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A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE HOME CIRCLE
VOLUME I.
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913.
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VOTES FOR WOK
BARRED FROM K. E. A. PROGRAM
GET UP RIVAL MEETING.
Speakers Shout , Invitation to .Teachers
Many Attracted by Rapid Fire
Orators and "Oratoresses." ; "
Western Newspaper Union" News Service.
Louisville, Ky. "Votes for women"
campaigners made a "bid for the atten
tion of Kentucky school teachers" when
thev held a rival meeting on a lawn
aoVoining that of .the First Christian
Church, where the Kentucky, Educa
tional Association is holding its an
nual convention. One thousand teach
ers are in attendance. The suffragists
had asked for a place on the conven
tion program, but their request was
denied. The suffragists then formu'
lated a campaign to obtain the atten
tion of the teachers anyhow. The ri
val meeting was the result. As the
teachers crowded about the doors of
the convention hall the suffrage speak
ers shouted their invitations across an
alley. Many of . the teachers came in
answer to the call. Several speakers
were on hand and followed each other
ia rapid order. Many prominent Louis
ville men delivered addresses. Robert
. McDowell, S. J. Duncan-Clark, John D.
White, Cleaves Kinkead and Dr. E. L.
Powell were among the speakers.
PROF.. MILLIGAN IS DEAD.
Lexington, Ky. Prof. Alexander
Reed Milligan, who for nearly 50 years
was a member of the faculty of Ken
tucky-university, which is- now Tran
sylvania, and who was acting presi
dent in 1900 and 1901, died at the Good
Samaritan hospital. . Although Prof.
Miran was feeble from age his ill
ness had not been regarded as serious,
and when he went to breakfast he
seemed to he as well as usual. ; Death
came suddenly from a stroke of apo
plexy while he was sitting at the table.
Prof. Milligan was the son of Dr. Rob
ert Milligan, and was born in Decem
ber, 1842, at Washington, Pa,, his fa
ther being at that time a member of
the faculty of Washington and Jeffer
son colleges. Robert Milligan was
successively connected with' the fac
ulties of the University of Indiana and
of Bethany (West Virginia) univer
sity and Kentucky university, then lo
cated at Harrodsburg.
; "FETID FUMES" CAUSE OF SUIT.
Louisville, Ky. Damages of $2,000
for sickness . alleged to have 1 been
caused by riding in a coach with an
intoxicated passenger is asked in a
suit filed in the circuit court by Mrs.
Margaret Dix against the Illinois Cen
tral railroad and the Pullman Car Co.
She charges that when on a trip from
Memphis to Louisville last September
an intoxicated . man was allowed to
ride in a seat -near-her. He smoked
many cigars, she says, and filled the
air with "fetid fumes" of tobacco and
whisky, and also disgusted her by "in
decent exhibitions." Mrs. Dix says
this made her ill, andshe opened a
window to get fresh air, thereby catch
ing a cold.
LYNCHING IS THREATENED.
Mayfield, Ky. Arthur Boyd, negro,
charged with attacking Mrs. Sudie
Vaughan, was taken - to Paducah by
Sheriff Wallace to' escape a threaten
ed lynching. Boyd visited the home
of Mrs. Vaughan and threw bricks
against the door, and when the woman
opened the door the negro attacked
her, hut she escaped and the negro
fled. Later he was arrested. The trial
.of the negro, which was to have. been.
held, before Judge Bunk Gardner, in
city court, was continued until May 14.
The courtroom was filled with several
hundred persons, and the talk of using
a rope became so strong that JSheriff
Wallace took him away for safekeep
ing.
LEXINGTON ACCOUNTS O. K.
Lexington, Ky. The books of the
city of Lexington for the five years
preceding this were found to be cor
rect and to have been kept in admir
able condition, according to a report
made by J C. -Mahon, the expert ac
countant of Louisville, who , had been
employed by the board of city commis
sioners, to make an investigation. Upon
motion of Commissioner McCorkle, the
report was received and an ordinance
passed appropriating $300 to pay the
balance due Mahon for making the ex
amination. " '
KENTUCKIANS BUY MORE COAL.
