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SECRETARY OF . ST ATE ' PRO
CLAIMS ADOPTION OF DIRECT
ELECTIONS AMENDMENT.
TO POSPONE AUGUST PRIMARY
Constitutional Lawyers Contend That
If Vacancy in Senate Occurs Gov
ernor Has No Power To Fill.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Frankfort, . Ky. Aside from the
T.oad national aspect of the direct
elections amendment to the constitu
tion, proclaimed by Secretary Bryan,
the reform has a dual local bearing on
Kentucky politics. Not only will its
adoption as a part of the constitution
postpone the projected Kentucky sen
atorial " primary from -August, 1913, to
August, 1914, but Bhould a senatorial
vacancy occur between the date of
proclamation and the next session of
the legislature, an extra session would
have to be called before the vacancy
could be filled. If, after Saturday next,
and before the legislative session in
January, there should be a vacancy in
Kentucky's senatorial representation.
Gov. McCreary could not make an ap
pointment out of hand to fill that va
cancy, according to constitutional law
yers here. He would have to summon
the legislature in extra session and
ask for that power of appointment.
It'would be the choice of the legisla
ture either to give him that power or
to permit the senatorial vacancy to
exist until the subsequent general elec
tion day in the following "November.
This is the contention of members of
congress now in Washington who have
studied the effects of the new amend
ment. They declare that it lodges the
power to select senators in the hands
of the people alone, and takes ap
pointive power in filling senatorial va
cancies out of the hands of governors,
unless specifically granted them by the
legislature.
Individual Rights Are Supreme. '
In line with previous declarations
that the Kentucky local option laws
are not sumptuary nor intended to In
terfere with personal habits or indi
vidual rights, the court of appeals, the
whole court sitting, declared that the
Frost law, of 1912, prohibiting the pro
curement or purchase of liquor for an
other in a county, district, town or city
In which the sale of liquor is prohibit
ed, does not extend to the point of pre
venting one person, ' as an "accommo
dation and without compensation, buy
ing liquor for another where the sale
is lawful, and conveying it for delivery
into "dry" territory. The decision was
rendered in the case of Tom Calhoun
against the Commonwealth, in which
the Washington circuit court waa re
versed. Calhoun went to Bardstown
and bought liquor for" another Wash
ington county citizen as an accommo
dation and' took the liquor back to
the person in Washington county. He
was indicted and convicted under the
Frost act and appealed.
Strange Disease Affects Horses.
Federal and state veterinarians are
investigating reports from all sections
of the state that horses are dying of
an unidentified disease, which causes
them to drop dead, as one county offi
cial informed the department of agri
culture, "like hogs with the cholera."
It is supposed that catarrhal fever is
the disease;, but at the request of Com
missioner of -Agriculture J. W. New
man, State Veterinarian Robert Gra
ham is visiting the localities , . from
which deaths are reported, and Dr.
A. J. Payne, in charge of the govern
ment work in animal-industry in Ken
tucky, said he would send a couple of
experts. Vaccine is being provided
and in one county, it is said, 200 injec
tions were used. ,
Tobacco Statistics Made Public
The second , semi-annual report by
the census bureau under requirement
of the Cantrill tobacco statistics law
was made public, giving comparative
figures on the amount of tobacco held
In storage, as follows: Total pounds
leaf tobacco on hand April 1, 1913,
1,359,252,597; October 1, 1912, date of
last report, 1,047,404,560. Burley, April
1, 327,078,118 pounds; per 'cent "of to
tal, 24.1; October 1, 1912, 215,307,012
pounds; per cent of total, 20.6.
Senator Is Autograph Collector. .
Senator Bradley is busying himself
in collecting the autographs of the
new members of the senate in his auto
graph album. His hope is, when he
leaves congress, to have inscribed in
the book the names of - all senators
who served .during his term. "They
are a rangy lot," observed Mr. Brad
ley after he had collected the new
ones. "Six senators from " Tennessee
and. five from Arkansas have served
during my time." V
Donor's Name Made Legible. !
:, In response to the request of Mrs.
James B. Speed, of Louisville, the let
tering on the back of the pedestal of
the Lincoln statue in the . rotunda of
the capitol, "Gift of James Breckin
ridge Speed," was inlaid with gold leaf.
It was the request of Mr. Speed that
If his name was carved on the morns
ment it be made Inconspicuous, which
was carried out so successfully in the
dark granite that the letters couldn't
SpeedTsked t&; ; , ' . .
fcave the letterST LTi: , vv.rTuB1..
MISS GLADYS 0. LOBECK.
