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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Unto Caesar Things That Are
Caesars, Unto God Things
That Are Gods
Lesson From Text That Fits
the Times.
Al the CHURCHES YESTERDAY

Vengeance belongs TO Cod" de-
clared the Rev. W. L. Cave. in his
sermon at the First Presbyterian
church. yesterday morning. And W,
need 10 learn that lesson in this state
Recent happenings have shown IN,
futli,y OF men assuming this author.
ity. All men must learn TO leave
these matieve 10 God. ST. Paul adj
monishes us. where 1t is possible. tC
live in peace with all men. There
are times when It is not right TO sub
init TO aggression, and there are oc-
cas.ons when men must take a stand
for conscience sake; but there is no
place for revenge In the catalogue OF
human powers
DIR. Caves sermon was based on
the text Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars, and unto
God the things that are Gods
Dr. Caves discourse dwelt prln-
cipally with those "thlngs that ar
Gods and the impotence OF man.
Miss Allne Bagby played a bcauti'
ful violin solo for the onortory
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Night Riders Visit Eddyuille and
Whip Eleven Men, Who Had Been
Told to Quit Talking About Them.

| was taken back 20 my Office and set
free.
"No damage was done to our equip
ment. / told them if they would tell
me when they were on raid, |
would see that no information got
out through my Office, and l will
keep my word with them"
Burning in Tennessee.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Feb. (Spe-
cial) Night riders burned the corn
crib. stable and farm implements.
stock, etc, of Lige Nichols, non
association farmer of this county.
In Christian County.
Hopkinsville. Ky, Feb. II. (Spe-
cial Might riders visited the farm
Of Mr. Mckinney, in north Christian
county. and rolled out load of to-
bacco and destroyed It,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
DENEEN MAY JOIN
TAFT FORCES IN
ASKING PRIMARY


Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 17.-The
Republican state central committee
will meet here Tuesday, and the COM
mittee is now believed to be ready to
put a quietus on the Cannon boom by
recommending popular primary to
get the sentiment of the people on
presidential candidates. A resolution
to this effect will be offered by II. NJ.
Sullivan. of this city, and it is not be-
lieved that any will dare vote against
IL. Not only this, but 1t is now ex-
pected that Deneen will ally himself
with the Taft movement in Illinois
and make his candidacy a tail to the
Ohioan's kite.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Administrator of w. Y. Grit.
fith's Estate, Not Proper
Person to Serve.
Hot Tilt Between Attorneys In
the Case.
CASE WILL BE APPEALED

After hearing complaint made by
Or. B. B. Griffith, representing the
heirs of w. Y. Griffith, as to the man.
agement of the estate by NJ. e. Gil
bert, the administrator, Judge Light
foot, today entered an order, remov-
ing Gilbert as administrator, giving
as the reason that in the judgment of
the court Gilbert was incapable of
proper management of the estate.
A great deal of feeling seems to
have crept into the affair, resulting
from the refusal of the court TO allow
will of Mrs. Alma Griffith. widow of
w. Y. Griffith, which was Offered by
Gilbert, to be probated. The Griffith
family apparently is determined that
Gilbert shall not handle even the es-
tate, of which he was administrator,
any longer, while Gilbert and his at
torneys seem equally determined that
he shall act as administrator and also
probate the will of Mrs. Griffith, ac-
cording to which he is made admins
traitor. and beneficiary of the estate
to the extent of ten per cent of its
value.
According to the statements of the
court in rendering his opinion in
which at times he was severely caus-
tic, the principal grounds for the re-
moval of Gilbert lie in the fact that
a settlement suit has been filed in cir
cult court by Gilbert and his attor-
neys. which he designated as useless
and for the purpose of getting the al
lowance of an attorneys fee TO the adj
ministrator and his attorneys. He
also called attention to the evidence
adduced that Gilbert has allowed the
taxes to go unpaid on the estate until
the penalty has been added, and dis
regarded the wishes of Mrs. Griffith
in failing to pay the funeral expenses
of her husband with money placed in
his hands for that purpose.
In commenting at. length on the
settlement suit Judge Lightfoot said
that such a suit should never be
brought in any case, except as last,
resort, and under the law cannot be
brought If the personal estate OF the
deceased is sufficient to pay the debts
of the estate, as is evident in the es-
tate under consideration.
During the progress of the case sew
oral hot sallies were INDUCED In by
the attorneys. Mr.. oliver, who repre-
scented Mr.. Gilbert, arising to resent
the implication that he had been in
terested in the suit for the purpose OF
claiming a fee from the estate. Mr..
Berry, for the Grifiiths, came back
with the statement that it was no I'M
plication, but direct charge which he
thought easy to sustain. Again Mr..
oliver made statement to the court,
which the Judge considered improper
and spoke of sending the attorney to
jail for good while, if it was re-
peated.
At the conclusion attorneys for Gil
bert asked for a certified copy OF the
record and will appeal the whole case
to the circuit court.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
CAPT. BROWNS STRATEGY

