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Fulton',. Co. Tribune
KENYON V WEi RfPubithert.
WATJSEON
OHIO
HUERTA HISSING i
If
Mexico's Dictator Believed to
Havg Fled Republic. r
U. S. HOLDS NOTE FOR HIM
President Wilton Suddenly Delays Ai
nouncement of Hie Policy and De
clare Situation Is More
. Hopeful. ,
Mexico City,. Nov 14. While It ,1k
Impossible to find anybody who actual
ly caw Huerta leave this city, every
thing eeema to indicate that the. pro
visional president did make hia de-
GAPirft
'. parture. '
One' thing is positive. Huerta sent
even trunks to Vera - Cms several
. ' days ago. Another fact la significant
four staterooms have been engaged
for a prominent official of the Mexi
can government on board the steamer
' Tuerst Bismarck, -which: sails from
Vera Cms on Saturday. An effort Is
being made to locate Huerta, but he la
not at the palace nor at his bonis nor
at any of his usual haunts,
A priest is authority for the state
ment that It was -well known by the
. church that Huerta would leave.
Wilson Holds War Message.
1 ' Washington, Nov.. 14- Secret dis
patches to the state department from
Dr. William Bayard Hale, special en
voy to General Carranza, constitution-
allst leader, and from John Lind and
Charge d'Affalres O'Shaughnessy, who
, are dealing with Huerta, are locked up
, in President Wilson's desk with a
special message he had prepared to
give to the public
After a White House statement had
been made early in the day that a
special announcement on the Mexican
- situation was to be Bent out, the presi
dent Eaid: '.
There are elements In this case
which I cannot at present discuss, but
which make it look to me very much
' more favorable." . . ?
It is understood that the Whlto
House has been informed Huerta Is
about to yield- to pressure ' and to
eliminate 'himself, as the "stormy pet
rel" iii Mexican affairs.
How this elimination is to coma
. about was not explained. The White
House and the state department are
reticent on the subject Those best ac
quainted with the Mexican situation
believe that Doctor Hale has secured
from General Carranza a pledge to
agree to an armistice ; while soma
prominent Mexican yet unidentified
with either or any political, faction in
that country can be presented to the
seoDle for election as oresldent and
that reports from Lind and O'Shaugh
nessy carry hope that Hi erta may ao-
ept the agreement. ;
. Dispatches received at the state d
partment announce the success of the
revolutionists in Mexico in capturing
the port of Altata, Lower California.
Consul Alger at Masatlan reported
luat . iuv watw Buyyijr VL nuizituttu, oil
the west coast of Mexico, had been
cut about three miles out of the city.
The revolutionists are operating la
' that section with the purpose of cap
turing Mazatlan. .
The value to the revolutionists of
getting seaport towns is to control
harbors through which they may ba
able to. secure arms and ammunition.
Should ; they succeed In capturing
Mazatlan, which is a port of entry.
they would be free to take In without
secrecy munitions of war. i -
Vera Cruz, Nov. 14. John lind.
President Wilson's personal envoy to
Mexico, is being guarded front. as
sinatlon. , - ., ' i ':' '. ...;vs-
1 This was revealed during the day on
his arrival here when the Vera Crns
police threw a, cordon of rnralas about
him and his quarters in the American
consulate. , . . v : ' ,
Mr: Lind's removal from the hotel
to the consulate Is said to have been
requested by the chief of police), who
heard that a plot against the envoy's
life -had been hatched. -
. The greatest fear of the Americana
here is that the Inter-Qpeanic railway,
the only line of communication be
tween here and Mexico City, will be
cut, thereby cutting off the escape of
Americans who now , are in Mexico
City., Troops are guarding the line
now. . ; '
The united States scout cruiser
Chester arrived here from Philadel
phia. More than 100 American fefa
- sees from Mexico City also reached
, sere.','. '
- Oregon Man Minister to 81am.
Washington, Nov. 14. President
Wilson sent to the senate the nomlna
. tlon of Alexander Sweek, of Oregon, to
be minister to Slam. -
Three Killed In Wreck.
. Wooster, Ohio, Nov. 14. Three per
sons were killed and a dozen Injured,
one perhaps fatally, when east-bound
Pennsylvania train No. 62 was
wrecked near here last night
V 2,600 Trainmen Strike,
Houston. Texas, Nov. 14j Approx
imately, 500 trainmen and engirV
... - . . . TITO
men o7 the Atlantic division ot ttSf'' Rom' NoJ- 12-The first suicide
r. I ever known to have taken Dlace wlth-
Southern Pacific, known as the Sun
set Central Lines, went on strike at
7 o'clock last night in accordance with
an ultimatum presented totheofflclals.
Charge Unlawful Use of Money.
Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 14. In
dictments charging the unlawful use
of money In the elections In this conn,
ty were returned by the Warren. coun
ty grand jury against six politicians.
1 i Fifteen Killed In Wreck.
1 Eufaula, Ala., Nov. 14. Fifteen per
sons were killed and more than a hun
dred injured, some of them fatally,
early yesterday when. three coaches
of a Central ot Georgia passenger
train left the rails and plunged down
a steep embankment
- Wealthy Widow Commits Sulcldo.
