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A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE HOME CIRCLE
VOLUME I.
EICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1913.
N UMBEE 20.
SECRETARY BRYAN ADDRESSING CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
PRESBYTERIANS
HENRY C. BRECKINRIDGE
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REPLY
READY
ANSWER TO PROTEST AGAINST
, ALIEN LAND LAWS APPROVED
BY CABINET.
jBOTH DOCUMENTS A SECRET
Their Publication in Both Countries
Simultaneously Is Being Arranged
j for, Following Gov. Johnson's Sign
1 ing Bill Which Caused Imbroglio.
Washington, Slay 19. With the ex
pectation that '.he federal govern
ment will defend the Californlans
against the Japanese protests against
jthe anti-alien legislation adopted by
' jthe ' Pacific state's legislature and
jwith the American reply to that com
plaint ready for transmission to the
Japanese embassy here, the serious
jness of the situation will now large
ly depend the reception which will be
accorded the answer by the Japanese
jmblic as well as to the protest
.which called it forth.
; Neither of these documents is
ready for publication, though ar
Irangements are already underway for
their simultaneous publication here
and in Japan. The reply of the Uni
ted States has been prepared, and
was discussed at length Friday at
the cabinet meeting.
Neither the president nor Secretary
of State Bryan will discuss either the
terms of the protest or the reply, or
the probable time at which the latter
will be transmitted to Ambassador
Chinda. It is believed, however, that
the reply will not be , sent until Gov
ernor Johnson has actually affixed his
signature to the bill which has caused
all the trouble.
Just how serious the situation t3,
no one in authority here will discuss
But the mystery which has enveloped
the present state of the negotiations
has given rise to a general feeling cf
apprehension, as -well as to all re
ports of speculations concerning the
attitude of the two governments.
Secretary Bryan feels that the situ
ation is exceedingly delicate, , and
seems - to fear that . agitation, both
here and in Japan, that have nothing
to do with the subject, may make a
lot more trouble at any time.
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
Tacoma, Wash., May 15. Four per
sons were killed and seven seriously
injured when a train on the Oregon
Washington line, bound from Portland
to Seattle, was ditched near Lakevlew
Tuesday.
Heligoland, Germany, May 16.
Four German bluejackets were killed
and three others seriously injured
Wednesday by the explosion of a cyl
inder in the engine room of torpedo
boat "S-148."
New York, May 17. There is no
agreement or understanding of any
kind to fix prices in the steel, Indus-
try, James A. Farrell, president of the
' United States Steel corporation, testi
fied at the hearing Thursday in the
federal suit to dissolve the corpora
tion as an illegal combination.
I, Munich, Bavaria, May 15. Gen. von
Lewinski, the Prussian military, at
tache to Bavaria, was killed here
Tuesday by a 6upposed lunatic.
Springfield, Mo., May 15. Harry
Dishman and Lewis Johnson, the sixteen-year-old
convicted murderers who
escaped from the city jail and were at
liberty six hours before being recap
tured, were sent to the state peniten
tiary at Jefferson City, but not before
they had attempted to set fire to the
jail.
Atlanta, Ga., May 17. Ecclesias
tical politics were rebuked by the
general assembly of the Northern
Presbyterian church- Thursday when
Rev. John W. Stone of Chicago was
chosen moderator by an overwhelm
ing majority.
JOHNSON-MAY FIGHT AGAIN
Mmiager of Luther; McCarthy Seeks
Match With Convicted Negro
Pugilist
Chicago, May 17. If Federal Judge
Carpenter, in whose' court Jack John
son, the negro pugilist, was convicted
of violating the , white slave law, will
consent, Johnson and Luther McCartyy
white heavyweight champion ;'of the
world, will meet." Arrangements for
the match were agreed to by Billy Mc
Carney, manager of the white champ,
and Johnson. "v
Johnson said that his statement of
a few cays ago that he was "broke"
was absolutely true. He said he need
ed money now worse than he had ever
needed it: i When asked if he ? would
meet Luther McCarty he showed his
sold teeth, and said he would be glad
of the chance to4 share, the gate re
celp'ts of a championship battle. -
"The only thing, that stands in the
i '. -raysald Johnson, "is tha consent of
: Judge Carpenter." : v
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A remarkable photograph taken during Secretary Bryan's recent visit fo California to attempt to influence
the legislature to conform to President Wilson's views in relation to the proposed alien land law. On the left
of Secretary Bryan are: Governor Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Wallace and Speaker Young. The insert shows
Secretary Bryan receiving flowers from Eveline E. Meger.
MANY DIE IN BLASTS
SCORES INJURED AND MANY
FLEE MINING DISTRICTS.
Anxiety Is Caused Among Workers
of Three States by Explosions
Which Began a Week Ago.
