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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
PLAN NEW STATE
BOARD OF HEALTH
BILL PROVIDES FOR COUNCIL OF
AUTHORITIES AND A CHIEF
OFFICER.
EKERN CASE B0BS UP AGAIN
Measure introduced by Senate Com
mittee Places the Power to Appoint
State Insurance Commissioners with
the Legislature.

Madison. Adjustment OF the state
board of health and the establishment
in its stead of state department OF
health with a chief officer and force
of deputies in charge and having wide
powers is proposed in bill by Assem-
blyman Peavy, now in the committee
on revision.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment by the governor OF state health
officer who shall be licensed physi-
clan skilled and experienced In health
duties and sanitary science. The term
of Office is to be six years and the sal
airy $4,000.
The chief health officer is given au-
thority to supervise sanitation in cit
les and villages, the construction of
water works and establish systems of
inspection and to say what diseases
are contagious or dangerous. The bill
provides for public health council
to consist of the dean Of the medical
department of the university, the med
ical superintendent of the sanatorium
at Wales, a member of the State Med
ical society, and two members who
shall be recognized authorities ON pub
lie health work, to be appointed by
the governor.
An appropriation of 100000 annually
is provided for to carry on the work
Of the department
Would Name Insurance officiai.
Another twist was taken in the Nc
Govern-Ekern fight when bill was in
PRODUCED by the senate committee on
corporations, of which Senator Boss
hard is chairman, and which provides
that the commissioner of Insurance
shall be chosen by the legislature by
joint ballot upon the taking effect OF
this act, and every six years there
after. Such comm ssioner shall hold
office for six years and until his sue
cessor is appointed and qualified. Any
vacancy shall be filed by the legisla-
ture for the unexpired term, and dur.
ing recess of the legislature shall be
filed by the governor until the va
cancy is filled by the legislature.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
MISS BORDEN FOUND AGAIN
millionaire and Daughter Now in Sc
ciuslon In a Boston
Suburb.

Boston, April 29.--Gail Borden, the
millionaire milk dealer of New York,
and his daughter Romona are in Sc
clusion in Boston suburb, recovering
from the strain of the seventeen-year-
old girls mysterious escapade.
Miss Borden is said to be in a
highly nervous state caused by her
experiences since her dramatic es-
cape from the sanitarium at Pompton,
N. j., and her fight to this city.
Miss Borden was located at hotel
where she was staying with two girl
friends and was asked to return to
her father. She promptly consented.
Mr.. Borden was waiting for the girl
when she arrived. Later it was said
that the reconciliation was complete.
A person authorized to speak for
Mr. Borden said:
Mr.. Borden's daughter has been
restored to him by the Ill advised and
foolish persons who assisted her to
evade his authority. The case is sim
ply that of an undisciplined girl who
found the study in discipline her IA
Their had laid out for her distasteful.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
TWO MEN ESCAPE TOMB
RESCUED FROM NINE WHERE ss
Persisted.
One Man Saves His Partner az They
Crepe Long in Effort to Flee Al
ter FlnleyvlIIe Explosion.

Pittsburgh, Pa April 2S.-Two men
were taken alive from the Cincinnati
mine OF the Monongahela River Con
solidated Coal & Coke company at
Finleyville, the scene Wednesday OF
a disastrous explosion.
Suffering untold agonies from ex-
posture and from the shock Of an ex-
plosion that is known to have claim
ed the lives of ninety-six miners. the
two men, Charles Crawl and Philip
Legler, each thirty-six years of age,
were brought to the surface almost
unconscious.
That they survived the explosion
and poisonous gases Of the mine for
sixty hours is considered almost mi
raculous.
J. McVickers and Clyde Gibson,
members of the coal company's rescue
crew, entered the mine late to search
for bodies At point two and half
miles from the entrance they heard
faint cry. Investigation disclosed
the two miners alive in what IS known
as room 10. entry 90.
Il entered the nine at 6: 80 Wednes-
day morning. said Crawl sLegler and
were eating lunch where we were
found when. shortly after 1890 We'd
nesday, we heard dull explosion,
which seemed to be far away.
We continued eating. finishing our
lunch. began to get nervous when
did not hear the other miners at work
and went to investigate.
Il found dead miners lying all
around and then knew what the ex-
pIosion had been. Remembering my
former experience, / told Legler to
follow me and we crawled into the
old workings in an effort to find a way
to get out.
i think we had been crawling fifty
two hours. In that time we had only a
slice Of bread apiece and we quenched
our thirst with sulphur water from
the mine floor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
WOMAN ADMITS BLACkMAIL
Mrs. Maude Stewart OF Antiao pleads
Guilty to Extorticn Attempt in
U. S. Court.

