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177 rn 'TTTFrm HI : v imm ires Frmm ttd JL tstablished 1865 55th Year No. 85 , Richmond, Iadison County, Kentucky Thursday Afternoon, April 8, 1920 Price Five Cents STOLEN CAR TAKEN v: BACK TO CINCINNATI WINTER WHEAT v CROP FORECAST DANZIG IS NOW A FREE CITY "FRISKED" MADISON MAN ON TRAIN 12 -M r ? i f 3, W I r If 4 lif&i 'Jw Federal Officers Investigating Its Theft No Reward Paid For Its Recovery .ilC. iii.mu aucc COIlipaUV Willi which Robert Ficks, .of Cincinnati had insured his big Chandler touring car for $2,000 against theft, came here from Cincinnati Wednesday afternoon and took bhe car back with him. He was accompanied by James Hatfield, representing Mr. picks, who is a large manufacturer of the Queen City, being head of the Ficks Reed Company. The car, as was told a day or so ago in these columns, was found by Deputy bheriff Sant Bush in a barn at the home of Mrs. Willoughby on the Irvine pike, where it had been placed for storage, by- the Baker boys. Since its discovery it had been stored at the Luxon Garage in this city. The car was stolen from Ficks on March th, just a few days after he had bought it brand new. He had parked it in front of the Sinton Hotel in Cincinnati and when he went after it, it was gone. He immediately turned the case over to the insurance company, which had issued a policy against its loss by theft. vThere was no reward or any sort offered for its recovery, and but for the viligance of Deputy Sheriff Sant Bush and others here, would probably never have ' been found, for it had been changed in color trom a blue to a black. The coating of black paint that it had been sub- jected to was so crudely done, that the suspicions of most any one would have been aroused by an inspection of the machine. Outside of paving the actual ! costs that the local officers went to in the matter, the representa tive of the comuanv didn't sav "Turkey" to the man who had,herc iooking. up witnesses in the saved it $2,000 in cold hard cash Though the car has been recov- cred. the case is probably not yctjpatch rom Lexington had the ended, for a federal officer was . blowing about the opening of here early in the week inquiring J tne trial : into the, case. It is a Jederal ol iense to transport a stolen car Irom one state to another With Uncle Sam handling the prosecu tion of those who stofe the car, it is probable that no state r or local action can be taken. The Cincinnati men .wltn we're;, here said that Mr.'' Fickshor-tlie Cin cinnati officers had an)- idea of who took it. It is understood Tom and Floyd Baker, who '-Ijrbught the car to Mrs. WU- . loughby's and asked permission to store it in her empty barn till - June, said that they bought it. ..They went to Clay county, im- nii'd'atelv after storing the car. and it is understood have not re turned yet. It is said to be prob able that they will be summoned by federal marshals to tell all .thev. know about the car. Think They Had Bank Robber ( f!v Associated l'ress) Lou'sville, Ky., April ' S The J'ost today ' announces that' Tom Slaughter, alias C. C. -Wilson, identified as resembling, theinian man who robbed the "Peoples Bank at Cave City, of .$8,500. Tuesday, was in jail here from Sunday noon until Monday morn ing. He wasv picked lip on sus picion in connection with an auto moble but was freed on account of lack of evidence. He was not recognized but the police now say he fits the description. Union City Christian Church Notice Sunday school has been reorganized and the time is 10 o'clock each Lord's day.. We need you to help make it a success. Don't forget to attend preaching and communion next Lord's day April 11th. Every member ex pected and the public cordially invited. Come! Mere Irish t iekets Arrested ., . O-iy 'Associated Tress) , ' Washington, April 8 Irish pickets appeared at the British . embassy again today and were promptly arrested by the police on a charge of violating the fed eral statute. The pickets arrest ed were three women. They did riiot furnish bail and were taken - to the house of detention. CANCELLED WEED INSURANCE When reports that Mayfield was un der martial law reached home offices, insurance companies held up $850,000 iation field north . of here today, riot insurance that agents had. writ-. The damage is estimated at a mil ten on tobacco, - lion dollars. (By Associated l'rcsss) Washington, April 8 Produc tion of winter wheat for the' year was forceast today at 483,617,000 bushels by the Department of Agriculture. Its condition April 1 was 75 6-10 per cent of normal. INSURGENT STRIKE SPREADS ON ROADS (By Associated Press) Chicago, April 