Excelsior Springs, Mo., Nov. It.
' . Sirs. Martha S. Simmons, the wealthy
pridow of Dr. C. S. Simmons, formerly
a successful medicine manufacturer
'of St. Louis, committed suicide. ,
( ' Drown When Boat Is Capslzad.
1 v Montreal, Nov. 13. Seven men art
lead and two others are missing of
Ifteen construction ; laborers, who
fer thrown into the water when a
Rat-bottomed boat capsized last night
the Lashine canal at, Coat St Paul.
5oats rescue four of fee yaen.
LIND QUITS CAPITAL
WILSON'S ENVOY HANDS DICTA
TOR ULTIMATUM AGAINST
SEATING CONGRESS.
TIME UP, GETS NO REPLY
American's Personal Effects Removed
From Hotel at Vera Cruz to U. 8.
Consulate O'Shaughnessy 1 May "Be
Recalled From Republic
Mexico City, Nov. 14. Envoy John
Lind left on Wednesday night lor
Vera Cruz. He gave Huerta notice
that no further negotiations of any
kind between the United States and
Mexico would be possible unless the
newly-elected congress were dis
solved. No answer was forthcoming.
The personal effectB of John Lind
were removed from the hotel, rhere
he has resided during his etay in Vera
Cruz to the American consulate. ,
General Huerta was notified early In
the day that unless he returned an an
swer by six o'clock, believed to the ef
fect that he would prevent the newly
elected congress from convening, and,
furthermore, make this action known
to the members of the diplomatic corps
by midnight, the United States would
have no further parleying with the
Mexican government
Mr. Lind waited until six o'clock.
but received no answer. Then he ar
ranged for his departure on the train
leaving for Vera Cruz at eight o'clock.
Nelson . O'Shaughnessey, American
charge, was the messenger who deliv
ered the ultimatum. He was unable
personally to reach Huerta, but left
the message at the president's office.
It was intimated at the palace that
Huerta had not received the note In
time to give It full consideration. This,
however, did not appear to Mr. Lind
a valid excuse for procrastination. .
The prevention of the convening of
congress 'has been one essential point
in the negotiations conducted, by Mr.
Lind; this for two reasons: First, it
was believed the new congress would
lose no time In passing measures hav
ing to do with the oil concessions, and,
second, it was held the convening of
congress would give an air of legality
to Huerta's government. ;
Not since the revolution began has
the feeling in the capital been so tense
as it was all day.- The most categori
cal denials by Messrs. O'Shaughnessey
and Lind of knowledge of any develop
ments on which this feeling could be
based failed to disabuse the minds of
the people of the belief that the next
24 hours would see some decisive
move on the part of Washington. .
v The reports spread until there was
scarcely a . foreign resident in the
caDital who had not heard that the
American charge had been given or
was about to be given his passports,
' All sorts of rumors were current
Many persons who contemplated leav
ing the country soon made hurried
preparations and , caught the night
train to Vera Cruz. .
, Mr. Lind was said to have received
front Vera Cruz messages urging him
to return at once, for fear the rail
road would be cut '
Rebels have begun a campaign to
Interrupt traffic between the capital
and Vera Cruz. "A train was held op
on the main line of the Inter-Oceanic
railway at night and all ' passengers
robbed. . From the express car the
rebels took nearly 1,000,000 pesos in
government silver. ;
The federal garrison at Tuxpam
asked the war department for rein
forcements, but was told help was un
available. " '.
Washington, ." Nov. f 14. Secretary
Bryan announced that the govern
ment would issue within, a few days
a statement setting forth the steps
the United States would take to solve
the Mexican problem. Almost simul
taneously came news from William
Bayard Hale, reputed personal envoy
of President Wilson, of his conference
with Gen. Vlctoriano Carranza, chief
of the Mexican constitutionalists, at
Nogales, Sonora.
. Information from an authoritative
source was that Secretary Bryan was
considering the breaking ot diplomat
ic negotiations with Mexico and pre
paring for the withdrawal of Mr.
O'Shaughnessy, the American charge
d'affaires, from Mexico City.
Although officials were reticent,, It
Decame Known - that - Mr. Hale pre
sented to Carranza a proposal de
signed to end the Mexican revolution,
This was said to Include a request
that Carranza and hia cabinet which
was present at the meeting with Mr.
Hale, name their choice for a provi
sional president to succeed Huerta
and that they open negotiations with
leaders In the City of Mexico, through
the United States, with a . view ot
having such an official Installed In th
federal capital
8hoota Woman and Kills Self.
Bloomlngton, I1L, Nov. 14. After
shooting Mrs. Mark Gray of Depue
through the head and Inflicting prob
ably fatal wounds. John MeAlH: tr
ran electrician of La Salle, killed him
self. No motive for act Is known.
Haywood Conviction set Aside.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 12. The state
supreme court set aside the conviction
of William Haywood, Industrial Work
er of World leader who, with two oth
ers, was found guilty of disorderly
conduct during the silk strike.
