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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
HOLD UP |. C. TRAIN
BANDITS ROB EXPRESS CAR JUST
OUT OF SPRINGFIELD.
Any Eooty-cower the
Trainmen.

Springfield, H., June 1S.-While
posses were securing Springfield and
outlying districts Wednesday morning
for the two masked robbers who at
1890 a. m. held up north-bound Dia-
mond Special on the Illinois Central at
Glenarm, south of this city, the be-
lated train left Springfield at 400
a. M. for Chicago.
Rumors that $4,000 was. taken from
the express safe were denied here this
morning, officials of the railroad de-
claring that the bandits opened, only
the small safe in the express car and
did not enter the big safe, which con-
tanned large sum Of money.
The two men stopped the train when
1t was about three miles north OF Glen
arm. They forced the trainmen to de-
tach the engine and the express car
from the rest of the train. They then
compelled the engineer to carry the
detached train north, and while en-
route the dyIlamiting of the safe was
accomplished
Engineer A. J. Smell and Fireman
Tom Miller, both of Clinton. and Bag
gageman A. s. Pugh and e. ]. Hoep-
ner, both of Chicago, were compelled
to stand in ditch beside the engine
One bandit covered" them with two
huge revolvers, while the second ban.
dit fired several shots of dynamite de-
liberately at the big safe.
For an hour the bandit worked at
the safe, firing shot after shot. All
this time the train load of passengers
trembled for fear the train would be
visited by the bandits.
Officers arrived on the scene in q
special train. They scattered out and
| approached the engine and baggage
| car. Officer Maurice O'Leary was faI
in the lead of the other officers. Sud
denly he was accosted by one Of the
bandits, who thrust gun into his
face, took his gun from him and threat
ened to kill him
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
MALE suFFRAGIsT is HURT
EmuIating Miss Dawson, He Hurls
Self at Belmont's Horse
at Ascot.

Ascot Heath, England, June PA
desperate male suffragist, in the pres
ence of King George, Queen Mary and
brilliant concourse of race goers.
dashed upon the race track here on
Thursday during the running of the
$17,500 gold cup event and in a spec
tacular effort to break up the contest
received mortal injuries
The man ran directly into the path
of August Belmont's American horse
Tracery just as it was entering the
stretch. He was knocked down and
as he fell his revolver went of, the
bullet lodging in his head.
Letters in the pockets of the suffra-
gist showed his name to be Hewitt
and that he was student at Trinity
college, Cambridge.
Tracery wavered, throwing Jockey
Whalley, who turned complete SOM
ersault in midair The multi
tude was struck into Mortified mac
ton ane silence. so swiftly was the
tragic scene enacted.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES

Sandusky, O.. June 19.-One person
was KILLED, many persons stunned.
several had close calls from fire, a.
large number of buildings were
burned, including two churches and
a library, and much live stock killed
on Tuesday in one of the most severe
electrical storms ever experienced in
north central Ohio The storm fol-
lowed the hottest June day in the
history of the state.
Copenhagen, June 20.-King Chris
tian summoned ex-Premier Zahle. the
radical leader, to form a new cabinet.
The resignation of the last ministry
was accepted June H.
Des Monies. Ia, June 20.-Fire de-
stroyed the 8. Lagerquist Carriage
company's plant Twelve automobiles
burned. The loss was $4,000.
Mason City, Ia, June 20-John
Knowles, son of George w. Knowles,
assistant postmaster of Philadelphia,
was arrested in the post Office here on
the charge i,f stealing more than ST..
600. After a hearing in the federal
court at Fort Dodge he will be taken
to Philadelphia.
San Francisco, June 21.-Light.
weight Champion Willie Ritchie an
nounced that all further relations be
tween himself and Billy Nolan. as his
manager; wore at an end
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
Do Honor to Heroes.

The centennial of the Battle of the
River Rafsfn and the massacre which
followed in January, 1913, in which
many hundred brave Kentuckians
were slain while in defense of the
Northwestern frontier under Gen.
James Winchester and Coils. Allen,
Lewis, Madison and Capt. Hart, was
observed at Monroe, Mich, in most
interesting commemorative cere-
monies. The two principal addresses
were given by Gov. Woodbridge N. Fer
ris, of Michigan, and Lieut.. Gov. Ed
ward j. McDermott, of Kentucky.
Gov. Ferris alluded to the hei'oism and
patriotism of Kentuckians, the gallant
services rendered to the settlers and
to the nation in the early days that
tried mems souls. Gov. McDermott's s
eloquent address was in the speaker
best vein and gained rounds of hearth
est applause from the large audience
assembled in Memorial Park
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
'JJ RISDI CTIO N
RESTS WITH LOCAL TRIBUNALS
Is DECISION OF COURT or AP-
PEALS ON PRIMARY ACT.
Court DepIores Possibilities of Dis
aster to Rights of Candidates and
Voters-"Defects in Statute Demon
strated BY cursory Reading" Says
Court.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Frankfort worse con-.
founded" describes the provisions for
the qualification of candidates in the
state primary act of 1912 after the
court Of appeals passed on them, or.
rather regretted that it could not do
so effectively, and concerning which
the court remarked: I'VE we'll appre-
hend and deplore the possibilities of
disaster to the rights both of candi-
dates and voters that flow from the
committal into so many different judi
cial hands, some of them unskilled,
and others, perhaps, partisan, the sum-
mary and final correction of evils de-
signed to be prevented by the section
of the act in question.
This section provides that: When
ever it shall be made to appear by affi-
davit filed in the circuit court that an
error or OMISSION has occurred or is
about to occur in the placing of any
name on an official primary ballot or
that an error or wrong has been COM
mitted in printing such ballot, or in
SAC pOAIOA h4aAASO VI dLg OuIJ 1AApOcCd
by this act, the court shall order the
| officer or person charged with such
error, wrong or neglect, forthwith to
| correct the error, desist from the
wrongful act or perform the duty or
show cause why he should not be COM
PEELED to do so. Failure to obey the
| orders of the judge or court shall be
contempt of court and punishable as
such. If the circuit court be not in
| session in the county, the circuit judge
shall hear and determine the COM
plaint in vacation unless he be absent
from the county, in which case said
! affidavit shall be filed before the judge
of the county court, who shall have
| full power to hear and determine the
complaint and make appropriate or
ders therein. The orders of a court
| or judge under this section shall be
| final and not appealable. Only candi-
dates may institute proceedings under
this section" This the court of ap-
| peals said is the exclusive remedy of
| the candidate, who can not proceed in
equity to secure his rights.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
BurIey Tobacco Growers Victory.

