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New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
PROBE IN MASSACHUSt -
Foss Will Investigate Business
Management of State.

Roe,or March f2-An Investigation W
tho business management ot tn' N"'
commissions. departments ana hS'''"''''7
~ .l,o commonwealth. I'm which the 'HN
ravors Of tho state will he regarded as mo
stockholders ~ customers Of tho business
,rii bc started ,o morrow morning uno"r
tho direction Of Governor Eugene J. ross
In occordan~e with a recent act OF the
legislature giving the Governor 'ne n''eS
ssry power
In 2 statement issued today Governor
Fcss tells Of the reasons for the inNest-
cation and outlines the plan, as follows
This investigation will he limited mainly
TO matters OF business management IN"
efficiency. The various DIVISIONS ~ -
state business viii I've studied as " '"'I
were depari ments in business conCSlr
conducted hv private capital IN oetHInlnc
whether thav are properly co-"peta tliI
along modern business lines 10 produce 'ne
best results. IL, j., -
rardod as the stockholders anc the Gus
to,uers of this business. and Inc inquiry
vii; he conducted In their interest 10 50
whether they arc now PAYNE '"' n''N "
running oxpenseS than arc necessary. 7N'
10 determine whether the things tneE now
hos. iron, the state are delivered I'm as
Good nualitv as the costs incurred shoui'
proyidc. -
Among the things thus regarded as I'
inc purchased by tno pnopl" 'i"I'l Wv" ,h,
arc protection 10 health the car" 81 ,hH
sick tho care Of the insane. tho car" ~, iu'
ra,iners tho care Of the criminal 2uh M
degenerate: public protection w ma r''
matters such as insurance nanh'n-; ~ -
niiblic education. public service ana pi"
toction in regard 10 tho natural resources
Of the STATE. public lands, forests Wa''''
fisheries game. etC
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
MRS. MElBER'S DEFENCE
Ignorance. Poverty and Trouble
Made Her irresponsible.
ALIENISTS MAY DECIDE FATE
State Persists That Motive OF
Murder Of Son Was to Remove
Obstacle to Marriage.

a,han. March i2-Nith the resumption
n. morrow of the trial Of Mrs. Edith Mel
rer charged with the murder Of her infant
son the prosecution will continue it's ef-
forts 10 prove thai ,he woman was aware
~ vha, she was doing when she left the
hoy lying dead in y lonely swamp near this
city after killing MIN with carbolic acid
which. II is alleged. she gave him when he
asked her fo- drink of water.
pair Of little soiled shoes. plain and
strong sort that are doled ont To chill
dren in charitable institutions-lie on the
table in THE courtroom. constantly nffore
the eyes ot the .ury. They have been iden-
tined by Mrs. Smith. the grandaunt OF IN"
dead hoy. as the shoos he had on "hen
he lcft her iouse in schenectady with MS
mother the LAST time the aunt saw Nun
alive. They Indicated. according 10 'ne
theory of the prosecution. that MIS-. Mel-
her. when she killed her son, vas capaple
Of apprccistips the enorm'fy ~ her heen
that she thought the location of the bonN
vrohah.y would keep II hidden uht' 'he
winter months had DESTROYED All traces o'
identifcation but that she must hersel
assist in destroying te'ltale cie"s; 50 sne
took off the hoes and hid them She h''
this according 10 the reasoning 81 Nv"
prosecution because the shoes were the
kind ,hit would direct the detectives 10
every Institution in the country tn seek a
missing boy IN the event of the discovery
of the body.
In Mrs Melber's relation with Ho"ard
Kirk. q Schenectady admireT. and her al
legged hope that no would marry her II size
could rid herself Of the Cnlu. the District
Attorney believes the motive for the crime
lies.
This is tho abric the iefcncc must tear
apsrt If thev are ~ convince the twelve
Jurors that Mrs. MeIher w~s not capable or
approaching what she was doing "h'"
she committed the crime Tho Jurors. who
range in age from tpep'y-seven 10 sixty
nine Years are all married, and all but one
have children Of their own
Tho defence. II f. believed. will endeaNor
10 prove that .he lack NJ carly training
and home Influences of the defendant. who
was left 10 shift for herself AT the az" OF
thirteen: her subsequent battles with pow
ertv ana illness. her marriage to tuhec'-
lous husband. her experience In the poor
house. the birth Of GeorGie after her re-
lea aud her husbands death. followed by
the constant struggle To support the hoy
and hersolf were suf1icien. 10 have weak
| oncd her mental powers and 10 have rem
dered her irresponsible.
\ battle of alienists is looked for before
the trial ends. hut whether Mrs. Meloer
will he sworn has not been Indicated.
There is nothing particularly romanO'
about tho case no mystery (" he solved
as to the principals involved. NO denial OF
the crime just story of wtetched lives
where the poorhoIise took ;he place o'
comfortable home and in which the ISSUE
aprears 10 he one Of insanity alone.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
STILL WANT LOWER BERTHS
Public Fails to Take Advantage Of Cut
in Pullman Rates.

