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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
SAYS MEASURE FAIR

Estudillo pointed out that the bill
was before the senate with the favor
able recommendation of the judiciary
committee and that, it was a fair
measure. He explained that it allowed
dry" towns to go wet as we'll as
permitting wet towns to go dry
and that it was not prohibition
measure, but one of local self-govern-
ment.-H He reminded the senate that
wineries and breweries were excepted
from it's operation.
Wolfe declared that the bill had been
shrewdly prepared by men who make
their livelihood preaching prohibition
pure and simple. He said it would be
deathblow to the prosperity. and to
the republican party of California;
and that it would ruin the viticultural
interests of the state as well as many
of the banks in the vineyard counties
which make big loans on grape acre
age.
II wager" he continued that there
are men on this floor in favor of this
bill who drink ten times as much as
1 do. They want 1t for others; not
for themselves. Under this bill it will
be no crime for the wealthy man who
owns a wine cellar to get as drunk as
damnation, but it will prevent the poor
man from going to the saloon for a
drink Why should prohibitionists
with long hair, sallow faces and lean
and hungry looks, men who look as
though they never had a square meal,
tell us that we can not have cock
tail before dinner?"
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16

New Zealand and Australia
Via Tahiti
Regular Through Service

The Wonderland OF the Paeiac. See Milford
sound. the Wanganui River and the Hot Lakes
ana anu Sey eysers-sufpassinS the Yellowstone. New
Zealand is at its best The s. s. Marines,
sails April 10. Only $3.50 round trip to Yelling
Ton, New zealand. first class; one way third
LINE TO HONOLULU-Specia round trim
rate S11O. 5 = Alameda, sailing April 8 "a
Market ST. Telephone Kearny 1891
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
PARAISO HOT SppNcS

Most wonderful climate. mineral waters AMI
baths for rheumatism and all stomach fronhi.s.
Address H. MCGOWAN. Paraiso. Monterey conn ~,
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
WOLFE GIVES STATISTICS

Wolfe gave statistics to show the
prevalence of drunkenness in dry
towns and quoted from eminent clergy
men who are opposed to prohibition.
Thompson of Los Angeles pointed
out that Wolfe had addressed his ar
gument to prohibition and not to local
option. He declared that the wonder
full growth of the south was due to
the attitude of the people toward the
liquor traffic.
Il congratulate the lily white sena-
tors of performing proclivities for
smoking the reformers OUT said Helo-
han Of Watsonville. This is not a
question of local option we are debat-
ing, but simply one of putting sena-
tors on record.
Holohan was opposed to the bill, as
were also Curtin, who attacked its con-
grape growers of Sonoma, and Leavitt
who admitted that he wanted to see
the reformers put on record.
Cutten of Eureka and Boynton of
Oroville admitted that the bill was
poorly drawn and needed amendment,
but declared that they would support
it for the principle it embodied
eff this is prohibition measure
declared Estudillo. in closing the de-
bate, "it is strange that the prohibitions
lists have been fghting it so bitterly.
They hate local option as. the devil
hates holy water"
Estudillo analyzed the statistics pro
duced by Wolfe to show that they did
not prove the efficacy of local on
ton. Men who wanted to overindulge.
he explained, went to wet" towns for
liquor.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16

Mccullough builds and designs the
best apartments in town. 2023 Market
street. near Dolores
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
TO cure a cold in One nav

rake laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug
eists refund money IL IL fails to cure. Z. ".
Groves signature is On each box. 25c.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
CLARKFs RESI-

Resolved. tl1t the rules OF the
house Of Representatives OF the six-
tieth congress be adopted as fbe
rules Of the house OF represents
tives for the first or extra session
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
HORSES TOOTH is FOUND
In LARGE ASH TREE
indications Show That Tooth Had
Been Encased There For
Fifty Years.

Mr.. Samuel Martin, a resident of
Scott county, found the tooth of an
animal under extraordinary circum-
stances recently.
Mr.. Martin said that he was en-
gagged in telling and cutting up a
large ash tree, some three feet in di-
ameter, on his farm when he found
the tooth near the heart Of the tree,
or about eighteen inches inside the
tree from the bark.
The tooth was shown to several
veterinary surgeons and their opinion
was that the tooth was that of "a
horse, and was one of the molars
on the left lower jaw. The proba-
bility is that the tooth has been en-
cased within the tree at least fifty
years, as an ash tree that large would
be more than that old.
Speculation was rife as to how the
tooth became lodged in the tree and
as fast as one explanation was adj
vanced something would show its inn
possibility. Probably the best expla-
nation given was that when the tree
was a sapling, a horse bit the tree
and his tooth broke off and became
encased in the tree asst grew.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
TO ABOLISH MARRIED FLIRTs
A Distinctive Title Suggested for Men
with Wives.

