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r THE HARTFORD HERALD. Subscription, $1 Per Year in Advance, "I Conn, tin Herald of a Ifoiij World, th km of HI fotion Lin&riig l Mj Bad." All Kinds Job Printing Neatly Executed, 43d YEAR. HARTFORD, KY., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917. NO. 7 M GENERAL AVERAGE $11.67 ON OWENS- B 0 MARKET 10,000,000 Pounds Yet In Barns. 30,000,000 LBS. DELIVERED Last Year 15,000,000 Pounds Sold At Average Of Only $5.43. There remains but little over ten million pounds of tobacco In tho hands of growers now, wa3 tho in formation vouchsafed by one of tho oldest and best Informed tobacco men In Owensboro Friday evening. The crop this year will not figure much In excess of 40,000,000 pounds, ho stated. In years gone by this district has grown 50,000,000, probably in 1903, it was, and this man purchased a large proportion of this crop. Thofaclllties for learning of tho size of the crop were much less than now. The Information giv en was obtained from representa tives of this man all over the dis trict, :IO,000,000 Pounds Delivered.. It is estimated that from all sources, other than tho looso leaf floors, the tobacco sales have reach ed approximately 12,000,000 pounds. At the close of business Friday after noon the sales over these floors had reached a total In excess of 18,000, 000 pounds. It was stated by tho buyer mentioned above that this was the greatest amount of money ever paid -for a tobacco crop within his memory and he had been trading for more Yuan a1 quarter of a cen tury. An Average Of $11.07. Tobacco growers in the Green River district have been paljd for the weed they have delivered and sold over tho looso leaf floors the sum of $2,103,103.94 for 18,525,345 pounds . An average price of $11.67 has been paid them. This is but a gain of two cents over tho price up to last week. The small gain in the average is attributed to light deliv eries and the drop in the price in the last of tho week, due to the delivery of much frost damaged tobacco. rFiday's sales ran up to 107,675 pounds, that sold for an average of $11.15. The money paid to the growers for tho tobacco was $18, 702.74. There was very llttlo tobac co of quality and tho fact that as good prices were paid was surpris ing. All good tobacco brought its value and those who sold were well satisfied. Each of the four houses had representative sales. House av erages ran well, considering tho of ferings. Owensboro Messenger. RESIGNATION OF WOMEN MEMBERS IS DEMANDED Paducah, Ky., Fob. 10. Seven hundred employes of the Illinois Central shops today adopted a reso lution demanding tho resignation of Dr. Delia Caldwell, woman president of the Pubic School Board.. At a mass meeting of other citizens the resignations of Dr. Caldwell and tho other woman member, Miss Dow Husbands, was demanded. The two male members have already resign ed. That which precipitated this ac tion was tho chastisement of Mali ion Berry, son of former City Solic itor W. A. Berry, by Prof. Fred Ste venson, principal of the high school. Tho board unexpectedly accepted the resignations of Prof. Stovenson and Supt. J. II. Bentloy. Only two mem bers remain on the board, Dr. Delia Caldwell nnd Miss Dow Husbands. Riding For Her Health. " Frankfort. Kv.. Fob. 9. Mounted .. ... . - 1 on n spirited Montana steed, and dressed nnd armed llko a rider of the purplo sago, Ml ss Phyllis Skrehot, of Denver, Col., rodo up to ' Alio Capitol today and called on Gov. 5tanloy, who presented to her a cer tificate that sho had made the call. Miss Shrehot hit the trail a-horse-back because her health was bad, nnd sho decided to visit all the Stato Capitols. Sho has done her own sec tion of the- country and came to Frankfort from Indianapolis, being delayed en route by tho snowstorms. Sho left tills afternoon on her way to Nashville. Miss Skrchot wears high boots and a riding outfit, resembling tho conventional cowboy attlro, minus tho chaps. A sombrero and gaunt lets and heavy spurs complcto her dress. A revolver dangles conspicu ously from her trim waist. COURT CLERIC And Deputy Sheriff Sent To Jnll After Former Refuses To Turn Over Indictment. Hazard, Ky. County Judge E. C. Duff, Jr., ordered Circuit Court Clerk W. C.