Vatican Gardener 8ulclde.
taken place with
in the Vatican became known here. A
gardener became violently Insane and
leaped from a thlrty-five-fo6t wall to
the roadway and was killed,
' Chief Protector of Czar Dies.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 12. The czar
lost his chief protecton when General
Dediulin died suddenly at Llvadia,
from an acute attack of angina pec
toris. Dediulin devoted his life to safe
guarding the czar.
Wave of Crime Continues.
Newark, O., Nov. 12. The wave of
crime that commenced in this city Sat
urday has increased. In addition
the Bennett murder of Saturday there
was a bold ' robbery at the Beggs
boardin house.
Nixon Heads 'Frisco Lines.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 12. W. C. Nix
on, one of the receivers forthe Frisco
railroad, was elected president at the
annual meeting of directors here. B,
F. Yoakum was re-elected chairman of
directors.
,
$5,CG0 for Miss Wilson's Troussesu
Washington, Nov. 12. The trous
seau of Miss Jessie. Wilson, including
the gown in which she will be married
to Francis B. Sayre, on November 2R
4111 cost teas wan t-vwo, n was
learned bar.
CUCARACHA
4
"a, vr3SiM -jaf' . f
mmmmmmm
ipHiillili
Dispatches from Panama state that
replaced temporarily by the great steam
photograph shows one ot the monster
BEILIS IS ACQUITTED I
TROOP8 CHARGE RUS8IAN8 AN
GERED BV THE VERDICT.
Comment Calls Result Triumph for
Jews as Well as Vindication to
i Innocent Man.
Kiev, Russia, Nov. 12. Found not
guilty by the Jury that had heard the
evidence In his trial, , Mendel Bellls,
the Jew accused by the government of
''ritual murder," had to be escorted
from the courthouse to his home by
an escort of soldiers on Monday.
So angry was the crowd that jam
med the little courtroom here,, and
so Incensed did the larger crowd out
side become when the news of the ver
dict penetrated the walls, that it
seemed for a time that the Russians
would tear , the acquitted defendant
to pieces. , . ,
Only by marching with fixed bay
onets was the escort of soldiery able
to force a passage to the Bellls cot
tage, which is scarcely a stone's throw
from the courthouse. At night the
entire district was patrolled by sol
diers. "' ' -' ''; -'
Once in the bosom of his family,
tor the first time In two years, Bellls
collapsed completely. .. .
While his wife and children cow
ered at the sounds of conflict that
followed the dispersal of the mob
by the : Cossacks, the man himself
sank wearily upon a bed, his strength
utterly exhausted. ;
The specific charge against Bellls
was that he had killed Andrew Tush
insky, a Christian boy, for the pur
pose of using his blood In a sacrifi
cial ritual demanded by Us religion.
iiiiQiimiiimiiimi
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
Geona, Nov. 11. Countess de Polo,
member of a Venetian family and wife
of Captain Oggfonl, quartered at San
Remo, shot an orderly. She said the
man had entered her apartment and
attacked her. ,
Sterling, 111., Nov. 1L Monslgnor
Thomas Shahan of Washington, Bish
op Muldoon and ' Attorney General
Lucey spoke at the dedication of a
new $85,000 parochial school In Ster
ling Sunday.' '
Chicago, Nov. 13. The mysterious
robbery of a bag of registered mall
was solved and orders given for the
arrest of A. P. Tardy, a mail collec
tor. Tardy obtained papers and money
worth fully f 10,000.
Superior, Wis., Nov. 13. While
showing a friend the workings of his
new high-power rifle, with which be
had Just killed a 4eer, Roy Hssklns,
twenty years old, accidentally shot
and fatally Injured his mother; Mrs.
Haskins, at their home near Bennett.
She died a few minutes later. '
Panama, Nov. 13. Foreign, Secre
tary Lefevre Informed Secretary Wick
er of the American legation,, who has
charge of Chinese affairs In Panama,
that all Chinese must pay the heavy
head tax imposed by the new registra
tion law, or be expelled within 72
hours. 1 .
Fall River, Mass, Nov. 13. Action
for a general Increase In wagea tor the
22,000 operatives In the 100 cotton
mills of this city was taken when four
of the five textile unions of this city
voted to ask their central body to in
dorse demands for an advance.
Bryan's Horse Falls on Asphalt.
Washington, Nov. 14. Secretary of
State Bryan had a narrow escape
when his horse fell to Its knees on
the wet asphalt Javement The a
retary managed to keep from falling.
bat discontinued his ride.
Bubonlo Plague In California,
Sacramento, Cal Nor. 14. The Cal
ifornia state board of health has or
dered Dr. Wilbur A. Sawyer to Ken
nett to Investigate a report that two
persons there were afflicted with bu?
bonlc plague.
New Probe of Dynamite Cases.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 13. The
federal grand Jury began a new probe
of the dynamite cases, having before
them the confession of George E. Da
vis, alias O'DonnelL who was arrested
In the east
Convict 8 lays Doctor's Wife.
