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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
UNABLE TO AGREE ON
|. COTTON TAX FEATURE
HOUSE AND SENATE CoNFEREEs
GIVE UP EFFORTS TO SET
TIE DISPUTE

Washington, Sept. e6 The senate
tariff conferees proposed today to
drop the cotton futures tax from the
tariff bill. The house conferees. how
ever, refused to agree to that action
on the ground that the house should
have the opportunity to decide whe-
ther the entire provision should be
dropped or compromise provision
accepted.
Another days work on disputed
points between the senate and house
on the Underwood-simmons bill
brought the oonferees together today
with the hope that a report might be
finished for presentation to the house
tomorrow
Disagreement on the time when free
raw wool and the new woolen sched-
.ule shall become effective and differ
.ences over the rates on cotton yarns
and cloth lead and zinc ores, were up
today for settlement.
Efforts to settle the cotton futres
tax question during the first session
today proved unavailing. Representa-
tives Lever and Page were called into
the conference, and later the senate
members called in Senator Clarke Of
Arkansas, author of the cotton tax
amendment
The opening Of the cotton trading
provision widened the breach be-
tween house and senate over other
questions still unsettled. The zinc
and lead ore duties raised by the sen
ate furnished the ground for further
discussions. Some predicted that
nine of the important points still at
issue would not be fixed until the cot
ton futures had been disposed Of.
The silk schedule was reopened
To prevent frauds through underyal
uations, the advalorem system of du
ty was abandoned on carded silks
and silk noils and a specific rate
fixed Of 20 cents per pound.
i The exemption put into the income
tax section to protect the city Of New
York in collecting its share Of thc
earnings Of the new subway brough-
a protest to the conference committed
today from Senator Reed Of Missouri
| He declared the provision would worl
to the detriment Of the people Of kan
sas City, who we're about to under
take public utility improvements.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
The BANDITS NOT CAUGHT
NO TRACES OF TWO BOYS WHO
HELD UP "QUEEN AND cREs-
SCENT" FOUND
REGISTERED MAIL TAKEN
NO ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF
THE LOOT HAS BEEN AT
TEMPTED

Cottondale, Ala, Sept 26-Two
mere boys were the bandits who rifled
the mail car and dynamited the ex-
press safe on the Alabama Great
Southern train No. Z near this place
after midnight, and escaped with
booty variously estimated at from
few hundred to $5O,OO0 In the search
for the bandits this morning Deputy
Sheriff James Bonner of Birmingham
was shot and killed by member of
another posse from Montgomery, who
mistool Bonner for one of the rob
bers.
After stopping the train at Bibb-
vile siding at 1890 a. m by means
of a block danger srgnal, the young
bandits with drawn revolvers forced
the trainmen, express messengers and
six mail clerks to line up at the side
of the track. The boys then compel
ed one of the train men to detach the
engine, express and mail cars, after
which the bandits boarded the locomo-
tive, and with one robber at the
throttle, drove several miles down the
track, where the express safe was
blown to bits with dynamite and the
registered mail pouches were rifled.
The robbers then threw open the
throttle of the engine, leaped to the
ground and escaped with their booty
into the swamps, while the runaway
engine with the express and mail cars
ran on through several towns until the
steam was exhausted and it stopped
at Englewood, Ala
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
ARMIES PREPARING TO MOVE
IN THE MEANTIME DEMAND IS
MADE ON THE PORTE TO
RESUME PEACE MEET
BULGARIA MAY ENTER FRAY
THAT COUNTRY is SUSPECTED
OF MAKING ALLIANCE WITH
oTToMANs

London. Sept 26.-King Constan-
tine of Greece made preparations to-
day to return to Athens. The Balkan
situation is regarded by the Hellenic
government as very disquieting. The
king has decided to cut short his vis-
it to the seaside resort Of Easthorne
on the southern coast of England, and
come to London tomorrow for spe-
cial conference with Sir Edward Grey
the British foreign secretary.
All creek officers have been recall
ed from active service with their conf
mands and many of the regiments dis
banded at the conclusion Of the cam
paign against Turkey are now being
remobilized.
The activities of the Turkish troops
are believed by the Greeks to fore
shadow an attempt by them to recap
ture the port Of Kavala, on the Ae-
gean Sea, which cost Greece so much
in blood and treasure in her recent
war with Bulgaria.
Turkish officers now on their way
from Asia Minor to the province 9f
ITmace, openly admit tAat KaTala is
the objective Of Ottoman aspirations.
IN the meanwhile Premier Eluthe-
rios venizelos Of Greece is trying t.
ferret out Turkeys intentions by max
ing demand at Constantinople for
the precise date in which the Otto
man government purposes to resume
the long-interrupted peace neeotia-
tions.
Greek official circles deride BHlsa-
rian denials of the reports that eom-
mon action is contemplated BY Pul-
garia and Turkey against Greece.
Some officials declare that they know
negotiations have been started in
Constantinople.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
Union Leaders are Blamed