Bob Caldwell, colored. bootlegger'
who was indicted in March, 1916,
was arrested by Marshal Blade, CHIEF
of the United States deputies, Satur-
day in Louisville. His capture Is due
to the strategy Of Captain wade
Brown, former deputy United States
marshal of this district. After being
indicted Caldwell left Hickman. where
he sold the liquor, and went to Men,
phis. Marshal Brown traced him
from Memphis to Dyersburg, Tenn,
Murray, Henderson and then Louis
Vile, where Caldwell has been for
several months.
knowing Caldwell was in Louis
vile, Captain Brown went to one OF
Caldwells friends. pretending to be
administrator of an estate, who wished
to send Caldwell some money. He
was given his address and a bogus
check was mailed, and authorities
notified to keep watch for the per-
son presenting the check for pay
ment.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
PATRONS DEMAND
RECEIVERS FOR
MO.-PACIPIC co.

Topeka, Kan, Feb Residents
Of Bourbon county today petitioned
Attorney General Jackson 10 begin
proceedings to forfeit the charter of
the Missouri Pacific Railway company
and have a receiver appointed, alies-
ing that under the law they are en-
titled to safe, adequate, reasonable
priced service from the corporation.
The road recently discontinued tele-
graph service at Devon, and residents
have no means of knowing when
trains will arrive. The petition al
leges the tracks and bridges are In
such shape that adequate service is
impossible The petition alleges that
the petitioners believe the road is be-
ing wrecked by grating management.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
BURIED ALIVE?

Kansas City, Feb. 17.-Water de-
partment workmen today began re,
opening an excavation they filled al
Twelfth and Main streets in the bust.
ness section January 81. to see II
John Fayhey was buried alive. Fay
hey has been missing since then. He
was last seen making a connection of
the water mains. His wife insists he
was buried alive. Water department
officials say such a thing could not
occur.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
ASSOCIATION IN EVERY COUNTY WILL
SUE MEMBERS WHO VIOLATE AGREEMENT
LOOKING AFTER BILLS

City Solicitor James Campbell, Jr.,
will go to Frankfort tonight to look
after second class city measures in
the legislature. The liquor license
bill was to have been a special order
of business in the senate today, but
adjournment was taken without any
action. The house committee prom
Used to report 1t Immediately upon
receiving it from the senate, and M.
Campbell will be on hand to remind
them of it.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
JAIL DELIVERY

Little Rock, Ark. Feb. 17.-Seven
desperate prisoners, charged with
crimes ranging from murder to lar
ceny, escaped from the jail today, af-
ter saving their way through two iron
barriers. A woman, it is thought,
aided them IN their escape, as a small
sized shoe prints were seen outside
the wall.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
STOP DOCKING HORSES

Lexington, Ky, Feb. IA bill
making It a crime and prescribing
heavy penalty for the docking horses
will come up for its first reading be-
fore the legislature tomorrow. Fancy
riding and driving horse dealers from
here and elsewhere throughout Ken
lucky will flock to Frankfort to op-
pose the measure. II it passes theh
business, they claim, will be ruined.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
TAFT AT NEW HAVEN