Chicago.-What sort of a title
should a married man bear?
A state law may decide this CUES
ton if the proposition put up to Sen
ator Samuel A. Ettelson goes through
The senator has been approached by
a number of unmarried women who
say that married men are constantly
imposing upon them because it is i'm
possible from a plain introduction o.
mister to tell whether they are mar
ried or not
Senator Ettelson is considering the
matter.
THE married men ought to be seq
regated," said he. "An unmarriey
woman is Miss; a married woman
Mrs. That arrangement is highly
satisfactory. 1t is calculated to pro
mote harmony between the sexes
Now, if the thing works one way. why
won't it work the other? Let us diff
ferentiate between the benedicts and
the bachelors. Let us make il a fel
ony for a married man to use the
bachelors title The change will be
for the good of society. 1t will be g
bulwark for the home. 1t will protect
susceptible unmarried women. II viii
abolish at one blow all the married
flirts."
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
WAGES OF OPERATORS LOWER,
Charles p. Neil Reports on Conditions
of Telegraph Companies.

Washington.-The report of the COM
missioner of labor, Charles p. Neil,
upon the telegraph companies, as di-
rected by the senate resolution of May
2S, was transmitted to the senate a few
days ago. The report deals with meth
DDS Of handling the public's business,
hours, wages and conditions of labor o.
telegraph employees. Receipts and ex-
penditures for a period of five years
are reported for the Western Union
only. In the matter of handling the
public's business, the report indicates
that messages are classified and that
certain classes of business have pref
erence over others. The toll rates are
compared for the years 1873, 1883 and
1908 between various points and the
telegraph rates in European countries
are given. The subject of filing time
is discussed. The report takes up the
matter of wages and working condi
tons, dealing with the subject of over.
time, typewriters and the blacklist
The rates of wages and earnings for
the months of April, 1907 and 1908. are
tabulated somewhat in detail and show
a decrease in average rate in most of
the cities for both the Western Union
and Postal companies. The decrease
in average rate of wages for the Postal
company is not so great as that shown
for the Western Union, nor is there a
decrease in so many cities.
A table given shows the highest av.
erage monthly wages paid operators in
1908 by the Western Union was $72. so
in Mobile, Ala, while the lowest aver.
age was $5079, in Buffalo. The aver.
age for Chicago was $66O9. The high.
est monthly average paid by the Postal
company in 1908 was sS5.9S in San
Francisco. The lowest was $3.50 in
Philadelphia. The Chicago average
was $1,000. The highest average paid
in 1888 was sS2.64, in New Orleans
The average paid in that city in 1905
was $69.7O.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

lar side, and because of his trans
parent faults his enemies were able
to attack his motives and make cert
tain his return to private life.
~ Senator Teller it may be said
that ne personifed Colorado better
than any other man who has ever
been in Washington. Elected as a
Republican thirty two years ago on
the admission of the Centennial State
to the Union, he has passed with
it through the varying stages of pro-
tectionism and -silverism to q
kind Of peeyish antagonism to what
ever Administration was in Office. But
no Senator has spoken with surer
knowledge on matters involving the
mining, land and irrigation laws that
so directly affect the West.
The people have resenttully
borne Senator Platts tenure
of seat which he merely occupied
by grace of tht machine Of which he
was long the boss. He leaves Wash
ington finally in company with the
man who to him more than any one
else owes the accident of the Presi-
dency.
With the half-dozen Senators
whose terms have expired goes also
Vice-President Fairbanks, than whom
nobody has probably ever presided
over the Senate more satisfactorily
to its members.
Among the Senators retiring is our
own McCrearv. a man who has hon
ored every position that he has filed.
We doubt if a more efficient Senator
has ever represented the State.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
HOUSE is FULL OF SECRETS.
Hidden Staircases and Tunnel to cavs
Found in Old Home.

