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RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1913.
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OUTPUT OF WES
KENTUCKY MAKES GREAT 'REC
ORD FOR THE YEAR.1912.
Prospects are Bright for Jncrease of
Tonnage During 1913 Statement
By the Chief Inspector.
Frankfort. In a- statement issued
O. J. Norwood, chief inspector of
mines, discusses the output of Ken
tucky voal mines for the year 1912.
Mr. Norwood said:
"The statistical reports received by
ft $y office for the eleven , months up
- to' December 1, with less than '100,000
. tons -estimated for a few minor conf
panies that have yet to report for No
vember, Indicate an output of approxi
mately 15,500,000 tons of commercial
"fcoal for theiKentncky mines for the
calendar year 1912.
"The known production i. e., the
amount already reported up to Decern
ber 1, with no estimate amounts to
14,129,268 tons. . -
: - "Estimates for December, together
with the tonnage estimated for delin
quent mines in November, indicate
the following production for the year
by the respective districts:
District.- ,
"Western
Southeastern
Northeastern
.. 7,480,000
4,845,000
,.. 3,245,000
Total . 15,570,000
"This indicates an increase of more
than 1,500,000 tons above the output
for 1911, and an increase of more-than
900,000 tons above that for 1910, which
hitherto has been the '.banner' year.
"Complete returns for November
and actual figures for December may
either increase or decrease the esti
mated amount somewhat, but it seems
safe to place the output at not less
than about 15,500,000 tons.
" "The prospects for 1913 are bright.
Barring extraordinary disturbances, I
look for an output of not less than
20,000,000 tons; it may be materially
greater."
Will Employ an Expert.
Wj 0.Dayis of Versailles,, chair niau
of the state tax commission, author
ized by the last general assembly to
inquire into tax system of various
states and draft, for submission to the
next general assembly, a bill looking
to a revision of the -present tax law
in Kentucky, is negotiating with Carl
C. Flynn, of the university of Califor
nia, with a view to securing his serv
ices as tax expert to advise the com
mission. Mr. Davis said Prof. Flynn
. had made a study of various systems
of taxation, and is one of the best
qualified men to advise the Kentucky
commission he has been able to find.
The commission is empowered to ex
pend but $1,500 for the services of an
expert, but Chairman Davis hopes to
so arrange matters so that Prof. Flynn,
if he accepts the trust, may do much
of-the work In California. Under the
Jaw creating the commission it is the
duty of that' body to. draft a prelimi
nary report, setting forth what has
been accomplished by it, and what it
hopes to accomplish, and submit it to
the governor during this month.
Fine Issue of the Register.
The Kentucky Historical Register
for January, 1913, just out, contains a
number of interesting articles, begin
ning with a "History of Muhlenberg
County," by Otto A. Rothert, of Louis
ville. "The Battle of the River Raisin,"
by A. C. Quisenberry, a former Ken-
tuckian, who now lives in Maryland,
gives much valuable information about
that famous battle in which so many
brave Kentucklans participated. An
other entertaining article, entitled,
"Kentucky A Land of Heroism," is
by George Baber, of Washington. "Re
grets," a captivating poem, is contrib
uted by Mrs. Jennie C. Morton, and
"Epitaphs," by Mrs. Ella Hutchison
Ellwanger, of Louisville, formerly of
Frankfort, adds to the charm of the
number, which Is considered an un
usually; good one.
' Hamlett Defends His State.
Answering the question why Ken
tucky remains so low in illiteracy in
the list of states and territories in the
Union, Barksdale Hamlett said that it
Vould be unfair : to compare a state
with a rural population of 75.7 percent
as Kentucky, witb a state like Rhode
Island, which has only a rural popula
tion of 3.3. He also said It, would be
unfair to. compare Kentucky, which de
rives all of its revenues for schools
from direct taxation, with a state like
Minnesota, which ha a' permanent
school fund of 121,000,000 derived from
school lands.
Books Are. Being Mailed.
New receipt books for 1913 taxes
are being mailed from the auditor's
office to county , . clerks. -, Hereafter
county . clerks will fill out the receipts
from the assessor's books, and both
the clerks and Bheriffs s'gn them, the
clerks keeping the stubs as records.
