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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
STORM TOLL IS BIG
SIxTY-NINE KILLED AND HUN.
DREDS HURT WHEN ToRNA-
DO SWEEPS COUNTRY.
VAST DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Terrific Windstorm Struck Gull
States First, Then Swung North
ward and Eastward Over Eleven
States-Telegraph Wires Down.

Chicago, March 24-As a result of
terrific storm which Friday swept
the Mississippi valley from the great
lakes to the gulf, sixty-nine persons
were killed. The storm ushered in
the first day of spring by demolish-
ing towns and injuring hundreds of
people.
Telegraph service In the central
west was demolished. Chicago prac-
tically was without any wire connec-
tions to outside points. Two thou
sand poles fell under the weight OF
sleet between this city and South
Bend, Ind
While Chicago was In the clutch of
the storm for eighteen hours points
in the west and south suffered far
more severely. Reports from Missis.
sippi. west Tennessee, southeastern
Kentucky, north and east Arkansas
Indiana, Ohio. Alabama. Missouri.
Minnesota and Wisconsin bring
stories Of devastation and death.
From many sections where the
storm was at its height only meager
reports have been received. Demor.
allied telephone and telegraph serv-
ice made it impossible to communi
cate with many of the smaller towns
in Arkansas and Missouri, where
villages are said to have been de-
stroyed and many killed
Hoxie. Ark, was practically de-
stroyed. Nine people are reported
dead and many more seriously in.
jured. Property damage will reach
into hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
through the surrounding district,
where the wind reached its maximum
velocity.
Lower Peach Tree, in Wilcox, Ala,
also is said to have been DESTROYED.
Twenty-Five are known to have been
killed, while scores were injured seri-
ously. Only few of the buildings
in the town were left standing, and
hundreds of people Friday night were
without shelter and food
In Mississippi the storm reached its
fury in the district lying between
Grenada and Water Valley. At Sena.
tobia 1t reached its greatest velocity,
houses being tossed about as play
things, small buildings being carried
for rods and everything left barren.
No loss of life occurred there.
Five were killed in small settle
ment five miles north of Macon. Miss.
and more than five times that number
injured.
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, was swept by a
tornado which tore buildings from
their foundations, killing FIVE persons
and injured more than fifty. Mem
bers of the crew of the st. Louis e
San Francisco railway passenger train
which reached Memphis. Tenn, told
narrowing stories of passing through
the storm center. As the train dashed
through the cyclone zone the track,
was seen torn from the earth few
miles behind them
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Suspend New Coal Rates.

The interstate commerce commits
sion suspended certain G. & o. rail-
road tariffs which cancel through rates
on coal in carloads from mines in
Kentucky and West Virginia to Mil
waukee from March 25, the date the
new rates were to become effective.
until July 2S, this suspension order
leaves no through rates in effect via
the Grand Trunk railway and ferry
across Lake Michigan
The commission also suspended
tariff schedules of the Kanawha &
Michigan railway from March 25 70
September 25, which proposed to can
eel through rates applying on carloads
from Kentucky-West Virginia fields
to Wisconsin and other points, via
Ludington, Mich, and the Pere Mar
quette car ferry. This tariff previous
ly was suspended from December 8
until March 25.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Decision Given in Noted case.

]. E. Williams, Republican, will
be given commission as cOun-
ty judge of McCreary county,
and nearly all the Offices in the county
will be changed as the result of an
opinion handed down by the Court OF
Appeals, affirming the Franklin Cir
cult Court, which granted Williams Il
writ of mandamus requiring Gov. Nc
Creary to issue the commission.
Under the act creating the new
county, Gov. McCreary's appointees
regular county election" All county
officials in Kentucky are elected in
November, 1913, and Gov. McCreary
construed this to mean that his ap.
pointees should hold from July, 1912,
when they were appointed, until their
successors could be elected in Novem-
Der, 1913.
Williams, however, took the view
that there was vacancy in the Office
of County Judge, which the Governor
fled by appointment until the next
election, and the Court of Appeals
took the same view Williams was a
candidate on the ticket, and his certifi-
cate of election was filed with the Gov
ernor.
The Governor had appointed J. C..
Goode County Judge, and in October
Goode resigned and the Governor ap-
pointed Harry Jones in his place. 1t
was contented in the suit that Jones
appointment coming within three
months of the date of the election, his
successor could not be elected last
November; but the court held that the
vacancy actually existed when Goode
was appointed, and must date from
that time.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
BRYAN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Citizens Of Commoner's Home Town
Turn Out En- Masse to Do
Him Honor.