Ashland, Ky. The Elkhorn Coal Co.,
of which Cel. Tierney is the head, has
purchased another large tract of coal
land near Williamson. W. Va.. and will
tegin to' develop the same at once
with 15 mines, which will have a ca
pacity of oyer 15,000 tons a day. ,' The
, ucw uejua :.ai;e i ;j oca tea onctne
Pond Creek railroad line, which Joins
the N. & W, at Williamson. "
PEDAGOGUES ADOPT PLANKS.
Louisville,- Ky. Absolute divorce
ment of schools from politics is one of
the planks of a progressive platform
adopted by the '.members of the Ken
tucky Education Association, several
thousand in number. The adoption of
this program marks, the dawn of a new
era of education in the state, declare
educators Some of. the planks of the
platform are consolidation ' of rural
schcpisr-:a state-wide campaign to im
prove rural schools, extension of com-,
mon school, terms, better- trained
teachers and more of them,, efficient
truancy,: laws with necessary machin
ery for their enforcement, teaching of
agriculture, good roads in every coun
ty, reformation of the present system
of taxation and the divorce of schools
from politics.. Commissioner Claxton
was the chief . speaker prior to. the
adoption of the program. He suggested
a country-wide campaign for school
terms of not less than 180 days. - An
urgent need, he said, is better courses
of study,- especially to adapt pupils to
particular vocations. Dr. Claxton,
speaking of. Kentucky's - educational
status, said that the state needs eight
more normal schools as big as all of
those wa have at present combined.
Requirements for a teacher certifi
cate should be as strict as those' for a
license to practice medicine.
SHEPHERD DOG SAVES CHILD.
Louisville, Ky. Little Malinda Tob-
be had gone to the field with a bucket
of water to refresh her brother, who
had finished his day's labor planting
corn on their father's farm on the
Manslick road. She was lifted to the
back of one of the farm animals to
ride back to the barn. The reflection
of the sun upon the bucket flashed in
the mule's eyes, causing it to became
frightened and run away. In falling
from the mule's back the little girl's
foot caught in the harness and she was
being dragged to death before the eyes
of her horrified brother, who was pow
erless to stop the runaway. "Mack,"
a big shepherd dog that had accompa
nied the little girl to the field, with
human 'intelligence bounded after the
frightened animal, leaped at the bridle
bit and Stopped its flight. Holding the
mule at bay until the brother of the
girl .arrived, she was extricated from
her dangerous position . unconscious
and badly bruised. But her life was
saved, thanks to "Mack." .
HOLINESS UNION MEETING.
Louisville, Ky. The first day's ses
sion of the ninth annual convention-of
the ' Holiness .Union of the South, in
Trinity M. E. church, brought togeth
er a number of ministers, evangelists,
missionaries, college professors, pro
fessors and laymen from various
states and foreign countries. An in
cident of the day was a sermon deliv
ered by: Dr. H. C. Morrison, president
of Asbury college, of Wilmore, Ky.
BIG VERDICT BROUGHT IN.
Mt. Sterling, Ky. The largest ver
diet ever given against a railroad in
Montgomery county was rendered
when a jury-in the case of Mrs. Addie
Kelly against the C. & O. railroad ren
dered a verdict giving Mrs. Kelly $18,-
000 damages. The suit was for $32,
000. Mrs. Kelly's husband, Matt S
Kelly, was killed in a - wreck near
Aden, Ky.
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STEAMER FOUNTAIN CITY SINKS.
Louisville, Ky. The steamer Foun
tain City, owned by the Cumberland
River Transportation Co., struck
snag and sank near the mouth
of Fitch Creekv a. few . miles , from
Biirnside. ; Captain Heath was in com
mand of the vessel. He and all mem
bers of the crew .escaped when the
vessel sank. :.The : vessel, carried a
cargo for up-river points.- ,
WOMAN TO BEAUTIFY CITY.
Owensboro, Ky. The civic depart
ment of . the Woman's Club has made
arrangements for H. C. Negley, of In-
dianapolis, to come to the city and
speak on. "Municipal Housecleaning."
He is president of the Indiana State
Civic Association. The club is inter
ested : in devising plans for beautify
ing the city. ; - : . ;
BOILER WRECKS SAW MILL'.
Danville, : Ky; The boiler at the
large sawmill of George . Rowsey, in
the south end of the county, blew up,
wrecking the plant. Rowsey was
struck by flying missiles, his skull be
ing fractured. , Benjamin Phillips,' the
engineer, was cut and bruised and had
one arm broken -
REVIVAL MEETINGS AT PADUCAH
Paducah, Ky. Jreat interest is be
ing manifested in the five revivals in
progress, here;- ;At -the JFirst; Christian
Church there liave beeu thirty, addi
tions, including one reinstatement. Dr.
