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VOLUME I. .
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1913.
NUMBER 36.
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GET NO PAY FOR
INSTITUTE WEEK
UNWELCOME SURPRISE SPRUNG
BY SUPT. HAMLET AT SHELBY
COUNTY MEETING.
PRECEDENCE DISREGARDED
Teachers Can Not Count Pupils From
Beyond Their District Unless Per-
mitted By County Board.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Shelbyville. An unwelcome sur
prise was sprung in the closing hours
of the Shelby County Teachers' insti
tute, hold at Shelbyville. Heretofore
it has been the custom for tie teach-
ers :o draw the same salary for the
week they are in ' attendance on the j
institute as tney aouiq receive ii-ac-
tuaiiy at work in the schoolroom, and
they naturally expected to do the same
this year. In this, however, ttiey were
disappointed. Superintendent Money
read a letter from State Superintend
ent Barksdale Hamlet in which it was
stated that "the department rules that;
ao teacher can count the time of the!
institute when the school and the in
stitute are set to begin on the same
day. The above must actually begin,
vA ::.ust have been taught for one op
r.-.or full days before you can pay
teachers for such time." As only a
very small percentage of the schools
had actually opened, the large major
ity of the teachers will lose the week's
salary on which they had counted to
defray the expenses incurred during
the five days spent in town. Superin
tendent Hamlet's list of surprises did
::ct end here. His letter continues:
Ye made a ruling last year that no
teacher could count the percentage of
attendance except Upon such pupils in
the district who are between the ages j urged by the railroad company was
of six and twenty, who attend in the j that the commission had acted' with
district, and also on those pupils who j 0ut jurisdiction in fixing graduated
attend from beyond the district, pro-, rates on freight, because the commis
vided permission has been given by J si0a only had authority to fix rates
the county board of Education for pu-1 from point to point between specific
oils bevond the district to attend. If
we were to permit pupils from beyond
the district to be counted indiscrim
inately, some teachers might induce
outside pupils to come to his school
for the purpose of increasing his at
tendance, to the detriment of the
teacher in the adjoining district.
Therefore, I deem it advisable to count
those pupils who live outside the dis
trict only when permission has been
actually given by the county board of
education. I now believe it -wise to
change the ruling and say they can
count the percentage of attendance on
all pupils between the ages of six and
twenty."
Resolutions protesting against the
ruling were passed by teachers.
Want Louisville Gas Rate.
The vote of the Fayette county fiscal
court on the preposition of the Ken-;
tucky Pipe Line Co., which is building
a natural gas line from West Virginia
welTs to Louisville, to cross. 13 pikes
in Fayette county for $850, resulted in
a tie. The magistrates voting' in the
negative want to know if the residents
cf Fayette county along the line will
be granted the privilege of tapping the
line for gas at rates no higher than the
Tates to be charged in Louisville, pro
viding they pay the cost of the tapping.-
Attorney D. L. Hazelrigg said
that for some years the Central Ken
tucky Natural Gas Co., which supplies
the gas to Lexington from the same
West Virginia field, had not permitted
its line to be tapped between, cities be
cause it was considered dangerous. A
new device, it is claimed, does away
with the danger. Attorney, Hazelrigg
said that, J. H. Carey," of Pittsburg,
who is interested .'in the 'Kentucky
Pipe Line Co., will be here and will
give an answer to the question of the
court. County Judge Scott' appointed
a committee to confer with Mr.' Carey.
Expert on Tobacco Situation.
"Beyond doubt the fateof the 1913
crop of hurley tobacco in Central Ken
tucky is sealed," said E. T. Robards,
the tobacco expert of Lexington and
supervisor of gales in the loo3e leaf
houses. "Another solid week of dry
weather without even any local show
ers of consequence has caused a gen
eral firing, of the crop and added ma
terially to the" hardening of the stalk
until there is no other hope or remedy
j ave to cut and nouse the crop, and
O flis is heing done as rapidly as pos-iitble.''-
Robards says the deficit, throw
ing out of the shortage of the crops of
1912 and 1913, will be at least 50,000,
000 pounds of hurley tobacco and that
4 the field, for speculative opportunities
TooTn6Ver been so fertile no Ve.ven-in
, 1887, when values on the Cincinnati"
ana Louisville hogshead markets were
.much higher than' nowand fecrtunes
were made." - .. . - .
