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RICmiQKD, EENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1913.
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HAMPTON SHORT
IN ACCOUNTS
FORMER STATE EMPLOYE - IS
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLE-
MENT IN FRANKFORT.
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
Superintendent Barksdale Hamlett
Will Sue Southern Pacific Railroad
for Benefit of Highland park School
Owes $48,237.48.
Frankfort, Ky. Five indictments,
charging embezzlement of state funds
have been ' returned by the Franklin
grand jury against Lee' Hampton,
nephew of former State Auditor Frank
James, and chief ' deputy in the in
surance department under the admin
istration of Auditor James and his in
surance commissioner, C. . 'W. Bell.
The true bills charge defalcation ' of
an aggregate of '$980.93, 'and the grand
jury is still investigating the books of
the department under the Bell admin
istration. -
Hampton's whereabouts - is - un
known, it is pald- When" it became
apparent several weeks ago that ef
forts to settle the shortage with the
attorney general would fail, it was re
ported that Hampton had left the
country. .
The amounts involved in the al
leged embezzlements are fees from in
surance, companies sent by check . to
Commissioner Bell, and alleged to
have been cashed at the State National
bank, depository of the insurance de
partment The indictments name
$366.60 from the American Credit In
demnity Co., $212.17 from the Jeffer
son Fire Insurance Co., $218.22 from
the Georgia Life Insurance Co., $10S.S0
-from the "Western Life and Accident
Insurance Co. and $74.14 from the
Providence Casualty Co.
Hamlett Sues Railroad.
The right of Ahe trustees of the
Highland Park School board to make
a contract, which he alleges has been
done, by which the board waives its
right to a certain portion of school
revenues due from the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Co., will, be questioned
in a suit to be filed this week in the
Jefferson circuit court by State Su
perintendent Hamlett. The suit will
be brought against the Southern Pa
cific to recover $48,237.48 for the ben
efit of the Highland Park school. Su
perintendent Hamlett alleges that
there is due the school from the rail
road for 1907, $8,309.66; f6r 1908,
$9,544.94, and a similar amount for
1909; for 1910, $16,962.94 and for 1911,
$28,875, making a total of $73,237.18.
Superintendent Hamlett said the trus
tess entered into an agreement with
Judge Alex Humphrey, counsel for the
road, to accept $5,000 annually in lieu
of all claims for taxes against the
road .in the school district Under
this agreement $25,000 have been paid
to the school, for which credit i3 giv
en, in the suit
Take Examination For County Road
Engineer. "
The following applicants for county
road engineers have taken examina
tion in the office of Road Commission
er R. C. Terrell: B. B. Bird well, Orell;
E. K. Watkins, New Castle; I. F. Jew
ell, Taylorsvllle; R; M. Stark, Sulphur;
Pol Garner, Madrid; R.' D. Pennington,
Stanford; E. W. Friel, Reynolds; A.
D. .Hudson, Eminence; L. W. .Vance,
Lexington; T. H. Benton, Center town;
J. C. . Thurmund, . Hopklnsyille, and
C. S. Woodward, Wilmore.
, Tvnhoid at Thorn Hill.
A number of cases of typhoid fever
have been reported- this week from
Thorn Hill, and County Health Officer
E. C. Roemele has been analyzing the
water from a number of wells and cis
tern in that suburb. So far he has
found no germs of the disease. ;
State Capitol Notes.
" Ontstandine state warrants were' re
duced $1,042,358.16 during December,
according to the auditor's report of
the treasury for Cecember 31. There
was on that date in the treasury $790.
379.94, as follows: . Sinking ; fund.
; $127,698.30; school fund, $421,384.32;
general fund, $241,296.72; outstanding
- warrants. December .31, , $1,382,324.10;
outstanding warrants, November SO,
$2,424,682.20. .
Kentucky educators will tackle the
problem of the "high cost of living"
at the conference of the American
Academy of Political and Social
Science,' -which "meets in its seven
teenth annual convention at Phlladel
phia, April 4 and 5. , Gov. McCreary
II. ' CrosBfield, of Transylvania; Presi
dent J. G Crabbe, of the Eastern State
Normal, and President ;H. II. Cherry,
of Western State Normal.
MLLER IS ILL
SPECIALIST ASSERTS OIL MAN
CAN TESTIFY WITHOUT EN DAM-''
GERING HIS LIFE. ;
EXAMINATION TO BE PRIVATE
Dr. Charles Richardson, Sent j to Ex-'
amine Multi-Millionairo at Miami,
Fla., by the Money Trust Commit
tee, Declares Financier Not Well.