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Miss Lobeck, daughter of Represen
tative and Mrs. Charles O. Lobeck of
Nebraska, will marry Raymond Gerald
Young of Omaha at the home of her
parents in that city the latter part of
June.
200 KILLED IN RIOT
Fight at Monterey, Mexico,
Causes Many Deaths.
Rebel Force Surrounded and ' Anni
hilated by Federals at Columbia in
State . of Tamaullpas.
Mexico City, June 2 The number
of persons killed and wounded In the
riots in Monterey was placed at 200
instead of 60 as originally reported.
A number of refugees from the
state of Mlchoacan arrived here
bringing reports of . rebel successes in
that district The federal garrison
at Zamora has been wiped out by the
rebels, it was s&id.
The rebels are making terrible
reprisals by torturing prisoners and
carrying off women' and girls. -.
The Herald, a government organ,
reports that Carranza, the rebel lead
er in the north, has made overtures
"to the government to surrender.
Laredo, Texas, June 2. A force of
Mexican rebels was surrounded and
annihilated by federals at Columbia,
state of Tamaullpas.' Another band of
twenty rebels crossed the border and
surrendered to the sheriff of this
county. - '
The battle raged for forty-five min
utes, during which time an incessant
rifle fusillade was kept up. When
the battle was over twenty dead rebels
and six dead federals were found on
the field, in addition to many wounded
on both sides. . '
Galveston, Texas, June 2. The
last cut in dredging the intercoastal
canal, which permits, the waters' of
the Brazos and San Bernard rivers
to mingle and opens to Texas a new
200 miles inland waterway for naviga
tion from Galveston to Corpus
Christ!, was completed when Colonel
Riche, United States - Engineer In
charge, pulled a lever which removed
the last shovel of earth connecting
the "links. The canal will be for
mally opened to traffic June 12
with a" three days' celebration here,
beginning with a forty-mile boat
parade from Corpus Christi.- Many
notable persons of the nation will par
ticipate in the celebration.
TALLYKO FALLS OFF CLIFF
Vehicle Crowded :. with . Picknickers
Plunges from Colorado Mountain ,
Trail :;. ... . '
:; Denver, Col., June 2. A tallyho In
which forty persons were riding was
hurled down a fifty-foot embankment
at Mount Morrison' Park, near here.
Thirty persons are reported injured,
many seriously. The party left Den
ver to spend Memorial day fishing on
Turkey creek, beyond Mount Morrison.-
It was composed of two tallyhos
laden with young ; couples from this
city. On the return trip after dark,
while the lead tallyho was entering
a narrow trail along the cliff ; side,
another conveyance : attempted to
pass. The driver of the tally ho. It Is
reported, pulled hiir horses sharply to
the right and the animals, becoming
frightened, plunged the tallyho down
to the bottom of the cliff."
-Wealthy Farmer Killed.
Marion, O., Juna 2 John Noyes,
wealthy young , farmer, died at his
home near LaRue as a result of In
juries received by being thrown by a
pony. - : '-. -
Circular Saw Bisects Man.
Henderson, Ky., June 2.- With hia
spinal column bisected Its whol
length by a circular saw, H. W. West,
a sawmill employe," survived for eiht
ton rs after .the cd4eat '
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RATE ADVANCE IS UP
RAILROADS AGAIN SEEK TO
RAISE TARIFFS ON FREIGHT
FIVE PER CENT.
MEANS $40,000,000 1 A YEAR
Interstate Commerce Commission' to
Decide Matter Affecting Country
-East of the Mississippi and North
: of the Ohio and Potomac . .
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. It has , become - the
present duty of. the Interstate com
merce commission to determine wheth
er the railroads east of the Mississippi
river and north of the Ohio and Po
tomac river shall be allowed to in
crease their -freight rates five per cent.
From what one hears from all quar
ters, it seems to bertbe-pretty gen
eral admission that thelnterstate com
merce commission is a fair and. effi
cient government board. Judging from
the past it can be said the impression
is that the commission can be depend
ed upon to do the square, thing by.the
railroads -and by. the public.
The duty cf the commissioners will
be to determine whether or not the
five per cent, .increase is "reasonable."
If they bo find it, the railroads affect
ed, will add about $40,000,000 to their
annual revenue. " . In a. letter-. which
Samuel Ilea, president of the Pennsyl
vania Railro.d company, has written
for publication, and sent in printed
form to all the newspaper correspond
ents in Washington, this is said: "The
annual revenue . from freight in the
territory concerned is about $800,000,
000. Five per cent, of this is $40,
000,000. There are about 40,000,000
people In this portion of the country.