Baton Rouge, La, Nov. 13. With
the body of her convict negro slayer
lying dead beside her, Mrs. Alice
Ehlert, wife of the resident physician
at AnSola farm, was found brutally
murdered.
Eggs 75 Cents In New York.
New .York, Nov. 11. Eggs are so
scarce In New York that dealers have
put the retail price up to 75 cents a
dozen for the best quality, and pros
pects are that they will go from three
to five cents a dozen higher.
Quake Alarms lnMessina.
Messina, Sicily, Nov. 11. A strong
earthquake shock occurred here.
was followed by two shocks ot less se
verity. No damage was done, but the
people are greatly alarmed at the fre
quency of the disturbances.
SLIDE DEFIES SUCTION
the suction dredges employed in removing the Cucaracha slide have been
scoop shovels because of the large number of boulders encountered. Out
dredges at work in the slide.
GALE AT CLEVELAND
HUGE SNOWDRIFTS CHOKE THE
8TREETS AND DEAD RE
MAIN UNBURIED.
MANY PERISH ON SHIPS
Bodies Driven Ashore Tall Story of
Storm on Lakes Deatha Placed at
Hundred Rescued Fight Waves for
8Ixty Hours.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 13. This city
hopes for a speedy cessation of the dlf
culties that havo beset it since the
worst snowstorm In Its history struck
the city Sunday night, when an aver
age of 24 inches of snow fell. Fair and
warmer weather 1b predicted.
A resumption Jf the blizzard would
cut off the arrival of food to relieve
the scarcity the city now faces. Rain
would produce flood conditions.
As a result of the disturbed state of
Lake Erie the drinking water has
turned to the color of coffee and warn
ings were Issued by the health depart
ment to prevent a typhoid epidemic
by boiling the water.
The total number of dead was In
creased to five on Tuesday, when
John Richmond, aged fifty-eight, was
crushed to death when the roof of his
house collapsed beneath the weight Of
snow, and William Gombert died In
a snowdrift
The work of cleaning the city was
aided by a period of snowless weath
er. Fifteen hundred workmen suc
ceeded in clearing the tracks of 14
city street car lines. In the meantime
telegraph and telephone companies
cleared away a large part of the
wreckage resulting from the destruc
tion ot telephone poles, and - estab
lished a few connections with neigh
boring cities.: The work of rehabilita
tion so far has revealed that the vor
tex of the blizzard was limited to an
area of some fifty miles around Cleve
land.
Ho Improvement in the milk situa
tion has been effected and an actual
milk famine has been caused because
the companies are unable to make de
liveries of the milk on hand or to ob
tain any mora from dairies in the sur
rounding territory.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 12. One train ar
rived here from Cleveland, after hav
ing been on the way a little more than
30 hours. It was stalled In a drift
for 28 hours not far from Cleveland
and the passengers suffered severely
from cold and hunger. Later the
trains ran more nearly on' the sched
uled time.
Chicago, Nov. 18. Destruction of
life and property by the wind and
snow storm that has lashed the great
lakes Into fury and has scourged the
country bordering on the lakes began
to be more fully revealed on Tuesday.
Mute witnesses ot the terrible stress
of the elements presented themselves
at many points on the American and
Canadian shores of the lakes In the
bodies cast ashore.
Hungry, frost-bitten crews fought
for life with the waters for as long as
60 hours. Wrecks of lost vessels are
washing upon the beaches at many
porta. vesseiB 01 various annas are
believed to have gone to the bottom.
Some have' not been sighted since Sat
urday. What the toll ot death has
been can only be conjectured. The es
timate made at Cleveland puts the to
tal at 100.
Many Hurt In Train Wreck.
Hollan, Mich., Nov. 14. Twenty -two
passengers were injured, 14 of them
seriously, and two fatally, when a pas
senger train on the Allegan division of
the Pere Marquette railroad plunged
down a 15-foot embankment
Few Lifeboats; 8hlp Fined.
Washington, Nov. 14. Determined
to enforce laws relative to safety ap
pliances, the department of commerce
approved a fine of 81,000 against the
Spanish steamer Montevideo tor not
carrying sufficient lifeboats.
Negro Is Lynched by Mob.
Dyersburg, Tenn, Nov. 10. A crowd
stormed the Jail here and took John
Talley, a negro, and hanged him to a
limb of a tree. He had attempted to
attack a white woman who was alone
in her home.
Two Divide Gates Estate.
New York, Nov. 13. Charles Q,
Gates, who died suddenly In Wyoming
ten days ago, divided his fortune
equally between his mother, Mrs. J. W.
Gates, and his widow, Mrs. Florence
H. Gates. His estate is 85,000,000.
Aaed. Preacher la Attacked.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 13. Angered
because Nathan Johnson, an aged Bap
tist preacher, condemned liquor, three
men tied him to a tree and forced
large quantities of alcohol down his
throat and escaped.
Car Jumps Rails, One Dead,
Elgin, 111., Nov. 10. A gasoline
speeder on the Aurora, Elgin & Chi
cago railroad Jumped the rails at a
switch. Edward Chapman, Aurora, an
electrical engineer, was killed.. Two
others were hurt.
DREDGES
it js 1
.