Assessments Low.
A difference of. $62,241,854.40 in
the estimation of the valuation
of the tangible property of the
tour largest railroads in Kentucky
among members of the State Railroad
Commission was made . apparent .to
day when Chairman Lawrence B. Finn
read his dissenting opinion to the ac
tion of the majority in fixing the as
sessment for 1912 the same as-lSill,
with mileage built up to July 1, 1&12,
added. .
The four railroads are the Louisville
& Nashville, the Chesapeake & Ohio,
the Queen & Crescent and the Illinois
Central. Commissioners W. F. Klair
and H. G. Garrett, allowing for in
creased mileage - and improvement,
took the 1911 assessment as a basis,
which is as follows:
Louisville & Nashville
Chesapeake & Ohio . .
Queen and Crescent . .
Illinois Central
.529,170,377
. 6,o70,270
. 6.050,800
. 12,377,383
Unusing what ha considered 80 per
cent of the fair cash value of the
roads, Chairman Finn estimated the
taxable value of the roads as follows:
Louisville. & Nashville ..$62,608,614.40
Chesapeake & Ohio ..... 20,362,400.00
Queen & Crescent '. 12,560,604.00
Illinois Central ........ 20,871,460,00
-His valuation would more than dou
ble the assessment of the roads.
Reasons of Majority.
Commissioners W. F. Klair and II.
G. Garrett begin their statement by a
reference of the commission on De
cember 23, 1912, when it was decide-!
to fix the assessment at the 1911
figures plus a fair valuation build
since up to July, 1912. They call at
tention to provisions of the" law gov
erning the fixing of valuation of fran
chises by the Board of Assessment
and Valuations and of tangible prop
erty by the Railroad Commission.
Their statement sets forth that for
reasons unknown to them the Board
of Valuation and Assessment had not
followed the law requiring the assess
ments of franchises to be based upon
reports submitted on July 1 of the
current year, but had the case of the
Railroad Commission they say the as
sessment of tangible property was
made . in accordance with the report
of July 1, 1912, as provided by law.,
Chairman Finn criticized all- four
railroads for their refusal to submit
to a partial assessment on the 1911
basis pending investigation by an ex
pert and said a thorough valuation
and fair assessment would eliminate
the contention with the roads over
the franchise assessments.
Farm Demonstrators For Kentucky
Wallace Buttrick, secretary of the
General Education Board, accom
panied by Dr. W. Rose, of Washington,
administrative officer of the Southern
Educational Board, visited the Depart
ment of Education and will take up
with Commissioner of Agriculture J
W. Newman the question of lending
assistance to the movement to estab
lish farm demonstrators in the coun
ties, of Kentucky. The .board now
spends over a quarter of a million dol
lars annually in this work in the
South, besides employing school su
pervisors and otherwise advancing the
cause of education.
Must Publish Unclaimed Deposits.
Unclaimed deposits of five years
standing in Kentucky state banks
must be published, according to an
order Just promulgated by the State
banking department. There are sup
posed to be many deposits in the
banks in the names of dead persons
or people, who have moved away and
forgotten that they have balances to
their credit, and the publication is for
the purpose of notifying these people
or their representatives. , In addition
to ordering the publication of un
claimed deposits State Banking Com
missioner T. J. Smith has called on
the banks in a circular letter to for
ward to his office a list of stockhold
ers.
Langley Is Stricken in Washington.
. Word' has been received here that
Representative Langley, Republican,
of Kentucky, was stricken on the floor
of the house by a rush of blood to his
head, shortly ' after he had concluded
speaking on a. private pension 1 bill
which was tinder consideration. His
colleagues rushed to his side and he
was removed to the cloakroom, where
he was attended by Representative
Foster, of Illinois, a physician, where
he recovered. He was later removed
to his home, and now his condition
was reported as not serious.
Plans Income Tax Measure.
Senator Selden R. Glenn, 'of Eddy
ville, who was at the capital, : said that
when the- general assembly . convenes
again he will introduce a bill for an la
come tax that he v believes "will tiring
in a revenue of $750,000 annually to
the state. He said it is apparent that
at the next session, revenue measures
will be prominent, and he thinks the
result of the Investigation now toeing
made of. the state' department Swill
greatly aid the assembly. He doubts
the advisability oi a special seiision
l3til this work is completed. . j
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Nothing else so impresses the visitor to the Panama canal as does the Immense size of the lock gates at Ga
tun. They are necessarily of Immense strength and powerful machinery is required to open and close them.
