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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
George Jones Was Seriously
Wounded With Blunt In
strument on Head.
Finley Climber Charged With
Assailing Him.
BOTH MEN DRINKING HEAVILY

In a quarrel yesterday afternoon,
Finley Climber. a young man who re-
Gently came from Paris. Tenn, Is
alleged TO have struck George Jones,
lO1i jackson street. over the head
with a heavy scantllng. After the
fight Climber escaped, but last night
was arrested by the police while he
was In the Baptist church In Me-
chanicsburg BY the blow Jones was
knocked unconscious. and is in a
serious condition.
George Jones. his brother and
Finley Climber had been together all
Sunday witnesses say. They were in
a lumber yard near the Franklin
school. on South Sixth street, with a
plentiful supply OF booze. and the trio
had been drunk all day. II is alleged.
In the afternoon about I O'Clock the
three staggered out on Sixth street.
over certain remarks warm words
passed between Climber and Jones.
Climber alleges that Jones hit him In
the face. and he then picked up a
heavy timber and struck Jones across
the head. Patrolman ". Doyle lives
near the scene, and he went 10
Jones cid. but Climber had skipped
out. The patrol wagon was called
and Jones was taken home. where
doctors were called to dress his
wound.
I Climber was bleeding freely ana
after the fight he went TO the Office
OF DIR. J. T. Troutman and tod him
he had near.y killed fellow on
Sixth street and told him to go over.
After that Climber disappeared and
the police could not find him. Last
night Patrolman Dugan. who works
the beat In lay. got a clew. and with
Patrolman Eich located Climber IN
the church and arrested him. CHM
Der was sleeping OF his jag when ar
rested. A warrant for malicious as
sault and woundlng with intent 20
NIL was sworn out against Climber.
He was unable to give bond and his
trial was continued in police court
this morning owing TO Jones being
unable to attend court.
Last year about this time Jones
was seriously cut In a fght. but re-
covered from his wounds.
Physicians have been unable to ie-
termine how serious the injury Is
owing to the intoxicated condition OF
Jones.
After a thorough examination. Or.
J. u. AGREE announced this afternoon
that Jones skull was fractured. II
is believed to be n serious fracture,
but II Is thought that his chances are
good for recovery.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Fire in a stable.

From an unknown cause fire start
ed in the hay in the large stable of
Ed Eaker. 1900 Bernheim avenue.
Saturday afternoon about 4: 80 O'Clock
and a loss of about $500 resulted.
The fire was a smouldering one. and
made much smoke. but the firemer
went in and extinguished II. No
stock was in the stable at the time.
and wagons were rolled out. The
roof was burned and the walls char
red. Hose company No. and truck
company No. answered the alarm,
hut Chief Woods re-enforced the COM
panies with No. /.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
FOR THE INAUGURATION.
Rear Admiral Speery VIII Command
Naval Section of Parade.

Washington, Dec. Ia. = James
Shenry. Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press, has been
appointed chairman of the press
committee. and Charles Ii. Boyton,
of New York. vice chairman of the
committee on finance. for the IN
auguration of Taft as president on
March next year. Major General
Barry. commanding the army of Cub
an pacificatlon. has been designated
to command the regular army divis-
ion of the inaugural parade and Rear
Admiral Sperry. commanding the At
lantic battleship feet, now on its way
home from the far east. will command
the naval division.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Fourteen Killed

Washington. Dec l4.-Fourteen
are known TO be dead three of them
Americans. and fifty injured. three or
four seriously. as a result of the pre-
mature explosions of twenty-one tons
of dynamite at Bias Obispo, in the
Panama canal zone. yesterday. Fol-
lowing Americans killed: James l..
Hammer, craneman, steam shovel.
Dune.len, n. j.; John j. Korp, steam
shovel engineer, Phillipsburg. ~ j.;
John j. Reidy, powder man, Indian
apolis, Ind. Seriously wounded: Ben
jamin II. Cole, foreman, Rochester,
N. Y. Slightly wounded: Arthur II.
Bassett, foreman. Philadelphia. Pa. (:
w. c. BEN, foreman, New York city /;
c. w Hayden, steam shovel engineer
Sandusky, q.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
ANOTHER FALSE
CLEW FOLLOWED
BY DETECTIVES

