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VOLUME I.
BICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, MAKCH 25, 1913.
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B3G COAL OUTPUT
ABOUT SIXTEEN MILLION TONS
WERE MINED DURING 1912.-
A RECORD-BREAKER.
GREATEST Ifl HISTORY OF STATE
State Inspector of Mines' Statistics
Will Show Increased Output Over
.Any Previous Year. "
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Frankfort, Ky. Prof. C. J. Nor
wood, state inspector of mines, an
nounced that his compilation of satis
fies as completed thus far indicates
that the output of Kentucky coal mines
for 1912 will be about 16,000,000 tons,
and that he is confident the output will
not be less than this amount. The
highest output heretofore for Ken
tucky mines was 14,000,000 tons in
1910. Prof. Norwood, who is at the
head of the College of Mines of State
university, as well as state inspector,
has been at work upon the compila
tion of coal statistics for 1912 and ex
pects to have them officially completed
within a short time.
The output for 1911 was 13,924,811
tons and for 1910 was 14,720,011 tons.
It had been generally believed among
coal men that the output for 1912
would not be lower than that of 1911,
but Prof. Norwood finds ' as he pro
gresses in tabulating the satistics that
the output for 1912 will unquestionably
be the greatest in the history of the
state.
Decision Given in Noted Case.
J. E. Williams, Republican, will
be given a commission as coun
ty judge of McCreary . county,
and nearly all the offices in the county
will be changed as the result of an
opinion handed down by the Court of
Appeals, affirming the Franklin Cir
cuit Court, which granted Williams a
writ of mandamus inquiring Gov. Mc
Creary to issue the commission.
Under the act creating the new
county, Gov. McCreary's appointees
were to hold office until "the next
regular county election." All county
officials in Kentucky are elected in
November, 1913, and Gov. McCreary
construed this to mean that his ap
pointees .should hold from July, 1912,
when they were appointed, until their
successors could be elected in Novem
ber, 1913.
Williams, however, took the view
that there was a vacancy in the office
of County Judge, which the Governor
filed by appointment until the next
election, and the Court of Appeals
took the same view. Williams was a
candidate on the ticket, and his certifi
cate of election was filed with the Gov
ernor. The Governor had appointed J. C.
Goode County Judge, . and in October
Goode resigned and the Governor ap
pointed Harry Jones in'his place. It
was contented in the suit that Jones',
appointment coming within three
months of the date of the election, his
successor could not be elected last
November; but the court held that the
vacancy actually existed when Goode
was appointed, and must date- from
that time.
Decisions Pro and Con.
An ordinance passed by the council
o? Louisville regulating the hours for
the transaction of business of pawn
brokers, secondhand dealers, junk
merchants and junk dealers and pro
viding that such merchants shall close
at . 7 o'clock p. m. and remain closed
until 7 o'clock a. m. was declared to be
constitutional by the appellate court
The appellate court held to be uncon
stitutional an ordinance passed, by the
2ity of Versailles council compelling
railroad companies to cover all cuts or
excavations through which the rail
road racks run in the city with a solid
ubstantial arch "stone, concrete, or
ttnrable material. '.. ' "..''"
Will Conduct Vocational School. .
A real vocational school will be in-
augurated by Eastern State Normal at
Richmond on June 17 and -will close
July 25. .
The latest approved method of voca
tional schools in the great cities will
be used. Regular,; work, of the funda
mentals in the Model School will be
eontinued, and as special features the
following: Dramatization, .play and
games, music, manual training, do
mestic science, school science, school
O gardens, live nature study, public
speaking, physical culture and gyrana-
. &Jum.
Conference on MarketingV
Gov. McCreary. has appointed J E.
Estes, of Science HilL a delegate from
Pulaski county to the First National
Conference on Marketing; and Farm
Credits, which , will '.Kwet in Chicago
April 8-10.
Lectures on Education.
Up-to-date methods of education
will be discussed by experts at; the
meeting in Louisville April 30 and May
1, 2 and 3 of the, Kentucky Education
al association, a complete program of
which has been announced by R. L.