ENJOIN LUMBER TRUST
EASTERN ASSOCIATION HELD A
CONSPIRACY UNDER LAW. .
Decision Regarded as Limiting In
Large Measure the Power of
the Middlemen.
New York, Jan. 11. The govern
ment's petition for a permanent in
junction against the Eastern States
neian number Dealers' association, air
leged to be a combination, in restraint
of trade, was grantrd by the federal
district court here Thursday.
The defendants Include also the
New York Lumber Trade association,
the Building Material Men's associa
tion, the New - Jersey Lumbermen's
Protective association, the Retail
Lumbermen's association of Baltimore,
the Lumber Exchange of the District
of Columbia and others.
Washington, Jan. 11. The govern
ment's victory at. New York against
the so-called lumber. trust is regarded
by officials of the department of Jus
tice as one of the most important ac
complishments under the Sherman anti-trust
law, because it limits in large
measure the power and privileges of
the much-discussed "middleman" in
commerce.
'The decision is construed here as
meaning that the consumer of lumber,
untrammeled by the retailer, may pur
chase direct from the wholesaler or
manufacturer, and the latter mav sell
direct to the public without Interfer
ence by a combination of retailers.
There still are pending lumber trust
cases constituting in the aggregate a
nation-wide move.
PANTHER AND SONOMA SAFE
Missing U. S. Crafts' Arrive at Guan
tanamo and Report Terrific
Battle With Storms.
Washington, Jan. 11. Both the re
pairvship Panther and her attendant
tug, the Sonoma, reported, "safe in
port" -to the navy department Thurs
day."' : . . "
Both vessels reached Guantanamo
harbor ; under their own ; power, al
though " both ' were considerably dam
aged by storms, which had completely
carried away the Panther's wireless
and had torn off the Sonoma'B super
structure and lifeboats. The Sonoma,
which left Brooklyn two hours before
the Panther, reached Guantanamo at
one o'clock in the morning while, the
Panther was ' not sighted until . two
o'clock In. the afternoon."-
EIGHTEEN DIE IN EXPLOSION
Ten Others Injured When Boiler
of Steamer Blows Up Near
' Bladen, Ala.
Mobile. Ala.. Jan.; 13.- The Tomblg
bee river steamboat James T. Staples
was wrecked, her captain and 17 oth
ers were. Wiled and 10 persons were
injured severely- when one of the
boat's boilers exploded near Bladen.
. It is believed bodies of the four miss
ing persons may be found in, the ruins
of the hulk, which floated down, the'
rlrerln flames.
; Indian Chief Dies at 115 Years.
Superior, Wis., Jan. 9. Chief Passa
fiss, said to have been one hundred
and fifteen years old, a Chippewa In
dian who has been one of the inter
esting characters of STolon Springs for
the last twenty years, died at his home
there Tuesday.
TREMENDOUS LOCK GATES AT
LOSS IS
PITTSBURG SWEPT BY MOST DE
VASTATING FLOOD OF
47 YEARS.
50,000 MEN ARE OUT OF WORK
Manufactories in Overflowed Districts
Forced to Shut Down Homes Are
Inundated Thousands Are Suffer
ing Privation and Want.
Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 11. When a
crest of 31.3 feet was reported at the
Junction of the Monongahela and Alle
gheny rivers here Thursday, the
fourth greatest flood in Pittsburg in
the last forty-seven years was re
corded. The water remained station
ary for two hours, then began to fall
slowly and had dropped to 29V feet
at six o'clock in the evening.
The waters reached Penn avenue
and Federal street In the downtown
section of Pittsburg, and temporarily
shut off business below that point, in
undated hundreds of homes in the
lower sections of the North side. West
end and. South side, flooded . many of
the mills lining the river banks, made
approximately 50.000 men idle through
manufactories shutting down, v and
caused in the neighborhood of one
million dollars' loss through property
damage.