Milwaukee.-Mrs. Maude e. Stew
art, wife of a wealthy lumberman OF
Amigo, in the United States court,
pleaded guilty to charge of using
the mails with intent to blackmail
Mrs. q. H. Van Ostrand, a prominent
society woman of Amigo. and was
fined $3.50 and costs.
Testimony tended to show that
Mrs. Stewart wrote a letter to Mrs.
Van Ostrand declaring that il the
plaintiff did not hand over $500 to
hrs. Stewart certain episodes con
nected with trip made by Mrs. Van
Ostrand to a convention of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution at
Washington, would be aired which
would have tendency to GUST Mrs.
Van Ostrand from the position that
she held in the society of Amigo.
According to the letter, Mrs. Van
Ostrand was to put 800 In an envel-
ope and place the letter in certain
spot. Mrs. Van 0strand turned the
letter over to the postal authorities
A dummy was placed on the porch OF
the hotel and it is alleged that Mrs.
Stewart was seen removing it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE


Johnstown, Pa. April 26.- Edna
Nedman, two years old, WAS rescued
and resuscitated after being washed
through more than 800 feet of six
teen-inch culvert pipe near her home
at Winber Thursday. The child was
playing near creek and fell into the
water few ieet above where the
creek entered the culyert under a
road The child was drawn into the
pipe and was unconscious when re-
covered.
Raleigh. S. O.. April 26-The plant
and building OF the Raleigh News and
Observer, owned and edited by Jo-
sephus Daniels. secretary of the navy,
was destroyed by Thursday.
Salmon City, Idaho. April 2S.--W
W. Lottridge, cashier of the Leadore
State bank OF this city, closed by the
state banking department three
weeks ago, was arrested, charged with
making false statement as to the
condition OF the bank.
Socorro. N. NJ, April 2s.--Irwin
Frazer and Francisco Grandado, muir
derers, were hanged in the county Jail
here.
Nahant, Mass, April 80. The
schooner Francis A. Rice, bound from
Weymouth, N S., for Boston, ran on
to the lodges of Nahant during a
heavy fog and was destroyed Mon
day. The crew was rescued.
Munich, Bavaria. April 2s--Lieu-
tenant Won Germersheim of the Ba-
varian army flying corps died from
injuries sustained when his aeropiane
crashed into tree on April %. He
never regained consciousness.
Ashevilie. N. c.. April 29.--Appar-
entity frightened by the hostile demon
STATIONS of mob of 1900 people
which gathered before the hote, In
which they were lodged, score OF
strikebreakers, brought here by the
Asheville Power and Light company
to take the place of striking street
car employees. summoned police es-
cort to the railway station and left
town.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
NEW WAR is FEARED
TROUBLE BETWEEN ALLIES SEEN
SOON AS PEACE is SIGNED.
Montenegrin Army Marches North.
ward After Partially Evacust-
Ing Scutarl.

London. April SO.-The mystery
surrounding events in the Balkans is
becoming deeper. No further news
has been received of Essaad Pasha's
exploit in Albania and the situation at
Saloniki is difficult TO understand A
dispatch from Salonih of current
date confirms the report that orders
were given for the Bulgars to evacu-
ate all places occupied by the Greeks,
but thaMlater these orders were coun-
fernandez and that official attempts
were made to pretend they were never
given. A Bucharest dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph expressed the Arm
conviction that Immediately peace is
signed between the allies and Turkey
q new war will commence between
Servia, Bulgaria and Greece.
Austrian troops are moving towards
the Montenegrin frontier where 10000
are already assembled, while the
greater part of the Montenegro forces
have left Scutari for the north appar-
emily to oppose the Austrian advance
London, April ga circular note
sent by the Acknowledgements govern
ment to the powers, Thursday, de-
clared. Take immediate combined
action to turn the Montenegrins out
OF Scutari or we shall do II alone. ;"
The note was virtually an ultimatum
Austria-Hungary declares she can
not permit the Montenegrins to fout
the decision of the great powers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
HUNGER STRIKERS GIVE IN
Willing to Work II Given Reuu-
lar Prison Fare.

