r-ri A NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE HOME CIRCLE VOLUME I. RICHMOND, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1913. NUMBER 30. 1 SIVES UP LIFE FOR HER CHUi URL GOES TO WATERY1 GRAVE IN UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO RESCUE FRIEND." SECRETARY TO SU PT. HAMLETT Unfortunate Drowning in Kentucky River Waves From Boat Dashed Feet From Under Them.
Western Newspaper Union News Service. Frankfort. Miss Katherine Favon, 25 yearB old, of Hopkinsville, secretary of Barkdale Hamlett, state superintendent of public instruction, gave up her life while trying to rescue Miss Bessie Culter, her chum, from a watery grave in the Kentucky river near this city. The young women had accompanied George Enright, secretary to Appellate Judge Settle, on a swimming excursion, and while enjoying a swim the steamboat Ed. Meyer approached.
The young women went to the shore and Enright to the middle of the river to ride the waves. Concluding that they were missing too much sport, the young women waded into the water up to their knees so thatvthe waves would dash on them, and the waves washed their feet from under them, and plunged them into deep water. Miss Colter cried for help and Miss Faxon struggled to save her, while Enright hurried to rescue them. that Miss Faxon could swim, and grabbed Miss Culter, but Miss Faxon was exhausted and sank to her death. Attorney General's Opinion.
Inquiries from candidates and county election boards, received by Attorney General Garnett, indicate that some of them misrepresented his opinion, stating that the election officers would have to be appointed to serve for the primary. In some coun ties, the question has been raised as to whether the Election Board could reappoint the same officers who served at the election last fall. This may be done. In reply to inquiries, the At torney General said: "The fact that person was appoint ed as an officer in the November election last year does not constitute that person as an officer In the primary neither does it prevent that person be ing appointed as officer for the primary this year. The County Election Com missioners may, if they choose to do so, appoint the same offlcera for the primary who served as officers of the election last fall." Inspector Recovers $590.46.
State Inspector and Examiner Sher man Goodpaster, who has completed examinations of the offices in Daviess, Estill and Leslie counties, made his report and covered into the state treas ury $590.46, as follows: From Daviess county Circuit Clerk Tandy, L. Harl, O. C. Haynes. trustee of jury fund, County Judge W.
W. Owens, Sheriff I. C. Winstead, Magistrate Pat Lancaster, $138.20. From Estill county Circuit Clerk J.
Stevens, Sheriff J. P. Alambaugh, County Judge Witt, $40. From Leslie county- Circuit Clerk W. G.
Begley, Sheriff Joe Morgan, ex-Sheriff W. R. Sparkman, County Clerk John Howard, $79.23. Form Good Roads League. The Franklin County Good Roads League was organized at a meeting held in the council- chamber in the Citv Hall.
A constitution was adopted and a resolution was passed calling for an inspection of the roads of the county and the streets of the city, by the State Department of Public Roads, With a view- to establishing a model svstfiTTi. The meeting was well at tended and those present expressed gratification over the enthusiasm that has been aroused throughout the coun ty since plans for. the organization were put on foot. Governor Offers Rewards. Two rewards of $200.
each were of fered by Gov. McCreary, one for the -i -S Yl arrest of Oscar Sloan, maiciea county for shooting Bunk Dugger- to death, and the other tor the arrest of John- Barrett, of Ballard county, charged with stab- Uiug Junius lu ueat.u. Commission Employs Lecturer. The State Tuberculosis Commission in co-operation with the State Board of Health, which 13 to conduct a six weeks' hookworm campaign, in Chris tian county, beginning August has employed Dr. D.
P. Curry, of -i St Charles, to deliver a series of lectures there. Y' Good Roads Delegates Named. Gov. McCreary has appointed the following delegates to represent Kentucky at.
the exposition of the United States Good Roads association at St. Louis, November 10. to 15 Pendleton Beckley, County Road Engineer J. R. Gaines, Louisville) the following counby road engineers: Guthrie Wilson, Nelson; M.