chicago. March l2-Athoush reduced
Pullman rates have been in effect since
February ]. passenger traffic officials on
the lines entering chicago declare that
there has been no appreciabie increase in
the demand for upper berths. the price for
which vas cut - per cent Reports re-
ccived ~ the Pullman offices and observa-
rions made hy officers in th" passenger do
partments ot various railroads show tha,
lower bcrths, with comparatively few eY-
ceptions. are stil asked for.
number Of passenger trarc managers
c>press tho opinion that tho public gencI-
Any has no, been fully acquainted as Yet
with the ftct that upper berth rates are
cheaper than those for lowers and that n
vill te several months before ihs infor-
nation has been fully disseminated
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
Makes His Own Ncckties.

"Coiouel Lewis makes his own neCkties.
hs said "IIe buys no necktes. but instead
he huys Yards of silk and folds his own
neok,ies We receive large orders for silk
of certain colors. and he knows silk Ike a
woman. often he folds now shapes that
We have never seen. and We afterward use
the shape as ono Of or now models Per
hars colonel Lewis has invented as many
new shapes in ncck:ics as any man in tho
colntry."
That Colonel Lewis has his business
clothes made by one tailor and his evening
clothes hv another was learned a. a club
he frequerts
= 90 not know that colonel Lewis Is a
Cude bot 10 know that he is an extreme
!, difficult customer to suit said ono of
hi- tailoi7 "1lc comes in here and picks
ont six suits and has them made m Per
hans by the time they are finished hc has
CHANGED his ides ss 10 color lIe gives
them to his friends and orders another half
dozen And maybe the next bunch doesn t
suit or H. because re is often miles away
when tho clothes arc made. lIo has strange
tastes Ills clothes often stay in here two
o. three months. au| just as soon ss othe~
roople begin 10 Wear the same STYLES he
won't have them. lie wants something
different lie doesn't want - look like
snVbody else
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
PASTOR RAPs GPiBITUALIsM
The Re7. Dr.. John Wesley Hill De
rorrcos All False Communications.

-epirituali=n, is Tho cause of most r. 'h'
ills tha, aHiic' socioty 'o-dsf. Sald 1T
John Wesley Hiu yesterday in the Metro
politar Temple 18Th street and Sef'h'n
sr,nre In speaking on "Spir'tlaliSm n
mashed This is - world 81 mystery
from the cradle 80 the eTave.' continued
pr mn "rho veil between the spiritual
ana the material may he thin Hdeed. o"t
70 .nc upop This side can penetrate It no
one upon the Other side can return through
IT, DO not mean hy this that there a."
NO communications bctve"u the tWo WORLDS.
sfirm that such communications occur.
Tho spirits of tho departed pass from this
y rid to that. and. according - the tihle.
thofn are 'ministcrinc spirits sent to min
.i.t.r unto tine heirs OF salvation
what is called spir.tualism IS. In ITS
GfaI analysis. gross materialism."
pr IiI praised tho police system which
b,, rna.., 49, organized effort against sr'r.
upsiiets Nysticism's greatest enemy VAS
the E,h'e Whi'h. he sIid was the sheet
gnchor ard f"ur1.. "f truth and the IN
sp!raiion oi character,
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
COL. "J|M' LEWIS No DUDE
Chicagoan Denies Fame Thrust
Upon Him by Champ Clark.
STILL. He HAS 365 NECKUtS
Nor Will He Deny Possession OF
Five Evening Suits-Mlght
Get Work as a Cutter.