New Haven, Conn. Feb. 17.-On
arrival here this afternoon Secretary
of War Taft was met by officers or
The local Taft club and conferred with
Republicans. He attended the Yale
corporation meeting. Tonight he viii
deliver an address at the Republican
club.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
EDISON'S SECRETARY
COMMITS SUICIDE

West Orange, n. j., Feb. 17-John
f. Randolph, treasurer of the Edison
Photograph works, and private sec
rotary of Thomas A. Edison, commit
ted suicide today, fairly blowing him.
self to pieces with a shotgun. Edison
prevented Randolph's. wife from
throwing herself from a window when
she heard of the killing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
COUNTY TAX BOARD

The board of tax supervisors for
the county met this morning to hear
complaints of those property owners
whose assessments were increased
the present session of the board, and
all day the room they occupy on the
second floor of the court house has
been filled with taxpayers anxious to
convince the supervisors that they
were wrong in putting higher value
on their assessment than was iisted
with the assessor. The board Will be
in session ten days and ample time
will be given everyone to be heard.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Representative Virgil Mcknight,
ofMason County, One of Boilers,
Dies, and Legislature AGourns.
STUNG.

New York, Feb. 11.-Thco-
dore y. Shonts, settled $50, 900
on his daughter when she mar
ried Saturday, according to an
authentic report. The money is
I'm the brides name. He refused
10 pay the usual dover foreign
nobIcmen demand.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Al Wheeling.

Wheeling. Feb. 1.-THE crest of
the food is passing here today. with
out exception every industrial plant in
the city is closed by high water,
Seven thousand persons were driven
from their homes.
AZ Piusburg.
Pttsburg, Feb. 1.-THE Ohio
river is now at rs feet. having fallen
five feet since yesterday. Business is
being resumed and the work of re-
facilitating the flooded section is go
Ing on. There was no loss of life
during the flood because sufficient
warning was given.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17

Washington, Feb. H. senator
Alexander s. Clay. of Georgia. is i'll
with an attack of acute indigestion at
his apartment In. Birdy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
seauagesima sunday.

Yesterday was Septuageslmd sun
day. the SEVENTEEN DAY before Easter.
II marked the beginning OF the peni-
ientlal season and calls attention %
the fact that Ash "Wednesday, the
beginning OF Lent. will he here In
less than three weeks, as March 4 iis
the first day of Lent Yesterday for
the first time the Catholic church
used the purple vostments and the
flowers on the affairs were removed.
leaving simply the candles The gos-
pei Yesterday was taken from the
twentieth chapter OF ST. Matthew, re-
lating TO the laborers In the vineyard.
AZ broadway.
The Rev. G.. T. Sullivan. pastor OF
the Broadway Methodist church, con-
tlnued his sermon on the command
mcnts last night and spoke on Thou
Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord
Thy God in Vain" Dr. Sullivan
spoke on how the name Of God WAS
used lightly and falsely. and pointed
that the name of Christ and God
tNoulu nc nplhfH WIN Ei'hh A''Nf
ence As personal expression ID,
Sullivan said he believed that mar
riages should not be performed by
officers OF the law. but only by min
listers OF the gospel. Considering that
such marriage Is legal. he pointed
ont with what lightness the VOWS OF
matrimony are often taken and how
lightly the name of God is used, and
the VOWS are sometimes administered
by an unworthy man. Next SUNDAY
evening Dr. Sullivan will take the
commandment Remember the Sab
bath Day TO Keep II Holy" This
may be the last sermon on the com
mandments until pleasant weathe,
comes. as many people that are In
tcrested in the series are unable TO
attend during the Indictment weather.
First Baptist.
Regular services were held yester-
day at the First Baptist church. The
Rev. NJ. L. Dodd preached in the
morning on "The Universal Gospel. ."
II was a strong sermon on the neces-
sity of keeping missionaries in the
foreign fields, and of the results that
have been secured through the work
among the heather. At the morning
service the congregation adopted the
quarterly report OF the Rev. MI.
Tippton, who is in China, doing mis-
sionary work. He is kept in the field
by the church. and his report showed
that much work had been accom-
plished.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Standard il q. X.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE Stand
ard OIL company declared a quarterly
dividend of SIS a share.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
CREST OF FLOOD
Is AT WHEELING :
WORK STOPPED