G. Sullivan, Whitley; B. J-. Calloway, Lawrence; J- G. Baxter, Madison; R.
S. Paris, Livingston; Paff Hawkins, Fulton; S. Kfmmel.Henderson; M. H. Crump, Warren; T.
W. Crawford, Calloway; W. H. Edwards, Woodford; J. N.
Coffey, Adair; Cleveland Bourne, Garrard; W. R. Caldwell, Boyle; C. S. Woodward, Jessamine, and Harry Sommers, Eliza- ethtown; Senator Joe F.
Bos worth. Middlesboro; Park Smithfieldj R. D. Wilson, Vanceburg; former Sen ator Newton W. Utley, Kuttawa; F.
S. Jameson, Cynthiana; C. W. Burton, Dry Ridge; A. J.
Offutt, Taylorsville; C. McChord, Springfield; George W. Peak, Lagrange; A. L. Hamilton, Lexington; Senator E.
E. Hogg, Boone ville; C. C. Pope. Pansy, Harlan coun ty; Andrew Chaney, Somerset; Geo.
Carpenter, Salyersville; S. L. Palmer, Benton; Dr. C. W.
Neely, Franklin; E. C. Riley, Burlington; S. Pemmlck, Lewisport; A. B.
Eversole, Hyden; E. B. Wiley, Georgetown; June Gayle, Owenton; James P.Bailey, Stanford; H. G. Cottle, West Liberty; Judge A.
N. Crooks, Owingsville; Representa tive B. S. Wilson, Morehead; George Pinson, Pikerville; J. M.
Baker. Hind-man; the Rev. A. J. Pikes, War saw; John Rhea, Russell ville; the Hon.
W. J. Paxton, Lawrence- burg; W. A. Shawler, Colesburg; Representative B.
Thompson, Cov ington; William Moberly, John D. Goodloe, Roy White, Dr. Hugh Gibson, James Ballard, Robert Terrell, Rich mond; Thomas B. Robinson and Alex. R.
Denny, Begs Admittance To Prison. George Koors, 54 years old, sen tenced to the penitentiary for life from Covington, in 1882 for the the murder of his brother-in-law, H. H. Bruns, of that city, and who escaped from the prison in 1892, returned to the prison and begged Warden JVells to admit him to serve Dur ing the 21 years of liberty Koors has not had a minute's peace. He has been pursued by the ghost of the slain man.
Realizing that he must live a life of misery as a punishment for his crime, Koors decided he should live it within walls. He was taken to Gov. McCreary by Warden Wells, and if sane probably will be pardoned. He is suffering from neuritis and is a physical wreck. Koors killed Bruns for striking his sister.
Since his escape Koors has traveled all over the world, finally landing in New York City. There he married Lottie Brugger, whose residence, he says, was raided a week ago, and she was sent to the Tombs. He then decided to surrender. More Alfalfa Will Be Grown. The Department of Agriculture is bending every effort to en courage an increase in the acreage of alfalfa in Kentucky next year, and has issued a bulletin, giving data on the cultivation of the crop.
Commis sioner of Agriculture J. W. Newman said: "The acreage this year was between 5,000 and 7,000 acres, the second crop from which is now being cut. It will one more and pos sibly two, according to the season and conditions. Experience has shown that the best time to sow.
alfalfa in Kentucky is between August 1 and 20, and there, are few places in the state where it can be successfully culti vatedwithout the use of ground lime stone, Besides an introauctory chapter by Commissioner Newman there Is a scientific article by; Prof. George Roberts, of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. From One Prison To Another. Securing a parole from the Ken tucky penitentiary only to be arrested to serve a term in the Illinois peniten tiary was the fate of William Johnson, who was paroled by the prison com mission at its meeting here recently. Her was arrested when released from the Kentucky reformatory and will be taken to the penitentiary at Chester, 111., to serve a sentence for violating his parole in that state.
