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THE HARTFORD HERALD. Subscription $1 Per Year, in Advance. "I Cbi, th Herald of i Noiij World, t hn of 111 Ration Lcmttring it V Back." All Kinds Job PHnting Neatly Executed. 4d YEAR. HARTFORD, KY., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916. NO. 21 ft CONVENTION TO NAME DELEGATES To State Meeting At Lex ington To-Day. DEMOCRATS OF OHIO COUNTY Endorse Johnson, James and Beckham, Also State and Na tional Administrations. HOLBROOK FROM 4TH DISTRICT According to call, the Democrats of Ohio, county met In convention In the office of County Judge John B. "Wilson, the court room being used for a road bond election, on last Saturday, May 20, 1016. County Chairman C. M. Crowe called the meeting to order, stated the call for same and called for nomination for permanent chairman. A vote was take.n. and Judge. Crowe was chosen as permanent chairman and Heber Matthews, Secretary. The chairman appointed the following committee on resolutions: John E. Bean, J. H. Thomas, J. S. Glenn, Otho Dexter and James Lyons. The committee retired and after considerable deliberation returned the following resolutions: Be It resolved by the Democracy of Ohio county, in convention as sembled: 1. That we believe in an honest, efficient and economical administra tion of the government affairs, whether of the National, State, coun ty or municipal governments. 2. That we unreservedly endorse the unparalleled achievements of the administration of our great President, Woodrow Wilson, which has'' faithfully" fulfilled 'the promises made by our party four years ago by the enactment of many needed laws, which protect the people against special privileges usurped by designing Interests, and which lias patriotically and successfully met every serious question arising In our foreign relations. 3. That we unreservedly believe tint our President, with comprehen stfa mind and stout heart, correctly Interprets the aspirations and hopes of .the people of this republic for honorable peace, exact Justice, right eousness and humanity. "T. We especially commend to the people' of this Stato the splen did record of our able and faithful Governor, Hon. A. O. Stanley, an4 Ills associates in office, under whom many beneliclal and reform meas ures have been enacted into laws. 5. We heartily commend our Democratic Senators and Represen tative In Congress, Ollle James, J. C. W. Beckham and Ben Johnson, and in our State Legislature, for the loyal support they have rendered to the National and State administra tions and the many wholesome and beneficial laws they have aided in enacting. 6. We heartily recommend and endorse our county man, Hon. Row an Hblbrook, as delegate from the Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky, to the National Demo cratic Convention at St. Louis, Mo. 7. That the following be and they are hereby named as delegates to the State Convention to be held at Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, May 24, 1916, viz.: C. M. Crowe, F. L. Felix, Rowan Holbrook, G. B. Likens, H. C. Ac ton, J. C. Iler, Chaa. Cargal, Otho Dexter, Hooker Williams, A. C. Por ter, J. B. Wilson, Ozna Shults, R. B. Lee Slmmerman, M. A. Fogle, R. T. Taylor, J. S. Glenn, H. P. Taylor, J. B. Renfrow, W. H. Barnes, F. M. Hoover, S. M. Dexter, S. L. Fulker Bou, Jas. Brown, (of Rockport); Reuben Stewart: Tom Ragland, John Keith, B. F. Duke, Dud Cooper, H. W. Ralph, Allison Haynes, Lyman G. Barrett, Lon Smith, Rufus Wll IImqb, Walter Bennett, Fox Brown, A. B. TIchenor, W.- M. Addlngton, L. L. Stewart, - AIteriiatc-rLeslle ' Combs, Late W,Wkr, J.' H. Thomas, Will Hatler, Guy Rannoy, M. J. Reld. W. Q.' Park, Lennie Everly, D. R, Helsly. Tom Daniel, Shelby Ford, R. P. Li kens, Dr. Barrett, J. H. Lloyd, L. J. Taylor, John H. Miller, Clarence Patton; Tom Cooper, 8. B. May, B. W. Rial, Alyla Rowe, B. F. Hudson, R. B. Peters, Guy Stateler, Tom Mulhal, Heber Matthews. And they are hereby Instructed to cast tho votes of this county as a unit upi n all propositions that may come before s"ald convention. J. E. BEAN, J. S. GLENN, OTHO DEXTER, JAMES LYONS, J. H. THOMAS, At the conclusion of the reading of the resolutions, Mr. G. B. Likens offered the following amendment to same: ' A3 T. Scott Mayes is a candidate to tho National Democratic Conven tion from the State at large, Ohio county delegates are Instructed to vote