Cleveland, O.-Queer old secret tun-
nels, huilt sixty or seventy years ago.
and leading from one of Cleveland :
Oldest residences to artificial caves in
the hillside above the Cuyahoga river.
have been discovered in the demolition
of the old w. ]. Gordon homestead. on
West Ninth street, opposite Lakeside
avenue. w. J. Gordon, who gave Cleve-
lands largest park to the city, was the
grandfather of Daisy Gordon Hanna
Patton of New York, divorced wife OF
Dan r. Hanna.
Secret stairways and hidden closets
abounded throughout the building and
were located on every floor, secret
cabinets being found even in the gar
ret near chimneys. Just what purpose
the tunnels and strange compartments
served nobody seems to know.
Gordon was always considered &C.
centric, but his oddities in the con-
struction of his home and grounds
were never brought to light. He was
for years one of the largest wholesale
liquor dealers in the central west.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
New Phone No. 81.
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1909.
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION

The tempenaaeesq question is the live
wire In Kentucky politics 1t is just
as dangerous ~ 6iies party as the 9TH
er. In tue last State election, the
Republican, paIly IN its platform was
Pledged to the passage Of a County
Unit law. :, The candidates for the
State ofiess5ysrs elected by substan-
tial majorities, but both Houses of
the Legislature were controlled by
the Democrats. As a party measure,
the Republicans could not carry out
its platform, but it is generally be-
heved that but for certain manipu-
Slations connected With the election OF
a United States Senator, that the
County Unit biz gould have been
passed with the help of the temper
ance Dem5cratQi e
Gov. Wiilsonspositively declines to
call an extra session of the Legisla-
ture as requested by the temperance
people. 81 s.
We believe that large majority
of the voters IA Kentucky will vote
for Statewide prohibition if the
question is submitted. The immedi-
Fate demands of the temperance people
rs for the County Unit in local option
elections. We believe. that it would
be wise for the LIQUOR people to agree
to this proposition, otherwise with
the wave of reform that is sweeping
the country.
The State will be the unit. The
mistake that the whiskey people have
made in the past, and are now max
ing, is in opposing laws intended to
regulate the traffic.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Troops On the Rampage.

Washington March S.-After wreck
ing several lunch rooms. threatening
the proprietors with bodily harm, if
they interfered aud hurting bricks
through the windows OK residences,
several members of Company K. Fifth
Pennsylvania Volunteers. scrambled
aboard their departing train, it is al
legged, just in time to escape arrest.
Reserves of the sixth precinct had
been called out to stop the soldiers
fun" and they charged the fugitives
just their train left. The proprietor
of a grocery store is said to have
been badly beaten and driven from
his place.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Boy Makes Wireless Discovery.

Portland, Me. = Edward Spencer
Rogers, IL years old, 90 High street.
has made a startling discovery at his
amateur wireless telegraph station,
and has demonstrated to many people
that what he claimed had been done
could easily be accomplished The
discovery is that by using an ordinary
spark coil vibrator as generally used
on automobiles and motor boats mes
sages may be easily transmitted with
out grounding the vibrator.
The other night young Rogers was
reading messages from the station at
Wellfeet on Cape Cod to outgoing
ocean steamships, when he was inter
rupted by strange signs. 1t was ascer-
tanned later they came from the vi
orator of an airship being tested in
nearby garage by Prof Joseph La
RouX.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
SENATORS WHO RETIRE.

Of the men retiring from the Sen
sate at least three are notable for the
part they have played in making his
tory. They are Senator Foraker, OF
Ohio; Senator Teller, of Colorado
and Senator Plat, of New York.
Of the three, Senator Foraker, who
'retires after having served two terms,
FAR .outranks the average of the Sen
ate in point of ability. Quick, re-
sourceful, aggressive, he was ac-
knowledged to be one of the most
formidable debaters of his time In
the chamber. His speech in opposi-
ton to the Railway Rate bill, fight
In which he met all the best brains
of the Senate, caused more alarm
among the supporters of the Admin
istration than any other single ut
terance. His mastery methods were
never shown to better effect than in
connection with the Porto Rican bill,
which he managed during the last
session under Mckinley. For his
courage and persistence in upholding
the cause of the negro soldiers of the
Twenty-ffth Infantry he deserves
great praise. Never scrupulous
politician, he has taken the unpopu-
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
CUT or COL. STUART'S
t's ssaf. PR0TEGE APPEARS
Child With Remarkable Resemblance
of W. ]. Bryan, is PrOtege
of 7. G. Stuart.