Allen Wilsoff 19 th evangelist. .
STRIKERS MAKE DEMONSTRATION AT FUNERAL
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At the funeral of Antonio Vischlo, who was shot to death in a strike riot at Paterson, N. J., It is estimates
that there were 12,000 striking silk weavers in a demonstration funeral paradeTwhich was about two miles long
and took about five hours to pass a given point. The strikers paraded from the Vischio home to the church,
then through the city's principal streets, also passing through the heart of the factory district and continuing
the" march for three miles to Totowa, N. J. Vischio wa3 not a striker, and was killed by a stray" bullet while
sitting on his door step. ,
LEADER SEES DEFEAT
ACTION OF POLICE CAUSES MRS.
PANKHURST TO-LOSE FAITH.
Torch Is Applied to , London Suburb,
and a Placard Is Posted With
a Warning Legend.
London, May 3. Determination of
the authorities to suppress suffragette
militancy by force has not cowed the
active workers of the movement, it
appears. A. large stable at Hendon, a
northwestern suburb of .London, was
destroyed by fire Thursday. Near by
a placard with the words "Votes!
Votes! Votes! Beware!" was posted.
London, May 2. Mrs. , Emmeline
Pankhurst and her immediate lieuten
ants were , stunned .Wednesday eve
ning, following raids by the home of
fice here on suffragette headquarters
In which . six leaders of the cause
were 'arrested and charged with con
spiracy to do malicious damage, and
fear that Ihe end of militant battle
for suffrage is near.
New York, May 3. Fifth avenue,
used to- a daily parade of attractive
women, fairly reveled in the display
this afternoon, when 40,000 souls with
but a single' thought marched , up the
avenue eight abreast in the annual
woman suffrage parade on Saturday.
Heading the parade were delega
tions from each of - the nine states
where woman suffrage is in effect.
Each member of this advance guard
parried an American flag.
Following the disbanding .of the
marchers, the . Women's ; Political
union held a mass meeting in Carne
gie hall and several other of the" suf
frage societies held meetings in vari
ous halls throughout the city. ,
I IMPORTANT NEWS
HEMS
Peabody, i Mass.,' May -1. A masked
and armed man entered the Peabody
Co-operative bank' here . Tuesday,
held up John A.v Teague, the treas
urer, , and escaped after ' obtaining
about" $60. .
Franklin.'N. H.t May 3. The memo
rial museum being built on the site of
the house where' Daniel Webster was
born' will be dedicated Aug. 28i The
committee in charge expects Presi
dent Wilson to motor over from the
summer capital at Cornish to take
Dart in the exercises.
St Clalrville. Ohio, May 2. Two
thousand five hundred miners of the
Lorain Dock -company in Belmont
county struck .because ' of the refusal
bf the company to pay the. men extra
for work in cutting soapstone and
slate' out of the mines."
.. Denver, Colo., May 5. The sight of
a human arm projecting fr6m a bank
of snow Friday led to the finding of
the body of Mrs. Alice -McMillen of
California, whose disappearance re
mained a , mystery for ' five ' months.
New York, May . 3. The state
closed its case in the trial of former
Inspectors Sweeney, Hussey, Murtha
and v Thompson tor conspiracy . after
District Attorney: Whitman .had ;con
nocted all four of ' the defendants
with the " alleged conspiracy by sen
sations.! : testimony. ; v '
110 WAGE INCREASE
TRAINMEN'S DEMANDS ARE RE
JECTED BY MANAGERS OF
EASTERN ROADS.
MEN MAY TAKE STRIKE VOTE
Higher Freight Rate Will Be Asked
of Interstate Commerce Body by
Rail . Heads Over 2,500 Clerks In
Buffalo, N. Y., Quit.
New York, May 3. The conference
committee of managers rejected here
Thursday the ' demands of the con
ductors and trainmen on the' forty-
three roads of the eastern district.
The answer was communicated to a
cojnmittee representing the Order of
Railway, Conductors and the ' Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen at a se
cret meeting held in the Engineering
Society .building.