, Washington, Jan. 17. Voted for by
all the members of the Pu jo commit
tee save Chairman Pujo himself the
committee, by a resolution, decided
Wednesday that William Rockefeller
may be examined by the chairman
and Samuel Untermyer. the commit
tee's counsel, although the examina
tion will be private and will be held.
In all probability, in the south. . !
The resolution was based cn a re
port by Doctor Richardson of Wash
ington, the committee's expert .
Doctor Richardson said that he ex
amined Mr. Rockefeller at Miami,
Fla., on Sunday, January 12; that no
one else was present, and that he
spent an hour with him... The affidavit
presented by Doctor Chappell, Mr.
Rockefeller's physician, he said, did
not fully state the case.
"Mr. Rockefeller's condition is
more serious than would be supposed
from reading Doctor Chappell's affida
vit," said the witness.
Doctor Richardson said that he
found that the right vocal cord of the
oil magnate was practically gone and
that the left was badly affected. He
said he found Mr. Rockefeller's pulse
100 and his blood pressure 162. A
writing test, he said, showed that Mr.
Rockefeller by continued effort could
write only eleven words in two and
one-half minutes.
He said he found a' condition of
what Is mostly called "shaking palsy,"
which made an . examination by wri
ting a practical impossibility. .
"I beliere he could be subjected to
a -short- examination orally, without
immediate danger to his life." said
Doctor Richardson. . "But a lenghty
examination would probably weaken
his vocal cords to a point where a
serious swelling of the larynx might
be caused or a hemorrhage might re
sult that would end in serious conse
quences."
WANTS LOWER SUGAR TARIFF
American Refining Company at House
Hearing Seeks Cut In Present
Rates Cuban Treaty Menaced.
Washington, Jan. 17. The American
Sugar Refining company went on rec
ord at the hearing before the house
ways and means committee Wednes
day in favor "of a reduced tariff on
sugar, retention of the small Miff eren-
tial duty on refined sugar, "if protec
tion Is to be given to any industry.
and the continuation of the .present
color standard saa the most practlc
able distinction between raw and re
fined sugars - for customs house
classifications. - "
It opposed the abolition of all duty
on sugar on the ground that It would
destroy at once one of the largest
sources of revenue.
, The American company's position
was presented by Edwin F. Atkins,
vice-president and acting head of the
company, who was accompanied by
several other officials.
"Free sugar, while present produc
tion is maintained," he said, "would
drop prices here-so low'as to destroy
the Louisiana industry, the beet sugar
industry,. particularly east of the Mis
sissippi river, would depress Porto
Rico and Philippine sugars far below
their production cost and make Ha
wailan . production unprofitable, thus
largely curtailing our present sources
of supply." "; . . . ... -L
RUSH CRUISER TO MEXICO
Citizens of This Country and Other
Foreigners Will Be Taken Aboard
the -.Battleship, r . .
' Washington, Jan. 17. The cruiser
Denver was ordered from San Diego,
Cal..- to Acapulco, Mexico, i where a
desperate situation Is reported with
Americans in danger. ',' She sailed
Thursday. Commander W ashington
has ,270 jackies aboard ai.d a com
pany of marines. V ' ' .
This government's decision , to send
a warship td protect American lives
and property was reached after alarm
ing reports of the activity of '.a rebel
band under Julio Radii lo had been re
ceived through . Ambassador Wilson
et Mexico City. - ., , :; ',,
. Americans and : other . foreigners
will be taken aboard the Denver when
Ehe reaches there, if they bo desire.
Blast Kills Three Miners. ;
Peoria. 111., Jan. 17. Three men
were killed at the Crescent coal mine
located six miles west of Peoria
Wednesday. All were shotiflrers who
were getting r;ady to make a blast
when a terrific explosion occurred.
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RAP CURRENCY PUN
ALDRICH'S IDEA WILL NOT BE
ADOPTED SAYS HOUSE BANK
. ING BODY" HEAD.
ADVOCATES WASTING TIME
Festus J. Wade, Member of American
Association, Favors the Central
Bank Feature While Testifying Be
fore the Committee at Washington.
Washington, Jan. 16. Chairman
Glass of the subcommittee on banking
and currency of the house served no
tice Tuesday that "witnesses interest
ed In currency may as well cease
their advocacj of the Aldrlch currency
plan.