Cincinnati, Feb. 17.-This city
VIII be in the foods grasp Tuesday
morning, according to the weather bu-
reau. The Ohio river is now at As
feet. and so feet is the food stage
Buildings on the river front are under
water.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17

Two large congregations greeted
the Rev. S. u. Moore at the First
Christian church yesterday, and
there were four additions to the
church.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17

Generally fair tonight and Tuesday.
slowly rising temperature. Highest
Temperature yesterday. 40; lowest to-
day, ~.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17

Springfield. H., Feb. 17.-Charges
will be preferred at the Methodist
church conference against the Rev.
+. A. Hamilton for the connection of
himself and family with the Smell
will contest, during the trial of
which begging letters from Hamilton
and his wife and daughter have been
read.
II is claimed that Mrs. Hamilton,
with the knowledge of her husband.
offered herself and daughter to the oc-
togenarian millionaire for money.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Grain Market.

ST. Louis, Feb. H. Wheat, 9S;
corn, IS; oats, SO.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
Would Make Good in Fight.

The quality OF the material OF our
navy is inferior to none; in quantity
of vessels alone are we lacking. With
an increase in the number of ships,
the American navy will have been
supplied the only feature necessary
to make it second to none in all that
tends toward fighting efficiency, and
when the stress of actual combat, If
such should ever unfortunately come.
brings the only really practical test.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
NONE SUPERIOR
TO OUR NAVY SAYS
OFFICIAL REPORT
Rear Admiral Converse Shows
Ignorance of Critics of
Fighting Ships.
Compares Them With Those of
Other Nations.
QUALITY OF THEIR ARMAMENT

Washington, Feb 17.-Through
Secretary Metcalf, Admiral Converse
came strongly to ire defense of the
much maligned fighting ships of the
American navy, when in report
given out today he declared that the
quality of the material of the Ameri
can navy and the ambition and knowl-
edge of its personnel are second to
the sea fighting equipment of no other
nation.
This report was prepared primarily
to satisfy the president as to the
exact state of our naval ships COM
pared with those of other navies, and
its publication is authorized to reas-
sure the American sailors as to the
quality of the weapons with which
they must go into battle. While of
course It is regarded as desirable that
our navy shall not be moderated
abroad, and that the American peo-
pie shall know the conditions under
which their ships were designed, II is
even more essential, in the judgment
of the president and the naval Off
cials. that the men who are to maN
the ships shall not have their moral
courage sapped or weakened by the
slightest doubt of the fact that they
have as serviceable and efficient
weapons as the sailors of any Other
navy In the world.
Critics Half knowledge.
Another purpose of the publication
is to make clear the fact that the vol
untary critics of our navy have spoken
and written in a half light that the
Officers who designed our ships were
aware of many defects of ships in for
oign navies which have been unduly
praised as perfect examples of naval
architecture. and that in designing
our own ships these defects were
taken into account and avoided,
while every effort was made to EN-
body the best and most modern ma
tive ideas as well as those which the
experience of foreign navies have
shown to be sound
Admiral Converse characterizes tn.
criticisms as prepared by persons
whose knowledge on the subject dis
cussed was limited and Incorrect"
There was. he says. ample justifca-
tion for the adoption of the battle
ship designs which have been fol-
lowed.
ct is not claimed that mistakes
have not been made" he adds. cor
that our ships are without faults; but
in view of the then state Of the art of
building, this fact is not to
be wondered at. II is remarkable
that the mistakes were so few. and
that none were really serious. In
this respect our records will compare
favorably with that of foreign SER
vices.
Would Make Good in Fight.
The quality of the material of our
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17

Mr.. G. B, Exall went to Fulton
this morning.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
SMELL WILL CASE
STILL WITH JURY
AT CLINTON, ILL.,

Clinton, H., Feb. 1.-THE jury in
the Thomls Smell will case is still bal
lotlng or the problem of whether let
tiers ard other evidence represented
Indicated an unsound mind when he
cut his only son off with $50 in his
Will.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
RumOr is Extant That Beck
ham Men Agree to Surrender
Organization For Sake OF
Votes.