- Combs to jail for refus ing to turn over to the County Court a certain Indictment against a ne gro charging him with the Illicit sale of liquor. The Clerk reported to tho County Judge that Circuit Judge John C. Eversolo had ordered him at the last term of Circuit Court not to turn indictments over to the County Judge. Judge Duff ordered Deputy Sheriff Johnnie Combs to take the Clerk to jail, and, when the Sheriff refused, ho was fined for contempt and ordered to jail. Tho Jailer then took Clerk Combs and Deputy Sher iff Combs to Jail. JAMES E. STONE DYING IN BROOKLYN Was Clerk of Kentucky House and Senate 38 Years. The Courier-Journal Sunday says: James E. Stone, for thirty-eight years clerk of tho House of Repre sentatives and the State Senate, Is dying at his home In Brooklyn, N. Y according to word received from Brooklyn last night. Mr. Stone waB born in 1SG0 in HaweBvllle, Hancock county. But to his innumerable friends In Kentucky and elsewhere he was known as "Col. Jim," of Breckenrldgo county, whero he lived for many years and journeyed, each election, there to vote. Ho always retained his citi zenship in Breckenridge county. Early In life ho became interested in politics, and in 187C was appoint ed clerk of both houses of tho Ken tucky Legislature. He served con tinuously until 1914, when he was appointed to the income tax division of the internal revenue service. His duties wero "field work," and em braced the State of Kentucky His resignation as clerk of the two houses camo during the 1914 ses sion. Famous Rending Clerk. Immediately following his resig nation both houses adopted farreach Ing resolutions In which Mr. Stone was paid glowing tributes. His new duties for a while necessitated his remaining in Kentucky but less than two years ago he was transferred to New York City. Ho had one objec tion to his "new job." That was It took him away from his friends in his natlvo State. Aside from his continuous service as clerk of tho two houses of the Legislature, Mr. Stone was tho read ing clerk in every Democratic State Convention held in Kentucky during tho last forty years. He also was tho reading clerk at at least six National Democratic Conventions. Ho was known aB one of the best reading clerks In tho country and onco ap peared before tho National House of Representatives and acted as read ing clerk, tho instance bolng a com petitive exhibition. Mr. Stono ap peared there in the new rolo to "show thorn how It should bo done." His remarkable volco and person ality are famous In many States. Widely Known In Stnto. He studied law and took a course in tho law departmonnt of tho Unl- verslty of Louisville. Ho was admit I ted to tho bar In 1876 at Hawesvillo. He also served as superintendent of Ediools of Breckenridge county from 1844 to 1848. Mr. Stone was clerk of tho constitutional convention which convened In 1890 and promul gated tho present constitution of tho State. It has been said of Mr. Stone that ovory Democratic politician In tho Stato know, him by his first name. Ho was famlllary known to thous ands, politicians of both parties, as "Jim." Latest report from Mr. Stone's bedsldo lndlcato that ho Is slightly better. 0 0 GOUT CENTRAL FEDERAL HIGHWAY CLUB Organized At Meeting! of Good Roads En thusiasts At Court House Last Saturday For Purpose of Securing Central Federal Highway. ANOTHER MEETING ' AT BEAVER DAD NEXT SATURDAY. At tho good roads meeting held In the court hall nt tho court houso Saturday, an organization was form ed to be known as tho Ohio County Central Federal Highway Club, hav ing as Its object tho bringing of tho highway extending from the Missis sippi, In tho west, to the Big Sandy, in the east, through Ohio county. After the above name was decided on for the club, tho following officers were elected: Judge John B. Wil son, Chairman; B. C. Barnes, Treas urer; W. H. Coombs, Secretary, with. Allison Barnctt as assistant. Motion mado and carried that a committee on Finance and Member ship in each Magisterial district bo appointed by the Chairman. This highway, as brought out the meeting. Is to be partially llnanccd by tho Federal Government and the Stato of Kentucky, provided