The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky (2024)

April 4, 1913

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The Lexington Heraldi

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Lexington, Kentucky

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Friday, April 4, 1913

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SIXTEEN PAGES LEXINGTON KENTUCKY PRTOAY APRIL 4 1913 PRICE FIVE CENTS NO 94 'A 1 4 a -Vj-' 1 -I i -s IKK SMITH TELLS HE PLATED IH SOME SCENES IN THE FLOODED DISTRICT OF MAYSVILLE iDURING HEIGHT OF RIVER MAYSVILLE WILL BE CLEAR OF THE PARTYARELOSIFOR AWHILE IH A STORM I S' OBTY-TIIIRD year gays He and Andrew Johnson and Jim Deaton Were the Three Men Seen On Hillside AIjovc Store Two of Their Automobiles Ditched As Occupants Return from Hamilton to Dayton River is Expected to be Back In Its Banks By TbrA Situation In ffie City Is Improving 4 MISSISSIPPI LEVEES ARE STILL HOLDING Louisville Conditions Near Normal and Shawneetown Gives Up the Fight c- PMnflr Depot at Maysville Ky eur rounded by (Photos by 8 Morgan Mayaville Ky) Pontoon flat ear bridge' at Maysville Ky looking toward depot' 34 flat cars wore used and put -In bridge form under direction of Chambers Master of Trains of the A on Saturday night during high floods People of Maysville are grateful to Mr Chambers and tha A people for this act aa was practically the only means of getting supplier to tho flooded district In East Maysvlllo(Photo by 8 Mor (V 1 "i frames yqvjnarR uf 4 4 4 Maysville's Inundated Baseball Park and the Ohio Valley Pulley Works Plant whor* 200 men wore thrown -out of employment by tho flood In the Ohio River when the factory was forced to shut (Photo by 8 Morgan Maysville Ky) gan 0 Maysville Ky) WEBB IBB KEMPER CHAMPION SPELLERS Both Limbs of Law Stick to Finish In the Humane Match VANCE GETS Large Crowd of the Leading Citizens of Lexington At Big Event The Circuit Court room was crowded Thursday night with citl-sens anxious to the much heralded spelling class to a finish The program of the evening tho proceeds being donated to the Humane Society was opened by the reading Lucy by Superintendent A Cassidy and In the absence of some of the musicians the musica program was dispensed with and the ot the sides began to choose their spellers as follows: Captain Hogan Yancey called See Arnsplger John Vance Minogue Harry Brower Henry Breckinridge Ollle Crubbs Arch Hamilton Dr McClure Charles Plank and Mr Cochran Captain Maury- Kctaxper called Aea Jewel A P- Gilmore David Hunter John Flood Forman Geo Webb Prof A Zemhrod Prof Dantz-ler Wade Luzon Dr Huffman and 8helby Harblaon The words were out" by John DAYTON April 1 Through a terrific lightning storm and over roads which in many places were axle deep in water from heavy rains of today Governor Cox and members of tlje Ohio flood relief commission accompanied by Gen John CL Speaks and his military staff tonight returned to Dayton from Hamilton where they had gone to investigate the flood situation During the trip back the party became lost and traveled miles out of their way Two of the automobiles skidded and were ditched one so badly that It had to be left In the road 'When the automobiles were ditched members ot the commiaalon pulled on ropes while a heavy- rain beat In their faces attempting to get the machines back into the road Bridges are Dangerous Severe al bridges weer crossed which had been made dangerous by the high water About twenty miles from Day-ton the car became separated from General machine and made the trip into Dayton alone Aa a result of "roughing It the members decided tonight that they would not leave Dayton on the remainder of their trip through the flood-stricken sections of the state until tomorrow morning They then probably will go to Columbus Zanesville and other Ohio river points Practically all of the members of the commission were agreed with Governor Cox in the plan announced today of state aid for the rehabilitation of the points in the state which have suffered most from the recent high or of gas Plan for State Aid In brief the plans call for the enactment of a-law by the Legislature which municipalities and other po- litlcal subdivisions would be able to Issue bonds Immediately without submitting the bond Issues to a vote of the people The Governor does not view with favor the suggestion made that the Federal or other person soutslde of the state he asked for money Uninvited 200 business men representing large wholesale houses of this country today visited Dayton and assured the merchants that they will be given plenty of credit on which to reenter business Dayton's bread line today fell off from 83000 persons to 93000 Telephone railroad street' car and telegraph communication la fast becoming normal again Within the next two weeks most of the flood refugeea are expected to be reinstalled in their homes or homes of their friends