chicago. March l2.-Cooncl Jim Ham
1,vis denies absolutely the charge maze
hy champ Clark that he Is 'he ''ee'S'
dude in the country
Il wish 10 plead not guilty to Mr' la'N .
Indictment" said Colonel Lewis. Il am
NOT any Kind Of dude. 7 am particularly
s,,rscted bv his qualification that | am
,hD greatest dude in the county II by III
tie country he means America al '''T
this i- refu,ed by the dspper presence OF
the coruscating Beveridge, OF lnd'ah", Tue
flowing white front and miristeriai 'aW"
torknct Of champ CLARK h'mstn ana ''e
cu,< rez-Iereed trousers OF SPeahe'
Cannon.
"Pv, II my friend means Ivy IN the
,ounfry' sirnrly the rural districts When
strike them. | must Weld Tho palm 10 'on-
rressmsn Eainey. of Illinois. y hose sle'N-
rcss IN sornbrero and Prince Albert coat
has beaten me IN every county fair contest
And. among the Republicans. Congress
man Fodenberg. Of East -. Louis has IONS
been accepted as the rural Adonis Never
theless. for the assertion by my fuend
tha, sm a brilliant man. ! express my
gratitude and show my approval Of ms
Judgment hy indorsinc his sentiment.
AS 70 His Red Whiskers.
II &c. nv the press rero-ts that clark
x,vs NV whiskers arc rcd and brisns IN
SHARKS of FIRE. lie remarks that he ha0
seen many a dazzling aprarltion break over
,ne horizon. hut that whrn | entered Con-
Sress 7 camc with combination ot
nuffed blue scarf. which swelled ont as II
4, were a balloon: p collar 81 high that II
Looked like a vhitewashed fence, vest of
silk srot,ed with So MANY various dots
that re thought n was q part Of the star
Snsrrlsd Rarrer and trousers Of such
winding strires that il seemed To him that
nv LEGS were couple Of moving barber
poles.
1T IL a great eXagEeration 10 assume
that ! have a wardrobe The reputation
60, forth when my tailors credited mo.
but in these DAYS when | am known tn
evidence of their increasing wisdom and
willing trust The truth is that ] am be
coming deeply wounded at being Judged as
q teilor's model
Twenty business suits. en- getaways and
dinner coats. nye evening suits. @65 neck
ties ,vert- pairs of shoes twenty suits Of
silk underwear. ten soft hats and five silk
ties are part of the wardrobe which the
colonel did not DENY possessing
representative Of one Of the large silk
dealers. with his finger to his lips. whis-
rered profound secret concerning the colo
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
sEALERs EXPECT GOOD CATCH
Newfoundland Fleet Starts To dag 70,
Hunting Grounds.

50. Johns. ~ F.. March leThs New.
sealing feet. composed This yea,
OF nineteen steamers, seven of Witch a..
equipped with wireless. and four thousand
men. prepared tonight ~ soil A. daybresk
o-morrow on tho annual hunt for seal, in
the vicinity NJ the Gut Of 81 Lawrence
Seals have been sighted IN '1Vge numbers
for som. time past and good season IS
expected.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
Somewhat Of DESIGNER.

"t will tell YOU secret. lie will 60 70
Europe and SEQ some STYLE that catches
bis eve A. he will not have his clothes
made abroad when ne comes home he will
take PENCIL and draw the exact shane Of
the garment he has seen. Then he will
take rair Of scissors and cut pattern
i,r tho clothes.
Tho fact T. that he would make fine
tailor think " tho colonel ever failed
a. LAWYER We would give him a place q
chief cutter"
Another tailor. who makes all 90 LeWis's
evening clothes said:
colonel Lewis has dress suits ospeciallE
FOR banouets. These are made loose. 50 he
can he free 70 talk and est-vithout 0ifi-
oultv. Then he has suits for dinners and
tho theatre. The colonel gees on the theory
that sitting down in dress suits destroys
them. Therefore these arc cheaper than
If. Others
"Rut Colonel Lewis ~ hard - please
Apd he fwesrs oil Of Us 70 secrecy about
Ms taking an interest in his clothes. He
IL continually sending gifts 10 his tailors
Aad the men who do tho finishing, 81 they
WI take particular interest in the making
az his garments"
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
pookYnRp SAVED FROM FLAMES.

Kingston. Iamsica. March H. Tile tire
which broke out ~ tho old dockvaid 81
por, Eo,sI Yesterday vas get under con
tfol last night The rrincinsl building and
the machine shops V.re saved. hut a large
uuanti,y q stores was destroy ed
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FoR Annoy

Annoy. March - \ company composed
of chinese has been organized 10 equip and
maintain an electric lighting plant for
Annoy
New-York tribune., 1911-03-13