Ohio county shows enough interest in the matter to convince the Stato and Government that jt Is willing to do its part, by either pledging sO-TiiiQ-cr;ovVy"mttWiroTo'rfrjH6iTrA7 In subscriptions or taxing itself, tr build Its part of tho highway. As pointed out by Mr. II. P. Tay lor, In a very interesting talk before the meeting, tho value of tho high way to tho county would be incalcu- QUARTER UF MILLION SAVED T BY Amount Represents Fines For Offenses Against U. S. Laws In Washington. Washington, Fob. U. Nearly a quarter of a million dollars to be exact, $235,750.88 has been saved the Federal Government by Repre sentative Ben Johnson, chairman of tho Committee on the District of Co lumbia. This amount represents tho fines collected by tho Criminal Di vision of the District's courts since 187S for offenses ngainst the Feder al lavs committed. In tho District of Columbia. Under a ruling just announced b) tho Controller of tho Treasury ,thls money, now In tho hands of the Treasurer of tho District, Is expect ed to bo turned over to the United States Treasury. Authority for mak ing this transfer will be embodied In the Sundry Civil Appropriation B1J1, soon to bo reported to the House. That it will bo adopted without opposition Is tho prediction of well-informed persons on Capitol Hill. Congressman Johnson, who has been the means of saving tho Fed eral Government several million dol lars aunng tno last few years i W.......V.VV, .iw.uo IMU IIUW Itlill 13 1 snared by many of his colleagues, that If persons aro,fined for the vio lation of tho laws of the District the District of Columbia should recolvo theso fines nnd that if Federal laws are violated in tho District the fines paid by the persons convicted of Fed eral offenses should bo paid into the Federal Treasury. FATK OF KENTUCKIAN NOW IN JURY'S HANDS Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 9. After being on trial hero slnco last Mon day, charged with tho death of Or? Andorsoa, a -wealthy farmer, nem Bcdfprd, William Rldgo, a former Kentucklan, saw his fate placed 1" the Jury's hands at 5 o'clock thl ovcnlng. After a number of ballot had been taken no verdict hail bse" reached, and a hung Jury wag expec' ed iuia uumig luu mm lew years) . . through his unprecedented Investlga-lMal Department of to business and lions as chairman ,of tho District itho 'ollowlnu year ho was given the nnmmiitu i.i,i .i.- ,.i .i. , ' manacershln of the Chlcaco nironev. able, and most of the money expend ed in building same, would bo left in Ohio county that only a small Poitiou of It, comparatively speak ing, would go out of its boundaries. There Is one thing certain, if Ohio county wants this highway. It will have to loosen Its purse strings and cither pledge, as before stated, by subscription, or demonstrate that It Is ullllng to be taxed for a sum suf ficient to build its part of the road No one knows just what course tho highway would take through tho cou'Uy (in the--event that it was de cided to Include Ohio in the Federal roUto) and that is of no material difference, but we all know that no matter what part of tho county it would traverse, its value to the coun ty ns a whole could hardly be esti mated. So make your arrangements to go to Beaver Dam next Saturday, and attend tho meeting, to be held there at 1 o'clock, and hear a subject dis cussed that Is of vital Importanco to All tho, towns in counties adjoin ing Oblo are requested to send, if ncss"le, drlegatcn to this meeting, and' lend a helping hand toward go ting the Central Federal Highway hrough this section. GRIGAGO POSTHSTERSHIP GIVEN KENTUCKY William B. Carlile, Born in Leb anon, Nominated By President. Chicago, Feb. l). William B. Car lile, a well known insurance man, was appointed ostnuister of Chicago by President Wilson today. Mr. Carlile was born In Lebanon, Ky., January 21, 1870. Ho received his early education in private schools In Lebanon and was later graduated firm St. Mary's College. He prepar- rd himself for an active business ca - reer in tho LouiavIIlo -Business lege. He Is a son of Charles R. and Mary P. Spalding Carlile. When ho was 23 years old Mr. Carlile married a prominent society girl of Memphis, Tenn., .Miss