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i CP TT 1 ifli feaa .r A NEWSPAPER PEVOTED TO THE HOME CIRCLE VOLUME I. 'RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,v 1913. NUMBER 35. 1 ' ; ' " mm it V II X I iponum inrn filOOUUiU iuch IS ADVOCATED STATE SENATOR WANTS GOV ERNOR TO FIX TWO DAYS TO ROAD IMPROVEMENT. FUSION AND PRIMARY TANGLED Commercial Clubs Want Enactment to Widen Scope of Railroad Commis sion Appellate Court Opens Sep tember 15. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Frankfort. Senator Huff aker,' of the Thirty-seventh Senatorial District in the General Assembly, has requested Gov. McCreary to consider the advisa bility of issuing a proclamation fixing two days in the early autumn during which the people of the state may de vote their energies to putting the roads of the state. into condition for ""the winter traffic. The procedure would be the same as that recently taken in Missouri. Mr. Huffaker's let ter is as follows: "The Hon. James B. McCreary, Gov ernor My Dear Governor: I have read with a great deal of interest and satisfaction the accounts of the result of the proclamation of the Governor of Missouri setting aside two days as good roads days in which to "pull the state of Missouri out of the mud and calling upon the citizens of the state to spend this time In working on the roads. "In view of the fact that one of the great needs of the state of Kentucky is the betterment of our system of highways and in view of the repeated unsuccessful efforts - to secure proper legislation along this line, it has oc curred to me that it would be a most advisable and cotrimendable policy on your part to Issue just such a procla mation, not necessarily and entirely for the results of the work of such citizens as might respond, but also to give to those people who really desire' the betterment of the highways an op portunity to step forward and to indi cate their enthusiasm by doing all withjn their power to accomplish the results wliich we all must realize would be most beneficial to the people cf the state at large. Should the peo ple of Kentucky respond as did the people of Missouri .it Would be a demonstration, the significance of which the coming Legislature could not overlook when considering the good roads bills. "In view of the above I trust you will pardon me for taking the liberty of calling to your attention this matter and of expressing my views thereon. I, for one, am sufliciently interested in the welfare of Kentucky and her peo ple and. the development of her high ways to gladly exercise any energy possible to secure the best results in this direction, for I am fully convinced that it would also inure to both our educational and financial welfare. "If you, in your wisdom see fit to favor the above suggestions it will be appreciated, I am sure, not only by me but by at least thousands of citizens throughout the state who have a, like . interest in our people. "Awaiting an expression of your views relative to the above and trust ing that. I have no t taken too great a liberty in expressing myself upon this subject, believe me, , yours very re spectfully, "HITE HUFFAKER, "Senator Thirty-seventh District" Frankfort, Ky- August 26, -1913. Want Pardon For Talston. -: A petition for the . pardon of Tom Jlalston, who is serving an indeter minate sentence of , from twenfy-one years in the Frankfort penitentiary for killing a man ' named Finley in Garrard county In 1912; was presented to Gov. McCreary. . Judge Lewis L. "Walker, of Lancaster, Senator Brad Ifty's former law partner; E. L. Wood J.nd Curt Robinson, of Lancaster; R. A. Ralston, of Paint Lick; John H. White and H. W. ; Stewart, of Rich mond, and W. Ti ; Morris and G. T. Higginbotham, of Lexington, presented tho petition. , ' Kentucky. Ranks Twenty-Sixth. In the production of lumber' during the calendar year, 1912, Kentucky ranked twenty-sixth among the states, with a yield of 641,206 M feet board measure, says an announcement of the Bureau of the Census, Issued. The Kentucky production in 1911 was 643, 415; in 1910, 753,558. N Democrats Issue Call. Chairman R. H. Vansant, of the - Democratic State Central and Execu tive Committees, has issued a call for a meeting at Frankfort, September 6, at 11. a. m., to discuss contests, fall campaign and other business that may ome up. , New Telephone Com puny. Articles incorporating the arls Home Telephone and Telegraph Com pany have been filed In the office of the county clerk. . They provide for a capital stock of $30,090, divided into 300 shares at $100 