Our ten.year r,ortssee makes yos
pay a small amount on principa,
Ione.hali of one per cent.) every SIX
months.
II allows you TO pay as much more
as YOU want IN even 500 smourts,.
This temptation to save is Just whs,
many people need TO encourage thrift
and economy.
Not more thsn $4,000 loaned n
one person on this plan. Send 10,
circular.
TILE GUARANTEE
AND TRUST G?
capital 5 4,375,000
Surplus tall earned iO,625,OOO
i7s b'way, ri. f75 Ren,sen S.. Bkly,
$50 fulton ST.. Sausics.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

beastly drunk, crrsing, whooping
and shooting off their pistols,
which makes life for the people
living in the country hideous.
Such conduct renders a quiet,
peaceful life for sober people in
the country an utter impossibi =
ity. They have sought relief
through the extension of local op-
ton to all parts of the county.
The report has gone out that
the cause will win by a big ma
Jority. Over confidence has re-
suited disastrous to many a just
cause. The whiskey people,. we
are informed, are carrying on a
secret campaign and many who
you think will vote dry may be
turned at the critical moment.
Should one hundred dry voters
remain at home because they
think they are sure of winning
any way, the cause is evidently
lost. 1t is possible that one hun
dred of these men may do this.
Every man for local option must
be present and vote to win.
Thirty thousand dollars a year
is being spent in Clay City for IL
quor. We think this Is too much
money to 20 that way in this
part of the country. Poor wom-
en- and children are suffering for
food and clothing because father
must drink. Mothers are broken
h earted i: many homes because
their sons must drink.
1t is sad and pitifu cDnditi' n
wnen mothers must unnatural
ize themselves TO the extent that
they take JOY in getting their own
dear sons from the family circle,
that they may have hopes of
them being removed from the e.
vii effects of the alluring temp
tations of drink such as is held out
to them at Clay City, at the same
time nat knowing but what con-
ditions where they 90 are also of
of the worst nature. Yet they
gain great satisfaction in the be-
lief that conditions can be no
worse anywhere else. Some moth
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

In compliance with the above
order | will cause to be opened "a
poll in each of the voting precincts
in Powell county. Kentucky. Sep.
TENDER 30th. 1911 between the
hours of and o'clock to take the
legal and qualified voters of sail
county as to whether or not spirit
Gus, vinous or malt liquors shall he
bartered sold or loaned in said
county. I. c. HALL,
Sheriff Powell county, Kentucky.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
Go Right Ahead.

Our wall paper sale is one of the
big events of the season. We are
showing the beautiful things which
earlier in the year commanded u
higher price and now only costs a.
bout two-thirds.
The reason is the Fall Stock,
The benefit Is enjoyed by all.
We'd like to sell more paper to.
morrow than any time this week
Mrs. J. W. Williams, Clay City, KY
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
Why The Election Was called.

The people of Powell county
will he called upon Saturday,
Sept. Both to decide whether or
not liquor shall be sold in that
part of the county where liquor
IS now sold, and that portion of
the county to be effected is Clay
City only. Should the vets win
liquor will continue TO be sold as
it is in Clay City only-the rest
of the county will remain as it is
dry.
1t is the purpose of this article
to give reasons why the county
should vote dry, and In doing
this we want to give first the
reason for the election being
called. The principal reason is
because of the sale of liquor in
Clay City ON Sundays and the
sale of liquor TO boys. Sober
people whom it has become a nu-
isance to are not witnesses to the
charge made here but circumstan-
tial evidence goes to show that
the law is being so violated.
Had the liquor laws been strict
ly adhered to, the election Sep
TENDER 30 would not have been
called.
We here charge that evidently
the law forbidding the sale of Ii
1uor on the Sabbath day is vio-
lated; the law against the sale of
liquor to minors is violated the
law forbidding the sale to known
lnebriates is disregarded. The vi
Citations of these laws has led to
the calling of this election. For
some time drunken men on the
Sabbath days are common
thing. We must pass them iy-
ing in fence corners as we go and
come from church OH Sunday,
while any day in the week except
possibly Sunday, we have seen
boys known to us to be minors,
go in and out of saloons, evident
ly for the purpose of drinking Ii.
quor. They are seen to-drink it
an the highways. Men go from
town OH the public highways
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
Order for Local Option Election.

J. E Burgher,
VS..
Powell County. \
Petition from each and every vot-
ing precinct in Powell County hav-
ing been duly filed in this Court by
order of record on the lst day of
August, 1911, asking that an cleo
ton be he'd in each and every vot-
ing precinct in Powell County on
the 3Oth day Of Sept, 1911, for the
purpose of taking the sense of the
legal and qualified voters in each
voting precinct in said county upon
the proposition whether or not spjr.
itous, vinous and malt liquors shall
be sold, bartered or loaned in said
Powell County, and this being the
first regular term of this Court af.
ter the term which said petitions
were filed, and it further appearing
to the satisfaction of the Court that
each Of said petitions is signed by
more than twenty five per cent. of
the legal and qualified voters of each
of said precincts in Powell County
accO riding TO the vote of the last
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