8 The strike of "insurgent" members of the Railroad Brotherhoods which be gan a week ago here, today had soreau to outer parts oi me llnitfd States and there nre indi- cations that the series o rebel. lions against the parent organi zation have not reached the crest on heels of strikes in such strategic centers as Buffalo and Kansas City today came another from California. Los Angeles re ported 100 "Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Lake line yard men out with strikes predicting the entire Pacific coast, if not the entire nation, will be soon affect ed. TMOMASUN MURDER CASE STARTS TRIAL ; Much interest is being mani fested here in the trial at Lex- ja,)yiington of James Welch for the murder of T- S. Thomason, the drummer for a Winchester firm, who was so nearjy fatally poison ed by a drink ot whisky that a stranger gave him on the Red House pike and from the effects of which he recovered in a Rich mond hospital after several weeks careful nursing. Both the prose cution and defense have been over case, the trial ot which begun at Lexington Wednesdav. A dis- Mrs. Susan B. Thomason," wid ow of J. S. Thomason, tmd Jas. Welch, a farmer, of Donerail, had attempted to poison Thomason, and the slayfrig'oi Thomason was' the .result of a' conspirac; "John Rv.AUen, Commonwealth's Attor ney, alleged in outlining the case for the prosecution at' the begin ning of Welti's trial. ! ,! Col. Allen Vaid the commo.i:- wealth would prove that Mrs. Thomason and Welch believed Thomason to he a barrier to an il licit love affair and conspired to kill him. During the process of the trial, Clarence William Welch, the ac cused mans tour-vear-ol son.! sat on his lap and 'Welch smiled when talking to the lad. After selection of the jury, five witnessse for the prosecution were heard. The witnesses tes tified mainly concerning" the ac tual shooting, which took place in the, presence of , more than ' thousand persons ' on a ' crowded street, at four o'clock on Christ mas live. Coroner John Anglin testified that he examined the body forty five minutes after the shooting and found that Thomason had been shot twice in the arm, three times in the breast and once in the side. J. D. Noel. ?. tobacco man, said he was on Main street, near the automobile which Thomason and his wife were- occupying, when the shooting took place. Tie said he saw Welch raise his pistol and fire a number of times. Mrs. Thomason, according to Noel, then left the machine, step ping over the body but did not touch it. Noel denied that Thom ason was armed with a knife or any other weapon. Patrolman Nathan Jackson tes tified after-the arrest a woman - .... i ran lrom an automobile an" threw her arms around his neck, and cried, "what shall I do." The The patrolman said he was con fused at the time and was not able to say whether or not the woman was Mrs. Thomason. Big Airplane Fire f (By Associa' Tresa) Dallas, Texas, April 8 Several airplanes and other material were ; destroyed by fire at the army av - - - - - - - - r ? in-1 fiv "Vr Iitiid. .luiii.UiJtrr, G-iiciul Uujiunt just before they left Danzig, where they LOST SUIT CASE , IN RAGING GREEK Roy Minter, -near Boonesboro, had a close call the other night when he drove off a bridge in the darkness, returning from the sta tion at Red House where he met a lady and gentleman who were to visit the family," according to reports that have come to town. It is said that Mr. Minter pulled his horse to one side, and the buggy toppled over into the creek. Mr. M inter's hip was hurt but little other personal damage was done. Two suit cases were washed down by the high waters, but one, the gentleman's was re covered. The lady is said to have lost hers containing much valuable clothing. HIGHWAY MEETING AT DANVILLE FRIDAY A biff meeting: of the boosters for the new federal highway will be held at Danville -Friday morning; at 11 o'toc' County, judge W. K. Price. Head Engineer J. G. Baxter, and County" 'Attorney O. P. Jackson, harp been appointed to represent the Madi son TMsiraJ "Court," ami -it is probable that 1 Messrs'. !M. C? Covington, WV O. BuvkeY' Speed Tayjor an,d others will go ''fcyeVto' 'represent the Lancaster pike farmers at the meeting. "The Danville' Messenger says of the plans there for the road meeting: - - iCounty Judge Stapp, of Garrard county, has called a mass meeting of al! persons interested in the national highway that will be built trough this section for next Friday morning, April, 9, at 11 o'clock, at the court house in Danville. Delegates from the j various counties through . which the I road will run will be here and make it is hoped that a large crowd will be present. Speakers for the occasion have not been announced, but it' is expected that representatives of the State Road Department and members of the Fiscal Court of the counties in terested will be here. .