Tax and Convict Labor Measures.
If the constitution is strict
ly construed, . the two amend
ments to the constitution to work con
victs on public roads and to classify
property for taxation, to-be voted on
this November will have to go over
until November of next year. They
have not been advertised as provided
by the constitution, which requires
that they must be "published at least
ninety days before the date they are
voted on, and a section of the statute
says they must be advertised in two
newspapers of general circulation.
They will be published but it is thirty
days less, than the time required by
the constitution. . '
The duty of advertising the proposed
amendments fall's on Secretary of
State Crecelius, but he has so many
dates to keep in mind, that he became
confused as to the time that these pro
posed amendments had to be adver
tised, and overlooked them. Elwood
Hamilton of this city, Secretary of the
Tax Commission, called his attention
to section 257 of the Constitution
which provides that before Any amend
ment shall be submitted to a vote, the
Secretary of State shall cause it and
the time that the same is to be voted
upon to be published at least ninety
days before the vote is to be taken
thereon in such a manner as may be
prescribed by law. The Appellate
Court however will be called upon to
determine whether or not the word
shall he directory or mandatory.
Duriner the last term of the court it
held in the case of Barksdale Hamlett
against Henry Bosworth that the word
"shall'' in the constitution is manda
tory, and , because Lieutenant Gover
nor McDermott failed to sign a bill
which had been passed almost unani
mously by both houses of the Legisla
ture, it could not become a lav.-.
Commission Overrules.
The State Railroad Commission over
ruled a petition of the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad on the complaint
of the citizens of Hopkinsville on
freight rates on case from towns to
Hopkinsville within a radius of 35
miles. - The ground for the rehearing
points. The commission not only de
nied the rehearing but reaffirmed its
opinion. There was a large crowd
present to present the, complaint of
the citizens of Bagdad and urge bet
ter train service by the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad company to Shel
byville. After arguments it was de
cided to submit the case on briefs.
The complaint of the citizens of
Shelbyville regarding passenger rar.es
on the Louisville and Interurban Rail
way was continued.
Valuation a Big Task.
Railroads operating in Kentucky are
preparing for the task of placing a
physical valuation on their property,
according to a recent act of Congress.
Louisville, it is said, will be the cen
tral point of operation for the Inter
state Commerce Commission while the
work is under way inthe Southern
States. Commissioner C. C. McChord
is a resident of Louisville. If this city
is chosen as a base of operations for
the South, it will be a hotbed of rail
road news and developments for sev
eral years. W. T. Coutenay, Chief En
gineer of the Louisvillefc Nashville, it
is understood, will have charge of the
valuation of the physical property of
that road. Higher officers of the road
declined to verify this, however, or to
give other information pertaining to
the plans for the valuation.
Predict Miners Strike.
Traveling men who recently have
been in Southeastern Kentucky say
that there is , at present in an em
bryonic stage one of the largest coil
mine strikes in the history of the coun
try. They say. that preparations are
being made for a strike : in all of the
mines down in Southeastern Kentucky
and across the line in Tennessee. Juist
what demands will be made by the
miners is not known. . The .traveling
men say that ' the merchants are not
buying any stock in advance in the
coal mining regions because of th;is
condition. The merchants declare the
strike, will mean a heavy loss of busi
ness and the chance of closing up
some of the stores, at least tempor
arily. Efforts, they say, are being
made to avert the strike.
More Confederates Pensioned.
- The State Pension Board . passed
favorably on 240 applications for pen
sions for Confederate soldiers, making
atotal of 1,000 pensions now. in force.
This number will require a monthly
outlay of $10,000, and there are re
maining 2,300 applications to be
passed on. - r
Police Judges Appointed. - M
Gov: McCreary appointed F. H. Hag
gard police judge of Winchester, vice
F. P. Pendleton, resigned, and W. M.
Duncan police judge of Motttlcellc,
vice H. L. Jackson. - . :
DISASTER WHICH COST SCORE OF LIVES
r 1 .:ir,:;:,waT
The picture shows a portion of the
Mountain express crashed into a Bar
New Haven & Hartford railroad, near
HUERTA TO RETIRE
WILL BE CANDIDATE, IS REPORT
FROM MEXICO.
Plan Said to Be Under Way to Make
General Trevlno Temporary
Head of Republic.''