PINDELL TO GET POST
ASSERTED THAT WILSON WILL.
SEND NAME TO SENATE.
Statement Is Issued by Bryan That
President Will Give Russian
Job to Editor.
Washington, Nov. 14. President
Wilson declared his intention Wednes
day of sending Henry M. Pindell's
nomination as ambassador to the sen-'
ate at the earliest opportunity.
Secretary Bryan, acting for the
president, issued a statement ' in
which he declared the offer of the am
bassadorship was made direct to Mr.
Pindell by President Wilson.
'The ambassadorship to Russia is
vacant," said Secretary Bryan's state
ment, "and the president has for some
time been desirous of filling it by an
appointment which would be entirely
worthy of the great dignity of the im
portance of the post.
"Knowing Mr. Pindell personally,
his character, his ability and his ex
ceptional fitness for the duties of such
a place, he offered him the appoint
ment Mr., Pindell did not seek the
appointment It was tendered him
without any solicitation on his part,
not only, but without any knowledge
or anticipation on his part that It
would be offered to him.
"In response to the offer he simply
stated that he would be glad to serve
the administration In any way in
which the president thought he could
serve it successfully, but that he did
not feel that he could conscientiously
obligate himself ti serve the ordinary
term of a foreign appointment be
cause he did not feel that he could
leave his business so long. The presi
dent asked him to accept it for -as
long a time as he could stay and he
consented." '
ZELIE EMERSON IS DYING
American Girl Felled In England by
Policeman During 8uf-
frage Riot.
London, Nov. 12. Miss Zelie Emer
son, the American militant suffrage
leader, formerly ot Chicago, is be
lieved to be dying from concussion of
the brain, the result of a blow from
a London policeman's club.
Miss Emerson led an assailing band
of women against a battalion of po
lice at the Old Bow church on Novem
ber 6, who were trying to arrest Syl
via Pankhurst The charge was suc
cessful. Miss Pankhurst was taken
by force from her capton and spir
ited away to a place of safety. : Rein
forcements of the police, - dispersed
the throng of rescuers only with the
greatest difficulty. And when the
ground was cleared Miss Emerson was
found unconscious. '
M'COMBS WEDS IN LONDON
Mlsa Dorothy Williams Becomes Bride
of Democratio National Com
mittee Head.
London, Nov. 10. Miss Dorothy
Williams, the beautiful daughter ot
CoL John R. Williams, IT. S. A., was
married to William F. McCombs,
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, Friday in the quaint little
Roman Catholic chapel of St Peter
and St Edward, tucked away in Buck
ingham palace road, within a stone's
throw of the royal residence.
Senate's Gift to Jessie Wilson.
Washington, Nov. 14. A silver serv
ice wiu be the wedding gift from sen
ators to Miss Jessie Wilson, accord
lng to an announcement by Senator
Martin e, who is receiving voluntary
subscriptions from his colleagues.
Charlton's Trial Delayed.
Como, Italy, Nov. 14. Porter Charl
ton, the young American awaiting trial
nere on the charge of murdering his
wife at Lake Como in 1910, learned
that the hearing of the case was not
likely to begin before March, n
- Three Killed bv Boiler Blaat.
Searcy, Ark., Nov. 13. A 60-horse
power boiler at a sawmill owned by
Henry Roetzel, two miles east of Rus
sell, exploded and Will Hatfield and
Ed Larimore were killed instantly and
win Davis died two hours later.
Police Chief Quarantined.
St Joseph, Mo., Nov. 11. W. Gray,
chief of police, and the executive offi
cers of the department, are. forced to
remain at the Central station under
quarantine. It was discovered that
prisoner had smallpox.
Name Babes for Roosevelt
Buenos Aires, Nov. 11. There will
be Theodore Roosevelt here long after
he has departed. Dr. Stork has been
busy and most of the new arrivals
have been named after the distin
gtlished visitor.
Pricely Gift From House.
Washington, .Nov. 13. A pendant
of one canary diamond weighing six
and one-half carats, surrounded by
eighty-flve smaller diamonds, will be
the wedding gift of the house cf rep
resentatives to Miss Jessie Wilson.
FAVORS A BAND FOR
BOYS
Solon Proposes MusiciansGo
on Washington Trip.
ANSBERRY STARTS MOVEMENT
Ohio Is Soon to Be Reimbursed
Interest on State Funds Ille
gally Placed in Banks by
Former Treasurers.
for
D. A. DONOVAN.
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.
CONGRESSMAN Ansberry, In a
letter to T. P. Riddle of Lima,
O, calls attention to the fact
that Ohio has a boys' band of
which to be proud, and. he proposes
that this band be taken on the trip to
Washington. He accompanies his sug
gestion with a subscription to the
amount of 825, and now the movement
is on. Riddle, the treasurer and di
rector of the tour, makes this com
ment: " ..
Unquestionably a good band would
make a hit all along the line and
afford great inspiration and pleasure
to these farm boys and girls. I am
therefore recommending to the officers
of the County Crop Improvement as
sociation and to others Interested In
the success of this movement that the
necessary fund be raised by popular
subscription."
