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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-04-16
BERRY SIMPSON GIVES
HIMSELF unto CUSTODY.
Charged With Murder as Result
of Riot last Christmas Comes
to Help His Sons.

/ Newport, KY, April 5.-Berry Simp.
son, Whitley county against whom q
Federal warrant charging murder has
been standing since Christmas and
for whom United States officials have
been searching night and day, suren-
dered to United States Marshal Sharp
to-day.
Simpson spent months in the Ken
lucky and Tennessee woods and tray
eled hundreds of miles to New Mexico
and Colorado TO avoid arrest The
most feared of all men in Southern
Kentucky. he spent Sunday and early
Monday in Cincinnati, walking the
streets alone, never fenring arrest.
81 came TO give myself up to save
my two sons, under arrest in Coving-
ton" said Simpson.
Simpsons sors are charged with
violating a Federal restraining order
in entering on the grounds of the
Stearns Mining Company at Stearns.
They were arrested Christmas eve.
People would say: Well, why
doesn't Berry Simpson come in him
self and give up? Until he does it's
liable to go hard with MS sons. That
is why have come" said Simpson.
Brown as a berry six feet three,
broad shouldered weighing 1870 pounds
dressed in a dark brown suit, black
felt hat, blue flannel shirt Simpson
looks mis- fellowman in tie eye, and
never flinches.
I'm afraid of no man." he says.
Why should be? l have never kill
ed man. No, not even snot at a
man. rave always been fair and
above board"
Simpson is wanted on tire c arge of
having entered into q conspiracy to
kill Deputy United States Marshal
George Mullin, in the Shooting which
occurred at Stearns, Christmas day.
Il was in Oneida, Tenn seventeen
miles from SteaIns wiaen thet nap
pened," said Simpson. mo fair
minded jury of twelve men in the
United States would convict me on thu
cLarge."
Only once wps | in danger" he
said. 81 had tied my boat to the shore
on the bank of the fork of New River.
Suddenly l heard twig snap. Look
ing up, could see the forms of e
crowd of men in outline against the
sky, not fifty feet away. slipped
through the bushes and into my boat.
| watched them light matches along
the bank TO see where l he'd gone.
The next day read of tire search in
the papers"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-04-16

Mercer county and had his arm groun
off in cider mill. He attended school
in Lexington, KY, and was a class
mate Of the late w. C. p. BreclSingidg
and Judge r. ]. Breckenridge VINO
now lives in Danville.
During the raids made by Berry, fol
lowed by raids even more desperate
by his contemporaries, Sue Munday
and Quantrell. tie people of Central
Kentucky not only secreted tleir
wealth but themselves as we'll.
These frequent raids are responsible
for the numerous discoveries of mon
ey and iewelry under old buildings
occupied by wealthy people during war
times. The discovery made last week
by H. s. Hensley on the farm owned
by Nathan Ross during and imnme-
dately following tire war is one of
the richest on record. Ross WIS a
very rich man. and like many others,
had doubtless drawn his money from
the bank upon learning OF the raids,
placed 1t beneath the hearth in the
family room and going to his grave be-
fore conditions had become settled,
never divulged tee secret hiding-plnce
of mis- fortune to his children. who
were quite young at the time.
H. S. Hensley, who now owns the
farm, is a native of Harlan county,
near tee Tennessee-Kentucky border
line, and, according to the best Aegal
opinions is the rightful owner of the
$22,500 In United States coin and the
$4,000 worth Of diamonds found in an
old tin box beneath an old stone
hearth On the Ross home. TIE house
mad not been occupied for 10 years.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-04-16
Its a Top Notch Doer.

Great deeds compel regard. The
world crowns its doors. That's why
the American people have crowned
DR.. Kings New Discovery the King
OF Throat and Lung remedies Every
atom is a health force. 1t kills germs
and colds and la grippe vanish. 1t
heals cough-racked membranes and
coughing stops. Sore, inflamed bron-
chial tubes and lungs are cured and
hemorrhages cease. DR.. Geo. More.
Black Jack, N. c., writes 1T cured me
of lung trouble, pronounced hopeless
by all doctors" soc, $1.O0 Trial bot
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gist. IN
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-04-16
For Sale.