for'hlm.'' In support of his motion to adopt this rmendment, Mr. Likens explain ed that he intended and hoped that it would help and not In any wise hurt the candidacy of our county man and townsman, Mr. Rowan Hol brook for delegate from the Fourth District. Judge W. H. Barnes spoke against the amendment, saying that tho delegates should go entirely un instructed except for Mr. Holbrook. A Using vote was taken and the amendment was defeated by a vote of 17 to 7. The convention then ad journed. The absolutions as read were then adopted unanimously. C. M. CROWE, Ch'nv'ii. HEBER MATTHEWS, Sec'y. ROAD BONDS OF $000,000 SOLD AT NICE PREMIUM Owensboro, Ky., May 20. One of the largest road bond Issues ever disposed of In Kentucky was sold here by the Daviess County Fiscal Court, when the bid of Seasongood & Mayer, of Cincinnati, for the en tire Issue of $000,000, was accepted. The bid of the Cincinnati firm was in part as follows: "For the $600,000 Daviess county, Kentucky, 4 per cent, road and bridge bonds, dated December 31, 1915; due $100,000 December 31, 1921; and $20,000, December 31, 1922; and $20,000 annually-thereafter up to and including December 31, 1946; denominations $.r)00 prin cipal and semi-annual interest pay able at some bank in New York City; we offer par (that Is $600,000) accrued interest to date of delivery of the bonds to us and a premium of $4,200." The interest on the bonds will amount to $13,500 on June 1, when it is expected they will be delivered. The issue was voted last year. Its validity has been passed on by the highest courts of Kentucky. This was the fourth time that bids had been received. The delay in selling them was occasioned by the strained relations between the United States and Germany. The Fiscal Court will immediately prepare to let the contracts for tho construction of the rock roads. It is believed that between seventy-iivo and eighty miles of roads can be constructed with the $600,000. Da viess county already has nearly fifty miles of rock roads. RIOTERS USED COFFINS TO ESCAPE FROM DUBLIN London, May 21. In the first ex citement of the round-up by tho mil itary authorities of the' participants in the Dublin uprisings after the leaders began to surrender, a number of SinnFelners escaped in coffins, ac cording to a report that has reached here through the Sinn Fein "under ground railroad." The escapes are said to have been facilitated by the momentary relaxation of the unu sual rules concerning death and bur ial certificates. The method was complete. Tho supposed corpse would be placed in a hearse and followed by a few friends to the burial ground. After tho services at the grave the priest would be called away and engaged in conversation, thus giving the grave diggers an opportunity to sur round the coffin and lift up tho "corpse." The released man was able to walk to a secluded end of the grave yard and thus to liberty, Youtsey Is Teacher. Frankfort, Ky., May 20. Henry E. Youtsey, of Newport, probably the most noted convict In the Frank fort penitentiary, has opened a class for shorthand students in the prison. Unable to secure a pardon, Youtsey has decided to dedicate that portion of life that he has to serve In the penitentiary in the uplift of his fel low prisoners. He was convicted for participating in the murder o( Gov. William Goebel. FIVE-YEAR NAVY PLAiOEFEATED house Committee Refuses To Approve It. CflMPROHISEJlL EFFECTED Calling For $240,000,000 Outlay Largest Sum Ever Asked From Congress. THE SENATE IS RELIED UPON Washington, May 20. Adminis tration forces In Congress lost the first skirmish in the naval prepared ness campaign when the House Com mittee broke a five-day deadlock, and completed the naval appropria tion bill without approving the five year building program advocated by President Wilson and Secretary Daniels. As finally agreed to the bill au thorizes the construction 'in 1917 of five battle cruisers, as against two dreadnaughts ftn'd two battle cruis ers recommended by Secretary Dan iels; four scout cruisers, an increase of one over the department's pro gram; ten destroyers as against fif teen recommended; twenty subma rines, three to be 800-ton boats, compnred with five fleet and twenty five coast submarines recommended, one hospital ship, one oil fuel ship and one ammunition ship. The gun boat recommended was stricken out and fuel and ammunition ships were added from