The managers' committee call atten
tion to the fact that; in 1910 the rail
roads, in order to avert a strike, grant
ed the conductors ' and trainmen an
aggregate increase in wages of $30,-
000,000. The . present increase of
$17,000,000, the roads point out, would
be equivalent to placing on their prop
erties a lien of $425,000,000 of 4 per
cent, securities, the burden of which
would fall upon the public.
The trainmen and conductors may
at a later date modify their demands
upon the managers, of they may
elect to take a referendum strike vote
among their 100,000 members.
The railroads of the eastern terri
tory, . having discussed the 'freight
rate problem, have decided to ask
the interstate commerce commission
to allow a 5 per cent, increase, on
freight of all character. ; . '
Buffalo, N. Y., May 3, Mora than
2,500 department.: store : employes, 'in
volving every .store ( of r the kind in
the city, .went on strike for increased
wages and shorter hours Thursday.
Employes of hardware and five and
ten-cent stores participated in the
strike.
MELLEN GAVE TO 1904 FUND
Reimbursed by $102,000 From Sae of
- New Haven Railway Stock He
Tells Rail Body.
Boston, Mass., May 3. President
Mellen, explaining the apparent profit
made by ;liim of $102,000 by. the sale
of the New ' Haven railroad stock in
1904, told the interstate commerce
coTnmlB&IonUhat the-money had been
paid ' back to" him to Reimburse him
for , contributions to the - Republican
campaign fund of that year. ;
.Miss Madero Is Married. .
.New York, May . 2. Miss Mercedes
Madero, sister of the late president
of Mexico, became the bride , of An
tonio G. Canalizo, a member of the1
Mexican house -of representatives, last
evening in the church of Our Lady of
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ha- bride, was given away by .her
father, Francisco Madero:,.: Because of
the death'- pi? the , bride's brother the
weddingwas a very quiet, one, ' being
almost a family affair:.- - . :
IN PATERS0N, N. J.
POKES FUN AT SOLON
MANN AND THOMAS IN VERBAL
CLASH REGARDING WHISKERS.
Substitute, Offered by Gardner of
Massachusetts, to Change Cotton
Schedule in Bill Is Defeated.
Washington, May 5. During the
debate on the tariff in the house Fri
day Representatives Thomas. Mann
and Fordney had an interesting pas
sage at arms.
"I iust want to tell the bewhiskered
gent from Illinois,' Thomas said, "that
these are the dogwood days when we
are shearing the sheep and I'd advise
him to get shaved."
"The eentleman from Illinois has
taken up volumes in the congression
al' record in mixed mataphors and
vapid nothingnesses. Ill bet he has
cost the government $10,000,000 since
he has been rattling around here."
"I move that this moonshine debate
close," yelled Representative Langley
(Rep.)from Kentucky. Thomas is a
Democrat.
"I - believe the gentleman has
moonshine on the brain and keeps re
plenishing the supply," Thomas re
torted. "The gentleman addresses himself
to the hair on my face and the hair
on the head of the gentleman from
Kansas," shouted Mann, white with
rage. " "He says I am bewhiskered. I
am, but, but sir, I am not. be-whts-
keved." .
The house, which had been laugh
ing until this moment, was suddenly
silenced.
"What's that?" cried Thomas, half
rising from his seat. -
The chairman rapped Tor order and
the incident was closed, when Thom
as' friends crowded about him.
Demonstrating, the unfair and gen
erally destructive character of the
Underwood .tariff duties in the cotton
schedule, , Representative Gardner of
Massachusetts used samples of cot
ton cloth obtained from New England
cotton mills. The desk before him
looked like one in some great cloth
making factory. " ;
The Democrats defeated the Gard
ner-Greene substitute for the cotton
schedule, as carried in the unaerwooa
bill, and the schedule was passed
without change. ' '
ANOTHER AVIATOR IS KILLED
Herrmann J. Jannsn , Falls Against
Whirling Propeller of Machine ,
' and .He Is Decapitated.
. Oakland. Cal., May 5. While help
ing Roy M. Francis to start his hydro
aeroplane for. a - test over the bay
from the foot of Adeline street at
noon Friday, Hermann J. Jannsen,1 a
Los Angeles aviator, . lost his balance
and fell forward into the "whirling
propelior of . the machine. He was
killed instantly, his head being cut off
by the blades of the propelior.