Several hundred acres of good farm
ing lands known as the j. F. Collins
farm, distance about two miles from
Hartford on the Hartford and Beaver
Dam pike.
Also residence property in Hart
ford, two-story dwelling, &C. and a
half-acre lot,frontnig the new NJ, H.
& E. depot site. For prices and term
apply to w. H. or B. B. Collins, Hart
ford. Ky. 22tf
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-04-16
Bounced Without Honor.

Columbus, Ohio. Apriol S.-Adjutant
General Charles c. Weybreoht to-
day issued an order discharging with
out honor Private Frank E. Duvall,
of Battery B. Toledo. This is the sem
tence passed upon Miller by a Court
martial upon conviction of Charge
of larceny.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-04-16
An Overall Shower.

A surprise party for Howard Long
fireman on the Scranton Flyer, was
given last evening at mis- home on
Grand avenue, South Allentown. AZ
ter returning from lis days work
his friends took him completely by
surprise and greeted him Vita AN over
all shower Mr.. Long received q
pair of overalls.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
INDUSTRIAL BOOM

A GAIN the rumOr is revived an i'm
n mense steel plant is to be es-
"A tablshed in Southern California
probably at San Pedro. There is moth
ing improbable in the story, in
asmuch as projects of the kind
have been entertained before,
and it is agreed a plentiful supply
of ore is available. Heretofore capital
has declared the possibility of such d
plant, but has baked at the railroad
rates. Freighting corporations have
encouraged local Industries BY making
it as hard as possible to ship their
products and dispose of them iat rea-
sonable profit.
The development of San Pedro harbor,
the accomplishment of consolidation of
Los Angeles and Wilmington and the
certainty of consolidation of Los An
geles and San Pedro will have the i'm
mediate effect of causing a great re-
vival of interest in the Los Angeles
region among industrial capitalists. We
expect to hear of many industrial pro
iects besides the steel plant-which,
with harbor accommodations and all
water routes, would be entirely feasible
and would provide employment first for
hundreds and then for thousands OF
wage earners. Los Angeles knows by
experience the meaning of a real estate
boom. Now 1t is about to enter on an
Industrial boom that viii settle down
into long continued prosperity
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
OLD CARRIER SAYS PRESENT
SYSTEM WORKS HARDSHIP

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4,-IEditor
Herald: l would like to call your at
tention to few late orders of our
postmaster and points as to the condi-
ton of letter carriers here in our city
that l think the public would like TO
read about.
Heretofore. during summer months,
when mail is lighter, 1t was a common
thing for a letter carrier to not work
more than seven hours, thus giving him
chance to rest up from heavy work
during tourist season in winter. Now
he has 10 work full eight hours by
taking part of another in addition TO
his own district where regular man
is away on his vacation, thus depriv-
ing the sub carriers Of an hours work,
when he rarely makes over S25 per
month, for which several have re-
signed.
one late order is that a carrier must
stand at his case and is not allowed to
sit down at all when casing mail,
either letters or papers. This compels
q carrier to be on his feet nearly eight
hours day but everything Is done
to make a record for Los Angeles
pCstofIiCe
Another order is that a carrier is
not allowed to route letters at the
case in the office, but must do this on
the street in addition to carrying a
good load of mail
Another order still is that carriers
are not allowed to go to toilet on work
ing time. This order that compelS a
carrier to stand at his case works the
greatest hardship, especially on the
older men, some of whom have been
in service for twenty-five years.
OLD CARRIER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
AOUEDUCT WORK

4 SSISTANT Chief Engineer ]. B,
Y Lippincott of the aqueduct
- bureau told the Engineers and
Architects association of Southern Ca1-
fornia the aqueduct will be finished as
a closed tube between the HaiWee res
ervoir and the San Fernando valley for
less than the original estimate of $29,-
900, 900. Los Angeles is to be con-
graduated on the efficiency with which
the aqueduct work is being performed.
Greater Los Angeles will have a water
supply better in quantity and quality
than that of any other big city in the
world.
The abundant supply will ne enough
for the needs of the city when its pop
uIation is far greater than that Of the
Los Angeles Of today. Future genera
tions will look back at the enterprise en-
.ergy and achievement that marked the
first decade of the twentieth century in
Los Angeles, and will date from the
spirit of that decade the supremacy
which will be enjoyed by Greater Los
Angeles. The work Of aqueduct con-
struction, which will be completed in
better shape, with less expense and in
less time than first figured, is one of
many gratifying twentieth century eX-
amples Of the Los Angeles way.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
ADVISORY BOARD