Festus J. Wade of St. Louis, a mem
ber of the American Banking associa
tion, was a witness before the com
mittee, and launched upon an eulogy
of the central bank feature of the
Aldrlch plan. He was interrupted by
Chairman Glass, who reminded him
that the Baltimore platform had dis
posed of that matter. .
"I think Democratic opposition to a
central bank is more or lesB sentimen
tal," said Wade.
Chairman Glass smiled and replied:
"Whether It Is ' sentiment or the
ghost of Andrew Jackson or what not,
there is insuperao opposition In the
way of adoption of the Aldrlch plan by
this committee or the Democrats."
. The Waltham . Watch company, al
leged to be in "the watch trust,", was
probed at theoutset. E. C. Fitch of
Waltham, 'Mass., testified . that the
company could manufacture watch
dials cheaper than he Jould buy them
abroad; said ..the Waltham Watch
company was originally capitalized at
$5,000,C00 and that it had reorganized
with a capitalization of -$12,000,000,
tangible assets of $9,022,000, and
patents and good will worth $2,975,
000. - " -"
"Don't you compel wholesalers to
sell at a certain price to, retailers V
asked Representative Rainey.-- .
"Try to, but don't always succeed."
ATTACK FREE MEAT- POLICY
American Live " Stock Association
. Members Want Tariff on Cattle
. and Products Maintained."
- .Phoenix, Arlzi Jan. 15. A bitter at
tack upon the Democratic policy of
tariff reduction as applied to dressed
meats'&"nd cattle on the hoof will be
launched at the sixteenth annual con
vention of the American Live-Stock
aasociatibn, which opened In this city
on Tuesday. ; "
The cattle mp.n 'claim that any at
tempt to put meat on the free list will
be opposed by the entire organization.
They state that such a course would
be Inimical to the interests of a great
industry and. would work irreparable
havoc!
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JUDGE IS CONVICTED
SENATE BARS ARCHBALD FROM
EVER HOLDING OFFICE.
Commerce Court Jurist Is Removed
From the Bench by Most
Drastic Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 16. On five of the
thirteen counts brought against him
In the impeachment proceedings be
fore the United States senate, Robert
W. Archbald, judge of the commerce
court, one of the most important tri
bunals in the land, was found guilty
Monday. ' On the first count only five
of the 73 'senators voting supported
Archbald.
He was by the following resolution
of the senate removed from his high
office and forbidden ever again to hold
an office of "profit or honor under the
United States government: "The sen
ate does therefore, order and decree,
and.it is hereby adjudged that the re
spondent, Robert W. Archbald, circuit
judge for the United States for the
Third judicial 6ircuit and designated
to serve in the commerce court, be
and he is hereby removed from office
and that , he be and Is hereby forever
disqualified to hold and enjoy any of
fice of honor, trust or profit under
the United States." , -
The overwhelming vote ' against
Archbald on the first count, which
had Jo do with the coercion of the
Erie railroad to enter into a contract
with him for the purchase of a culm
bank, was sufficient to establish the
fate of the respondent. A conviction
on any of the five counts meant re
moval from the bench. ,
On this count Senators Burnham,
Penrose, Oliver. Paynter and Catron
were the. only members of the senate
who voted to support Archbald. All
the rest, J Including Root, Crane and
Smoot, the senate representatives of
the president who placed Archbald on
the commerce court, were constrained
by the force of the evidence to vote
against him. , ' .." 1
SENATOR SMITH 'RE-ELECTED
Borah a Winner. In Idaho-Shafroth
and Thomas Are- the Choice .- ;
of Colorado Solons-
Lansing, Mich.. ' Jan. 16. United
States Senator -William Alden Smith
was elected to succeed himself by a
nartv vote in the-legislature Tuesday.
;r Boise; Idaho, Jan.' 16. W. E. Borah
was re-elected United States senator
by the legislature Tuesday. " ":
Denver. Colo. Jan. 16. The - Colo
rado legislature carried out the ver
diet of the popular vote last fall by
electing John F. Shafroth and Charles
S. Thomas United States senators
Tuesday. -v -.'- : r r '.:
Helena, Mont., Jan. I6.r-The legisla
ture elected Thomas Walsh, primary
preferential candidate. United States
senator by unanimous vote Tuesday,
- Boston. Jan. : . 16. The legislature
ratified, the election of Congressman
Jchn W. Meeks to the senate by joint
ballot Tuesday. .
STIRS BUSINESS MEN
WILSON APPEALS AND WARNS
IN CHICAGO SPEECH.