Pay nter Meets With Accident. Former United States Senator Thos. H. Pavnter fell down the steps of the Capital but escaped serious in jury, though, his head was cut and ms uhnii'lder severely wrenched. He was talking to a friend and missed the top step as he turned, to descend to tne sidewalk.
uinh School Recognized. jp TiAnartment of Education recognized two county high schools in a first-class high school at Hillboro, and a second-class colored high school at leuuusauu, 6. MEXICAN AFFAIRS DRAWING TOWARD CRISIS yrjrrff Washington authorities suspect that certain foreign nations, in co-operation with President Huerta of Mexico, are scheming to force President Wilson's hand in the matter of recognizing the Huerta government. Ambassador Wilson has been summoned to Washington to tell what he knows concerning the critical situation. Our illustration shows a body of Huerta's cavalry marching against his opponents; also President Huerta and Ambassador Wilson.
65 BURNED TO DEATH MOST OF VICTIMS OF BLAZE ARE YOUNG GIRLS. Terrific Burst of Flame Traps Tollers on Top Floor of Blngham-ton, N. Factory. Binghamton, N. July 25 After several estimates had been made as to the number of lives lost in the twenty-minute fire that razed the Binghamton' clothing factrory plant, the list of probable dead was increased to 65 Wednesday.
Of this number only five have been positively identified. Twenty-six bodies have been recovered from the ruins. One of the charred bodies is be lieved to be that of Nellie Connor, the forewoman, who sacrificed her life in an effort to save those in her charge. A diamond ring and diamond earrings worn by Miss Connor were found. Some twoscore persons are known to have escaped as by miracles from the building, which burst into flame like a tinderbox and became a roaring furnace in a short time after the first alarm was sounded.
About 125 persons were in the factory when the fire broke ouL Those unaccounted for, or most of them, are believed to be In the red-hot ruins of the structure. Around the scene of the disaster. the greatest the city has ever known, thousands watched the workers in the glare of three big searchlights, many in the great throng being restrained only by the closely drawn police from rushing into the ruins to seek the bodies of relatives or friends. After the first fierce blast the fire seemed to burst from every other part of the building at once. Upon the fire escapes girls, women and men were clustered and inBide others were waiting to get onto the iron ladders.
But the flames were too quick for them. FLASEE: OFF THE WIRE, oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Stettin, Germany, July 22. The workmen employed in the ship-building yard here, to the number of 8,000, voted to join the strike Kalamazoo," July 25. Briga dier General P. L.
Abbey of this city. head of the state guard, started for Lansing in response to a message from Governor Ferris. Beloeil, July 25. Seven per sons were killed and many injured in an explosion in the plant of the Canadian Explosive company. Topeka, July 25.
Judge John Marshall, in United States court re-, fused to allow receivers for the Kan sas Natural Gas company to extend gas mains into Oklahoma to get ade quate supply of natural gas for next winter. Washington, July. 26. A debt of $14,000,000, probably the largest dispute in a financial nature, was the sub ject of a conference here. Virginia is trying to collect the money from West Virginia.
Yr i' McPherson, Kan July 26. Using the braces he had taken from his iron cot as tools, Oliver Peyton 4ug away the cement between the stones In the wall of Ms cell, removed some of the atoneg and escaped. i 1 's juui TROOPS GALLED OUT ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD OF MICHIGAN ON DUTY IN COP-, PER MINE DISTRICT. 15,000 STRIKERS MENACE LIFE Deputy Sheriffs Guarding Property. Are Set Upon by Infuriated Men, Stripped of Stars and Beaten-Union Heads Decry Violence.
Lansing, July 26. Governor Ferris on Thursday ordered out two troops of cavalry, two companies of artillery and all infantry companies of the Michigan National Guard to proceed to the copper country and aid in quelling the disturbance caused by 15,000 miners who are on strike. Adjt. Gen. R.