Governor Praises Patterson Governor Cox today warmly praised the relief work in Dayton by John Patterson He said: work of John Patterson the the Dayton member of the flood relief commission in its excellent generalship and effectiveness la without parallel He Is not only a benefactor to hia own city but to the state and nation as Officials at the headquarters of Gen George Wood in command In this city announced tonight that three looters whose names they refused to make public had been arrested and charged with stealing 3000 stamped envelops from the postoffice The stolen property was recovered AU of the alleged looters will be tried by tomorrow Bain from the blue-back epeller of the Gennan military dirigible airship Zep-early scholo days and he etarted with TV pellnTV made in the CLARK COUNTY MAN MURDERED IN WEST Charles F' Chamberlain Robbed Choked and' Thrown From Train Near Kansas City Mo (Special to The Herald) WINCHESTER Ky April Leslie Chamberlain well-known Clark County farmer received a telegram this morning stating that hia brother Charles Chamberlain formerly of Clark County had been murdered near Kansas City Mo Mr Chamberlain communicated with Chief' of Police Woodson McCord who wired the Chief at Kansas City for particulars The angwgjdnK telegram elated jfcat Chamberlain had been choked and robbed and then thrown from a train The pockets had been rifled but some checks made payable to him were left the cost A handkerchief marked with his own Initials was tied tightly out the dead throat The body waa found at-' Dodson' a suburb of Kansas City The checks revealed his Identity The -body will be brought back to Clark County for burial WOMEN PLAN HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASS Strong Efforts to Be Made to Push Suffrage Cause In Lexington A bill is to be presented to the legislature next January providing that a amendment grating suffrage to women be submitted to the people of Kentucky- and the Fayette County association la' starting a campaign for a largely increased membership A house to house visitation of tbe registered women in Lexington will £0 made asking the co-operation and membership of these women and leaving literature on full suffrage in each household Small prizea for the beat eisay on woman suffrage in' the public schools and high school and In the girls boarding school will be offered This la being done by the local associations in Ijulsvllle Owensboro Hopkinsville (Lexington and other places TOLLESBORO VISITED BY DISASTROUS FIRE MAYSVILLE Ky April A disastrous fire swept the little town of Tollsboro- Lewis County thirteen miles east -of here today causing a 920000 lose Following are the losses: Odd Fellows 93000- Insurance 91500 Miss Pasp residence 91000 Insurance 9800-Mrs residence 91000 no insurance-' Odd Fellows' 91000 nflxtures CONFESSES IIE FIRED ONE SHOT AT VICTIM gobs of the Daughter and Widow of Former Sheriff Break the Silence (By Goldie Perry) WINCHESTER Ky April A paiatlonal feature of the proceedings today la the trial of Smith (juried with having perjured himaeit la Mb testimony In the trial or Deaton when he atated that he aaw Dork Smith and Andrew Johnaon in Jackaon on May 4 the day Ed Callahan waa killed wna the teatlinony of Dock Smith one of the alleged con-iplratora who declared on the wltneaa ttand that he waa not in Jackaon on yay 4 hut Inatrad wan on Long's Cm In Hreathltt County In company with Andrew Johnaon and Jim Deaton and that they had gone there for the purpose of killing Callahan Silence reigned throughout the court room aa the detalla of the crime vrre told by Smith broken only by the aoba of the widow Mrs Tymamda Deaton Callahan and Mrs Lillian Callahan Groan daughter of the murdered man Tho trial will be returned tomorrow morning Mr Groan Again on Stand Mra Groan waa placed on the stand at the opening of court Thursday moralDf On re-direct examination ahe aald ahe had told Charlie Terry and Judge Blanton whom ahe had Been or the hillside the day her father waa killed When questioned by Judge Hays ahe denied that ahe had told a daughter of Holier Burton that ahe bad not seen who did the lhootln Mra Callahan widow of Ed Callahan waa cross-examined by Mr Jouett hhe alao denied that she had told anyone that ahe had not recognised the inen ahe aaw on the hillside She had run from the garden to the yard of the lore at the aound of the drat ihot fibs looked toward the hillside and nw Pock Smith and -Andrew John-on The wltneaa waa' questioned by Hr Crutcher she said the warehouse would not have abstracted her view Hurd McIntosh waa the next wit-rui He aaw Dock Smith and Andrew Joboion the day Callahan waa killed near Callahan's place Mr Jouett cnosaexamlned the wltneaa He waa in the storehouse yard at the time tha shots were fired He went Into the front door of the residence and got a Run He then went out the rear door and fined Into the hill Mrs Ruth Callahan