We read where Albert Welch,
of Ladoga, Ind. has purchased a
farm in Montgomery county. MIR.
Welch moved from Powell coun-
ty to Indiana about one year ago
and guess he has enough of Hoos-
ierdOm and will move back to
Kentucky. Sorry he isn't com.
ing to Powell.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

ers have asked us to encourage
their young sons-minOrs- to
stay away from Clay City and
their homes that the intemper-
ate society of Clay City may not
lead them to ruin. Some of these
boys are in other states, but their
parents tell us it is a sweet con.
selling thought to know they are
so many hundred miles away
instead of being in their own
homes where the drink tempta-
tons are so great. To relieve
the sltuation.yote dry Saturday.
The above article, while true,
is written without malice to any
bar keeper id Clay City. We be-
lieve it may DE the intention of
some of the saloons to stick pref
ty close to the law while others
are said to pay but little respects
to the law. Regulation is impos-
sible, SO we must vote the saloons
away from as Saturday is the
time.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
gift for the Fray"

Is what is said of onr ready-made
clothes for children. They stand
the wear and tear of child-life and
Unlike the Children
Themselves. do not run away when
washed. A look through will con-
vince you. Mrs. J. w. Williams,
Clay City, Ky.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

Word received yesterday from
j. Ii. Burgher aud Mrs. A. M
Burgher inmates of the Good Sal
marian Hospital at Lexington
brings the good news that they
are doing well aud hopes are en-
tertained that they will soon be
able to return home.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

Mrs. Q. W. Duncan, of White
Sulphur Springs, W. Va. who
has been in such serious condi-
ton for some time is improving
nicely since returning to her
home from Clay City.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

The Rev. Louis Fryman, the
new pastor of the Methodist
church is married man, and he
and his wife will occupy the par.
sonage. j. p. Ringo who has
been occupying this property has
moved to his own property n the
western portion of the city.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

Mrs. j. W. Williams will have
something in her store the week
of October 10th that will interest
every lady in Powell county.
Read her advertisement this
week for particulars.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
CLAY CITY KY THURSDAY sEPTEMBRE 2s 1911

The Rev. J. 9. Hanley, Pres
ident of Stanton College, deliv-
cred a splendid address at the
Presbyterian church last night
in the interest of the pending 10.
cal option election.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

DR.. &. b. Dickson, dentist, will
be in Clay City the week begin
ming September 20 for the practice
of his profession. Red River Ho-
tel.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28
Bridge contr acted For.

The city Council in session
Thursday night closed D., deal with
the Brackets Bridge Company of
Cincinnati, Ohio for a bridge to
cross the river at old Clay City.
TIE span willbe IA feet long
with II feet Roadway. 1t will
stand on solid concrete abut-
ments on the city side of the riv-
er and stand % the cliff on the
county side o. the river. The
bridge will Be built jointly be-
tween the city and county at
cost of 2,40aoS The county at
the regular b .Aag of the Fiscal
court will ratify the contract
made by the city. This bridge
when completed will be the best
bridge in the county and certain
ly seems to be bargain, though
there has been a decline in the
market value of steel. Those
who have had the matter in hand
are to be congratulated on the
splendid bridge they have pro-
vided to be erected and also for
the low price they have secured.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

James Holman, of Bowen, is III
the city.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1911-09-28

general election held in said Coun.
ty. it is therefor. ordered by the
Court that T. G.. Hall. now Sheriff
of Powell County, Kentucky, open
the polls at each and every voting
precinct in said Powell County,
Kentucky, on the Both day of Sept.
1911, for the purpose ID taking the
sense of the legal and qualified vot-
ers of said County as unit, wheth-
er or not spurious vinous and ma Is
liquors shall be sold bartered ~
loaned in said Powell County, Ken
lucky.
J. H. Hardwick, J. P. C. g..
State Of Kentucky, Set
County of Powell. 'o'
I, James Woolery, Clerk of thu
County Court in and for the Copn-
ty and State aforesaid certify that
the foregoing is trur and correct
copy as it appears of record in my
office.
Given under my hand this 7-h
day of August, 1911.
JAS. W. Woolery, C. P. G. g
BY W. G.. Frazier. ID. I
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-03

ficers left behind, Francisco |. Ma
dero, Jr., left today for Ciudad Por-
firio Dia2, Tomorrow Madero will
continue his journey to Mexico City.
General Navarro the federal general
who surrendered Juarez to Madero,
embraced the revolutionary leader
before the train pulled out. A big
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-03
MADERO ON THE WAY
TO MEXICAN CAPITAL

UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE1
El Paso, Tex, June 2.--After its
special train had been delayed ten
minutes, while various members of
his party embraced the Mexican Of
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-03

The two big newspaper proprietors
of Seattle are desirable citizens; they
are adding much to the amusement
of the people of that city, and doing
each other no harm.