Denver, Sept 26. Secretary of
State James B. Pearce, ex-oficio la
bor commissioner, and Ethelbert
Stewart, coal strike mediator appoint-
ed by the federal department Of labor.
went to Trinidad this afternoon to in
vestigate the strike situation. A
statement issued today BY +. E. Cove.
attorney for the victor-American Fuel
company. declared that Except for
the increasing violence, threats and
intimidation on the part Of the strik.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
High OFFICIALS Expected

Word has been received here that
James B. Pearce, secretary of state,
and Ethelbert Stewart, emissary Of
the United States department of COM
merce and labor. will arrive here to-
night to inspect the situation
international Vice President Frank
]. Heyes Of the United Mine Workers
of America, when asked concerning
the condition caused by the holdup
by strikers Of the Hastings hack, said:
Il have not been advised Of the oc-
currence. do not believe it. look
upon the incident as frame up" on
the part of the operators to injure
the cause Of the miners. They have
done it elsewhere. they are DONG it
here"
Referring to the strike situation
he said:
"Ninety-five per cent OF the miners
Of Colorado are on strike and the
number is increasing daily. When w
are ready to care for all Of them th'
rest of them will come out"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN

Denver, Sept. 26.-Tne result Of the
referendum vote for officers was an
nounced today at the annual eonven-
ton Of the international Brotherhood
OF Electrical Workers as follows
President, ]. J. Reid, Erie, Pa; sec
retary, J. w, Murphy, Springfield, H.;
treasurer, L, W. E. Kimball Boston,;
vice presidents, Oliver Myers Of To
ledo, William Pollard of st. Louis; w,
]. Kelly Of Los Angeles; J. D. Pegg Of
Fort Williams, Ontario; general exc
cutive board, L. w. 3. Kfinball, Harry
Freed Of Atlantic city; G. A. Duck Of
GTeenville. Tex, W. J. Kelly, e. A.
Wilcox Of Salt Lake City. D. G.
Knight of Vancouver, B. q.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26

els, the operators are content with
.aonditions as they exist today
The statement says that increased
forces are at work in the mines to-
day and that about 55 per cent of the
normal working force Of the mines
OF Colorado is employed
Cove adds:
The strike is entering upon the
stage of violence which invariably ac-
companies disturbances Of this char
ter The strike leaders, irrespective
of their professed intentions, are di-
rectly responsible for numberless acts
of lawlessness, a few only Of which
reach the public"
The coal operators today entered
formal complaints with the local post
office inspectors in connection with
the stopping of the Hastings stage
today. The operators assert that the
stage carried United States mail, and
the strikers who stopped it were gull
ty Of violating the federal statute
against interference with the mails
Before leaving Denver Ethelbert
Stewart is said to have expressed the
belief that the differences between
the miners and operators are Slight
and susceptible to arbitration He
said the object Of his trip was ito
gather information He said that he
was not at liberty to make known his
opinions and findings, explaining that
he was making daily reports to Sec
retary of Labor Wilson at Washing
ton.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
TO IMPEACH HIS TESTIMONY
THE ACCUSED MAN YESTERDAY
DECLARED HE WAS SIMPLY
A PHlLANTHRoPIsT
VISITED GIRL TO HELP HER
HIS SOLE IDEA IN GOING TO JON
Gull RESORT WAS TO DO SER
VICE TO UNFORTUNATE

Los Angeles, Calf, Sept. 26--An-
other verbal struggle between the
lawyers in the Bixby trial today fol-
lowed the prosecutions announce
ment of an effort to impeach the tes-
timony Of the millionaire, who in his
own behalf yesterday testified that
he maintained only philanthropic re.
lations with the girls against whom
he is accused of having committed
statutory offsnses.
Prosecutor Asa Keyes said that to
do this he would recall to the witness
stand Cleo Helen Barker, Bixby's ac-
cuser in the case on trial, and the
other girls who already have testified.
Bixby's lawyers Immediately objected.
The first witness was H. H. Par
sons, auditor of the Citizens Nation
al bank Of Los Angeles, who iden-
titled checks aggregating $1,000 sign
ed by Octavitb Morgan and deposited
to the account Of w. H. Stevens, one
of the attorneys for Cleo Helen Bar
ker and Marie Brown Levy, who,
according to Hixby, had planned a
series Of blael.railing suits against
prominent men
Morgan, an elderly architect, de-
olined to testify regarding the alles-
ed blackmailing operations agains
him on the ground that such testimo-
ny might degrade him
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
A clue ls Found