waa there and abe was alao hooting towards the hill He Jiad not taken the men who were searching with the bloodhounds to tho hill He admitted that he had told persona he had not recognized anyone on the hill-aide When questioned by Mr Crutcher he said he waa afraid to tell what be knew Dock Smith's Testimony Dork Smith one of the defendants aid he was on ling's Creek near Callahun'n place on the morning Ed Callahan was killed He was with Andrew Johnson and Jim Deaton He aa not In Jackaon Mr Jouett cross-examined the witness He went from Abe Johnson's to Callahan's place that noralng Andrew' Johnaon Jim Deaton Dan Deaton and Rob Deaton ere with him They made the trip In a boat They left Abe Johnson'a Eaturday morning at o'clock They went there to kill Ed Callahan be said Jim Deaton and Andrew Johnmm had cut aoine forked sticks nd aluck them In the ground He (hot at the window' He did not know he killed Callahan Johnson and Deaton had alao fired He had made ronfeaalon In Mr Stevenson's of-Ire He had not signed It until he ippenred before the Hreathltt County rand Jury In Sir office JJeasra Byrd Stevenson Crutcher and Davis were present Before he made the statement he aaw Elisha Smith at O' Jail I lab had asked him to "tell to truth" He had testified In his own trial nta he was In Jackson on May 4 He aware that the punishment for hfch a crime was life Imprisonment or tath Llsh had given him some JWaky but he had no whisky when talked to him about bis confea-There had been religious serv-at the Jail that day and ha had rea drinking Judge Questions tha Witness He was questioned by Judge Benton Ka had no talk wtlh Smith In jvksoo on May 4 When questioned Mr Crutcher he said he waa not wr the Influence of liquor when he 'la the confession The Common-retted Mra Gross was put on the stand by defense Attorney 13 Lindsey '1 a statement to the Jury lie 7 there were only two questions In-Was Smith In Jackson rr If so did he see Dock "lfb ami Andrew Johnson? He that the defense would prove things tq be true Smith wee put on the stand bad known Govan and Dock Smith en years He was a friend M-adahan He was in Jackson on TRAINS ARE AGAIN RUNNING EAST Mrs John Diamond and Her Daughter Reported Safe At Dayton Ohio (Special to The Herald) MAYSVILLE Ky April The river continues to fall at this point having dropped four feet since Tuesday night and is falling at the rate of about three inches an hour Work of cleaning out- inundated homes in moving along rapidly and it la thought the water will be back into Its hank by Sunday Relief committees are still busy taking care of the needy ones but the number is diminishing gradually Mayaville has now enough food supplies on hand to take care of all who may need assistance Donations of food stuffs and contributions of cash have been coming In from many sources Prssldent Stevens Near City Word was received here this afternoon that President Stevens of the St Railroad had managed to reach Springdale six miles east of Mayaville in a special train and that he expected to enter this city tonight No trains have arrived or departed since last Friday Backwater this afternoon caused tbe walls of the old Hunter mill property opposite tbe ft depot to fall out and seriously damage the frame residence of McDaniel across the alley A side of the house waa crushed as If a battering ram had been used instead of falling bricks Mra McDaniel who was In the house narrowly escaped from injury The property which belong to the Hunter estate had been condemned by city officials and waa to have been torn down tomorrow but for the flood ft ROAD NOW OPEN It waa announced by local officials of the Chesapeake ft Ohio Railroad hare Thursday morning that the road was now open between between Louisville and New York and that traffic had again' been resumed The first through train on this road to go over the route arrived here from Louisville Thursday morning at 11:45 o'clock and left on schedule time for Its eastern terminus The train from New York arrived here on schedule time Thursday afternoon and It waa reported that the road was in good condition over the entire route It was also reported that the Big Sandy Division of the ft had resumed service as well as the Cincinnati Division With the opening of the ft to New York air roads running through this city are now in commission and the usual service Is being offered to the traveling public Mrs John Diamond and daughter formerly of Lexington are reported safe at Dayton In a telegram to Mra eon Joe Diamond received Jay him last night' Up to yesterday no word had been heard from the family and another son had gone to Dayton to find hia mother and sister LOUISVILLE IS COMING OUT LOUISVILLE Ky April Although there large volume df water flowing under the bridges across the Ohio river at this point the race of fall since the crest passed has been steady Tonight with a stage of 443 feet In the canal