The proposed Increase, therefore,
means an average of one dollar per
head of the population eight cents a
month."
Plenty of Facts and Figures.
The interstate commerce commis
sion has everything which has been
written in behalf of the reasonable
ness of the proposed rate increase.
It will get much more in printed form
and by word of mouth before It Is
ready to -make its decision. It also
will be given the other side of the
question, for the increase will affect
the shippers and the public generally.
Once before the commissioners de
cided against the reasonableness of
the advance in the rates which the
railroads now ask. The question
which the coir mission must answer in
the near future is: Have conditions
changed enouih to warrant the ad:
vance in rates which did not seem to
be warranted three years ago?.
In'the year 1910 the railroads which
are now seeking to advance their rates
filed with the commission a table of
increases upon all clases of rates and
upon one-half of the commodity rates
within the eastern territory. Follow
ing this action the railroads west to
Chicago filed similar tables increas
ing their rates upon many commodi
ties. :-
The public showed indignation over
this action,"- and under the , direction
of President Taft the department of
Justice was told to bring suit on the
ground that the increase of rates was
the result of a conspiracy restraining
trade and violating the Sherman anti
trust law. An injunction was forth
coming, and then the railroad repre
sentatives appealed to the president,
saying that they would suspend the
rates until the interstate" commerce
commission definitely could determine
whether or not they were reasonable.
The, commission determined that they
were unreasonable, and so the roads
continued .their former rates.' . --
This advanced rate problem, the an
swer to which it is for. the interstate
commerce commission to give, helps
to outline sharply the course and the
progress of governmental control in
corporation matters. . Once upon a
time the big corporations of the coun
try were either a law unto themselves
or were subject to the laws of states
whose legislators in the main part al
ways showed friendliness toward men
and corporations of big affairs. Today
the railroads are going to a small body
of men, represeataing in one capacity
the people of the United States, to ask
whether or not the freight rate ad
vance is reasonable.
There are ?men in congress utterly
opposed to- government ' ownership
who say that the increased power of
the government over the corporations
is the shortest means of avoiding gov
ernment ownership, and they add that
most of the thinkers in the great in
terstate , corporations believe as they
do. - ' ''" . V . - v .
Uncle Sam, Railroad Builder.
Within 12 -months . the United
States government will begin the
construction : of a " railroad on its
own account anil will embark the sea
of railroad ownership, and, probably,
operation. Following legislation by
the. present 'congress, the federal gov
ernment, in. ail human probability will
construct and own railroads in Alas
ka. Twenty, yeixs ago such an . an
nouncement would have set certain
conservative ones by -the ears. It
would have been; no more astonishing
a report 20 years, ago,-however, than
is the the assertion today that Alaska
railroad legislation has been proposed
In a form which has the support of
loyal conservationists and "ia not op
posed by the interests." ; 7. .
" President-Wilson, Secretary of the
Interior Lane and - Senator ; Pittman,
chairman of the senate committee on
territories, have given close attention
to the many legislative proposals for
the development -of Alaska and it is
cow seemingly assured that the Cham
toerlaiWickerEhiim bill providing for
the Iederal constitution and owner
ship. of. railroads in Alaska will be ap
proved by the house,, the senate; and
the president v
The Alaska railroad measure, whlci
is the joint product of Senator Cham
berlain of Oregon and Delegate Wlck
ersham of Alaska, gives the president
authority to construct about 730 miles
of railroad In the northwestern terri
tory. After building, the roads are to
be ' operated; directly by the govern--ment
or, at the discretion of the ex
ecutive, may be leased to private con
tractors. The chances are that this Alaska
railroad bill will become a law early
next winter. It makes detailed pro
vision for the opening of the Interior
of Alaska to . ready communication
with the harbors-of the Pacific ocean
so that agricultural timber,' coal and
other resources speedily may be de
veloped. One salient feature of the
measure is the extension of the pow
er, of the Interstate commerce com
mission to Alaska, coupled; with 'a spe
cial provision that the rates for steam
ship ; transportation '-to and from the
territory shall be regulated-.: : The, as
sertion is made that water transporta
tion monopoly has' been 'one of - the
chief causes, for the control of Alas
ka's resources by a .great syndicate. ;V:
The completed legislation provides
for the location of town sites. The
acquisition of land for' monopoly hold
ings is prohibited , and no person or
corporation can acquire land for the
purpose of holding it In Idleness. The
proponents of the measure say that
every safeguard has been taken to
prevent the exploitation of Alaska for
the profit of monopolies, and that the
field will be found to be open for
"competitive strivings." -
v Labor Unions Exempt.