Stories of privation and suffering
come from both up and down the riv
ers, where thousands of homes have
been flooded and relief is being sent
from every quarter.
Only three greater floods have oc
curred in Pittsburg in the last forty
seven years, or since 1865, and In 107
years that records have been kept
there have been only ten more serious
Inundations. . . '
THREE DEAD; 13 HURT IN FIRE
Firemen Confident Many Lost Their
N Lives of Whom No Trace Wll
Ever Be Found. . - - '' -'
San Francisco. Jan. 11, Three
known dead and thirteen more or less
seriously injured, some of them fatal
ly, completes the list of known casual
ties in a lodging house fire, which
swept nearly a block of territory ly
ing on the - north side" of Howard
street between East and Stewart
streets here Thursday., .' '
; The buildings destroyed were the
Maritime : and . San ' Pedro " lodging
houses, both - flimsy two-story 'frame
structures, given over" to the trade of
the men of the sea. '..; '
Three narrow exits from the two
buildings . .were the only means of
escape the lodgers had from the b!az
lng boxes of death and the army of
firemen searching in - the ruins for
bodies are . confident many lost their
lives ot;whom no trace will ever be
found. '' ' .' . . '; ; ". v- '
FILE BOMB, MEN'S BOND
Ball in Sum of $240,000 to Release
Tveltmoe and Clancy
Deposited.
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' San Francisco, Jan. 11. BalL bonds
in the sum of $240,000 for the release
of Olaf Tveltmoe and Eugene Clan
cy, the convicted dynamite conspira
tors sentenced to six years in the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth, wt:a filed
heve on Thursday before the. United
States commissioner. .,.
$1,000,000
GATUN
31 DROWNED AT SEA
STEAMER DRIVEN ON COAST
NEAR COLUMBIA RIVER.
Sta Washes Man Ashore While Life-
Savers Take Three . From Rlfl
glng of lll-Fated Vessel.
Astoria. Ore., Jan. 9. Thirty-one of
the crew of thirty-five perished on
Tuesday when the oil tank steamer
Rosecrans, formerly a United States
army transport, went to the bottom
trf rtaa Pacing ou Peacock Sfciti during
a heavy gale which drove her on the
rocks.
une survivor or tne wreck is re
ported, to have reached shore at
Tioga, Wash. Life-saving crews that
bad been at work all day rescued
three other men-who took refuse in
the rigging when the ship Bank. For
hours the men clung to the mast, the
waves breaking over them repeated
ly, before the wind died down so that
the life-savers could reach them.
Two of the men were taken off
their perch, but the third- leaped Into
the.Bea and was rescued.
The RoBecrans cleared from south
ern California points with a crude oil
cargo for Portland.
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London, Jan. -11. Long sentences
were passed on twg.gf the militant suf
fragettes, many of whom in recent
months have engaged in a campaign
of destruction of the mails. May Bll
UnghuTBt and Louisa Gay, two of the
first to be arrested in connection with
theBe outrages, were brought up for
trial at the Old Bailey and condemned
to eight months imprisonment.
London. England. Jan. 10. The
Russian Black sea fleet is mobilized
in preparation for the naval demon
stration projected by the European
powers In the eyent of Its being found
necessary to appear to coerce Turkey.
Formal announcement that Turkey
will not request a resumption of the
peace negotiations was made by
Rechad Pasha, the chief Turkish dele
gate. '
New York, Jan. ll.-Representatlves
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen and the com
mittee of managers from the eastern
railroads agreed to ask Judge Martin
A. Knapp of the United States com
merce court and Commissioner of La
bor Charles P. Nelll" to come to New
York and do what ' they can toward
settling the' differences under the
Ercman act between the men and
their employers. ,
Washington, Jan. 11.- The first an
nual convention of the Woman's Na
tional Democratic league at the New
Wlllard developed into the liveliest
kind of a meeting. Mrs. Steven B.'
Ayres. wife of Representative Ayres
of New, York, was elected president by
a vote of 38 to 28 over Mrs. John
Sherwln Crosby. ; ) " "
Charleston, W. Va., 'Jan. 10. Riot
ing was resumed in the Paint Creek
section or the Kanawha coal field.
wo ere a striKe nas been In 'progress
since last spring, according to reports
received by the military authorities
neie. , ine standard mine of ' the
Standard Gas Coal company was fired."