ia Saturdays Louisville Times
there was a picture of Robert VIM
White, the handsome and attractive
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles White
of Wades Mill. Robert is the es-
peciaI protege of Col. Thomas G
Stuart, of this city. Col. Stuart
fondness for the little fellow has beer
attributed to the latter's remarkable
resemblance to Mr.. William Jenning.
Bryan. This child is unusually hand
some and bright and attracts atten-
ton by his Iovable ways and ability
to entertain IN his childlike way.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
FORTY PER CENT OF
MONEY DUE TO BE PAID
Amount to Be Distributed is $258, 900,
Forty Per Cent of Valuation
of 1906 Crop.

AUGUSTA, KY, March S.-Next
Tuesday the Braeken County Tobac-
co Society viii, through the banks OF
the county, distribute to the growers
40 per cent of the money due them
on the crop of 1906. The amount to
be distributed is $258.O0O.
A distribution of 10 per cent,
amounting to $2S9,OOO was made last
fall. About 100 hogsheads of the
1906 crop are still in the warehouses
here. The American Tobacco Com
pany got 1,067 hogsheads out Of the
$500 of the 1906 crop, all of which
has been delivered to them.
Apart of the proceeds of the 1907
crop will be distributed about April
l.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
FIERCE ELECTRICAL STORM
SHOCKS ENTIRE FAMILY
Telephone Wire at Residence of MI
Baz Mitchell is Struck.

EIARRODSBURG, KY. March s.
During a terrific electrical storm
which passed over Mercer county
lightning struck the telephone wir'
at the residence of Mr.. Baz Mitchell
Il short distance from town, runnin.
into the residence, completely de
molishing the telephone box and sc
verely shocking several members O.
the family. No one was seriously
hurt but a few minutes afterwarc
lightning struck a tree in Mr.. Nit
chell's front yard, reducing it {,
sphnters. The storm was very fierce
accompanied by deafening Deals Of
thunder. No other damage of con
sequence has been reported in tin,
county.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
INSURANCE SUIT is
COMPROMISED FOR $I,25O
Famous Stallion, Montgomery Ward
Killed Before Policy Had
assa 't'Been Accepted.

NICHOLASyILLE, KY, March 6
The suit of Robert Simpson agains
the Indiana and Ohio Live Stock In
suranee Company, of Charlottesville
Ind, was tried in Circuit Court Sat
urday. Last August Mr.. Simpson
took out an insurance policy for 81
500 on his stallion Montgomery Ward
the policy being written by the agen
of the Indiana and Ohio Live Stool
Insurance Company, but the horse
was killed by lightning before the pol
icy was accepted. The company re
fused to pay the money and Simpson
sued to recover it. The suit resulted
in compromise for 81 ,250, the cost.
to be divided.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
NIGHT RlDLR AT LARGE

Self-Confessed Murderer of Captain
Rankin Breaks Jail.
Dresden, Tenn, March 8.-Hirschel
Hogg, a confessed member Of the
band Of night riders who murdered
Captain Quentin Rankin at Walnut
Log in October, escaped from jail at
Dresden and has not been recaptured.
He is supposed to be in hiding in the
lake regions. The military at Fort
Rogan has been notified and are in
stituting vigorous search for the
fugitive.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Operators VIII Meet Miners.

Philadelphia. March S.-Confrma-
ton was had at the Office of President
Baer Of the Reading railroad Of the
statement made by President Lewis
Of the Mine Workers Union, that
there will be a conference here
Thursday between representatives of
the union and companies owning the
mines. This conference will settle the
question of a wage agreement be-
tween the anthracite miners and
operators for three years from April l.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
THE MEAT OF IT.

Eighteen malefactors of small
wealth were whipped at the work
house in Wilmington, Del.
Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the
New York World, has returned to the
metropolis after a cruise in southern
waters.
Elton Baldwin, who murdered his
mother at Allegan, Mich, last Tues
day, has been given life sentence in
the Jackson penitentiary.
Attorney Israel S. Donnell of Mans.
field, O., has been found guilty of ut
tering a forged note.
The four-year-old son of Bradford
Norton. Monroe. Mich, was killed by
falling out Of bed.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
LETTERS UNCLAIMED.