- J The road will start at Haryville in Hart county and run throught Green, Taylor, Marion, Boyle . and Garrard to Richmond in Madison, and since al! of these funds with which to build the road, it will be necessary to adopt a type of road to be built, make plans, etc., which will be. discussed at the meeting. in Danville next Friday." French and Huns Clash (By Associated lJress) Mavence, April 8 Complete order has been restored at Franks fort. The municipality has post ed notices requesting the peopl.e to keep calm. - Paris, April S An unconfirm ed report from Coblenz says in a collision between the French and German - patrols near Bad Nau heim, north of Hamburg, a Ger man officer-was wounded.' V v SELLS FINE MARE Mr. Ben Tudor sold a fancy black mare Monday, court day to .'Mr.' Gregory, . of. London.': Price paid $300. She was an extra fine animal and was considered quite a bargain. MISSIONARY-MEETING !The Woman's Missionary Society , of the Methodist church will have an all day meeting Friday the 19th, begin- ning at 1030. Lunch will be. served at the noon hour. All member;: in- ivited to. come. xa t1: W&dfr i ami (Jeiicral linking; Briusli i'tuiiinaiKiei uf Dsn.i, reviewing Frem-h troops were kept to maintain, order. Danzig is now a' free city.' AGED CITIZEN DIES AT BOONESBORO Lucieii Richards, one the best known citizens of the Boones boro section, died at his home just across, the river in Clai county cdnesJay evening. Mr. Richards was about 80 years of age and had lived where he died practically . all of his life. He succumbed to the infirmities of age. His wife, who was Miss Fannie Johnson, and two daught ers and a son survive. Mrs. Richards is a cousin ofX'ity Col lector J. D. Dykes, of Richmond. MRS, AARON SHARP DIES AT ! RED HOUSE :.. .Death - claimed . one of the md highly respected citizen of Red House Thursday morning,' when Mrs. Aaron Sharp passed away at 7 o'clock after an illness of several weeks duration of cancer of the stomach. 'She was a splendid christian character "and was beloved by' every one in the com munity, bite- was -uJ. years ; ot age and is survived by Jicr. .husbpnd to whom the . sympathy : oi; many l ncnt& is extended in the loss of his " com panion. ': Funeral , services, will be! conducted at the Methodist church at Red House - Friday .-imming-: at 10 o'clock, ..burial in Richmond cemetery. M'GOMBS SELLS ITS KENTUCKY HOLDINGS -Local stockholders are interest ed in the announcement made ifrom Louisville that the ,Mc- Combs Producing and Refining Company and formerly one of the largest and most prosperous oil Doc- 20 1873' and was educated in the cmpanies in Kentucky, has sold; schools there and at Centre College, all of its remaining properties jn ,which he attended in 1854 and 1855. Kentucky for $360,000. Reports,111 1858 he was elected circuit court state that the propertes had been bought by it by the Superior Oil Cor- poration. borne time ago the company sold, to the Superior Oil Corpora tion what is known as the Adams lease for $238,000. It is propos SM the McCombs company, it is said, to sell the company's re finery in East St. Louis, thereby converting all its property into liquid assets after which the man agement will seek to re-establish the company in some other terri tory. " Ihe affairs of .the McCombs Company have been in court for some wme. An action is now pending in the Jefferson county courts against former officials and directors, seeking the cancella tion of about $500,000 of stock al leged to have, been issued without consideration to those officials and directors, and therefore void. Those Clearance Sale Shoes are going fast at J. S. Stanifer's. Better hurry if you want a bar gain in shoes, $1.95 to $3.95 while they last. . - THE WEATHER Partly, cloudy and continued cooler tonight; Friday unsettled. I " THE MARKETS Cincinnati Cattle steady ; hogs steady : Chicago steady- Louisville, ApriL 8 Cattle 200; active ; steady and unchanged ; hoirs 2.100: 25c lower: tops $16: shee 50; steady and unchanged. NORMAL ENROLLMENT BREAKING RECORDS The fourth, or Spring term, which opened at the Normal school on Monday, bids fair to be the largest term the school has had since the war. To date the number enrolled is much greater than the terms past and students continue to come. The enrollment of boys is sur prisingly large as in years past the call of the tarm has taken the majority of the boys away from school at this time. Much