- Under the provisions of the sundry
civil bill which has just been passed
by the present congress after hav
ing been vetoed by President Taft
at the last session, not a cent of
the $300,000 given for the use of the
department of Justice to bring prose
cutions for offenses against the Sher
man anti-trust law can be used , to
bring suit against labor unions or
farmers' organizations in case there
should seem, to be any ground for the
charge that . they are violating the
law.
-The administration of the Demo
cratic leaders In congress already have
defended this exemption against the
complaints of - the employers of labor
and against criticism of men who in
sist that it is class legislation and
that no body of . American ": citizens
should be exempt from prosecutions
which may . be. started against other
bodies of American citizens for simi
lar offenses. The legislation in the
sundry civil bill is negative and there
is nothing in It to prevent the use of
other funds of the department of Jus
tice for the prosecution of labor
unions and farmers' associations but
there is not the slightest chance, prob
ably, that any other moneys of the
department will be drawn on for this
kind of prosecution purposes.
Other Labor Legislation.
The present administration before
it gets through with it probably will
be praised or blamed ae the case may
be for a good deal of legislation af
fecting labor. In the last congress a
Republican " senate consenting, the
eight-hour bill championed by the
American Federation of Labor was
passed. .An anti-Injunction bill intro
duced by Representative Clayton of
Alabama, who was . the chairman of
the house committee on Judiciary,
passed the house at the last session,
but failed In the senate because the
judiciary committee of that body re
fused to report it. Another Clayton
bill provided for the trial of contempt
of ': court cases by juries. It Is per
haps unnecessary to say that these
bills were opposed by manufacturers
and employers generally. It is prob
able that they will be reintroduced in
the present congress as soon as the
committees of the house are organized
fully and the chances are that they
will pass both houses.
It is possible that an. anti-injunction
bill already introduced into the
senate by Mr. Bacon of GeoTgia .and
which Is believed by emnloyers to be
much more radical than . the Clayton
bill, may get the preference and final
ly be sent to the president for his sig
nature. Representative Bartlett of
Georgia has introduced the Bacon bill
Into the house. -V
Men who have protested against
these Georgian bills say that they
would legalize conspiracy: "and all the
various forms of coercion and duress
which characterize the strike conspir
acy in its perfect flower.'' The an
swer to this on . the part of the friends
Of the legislation is that they are In
tended simply to bring about an equal
ity of justice between capital and
labor. . " '
The Democrats are going to do all
that" they can for labor.' This much
is evident from thereparations "for"
doing It" which already have been
made. The danger, some of the Dem
ocratic, leaders eay, lies in the chance
of "overplaying the hand" by passing
laws which will be so obviously one
sided that the courts will be kept
busy with the work of knocking them
out When the sundry civil bill was
put up in the Benate Senator Cum
mins, in discussing the labor and farm
er exemption provisions, proposed that
consideration of them be postponed so
that those who believed in changing
the Sherman law so that labor unions
might be exempted from its provi
siontj would have time to get together
and arrange for-legal exemption.' - . :.
This plan of the Iowa senator, was
not 7 listened to and the Democrats
went ahead with their Indirect legisla
tion which would prevent- the depart
ment of justice from using any of its
anti-tniBt funds for the expenses of
the work of prosecuting labor unions
and farmers' association's.
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For Commencement Day.
I find that many of the schools
have commencement exercises very
late In June and I have so many re
quests from teachers of small district
schools who - are ' remote ' from large
towns and yet are more than anxious
to have creditable closing, days. This
little scheme ' Is very pretty and not
difficult to work out. - It is called
"Childhood's Happy Year." Select
four girls about the same age and
size to form each "season." Make
the costumes from crepe paper and rep
resent "spring" by green frocks with
wreaths of green about the head;
"summer" with white frocks and
crowns and roses, either real or arti
ficial,' and gowns trimmed with garlands-
of small roses; "Autumn"
should have brown dresses with fall
leaves in red and brown tints, and
"Winter" all white with holly-wreaths
and mistletoe, or red dresses trim
med in cotton."
"Spring" should enter first and
march to the front of platform and
sing the first verse of the following
song, which is easy tossing to the.
tune of "Swinging 'Neath the Old Ap
ple Tree." At the end of the lines,
two of the girls turn to the right and
two to the left and march down the
sides joining at the back in a line.
"Summer," . "Autumn" - and "Winter"
follow, a group at a time sing their
verse and march as did "Spring" and
take their places at the back behind
the preceding "season." This retains
"Spring" at the ""front, and then all
join hands, forming a circle, and sing
the chorus through and march off in
single file, "Spring" leading. It is
really very effective.