McFarland,' of .Owensboro, president,
through Secretary T :W. Vinson, of
Frankfort.
Popular lectures wilt occupy the
first two nights and the general pub
lic nas been invited tohear them. Dr.
William L. Bryan, president of the
University of Indiana, will speak on
"The Education of the Disposition,"
and Dr. Frank W. Gunsalalus, presi
dent of the, Armour institute of tech
nology, will discuss subjects of train
ing. Miss Florence B. "Ward, of the
Iowa Teachers' college, will speak on
"The Montessori Method." She stud
ied under Mme. Montessori in Italy.
Druggists Can Sell Liquor.
Because their names appeared on
the records in(the federal building as
having taken out government licenses
to sell liquor 30 or' more druggists in
the outskirts of Louisville were served
with notices by a deputy state revenue
agent directing them to appear before
the state auditor and pay a penalty and
fee, amounting to $120 each, for fail
ure to take out state liquor licenses.
The matter was taken up with State
Auditor Bosworth, aud an investiga
tion on his part revealed the fact that
the. druggists, although they had not
taken out state licenses to sell liquor,
were sellingjt only as an admixture
on physicians' prescriptions, and there
fore were not guilty of a law viola
tion. In celebration of their victory
the druggists made a bonfire of the no
tices that had been served upon them.
Want No More Stallions.
Suspend New Coal Rates.
The interstate commerce commis
sion suspended certain C. & O. rail
road tariffs which cancel through rates
on coal in carloads from mines in
Kentucky and West Virginia to Mil
waukee from. March 25, the date the
new rates were to become effective,
until July 23, this suspension order
leaves no through rates in effect via
the Grand Trunk railway, and ferry
across Lake Michigan.
The commission also suspended
tariff schedules of the Kanawha &
Michigan railway from March 25 to
September 25,, which proposed to can
cel through rates applying on carloads
from Kentucky rWest Virginia fields
to Wisconsin and other points, via
Ludington, Mich., and the Pere Mar
quette car ferry. This tariff previous
ly was suspended from. December 3
until March 25.
Laws Are Being Enforced.
Simultaneous with the refusal of the
common carriers . in Kentucky to ac
cept any more intoxicating liquor un
der the provisions of the Webb bill
for transportation into "dry" counties
the officials of the aforesaid "dry"
counties and cities, particularly in the
western and southern portions of the
state, are putting the screws to boot
leggers. In consequence the numbtr
of persons who have evinced a willing
ness to go forth into the wet country,
and tote back Into the dry country a
vial of spirits for the satisfaction and
consolation of a busy neighbor is be
coming fewer, and thirsts are growing
apace.
Ohio Auto Licenses Honored.
A decision of great interest to auto
mobile owners outside of the state of
Kentucky, and especially to Cincin
nati, was rendered by Judge Yungblut
in the circuit court when he decided
that the cityof Newport is denied the
right to enforce the collection of a
license against automobiles or ' auto
trucks passing through the city - from
another state. ' The decision was ren
dered in the injunction suit brought
by the Merkel Bros., of Cincinnati,
against the city of Newport. The
judge's decision . upholds the payment
of a state license in Ohio, which is
honored by a similar law in Kentucky.
Want No More Stallions. ; t
The department of agriculture, an
nounced it had completed for the pres
ent the purchase of stallions for use
in the encouragement of the breeding
of horses for military purposes. Four
Morgans,- ten standard breds,- eleven
American saddle horses and nine thor
oughbreds' have been purchased which,
with several Morgans ami thorough
breds secured in other ways, make a
total of forty-four. The Morgans will
stand-in Vermont and New Hampshire,
the . thoroughbreds mainly in Virginia,
the saddle horses and standard-breds
mainly . in West Virginia, ' Kentucky
and-Tennessee. -'."" !
Mother's Appeal is Heeded, .