Montgomery, Alall Sept. 26.-A clue
was found this afternoon to the rob
bers who held up the Alabama Great
Southern express train near Cotton
dale last night aocordingato a dis
patch from Tuscaloosa.
Members of posse found the re-
mains of a fire and several whisky
bottles in a swamp near Tuscaloosa,
The fire had been built from the
planting Of one of the railroad cars
which had been wrecked with ex-
plosives,
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
MISS cHlsAoLM wlNs

Memphis, Tenn Sept. &C. Miss
Ruth Chisholm Of Cleveland and Miss
Myra Helmer Of Chicago, won the
semi-finals today in the championship
match OF the womens Western Golf
association tournament.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
TELL THEM TO BEAT IT"
UNITED STATES MAY PUNISH
THEM FOR DELAYING
THE MAILS
OPERATORS BLAME UNIONS
DECLARE THE LEADERS ARE RE-
sPoNsI5LE FOR DEEDS OF
VIOLENCE

Trinidad, Col, Sept 26.-Striking
coal miners at the United Mine Work
ers' camp at Ludlow for the second
time held up the Hastings hack at
Ludlow upon the arrival of C. & S..
train No. 1 this morning and COM
PEELED all passengers to alight and
commanded the driver to drive the
empty stage on to Hastings,
The men taken off were F. E. Rose,
superintendent Of the Colorado G
Southeastern railroad, coal road
that iuns to the victor-American Fuel
company properties; w. B. Cunning
ham, surveyor, and Thomas Glib
bons coal inspector for the Rock Is
land railroad. The strikers made no
violent demonstrations, according to
reports, but commanded the thre9
men to go into the depot and await
the next train for Trinidad, and make
no attempt to go to Hastings.
A committee or strikers is patrolling
the railroad station at Ludlow to in
tercept all conveyances bound for
Hastings.
Word has been received that the
three negroes VINO were 9alzen off the
hack at Ludlow last night by armed
strikers were taken to the depot at
Ludlow late this morning and placed
on board G. e S. train and ordered
to 60 back where they came from.
They are said to have been threatened
with injury if they came back as
strike breakers.
An armed posse left here today for
Ludlow in an effort to rescue three
strike breakers who were captured
by mob Of striking coal miners last
night. Sheriff Grisham, who headed
an earlier posse in search of the cap
tives last night, returned after sew
eral hours, reporting that he had
found no trace of them.
The strike breakers, all negroes,
we're taken from a stage near Ludlow
or their way to mine at Hastings
Surrounded by mob Of strikers they
were led in the direction Of the Unit
ed Mine Workers tent colony at Lud-
low.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
TOLD HIM TO FALSIFY
EXECUTIVE REQUESTED THAT
PECK DENY MAKING CON-
TRIBUTIoN TO HIM
MORGENTHAU SPEAKS OUT
SAYS HE, TOO, WAS URGED NOT
TO TELL THE TRUTH ON
WITNESS STAND