Mexico City, Sept. 5. That General
Huerta intends to quit the presidency
in favor of Gen. Geronlmo Trevino and
become a candidate at the October
elections, was the statement made
Wednesday night by a well-known
Mexican close to the administration.
This information came from a per
son who is in attendance upon almost
every cabinet meeting and has himself
declined numerous offers to become
one of Huerta's ministers.
General Trevino is making his way
to the capital and little effort ha3
been made to disguise the fact that he
has been officially summoned. Just
how the contemplated succession is to
be brought about has not been dis
closed. There are persistent rumors of im
pending changes in the cabinet, and it
is said that General Trevino is to be
made minister of foreign relations in
order legally to succeed to the presi
dency. The American exodus appears to be
practically j&X. an end. Only a small
percentage of the American residents
of the capital left.
Washington, Sept. 5. The ultimate
triumph of the Washington govern
ment's policies for bringing peace to
Mexico was seen Wednesday night
when administration officials gave out
the purport of a series of hitherto
unannounced communications between
Nelson O'Shaughnessey, charge d'af
faries at Mexico City, and John Lind,
President Wilson's special envoy at
Vera Cruz, and heads of the Huerta
regime.
While the literal giat of these com
munications has not been disclosed,
the United States government is said
to be assured of these things.
The early retirement of the Huerta
regime.
A presidential election in Mexico in
which Victoriano Huerta will not be a
candidate. '
4 The . ready establishment of an arm
istice to bring order to the republic.
WILL OPEN WISCONSIN FAIR
Management Announces a Recor pi
Breaking Display Has Been Pre
pared for Annual Event.
Milwaukee, Sept. 6. With practical
ly all of the. exhibits in place, every
thing is in readiness for the Wisconsin
state fair, which will open its , gates
here Monday morning for a week's en
gagement. .The management has been
working hard to make a record-breaking
display this year and as a result
of their efforts there is promised the
best collection of agricultural, me
chanical, live stock and fruit and vege
table exhibits ever seen here.
Take Whisky j Scorn $5,000.
Memphis, Tenn.. Sept 4. ThieveB
entered the store of a supply com
pany, robbed the cash drawer of .five
dollars, sawed "the hinges off a steel
safe where $5,000 lay, stole three
quarts of whisky and left the money.
wreckage caused when a White
Harbor express on the New York,
New Haven, Conn.
FIRE SWEEPS TOWN
FIFTY BLOCKS DESTROYED BY
BLAZE THAT DEVASTATES
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
LOSS . PUT AT $10,000,000
Arkansas Resort City Practically De
stroyed by Thirty-Mile Wind Gov
ernor Hayo Orders Out the Mili
tia. Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 8. Fire
which started in a negro's cabin here
on Friday caused a loss of $10,000,000.
Fifty blocks of buildings were de
stroyed. No lives were lost.
A caprice of the gale aided dyna
miters In their efforts to keep the
flames from the main business sec
tion. Shortly after 10:30 the wind began
to subside, and the fire, having laid
waste the greater part of the South
Hot Springs business district and ex
clusive Quapaw and Prospect avenue
residential sections, burned itself ' out
at the foot of West mountain.
Various estimates of the monetary
loss range from $6,000,000 to $10,000,
000. Thousands are homeless, several
were slightly injured, but no fatalities
are 'reported.
Gov. George W. Hays arrived at
Hot Springs late at night. He ordered
out the militia at once to patrol the
devastated district.
The fire originated in a negro dwell
ing on Ch jrch street, near Malvern
avenue, just east of the Army and
Navy hospital, and spread quickly to
the south' and east. A number of small
dwellings, dry as tinder, as a-result of
an extended drought, were easy prey
for the flames, which within a few min
utes were beyond the Control of the
local fire department.' . :
From tjhis region the fire spread-to a
manufacturing section, then to a pre
tentious residence and hotel district
and then the shifting wind threatened
to carry the flames to the main busi
ness section.
: Among the buildings destroyed
were: City light, water and power
plants; Garland county courthouse;
Park, Jefferson, Princess and Moody
hotels; city high school; Iron Moun
tain railroad station and shops; Ozark
sanitarium Peaple's laundry, .Ziegler
apartments; Crystal - theater, Bijou
rink. :..-' "- ' - '-
A hundred or more smaller business
buildings and many residences, includ
ing some of the best in the city, were
burned. :
GEORGE" COHAN AUTO VICTIM
Well Known Actor and His Daughter
Injured When Machine Hits
Farmer's Wagon. .