Pittsburgh. Pa., May 17 Much
anxiety is being caused in western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Maryland by numerous explosions of
dynamite and powder coupled with
attempts to blow up heavily filled
magazines and a searching investiga
tion into the matter seems warranted.
A dozen persons have been killed,
scores have been injured, some fatal
ly; much t property has been mined
and hundreds of people have been so
frightened that they have left the vi
cinity. ; Beginning- Saturday, May 10, ' when
500 sticks of dynamite exploded in
the magazine of the Sunshine Coa!
and Coke companya' mine near Ma-'
sontown, Pa., resulting in the death
of four and injury of twoscore, and
ending .Wednesday with the explosion
of 1,700 pounds of dynamite and sev
enty kegs of powder . stored in the
magazine of the Consolidated Coal
company at Eckhart Md.
Last. Monday an attempt was made
to blow up a passenger train at Leek
rone. Pa. A track-walker, found nine
sticks of dynamite under the joints
of the rails of the Monongahela rail
road. Within seventy-five yards of
the railroad was located the plant of
the Cameron Powder company, con
taining 20,000 pounds of powder and
500 poutids of dynamite. , , 1
In a premature explosion of dyna
mite at Parkersburg Tuesday, five
men were blown Into a stream..
TARIFF HEARINGS ARE DENIED
Senate Defeats Motion to Permit Pub
lic to Express Their Views on
Underwood Bill.
Washington, May 19. The Penrose
La Follette motion instructing the
senate finance committee to hold
public hearings on , the Underwood
tariff bill was lost' by a vote of 41 to
36. Two Democrats, Senators Ran3
dell and Thornton of Louisiana, voted
with the Republicans, i while Senator
Poindexter of. Washington registered
his ballot with the Democrats,. -
' This motion has held up consider
ation of the Underwood bill for more
than a week and Its defeat came up
as a climax to an exciting debate dur
ing which t Senators ' La ; Follette,
Smoot, Gallinger, . Jones and Clark of
Wyoming flayed the Democrats for
ordering' secret, conferences on the
bill. ; Senators Simmons, Smith of
Georgia; Walsh and James, Demo
crats, upheld the action of their
party.' 'vj
8?hff Decree Is Signed. " .
New .York, May .19. A , final decree
of divorce to Fritz! Scheff, freeing the
actress from John Fox, Jr., hex novel
isthusband, was' signed by Supreme
Court JusUce : Keogh at-'White ? Plains
Friday. ' The ut was not contested.
NAVY PLANS STOLEN
SENSATION CAUSED BY THEFT OF
DOCUMENTS AS TO DREAD
NOUGHT. '
DETECTIVES ARE AT WORK
No Clue Is Yet Discovered of Thieves
Who Took Papers Relative to
Giant Battleship Pennsylvania Two
Months Ago.
Washington, May 15, A sensation
was caused in navy circles Tuesday
when the disclosure was made that
Important plans, some of which relate
to the new dreadnought Pennsylvania
have been stolen from the depart
ment. ,
It can be said on reliable authority
that the thefts began two months ago
and that, despite the activity of secret
service . men, the Burns' detective
agency and. the police, no clue to the
thief has been discovered. .The heads
of the department are disturbed, not
knowing what document may go next
According to the information avail
able at this time the loss of the docu
ments began, to be noticed in Febru
ary. Most of the thefts have been
comparatively insignificant, relating
to the manual of the department and
similar documents. When, however,
plans for some of the work on the
new giant battleship disappeared the
Lsituation became so serious that steps
naa to De taken by the department
to search for the perpetrator.
Outside aid was called in and for
weeks under the pretense of a change
of - administration detectives have
been slipped into clerical positions in.
most : of the bureaus of the depart
ment and . persons known to have
handled the missing documents have
been under the closest surveillance.'
Knowledge of the ." situation came
out through an inadvertent disclosure
by one of the detectives. The de
partment itself refused to say any
thing on the subject, but it is under
stood it may lift the lid later. .
, Building of . the dreadnought Penn
sylvania, part of the details and minor
plans of which have been taken, was
authorized by the ; last congress. It
has been designed to displace 31,000
tons and will carry an armament of
34 heavy guns, exceeding In gun pow
er, the battleships of any other na
tion. . . i;; .
It is understood here that special
surveilance has been established, over
the bureau of construction and repair,
headed by Naval ; Constructor : Watt,
and the bureau of ordnance, of which
Rear Admiral N. C Twining is the
head. The missing plans are said to
have been traced to both of these bu
reaus, but which one had them last
has not been ascertained. . '
Suhrer Vetoes Compensation BUI.
Albany, N. Y., May. 19. Cbverncr
Sulzer Friday vetoed the Foley-Walker
workmen's compensation bill,
which" has been vigorously opposed
by organized labor.' :r
DENIES BRIBE CHARGE
ATTORNEY ANHUT REFUTES DR.