interest has been mani fested in the organization : of the literary societies for this term. The contests last term served to increase the interest of students in forensic work and the interest carried into clrs room. ER VICTIM OF SLEEPING SICKNESS - -. Winchester, Ky.,- April 8-- fas; Ballard, who went to Chicago to vis' t his brother. Jesse,' a victim of sleeping sick ness, ' was himself striCKeu. with, the same , disease while: en arrute home here, ail.l died. today, - ; : -' DISTINGUISHED OLD MAN PASSES AWAY George M. Adams, aged S3 years, formerly a noted figure in Kentucky politics, died at Winchester Tuesday night. He will be buried in Lexington. iMUniu IMHUI El Mr- Adams was born in baibourvilleitobacco clerk of Knox county, and served in i capacity until lbbl, when he signed to enter the Union .Army, first as a private in Company H., Seventh Regiment, Kentucky Infantry. He -was ! promoted to captain, and served . as such for about eighteen months. Presi dent Lincoln then appointed him pay master with the rank of major, ths rank he held the close of the war. In 1867 Mr. Adams was elected rep resentative from the 8th district but what js now the Eleventh Kentucky district in the Fortieth Congress and was reelected to the Forty-first, Forty-second and Forty-third, Congres ses. He was- clerk of the House of Representatives in the Forty-fourth, 'Forty-fifth- and' Forty-sixth Con gresses. in i4 ne was appomtea Dy Governor Knott register of the land office in Kentucky and filled the unex pired . term of the' former incumbent who had died after serving only one year. -' ' Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner made Mr. Adams his Secretary of State and as such he served for the full term of four years from 1887 to 1891.; v .-'-. ' ; " : President Cleveland appointed him pension agent for Kentucky in 1894, and he discharged the duties, of this office with great accuracy and fidelity. His last public sendee was in stump ing the State for John Young -Brown against William ' Goebel in 1899. Mi-. Adam was married to Miss Sara L. Gordon, of Winchester, in 1855. She died several years ago. He had been Uving,quietly in Winchester since his - , , ,. -, . ... . retirement from public life nearly twenty years ago. MILTON H SMITH MAY QUIT JOB (By Associated -Press) ; Louisville, Ky., Apr'l 8 The rumored resignation of Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, had not materialized ' today. The Times predicts he -will be re-elected by the board of directors April 15. and will then ask to be relieved. In official quarters it was said notlv'ng is known of the report that he intended resigning. COMPULSORY ARMY TRAINING BEATEN (By Associated Press) Washington, April 8. Defeat of the compulsory universal military training provisions of the army re organization bill was conceded today by the senate proponents of the plan and to stave off a vote on the issue they planned to substitute a program for voluntary training of four months, for all youths of 1? or more. A CAESARIAN OPERATION . Mrs. Charlie Lamb is very ill at the Pattie A. Clay Infirmary, having sub mitted to a caesarian operation Wed nesday afternoon. Dr. Bullock from Lexington was called in consultation and thinks unless complications arise she will probably recover. Thcubaby did not live. Mrs. Lamb was, before her marriage, Miss Viola Agee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Agee on the Barnes Mill pike, and her many friends are anxiously waiting for good news from her bedside. CINCINNATI BUSINESS MEN TO TOUR KENTUCKY (By Associated Vrcntst Cincinnati Ohio, .April 8. Rep resentatives of 150 Cincinnati busi ness houses will make a five-day tour, May 24 to 29, during which they will vir.it four states and inspect various industries. (The itinerary will touch Indiana. Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio. The tour will be made under the ausiMce3 of the Trade Exuansion committee of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce STANLEY FAVORS REFER EN DUM Lexington, Ky., April 8. Senator A. O. Stanley ..declared himself to be in favor, of. a. referendum on all amendment to the constitution - of the United States. "The voters t;liou!d have the. right to express themselves on all., amendments to:: our constitu tion", he said "and I hope , the Demo crats of Kentucky at Louisville on May 4 will include such a plank in the resolutions to be adopted at the state convention." Senator Stanley left . , , T . .,, acre yesterday for Iouisvillc. A $200,000 WAREHOUSE The Fayette Tobacco Warehouse Company is to build a $200,000 ware house at Lexington which will be the largest in