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 6. Geosge M.
Cohan, one of the most popular actors
on the American stage, and: his fourteen-year-old
daughter, Georgetta,
were seriously injured on Thursday
when their automobile crashed Into a
farmer's wagon. , Twe other actors.
Wallace Eddinger and Franci3 X.
Hope, members of Cohan's company,
were also hurt. -
GALE SWEEPS CITIES
HURRICANE ON NORTH CAROLINA
COAST CAUSES EXTENSIVE
PROPERTY LOSS. .
BELL HAVEN IS WIPED OUT
Report That Ocracoke Island Was
Inundated Is Denied Washington,
Raleigh, Beaufort, Newfern and
Others Suffer.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. S The report
ed loss of 500 lives by hurricanes on
Ocracoke island, on the east of Pim
lico sound, off the North Carolina"
coast, just south of Cape Hatteras, is
not substantiated, according to tele
grams received here Friday from
Washingtonton.
The wireless station at Cape Hat
teras reported to the Washington wire
less station that it had been in com
munication with the Ocracoke life sav
ing station, and the life savers de
clared the reported loss was un
founded. They had assisted a number of dis
abled seamen caught In small boats
when the storm hit the island, but be
yond this and small property damage
there was no cause for alarm.
Washington, N. C, Sept. 8. Prop
erty valued at more than $3,000,000 is
reported to have been destroyed and
rumors are current of a heavy loss
of life as the result of a storm which
swept the North Carolina coast. Wire
communication with the stricken dis
trict is meager.
Efforts to verify by wireless reports
of many casualties on Oracoke island.
in Pamlico sound, have been fruitless.
All wireless stations in that vicinity
are believed, to be wrecked by the
storm.
The greatest damage to property oc
curred in Beaufort county and havoc
was wrought among the fishing craft
in the Pamlico river. Washington
business houses and manufacturing
plants along the water front were part
ly destroyed. The damage in this coun
tr alon is estimated at $2,000,000.
The fury of the gale was sentered
on the towns along Pamlico sound,
among these being Morehead City,
Beaufort, Newberne, Washington, Bay
bcro. Bell Haven and a score of small
er places. A deluge accompanied the
wind and the tide in Pamlico sound
was many feet above the ordinary
high water mark. In Washington the
streets were flooded to a depth, of sev
eral feet
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 8. Scenes of
desolation mark nearly the entire
North Carolina coast as the result of
the hurricane which struck this 'sec
tion. Dispatches over makeshift lines
of communication indicate , that the
town of Bell Haven is wiped from the
map, while the, town of Washington,
N. C, not only suffered from the wind,
but lost heavily by flood.. The loss
In Beaufort county, in which Wash
ington is situated, alone will exceed
$2,000,000. It Is estimated.
FLASH Ei
OFF THE WIRE,
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Washington, Sept. 5. Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo awarded to the
Bailey-Marsh company of Minneap
olis, the contract for the construction
of a post office at Menomonie,' Wis.
Its hid of $46,430 was the lowest of
four.
New York, Sept. 5. Five hundred
self-supporting students at Columbia
university earned $120,000 last year,
according to a report made public at
the ' university.
Washington, , Sept. 5. President
Wilson sent to' the senate the name
of Charles J. Vopicka of Chicago for
minister to Bulgaria, Roumania and
Servia, the Balkan states.
Noblesville, Ind., Sept! 5. Riley
Shepherd, ninety-three years old, fa
ther of 29 children, is dead at his
home here. He is survived by 20 chil
dren, 126 grandchildren, 82 . great
grandchildren." He was born in North,
Carolina,' and came to Indiana In 1840.
Shenherd . had been married three
times. ' . ' . ' . sT
JAPS WANT WAR WITH CHINA
Demand That Coast City Be Seized
Until Reparation for Shoot
v Ing Is Made.
Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 6. The Japan
ese premier, Count Zombel Yamamoto,
left for Nikko to report to the emper
or on the shooting of several Japan
ese subjects during the fighting be
tween the Chinese government troops
and the southern rebels in Nanking.