Brown, Jas. M.
Brown, Guss.
Barnett, Pleas.
Chestnut, Miss Cassie.
Fades, Mrs. Billie.
Fox, Miss j. II.
Huston, David Lee.
Holder, Mrs. Lucy.
Harkins, Miss Mary Elizabeth.
James Bell.
Linch, jim.
Lawson, Frank.
Oliver, Mrs. Nancy.
Rangh, Gay.
Simpson, ID. B.
Salyer, Miss Cynthia.
Smith, Nancy.
Todd, II. L.
Triggs, Miss Mary.
Wheeler, w. NJ.
r. r. PERRY, Postmaster.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Attorney Patrick,s occupatlon.

Ossining, N. Y, March S.-By d.
rection of the court Warden Frost re-
lieved Albert T. Patrick from routine
work as a life prisoner in the state
prison at present. The prisoner is al
lowed to obtain books from the law
library and his cell looks like a law
office. The appellate division in
Brooklyn, before which he made a
dramatic argument for his liberty,
gave him two weeks in which 70 file a
brief, pending the decision of the
court on his motion.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
FORMER VALUABLE PROPERTY
BRINGS ONLY $500
Oil City, at One Time Valued at $50.
90, is Sold For $1,000.

GLASGOW, KY, March S.-Prop-
erty which originally cost some $780,
I000 was sold at the court house door
for $500.
The property consisted of what
was once the boom town of Oil City,
which Is situated near Beaver Creek,
five miles from here.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
New Star Route.

Postmaster Spillman has received
notice from the Postoflice Department
of the establishment Of a star rOut,
between Harrodsburg and Mackville
Washington county, effective April
This will prove a great convenienc,
to the people of both places at here
tofore Harrodsburg mail did no
reach Mackville for three or fou
days, having to 90 to Louisville an,
back to Springfield and then taken t,
Mackville.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

Two fast games of basket ball will
be played at the College Gymnasium
Tuesday night. The four girls teams
will furnish the entertainment. These
games will decide the championship
also the third and fourth places.
Tickets will be on sale at the door.
Admission u cents. Game begins at
7:45.
This will probably be the last pub
lie game the ladies will play this sea-
son. They deserve good attend
ance. Come and help your team win
out.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
LAWRENCEBURG PROPERTY
BRINGS GOOD PRICE

LAWRENCEBURG, KY, March 8.
Mayor J. p McWilliams, has clos
ed deal with j. II. McBrayer for
the Main street property of the lat
ter, on the corner of jackson street,
the price given being $500.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
PARTIES INDICTED IN LONDON
ARE HELD AT LEXINGTON
George Messer and Martha Lewis,
Charged With Robbery, Are
Caught in Fayette.

LONDON, KY, March S.-Sheriff
George w. Swanner has received a
telegram from Chief of Police J. J.
Reagan, Of Lexington, that George
Messer and Martha Lewis, who are
indicted here for robbery of George
Wyatt, are under arrest at Lexing
ton and being held on that charge.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Grave pIaaers Are Barred.

New York.-The occupation of dig
ging graves is not to be regarded as
building trade according to a decis
ion of the Building Trades council of
Greater New York. Accordingly. an
application of the Grave DiggsFS
union for membership in the council
was rejected. Grave digging was held
to be miscellaneous trade.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
GAINESVILLE Plant Shuts Down.

GAINESVILLE, o., March S.-.rhe Amer
lean Rolling Mill companys sheet mill
here was closed for an indefinite
period, throwing 200 men out of en-
ployment. The cause for the shut
down was given as a general depres-
sion in the sheet steel market,
brought about by cutting of prices by
the United States Steel corporation.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08
Proqress Of Canal construotlon.

Washington, March S.-As an in
dication of the progress of the Pana-
ma canal construction, it is stated at
the offices of the canal commission in
this city that during the month OF
January over 327 tons of explosives
were used and 751s miles of rock
drilling were accomplished.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-03-08

Fifty-four Walkers Contest For Big
Prizes at New York.

Frizes al New YORK.
New York, March -Fifty-four
pedestrians. divided into 81 teams,
started in an international go-as-you-
please race at the Madison Square
Garden. ihe duration of the contest
will be 142 hours. the finish being
scheduled for 10 o'clock next Satur-
day night.
Five thousand dollars in prizes is
offered by the management, of which
the winning team will get $1,000 and
the next seven teams proportional
amounts The team partners can re-
lieye each other as often as they
choose, but neither can be on the
track more than IL hours out of
every "a.