Declares Public Good Should Be Put
Above Private Aggrandizement
Says Monopoly Must End.
Chicago, Jan. 14. Speaking at a
banquet given by the Commercial
club of Chicago Saturday night, Wocd-
row 1 Wilson, the president-elect, de
livered an earnest appeal and warn
ing to the business men of the coun
try. The business men of the country
were told bluntly that the peaceable
success of the new administration de
pended on their co-operation, and that
without it the ' president would fight
for victory. They also were told
that no man who did not -put the pub
lic good above private aggrandize
ment be he politician, merchant, or
personal friend could have influence
with or part in the administration.
Four lines of Mr. Wilson's coming
endeavor were set forth. They may
be summarized as follows:
The country must husband and ad
minister, not exploit, its common re
sources for the common welfare, with
the Idea of conservation not reser
vation. '
The raw material of the country
must be at the disposal of every one
on equal terms, the - government not
determining the terms, but guarantee
ing against discrimination. . :
- Credit must be at the disposal of
all on equal terms. In no other way
can dangerous clas prejudice be re
moved. The bankers must see it is
done.
Every feature of monopoly must be
removed.
Governor Wilson spoke with the ut
most frankness about the recent rev
elations regarding the money trust.
40 STATES NAME WILSOh
Five Line Up for Roosevelt and Taft
Gets Eight Electoral Votes
In Two. .
New York, Jan. 15. Woodrow Wil
son on Monday was formally elected
president of the United States when
electors In 40 states met and cast
their votes as required under the Con
stltution. Five states were lined up
for Theodore Roosevelt and President
Taft rested content with the eight
electoral votes of Vermont and Utah.
One state, California, split its vote
between Wilson and Roosevelt. The
total was: Wilson, 435; Roosevett,
88; Taft, 8. ' v .
. Vermont and Utah gave their eight
electoral votes for vice-president to
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Colum
bia university, New. York city. Mrs.
Margaret Zane Wltcher was chosen to
carry the Utah returns to Washington.
- The - returns will be canvassed in
Washington on February 12 in joint
session of the senate and house.
HUNDREDS ROUTED BY FLOOD
Refugees Find Shelter in Cities After
Being Driven From Homes
Along the Ohio.
Evansville. Ind., Jan. 16. Rapidly
rising waters of the Ohio river drove
nearly 300 families ot Oakdale, a
suburb, out of their homes.. The suf
ferers are now being cared for in
Evansville. A tug sent out by the city
to aid flood sufferers brought in four
persons. Many refugees are arriving
at other river towns. At Rockport all
hotels are filled. . .,
g MEWS FROM FAR
8 AND NEAR
' London. England, ; Jan. I 15. Two
British airmen, L.'F. MacDdnald and
a 'man named. Ingllsh, were drowned
in the Thames Monday. The aviators
were flying at a height well . above the
river when . the machine suddenly
swooped downward. Immediately ,up-
qn coming in contact with the water
the engine exploded. One of the avl
ators; clung for awhile to the top of
the machine, but soon sank.
- Berlin, Jan. 15. The Tageblatt
prints a dispatch from Rome' quoting
an unnamed diplomat of a great pow
r in the Orient who In referring to
alleged outrages perpetrated on . "de-
fenseless Turks of the Balkan states.
says: "The number of those massa
cred is estimated at 240,000. I consid
er this number 13 not too high."
New York. Jan, 15. The Shirt
waist and Dressmakers' union, which
has in the city about 30.000 members
voted almost unanimously to join the
strike. This will bring the total num
ber on strike up to nearly lbO.000
Washington, Jan. 15. President
Taft sent to the senate Monday the
nomination of Col. George'P. Scriven
of the United States army signal
corns to be chief of the office, succeed
ing Brig. Gen. James Allen, who re
tires. .
PERILOUS POSITION
LIFELINE BREAKS AFTER 38 PAS
SENGERS ARE TAKEN FROM
STEAMER.
Bodies of Several Children Are Wash
ed Ashore Two Heroes Perish
Trying To Swim To Wreck.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Oporto. Portugal. The British
steamer Veronese, which was wrecked
near here, still is in a perilous posi
tion, and contrary to previous reports.
only a few of the 139 pafsengers have
been saved. The only lifeline connect
ing the Veronese with the shore broke
after 33 of those on board, most of
them women and children, had been
rescued. The sea has, however, become
more moderate, and the salvagers are
making efforts to establish another
lifeline from the shore to the ship.