Lincoln, Neb., March 21--William
J. Bryan. secretary of state under
President Woodrow Wilson, came to
Lincoln Wednesday to celebrate his
ffty-third birthday anniversary with
the folks at home and be guest of
honor at the annual banquet OF the
Lincoln Bryan club.
From the moment he stepped from
his train until the banquet climax
late at night when he addressed a con-
course which jammed the Auditorium
to its doors, the distinguished son Of
Nebraska was the central figure OF a
continuous ovation.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Druggists Can Sell Liquor.

Because their names appeared on
the records in the federal building as
having taken out government licenses
to sell liquor 80 or more druggists in
the outskirts of Louisville were served
with notices by deputy state revenue
agent directing them to appear before
the state auditor and pay penalty and
fee, amounting to $120 each, for fail
ure to take out state liquor licenses.
The matter was taken up with State
Auditor Bosworth, and an investiga-
ton on his part revealed the fact that
the druggists, although they had not
taken out state licenses to sell liquor,
were selling it only as an admixture
on physicians prescriptions, and there
fore were not guilty of a law viola
ton. In celebration of their victory
the druggists made bonfire of the no.
tees that had been served upon them.
Want No More Stations.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Father Slain hx San.

Chicago, March 24.-John Klein
printer, was shot and killed by his son,
John r. Klein, nineteen years old, in.
their homo mere Friday. The youth
killed his father In defense of his
mother. according to his statement.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Ohio Auto Licenses Honored.

A decision of great interest to auto
mobile owners outside of the state of
Kentucky, and especially to Cincin-
natl, was rendered by Judge Yungblut
in the circuit court when he decided
that the city,of Newport is denied the
right to enforce the collection of a
license against automobiles or auto
trucks passing through the city from
another state. The decision was rem
dered in the Injunction suit brought
by the Merkel Bros, of Cincinnati,
against the city of Newport The
judges decision upholds the payment
of state license in Ohio, which is
honored by a similar law in Kentucky.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Lectures on Education.

Up-to-date methods OF education
will be discussed by experts at the
meeting in Louisville April 80 and May
l, 2 and of the Kentucky Education
al association, a complete program of
which has been announced by R. L.
Mcfarland, of Owensboro, president,
through Secretary T. w. Vinson, of
Frankfort
Popular lectures will occupy the
first two nights and the general pub
lie mas been invited to- hear them Dr.
William L. Bryan, president of the
University of Indiana, will speak on
'The Education of the Disposition" :"
and DR.. Frank w. Gdnsalalus, presi-
dent of the Armour institute of tech
nology, will discuss subjects of train
ing. Miss Florence B. Ward, of the
Iowa Teachers college, will speak on
"The Montessori Method" She stud
led under Nine. Montessori in Italy.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Mother,s Appeal is Needed.

The Prison Commission paroled
John Luttrel of Casey county. serving
a sentence in the penitentiary here
for manslaughter. The parole was
granted on the solicitation Of LuttrePs
mother, who stated knat she had rid.
den a mule 40 miles across the noun
tains hi order to catch a train to meet
the board and present the application
of her sor
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
FRANK S. BLACK IS DEAD
Former Governor of New York Sue
eunbs to Heart Disease After
Several Days illness.

Troy, N. Y, March 22-Frank 81.
Black, formerly governor of New York,
died at his home here. last night OF
heart disease. aftes. several days, III
ness.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Want No More Stations.

The department of agriculture an
nounced it had completed for the pres
ent the purchase of stations for use
of horses for military purposes. Four
Morgans, ten standard breds, eleven
American saddle horses and nine thor
oughbreds have been purchased which,
with several Morgans and thorough
breds secured in other ways, make a
total of forty-four. The Morgans will
stand in Vermont and New Hampshire,
the thoroughbreds mainly in Virginia,
the saddle horses and standard-breds
mainly in West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
Decisions Pro and Con.