Virgin ia Fontaine. Ho entered tho Insur ance business in Memphis with tho Mutual Life lnsuranco Company of New York, thrco years before his marriage. Early In his career Mr. Carlllo wroto a policy for J. J. Hill : Broadway, Now York, under seal to which called for a premium of $13G,- p. Gersdorf, 5 Martensalle, Copon 350. Since then ho has had a spec-'ragen, Denmark. This commuiilcn- ilacu,ar nso ,n tne insurance neiu. in isui ne was mauo inspector of agen- cles for tho Mutual Company in tho - - - . - - I United States nnd Canada. Coming to Chicago in 1899, Mr. mriiie urguiiKuu uiu western ope- . ,. ... . n i - " " " lit 1911 President William A. Day,; ci mo t-quitauio wro Assurance Company, announced tho appoint ment of Mr. Carlile to an administra tive offlco of his concern. Ho acted after that In r. aupo-vUory capacity for tho Equitable company agencies throughout tho United States. Mr. Carlllo's tried capacity for or ganization and for administration brought him the Chicago postmaster rhlp, It Is said. WIIKAT IS BADLY HURT Recent Zero Weather With No Snow Killed Whole Fields. There are Persistent reports of serious damages to tho wheat crop, as a result of the last spoil of zoro Weather when there was no snow to protect the crop. Tho wheat camo , ut from under tho heavy snow In fine condition, although thcro was homo very severe weather. This time the fields look llko the wheat is dead to tho ground. Tho roots may como out again but nt present the outlook Is very discouraging. Some farmers estimate the damage to the growing crop, especially late sowing, as high as fifty per cent. Up to tills set-back, the crop was unusually promising. llopklnsvlllc Kentuck-lan. Mil. HOWARD ELLIS MARRIES MIS.S TAYLOR, WIIITESVILLE Quite a surprise to his Hartford friends was the marriage In Owens boro Thursday afternoon of Mr. Howard Ellis, member of the well known firm of W. E. Ellis & Bro., to Miss Nora Taylor, the accomplished daughter of Mr. II. i'. Taylor, of Whltcsvlllo. After tho wedding ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Ellis left Immediately for Louisville, and after spending a. few days in that city returned to Hart ford Saturday and are receiving tho congratulations of their many friends. FISI BLOW AGAINST UNITED STATES Will Be Struck Through Mexico It Is Claimed. Providence, R. I., Feb. 0. If Ger many succeeds in dragging the Unit ed States Into war hor first blow against this country will be an at tack through Mexico. For tho past two weeks tho German Ambassador, working among his own Consulates 11 over the United States, as well - itu, Uf Austro-Hungary. hasilomr' "oiueiuacn. nctnerior.i, .intditoS-U-o departure nobIns- S18ns' Simmons. Smith, of o '0 officers of th Ueru.il. Spann' S""""- White. Wulfso... army, both regulars and r.-ncrvlsts. " V-tKnlnst SiiirriiKe from various American nnrts ami Tlloso voting ngntllst it were BlrJ", railroad centers to Mexico City, where orders governing their future activities will await them. It has not been generally known that a large number of German army officers, who have been captured b; the Russians during the present war, and have made their way here at va rlous times through China, have been held In tills country without any attempt being made to smuggle them back home. The Department of Justice has had information for several mouths that several of these otficers have been with both Villa and Carranza in Mexico. Since la3t Saturday there has been a whole sale exodus of those that have re mained to Mexico City, and at least 200 officers of reservists have ac companied them or gone in small iliitiiica, uj liuiuus luiues, 10 me sanl0 ultimate destination. The Government Is In possession 0f information to the effect that n Col-jlarg0 quantity of arms and nmmunl , tion. collected hero nt tho lin-Miuiim. of tho war and stored in the largo 'warehouses in New York, has found its way to Mexico City, where it ln been held Intact since Its arrival. Some months ago a long German consular report was sent from Mexi co City to tho Foreign Office in Ber lin by wny of G. Schadt. an einploy eo of tiio German Embassy, at 1 1 tion, a copy of which has just been received In this country, goes Into 'the conditions In Mexico from the .German point of view very fully, nnd declares that what Is known as the . ... uermnn Alliance in .Mexico Is sun .iw...v.rf j miiutiUiUUIIb 11 DVI It! Ul German gatherings In behalf of Mpx lean nationality, mixing socially with , prominent Mexlca.n leaders and flooding the country with pamphlets of pro-Gorman character. i "" " v...vw .o d..,. cpprnfnrv tn Kiionnoil o Mr Mntilo porting ovcry effort U Increase tl'i", V , , ,, ,i , hatred against Americans In tha no is now noldlnBUiat Place. Mr. 