State to Ba Reimbursed.
After many years of fighting Ohio
soon is to be reimbursed for interest
on state funds illegally placed in banks
by former state treasurers. Negotia
tions have reached a point where near
ly 8100,000 is ready to be turned over
to the state treasury by banks that
are weary of fighting.
Holds Act Unconstitutional.
Judge R. R. Kinkhead in the Frank-
tin county common pleas court knocked
out as unconstitutional the new
Warnes automobile law , passed last
winter by th general assembly.
The court ruled that the graduated
scale of fees, rated according to horse
power, provided in the new automo
bile license law,- Imposes a' tax and
not a license. Being a tax, Judge
Kinkhead ruled that the schedule of
automobile license fees provided by
the new law is contrary to the pro
visions of the , Ohio constitution in
that if levied, automobile owners would
be subject to double taxation, one on
automobiles as personal property and
secondly in the nature of a license tax.
1 May Run for Governor.
That Congressman Willis will ac
cept the honor of being a candidate
for governor of Ohio before the Repub
lican state convention is the opinion
Findlay Republicans hold after talking
with Willis. He denied that he had
stated at Marlon that he would not be
a candidate. Republicans in Findlay
are given to understand, that he will
accept the nomination and will lay
their plans to work for nlm. - ,
Fewer Members in Assembly.-
When the general assembly . con
venes for its special session in Janu
ary It will have fewer members than
when it met for the first time last
January. There are four vacancies la
the membership, and another will oc
cur early In the new year. Two va
cancies were caused by death and
two by resignation. Representative
Lawrence F. Conway of Lucas county
died of pneumonia in Columbus a few
days after he came here to take his
seat Last week Representative Peter
J. Collins of Stark county died sud
denly. Representative Adam Frlck of
Scioto county has resigned on account
of his election to the office of mayor
of Portsmouth. The Other vacancy
was caused by the elevation of Sen
ator W. A. Greenland of Cuyahoga
county to the office ot lieutenant gov
ernor. The two members who - died
and the two who resigned were Dem
ocrats, and the vacancies cause a loss
of four In the Democratic majority.
but this will not affect the control of
that party of the legslature. The
Democrats still have more than 100
majority on joint ballot In both
houses. The fifth vacancy, will be
caused by the resignation of Repre
sentative A. Ross Read of Summit
county, who will be appointed post
master of Akron in February. He will
resign as soon as his appointment
takes effect He is a Democrat Sen
ator William Green of Coshocton will
not need to resign even if he Is suc
cessful in his desire to go to congress
for the reason that he would not be
come a member of that body until
three months after te expiration of
his term as senator. The vacancies In
the legislature cannot be filled except
by holding special elections, and it is
not likely that any will be ordered by
Gov. Cox. -
Mine Fire Under Control.
The fire which has been raging in
the big Congo mine . of the Sunday
Creek Coal Co. is now under control
Other Parties Boast
Even though the Socialists have
just passed through the bitter experi
ence of seeing their administrations
turned down in Lorain, Lima, St
Marys and Canton, they are finding
solace. The solace most soothing is
found in the election of a Socialist
mayor in Hamilton and the re-election
of a Socialist council. More solace of
the same kind is found in Coshocton,
where the Socialists have elected
their mayor, and in Martins Ferry,
where the same accomplishment was
effected.
Loses Saloon by Small Margin.
If Crestline could have included
two more residents in its Bpecial cen
sus It would have been entitled to one
more saloon. As it is, the city will
have to get along with seven. Its
population up to date is 3,998. Oak
Harbor filed its special census with
the state liquor board and has 2,017,
enough to get four saloons. In the
government estimate it had enough
for only three. New Washington, in
Crawford county, passed 1,000 and will
be allowed one saloon more than tho
government census gave It
Say Coal Will Soar.
That there will be further advances
in the prices of coal Dec. 1, Just as a
25 cent a ton increase was effective
Nov. 1, was the statement ot coal op
erators here. They assert prices will
continue to increase in "the winter.
Operators declared they were not re
sponsible for the situation. Two
things are given ea cause of the in
creases, poor transportation facilities
and independence of miners. They
assert many mines are working only
20 per cent of time or capacity.
and danger of it spreading to other
mines is believed to be over. The
fire was caused by the short-circuiting
of electric wires. It started Saturday
a week ago. The state mine depart
ment deputies, under direction of J.
C. Davies, the head of the department
after much hard work, succeeding in
checking the advance o fthe flames.
They tried to enter the mine, but were
driven from it by the intense heat.
Mine experts were summoned from
the government testing station at
Pittsburgh by the company, and they
said that the Ohio department was
fighting the fire in the most effective
way and that they could suggest
nothing that was not being done to put
it out. To prevent a second mine
owned by the company, adjacent to the
burning mine, from taking fire, brat
tices have been driven in the space
between the two mines and clay has
also been forced into openings there.
The fire is being smothered. All open
ings are being closed for this pur
pose. It was deemed impracticable to
use water in fighting the flames be
cause the steam from it cracks the
root The fire is one of the worst the
mine department has ever been called
upon to put out. It is causing the Sun
day Creek Coal Co. thousands of dol
lars loss. . Several hundred employes
are out of work as the result of the fire.