Happy Childhood's hours,
With the budding flowers,
With the warbling songsters
In leafy trees; -When
the earth rejoices, '
Glad we Join our voices,
Happy in the spring we are.
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CHORUS.
Happy. Childhood! Happy Childhood!
Singing all the day right "merrily;
Happy Childhood! Happy Childhood!
Happy all the year are we.
In the summer weather, .
Glad we are together,
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U. Walking Costume-Our model is in mole-cclored face cloth. .
I : The skirt is Quite novel in cut, and is prettily trimmed at right Blde:
.vith satin-covered buttons.: The coat ha3, a .; slightly high-walsted bodice,
with a long basque attached; there is a cape of satin, over which is a col
lar of the cloth; satin cuffs and buttons trim the sleeves. "
!F Hat of light grayish blue Tagel, trimmed with mole ribbon and
osprey. - - . : .... . . -
V Materials required for the costume: 5 yards 46 Inches wide, 19
tuttons, yard satin 40 inches wide, 6 yards lining silk 20 inches wide.
!L- Gai-den Party Dres. White crepe-de-chine and imitation Irish cro
chet lace are combined in. this very pretty dress.
li The skirt, which is of the crepe, is tuckel at foot and has a short
tonic of lace. ; - . - .. .
The bodices is of lace with tuckedcrepe-de-chine each side front; the
sleeves are also of crepe, with lace Insertion; running from ' neck near
Y.T to elbow; the elbows are gathered Into insertion bands. band of soft
old -rose-satin, with Jeweled buttons, finishes the waist
'i Hat of old rose Tagel with soft satin crown, trimmed with a wreath
of small pink flowers. 1
i Materials required for the dress: 35 'jarfis crepe-de-chln 44 inches
vide, iJ yards insertion, 2 yards lace 18 inches wide.
Chasing little butterflie
While on the wing;
Ringing 'round o' rosieB.
Gathering sweetest postos,
Hippy in the summer as in spring.
CHORUS.
When the winds" are sighing
And the leaves are dying
Opening prickling burrs
'Neath chestnut trees
Merrily we're racing
In' the air so bracing
Happy iii the autumn breeze.
- i CHORUS.
When Jack Frost is nipping
Still we're gayly sipping
" All the sweetness stored throughout
the year -So,
with cheeks aglowing
Welcome we the snowing
Winter brings us all good cheer.
CHQRUS.
V A Spinster Shower for "Polly."
"Polly" had . at last succumbed to
Cupid's wiles and the spinster club
to which she belonged resolved to do
the proper thing in way of a shower.
The invitations were on green card
board, lettered In yellow. They were
so pretty that it was some time before
the recipient realized they were sup
posed to represent jealousy.
Each guest , took a dainty tea cup
and saucer, the hostess providing the
pot. All were asked to bring their
thimbles. The work provided by the
hostess was a variety of tea towels.
Then the hostess requested the bride
elect to make a cup of tea as a fare
well to the other spinsters. The maid
brought in a tray with the cups and
saucers, each cup bearing a black
cat shaped card on which the donor's
name, and a sentiment were inscribed
in white ink. I forgot to say, these
cat cards were enclosed with the invi
tations,, and the cups were all sent to
the hostess the day before the shower.
Every one said it was a most unique
way of giving a shower.
An "S" Supper.
Some years ago this "S" supper
was given to vary the monotony of
the ordinary church supper. It was a
success, and I copy the menu for
others who may like to try it. The
card at the top said, "Supper Sched
ule": ' -
Sumptuous! Superb! Satisfying!
Substantiate.
Slimly Sliced Sandwiches, Stylishly
Shaped."
Selected Seafruit. Somewhat Seasoned.
. : Scalloped Sea-Fruit.
Savory Salmon Salad.
Scrumptious Salad: Small, Sleek Sardines.
Square Saltlnes.
Sundries.
Shapely Spiced. Slender Sweet Pickles.
Sour, Stringing, Stimulative Sauce.
Seraphic Sweet-Cakes.
Sliver Spiced Sponge Snow Sweetmeats.
Small, Succulent, Sacharlne Slices Sweet
ened. Solidfied Strawberry Syllabub.
Soft, Smooth, Sno7y, Slippery Sherbet
Sips.
Sisters' Special Steeped Sip.
Steaming. Soul-Stlrrtny Stimulant.
. Sentiment Souvenirs, Suitably Selected.
. Supper. Six Seven-Sixty.
Several Sweet Sisters Sedulously Serving-.
MME. MERRI.
Right
Light of Fashion
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