the river Is nearly one foot lower than the high mark Conditions are returning to normal and the damage other than that expected from the Ohio's annual spree la nominal Residence sections still are partly under water For those who reside there inundation la no novel ex perience TENNESSEE SOLONS COUNTED PRESENT Bills to Which They Objected and Because of Which They Left 8tate -Are Declared Passed (By Associated Preaa) NASHVILLE Tenn April 3 Although thirty-four members of the Tennessee lower House' were outside the State today bent on preventing action by that body they were declared "present but not voting" and both Houses cast the quorum breaking bill and the election bill over the -veto The action of the House establishes a precedent in this State where heretofore filibusters similar to the present one have been conducted successfully and will transfer the contest over the two measures to the oourts The Senate today voted down a measure providing a parliamentary Inquiry to ascertain 'whether a quorum was present in the House If the absence of the thirty-four members had been recognized there would have been no quorum WEST PALM BEACH Fla April 3 Henry Flagler is much improved today' He ate a light breakfast and friends feel hopeful pf his recovery MRS PANKHURST SENT UP FUR THREE YEARS Leader of militant British Suffragettes Gets Drastic Sentence From Judge WILL REFUSE TO EAT SheiiercelCriticises Mam Made Laws and Justifies Revolution By Women (By Associated Press) LONDON England April Mrs Emmeline Pankhunt the leader of the militant suffragettes was today found guilty ahd sentenced to three penal servitude at the Old Bailey sessions on the charge of Inciting persons to commit damage The trial had lasted" two days The jury added to Its verdict of guilty a strong recommendation for mercy and when the Judge pronounced the heavy sentence of three years the crowd of women In the court room rose In angry protest Ad Mra Pankhurst stood up In the prisoners' enclosure her sympathizers cheered wildly and then filed out of court singing On! March On!" to the tune of -Mra closing adress to the Jury lasted fifty minutes Slle Informed the court that she did not wish to call any witnesses In her address seh frequently wandered so far from the matter before the court that the judge censured her Mrs Parkhurat denied any malicious indictment I nor the other militant suffragettes are wlcked or malicious" she said are not tried by their peers and these' trials are an example of what women are suffering in order to obtain their 'rights Personally I have had to surrender a large part of my Income In order to be free to participate in the suffrage Speaking with much feeling Mrs Pankhurst fiercely criticised man-made laws and said that the divorce law alone waa sufficient to' justify a revolution by the women' In impassioned tones she declared: "Whatever may eb my sentence will not submit From the very moment I leave the court I will refuse to eat I will come out of prison dead or alive at the earliest possible TARIFF PLANS NOW DEFEND ON SENATE measure depends tonight on the success that might attend efforts of the President to reach an agreement with Senate- tariff leaders -The tariff situation shifted to the Senate today with the prospect of much' work ahead of the chief executive to smooth over disputed points and to bring' tbe Senate the House 'and hls own views into harmony' Sen- ators Simmons Stone and Hoke Smith all members of 'the Finance Committee- had a long conference with President Wilson this evening At Its conclusion Senator Simmons chairman of the committee said the conference had been In ever yway satisfactory to the Senate membgrf- GERMAN WAR AIRSHIP IS SEIZED IN FRANCE Military Dirigible Lands In the Luneville Parade Grounds EXCITEMENT IS GREAT Two Companies of Infantry Violence (By Associated Preaa) LUKEYILLES France April 8- -The a landing military parade grounds here today and waa seized by the French military au- The Incident has caused tremendous excitement notwithstanding the foot that the German officers aboard the airship explained that they had been lost in the clouds and did not know that they had crossed the French frontier The Inhabitants of the eastern frontier regions of France have been much agitated In the last few weeks over re-porta that German dirigibles had been observed or heard nightly hovering over the forts But the story like those of the phantom airships of England never were properly substantiated The local authorities and Brigadier General Anlide Leon Lescot were Immediately summoned and were closely followed bjr a huge crowd of excited people It required the efforts of two companies of lnfajntry to keep the Indignant populace at a safe distance IV which is one of the latest and largest model carried ten passengers of whom four were officers in uniform The captain explained to General Lescot through an Interpreter