Frankfort, Feb. 17.-(Specials) -
Representative Virgil Mcknight died
this morning at 2 o'clock af asthma.
He had been feeling badly for some
time. He was taken violently i'll
Saturday, but revived Sunday. He
was stricken again and had severe
nasal hemorrhages, death following.
Both houses adjourned today imme-
diately upon meeting, out of respect
to his memory.
Committees of the house and SEN
ate were chosen to accompany Nc
Knights body to Louisville, where
the burial will be held.
After formal joint ballot, both
houses adjourned, after adopting res
olutions of respect.
Mcknight was one of the boiling
Democrats. Under the statute it Is
necessary for the presiding officer of
the house to issue a call for the cleo
ton of his successor Immediately.
Representative Mcknight represents
Marion county in the legislature and
an election may be held in eight days
after the call.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-17
RunsOr of "a Deal.

Frankfort, Ky, Feb. 17.-(Spe
cial )-Rumors are current of a prop
osition from the Bcckham Democrats
to the anti-Beckham Democrats that
may amalgamate them and break the
deadlock this week, with the county
unit bill buried in the proper commit
tee. IL is nothing more nor less than
that Beckham should be elected to the
United States senate upon his agree
ment to release his hold on the party
machinery of the state. II is said his
henchmen promise to get off the
state committees and resign their
power to the old timers in the various
counties and districts.
This arrangement would avert the
possibility of Republican United
States senator and the passage OF the
county unit law two contingencies
much feared by Beckhamites and anti
Beckhamites alike.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-26

question it would still seem that the
assessor was warranted in proceedings
as he has in this case The time with
in which the assessor shall add to his
assessment or tax list any person or
heretofore omitted is not
limited. This may be done at any
time" Nor is the time limited to any
particular year or number of years for
which the property, if omitted, may be
added to the list Such omitted prop
erty may be added to the list for any
year or number OF years Heretofore
omitted whenever such omission is
discovered.
Had the legislature desired to limit
the assessor as to the time within
which he might act in these matters, 1t
would have said so in plain and un-
mistakable language. 1t would have
been an easy matter to have so ex-
pressed itself.
mot doing so we must conclude
that it had no intention to limit the
assessor in this regard.
Defendant further contends that the
statute can not apply in this case be-
cause the property having been erro-
neously assessed to Frank Godfrey
for the years in question it was not
omitted. The authorities hold, how
ever, that an assessment to a stranger
and not to the owner for the previous
years brings it within the plain purpose
and spirit of the statute. Within the
intent of the statute the erroneous as
sessment to Godfrey and not to de-
fendant was an omission from the as
sessment list for the years in question
Defendant also urges that to apply
the statute as contended for by the as
SCISSOR is to construe it retrospectively
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-10-26
AN IMPORTANT
TAX DECISION

A decision in favor of Tax Assessor
Wilder was rendered this morning by
Judge De Bolt in the case against Alice
Metcalf for back taxes. For the years
1901, and 3, the taxes on the land in
question were assessed against Frank
Godfrey as owner. AS a result of an
action to recover the amount of these
taxes from Godfrey, instituted in 1904,
it was found that the property was
owned by Alice Metcalf. The taxes
were then reassessed against her and
the present suit brought for recovery.
This brought up for the first time in
the local courts the quetsion of whether
the Assessor is authorized to reassess
property in a case of this character and
collect taxes for the same. Judge
De Bolt in his opinion holds for the
plaintiff as follows:
THE statute is remedial only and
was designed to perfect the government
tai system of securing the means for
the support of the government, and to
that end to afford remedy for the en-
forcement of the rights of the Terri
tory against all tax payers alike ac-
cording to the value of the property
of each and to permit no one to escape
his duty; and thus eQualizing the bur-
dens of the citizens and property own
ers. The fact that defendant held title
to the land by an unrecorded deed and
her failure to disclose her title and
make proper return to the assessor as
was her duty renders the statute pecu-
liarly applicable in this case. She has
no just ground of complaint, whatever
the construction of the statute may be.
However, even though the strict
rule of construction contended for by
defendant does apply to the statute in