Paducah detectives were fooled
again when the bright hopes of locat-
ing Richmond Byers. the boy who
mysteriously disappeared from his
home in See,eyville, Ind, four years
ago, faded away for lack of a nick
in his ear to prove that Walter
Joiner was the lad. Joiner is the twin
son of Mrs. Oretta Joiner, who died
on a sbantyboat last winter, and in
some respects correspondej to the
description given of the lad that po-
lice all over the United States have
looked for.
Il began with a tip that the JOiners
kidnapped the boy from DR.. and Mrs.
IL. S. Byers, and had reared him. The
boy had his eyes crossed and it was
thought that the mick" was in the
ear as well as a deformity in his
ankle, which gave the lad a peculiar
gait. The twin boys are living in a
shack across the Ohio river and Sat
lurday afternoon. Detectives Lige
Gross and William Baker went to the
hut. Walter Joiner. the boy. was
examined carefully. but II is thought
that he is not the lad. The boy is
too old and too large to be the Byers
boy, and besides the mick" in the
ear is missing. With their hopes
blasted the detectives returned home.
This Is the second time that 1t was
thought the boy was in Paducah
About two years ago DR.. Byers came
here and at first glance thought that
the boy was his son and became
|hysterical. Later a thorough exami-
nation failed to disclose the peculiar
mick" and the identity of the lad
was not established. A letter has
been written DR.. Byers stating the
The Joiner children we're placed in
the Home of the F'riendless. but the
boys left the home and have been
shifting for themselves. The boys
are trapping game and selling the
hides. Although living in a shach
with cracks wide enough to throw a
cat through. the boys have plenty OF
warm clothes. and 1t is said from. the
profit of the hides often make as
much as $40 to $50 a week.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
THOMAS Il. CLAYTON is APPOINTED TO
COUNCIL BOARD LICENSE ORDINANCE UP

bors several days. and II is eX-
pected they will soon thresh out
the items in the ordinance and
agree upon schedules.
As soon as the committee Of
the whole concludes it's work, II
will adjourn and the board OF
councilmen will be called in spe-
cial session to pass the ordi-
nance on two readings. When
the board of councilmen has
passed the ordinance the alder
men will meet.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT.
Fruit From All Sections on show.

Fruit From All Sections on Show.
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dec. IL
With fruit exhibits from many states.
including both the Atlantic and Pa
clhc coasts. the first national horti-
cultural congress will begin tomor-
row and continue through the week.
The exhibits from Washington, Utah,
Idaho. Missouri and Iowa are par
ticularly heavy. Railroad companies
are making special displays of fruit
and other products from along their
lines. Formal exercises with adj
dresses by the mayor, officials OF the
congress and others viii open the
congress.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
MOB WOULD HAVE
BURNED HILL AT
STAKE FOR CRIME

jamestown, KY, Dec. 14.-tSpe-
ALTO avoid a mob, Almer Hill
was spirited from jail here last night
and taken to Monticello. Hill was
captured. charged with killing Mamie
Womack last week. The jailer learned
the mob was coming to burn the
prisoner at the stake and got him
out. The mob appeared and searched
the jail.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Mercer Funeral.

The funeral of Mr. William Mer-
Ger. who died suddenly Saturday
was held at the Broadway Methodist
church this afternoon at o'clock. in
stead of at the residence. Many of
the shop employees attended the funer-
al, as he was a prominent member Of
the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen.
The Rev. G.. T. Sullivan preached the
funeral. At the burial at Oak Grove
cemetery the Masons had charge of
the ceremony.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Hard to Get Jury

Flushing. n. v, Dec. 1.-THE
trial OF Thornton Haines, accessory
to the murder of Annis. has begun.
His father and Major Halns. his
brother, are attending. John Mcln-
tyre is chief council. Darrin Is con-
Quoting the prosecution. Hundreds
of spectators gathered but few gained
access because the court room Is small
The morning session was devoted to
hearing the excuses OF taiesmen. The
selection of jury began this after
noon. Little progress was made de
spite attempts OF Justice Crane to
hurry proceedings. Although 2s5
talesmen were summoned 1t is be
lieved others win be required to get
q Jury.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Civic Federation