The Prison Commission paroled
John Luttrel of Casey county, serving
a sentence in the penitentiary here
for manslaughter. ' The parole was
granted on Jhe solicitation of Luttrel's
mother, who stated oat sne naa rid
den a mule 40 mile across 'the moun
tains in order to catch a train to meet
'the boitrd and present the, application
of her sor- -' " '' '
CHILDREN MAKE "MERRY IN THE
The prattle of childish lips and the sound of baby laughter such as has not been heard in the White House
for many years now emanates from the executive mansion, where there i3 a children's race for the favor of the
president of the United States. The contest is going on between the three grand-nieces and the grand-nephew of
Woodrow Wilson. A few days ago the quartet had a tea party and little Josephine Wilson Cothran, aged seventeen
months, poured for her guests. Virginia Peyton Howe, fat, rosy and blond, aged three; Wilson Howe, her
brother, aged ten, and Elizabeth Wilson, also aged ten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wilson, cousins of the
president. The photograph shows them in that order from left to right.
FILSON REFUSES Al
PRESIDENT DECLINES TO AP
PROVE UNITED STATES
, LOAN IN CHINA.
WILL NOT INVOLVE AMERICA
Chief Executive Declares for the Open
Door Also Comes Out Strong in
Favor of the Budget System in
r. Government "Affairs. '
Washington, March 20. In a state
ment issued from the White House
Tuesday President Wilson refused to
indorse the request that American
bankers participate in the Chinese
loan. The president expressed sym
pathy for the Chinese republic and
declared for the open door. The
statement follows:'
"We are informed that at the re
quest of the last administration a cer
tain group of American bankers un
dertook to participate in the loan now
desired by the government of China
(approximately $125,000,000). Our
government wished American bank
ers to participate along with the bank
ers of other nations, because It de
sired that the good will of the United
States toward China would be exhib
ited in this practical way, that Ameri
can capital should have access to
that great country and that the Uni
ted States should be in a position to
share with the other powers any po
litical responsibilities that might be
associated with the development of
the foreign relations of China in con
nection with her industrial and com
mercial enterprises. The present ad
ministration has been asked by this
group of bankers whether - It would
also. ; request them - to . participate in
the loan. The administration has de
clined to make such request because
it did not approve the conditions of
the loan.
"The government of the United
States is not only 1 willing, but" earn
estly desirous of aiding the great
Chinese people in every way that is
consistent with thler untrammeled
development and its own immemorial
principles. . '
rrhe .government of the United
States is desirous of promoting the
most extended and intimate trade re
lationships between this country and
tne uninese republic. The' present
administration will urge and support
the legislative measures necessary to
give American merchants, manufac-
turers, contractors and engineers the
banking and other financial - facilities
which they now. lack and ' without
which they are at a serious disad
vantage compared with their indus
trial and commercial rivals. -'This 'is
Its duty. This is the" main material
interest of its citizens in the develop
ment of China. Our interests ' are
those of the open door a door of
friendship and mutual advantage."
Father Slain by 8n. - ' .
Chicago, March 24. John Klein a
printer, wa3 shot and killed by his son,
John R. Klein, nineteen years old. in
their home here Friday. The youth
iuuea ais xatner- in defense of his
mother, according to his etatement
MRS. EATON IS HELD
WIDOW ARRESTED AFTER INQUI
RY INTO ADMIRAL'S DEATH.
Chemist's Discovery of Arsenic in
Stomach Arouses Authorities
to Action.
Hingham, Mass., March 22. Charged
with the murder of her husband, Mrs.
Eatonr widow of Rear Admiral Joseph
G. Eaton, was arrested here Thursday.
She was a witness at the secret In
quest into her husband's death, and
drove from her home in an automo
bile accompanied by two police officers
a short time before she was taken into
custody.
- Mrs. Eaton '- was arraigned before
Judge Pratt, who conducted the in
quest into the admiral's death. She
pleaded not guilty and was committed
to Jail without bail for a further hear
ing March 28.
Admiral Eaton died suddenly on the
morning of March 8. He was sixty
six years of age, but his friends said
he had been In good health. Two
days later the body was buried at
Draout, his former home.
MADER0 SLAIN IN PALACE?
Col. Bauche Alcalde, Maderist, Refu
ge From Mexico,. Saya Guard
Attack Was a Ruse.