RUSSELL'S ALLEGATION.
Declares Thaw Retained Him to Work
Up Another Case With Fee
of $25,000.
.New York, May 19. John Nicholson
Anhut, the attorney charged with of
fering a $25,000. bribery to secure the
release of Harry K. Thaw from Mattea
wan, appeared as a witness in his own
behalf on Friday, and emphatically de
nied that he offered Dr,.John W. Rus
sell $20,000 to release Thaw and that
he was to receive ,$5,000. for his own
services. .
Anhut declared that Thaw retained
him to work .up another case and gave
him a contingency fee of $25,000, half
of which was to be returned to" Thaw
if he was not released by January 1,
and the other half on July 1 of this
year if Anhut had not secured Thaw's
release by that time. !
Under cros-examination Dr. Russell
admitted that he had not told the truth
when he testified before the investigat
ing committee at Albany that he did
not remember the name of the man
who he alleged offered him the bribe.
New' York, May 17. Harry ' K.
Thaw, brought from the Matteawan
Asylum, for the Insane by the prose
cution as the first witness Thursday
in the trial of John N. Anhut indict
ed for bribery in connection with the
attempt to secure Thaw's release for
$20,000, testified that he had agreed
to pay Dr. John W. Russell, then su
perintendent of the asylum, $20,000 to
release him, and that Dr. Russell had
taken him. to the door of the asylum
and toll him to go. ;. Thaw testified
that he refused this opportunity to
escape from the asylum, because he
did not believe it legal. .. ,
SEVENTEEN DIE: IN STORM
Twenty.five Others Are Hurt at Sew
ard, Neb. Several Small Towns
Are Wiped Out ,
, Omaha, Neb., May : 16. Nebraska
was storm swept again Wednesday
evening and many people were killed
and "injured . in cyclones lnr different
sections of the state. .. .
At Seward, Neb., seventeen people
were killed . and twenty-five-- wero
wounded.' ' Staplehurst, v a small town
seven miles from Seward, is reported
as having been wiped off the map. At
McCool many homes were destroyed,
but there' were no deaths.
Omaha and' South Omaha were hit
by a strong . windstorm, but there was
nothing In the way of a cyclone. Less
than one dozen houses were wrecked
and there was no deaths.
Lushton, Neb., a Bmall town . near
Seward, Is reported completely de
stroyed. j
Old Music Hall Queen Dead. ,
Paris, May 17. Emma Valladon.
once world famous as -Theresa, queen
of the Parisian' music -; halls, died
Thursday.. For many years she was
the idol of the boulevards andv num
bered' her admirers by the scored
OF SOUTHERN BRANCH SELECT
DR. J. SPROLE LYONS OF
LOUISVILLE AS HEAD.
1,500 Commissioners From Northern,
. United and Associated Reformed
Church in Attendance.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Louisville, Ky. Election of moder
ators by the commissioners of ' the
Northern and Southern Presbyterian
churches, with a totally unexpected
choice in the case of the former, fea
tured the session of the Presbyterian
assemblies in session at Atlanta. '
Dr. John Timothy Stone, of the
Fcurth Presbyterian church, Chicago,
wae elected moderator of the North
ern body, and Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, of
the First Presbyterian church, Louis
ville, was chosen moderator by the
Southern organization. All three of
the assemblies in session here have
new selected moderators, the United
Presbyterian taking this action when
Dr. R. M. Russell, of New Wilmington,
Pa., was chosen.
With the elimination of this feature
ot the organization's work interest
now centers in the "Pan-Presbyterian
Pentecostal" meetings, the first of
which was held. More than 1,500 com
missioners from the Northern, the
Southern, the United and the xVsso
ciate Reformed churches were present
at the first joint-, assembly ever held
in the history of the organization.
BOX PLANT IN RUINS.
Louisville, Ky. As a result of a fire
the local plant of tho Louisville & New
Albany Box and Basket Co., located
at Thirty-fifth and Bank streets, is -in
rv.ins. Only a few walls, ready to fall,
remained standing after the flames
had raged for several hours. Two
large two-story buildings, a large one
story shed and another shed in. which
the engines were located were con
sumed. The damaged according to
Cbarles Schwartzel, president of the
company, will reach $12,000. The in
surance is $6,000.
TODD COUNTY FAIR DATES.
Elkton, Ky. At a meeting of the di
rectors of the Todd County Fair asso
ciation the following officers were
elected: Dr. H. T. McKinney, presi
dent; R. E. Boone, vice president; B.
L Renick, secretary; M. .W. Gill, as
sistant secretary; Coleman E. Gill,
treasurer. The association , contem
plates erecting an addition to the
grandstand and laying off & quarter
mile track : for trotting races. This
year's meet will me held on October 2,
3 and 4. '
GREAT CARNIVAL.