Murdered at Jollet. ' ,
.. Jollet, 111., May 3. Michael Kano, a
barber, displayed Thursday! in & sa
loon $5,000 which he' : had Inherited
from his father's estate. Later i his
body, with the skull crushed as by a
stone." T.-as taken from the Desplaines
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JAP BILL IS PASSED
CALIFORNIA - SENATE PUTS
THROUGH ANTI-ALIEN MEAS- .
. URE 36 TO 2.
NOW GOES TO THE HOUSE
Gov. Johnson to Wait "Reasonable
"Time"" for Protests From President
.Wilson- Text' of Document, Which
-Assembly Is- Expected to Indorse.,
Sacramento, Cal.. May 5. The Webb
anti-alien land bill passed the senate,
35 to 2, at 12-.4S a. m. Saturday.. A
companion measure identical . in
phraseology probably- will pass the
assembly at once and will be signed
by Gov. Johnson - after "a reasonable
time" has elapsed in which to hear
p'ossihle protests from President Wil
son, who has requested delay. In the
closing, hours of the debate partisan
ship was . lost sight of. Democrats
and progressives voted together in re
sponse to what they took to be the
demand of the people of California..
Their only difference in the end was
over the question of whether the bill
was drastic enough. Senators Cart
wright, Democrat, and Wright, Repub
lican, voted in the negative.
The futility of Secretary Bryan's
mission was shown in the vote of his
own party. Nine of ' the ten Demo
crats Tnoted contrary to the advice
which Ire brought from President Wil
son, while not a single progressive
yielded to his eloquence.
The principal provisions of the bill ,
are as follows:
1. Aliens eligible to citizenship may
acquire and hold land to the same
extent as citizens.
2. All other aliens are limited to the
specific rights conferred upon them
by the existing treaties between the
United States and the nations of
which such aliens are citizens or sub
jects. In the case of the-Japanese the
bill prohibits ownership of farming or
agricultural lands, while permitting,
them' to own residences and factories,
manufactories and shops.
3. Leases of agricultural lands by
such aliens are permitted for a period
of not exceeding three "years. There
is a question as to whether renewals
would be lawful.
, 4. Aliens ineligible to citizenship
cannot inherit land. Upon the death
of an alien landholder his property
shall be sold by the Probate court and
the proceeds distributed to his heirs.
5. The state specifically reserves its
sovereign right to enact any and all
laws in future with respect to the
acquisition of real property by aliens.
6. Present holdings of ineligible
aliens are not affected except that
they cannot be bequeathed or sold to
other aliens classified among those
not eligible to citizenship.
The Democrats disclosed their plans
and their purposes even before many
of their amendments were offered.
"We are going to vote for your bill
regardless of the form in which you
set it before us," cried Senator Camp
bell, Democrat, in the early part of
the debate. "The senate is stacked
before us. We know that. But in the
end we are for the bill, because we
want an anti-alien land bill." .
Friday afternoon the majority had
rejected the Curtin resolution, which
embodied the principal suggestion
made to the legislature by Secretary
Bryan namely, that the state allow
the federal government to settle the
problem of alien land ownership
through diplomacy.
Senator Wright,- Republican, at
night offerd an amendment embody
ing another of Secretary Bryan's rec
ommendations namely, the Illinois
law, which applies alike to all aliens
regardless of their eligibility to citl
zenshipVand permits ownership for six
years. .
"You have repudiated President
Wilson's advice once," shouted Sena
tor Wright to the administration
forces. "Now I. want you to repudi
ate it again." .
They did. Only five Votes were cast
In favor of his' amendment .
HOLDS ; UP TRAIN IN CITY
Lone Bandit Robs Passengers on Kan
sas City Southern of Money s
and Jewelry
Kansas City, Mo., May 3. A kme
robber who boarded - Kansas City:
Southern passenger train No. 5 at the
depot here lined up and robbed the
passengers soon .after the train 'left'
here Friday, securing about $1,500 in
money and jewelry.
When Jesse E. Short of Joplin, Mo.,
one of the passengers, and a million
aire, was commanded to throw up his'
hands he drew "a pistol and began fir- '
ing at the robber. '
- The. bandit returned the 'fire and
Short fell, badly wounded:
The robber also was hit by a bulk v.. .
lumped ' frouv "the : train and ran.
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