San Francisco, March 22. "Presi
dent , Madero and Vice-President
Suarez were assassinated in the pal
ace by the Huerta revolutionists hours
before the shots were fired on them
In the street," said Col. Bauche Al
calde,' Maderist refugee from Mexico,
who arrived Thursday with his family
on the steamship Acapulco.
"The shots in the streets by tha
guards were fired into the dead bodies
of the president and vice-president.
"President Madero was shot in the
palace by Captain Azcarade, "one of
the guards. The shot was fired into
his' neck,,. close to the ear and the
powder marks could be plainly seen
on the skin to tell at what close
range the shot, had been fired.
"Vice-President Suarez was choked
to death by the hands of another
burly guard. His face was black and
his tongue was protruding from his
mouth as they placed his dead body
"beside the crop3e of the president in
the automobile. Then : a journey ; to
the penitentiary was begun and. a. vol
ley of shots wre fired into the two
lifeless figures propped up on the
seats in an effort to mask the atrocity
of -the double assassination that had
taken place within the palace walls.
'The president and vice-president
were killed in the palace about eight
o'clock.: It - was' sometime between
10 and 12 o'clock" the same night that
their bodies were put into the auto
and fired 'upon on the journey to tha
penitentiary." "r
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FRANK BLACK IS DEAD
Former Governor of New York Suc-
cumbs to! Heart' Disease' After,
Several Days' Illness.' '
'Troy, N. Y., . March 22. Frank S.
Black," formerly governor of New York
died . -at his home here, last night .of
heart disease, . after, several . days' Ill
ness. - . ;. . .. : ' ... . - .
WHITE HOUSE
ST01 TOLL IS BIG
SIXTY-NINE KILLED AND HUN
DREDS HURT WHEN TORNA
DO SWEEPS COUNTRY.
VAST DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Terrific Windstorm Struck Gulf
States First, Then Swung North
ward and Eastward Over Eleven
States Telegraph Wires Down.
Chicago, March 24. As a result of
a terrific storm .which Friday swept
the Mississippi valley from the great
lakes to the gulf, sixty-nine persons
were killed. The storm ushered in
the first day of spring by demolish
ing towns and injuring hundreds of
people.
Telegraph service in the central
west was demolished. Chicago prac
tically was without any wire connec
tions to outside' points. Two thou
sand poles fell under the weight ol
sleet between this city and South
Bend, lnL
While Chicago was in the clutch of
the storm for eighteen hours points
In the west and south suffered far
more severely. Reports from Missis
sippi," west Tennessee, southeastern
Kentucky, north and east Arkansas,
Indiana, Ohio. Alabama. Missouri.
Minnesota and Wisconsin bring
stories of devastation and death.
From many sections where the
storm was at its height only meager
reports have been received. Demor
alized telephone and telegraph serv
ice made it impossible to communi
cate with many of the smaller towns
in Arkansas and Missouri, where
villages are said to have been de
stroyed and many killed.
Hoxie, Ark., was practically de
stroyed. Nine people are reported
dead and many more seriously : in
jured.. Property damage will reach
into hundreds of thousands of dollars
through , the surrounding district,
where the wind reached its maximum
velocity. "
Lower Peach Tree, In Wilcox. Ala.,
also is said to have been destroyed.
Twenty-nine are known to have been
killed, while scores were injured seri
ously. Only a few of the buildings
inthe town were left' standing, and
hundreds of people Friday night were
without shelter and " food
In Mississippi the storm reached Its
fury in the district . lying .between
Grenada and Water Valley. At Sena
tobia it reached its greatest velocity,
houses being tossed about as play
things, small buildings being carried
for rods and everything left barren.'
No loss of life occurred there. ' '
Five were killed in a small settle
ment five miles north of Macon, Miss.,
and more than five times that number
Injured. .
Poplar Bluff, Mo.,, was. swept by a
tornado .which tore buildings from
their foundations killing five persons
and Injured more than fifty. Mem
bers of the cr.ew of the St. Louis &
San Francisco railway passenger train
which, reached Memphis, Tenn., told
harrowing - stories of passing through
the storm center. As the train dashed
through . the cyclone - zone the track
was. seen, torn from the earth a few
miles behind thsm.