that the Zeppelin was undergoing a test prior to be taken over -by the War Department He and the others had been assigned to that task They left Fredericks early In tbe morning bound for the Grand Duchy ot Baden MBS MARY SGOn DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Mother of Manager Charles Scott: of Opera House Passes Away Mrs Mary Scott aged 79 years died at the home of A Logan at the corner of Second and Upper streets 9 -so o'clock after a this morning at 230 clock alter a protracted illness' Mrs Scott was the mother of Charles Scott manager and leasee of the Lexington Opera House who with his wife and other members of hia family waa at the bedside of his mother when the end came Mra Scott waa the widow of William Scott formerly of this city who died about three yean ago She waa formerly a Miss Lindsay of Clark County Owing to the lateness of the hour the funeral arrangements could not he made hut these will be completed today and announced' later little three-letter words and went up tomany that were hard to pronounce without being required to spell them The spelling waa brisk and th eaudi-ence which was large and entirely -filled the courtroom listened with all attention and sat on the edge of their chairs waiting for the final letter The first man to dro pwaa John Vance on This broke the spell and he waa soon followed by Wade Luzon on Mr Cochran on "scurrilous" Dr Huffman on Minogue on See on intelligibility Professor Zem-brod also on Arch Hamilton on "deleterious A Gil-mour and Charles Plank on John Flood on Harblaon on "synchronism Grubbs Asa Jewell and Henry Breck-lnrldge on Harry Brower and David Hinted on "monarch! Forman on Captain Yancey Prof I Ij Dantzler on Dr McClure on "malignity" Arnsplger on Captain Kemper spelled the word and stood up with George Webb on his own side The prize was awarded to these two victors and the booby prize went to John Vance who was the first to miss a word The financial shle of the spelling bee aw well nfl the educational and enclnl Me wan highly uenesnful-and the euc-mi tree due to the untiring efforte of Mre Marehall and Mies Nelllo Morgan ANTHILL GOES EAST WITH BEN MARSHALL Latter Accompanies the Congressman to Praaa Candidacy for Internal Revenue Collectorahlp Congressman Campbell Cantrill accompanied by Ben Marshall of Frankfort a candidate for Internal Revenue Collector to succeed Timothy A Field left yesterday over the Chesapeake A Ohio for Washington Mr Marshall baa been a Franklin County lieutenant of Mr Cantrill ever since the latter has been In politics and has aided him In all hia Congressional fights He goes to Washington to press hia candidacy for the appointment aa Collector and has expressed confidence that with the backing be had he would land tbe place The Col-lectorshlp la tbe most Important office that will be filled in this Congressional District by the new administration HOME BOARD TO HOLD MEETINO TODAY Tlie regular meeting of the Board of Msneceis of the Children's Home will be held this morning at 10 o'clock AU members are urgently requested to be (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON April The completion of the new tariff revision bill the character of the duties to be levied on sugar and the extent to which President Wilson will give the support Former Sttaa Senator Grigsby 0f administration to the completed MISSISSIPPI LEVEES HOLDING HICKMAN Ky April While all of the Mississippi levees are holding tonight a severe wind and rain storm which prevailed for several hours has caused some apprehension United States engineers in charge of -the work declare there Is no immediate danger Weather conditions caused refugees housed In tents some discomfort Of those at the camp several are 11L UNDERTAKER ALLEGED GHOUL COLUMBUS April Oscar Osman an unoertatker of this city whp waa arrested today charged with taking money from the body 'of Mrs Sarah Scovell a flood victim was released on bond tonight and rearrested for Investigation This charge does not admit of balL The charge- against 'Osman was made by two members of the Ohio Notional Guard who declared he promised to give them $25 apiece for every body turned over to him They said they witnessed the finding by Osman of $265 8llar Scoville a' son of the dead woman said taht he had reason to be believe that his mother had $500 when' she was drowned On being questioned by Chief of Police Carter Osman admitted that he had found a sum of about $265 on one of the corps brought to his placa St store and stock of -merchandise valued at wtlh $45000 insurance Tfae orlnIn of the flre lB unknown btu It started In Mra residence THE HERALD WANTS a few live agents for special-work Ip' rural districts LIBERAL COMMISSIONS PAID ATTRACT IVE PROPOSITION For par-' ticulars address CIRCULATION LEXINGTON HERALD (Continued oa Pago Five) r'-- f-j 'V-- 4 if' I -4- a.

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