Several lives are known to have been
lcsL One of those rescued from the
Veronese was a girl 15 years old. She
said the people on board the vessel
were in a dreadful plight as the ship
was half-submerged. Several passen
gers had been washed overboard by
huge seas which sweep the steamer
from stem to stern.
TRAIN CAPTURED BY BANDITS.
south-bound passenger train and two
troop trains have been trapped by the
rebels, who are burning bridges on the
Mexican Central railway below Juarez.
Among the marooned passengers were
many prominent American and Met
ican mining and cattle men, including
Alberto Terrazas, a millionaire, oi
Chihuahua.
ACCIDENTALLY SLAYS LOVER.
Cleveland, O. In a struggle with
his sweetheart, Edna Turner, to get
possession of a revolver, Howard Tap
sico, 35 years old, received a wound
which caused his death. The woman
Is held by the police. Before he died
Tapslco said the shooting was an ac
cident. Paducah, Ky. Ernest Partman, 17
vears old. employed at the West End
fair grounds, was killed when he took
dpwn the receiver of a telephone in
his employer's office. The telephone
wire had come in contact with an
electric wire, and- the boy was elec
trocuted.
Canton, O. Fourteen charges of
misconduct were filed with the civil
service board against Chief of Police
B. W. Smith by Mayor H. S. Schilling.
CINCINNATI MARKETS
Wheat No. 2 red $1.1301.15, No. 3
red $1.0601.12, No. 4 red 81$1.04.
Corn No. 2 white 54ooc, No. &
white 53y254c, No. 4 white 50V4
52Vic, No. 2 yellow 5253c, No. 3 yel-'
low 5152c, No. 4 yellow 4951c.
No. 2 mixed 5253c, No. 3 mixed DO1.
51c, No. 4 mixed 4850c, white
ear 49 52c, yellow ear 52 55c, mixed
ear 5053c.
Oats No. 2 white 3737c, stan
dard white 3637c, No. 3 35
36c, No. 4 white 3435c. No. 2 mix
ed 3535c, No. 3 mixed 34(g3oc,
No. 4 mixed 33 34c.
Hay No. 1 timothy $18 18.50.
standard timothy $1717.50, No. 2
timothy $1616.50, No. 3 timothy
S13014. No. 1 clover mixed S1d.503
16, No. 2 clover mixed $1414.50, No.
1 clover $15.5016, No. 2 clover $14
14.50. No. 1 clover $15.5016, No. 2
clover $1414.50. '
Poultry Hens, heavy (a - ids ana
nvpr 14c! lieht 14c. young staggy
roosters 11c. old roosters 9c. spring
ers (3 lbs and under) 15c, springers
(over 3 lbs) 14Vic, ducks (4 lbs ana -over)
16c, white (under 4 lbs) 14c,
turkevs (8 lbs and over) 19c, turkeys.
young (under 8 lbs) 1012c; turkeys,
toms 18c, culls 8c; geese n&itc.
Eggs Prime firsts 23c, firsts 23c,
ordinary firsts 20c, seconds 16c. :i
Cattte Quiet; steers . and cows
steady; heifers slow and 10c to 15c .
lower. Shippers $6.658, extra $8.10
8.25; butcher steers, extra $7.75
7.90, good to choice $6.507.63, com
mon to fair $5 6.40 ; heifers, extra
$6.857, good to choice $6.256.75. .
common to fair $4.506; cows, extra
$6.256.50, good to choice $5.506.15,
common to fair $45.25; canners $2.75 ,
Bulls Strong. Bologna $5.50 6.10,
extra $6.156.25, fat bulla $6.256.75. '
. Calves Steady. ' Extra $1111.25,
fair to good $8li, common and large
$6 10.75. .,- -
Hogs Strong and oc higher.. Se
lected heavy shippers $7.6o7.70, good
to choice packers and butchers-$1.65
7.70,- mixed packers $7.60 7.70, stags
$46-25, extra $6.356.40, common to
choice heavy fat sows $5 6.60, ! extra
$6.656.75, ;: light shippers . $7-20
7.60; pigs (110 lbs and less) $5.25 ,
7.25. :.'
Sheep Strong. Extra $4.8o, ffjod
to choice $4.3504.75. common, to fair
$2.754.25. -.: v
T.nmhaStxnri 2. Extra $9.25. good
to choice $8.85 9.1 5, common to :tai.
$5.7o8.75, yearlings $67. . - - .-
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