each. Louisville people hold the majority of the stock. The Bourbon Home Telephone com pany, doing a general telephone busi ness in Pari? tnd Bourbon county, has been sold at receiver's Bale and the plant and equipment bought by a syn dicate headed by ' Samuel W. . Heller, of Louisville, who was the court re ceiver in charge of the property. - The Bourbon Home - Telephone company was organized by Paris capital, who later disposed of their holdings. Sev eral months ago the company encoun tered financial troubles and the busi ness was transferred 'to the hands of a receiver. . Under the new articles the company is to begin business at once and is to continue for a .period 9 f twenty-five years, and is to carry on a business in the transmission of speech or sound by telephone .or tele graph or other electrical means, and the manufacture of any character of appliance or property useful in the conduct of the business. - The highest amount of indebtedness the company can incur under the incorporating ar ticles is $250,000, and the private prop erty of the stockholders will not be subjected to the payment of the debts of the corporation. The men con nected - with the deal are " identified with the Home Telephone company in Louisville. - Would Enlarge Powers. Foreshadowing a movement seeking legislation to enlarge the powers ol the Kentucky Sate Railroad Commis sion, directorr Df the Commercial Club, members, jf the organization's Transportation Committee and Lau rence B. Finn, chairman of the rail road commission, " held an. informal conference at the regular directors' meeting. John McChord, who repre sented the Lebanon Commercial Club, in the successful fight before the In terstate Commerce Commission for the readjustment of L & N. freight rates from Louisville to Lebanon, also at tended the conference. It was indi cated that the Commercial TJlub prob ably would make public within a few days a comprehensive plan to be em braced in a bill which it will strive to have presented before the coming Gen eral Assembly. This plan, it 13 de clared, i3 designed to greatly widen the scope of the railroad commission's authority. .The chief feature is said to be provision for the commission's jurisdiction not only in railroad mat ters confined to the state of Kentucky. but ,also in controversies where in trastate questions are involved. De tails of the conference were not mad- public. Fusion and Primary Problems. The fight for and against local fu sion movements in the state continues to center around 'the primary law Hart county and Hancock county each has presented a state of case for the opinion of the state's legal depart ment In the former the Republicans and Progressives each nominated a county ticket. Now they plan to with draw their tickets and unite under a fusion device, with th-a ticket com posed of portions of each of their tickets nominated, in the primary County Clerk E. -E. Biggs has asked the Attorney General whether there is such an evasion of the spirit of the primary law requiring the three lead ing parties to nominate by primary as to justify him in refusing to have the fusion ticket printed. In Hancock neither Progressives nor Rennhlirars nominated in., the primary, but a fu sion ticket is being prepared to be presented by petition containins the names of well-known Republicans and Progressives. Democrats wish know whether it can he done. The matter has been referred to Assistant Attorney General M. Logan, who has the matter under "consideration. Clerks Ballot on Strike. Under the direction of the Genera Committee in Richmond, Va., the clerks employed by the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad are now engaged in tak ing a referendum vote on the question of calling a strike at an early date The strike vote will be taken over the entire system, from Richmond to Chi cago, including the clerical forces of the road in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, -Indiana and Illinois, and affecting more than 2,000 men. The basis of grievance as set up by the clerks relies mainly upon the dis charged members of the union. The referendum has : been formally' ap proved by the officials, and the vote is already well under way. It is claimed by those In charge of the matter that if the vote to strike succeeds, It wll materially affect every office on, the entire line, and that clerks high and low will heed the call, all, more than 2,000 men. Official ballots have been Rent out, but it. was stated by one of the Lexington clerks that they had not yet reached Lexington, j ,: ; sptg -iter mgy ' Ijfi- - -1 RUINED S- Ij.