Considering Applicants' Claims.
There will be no appointment of
deputy state tax commissioners for
a week or ten days yet It
may be two weeks before the ap
pointments are ready. The state tax
commission is now considering the
claims of the applicants and will not
be ready with Its recommendations to
the governor for fully another week.
The advice to applicants to stay away
from Columbus is not being heeded.
as they are trooping here daily as
numerous as before they were told to
remain at home. Their flrt objective
point after reaching the city is the
office of State Chairman "Wt L. Finley.
Then they try to get the ear of the
chief executive, and afterwards they
seek the members of the state tax
commission. If an applicant gets
more than two minutes of the gov
ernor's time he does well.' So many
call that necessarily their audience
with the chief executive must be
short
Exempted From Civil Service.
The attorneys who serve in the at
torney general's office as assistants
and special counsel are not subject to
the state civil service regulations.
This is what Attorney General Hogan
holds In a ruling to the state civil
service commission. ' He says that it
would be Impractical to submit attor
neys to a competitive examination for.
appointments in this department The
attorney general's department will be
the only one to which the new state
civil service law will . not' regulate.
All clerks below chief clerk and ste
nographers In all state and county
officers axe placed under the protec
tion and regulation of civil service.
... Occasions Much Comment
Announcement that State Senator
William Green of Coshocton has deter
mined to be a candidate for the con
gressional nomination in the Seven
teenth district in opposition to Wil
liam A. Asl.brook, who will be a can
didate for his fourth term, has occa
sioned much comment, for it has been
taken by many to indicate a desire on
the part of Senator Green's friends to
push him high in political preferment
The announcement of itself is not al
together new, for many months ago
the prediction was general that the
Coshocton senator would try for con
gressional honors. Its importance lies
in the well defined rumor that if he
attains the congressional honors he
will in a few years be a candidate for
governor. He would have a stronger
labor following, It is argued, than any
man who ever ran for governor. He
Is one of those who has risen from
the ranks of the coal miner. He is
author of the Green workmen's com
pensation law, which has aroused so
much comment, and is now president
pro tern ot the. senate.
Agitation Against Whisk Broom
There is considerable agitation here
against the use ot the whisk broom in
Pullman cars, and 'the state health
authorities are being asked to place
the whisk broom as so wed in the
same class with the roller towel and
the common drinking Cup. It is ar
gued by the anti-broom agitators that
they are a constant menace to health
by being the agency for the spread of
germs.
, Balks Husband's Ruse.
Mrs. Goldie Stanley of 189 N. Eth-st,
Columbus, Isn't the type ot senti
mentally forgiving wife that one reads
so much about About two months
ago she was beaten in most approved
style by her spouse, Joe Stanley, who
drew several months in - the work
house for his offense. Recently Joe
induced the sentencing judge to sign
his parole on the ground that the
much mistreated wife wanted him re
leased. Mrs. Stanley heard of the
rose only Friday, a few hours before
the clever Joe was to be given free
dom. Hurrying to the judge she laid
bare the plot and declared she would
not care if the offender were to stay
behind the bars the rest of his- life.
So Joe will tarry in the works yet
awhile,
Will Receive Large 8um.
Within the next few days the state
liquor license commission will be
more than a half million dollars "to
the good." It will have received from
every licensed saloonkeeper in Ohio
the sum of $100 for the maintenance
of the saloon license department
and since the number of licenses ex
ceeds 6,000 the revenue will be noth
ing to scoff at The payment of the
$100 per saloon Is, in fact, the first
money that the newly licensed saloon
keeper has to pay under the new
license system.
Tango Given Sea! of Approval.
The tango has every reason to be
boastful. It has passed a rigorous ex
amination at Ohio State university and
bears now the seal of approval of that
careful and conservative deai. ot col
lege women. Miss Caroline Breyfogle.
The result is it may be danced with
freedom at all of the college functions
where college femininity figures.- It
being now permitted as perfectly au
fait, the tango emerges from a deep
gloom through which it passed last
year.
Board of Complaint.
For the appeal of these who may
not be satisfied with the findings of
the new county taxing machinery In
the assessment of property, it is pro
vided in the Warnes law that there
shall be a board of complaint to be
composed of three persons. These
boards are to be named by the stato
tax commission and are to have the
I right of reversing the rulings and de
cisions in matters of taxation of the
tax deputies and their force. The ap
peal from the board of complaint is tc
the state tax eoaunlsstoa keekf
WANT THAT
Enthusiasts Renew Efforts
For Reform
MAKING PUNS ON NEW SCALE
Not Daunted By Failure In Recewi
Election. Revising Many of Fea
, tures and Will Put Matter
I ' to People Again. ,
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(Western Newspaper Union, Special
News Service.)