New York, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Taft Is
chief speaker before the Woman's
section of the convention of the Ma
tIonal civic federation. She urged
women to assist in the fight to stop
evils from ''loan sharks" among in
dustrial employers. Seth Low, John
Mitchell and James O'Connell, presi-
dent of the International Machinists'
Union. addressed the federation. Mr..
Mitchell urged the extension of trade
agreements.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
'Hinky Di0k" Kenna's and
Bath House" Johns Party
Plans Rudely Shattered
Annual Event May be Int, r,
fered With.
COLISEUM ATTACKED

Chicago, Dec. 1.-two buildings
were wrecked and several people are
believed to have been killed and win
dows shattered for blocks around, by
the terrific explosion of a bomb in an
alley on Wabash avenue near Six
teenth street last night.
The wrecked buildings adjoin the
coliseum, where the First ward ball.
an annual revel, against the holding
of which this year much opposition
has been made, is scheduled for to-
morrow might. and the police are
working on the theory that an I'M
known bomb thrower designed to
wreck the Coliseum to stop the ball.
Building Catches Fire.
A two-story frame building. which
adjoins the south wall of the Coli
scum Annex, collapsed and took fire.
The fire spread to another frame
builiing, which was also wrecked.
Properties of the Coliseum stored in
the two buildings added fuel to the
flames.
That the bomb was intended for
the Coliseum and that it was an eff
fort of some would-be reformer to
make impossible the holding of the
ball, the police express little doubt.
Another theory is that the bomb
was thrown as another chapter in the
gamblers war" which has been
marked by the firing of a series of
bombs. in the vicinity of alleged gam
bling resorts.
The First ward ball has long been
a source of contention and recently
the pastor of church In the neigh
borhood sought and failed to secure
an Injunction to prevent the holding
of the ball. The ball is supported by
the First warders," who are repre-
sented in the city council by Alder
man Kenna and Alderman John
Coughlan.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Mrs. Martha j. Hubert.

Mrs. Martha j. Hubert, rs years
old, died Saturday Afternoon after a
several days illness of pneumonia at
her home in Fulton county. Mrs.
Hubert was born in Virginia Septem-
Der 81, 1880. ard in carly life moved
with her parents to Fulton county.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Mollie Hubert More, eight
grand children and two great-grand-
children. One of the granddaughter
is Mrs. VIM. Elliott, Of Paducah.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
HOLLAND SEIZES
VENEZUELAN SHIP
TO FORCE TERMS
Ii is Believed Aggressive Ac-
ton Will Result in Castro's
Overthrow.
Either He Will Submit or Suf-
fer Revolution.
WATCHING FOR OTHER BOATS

Wilhemstadt. Curacao, Decv. IA
It is believed the capture of the Ven
ezue,ean coast guard ship ak by the
Dutch will speedily end the trouble
with Holland. Dutch warships are
watching for other vessels, prepared
to completely paraly7e Venezuela's
commerce. This probably will cause
sufficient pressure 10 make the Vene-
zuelan government yield. If 1t does
not, 1t is predicted revolution will
overthrow the administration.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Edwin Bradshaw

Mr. Edward Bradshaw. SO years
old. OF Heath. died last evening at 7
O'Clock OF oil age The funeral was
held this afternoon at O'Clock at
the Bayou church on the Woodville
road. The funeral services we're by
the pastor. the Rev. MCGEE. The
burial was at the church cemetery.
Mr.. Bradshaw was a prominent and
prosperous farmer OF the Heath
nelghborhood He Is survived by a
large number Of relatives and friends.
Miss Orrie Clark. Mrs. Fannie Row
land and Mrs Fannie Carneal are
nleces. Messrs. Il. r., VIII, James
and Richard are nephews OF Mr.. Ed
ward Bradshaw.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
The Dutch Program.