-gf. ; ' .: jDpXATO . ., - v .' .SS. i -rat -tg' n t wfw RUINS 3- SERRCS lhese photographs, reproduced from the London Illustrated News, show conclusively that the stories of atroci ties committed by the Bulgarians daring the war of the allies were not exaggerated. Serres. Doxato and other, places were wantonly burned and many of the Inhabitants massacred. ALLOT CROP FUNDS $46,000,000 TO BE DEPOSITED IN WEST AND SOUTH. Government Chooses Special Repre sentative-In Each City to Serve With Clearing House Body. Washington, Aug. 28. An official statement of the apportionment of the $50,000,000 crop-moving fund, so far as completed, to be deposited in nations! banks, was issued by Secretary of the Treasury. McAdoo on Tuesday. .' . The total amount allotted to date Is $46,000,000, of which $24,700,000 goos to banks in the fourten western states and $21,800,000 to the thirteen south ern states and the District of Colum bia. The southern banks have asked that their share of the funds bo deposited in August and September, and those in the west want the money apportioned to them during September, October and November. The money will be al lowed to remain on deposit on an aver age of four or five months. All of it is to be returned not later than next April, and the southern bankers, who get their money first, will begin turn ing it back into the treasury in month ly installments. " In each depositary city the govern ment has chosen a special representa tive who will serve in conjunction with a clearing house comnfittee of five to pass on all commercial paper recom mended as security for deposits, and all paper before being accepted must be unanimously recommended by this committee. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE AvSiU tWi mWm irtmin hVm i::t.0.1m.t. Chicago, Aug. 26. Sulcido leap, from the Masonic temple, claimed an other victim when Henry Korthagen. a painter, jumped from the roof and fell to the sidewalk on State street, narrowly missing several pedestrians. Indianapolis,' Ind., Aug. 26. Officials of the Interurban Employes' union claimed that nearly 300 men were on strike, while the companies estimated the number out between fifty and sixty. There was little evidence of trouble in Indianapolis. Philadelphia, Aug. ' 26. Frank L ("Red") Donahue, star pitcher a dozen yearB ago, died at his home here, after a long illness. He was forty-one years old. : He signed with the St Louis Nationals in 1896. ! 3amp Perry, O.; Aug. 30. Franclson Zagara Ballon, a Peruvian, was killed when a rifle In the hands of Juan E. Zagarra was accidentally discharged This is the first fatal accident that haa occurred at the shooting matches. ; NEW TARIFF LAW BY SEPT. 1 6 Simmons Predicts Bill Will Have President's Signature by That Date. . Washington, Aug. 2 6. Chairman Simmons of the senate finance com mittco on Sunday predicted the sen ate would complete the tariff bill and pass It by September 5, and that the maqure could be finished by the con ference committee and signed . by President Wilson by - September .16 Only unforeseen delay in debate win prevent the tariff, bill from b'ecemln; a law by that time. In the opinion of Senator Simmons. i E23 BULGARIAN ATROCITIES ARE CONFIRMED BILL 0. 1' GLASS-OWEN CURRENCY MEAS URE RATIFIED IN HOUSE CAUCUS. DEMOCRATS , PLEDGE AID Few Changes Are Made in Document System Which Will Return for . Consideration Is Subject to Amend ment by Banking Body. - Washington. Aug. 30. The house Democrats approved on Thursday the Glass-Owen currency bill by a vote of 163 to 9, which has met the approval and indorsement of President ' Wilson and the administration. The nine dissenters were Represent atives Henry, Eagle and Calloway of Texas;; Hardwick of Georgia, Lobeck of Nebraska, Buchanan and Fowler of Illinois, Neeley of Kansas and Sisson of Mississippi. ' After agreeing to the bill the caucus adopted a resolution by an almost unanimous vote declar ing the bill to be a party measure, and that ' members of this caucus are pledged for the bill to itB final passage. without ameiKimMit. nroviderL how-'' ever, the banking and currency com mittee may offer amendment in the house." - The feature of the session was the adoption of a committee amendment as a substitute for the section on bank reserves, which In effect simply served to clarify the section , as originally drawn. - The measure will be reintroduced in the house by Chairman Glass. The measure as it stands after adop tion by the caucus te summed up by Chairman Glass, who piloted it through the