An ordinance passed by the council
Of Louisville regulating the hours for
The transaction of business of pawn
brokers, secondhand dealers, junk
merchants and junk dealers and pro-
Tiding that such merchants shall close
at z O'Clock p. N. and remain closed
until Z o'clock a. m. was declared to be
constitutional by the appellate court.
The appellate court held to be uncon-
stitutional an ordinance passed by the
city of Versailles council compelling
railroad companies to cover all cuts or
excavations through which the rail
road tracks run in the city with solid
substantial arch stone, concrete or
anrable material
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
win Conduct Vocational School.

A real vocational school will be in
augurated by Eastern State Normal at
Richmond on June IL and will close
July 25.
The latest approved method of voca-
tional schools in the great cities will
be used. Regular work of the funda-
mentals in the Model School will be
continued, and as special features the
following: Dramatization, play and
games, music, manual training, do
mestlc science, school science, school
gardens, live nature study, public
speaking, physical culture and gymna-
SUM.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-03-25
conference On Marketinu.

Gov. McCreary has appointed j. E.
Estes, OF Science Fill. a delegate from
Pulaski county to the First National
Conference on Marketing and Farm
Credits, which viii Kaet in Chicago
April $40.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
MAJOR HOLCOMB
MAY RETIRE AS
COUNTY LEADER

With no contests in sight Demo-
Gratis of this city and county tomor-
row will elect members Of the county
and city committees. While the or
ganization will remain in the grasp
of the followers Of Senator Willard
Salisbury. Major Chauncey p. Hol-
comb. the present county chairman,
who is a Salisbury lieutenant will re-
tire from that office. Il was said to-
day, and will not seek reelection.
The members OF the county COM
mittee will meet at the headquarters
OF the party. No. East Seventh
street, on Saturday afternoon, No
vember 1, when organization will be
perfected.
The various committeeman elected
from the wards Of this city tomorrow
will meet at their rooms on Wednes-
day Of next week. AT that time or
ganization will take place. II is un-
derstood that William Gibbons may be
selected as city chairman and Wilbur
l.. Adams will be elected secretary.
The present officers Of the city COM
mittee are: Daniel p. DuRoss, chair
man; George W. Bad>r. vice-chair-
man; c. William Malccm. secretary 7;
Dennis M. Buckley, treasurer.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
LIGHTNING CAUSES LOCUST
TREE TO BLOSSOM IN FALL

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Oct PA
locust tree in full bloom at this sea-
son OF the year on the farm OF Harry
Small near New Franklin, is ac-
counted for by the tree having been
struck by lightning during a storm
in the last few weeks.
The reblossoming is attributed 10
the injury done 10 one-half Of the
tree by the bolt giving greater vital
ity to the other half and causing II
to flower out OF season. Nebraska
Herr. a rural mail carrier, discovered
the tree and cut a limb from Il filled
with fragrant blossoms.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
DETECTIVES
ON TRIAL OF
DETECTIVES

Three men, believed 10 be detectives,
are in Wilmington. They are suspected
to be detectives trying to spot the
confidential agent" of the finance com
mittee OF City Council Another rumor
is that they are working up an angle oi
the police investigation. although not in
the employ Of the Police Commission. II
is even limited that detectives have been
ON the trail Of the three slcuths and
have reported 20 certain city officials Of
the movements of the mysterious three,
who are said TO be known by name and
residence.
Some Of the members Of Council have
been informed of the presence of the
three mysterious strangers" hut all of
them profess 10 have absolutely mo-
knowledge of the purpose which they
hope TO accomplish by their detecting
Councilman Weller T.. Stoyei. chair.
man of the finance committee declares
that he knows nothing about the three
linen While the finance committee has
heen authorized TO appoint "confden.
tial agent" 20 investigate certain condi.
tions that may exist In city depart
ment-. he declares positively that these
three men are in no way connected witt
that
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR CHmD.