n fITIZENS are determined the good
roads program shall be carried
- out along the lines arranged when
The bonds were voted. While it may
be true the members Of the advisory
committee may not have a specially
legally recognized status, they have a
moral status, and all respecting,
upright people will support them in
their contention that the supervisors
accepted Office with complete knowl-
edge of the circumstances, and fully
aware of the object, purpose and in
tention of the advisory board.
steps will b taken by representative
citizens bodies, the chamber of com
merce, Merchants and Manufacturers
association, Municipal league and Good
Roads association, to reach some def
mite agreement and understanding as
TO the relations which for the future
shall exist between the supervisors,
the public and representatives of the
public.
The Solid Three cannot be permitted
to rearrange the good roads building
program to suit themselves. The SUI
pervisors are responsible to the peo-
ple and if the people choose to be
represented directly by an advisory
board then the advisory board, de-
rlving power from the people, would
seem to be in d position to insist II
could emphasize the responsibility OF
the supervisors TO the people BY ask
ing them to take he advisory board
members into consultation as represen-
tatives of the public.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
REGULATE CORPORATIONS

nRESIDENT TAFT has said the
corporation tax is a just and
equitable excise measure, which,
1t is hoped, will pr6Huce a sufficient
amount of revenue to prevent a deficit
and which incidentally will secure yalu-
able statistics and information concern
ing the many corporations Of the coun-
try and will constitute an important
step toward that degree of publicity
and regulation which the tendency in
corporate enterprises in the last twenty
years has shown to be necessary"
1t is hoped the corpora ton tax will
put an end to the devices and maneu-
vers which, practiced on a small scale
when business was not the colossally
gigantic growth it is today, were called
tricks of the trade. In a word, the
president says frankly one of the OBJ
jects of the corporation tax is to pro-
mote honesty in the business of the
United States. 1t is sincerely to be
hoped that the spirit of fair play soon
will again dominate the business world,
and every concern in it, big or little.
With Americanism and a square deal
the greatest good of the greatest num-
ber will be the rule of life in the re-
public, and it will be unnecessary for
one president after another to chide the
business tendencies of the times and to
approve disciplinary measures which it
is hoped will help effect reform.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
SCHOOL BONDS

q PPOSITION to the school bonds
shows signs Of weakening, and
" it looks as if obstructive tactics
might be dropped. The enemy of the
people would have been indeed more
rash than reasonable if he had insist
ed on prolonging the fight until the
school year opened, with bond con-
troversy to embarrass the educational
plans and prospects of Greater Los
Angeles.
It is to be hoped legal complications
soon will be Strengthened out, in view
of the fact the person representatively
responsible for these complications has
renented. The educational future
Of he city will be in keeping and har-
raony with its magnificent progress If
meddlers will only stand aside and lat
professional educators and educational
experts suggest to the public, for pub
lie approval, the measures they think
may be Necessary for the advancement
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
A LIVE NEWSPAPER

0tITIZENS Of Los Angeles who read
The Herald every day found in
~ yesterday mornings paper no
fewer than three interesting and i'm
portant news stories which had either
been treated by other morning papers
without sufficient appreciation of their
importance, or had been omitted COM
pletely from the columns of our con-
temporaries.
OF the utmost interest and import
ance to this community was The Her
aids publication Of The fact the owens
river aqueduct win be finished within
the time limit, net as sn open conduit
but as Il closed tube between the
Haiwee reservoir and the San Fernan-
do valley, for less than the original
estimate of Approximately $23, 100000.
What may well be called the litera-
ture of automobie e accidents was added
10 by the graphic, Interesting, pictur-
esque and accurate account of the
wreck of the Freeman Eigholz machine
and the rescue of two citizens injured
and pinned in the wreck and in i'm
minent danger of being burned to
death.
Probably the best known citizen OF
Los Angeles is "Uncle Billy Workman
and the story of the attempt by means
of threats to exact tribute money from
him and two other prominent Angelenos
was an interesting study in crimi-
nology. Citizens who did not read The
Herald yesterday morning missed the
principal news of the day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
GREATER LOS ANGELES