caucus, as follows: . "There has not been written into the bill from one end to the other a Bingle sentence except by the initiative of the banking and currency commit tee itself which has altered In the re motest degree the essentia! provisions of the bill as originally reported by the committee to the caucus. "The bill establishes 12 regional re serve bahkBV:with a capital of not less than $5000,000 each, to which national banks are required to . contribute an amount equal to ten per cent, of their own capital stock and to become liable foi an additional ten per cent, in case of call. - ' " ' " '- '" - 'This, it isvestimated, 'wlll give the regional reserve- banks a " ' combined paid-up Capital of $105,000,000: These regional reserve banks also are made custodians of : a; large, jart of the re? serve money of member banks, eeti- mated at about-5410,000,000 in the ag gregate. . They J: Also receive the gov ernment deposits, estimated at from $150.000,000 ,tO $250,000,000. - "Over the whole system of regional reserve banks is to be a federal re serve board; .consisting of seven mem bers. This board is given, extensive powers of supervision and control. (The measure provides an' advisory council of bankers, . without - actual power, composed of one -member from ech r of the 12 regional reserve dis tricts.- . :.-.' ' . ' "One important provision is for, the gradual refunding for a period of 20 years of the United States two per cent, bonds Into three per cent, gov ernment bonds without the circulation privilege. This will mean the eventual retirement of national bank notes. Ttfe circulation priyllege will thus revert to the government . itself, issuing throuf.h the regional reserve banks on a gold reserve of 33 1-3 per cent:, to be provided by the banks. ; ' BLAZE ON BIG LINER PASSENGERS QUIT IMPERATOR DURING FIRE PANIC AT DOCK. Aid Summoned From Hoboken and Boat Is Saved Second Officer Per ishes Fighting Flames. New York, Aug. 30. The world's biggest liner, Imperator, was afire for ir ore than four hours Thursday. Alone In the depths of the ship, fight ing the fire single handed, the second officer, Karl Gobrecht, lost his life Most of the ship's provisions were de stroyed, but in spite of the fire, it sailed Saturday morning as scheduled, and the thousands aboard could hard ly see a trace of the desperate fire battle. Second Officer Herman GobrGcht. who led the crew into the hold to fight the flames, was cut off from .his men, enveloped in a cloud of smoke and suffocated. His body was found an hour afterward, untouched by fire. and brought ashore. Otto Stumpf, a seaman, who went with Gobrecht, was revived at a hospital. A fleet of fire fighting craft, aug mented by apparatus on shore, sur rounded the ship and poured tons of water Into itB hold. "When the fire was checked,, the great vessel had list ed fifteen degrees. The passengers in the steerage, aroused from their sleep by the crack ling of the flames, rushed, panic-strick en, for thjtjler. Most of them spent several hours, huddled in oiscomxori. at the shore end of the pier. The great ship was dark with all on aboard asleep, save the officers on watch, when smoke, ascending from the provision room, caused the- sound ing of a quiet alarm. Fire by that time was heard in the steerage. Commodore Ruesser. commander of the vessel, was among the first to re spond. One thousand, one hundred and eighty members of the crew were in their places within a minute. For three-quarters of an hour they fought the fire with only the Impera- tor's Own apparatus? Then, despairing of success, the Hoboken fire depart ment was notified and a general alarm sounded. The loss was placed at $350, 000. . THAW WINS THREE BATTLES Fugitive In Jail ' After. , Victory Over State of New York Saved From Deportation. . , ,, Sherbrooke, Que., Aug." 29. Harry K. Thaw won threo victories over the New York state authorities on Wednesday and was locked In the Sherbrooke jail, immune for. the time being from the Dominion Immigration authorities, after bavlng received an ovation from the. townspeople of Sher brooke that wpuld have s done honor v to a prince of royal blood. The three points In which Thaw'a lawyers were successful in their. first legal skirmish, were:1 ; ', . ; 1. .New York state was denied the right to .be party to the proceedings in court. ' . , " . ' . , 2. Counsel for the state failed lu thei.r.efforts to have Thaw arraigned before a magistrate and the commit ment on which he Is held quashed. 