COLORADO Springs. Colo, April U.s.
Four OF the seventeen men OF the In
dustrial Workers OF the World, now
on hunger strike in the city fail,
notified Chief OF Police Burns that
they are ready to work out the re-
naming seven days of their Jail sen.
tence provided they be fed the regula-
ton prison fare. The decision came
at the conclusion of stormy star
chamber session. at which those tir.
ing of bread and water. on which
they had subsisted for As hours, were
called insurgents" by their compan-
ions, while the others are referred to
as "standpatters.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
ESSAD PASHA ALBANlA'S KING
Unexpected Move Upsets Calculations
OF Powers Who Had Agreed on
Duke Of Montpensler.

Paris, April 2s-E Europe has an ad.
ditional new sovereign A dispatch
states that Essad Pasha, Turkish de.
fender of Scutari. declared himself
king OF Albania at the Tirana chan
cellories Sunday after notifying the
governments at London, Paris and St
petersburg in advance. This unex.
pected move has upset the calcula.
tons OF the powers. who had agreed
that the duke Of Montpensier should
become the ruler of the new kingdom
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee. April 29.<191

Milwaukee, April 29,T191S.
Butter Creamery, extras, 33Ac:
prints, 341sc; firsts. 31@32c: seconds
SSQ3oc; renovated, 26@27c: dairy.
fancy. zoe.
Cheese--American. full cream. new
made, twins. 13h@14c; Young Amer
icas. 14014hc; daisies. 14014Nc;
ionghorns. 14%c: iimburger. tic:
brick. 1870.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality. 166@17c; recandled. extras,
10000: seconds, 13@14c.
Live Poultry.-Fowls, 16hc; roost,
ers, 10011c; springers, 171sc.
Wheat-No. northern, 94c; No. 2
northern, 92c; No. northern, 9Oc;
No. velvet. 921sc.
Corn--No. 8 yellow, 565sc.
oats-No. 3 white. S4@S5c; stand
ard, SEC.
Barley--No. A. $4,000; Wisconsin.
5606Oc.
Rye-No. 2, CSC.
Cattle-Butchers- steers, 7OO08.75;
cows and heifers. 4.5O@6.75; feeders,
6.5007.00: calves. s.50@925.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, $500
S.95; fair to best light. S.S5@90O; pigs,
7.5008.5O.
Sheep Lambs, 7,5OQS25; ewes,
k0O@6.5O.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Chippewa Falls.-After sixty-eighl
years, Andrew Switzerland of Water
loo, Iowa, has located his brother.
James, a farmer of Chippewa county.
Wisconsin. The two, who separated
when and years respectively. are
enjoying reunion In Waterloo. Since
parting each believed the other dead.
A short time ago man from Wiscon-
sin met Andrew Switzerland in Wa
terloo. He was struck with the re-
semblance between Andrew and
James Switzerland. whom he knew
in Wisconsin. He spoke Of his i'm
preston to the Waterloo man. The
reunion resulted.
Independence. - Acquitted of the
murder of her husband after a sen.
sational trial in circuit court, Mrs.
Adelia Weidemann has begun suit
for her husbands life insurance Of
$4,000 which was payable to her. The
policy was in fraternal organization.
Notwithstanding the verdict of not
guilty in the murder trial, the order
holds the circumstances of Weide-
mann's death unsatisfactory explain
ed and has refused to pay the policy.
Madison.--St. Paul seed company
has undertaken the colonization of an
S0,000-acre tract in Taylor and Rusk
counties adjacent to Gilmore, accord
ing to state immigration officers. The
plan is to divide it into eighty-acre
farms provided with house and barn
twenty acres cleared for each settler.
Fond du Lac Standing on
bridge over the Fond du Lac river
and drawing water in "a small pail.
Norman Reschke, 8 years old, lost
his balance and was drowned. Men
fishing on the bank we're unable to
rescue the boy.
Racine.-Nicholas F.. Geichert,
head OF the Reichert Conjunction
company OF this city, and prominent
in democratic state politics, died here
at the age of So.
Eau Claire.-0n June 20 the con-
gregation OF the United Norwegian
Lutheran church OF this city will cele-
brate its fftieth anniversary.
Chiffon. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Rhordanz OF the town of Potter have
Just celebrated the fftieth anniversary
of their wedding.
Sheboygan. - Thomas Madden, Q
Mitchell farmer. died as the result
Of injuries received In a runaway
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Leyees Reported DANGEROUS.