'oA,,nrv w i,.nnm,tinn .. ..i.. , lj- " llchenor. of Ohio county, was ONLY ONK KUNTUFKY COUI'LK ' Versailles, Ky Feb. 10. Many MARRIKD AT ROCKI'ORT Woodford county fanners attended a mass meeting at tho court house this Alvey Kirk, twenty-five, a farmer aWornoo to protest against the tax of Ohio county, and Miss Katio law Proposcil by lie Stnto Tax Com Fuorst, twenty, of Daviess county. n,lBsl". William V. Turner called constituted the only Kentucky cou the ieetlng to order. Theodore plo taking ndvantago of the Indlaim IIarr's was elected chairman. Reso marriago laws during tho past weok ,ut,ons wero adopted condemning ex at Rockport. Only two mnrrlngo II- emltion of any clr.ua of property censo wero Issued In tho Sponcori fr0"' ,oeal ,uxntIo nutl Hiving Intau county clerk's office Flnco tho lns'.iB"'c P"5!'' a apejlit rate. 1: Is report. Owensboro Messenger. . Bet for,n 'n tho resolutions that tho - ' fanners nre not opposed to change Probably tho pugnacious wife In i!.e present tax law. armeu with n rolling pin Is only nn Imaginative typi. Most wives In this country nro mook women who buy their bread nnd roll no dough, KISSING BEE SIAGEO BY IM As Indiana Senate Puts Over Suffrage Bill. SUPPORT IS GIVEN MEASURE Despite Personal Feelings The Upper House Solons. of Indianapolis, Ind. After several hours of oratory that at times was slurhy, sentimental, laughable and legal, the Senate passed the limited suffrage bill. The vote was 32 t 16. The women will try to liavu tho Hou39 pass the Senate bill, which authorizes them to vote for dele gates to the Constitutional Conven tion. Tlie House bill prohibits wom en voting for the delegates to the convention . Several hundriQ Women were proseut when the bill passed. They cheered loudly and then indulged In the largest hissing bee among them selves over witnessed In the Slatc bcuse. The Senators voting for the bill were Armstrong, Beardslcy, Cham ber, Dobyns, Dorrell, Genimell, Grannt, Hemphill, Hudgins, Humph reys, Jaskson, James, Laney, Mc Conaha, McCray, McKInley, Mastou, Mercer, Metzer, Negley, Norman. Culbertoon, Eisner, English, Erskine, Fleming, Hagerty, Hazen. Ilirsch, Kinder, Kolsem, Lanz, XedjI, Reser, Thorton, VanAuken. I Five Republicans and eleven Dem ocrats opposed the bill. Thirteen Democrats and nineteen Republicans voted for it. I The principal speech against tho bill was made by Senator Fleming, Portland, who made a legal argu "ont for tlu purpose of showing that tho bill Is unconstitutional and that tho constitution provides clear ly that suffrage shall be limited to men. Senator Simmons made tho principal speech for tho bill. Some of the Senators indicated that they are not at heart for the bill, and then voted for It. Senator Metzger, Loganspnrt, Re publican, speaking for tho bill, said: "Suffrage Is coming. It casts Its thadows before. Even as the thick husks in tho corn, tho heavy coat of wool on the lamb signify a hard win ter, Just as surely tho thinly clad calf, tho exposure of an unblushing wishbone to the cold, unfeeling gve of the public presage the coming of votes for women." GR1CGORV ELECTED PRESIDENT TlCIIENOll VICE PRES1DE.V1 At a meeting of the Tobacco Grow ers Association of the Green River District, hold at Owensboro last week, Mr. Jess Gregory, of Sorgho, Daviess county, was elected presi dent. Representatives were in at tendance at tho meeting from Ohio Hancock, Daviess and McLean coun ties. Tho next meeting of the Asso ciation will be held In April to elect 'IeCted Vlc rw,aent ot ' assocla tion. IMtOPOSKD TAX LAW IS OPPOSKD AT MKItt'lXU As a general thing, silk stockings don't look as lmnnrtnnt nn tlm clothes lino ns when In use. - . -"WV