3. Judge Globensky granted the plea of Thaw's counsel for a discon tinuance of the writ of habeas corpus which might have brought about bis release. This remedied a tetrateglc blunder made last week by " Thaw's attorneys,' who apparently did : not realize then ' that In . seeking ' their clent's release they were playing into' the opposition's hands. - ' . ilts urn PUHS PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT rfUER- TA NOT READY TO ACCEPT TERMS Q ENVOY. LIND- WAITS AT VERA CHUZ Americans In Mexlcc Making Prepara tions to Obey Ordeiref Wilson, antf Leave the Distressed Republic Stirred-to Action. Vera Cruz. Aug. 30. President Wil son's representative, John Lind, will' remain In Vera Cruz for several days. This announcement was made known early Ft ida morning. Only unexpect ed happenings or a special request from the Mexican government will cause him to return to Mexico City. It had been Mr. Llnd'B intention to9 go back at once and resume negotia tions, but so far Senor Gamboa, min ister of foreign affairs, has not asked Mr. Lind to return to the capital. It Is announced' that "Mr. Lind will make Vera Cruz his headquarters, be cause he has suffered from ill health in Mexico City." As a matter of fact, there has been a setback to the progress of peace negotiations. Advices from the City of Mexico tonight are that Senor Gam- boa declared that "Mexico has agreed to- nothing." William Bayard Hale sailed Thurs day evening on the steamer Moro Cas tle for Havana. He will disembark there and proceed by the Key West route to Washington. He carries with him the originals of the M6xicangov- ernment's communications. Dr. Hale had a long conference, with Mr. Lind prior to sailing, and the lat ter attaches much Importance to Dr. Hale's trip to Washington, where he is to place the whole situation before the president. Towards the end of the conference they were joined by Rear Admiral Fletcher. The Moro Castle was de layed In port for more than two hour waiting Dr. Hale. The United States gunboat Nash ville is here. It is expected that the warships will be distributed as fol lows: At Vera Cruz, the Louisiana, Mich igan and South Carolina; at Tampl co. New Hampshire; Tuxpam and Minatitlan, Tacoma; - at Campeche, Wheeling. The transport will carry supplies for the fleet and the Nashville will carry orders. All the vessels have in structoins to receive refugees and to furnish them transportation to the United States via Vera Cruz. Mexico City, Aug. 30. The an nouncement of the return of John Lind to Mexico City brought from Senor Gamboa, minister of foreign af fairs the declaration Thursday night that Mexico had agreed to nothing, and that Senor Gamboa's note of August 26 to Mr. Lind was the last commu nication he sent It was suggested to the minister that President Wilson's representative was coming to the capital to resume negotiations. Senor Gamboa replied that this appeared not unlikely, as he naturally expected a reply to his. last note. He added that Mr. Lind would be entirely welcome at the capital, and that personally he would be glad to see him. It is fully expected that a resump tion of the negotiations between the. United States and Mexico will occur on the return to the Mexican capital of President Wilson's personal repre sentative, John Lind. 'Among American residents in Mex ico the urgent warning from the , United States government that they Should leave the country Immediately at first caused anxfety, in some cases approaching consternation, and later a general determination to abide by the government's injunction, no mat ter what the monetary cost. There will doubtless be a great exodus from tha republic in the next few days unless the warning is rescinded by reason of a prospective settlement of the more or less strained relations. Americans here are at a loss to know how to Interpret the peremptory warning issued by President Wilson to leave the republic Somewhat re . assured by the declaration that armed intervention is not Intended, they are' now wondering whether there Li a hid den meaning back of the latest warn ing. , The American consulate general was crowded throughout the day by Americans of all classes seek-' ing information. . ' Bryan Forgets to' Go Home. Washington, Aug. 28. The Mexican situation so . absorbed, Bryan, that he forgot to go home, and while be wait ed for messages from John .Lind ho ! curled up on a couch, where be slept ! until morning. , Two Killed In Upset Auto. Becket, Mass., Aug. 29. Albert Wil liams and David Garvin of Plttsfield were killed when their automobile. ..overturned whlle descending n steep hill, known as Jacob s Ladder, it