Madison. McGovern has
transmitted to the legislature the re-
port of the Portage leyee commission
ers. They say that the present levees
are in dangerous condition and should
be Immediately repaired to protect
Portage. The money already appro-
priated is sufficient and it is recon-
mended that sum sufficient for tenn.
porary repairs be appropriated to Sc.
cure safety until feasible plan can
be worked out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
100000 WASLOsT.
OIL MAeNATE MEETS CHARGES
BY CLAIMING CONFIDENCE
WAS MISPLACED.
FINANCIAL DEAL IN DETAIL
Henry Clay Pierce on Witness Stand
Asserts That Senator Joseph Bailey
Was the Recipient Of Securities
az Assignee.

st Louis, April -Testifying here
Friday before Special Commissioner
Muench In the suit of the National
Bank of Commerce to recover from
him securities alleged to be worth
S1,5O0 900, which had been pledged
with the bank, Henry Clay Pierce
told how he had become involved In
the Tennessee Central railway deal to
the extent of nearly $1,000. 900 through
financial transactions engineered by
officers Of the bank He blamed his
ENHANCEMENT mainly on what he
termed misplaced confidence in the
late J. c. Van Blarcom, president of
the bank
Pierce testified regarding the con-
nection of former Senator Joseph
Bailey of Texas. that it was his under
standing that the $500, 900 stock OF
the Nashville Terminal company,
which the National Bank of Com
merce seeks to recover, waa rurned
over 70 United States Senator Joseph
w. Bailey OF Texas. as assignee OF
the Tennessee Construction company.
after the loan for which was pledged
had been paid.
He said: "In 1901 or 1902, | was
forced into larger interest In the
Tennessee Central enterprise than
other individual subscribers to the
syndicate, when my son-In-law, Rich
ards, in my absence and without my
knowledge signed my name to a
guarantee to buy sf,500,O00 Of the first
mortgage bonds of the railway Since
the collapse of the syndicate 1t has
been necessary for me to advance
over $4,000,000 in cash to the Tonnes
see Central railway to pay its ex-
penses
After the syndicate collapsed,
Senator Joseph w. Bailey of Texas,
was made the assignee OF the Tonnes
see Construction company and all of
Its properties were turned over to
him. He was authorized to take
charge OF the affairs Of the company
and wind them up.
Senator Bailey sold over $4,000, 900
worth of property of the company, and
It was my understanding that from
the sale OF these properties the loan
at the Bank of Commerce, for which
the Nashville Terminal stock was
pledged. was paid. and that the stock
then went back TO Bailey rs as
signee for the construction com
pany.
The stock was later pledged to the
Standard Trust company OF New York
by Senator Bailey. and remained for
three years. 1t was finally delivered
to Eben Richards. on my order, after
the fruits company had notified me
that it had no further claim to 1t.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
WILSON PICKS COMPTROLLER
George {. Downey Named by PresI.
dent for Treasury Place-Seiect
Postmaster at Paterson.

Washington, April S0.-President
Wilson sent to the senate Monday
the nomination of George E. Downey
of Indiana to be comptroller of treas
ury. He also sent in the nominations
Of Lewis T. Erwin to be United States
marshal for the Fourth dictrict of
Alaska and James McNair to be post.
master at Paterson, N. J.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Rrxce Quits as Amha..aaor

washington, ID. c., April 26.-James
Bryce. British ambassador laid down
the ONCE he has held here more than
six years and left for New York to
begin his trip. home. On Monday he
met his successor, Sir Cecil Spring
Rice. who arrived In New York Sat.
urday night.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Identity Cathedral Suicides.

Antwerp, April 29.-The sweethearts
who committed suicide by leaping of
the clock tower of Notre Dame
cathedral were natives OF Antwerp
and belonged to well-known families,
1t was learned Sunday.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Dynamite POSTPONED safs.

Racine.-The safe in the postofffce
and general store at Franksville ten
miles west OF here. was broken into.
The cracksmen procured $500 in cur.
rency and stamps.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
klna Exeepts Non.cathoIloa

Madrid. Spain. April 2s.-A decree
ordering the continuance of obligatory
teaching of Christianity in the Spanish
public schools. but excepting the chill
dren of non-Catholics from compul.
sion, was signed by Alfonso Friday.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Fire Drill saves.

Milwaukee. April 26.--The efficacy
of the FIRE alarm drill was demon
strated here Thursday. when 1000
children marched from the Clark
street school when small blaze was
discovered.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
JOSEPH E. DAVIES GIVEN JOB
Wisconsin Democrat to Be Named
Commissioner Of Corporations by
President Wilson.