"SWINDLER" IS HELD
NEW YORK HAIR IMPORTER CAP
TURED ON STEAMER.
Antono Martinez, Accompanied by
Three Sons and Two Daughters,
Taken From Berth on Ship.
New Orleans, March 21. Anthony
and Philip Musica, father and 6on,
human hair dealers in New York, In
dicted there for defrauding American
and European bankers, were arrested
here Wednesday aboard the United
Fruit company's steamship Herodia,
about to leave for Central America,
after a thrilling pursuit across the'
country by police and detectives.
; The detectives, led astray for sev
eral hours by the "clever doubling of
their quarry, all but' missed the fugi
tives, bat traced their baggage aboard
the ship in time to accomplish their
arrest.
With the elder Musica, a dignified
Italian of sixty-eight years, were his
son, Philip Musica, aged thirty, two
daughters and two other sons. Their
attempt, traveling together-and close
ly pursued, to escape from the coun
try perhaps is without parallel in the
criminal history of the United States.
Approximately $76,000 in cash was.
taken from the six Italians. This is
believed to be part of the $1,000,000
they are said to have obtained from
American and European banking firms
by means of fraudulent invoices for
consignments of human hair. In addi
tion, life insurance policy for $230,
000, fully paid up, was found on the
person of Philip Musica.
HUNTINGTON WILSON RESIGNS
Bryan Aid Attacks Order Repudiating
the Chinese Loan Plans Resig
nation Is Accepted.
Washington, March 22. Out of har
mony with the new administration's
far eastern policy and vexed by the
"unnecessary haste" In publishing a
statement on the Chinese loan before
it had been advised of its character,
Huntington Wilson, acting secretary
of state, resigned on Thursday.
In a long letter to President Wilson
he set forth his grievances, and the
impropriety of trying to act as spokes
man for policies with which he is not
in accord, and demanded that the res
ignation as assistant secretary of
state, which he submitted on March 4,
be effective at once.
The president at once designated
Second Assistant Secretary Adee to
act as secretary of state in Mr. Bry
an's absence, while it is probable that
John Bassett Moore will be appointed
counselor of the state department
with authority as an assistant secre
tary. In accepting the resignation of
Huntington Wilson, the president
made no reply to the statements in the
letter of resignation.
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
Montgomery, Ala., March 20. James
O. Oakley, president of the state con
vict department, was arrested here
Tuesday, charged with embezzling
$90,000. The orders for his arrest were
issued by Governor O'NeaL
Washington, March 20. The ar
mored cruisers California and Mary
land, now at San Francisco, were or
dered by the navy department to sail
at once along the coast of the Gulf of
California as reports reaching the de
partment state that a new reign of
terror has broken out in northwestern
Mexico.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 21. Charles
E. Lang, sergeant of police, was shot
and fatally wounded in the office of
Mayor Louis P. Fuhrmann here Wed
nesday by Joseph StefanskL who says
he is a Montana cowboy. Lang was
on duty when Stef anskl entered and
asked to see the mayor. When permis
sion was refused he started shooting.
San Leandro, Cal., March' 22. T. J.
Smith, a traveling salesman for the
Walden Jewelry company of Chicago.
cut his throat with a razor and his
body was found in the roadway near
Estudille station here Thursday.
BRYAN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Citizens of Commoner! Home Town
' Turn Out Eh Masse to Do
Him Honor. -
Lincoln, Neb., March 2L William
J.. Bryan, secretary of state under
President Woodrow Wilson, came to
Lincoln Wednesday tn ottrt m '
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fifty-third birthday ; anniversary -with
the folks at home and be guest of.
honor at the annual banquet of the
Lincoln Bryan club. ',,
From the moment he stepped from
his train until . the banquet climax .
late at night when he addressed a con
course which jammed the Auditorium
to its doors, the distinguished son of
Nebraska was the central flure of a.
continuous oration.
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