Washington, Jan. 13.r Congression
al ifriends of her former White House
days thronged the Congressional club
Friday and greeted Mrs. G rover Cleve
land at the reception given thera by
oacers of the club la her honor. .
PANIC IS AVERTED
STEAMER RUNS AGROUND OFF
HALIFAX HARBOR IN DENSE
FOG.
Good Work on Part of Crew Prevents
Panic and Results in Rescue
of Passengers.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Halifax, N. S. The lives of nearly
1,000 passengers were imperiled when
the Uranium Steamship C'o.'s steamer
Uranium, bound from Rotterdam for
Halifax and New York, struck on the
ledges a quarter "of a mile north of
Chebuoto Head, on the southeastern
shore of Halifax harbor.
Dense fog with a stiff south wind
prevailed when the ship drove her -bow
on the rocks. Being a single-skinned
ship the plates soon gave way and the
forward hold soon filled with water.
Despite the fact that the passengers
were all foreigners, being Russians,
Germans and Poles principally, there
was no panic aboard. Many women
and children became greatly excited,
but the fears ofthese were allayed by
the officers, who told them that they
were within a few feet of the shore.
The lifeboats were made ready for
launching and signals were sent out
for assistance. The lifesaving crews
were rushed to the scene from near
by shore statiscs. All available craft
were dispatched from Halifax in re
epone to wireless calls from the ship.
CHICAGO'S APPLICATION RE
FUSED. Washington. In an elaborate opin
ion, dealing with the principal points
advanced in the long series of argu
ments which were held last year at
the war department, Secretary Stim
son has denied the application of the
Sanitary District of Chicago for per
mission to divert from Lake Michigan
10,000 cubic feet of water per. second.
instead of the 4,167 feet, at present
authorized. The secretary finds that
the increased provision would injure-
navigation; that there is no necessity
theifoi Ihurl- - tae alieaxioa could
not be allowed without congressional
authorization, and that Canada has a
just right to protest against it, except
upon approval by the joint waterways
commission.
FAREWELL TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washington. President Taft will be
the guest of honor at the annual ban
quet of . the Ohio Society of Washing
ton, at. Rauscher's, on Jan. 20. Jus
tice William R. Day, of the United
States supreme court, will preside as
chief executive of the society. Sena
tor Pomerene, of Ohio, a native of Can
ton, the home of former President Mc-
Kinley, will speak on "McKinley at
Home," and Senator Burton will pro
pose the farewell toast. The banquet
is to serve not only as a farewell to the
president by his friends here before he
leaves to take up his position in con
nection with the Kent professorship
at Yale, but will also commemorate the
third anniversary of the society and
birthday anniversary of William Mc
Kinley. PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Calgary, Alberta. The packing plant
of P. Burns & Co. was destroyed by
fire. The loss, including meat and cold
storage, probably wil be in excess of
$i,000,000. On account of the low wa
ter pressure the fire department was
unable to do effective work. The loss
is serious because the plant was the
largest of its kind in this part of Can
ada, and from which all the Western
cities, including Vancouver and Vic
toria, and the coast cities, drew large
ly for their meat supply. .
AT LAST, THE DATE!
New York. The marriage of Miss
Helen Miller Gould and Finley J. Shep-
rd will take place Wednesday, Janu
ary 22, at 12:30 o'clock, at Miss
Gould's country place in Tarrytown. It
will be witnessed by a small gathering
of relatives and - intimate friends, in
cluding some of her old neighbors in
Tarrytown and lrvington.
MOVING PICTURES BANISHED..
Rome.-r-All ' cinemetagraph repre
sentations . in Catholic - churches are
henceforth prohibited, even when they
have a 'religious object, by a decree
just issued by the Vatican. Hitherto
the-Vatican has approved the use of
the cinemetagraph for purposes of ed
ucation or religion. .
BATTLE WITH -OFFICERS.
Asheville, N. C In a sharp battle
with revenue officers who had been on
the trail of a desperate gang of moon
shiners for several days, Mack Loss,.
alleged leader of the gang, was shot
and killed by the revenue men nnar.
here. The moonshiners then retreat!.