Washington. April 2s-Joseph Z.
Davies of Madison. Wis, secretary OF
the Democratic national committee,
has declined to be governor general
of the Philippines and has been se-
iected for commissioner of corpora.
tons to succeed Luther Conant. Jr.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Inxents New carburetor

New Richmond.-E. ]. Bell of this
city has applied for a patent on a car
bureting device which viii make pos.
sible, SO he claims, the substitution
of kerosene for gasoline in propelling
automobiles.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02

Cleveland, o.. April 2s.-Command-
or Eva Booth OF the Salvation Army
was Ill from bronchitis at the Colonial
kctsl Thursday She was so weak
that she had TO be carried from tne
train.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
500, 900 for Race Hor..

London, April 2S-The famous race
horses White knight. was sold to a
foreign buyer for $500. 900 Friday The
figure is record price Cor a single
horse. White Knight is noted az one
Of the greatest 'stayers.e
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Power Plant is Sold.

La Crosse.--Kelsey, Brewer & Co,
of Grand Rapids, Mich. which recent
ly purchased the plant of the La
Crosse Gas and Electric company.
have started improvements which viii
cost about s125,000.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Blast at Arsenal Roess Ao,,...

philadelphia, April ga workman
st the Frankfort arsenal of the fed.
eral government was killed when hun.
dreds of pounds of powder exploded IN
one OF the buildings Monday. Tha
shook rocked houses.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Amigo Mayor Chosen.

Antigo.-The council has elected L.
Freiburger mayor to succeed the late
George w. Hin. 1t required seven bal.
lots to elect. The final vote was:
FreibuFger 4; Lee Waste 5.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Nc. vanderbIlt raklnn en-.

Bad Nauheim, Germany. April So
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt arrived here
Monday to take the cure. Emperor
Williams sister Princess Charlotte OF
Saxe-Meiningen. brought her from
Frankfort in her auto.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Pollee Ennhezzler ParoIed.

Jefferson City, Mo-. April 2s.-John
NJ. Heaiy. former secretary OF the st.
Louis Police Relief association. who
was convicted of embezzling its funds.
tEas released from the penitentiary
Sunday on parole.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Chicago. ApriI 2a, 191S.

Cattle Beeyes. 7.4O@9.25; stockers
and feeders. 6.10QS.10; cows and heif-
ers, 4.00@S.50; calves, 6.0OQs.50.
Hogs-Light, SS0@9.10; heavy, S.55
@S.05; rough, s.55Q8.7e; pigs, 5000
800
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02
Minneapolis. April 20. 1913.

Wheat-No. hard, soc; No. north
ern. soc; No. northern, 8sc.
Corn--No. yellow. sec.
Oats-No. 8 white, 321ac.
Rye-No. 2, 56Q5Sc.
Flax--1.31.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-02

5snfes 7. 5IaksIee, the new fourth
resistant postmaster general, 10 from
pennsyivanIa, and 10 forty-three years
cid. He has been connected for years
With the LehIah Valley and the Penn.
AylysBIa railroads.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-15
For sale by Jos. A. MehrinOer

Did you ever think what your
Iad in the newspaper is doing for
you? When you close your store
in the evening and go home to
your family and fireside, not
thinking about your business at
all, then it is that the paper is
being pored over in hundreds of
.homeS-the homes from which
your ad doing its work silently,
but surely, and if you have taken
the pains to make it attractive
its work will be all the more at
tractive. This is repeated over
and over again, and is no doubt
what inspired advertising a Isl
lent drummer "
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-08-15

ONE MILLION FORMER RESI-
DENTS INVITED TO ATTEND
GREAT CELEBRATION.
RAILROADS OFFER Low RATES
Psrry's Victory on Lake Erie, Battle
Of Thames and Massacre of River
Raisin To Be Reproduced in Fire
works and Sham Battles.

One million expatriated Kentuck-
'ians and their children, even TO the
fourth and fifth generations, have
been invited to return TO Louisville TO
participate in the Perry's Victory Cen
tennial Celebration, to be held in that
city seven days, beginning September
20. Those particularly invited are the
descendants of Kentucky soldiers and
sailors of the War of 1912, and it is
estimated that IS per cent of native
born Kentuckians and the descendants
of those born in kentucky in the past
century ale eligible to participate in
such a celebration. Approximately one
million people now living in other
states are included in the list Of those
invited"
The purpose of the Louisville cele-
bration is to commemorate not only
Perry's victory on Lake Erie but all
other events of the war of 1912. How
ever, in particular honor of CoHmo-