis Record. CASON-FORTNEY. R. V. Casoa snd Miss Ima Fortney were married at Central City Thurs Thursday - day Thursday morning. They left at once for a bridal tour and ea their return will reaide at Central City. The groom formerly resided here and is a brother ef Miss Nell Casoa. He is aa electrician. In tha employ ef the Brownsville Coal Co. Aster plants, tie eVsea. Phone