Peck, state superintendent Of public
works, testified at Governor Sulzer S
Impeachment trial this afternoon that
the governor had asked him to deny
under oath that he had made $500
contribution to Sulzer.
Peck said that he had made the
contribution shortly after the gov
ernor's election and that last July he
had shown Mr.. Sulzer in the executive
chamber a copy Of letter from the
FFawley committee asking him to
testify.
q said to the governor" said Mr..
Peck, "What shall ! do about it?'
"He said, DO as I am going to do,
deny it,
II said, But l shall be placed under
OATH
He said, Forget it,"
After this declaration rnere was
hurried conference of Governor Sui
zer's counsel. Harvey D Hinman
took up the cross examination.
Mr.. Peck said there were several
persons about when he gave the $500
contributions to sulzer. He said he
had given the conversation, which
took place in the executive chamber
word for word.
'T could not be mistaken about
single word" he said.
There was no more questioning. At
the outset Of his examination Peck
told of handing Sulzer the $500 at a
democratic reform meeting at Troy,
N Y
Il said to him that there were no
strings on it and that he need not
feel under obligations to reappoint
me" he testified.
The witness said that since then
he had had confidential conversa-
ton with the governor.
Must I give it?" he asked.
"Yes,' ruled the presiding Judge
The witness then said he had been
in conversation with the governor in
July in the executive chamber
Richard Croker. Jr,. testified that
he gave a check for $4,000 to Gov
ernor sulzer, made out to cash Z
The check, endorsed by F. L. Colwell
was introduced in evidence.
Croker, who is a son of the former
Tammany Hall leader testified that
he gave the governor the check on
October 16, 1912
''Why did you make it payable to
'cash?" he was asked.
''Mr. Sulzer said he was about to
leave for trip through the state and
would like it in cash"
The check bore the endorsement
IF. L. Colwell." It was not cashei
until October 81.
was it your understanding from
the talk of people or from sulzer tim7
self that sulzer was e1impecunious? ?"
asked Judge Herrick
q felt that he depended on the sa'
ary he received from the public Of
fee he was holding at the time" was
the reply.
Mr.. Croker said his father and Sui
ger had been intimate friends"
When ] talked with the governor
on October 49," the witness continu-
ed, Il remarked that he probably was
under heavy personal expenses. He
said he was. then told him I would
like to help him out to the extent Of
$4,000 One thing remember dis
tinctly Is that told him I wished be
would consider the giving Of the
money a personal and confidential
natter
With your political ancestry be
hind YOU" asked Attorney stanch
field. you realized that when can
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
WIII cIose saIoons

Boulder, Colo, Sept. 26. Sheriff
Buster today went to Lafayette, Mar
shall and other points in the northern
Colorado coal fields to investigate
strike conditions. He said that he
would either close all the saloons in
the district or force them to close af-
ter 6 o'clock every evening.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
aERMAM AvIAToR KILLEp

Johannisthal, Germany. Sept. 26
Lieutenant shulz, German militia
aviator, was killed here today His
mcnoplane capsized at a height Of 15O
feet.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26
TODAY IN CONGRESS-
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Washington, Sept. 26.- Senate. Not
in session; meets Monday
New England bankers appeared be-
fore the banking committee on the
administration currency bill.
Red Cross officers urged senate ap-
preparations committee to provide a
Red cross memorial bill to the north
ernl and southern women Of the civil
war.
Tariff conferees continued denb-
erations
House Not in session; meets sat
urday.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-26

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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
JUDGE HANNAH'S APPOINTMENT

1t was with mingled emotions
that we received the news of
Judge ]. B. Hannah's appoint
ment as Appellate Judge to sue
coed Judge John M. Lassing, ssre-
signed.
We congratulate Judge Han
nah because of his preferment,
and are proud that he has been
so signally honored. His ap-
pointment to this responsible 20
sition adds strength and dignity
to Kentucky's highest tribunal
and the State at large is to be
congratulated.
But the people of the 32nd jul
dicial district are loath to give
Judge Hannah up at "a time when
his services as Circuit Judge
were just coming into full frui-
ton.
1t is no disparagement to any
Kentucky jurist to say that j. B.
Hannah stands at the op-equal-
ed by few and surpassed by none.
Morgan county and the entire
Bind district has a higher stand
and of citizenship because of his
having presided over our courts
for a few years.
We hope and believe that his
successor, Judge M. M. Redwine,
will measure up to the standard
of his predecessor, and that oul
regret because of the loss Of
Judge Hannah will be tempered
by the knowledge that he who
comes after will not be less Wig.
liant nor less active in the err,
forcement of the law.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
Notice.

| have accepted the agency for
the Maven Laundry, of Lexing-
ton, one of the best in the State,
and | will call at your homes and
get your laundry and deliver it
back to you, All laundry sent
in from the country can be left
at the residence of j. d. Lykins
and it will receive prompt atten-
ton. All work guaranteed.
Give me your laundry on trial
and same win be appreciated.
170-4 MAMIE WALTERS.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
SHELL OUT.

Shell out the dough, you tax
payers; come across with the
spizarinctum. You've each and
every one been benefited meal
culably by the building of oui
new street crossings. All Sec
tons of the town have been
treated alike-no preferences
have been shown. So come a.
cross; don't hesitate. when asked
to pay your tax. The crossings
were built to benefit you and If
you don't use them it's your
own fault. If they are. not ex-
actley as convenient as they
might have been you've nothing
else to do but go to them and
cross on them wherever they
are. The way to get your mon
ey's worth is to use them wheth-
err you need them or not.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
MODERN FUNCTIONS
OF PRIESTHOOD.