Daniels' second year program. The total amount tho bill carries is $240,000,000, the largest naval appropriation ever presented to Con gress. While the approbation Is, If any thing, an increase over the depart ment's plans, the failure of the five year program and the fact that no dreadnaughts are provided for, will make the bill unsatisfactory to ad ministration officials. Secretary Dan iels said that he would never lose hope of getting what he asked for until Congress had adjourned. He clearly Indicated the Senate, which has not yet taken up the con sideration of the naval bill even In committee, can be relied upon to re store the battleships. Chairman Padgett was not only forced by conditions of the dead look to abandon the five-year pro ject, but was also forced to accept tho provision proposed by Represen tative Hensley. authorizing the Pres ident to call a conference of world powers at the conclusion of the Eu ropean war to draw plans for an In ternational peace tribunal. An ap propriation of $200,000 for this pur pose carried, which would authorize the President to appoint nine citi zens, distinguished as lawyers and peace advocates, to represent the United States. NEKDJiK SWALLOWED HO YEARS AGO IS REMOVED The Owensboro Messenger of Sat urday says: Mrs. Will Goode, wife of a farmer living near Rome, underwent a del icate operation Friday In which a needle swallowed by her over twenty years ago, was removed. According to Dr. Barr, Mrs. Goodo has been suffering from severe pains for the past two or three months. She stated to her physician that she believed her suffering was brought about by a needle she had swallowed over twenty years ago. Friday Mrs. Goode was brought to Owensboro, where Dr. J. J. Rodman took an X-ray photograph of Uio affected part, which clearly Indicat ed the presence of the foreign sub stance. Local anesthetics were ad ministered and the needle removed. Mrs. Goode Is reported as resting easily from the operation and will be up and about her duties during the week. The needle Is a common gold-eyed sewing needle, about two Inches long and allows but slight corrosion. Reform In dress of young girls Is urged on the mothers of the State by tho Federation of Woman's Clubs, in session at Maysvllle. Tho club women maintain that Immodest dress has much to do with the down fall of women. Subscribe for The Herald. $1 a year. .C. G. (t. P. VETERAN Pays Cordial Tribute To President Wilson. HE OFFERS GOttTOUTIONS Upon the Splendid Administra tion Which Piesident Is Giving the Country. AN UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL In tranquil retirement after an active political life, having served four: years as Governor of his State and twenty-two years In the United States Senate, George C. Perkins, of California, now seventy-six years old, has cast partisanship aside to pay a simple, whole-hearted tribute to the statesmanship of President Woodrow Wilson. For more than two score years Mr. Perkins was the dominant po litical force of the Republican party of- California; For- more than a score of years he was one of the strongest Republican leaders of the Senat". He was chairman of the Navnl Affairs Committee of the Sen ntetand, In that post, had much to do jWlth the naval policy of the country. Now, after a lifetime of leader ship hi the Republican party, out of the wisdom based on long experi ence In 'llie affairs of tho United States, and out of the knowledge of the world's history, he has summed up the debt that the nation owes to President Wilson In the following letter: "24 Market St., San Francisco, Call. "To the President, the White House, Washington, D. Ct "fle.ar Mr. President: I .hope you will not think I am presuming In tendering you my personal con gratulations upon the splendid ad ministration that you are giving to our country, which has won for you the admiration and respect of the people. "Your wise statesmanship, which has kept our nation from conflict with other nations, Is the strongest evidence of your knowledge of the resources and advantages of our great country. "Hoping the Great Giver of all things' will prosper you and yours In all of your undertakings, I re main. Very respectfully, "GEORGE C. PERKINS." This spontaneous tribute, coming from a patriotic Republican, thank ful for the nation's security, and the upholding of Its honor In a time of world-upheaval, Is typical of the