the world, having space enough to handle 1,000,000 pounds of A NEW THIEVING GAME Automobile robbers employed a new nretcxt at the home of a Bowling Green farmer, whose name the author- rc-;itits w ithhold. Stopping the machine in front of thc house, one of the high I wayman went to the door and asked fol. a iantem to fix the car. When the farmer was off his guard, a revolver was put to his head, and money was demanded. The farmer slammed the door and ran for help. convention accommodations at Sari A Good Sale In Clark Francisco will be aired at the nation- At the sale of Baldwin & True al committee meeting here April 20th in Clark county good prices! when a proposal to move the conven were realized. Twenty head of tion to Oakland will be presented. steers, weight 750 pounds, . brought $11.95 per 100; 45 ewes St. Lcuis Switchmen May Resign $19 per head; one 2-year-old bull $60; cows, $86, $loO, $13o, $100. $100, $85, $80, 100. $165; sows $34, $37,-$30, $40, $40; sow. and nine pigs,. $83 ; aged niare, $70 ; pair of aged m ules, $372; pair of small 5-year-old mules, $160; Iponv and trap,' $160; work mules l$195; Percheron stallion $140. A novel birthday celebration was held at the home of Milton Fields at Falmouth when he was 80, his son Ernest was 20 and his little grand daughter was three years old. . Too Late To Classify - aTUAYKD irom my place .7." miles from Richmond, on Boonosboro piko. sorrel marc? with blazed face; reward "for-' information leading to recovery. Neal McQueen. 85 3p WANTED Delivery boy: must be over 16 years old and know how to read and write; steady employmeut for tho Tiht hny- ' appK' Ti. J'.s.ck & Sons, fash firocers. S5 2 , ;Fon Sai,i3a .ed Wy c-m-t-Wl as new; phone 239. - 85 l I B. D. Dykes Tells How Pick pocket Worked On Him WhUe Returning From South : A pickpocket "frisked" B. D. Dykes, of Red House, on a train at. Atlanta, as that popular ancj well known citizen o the county, was returning from Tampa, Fla., the -other day. Luckily, the thief failed to get Mr. Dykes' pocket book, containing $25, but the nimble-fingered gentleman did get his bankbook, the check for hs baggage, his razor and a check drawn in Mr. Dykes' favor for $64, which he had taken along with him to have in the event that he needed any extra money. Mr. Dykes says that he boarded a train, in a jam of people, and started through one car, when a man who was pushing him caught him by the coat and told him that be should go the other way. As he whirled Mr. Dykes about the latter felt the man in sert his hand in his inside coat pocket and saw him come out with his papers, etc. The thief gave Mr. Dykes a push, however, and he halfway fell over a pile of luggage, and while . he was get ting himself together again, 'the pickpocket disappeared in the crowd. BEBEA Gil TO GO TO REFORM SCHOOL Deputy Sheriff W. A. Johnson, of Berca. came down Thursday morning to get a court order for Mollie May Nuckols. of that sec tion of the county, who has been reported as violating her parole from Juvenile court. The girl, who is said to be just 16 years of age, was convicted of delinquency in January but Judge Price sus pended the sei.tcnce during good ! behavior. Mr. lohnson savs that S,",1C relatives have report- ic'' to 'nm that she had not been ilcluiving hersell, so that he came dow n to -get paper's-k" take her to the-Reform' School at (Jreeiidals FIGHT FOR PEACE ' FARTS IN. HOUSE yr.y Avscelated rvess) Washington, April 8 Declar ing the war with Germany is over , , " ' , , ,, r , crare, Chairman Campbell, of the !., , ' . . 1 , . Mouse today a fight for adoption of the rcsolut'n declaring the state of war at an end. I Tc said "labor, industry, business and commerce are all impatient to re sume their status under laws and conditions of peace." Me added grave domestic questions made the proposed action imperative. (INVENTION. MAY -BE E0 TO OAKLAND (By Associated Tress) Chicago, April 8 Fred Lynch, na tional committeeman from Minnesota, asid here today that dis.su tisf action of Democratic party leaders with the (15y Associated Press) ... St. Louis, April 8 The" Switch niens' Association here and in --East St. Louis, comprising 5,000 switcnmen, engineers and firemen today voted to "resign" if ari ans wer to their demands for increas ed wages is not received from the railroad managers tonight. Missionary Meeting Postponed The Woman's Missionary Society of Presbyterian church have postponed their meeting until Friday-afternoon the 16th. when M. M. A." T.vnn r Sullivan Hall will be hostess? ' T- A RARE BARGAIN v 8 Cylinder Cole Automobile; practically new and in good onc RUSSFJ1 TURPIN , v Telcphoiie G61 Up