Danville, Ky. The greatest carnival
In the history of Central' university
wi:j begin Tuesday, May 22,; when the
curtain rises for the first act of "The
Ulster," the carnival play. Another
feature is the dance which will be held
cn Friday, May 23. On Saturday; May
24. the big floral parade, led by the
Queen on her magnificent float will
take place. On Saturday evening gala
festivities on the campus begin.
WOMAN IS ELECTED TRUSTEE.
New Castle, Ky. The reports from
recent school elections in Henry coun
ty show that one woman, and only one,
was elected to the office of trustee.
Mrs. B. C. Pearce, of New Castle, is
the woman so honored. Mrs. Pearco
was not a candidate, but the local
School Improvement league, composed
almost exclusively' of women, ; nom
inated; ter and then secured her elec
tion. ' .
WOMAN GIVEN BIG JUDGMENT.
. Cloverport, Ky Mrs. Lillian ' C.
Neilson, formerly of this cltj, was ren
dered a judgment of $8,600 against the
Tar Springs . sanitarium. The litiga
tion grew 'out of. a mortgage' given ' to
Mrs. Neilson' by William A. Montgom
ery, of Chicago., and. others, who had
exchanged 1,800, acres of land in Mich
igan for the sanitarium and inotes for
the balance. .
PARENT-TEACHERS ELECT. -
t Winchester, Ky. rThe .Parent-Teachers'
association held an important
meeting ta elect officers and outline
plans for the ensuing, year, ,;; Mrs. W.
T. Fox, whp was chosen. -to ''fill out the
unexpired term of Mrs. C. Hi Dietrich,
was elected president; Mrs.; J. Russell
Crawford was made vice, preside;
Mrs.'' Anna Tnrley secretary and Misa
Suo , Scrivrner treasurftr. r '
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Henry C. Breckinridge was recent
ly appointed assistant secretary of
war. He is the son of Maj. Gen. J. C.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and is
about thirty years old. He is a lawyer
and a graduate of Princeton.
VEGETABLES FOR CHICAGO.
Louisville, Ky. Strawberry special
trains operated by the American Ex
press Co. over the Monon railroad to
carry the products of fields near New
Albany, Ind., to the Chicago market
will carry also cars of vegetables out
oi: Louisville to Chicago. The vege
table cars will be taken to New Albany
and will form a part of the strawberry
train that leaves New Albany at night,
arriving in Chicago in time for the
early morning market. 'Cars of straw
berries also will be pick'ed up at St.
Joseph, Bridgeport Borden and Pekin.
The strawberry specials will be pat on
the road between May 20 and 25, de
pending upon the weather. It is stated
that probably after the close of the
strawberry season a raspberry special
will be put on by the company, run
ning every other day from New Albany
to Chicago. ,
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RED MEN INCREASE DUES.
Lexington, Ky. The great council
of Kentucky Improved Order of Red
Men adjourned after two days' session.
It was resolved to hold the great coun
cil at Richmond in response to the in
vitation of Floating Canoe tribe, of
that city. " One of the most important
actions taken at the session w;U the
decision to increase the per capita
annual dues of members from 90 cents
to $1.20, 40 cents of which is to be
applied to the maintenance of the or
phans of Red Men, instead of 15 cents,
wfcidfh as heretofore been the per cap
it, applied to that jurpose. The propo
sitiens to . establish an orphans' home
and a home for infirm Red Men were
I?ic over until next year, after being
discussed at some length.
OGDEN RE-ELECTS FACULTY.
Bowling Green, Ky. At a meeting
of the board of trustees and the re
gent of Ogden college, the present
president and faculty were all re
elected for the coming year as fol ,
lows: " W. M. Pearce, president and,
professor of philosophy and history;
Maj. W. A. Obenchain, professor of
mathematics; S. A. Norcross, profes
sor of. science; P. I. Reed, professor
of English and German; T. D. Lewis,
professor of ancient languages and
French.' This year -has been one of
the most successful terms in- the his-,
tory of this institution. -Tho bacca
laureate sermon will be delivered on
Sunday morning,- June 1, in the State
Street Methodist church by its pastor,
Dr. J. H. Young.
COAL LANDS ARE BOUGHT.
Whitesburg, Ky. The.Elkhorn Fuel
Co.. recently organized at Baltimore
to make extensive . developments in
this county, has closed a deal with the
Long Fork Coal Co.' for several thou
sand acres of coal lands ..along the
Letcher pike border. It is understood
that this property will also be devel
oped during the next' 12 months, tb.9
work to.be begun at once. '
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NO CELEBRATION THIS YEAR.
Elkton, Ky. On account of the work
now in progress on the Jefferson Da
v'.s Memorial park, at Falrview, there
wil" be no celebration at the birth,
ptece of . the ; confederacy' president
cn.the next anniversary dtite, June.S..
Work on the new fence Inclosing" tha .
park is now under way.