A birthday party was given to four
year-old Miss Elizabeth Bishop al
her parents home on Thursday night
The guests we're; Sadie Bristoe, Ray
mond Smith, Annie Snyder, Mrs
Laura Shoemaker, Martha Smith
Elizabeth Levering. Hannah Hughes
Elizabeth Bishop. Mrs Elsie Bishop
Bertha Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Davis, Alberta Hughes. John Shoe
maker, Thomas Virgins, Amelia
Firellia, Catherine Riley, Anna Riley
William Woods. Roy Woods. Alva
Woods. Marie Roberts, Frank Hughes,
Viola Hughes. Bradford Bristoe, Flor
ence Mcintosh, Mabel Smith. Rose
McGuigan, Ellen McGuigan, Lille
McGuigan, Gertrude Woods, Eva
Caulk, Mildred Roberts, Julia Roberts,
Margaret Burns, Margaret Peoples,
Aida Snyder, Pearl Levering, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bishop, Mr.. and Mrs. McGuigan.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
EXPECT GOOD
FROM GRADED
RURAL SCHOOL
Brandywine Hundred Resi-
dents Delighted With Pro-
posed Education Better
ment
PLAN OUTLINED AT
MEETING OF VOTERS

Residents OF Brandwine hundred
along the Philadelphia turnpike are
in an elated mood over the prospects
for a graded school. DR.. Charles A.
Wagner and Dr. Elmer L. Cross, State
Commissioner Of Education and Coun-
'ty Superintendent respectively. are
pleased over the situation These
officials spent two days this week in
vestigating the conditions existing.
and found that the Mt Pleasant
school is now overcrowded. The She'll
pot school and the one at Claymont
can take care OF the children going
there at present but Mt. Pleasant
school is overcrowded.
Consequently the idea was advanced
some time ago to have graded
school established so that the larger
pupils from Claymont and shellpot
schools could attend such a school at
Mt. Pleasant. There was a largely
ATTENDED meeting held on Wednesday
evening at Nc Pleasant school, when
the situation was considered Dr.
Wagner and DR.. Cross were in attend
ance and were highly pleased at the
latitude of the school commissioners
and residents. II wac suggested to
establish a primary school at Mon
trose and another at Holly Oak for the
smaller children. Shellpot and Clay
mont can take care Of the primary
grades and Mt. Pleasant school can
be remodeled and enlarged so that
lit will be the graded school for these
three districts.
As the children from Montrose and
Holly Oak form the greater majority
Of those in attendance, the little ones
can attend the proposed new schools.
AS the three districts are on the turn
pike and trolley road the larger chill
dren VIII have opportunities to attend
the graded school in all kinds of
weather. The establishment OF such
a school will stop the attendance of
children from these districts at viii
mington High School. II has been
computed that the cost of the new
buildings will be S1,5G0 each for the
primary schools and $4,000 for the
/ high school. It will he necessary only
to have one new teacher the first
year, as the two teachers at Mt. Pleas
ant can. teach the Holly Oak and Mon
trose schools.
The three grades for the girst year
can be taught by one teacher, whose
salary would be 500 or S75 a month.
A committee was appointed tc
| further consider the plan and 10 re.
port back at another meeting. to bs
held IN two weeks. DR.. Cross. Coun
ty superintendent, said today that tn,
Mt. Pleasant school is overcrowded
and something must be done to rem
edy the situation. The advent Of
graded school in that section will b.
a general boom along eduoationa
lines for the girls and boys of thes'
districts.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
VOTE FOR STREET WORK
IN DELAWARE CITY