In his conference with his majesty
the premier will decide as to , the
course of action to be taken by the
Japanese government. Public feeling
in Jspan is at fever, point Some of
the. newspapers demand military ac
tion, and urge -tie occupation of . a
Chinese seaport by the. Japanese
until full reparation hat been made.
21 DIE IN WRECK'
NEW HAVEYl ROAD ENGINE
PLOWS THROUGH COACHES.
Rail .Heads. Violate Order Sent by
. Government Inspector and De- -stroy
Wreckage Debris.
New Haven, Conn,,. Sept. 5. With
twenty-one dead and five dying as re-'
suits of the wreck of the Bar Harbor
express train, the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad faces a
searching public inquiry into the
causes of the disa-ter by the inter
state commerce commission.
The announcement was made on
Thursday by. H. W. Belnap, chief in
spector of the commission. Yjommls
sioner McChord will preside at the
inquiry. Mr Belnap said the inquiry
would determine what causes in the
operation and management of the
road were responsible for Its series
of fatal wrecks within the last two
years.
Coroner Mix refused to make public
the testimony of Engineer Miller of
the White Mountain express train,
which crashed into the Bar Harbor
train, or of Flagman Murray of the
latter train, both of whom he exam
ined In a preliminary investigation.
The first section of the White Moun
tain express, bound for New York,
speeding along at probably forty miles
an hour, in a thick fog, rushed by a
danger signal, it is said, and crashed
into the rear )t the second section of
the Bar Harbor express, standing 100
feet beyond the block signal.
The White Mountain engine cleaved
through the two rear Pullman cars,
both of wood, splitting them In two
and tossing their wreckage and three
score of mangled human beings, some
alive, some dead, on either side of the
track.
The third car, also of wood, and oc
cupied by forty boys on their way
from a summer camp at Monmouth,
Me., was thrown into the air and al
most completely lifted off the track.
The car fell on Its side, crumpled up,
crushed two of the boys to death and
Injured several others.
JEROME IS NOW A FUGITIVE
Special Prosecutor Jumps Bail Follow
ing His Arrest on the Charge
of Gambling.
Coaticook, Que., Sept. 8. The immi
gration court of inquiry that has been
investigating the entrance of Harry
K. Thaw into Canada, on Friday hand
ed down a decision that the Matteawan
fugitive must be deported.
WTiile this decision was being read
Thaw was packing up in preparation
for departure at once for Montreal,
where he had been notified two of
his lawyers secured a writ of habeas
corpus demanding ' his production
forthwith before Justice Gervais of the
Montreal superior court.
Another thing that added to his
pleasure in the events of the day was
the predicament of William Travers
Jerome, who had been arrested on a
charge of gambling and held in $500
bail.
The wily Jerome stole a march on
the local officials and slipped over the
Vermont border without any attempt
being made to stop him.
CAMINETTI IS FOUND GUILTY
Son of Immigration Official Must Go to
Prison Jury Is Out Four
Hurs.
San Francisco, Sept. 8. F. Drew
Camlnettl was found guilty of viola
tion of the Mann act in Judge Van
Fleet's court on Friday, after the jury
had wrangled over the evidence for
four hours.
Caminetti was found guilty on the
first count only. This count charged
that Caminetti wilfully and knowing
ly transported Lola Norris from Sac
ramento to Reno, Nev., for Immoral
purposes. .
Norcross of the Western Fuel com
pany was found guilty and sentenced
to jail and the Western Fuel company
fined $2,000. The prosecution of tbe
Fuel company for alleged defrauding
of the United States of revenues was
closely linked with the Camlnettl
Dlggs case. ; -
RACE TO MAKE SON AMERICAN
Mr. and Mrs. Harjes Reach New York
From Paris Just In Time for
Event.
New York, Sept 4. Mr. and Mrs.
Herman H. Harjes made a hurried
trip from Paris to New York so that
their son, born here, might be beyond
any shadow of : doubt an American
citizen. They arrived with just six
hours to epare. Mr. Harjes Is a mem
ber of the banking firm of Morgan.
Harjes & Co., the Paris associates of
J. P. Morgan & Co. Although born In
France,-he is an American citiien.
His wife was Miss Frederlca Berwind
of Philadelphia. They came to New
York for the same purpose when their
first boy was born two years ago.
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