Up in little old New York a
few days ago a priest was arrest
ed for the murder of a 20-year-
old girl. After his arrest he
made a complete confession. He
said he had seduced the girl,
procured a marriage license and
performed the ceremony himself,
which led her, who was at that
time a mere child, to believe that
they were husband and wife.
The murder was committed il.
their apartments, the body cut
into nine pieces, each piece
wrapped in a separate bundle
and thrown into the Hudson riv-
er.
When the Rev. Father was ar
rested he was at the alter hear.
ing the confessions of other sin.
ners. Since his arrest it has de.
veloped that he was a counter
feiter as well as a seducer and
murderer.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
MAGNIFICENT!
Hats off to our City Dads

Hats off to our City Dadsl
Don't look surprised and ask
why? Just take a peek at the
street improvements now being
done. The Co-co-n-c-r-e-t-e
(not abstract) crossins' " being
constructed and the cheapness
and durability of same.
This one spontaneous outburst
of civic pride and public spirited
ness on the part of our govern
ing body is enough to make the
heart of every taxpayer of West
Liberty swell to the busting"
point and beat a deafeniig tattoo
in approval of their action.
Egadl What next may we ex-
pect? Abe Lincoln's Emancipa-
ton Proclamation set the Negro
free, but in West Liberty, in the
good year 1918, white men and
women are still in bondage.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
cDCGc0OOccOOEcNc,
SCISSORS and PASTE
With an Occasional Cursory
Comment by the Editor.
"Schribar Corn"

The drouth that burned up corn
in the great Southwest this year
may be the price the nation must
pay for a new crop that will
minimize similar losses in the
future.
With the thermometer touch
ing LOG, ponds failing, kafir corn
and milo maize, the much vaunt-
ed stand-bys of dry years, with
ering in the fields, "Schribar
corn" a new mixture of drouth-
resisting sorghums, has produc-
ed from twenty-five to sixty
bushels an acre.
Thirty farmers in Garfield
county, Oklahoma, grew "Schri-
bar corn" this year, Less than
rs of an inch of rain fell be-
tween June Is and September l,
but the new sorghum mixture
stood green and growing through
the blazing days that killed the
feteritas, the kafr corn and the
milo maize.
The agricultural experts differ
as to the exact nature of the new
plant. By some it is classed as a
hybrid and by others as a supe-
rior strain of feterita. 1t ma
lures in ninety days, its grains
are larger than those of kafir
corn, they are pure white in col
or and feeding tests are said to
indicate that both the grain and
stalk are superior to kafr.
"Schribar corn" is named from
its originator, Uncle John Schri-
bar, who claims to have produc-
ed it from crossing three drouth-
resisting sorghums Of the dur
ra" family,
/ Future generations of South,
western farmers may have cause
to venerate the name Of "Uncle
John" Schribar, plain farmer Of
Garfield county. st. Louis Re
public.
The past season should teacl
Morgan county to diversity crops
and not depend upon one crop
Something like the above shoulC
be introduced as an emergenc!
crop.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25
LOOKS "PHONY."

Mineaal rights in the oil and
coal field of Morgan county.
where S. R. Collier and associ-
ates are said to be taking out
1000 barrels of oil a day, are in
controversy, and a suit was filed
in the United States District
Court here Wednesday by ]. W.,
A. w. and Hattie F. Sewell, of
Ohio, asking that a receiver for
the property on Caney creek, and
a decree awarding them the IT,
tie to the mineral rights. The
defendants are the Kentucky
Block Camel Coal Company, S.
r. Collier and a dozen others.
The titles claimed by both
sides are derived through con-
veyances from John Sebastian.
The plaintiffs allege that Sebas-
tian decided to their parents,
John w. and H. M. Sewell, all
the mineral rights in this prop
erty, retaining the title to the
surface in himself; that he after
wards sold his property subject
to the mineral rights conveyed to
the Sewells, and that through
various conveyances the proper
ty of Sebastian, excepting the
mineral rights, fell into the
hands of the defendants, who
are extracting the coal, oil and
gas. They allege that their par
ents are dead and they are the
sole heirs. State Journal.
The old Sewell grants were
made in 1864, and had apparent
ly been abandoned years ago, as
they had not been listed for tax
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-09-25

Will some one please give US a
sensible definition of the word
"diaphonous"