ON August 70 the consolidation of
San Pedro with the other cities
" in the Greater Los Angeles Union
will be voted by an overwhelming
ma 1ity. Consolidation ranks are be-
ing recruited constantly, and the anti
consolidation vote will be small.
Greater Los Angeles will begin its
career with all the prestige that comes
from the knowledge it represents the
will of a vast majority Of voters.
The commercial, manufacturing and
maritime metropolis of the west is
peoples city, and its creation is an
expression of the viii of the peo-
pie 1t is desirable the popular
will should be expressed with
emphasis, and that a big vote
should be cast for consolidation. All
citizens who believe the well being Of
the city demands this step should be
taken should be sure to vote and to
urge their friends to vote. It is de-
sirable a large vote should be polled.
The victory of the consolidationists
should be decisive. In addition to what
may be called the political and munich
pal features of the Greater Los An
geles plan, voters realize it is the best
that could be devised from business
standpoint to assure the future pros
perity of Los Angeles and the seaport
cities. With union, they will acquire
additional strength, and win be en-
abled to put into execution plans
which will be of the utmost benefit to
citizens of Greater Los Angeles and
Southern California. Consolidation will
be of more direct advantage to the peo-
pie than any step that has ever been
taken for the betterment of the public.
AS a result of consolidation. Greater
Los Angeles within a few years will
be the principal city of the far west,
and upon the completion of the Pana-
ma canal will take its place as one of
the foremost and busiest of the sea
| port cities of the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
AMERICANISM

| ~ those who complain the old
American strain in the blood Df
II the nation is dying out, we point
to the fact patriotic organizations in
every part of the country find numer-
Gus recruits who can boast a long line
| of American ancestors. The Sons of
the Revolution have a California So
ciety which has enjoyed fifteen years
of vigorous activity. 1t cannot be de-
MED there is some prejudice against
the organization of Sons of the Rev
olution into separate society. 1t is
argued this has a tendency to create
an aristocracy Every American cit
izen is an heir of the Revolution. At
the same time, since children of Rev
olutionary stock, of families that had
ancestors in the colonies at the time
of the War of independence, have
| banded themselves together in special
| brotherliness, we think their course ig
to be applauded, and hope and believe
they are duly and deeply conscious of
their responsibility to the republic.
1t is to the Sons of the Revolution
we should constantly look for vigilant
guardianship and defense of the first
principles of Americanism. If tres
passes on American liberty by hogsish
trusts and reckless industrial exploit
ers are to be condemned, it is to the
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
the nation should look for leadership
| in the adoption of resolutions declar-
! +H,- hot
lean standards and policies and the
standards and policies of the users of
/ the republic.
| To the Sons of the Revolution the
nation should look for clear and ring
ing expressions asserting the value OF
msnhood for manhood's sake, apart al
| together from the number of dollars
which may be associated with any in
| dlvidual instance of manhood; for a
| determined opposition to all practices
at odds with the American national
creed, and finally for the inception and
vigorous prosecution to a triumphant
end of a determined national move
ment for a reform of the public
| school system of training which will
| substitute for some branches of in
struction not of obvious value a com
plete and satisfactory course in Amer
| lean history and policies, so that chill
dren may grow up armed cap-a-pie
against political adventures and thor
! oughly conscious of the difference he
| tween the rambunctious Windiness of
roaring partisan spellbinding and the
| sane wisdom of true patriotism, which
would determine the feasibility, the
practicability and the rightfulness OF
every public measure b" asking, Does
! 1t accord with the first principles OF
| Americanism? If legalized and put
! into operation, will it tend to produce
! the greatest good and the greatest
| happiness for the greatest number OF
| people in the United States? Or viii
| it sacrifice the multitude for class
! For an interest? And by sane ask
ing and answering of all such ques-
! tions should be judged and determined
every matter of moment in public life
from a tariff schedule to a city or
dinanCe.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY

Close by the path of every day
The winding roadway lies
We breathe the incense Of the dawn
Beneath the solemn skies,
And 10, cloud curtains lift and bring
Old scenes before our eyes!
A sound of bell on summer eve,
breath of violet's bloom,
When touch of little clinging hand
Comes with the faint perfume
And then the Road to Yesterday
Breaks shining through the gloom!
We catch a glimpse of snowy peaks
Above a Swallowed Vae
or down some mountains sloping side
There bloom the wild flowers pale;
Or on the far horizon falls
A light or sinking sail.
Along the Road to Yesterday \
Lies palaces of light
And windy caves in barren lands
Whereof no man has sight,
And strange moons round stranger earth
Draw wild tides in the night!
The road leads over supken seas
And stretch of desert sands;
The stars of long past ages shine
DER wondrous twilight lands;
And there long forgotten friends
Who once have clasped our handsl
M. e. Buhler, In New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
PERPLEXED 5YAsE OF
MARY MNSDALENE'S NAME

PASADENA, Aug 4-[Editor Her
adj We are not a little perpleXed
in mind as to the purpose of thought
intended by one signing herself Mary
Magdalene" While that name in it
self has unfortunately become re
proach by all of virtuous conduct, and
so conveys the thought of a fallen
woman, we do not find her so repre-
sented in any Of the several testament
texts bv anv one of the Apostles.
She was devoted to Christ for his
mercy in casting out from her evil
spirits but there is no evidence that
she was ever a prOnigate-she was,
however. ascribed that character in
THE Holy city" given at the Audi
torium a year since. At least she was
scantily draped in fiery red gown
suggestive of the red light district
We frequently read about-and early
Calirornians who were compelled to
pass such places in Los Angeles when
the railroad passed their abodes can
verify tie likeness attained in the apt
representation. But from ignorance of
the scriptures or for convenience to
afford variety to the play and per-
formers, both Mary Magdalene and
Mary, the sister of Lazarus were COM
bined in one and the same character;
and on the assumption that Mary
MaSudlene was d ldl4oi' "p'l' - W
certainly libel on the character of
the other Mary, sister of Martha,
"whom Jesus loved" We were sur
prised that the representation thereof
was not alluded to or criticised, espe-
ciaIIy as we were told in the several
write ups" that city pastors saw much
to praise, and really nothing to criti-
else.
Luke 1880 tells about "a woman
who was a sinner" giving no name-so
that people writing over the name OF
Mary Magdalene on subjects OF NOR
aIitv of sexes. etc, and the imperson-
ator of the same in "The Holy city
bv whom three widely different char
acters by some astonishing metamor-
phoses were one and the same through,
out the play, gets people sadly mixed
in the several "Marys" of the scrip
tures. II. HUYCK.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07

good wishes of the warden and
the man who drives the van. Very
good, you say, for an eX-convict?
Well. listen to this. On the day
this was done for me, on the day
! was given my freedom, started in
life anew. as they say, my picture
with my description was sent to
every sheriff of every county in the
state. "This man is free-may be
coming your way. Look out for
him.
Now there is nothing dangerous
about me, or at least, there never
was / was "A street car conductor,
a decent enough sort, when one
night l got drunk and hit man.
Unfortunately for both of us, it
nearly killed him. 1 got four years.
[ paid the penalty and quietly and
patiently I paid that up. Should I
be let alone now or not? l gave
more than four years out of my
life to the state. 1 paid my health.
For that reason l thought that be-
ing free" | would go out into the
country and work there until / got
my strength back. From county
to county | have been told to
''move on" The first man to whom
/ applied for, work gave it to me;
then l took my honorable discharge
out of my pocket and showed it to
him. He picked up cane that lay
across his desk and yelled at me.
you get out of here or I'll knock
your brains out!"
Where is the justice in this?
Very truly yours. -.
The letter, which has a distinct all
IF veraclty, speaks for itself, but / de
sire to call attention, first, to the ac'
tior Of the authorities, secondly, t.
that of the employer who may bt
taken as fairly representing the aver
age citizen, and, thirdly, to the writer's
ominous remark-"There is nothing
dangerous about me, or at least, there
never was" Are we all in a conspiracy
10 manufacture criminals?
WILLIAM C. OWEN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-07
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-Dark.
BELASCO-"The Warrens of Virginia"
BURBANK-''The Greater Claim"
GRAND-"The OetorOon."
MAJEsTIC-Dark.
MASON-Saturday matinee, Carmen"
Saturday night, "Rigoletto."
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Los Notwithstanding
UNIQUE-Vaudevlle and musical comedy.
FISCHER'S-Allen Curtis company in "Th'
Jolly Widow"
misunderstanding Fight Pictures.