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DELAWARE CITY. Del, Oct pa
At the special election held here on
Wednesday on the question of making
an additional loan of $4,000 for street
improvements, the loan project won
by a big majority. The vote for the
loan was 1854 and GAS against In
all 2.O7O votes we're cast and 32 we're
thrown out on account Of improper
marking. The money will be used for
street improvements on Clinton street
here. in addition to the $4,000 au-
thorized by the last legislature. It
is thought now that the $4,000 with
aid from the trolley company, Will be
sufficient to complete the entire
length of the street.
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred M. Hun
ter, inspector general, made a general
inspection at the fort recently.
The 45th and 18th companies OF
artillery which we're organized as
siege battery companies, have been
issued Automatic Colt, 7-shot revol-
vers. The rifles that they used have
been turned in. They do guard duty
with the revolvers.
Eight squads from each of the four
companies, at Fort DUPONT, will leave
tomorrow morning on the steamboat
Columbia for Philadelphia, where they
will participate in a parade.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
''YECCS" BLOW
SAFES GETTING
$500 PROFIT
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
ATTlCA, O.. Oct. 24.-One OF the
most daring safe robberies ever per
petrated in this section Of Ohio. where
such robberies have been numerous,
took place early today when I'VE yegg-
men locked a dozen residents in their
homes, cut all electric light and long
distance telephone wires and then
blew two safes in the post office, OBJ
tanning $4,000 in stamps and 1866 I'm
cash. They escaped with a stolen
horse and buggy. Before they enter
ed the post office. the robbers tied the
doors OF all homes In the vicinity and
barricaded the doors I'm the apartment
above When the residents we're
awakened by the two explosions
which wrecked the interior OF the
post Office and succeeded In getting
out Of their homes. the yeggs had
made their escape.
When an attempt was made 10 no
tify surrounding towns, II was found
all telephone wires had been cut.
Il was at first thought that the
yeggs had obtained $4,000 of the At
tica Fair Association funds that had
been stored in a post Office safe. but
Il was later found that the money had
been transferred to the bank here
yesterday.
Posses OF armed citizens searches
the surrounding country today.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
Y. NJ. c. 4. BOYS EVFNTS.

In the Grammar SchCol Boys In
door Football League. at the Y. NJ. C..
"A. tomorrow, the Swarthmore team
will oppose Delaware and Syracuse
will oppose Georgetown. The stand
ing of all the teams at present is 500.
each team having won one and lost
one game.
In the High School boys contest the
event tomorrow Will be a potato race,
in which eight potatoes will be strung
along the floor FIVE yards apart each
contestant to pick up the potatoes
In the Employed Boys contest, the
event tonight will be a volley ball
game, in which No team. Stevens.
captain, will oppose No. team, Lut-
ton, captain.
In the Young Meu's contest, the
event will also be volley ball game.
lin which the Greens will oppose the
Orange and the Reds will oppose the
Blues.
On next Friday evening the En-
ployed Boys team will oppose the
High School boys in an interclass
competition. for the. championship Of
the two classes. Several events will
be held between and 8 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1913-10-24
MORE LOCAL
HELP ON THE
TAX. PROBLEM
Three Real Estate Operators
Will be Asked to Give Ex-
pert Opinion
SALARY FIGURES
HAVE DEFENDERS

1t is expected that the appraisemeni
of the building OF the Harlan and Hol-
lingsworth Corporation will be conclud-
ed this evening, and the work Of ap-
praising other like concerns will I'M
mediately begin.
The four experts under the supervi-
sion Of Fred Lloyd, OF New York, who
are conducting the appraisement will be
Joined by number OF local experts on
Monday, when they will all start out
together.
Three real estate men will also be
chosen by the Board of Assessment. Re
vision and Appeals TO assist in the work
of arriving at land values The board
has three men in view whom they hope
will assist them in the work. While
the names of these three men has not
been made public it is believed that
Charles c. Kurtz, Edmund p. Moody
and William II. Gibbons will be ths
ones asked to do the work.
The local men to assist the expert
appraisers have not yet all been Sc
lected, but they will be chosen at a
meeting of the board,to be held tomor-
row afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, at their
new Headquarters, at Eighth and
Shipley streets The purpose of this
meeting is to give the field men, in
cluding the local men who will at
tend, fina. instructions in the char
acter of the work they are to do, sc
they can begin bright and early Mon
day morning.
Il is not known just what salary
will be paid to the local men who vii
assist the experts in the work. The
experts, however, will receive a sal
airy of S25 a day for each actual day
of service they give the city.
There has been some criticism upor
the part of persons who do not un'
derstand the nature of the valuable
service rendered to the city by these
men to the effect that the salary Is
rather large.
extremely low salary for men of the
character of the experts who have been
employed. 1t is pointed out that this
salary, paid by working days, would
amount to less than $500 a year, while
there are men who are doing the same
kind of work in the larger cities who
rank as the same kind of experts, who
receive salaries ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year
II is argued that the benefits TO be
derived by the people OF Wilmington
from the new assessment system
would amply justify a much larger out
lay Of money should it be necessary