The Hague, Dec. 14.-It is believed
here Castro's visit to Germany Is to
urge the kaiser to intervene in his
behalf It is considered unlikely that
the emperor will do so. The foreign
Office announced its Venezuelan cam
paign against Castro personally. It
won't lombard towns. but hopes to
bring Venezuela to time by stopping
their commerce.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14

Mayor James +. Smith today
appointed Thomas II. Clayton,
the well known roof contractor
councilman from the First to
succeed President ]. II Lindsey,
resigned. Immediately after ALL
ing the vacancy Mayor Smith is
sued a call for the councilmen
and aldermen TO meet as com
mlttee OF the whole tomorrow
night at 1880 O'Clock to CON
slider the license ordinance.
Copies Of the ordinance have
been In the hands of the men,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Hartman Escapes

Washington, Dec. 14.-Harmman
will escape answering questions be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
SION in the investigation of the Union
and Southern Pacific stock transac-
tons. The supreme court held the
cannot enforce answers.
It overruled the New York district
federal court which decided that Har-
riman must answer.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Sidewalks Clear

Broadway bears an unusually neat
appearance today with the sidewalks
clear from the property line TO the
curbing. Displays extending over IN,
sidewalk in front OF a merchants
business house are prohibited. Here
tofore the merchants have been per-
United to utilize two feet OF the side
walk for displays. but this Is not
legal.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
DIR. I.ovitch at Cairo.

The Rev. Or. Loviteh. Rabbi of
Israel, conducted services last
evening at the Montefiore synagogue
at Cairo. before a large congregation.
Master Raymond Franklin played az
an offertory Mendelcsohn's Spring
Song accompanied by his teacher,
Mrs. l.. Emile Proflet. and Miss
Ernest.ne Berkowdz sang a solo.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Dutch Oven Hostilities.

Willemstad, Curacao. Dec. IL
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland on Sat
urday morning captured the Vene-
zuelan coast guardship Alix outside
of Puerto Cabello. The Dutch flag
was hoisted over the Alix. the crew
of which was sent ashore. The guard
ship was then manned by Dutch Off
Ger and marines and towed to Willem-
stad arriving here this morning.
Although the seizure of the Alix
was plainly observable from Puerto
Cabello, the forts there did not fire
upon the Gelderland
There is great enthusiasm over the
incident in Curacao.
The steamer Maracibo, which ar
rived here from Venezuelan ports,
reports that when she was at Mara
clbo the air was full OF rumors OF a
revolution in the Interior OF Vene-
zuela
w-s According 60 Plans.
The seizure Of the Alix was in ac-
cordance with the plans of the Hol-
land government when instructions
were issued to the three Dutch war
ships now in these waters to make a
demonstration of the coast of Vene-
zuela.
Naturally the people of Curacao
who have long been clamoring for
activity on the part of the Dutch
government. are greatly rejoiced
over this evidence that Holland has
begun active measures against Vene-
zuela. but the governor of Curacao,
in explaining the incident, had this
to say:
Not Unfriendly Act.
"The capture of our warships OF
coast guards and war vessels is not
to be considered an unfriendly act
against the venezuelans. II is merely
reprisal against Castro's govern
ment. The seizure of these vessels
will make 1t impossible for the Vene-
zuelan government to carry troops
or ammunition to and from various
ports.
"A communication 10 this effect
was forwarded by the Dutch govern
ment to the German minister at
Caracas"
Il is learned from the officers of
the Gelderland that the battleship
Jacob Van Heemskert and the
cruiser Frlesland are now off La
guaira and further captures are ex-
pected. These vessels left here Fri
day. cleared for action, and 1t was
believed then that the intention was
to make a possible demonstration at
Laguira.
The opinion Is held here that the
Venezuelan government in the alb
sence of President Castro. won't fire
upon the Dutch warships, which. in
view of the fact that Venezuela Is
practically without navy. hold the
Venezuelan ports at their mercy.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Wire Spreads Month

Maxon Mills, Dec. 14.-(Special)
While chasing a pig out of the
yard early yesterday morning, Mr.. T..
A. Greenwich ran into clothes line.
The wire struck him in the mouth,
and tore such a cash that four
stitches were necessary to close it.
DR.. +. V. Kimbrough attended him.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
Trial of Men Charged With Murder
of Capt. Quentin Rankin Begins at
Union City, Tennessee, This Week
ADAM GOD CRAZY.