new era In politics. Other stalwart Re publicans, as well as Progressives and Independents, have written onually commendatory letters to tha President. Mr. Perkins gave his consent to the publication of his let ter. PRISONER TAKES IHUDE AND RETURNS TO JAIL Marlon, Ky May 20. In the cus tody of Jailer Enoch Bell, W. Wat son, 19 years old, who is serving a term in Jail for "bootlegging," came to tho office of Count) Clerk L. E. Guess late yesterday and applied for a license to marry Miss Mayrao Frltts, 18 years old. After securing the license they went to the resi dence of Mrs. Hodge Frltts, mother of the bride, where tho marriage ceremony was performed by County Judge J. G. Asher. After the cere mony the bridegroom was returned to Jail to serve out the remainder of his Imprisonment, while the bride remained at homo. FALSE AFFIDAVIT IS ALLEGED AGAINST PERDUE The Owensboro Iuqulrer of Fri day says: William II, Perdue, 74 years old, was brought to Owensboro Thursday afternoon by Doputy U. S. Marshal Jackson and placed in Jail on a ca pias Issued from tho Federal Court charging him with having violated the United States pension laws. Perdue was arrested at Sunny dalo, In Ohio county, and being una ble to glvo bond to the amount of $S0Q was placed In Jail to await his trial at the November term of court. On November 23, 1915, an In GEO PERKINS dictment was returned agalnsUPer due, who prior to that time was liv ing In Webster county. It Is charg ed In the indictment that on Octo ber 11, 1913, he made a false nffi davit before W. B. Snow, a notary public of Webster county, with ref erence to his enlistment In the civil war, for the purpose of securing a pension from tho Government. It is chnrged that Perdue stated In the affidavit that he was the same per son who enlisted at Jamestown, Ky., in Company E, Thirteenth Kentucky cavalry hi the service of the United States In the civil war, and was hon orably discharged on January 10, 1SG5. It Is alleged that all of his statements were untrue, and known to be so at the time he made the affidavit. It Is said that the Perdue indicted Is not the same Perdue who enlisted and served in tho army. THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND VISIT TO HODGENVILLE The announcement that President Woodrow Wilson Is to speak at Lin coln Farm, near Hodgenvllle, on September 4, at the formal presenta tion of the farm to the Federal Gov ernment, recalls Mr. Wilson's for mer visit to Hodgenvllle. During the years that John C. Plrtle, of Hardin county, was presi dent of Kcnyon College, In Hodgen Vilte, lii hivltetf a number of" learn ed men to come to the Larue county capital and address tl3 Students. Among those who accepted was Prof Woodrow Wilson, then a member of the faculty of Princeton University, of which Institution he afterward became president. Prof. Wilson went to Hodgenvllle on June 23, 1898, and filled his en gagement. While he was in Hodgen vllle Mr. Wilson was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ivy w. Twyman, and Mrs. Twyman now has In her pos session a letter written by Mr. Wil son after his return to the East, ac knowledging hospitality extended to him in her home. Mr. Wilson left Hodgenvllle on the morning or June 24, 1S9S, as a modest college professor. Ho re turns September 4, 19tG, a span of less than twenty years, as the great est Chief Executive the nation has known since the days of the Illus trious war President whose birth place Is to be presented to the Fed eral Government on that day. . m IRISH LEADER FOUGHT HOLD ENGLISH CRITIC Chicago, III., May 21. Jim Lar kin, founder of the Irish Citizen Army, nt a reasonably safe distnnce from the center of trouble, to-day leaped across tho orchestra pit from the stage at an opera house and mauled and threw out Matthew Thomas Newman, an Englishman, who was sitting in the fifth row of the theater and who had criticised some of the statements. The incident came during the ear lier part of a mass meeting which had been called to protest against the execution of James Connolly and 1" other Irish revolutionists. The Incident put the audience In tine fighting trim and Larkln return ed to the stage and made a fiery speech, reflecting seriously upon the parentage and antecedents of New man or anyone else who criticised the Irish patriots or who presumed to speak In behalf of England. ABSCESS CAUSED HV IIl'TT OF WHIP