C. Vandercook, who received orders from Governor Ferris to rush the militia to the strike zone, had 2,400 men in Houghton and Keweenaw counties Friday lnight The provisions which the quartermaster's department had ordered for the annual encampment of state troops to be held in Ludington next month were shipped north at once. Thousands of rounds of ammunition and the two field guns of the Lansing artillery supplied" with shrapnel shells, were included in the equipment of the militia. It is planned to keep the men in camp until the trouble is entirely over. Attorney General Fellows wired the prosecuting attorney of Houghton and Keweenaw, counties to close all the saloons and prohibit the sale of liquor in the strike district.
Calumet, July 26. Violating orders of the Western Federation of Miners against violence, many of the 15,000 striking miners of the copper belt on Thursday created enough disturbance to 'result In the. ordering out of troops. By night there were 2,400 state soldiers, including' cavalry and artillery. in the mining fields of the upper peninsula of Michigan.
There no concerted attacks on mine "property or persons about the but several persons were in jured in. sporadic brawls, and some of these are expected to die. So menac ing dii the situation appear to Sheriff Crun'e' that he asked Governor Ferris for militia early. in the day. The governor was on his way to At pena, and i the request'' reached him' ai Bay.
City he was1 at first in clined to think that the sheriff was un duly alarmed. Later reports, however, convinced the governor that armed help-was needed, and he ordered Ad jutant 'General Vandercook to rush sol diers to the strike zone. -While there were several outbreaks in vaiious parts of the mining coun try, tb.e chief disturbance that set the troops' in motion was an assault on the deputy sheriff a stationed at the mines of the Calumet and Heela company, to protect property. None of the mines have attempted to operatet but the strikers seemed to object to the pres ence of the deputies. About S0O strikers' armed, with steel drills, clubs and stones, and a few with: firearms, vyhich they fired.
In the air, marched to the No. 2 Conglomerate shaft and stripped; the deputies ct stars.5. -Y- Mil LH ALL WANTS REST PHVSICALLY AND MENTALLY EX HAUSTED BY ORDEAL. Lobbyist Swears Taft Elicited Manu facturer's Help When He Was In Office. Washington, July 28.
Physically and mentally exhausted by the ordeal through which he has passed during the two weeks he has been on the wit ness stand, CoL M. M. Mulhall, former chief lobbyist for the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, broke down before the senate investigating com mittee and brought about a ha3ty ad journment Friday. Toward the close of the day's ses sion, after "bringing ex-President Taft into the inquiry, Mulhall became con fused during the reading of one letter. When Senator Walsh suggested that he needed a rest, Mulhall exclaimed: Im juBt about broken down.
For God's sake do have mercy if you can. I don't want to say I'm breaking down. but I don't want to answer questions if you'll let me go." Washington. July 25. The senate lobby committee put on full speed ahead Wednesday and in an unusually short session got into the record near ly five hundred letters of Martin M.
Mulhall, alleged political worker and legislative detective for the National Association of Manufacturers. Mul hall was on the stand only about an hour after the noon recess, but In spite of the short session, the com mittee made rapid progress. Martin M. Mulhall, confessed ex- lobbyist for the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, retracted Tuesday the most serious charge he had made before the senate Investigat ing committee. He had sworn that former Representative Jamea E.
Wat son of Indiana was employed by pri vate interests in 1909 while a member of the house to work for a tariff com mission bill. In retracting he said Watson was not a member of the house at the time. Reports that Watson' was about to ask the District of Columbia grand jury to indict Mulhall on a charge of criminal libel were heard meanwhile about the investigating- room. Mulhall volunteered his retraction. He said he- realized his mistake when he saw the date of a tariff convention in Indianapolis In February, 1909.