Cleveland. Nothing daunted by the
failure at the polls last Tuesday ot
the short ballot amendment the aavo-.
cates ot this reform propose that the
next contest will be on an Initiated
short ballot amendment which will
express just what the short ballot ad
vocates believe should be in the funda
mental law of Ohio. It will includes'
(a) The appointment ot state adminis
trative officers, who are lost sight of
by the voter at the polls, the establish
ment of the cabinet system in stats'
government, and the fixing of definite
responsibility upon the governor,
whom the people can call to account
every two years, (b) Home rule for
counties, making It possible ' for the
legislature to provide (with the ap
proval ot the voters) relief for popu
lous counties from the present rigid.
Inefficient and expensive county gov
ernment (c) Legislative districts?
providing for the division of the mere
populous counties into as many rep
resentative and senatorial districts as
there are representatives and state
senators, so 1 that each voter wHl be ,
required to Vote for only one state
senator and one representative, in
stead of for 18 In Cuyahoga, IB in
Hamilton, and 6 in Franklin county,
as at present In counties where the
cause was fully presented to the pee-,
pie It commanded satisfactory major
ities. In Cuyahoga county it carried
ty a majority ot 29,999, in Hamilton
by 7,000 and in Lucas by 3,000.
Admits Dr. Smith to Balk
Springfield. Judge F. M. H Or
gan placed at ?7,600 - the ball or
Dr. A. B. Smith, charged with causing
uiv neaiu vi uis Jul Dk who, jpiuicuw -
Cavileer Smith, by cyanide poisoning.
Dr. Smith has twice been tried on
this charge and both times the Jury
failed to agree on a verdict Atter-
permission for delay la the furnishing
ot the balL and the amount of the bail .
has not yet been raised. In spite of1
ue social prominence 01 uie ueroiuuuii .
all previous attempts to obtain hia re-
. 1 1 . .
lease oa uau iuiu ma ueuwieu.
Champion Honey Getters.
Port Clinton. S. Whlsner of
this city and A. Elwell of Gyp
sum are the champion honey getters,
of this secti'jn. Recently, while cut-j
ung aown a small tree on ine .uiweu:
larm, uey were anacaea oy a swarm
of honey bees. After a couple , of
stings had been registered, the men
ought refuge by running. Soon after
ward the men were back on the Jb
with burning torches, smoked away
the bees and proceeded to rob the
home of the honeymakers. Four gal
lons ot honey were taken from the in
terior of the hollow tree., .
'' 1 Investigate Cause of Blast
Franklin. An Investigation Is
Being maae 10 ascertain, me cause
and fix the blame for an exple-
lin if tfca tinflai fn th nit) TTArifias-
mill of the American Writing Paper
Co, which wrecked the entire build
ing, demolished a Big Four railroad
engine and broke a window glass
worth $ 1.600. . '
' $3,800 Is Robbed In Transit
' Columbus. A box containing $3,800,
which waa sent by the Iron Clay
Brick Co. of Columbus to pay em
ployes at Shawnee, Hocking county,
was robbed in transit When opened
at Shawnee It was found to be filled
with bricks. The box was carried by
the United States Express Co.
Man Shot, Three Are Held.
Newark. Three suspects . are
under arrest here in connection
with the murder of Edward Ben
nett 65, who was shot through the
right breast when he resisted holdup
men. Bennett was found in the street
by police officers and died 10 minute
after reaching the hospital. The mur
dered man was unable to make an
statement regarding the shooting.
. Kills Himself With Gas.
Springfield. Henry Miller who
lived near Rochester, N. Y,
committed suicide here by placing a.
gas tube in his mouth.
. Ohio Saloonlsts Pay Fees.
Columbus. One hundred dellar
bills and checks for the same
amount are almost snowing under the
state liquor licensing board. -
' Sues Two Undertakers.
Canton. Albert M. Dueber, the
millionaire president ot the Dne-ber-Hampden
Watch Manufacturing
Co in a petition filed In common pleas
court asks $5,000 damages from Sptkw
ft Kline, undertakers, and a perpetual
Injunction restraining them from
maintaining a morgue In Tuscarawas
t west, next to hia residence.
Dueber in his petition saya mem
ben of his family are forced to look
mpon bodies laid out in the morgue
during Inquests and that as a result
his wife's health has been affected.
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Finds Dead Man In Hall.
Springfield. With hia body crum
pled In a corner of a stairway
and his head pushed - under mis
body, Thomas Bowman, 60, was fotnd
dead by his landlord, William Pimlott
Plmlott was collecting his weekly
rentals. It Is supposed Bowman fell
downstairs.
Fire Destroys Stores.
Coshocton. Fire due to some u
fcnown cause broke out In Callahan's
furniture store here and spread to the
Me-Keon-Settles dry goods store.
Two Killed by Engine.
New Philadelphia. Charles Elmer
Miller, 22 years of age, pf Canal
Dover, and Miss Eulalia Meyers, 19,
a waitress In Hotel Reeves, this city,
while walking along the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad tracks a quarter of a
mile east ot the passenger Btation
in this city, were Instantly killed by a
locomotive carrying empty cars from
Canal Dover to the mines below this
city. J
Miller and Miss Meyers were en
gaged to be married bu? the date of the
wedding had not ben fixed. a