FATAL Hopklnsvllle, Ky.. jMay 21. An abscess In the abdomen, the result of an accident, caused the death to day of Thomas 11. Gaines, a travel ing salesman. Mr. Gaines was driv ing In Florence, Ala., about a week ago, and lightly struck the horse with tho whip. In some way the whiplash caught firmly In the har ness, and Mr. Gaines Jerked It smartly to release It. Tho whiplash broke, causing tho heavy butt of the whip to strike Mr. Gaines forcibly In the abdomen, bruising It so that the abscess lesulted. He was brought hero and an operation performed, but It failed to save his life. Mr. Gaines was about 55 years old, and Is survived by his wife and one daughtcd. Miss Lillian Gaines. Interment will be mado hero to morrow. Forty-five convicts left the Ohio Stato penitentiary, unguarded, and spent a day of freedom in. the base ball park at Columbus, O., playlug u ball game, which was reported by th'elr own roporter for their own pa per. A big day for the boys. For dussy Job printing The Uermli FIERCE STRUGGLE YETJGONTINUES Verdun Fight Enters On Fourth Month. FRENCH DEFjNSEJS STRONG Germans, Despite Failure Thus Far to Take Fortress, Still Hammer Away. DEAD MAX HILL THE OBJECT Paris, May 22. The battle of Verdun, the longest and most bitter ly contested Individual struggle of tho war, enters on Its fourth month to-day. The Germans, with charac teristic patience and stubbornness, are hammering at Dead Man Hill, where tho most furious and bloody fighting of the three-months' con flict has taken place. Clinging des perately to the trenches they have wrested from the French on the low er 3loPes of the hill, the Teutons have hurled tJO.fr&O riitn; -backwl- br slxty batteries of guns of all cali bers, forward along a seven-mile front from Avocourt wood to the Meuse In a desperate attempt to seize the coveted summit. As has been usual In this war when either side launched a well prepared and strongly delivered of fensive, the attacking forces have won Initial advantages. The Ger mans have succeeded In gaining a footing In the French first line at a cost of severe losses. However, Judging from the experiences of the past, it will not be a difficult task for the French to dislodge them be fore they are able to follow up their advantage. Both slde3 will then return to their former positions to await another offensive. That the Germans must contlnue ihelr tremendous onslaught on Dend Man Hill or abandon the Idea of taking Verdun seems obvious. This blood-soaked summit and its sister eminence, Hill 304, form the key of the whole system of Verdun's de fenses. The fire from their batteries flanks the Douaumont plateau across the river. Without the undisputed possession of this plateau military critics agree that no attack on Ver dun has any chance of success. A neutral diplomat who has Just returned from Albania is quoted In a dispatch to the Matin from Athens as saying that the Austrlans have withdrawn 50,000 troops from Al bania In tho last three weeks. Heavy Fighting. Paris, May 22. French grena diers occupied several blockhouses In Avocourt wood on the Verdun front In the course of severe fight ing last night. The struggle west of Dead Man Hill was terrlffic. The War Office statement this afternoon says that the attacks of German Infantry were repulsed. The blockhouses In Avocourt wood were abandoned by the Germans. East of the Meuse, Infantry fighting occurred at the Haudromont quar ries captured yesterday by the French. The Germans attacked theso positions and, the statement asserts, were ropulsed with heavy loss. Ends Life In Rain lkirrt'1. Lawrenceburg, Ky., May 20. Lydla Ann Gunter, 53, wife of George Gunter, residing at Alton, four miles north of this city, ended her llfo early this morning by drowning herself In a rain barrel at the side of the house. Mrs. Gunter had not been well for somo weeks and was despondent be cause of tho falluro of her husband and, son to get work. Two weeks ago she attempted to kill herself by striking herself In the head with a hatchet, making seven severe gushes with the weapon. She Is survived by Uer husband and six children. Xotiiv, I have this day set my son Thom as II. McCrocklln, free to act us though ho wero twenty-one years of age, to trade and be traded with, but I will in no wise be responsible for any of his acts or any debt cre ated by him. This April 27, 1916. T. J. McCROCKLIN, 18t4 Prentiss. Ky.