More of the Mulhall letters were bared while the ex-lobbyist was testi fying. February 4, 1909, in a letter to F. C. Schwedtman, Mulhall, got into Illinois politics and brought: in former Senator Hopkins, who was defeated for re-election by William Lo rimer. Mulhall wrote of.
the, senatorial dead lock at Springfield: "We are spreading the impression that on account of the, contemptible- stand taken by Hopkins in the con vention at Chicago last June, wherein he was extremely unfair to the manu facturing interests in refusing, them a hearing before the committee oh resoe lutlons and packing that committee in favor of the Gompers1 crowd, he has in a large measure, brought this fight on hl3 own shoulders." Pinkham Governor of Hawaii. Washington July 25, President Wilson nominated L. E. Pinkham of Hawaii to be of Hawaii- HUSBIAliPLMl AMBASSADOR WILSON DISAPPROVES TRIPARTITE COMMISSION FOR MEXICO. CITES THE MONROE DOCTRINE American Envoy Says He Stands Pat on His Actions While in Republic and Expects to Be Retained in Position.
New York, July 28: Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson' arrived here from Mexico on his way to confer with President Wilson and cabinet regarding the situation in Mexico. He- an nounced his opposition to- several plans under, consideration by the Btate-department for bringing about peace in the republic. Mr. Wilson arrived! at this port aboard the liner Mexico on Friday. Supplementing statements he mad a earlier in the day, disapproving the suggestions of American mediation.
or the appointment of a tripartite commission. Mr. Wilson on Friday night gave his reasons why he considered the plan for the tripartite commission not a feasible one. 'If we are to consider such a plan we may as well abandon the Monroe doctrine entirely," he said. "The Mon roe doctrine pledges the United States to take care or the interests of Amer ican governments without the aid of any foreign country.
Consequently under the Monroe doctrine we cannot attempt to settle Mexico's affaris through the services of such a body as the proposed tripartite commission, since it involves calling in outside governments to help." Mr. Wilson was reticent when tloned as to his policies on American Intervention and recognition of Mexico by the United States. These views, he said, he felt he must reserve for his conference with President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. "I have been blamed for a great deal," the ambassador commented, aa he discussed his administration in Mexico City. On everything he has' dene he 'stands pat," however, he said, and believed as he hurried on to Washington, that he would be retained In his position and sent back to Mexico.
"I want you to understand that I will stand by whatever I have done and said," declared the ambassador. 'I have been accused of using my Influence to keep the Huerta-DIaz government in place. I certainly have tried to keep that government in con trol, and I will stand by my position. "A lot has been said in the Ameri can newspapers about American inter- ventlon, and perhaps some of it is inspired by persons who would be interested in American control of Mexico," was his comment. "I have always striven to keep down factions opposed to Huerta.
My motive in aiding the federal government of Mexico has been to protect the lives of Americans. "If I had not intervened when I did and brought Huerta and Diaz together, the entire City of Mexico would have been In flames. If the present government does not last, the entire country will be plunged into' chaos." The ambassador's silence regarding his opinion as to American recognition was broken long enough for him to comment on one of his acts just subsequent to the overthrow of Madera. Wilson recalled that this act was interpreted in many quarters as a virtual recognition of Mexico, notwithstanding the refusal of hia government at Washington to admit the republic on a diplomatic footing common with other governments. In February, when Huerta became provisional president, the ambassador instructed American consuls in Mex ico "in the interests of' to urge general submission and adhesion to the government, which will be recognized by all foreign Mr.
Wilson said a wrong construc tion would be placed upon this advice to consular officers by any person who believed it meant that he recognized the Huerta government or that he had desired to conflict in any way with the policies of either Mr. Taft. as president or President Wilson. waa the de facto government, only that I recognized," Mr. -Wilson explained.
The de facto government was the only government that possessed the power to offer protection for American lives and property and for the lives and property of. other foreigners. I acted as an ambassador bad the right to act in the interests of my countrymen. The government I recognised was the only existing one of law and order. I believe that 1 did right at that critical time." Must Obey State Laws.
0. Washington, July 28. A warnina has been sent to all fourth-class post masters that post offices located in' states having limited hours of labor fixed for- women the department will, I Insist on adherence to statutes..