Kansas City, Dec. Thames
Sharpe, "Adam God" is regard
ed ms insane. His sanity will be
tested before he is brought to
trial. In an interview Sharpe
said he expects to hang. He de-
clared IL he Is the true prophet
God will work n miracle TO bring
90 life the persons killed I'm the
street fight. " this doesn't hap
pen it will show he Is a false
prophet and deserves death for
deceiving others.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
John w. Gates, Mother Dies.

Port Arthur. Tex, Dec. 14.@Mary
Gates, mother of John w. Gates, is
dead. Her body was sent on a spe-
cial train to Lake Charles, ILL.,, for
burial. Gates is accompanying her
Mrs. Gates had been Ill several
weeks. Mr.. Gates constantly attend
ed her.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14

ment of the French Gable company
controversy.
Concluding Castro twice repeated
that Venezuela desired peace and
harmony with France and the other
powers. but declared that peace and
harmony depended upon others as
well as Venezuela.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
All Members of Colored Regiment
Who Give Evidence in Brownsville
Raid Should be Restored to Army
LINCOLN CENTENARY.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Sena-
tor Dick introduced "a resolution
providing for suitable Observance
Of Lincoln's hundrcdth birthday,
February ~. He suggests cele-
brations I'm every town In the
country; services at all colleges
and schools. and also wants a
worthy monument erected here.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-12-14
CLOUDY

Partly cloudy with probably rain
tonight or Tuesday. Warmer central
md eastern portions tonight. Highest
Saturday, 80; lowest
sunday, 80; highest sunday, %; low
est today. AZ.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-05-07

Australia and New Zealand countries newer than
own less popuous, and with nothing like our aggre-
gate wealth The fact that the rest of the world has
good roads while have bad ones is significant; it
shows that the plan have been pursuing has not
been successful IN three hundred years less than
eight per of the highways of our country have
been permanently improved and at the 60
ing it would require nearly four thousand years to
complete the job. SO roadbuilders the people OF
the United States have been failure
This is all the surprising when we consider
that they conspicuousy successful in every other
line of human endeavor. Millions upon millions of
dollars have been wasted in every state in the union
upon the public roads by iEtimed or msdrected eff
fort and with really very little to show for the ex-
penditure 1t is only within the last ten or fifteen
that any real progress has been made along the
line of permanently improving the conditions
The trouble is have been endeavoring to I'M
tange the snarl by pulling the wrong string Without
any reason for doing farmers of the country from
Maine to California from the very first assumed that
the country belonged to them and it was their
business to improve them and this misconcepton held
sway for nearly 300 years.
A few wears ago in New Jersey made a dis
covery 1t that the highways public property,
as much so the state house This raised the ques-
ton: why if the highways public property should
not the public take of its own why should not the
state and all property therein contribute to building
the roads," Everybody is interested in them every
bodv is affected through the markets by the road con
ditons: they are benefited by good roads and injured
~, had ones The new thought spread throughout the
state and finally New Jersey led the way to better con-
ditions by passing law by which the state should con-
third the money required 10 improve ING
roads other states followed increasing the proper
+on to one-half and in case, Massachusetts, 10
threefourths.
In many of the New England states farm
nronertv is only very small portion of the total taxable
nronerty in some cases ten cent and when the
cost of road improvement distributed over all prop
ertv of the state, the burden was hardly telt and yet
Immense sums raised for road purposes. Best
~ oil the roads built under proper supervision,
instead of leaving it the inexperienced hands of the
loca! path master
Ten wears ago New York state began in small
NAV to aid and appropriated $4,000 the work
The Dan grew in favor rapidly that within five years
the state by an overwhelming vote passed consttu-
4onal amendment providing for issue of $5OOO0OOO
IN bonds to help build the highways. What record!
In five years from fifty thousand to fifty millions! The
4ax necessary to pay the interest this enormous