The 10000 hurley tobacco growers,
comprising the Burley Tobacco So
ciety, have the right to cast their votes
in proportion to the shares of stock
they won in the society and the Direc-
tors OF the Burley Tobacco Co. do not
have the right to cast these votes for
the members of the society. The Ap-
pellate Court SO decided, affirming the
Judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court
in the case of Clarence LebusI, etc.,
against E. B. Stansifer, etc, The Ap-
pellate Court reversed the judgment
of the Woodford Circuit Court in the
case of j. H. Polsgroye, Mayor, against
Dulin Moss, in which the tenement or
dinance passed by the Council of
Frankfort was declared to be valid.
The Court holds that any property
owned by persons who are Ilotified
that property is unsanitary or danger
Gus may be demolished after a. court
of competent jurisdiction has passed
upon the case. The property OF Moss
in this case was used by agreement for
the purpose Of testing the law.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
Ia DEAD IN CRASH
ELECTRIC TRAINS MEET HEAD
ON NEAR VALLEJO. CAL, AND
CARS ARE TELEScoPED.
MANY ARE BURIED IN DEBRIS
Work Of Extrleatine Dead and In
jured Made Difficult Owing to
Wreckaoe-Mistaken Orders 30
Iieved to Have Been the Cause.

Vallejo, Cal, June 21.-Two interur-
ban trains on the San Francisco, Napa
G Calistoga electric line came to-
gether one mile north of here on
Thursday and telescoped. Fourteen
persons were killed and twenty 9TH
ers were injured, several fatally. The
trains were travelling at high speed
at the time of the collision
In an instant the two trains were
reduced to a high heap of wreckage.
Passengers were heaped about and
buried beneath the pile of splintered
wood and twisted steel.
Partial list Of dead:
H. G. Hunt, San Francisco.
George L. Holzworth. San Francis
CO.
s. E. Jowewski, San Francisco.
Chris Koch, San Francisco.
Miss Gail, San Francisco.
j. F. Grabel, Vallejo.
E. C. Judd, Vallejo.
P. Herbert, Napa.
o. McQuaiGe, San Diego.
S. H. Dayton, residence unknown.
Unidentified man.
The inbound train was in charge
Of William Laurez motorman, and
B. E. Cation, conductor. James
Rough was at the motor of the out
bound train with C. Richards as con-
ductor.
The work of extricating the passen-
gers, some dead and others severely
| injured, was begun at once. Owing to
the manner in which both trains tele-
scoped 1t was extremely difficult to
extricate some of the unfortunate
deep in the wreckage.
The train from Vallejo to Napa
consisting of two cars, was crowded
with passengers from the steamer
Monticello from San Francisco, be-
sides number OF passengers from
I! this city. The car from Napa was
well filled with passengers, a num-
Der Of whom were coming to Vallejo
to take the boat to San Francisco.
The crash came on a straight stretch
of track at One Mile House. Mista-
ken signals are said to have been re-
sponsible for the wreck. Officials OF
the company announce an investiga-
tion to lay the blame, just as soon as
all the injured are accounted for.
1t was not until the trains were
within few hundred feet OF each
other that the motormen realized that
a collision could not be averted. Air
brakes were applied but the mo-
mentum was too great
There was a crash that sent pas
sengers from their seats beneath a
shower Of splintered glass. The force
of the impact telescoped the first two
front coaches. Passengers in these
two front cars were the most severely
hurt and 1t was from these cars that
most of the dead were taken.
The other cars were tossed from
the track and piled high one over the
other. Beneath this heap of wreck
age lay the passengers.
The track for many yards around
was strewn with debris. Those who
had escaped more serious injury
quickly went to the assistance of the
less unfortunate.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
FIND TWO KlDNAPERs GUILTY
Frank sullens and Ernest Harrison
Given Twenty-Five Years for
Holding Dorothy Holt.

Salem, Ill, June 23.-Frank Sullens
and Ernest Harrison were on Friday
found guilty here of kidnapping Doro-
thy Holt, daughter of the assistant
states attorney, and their punishment
was fixed at twenty-five years each
in the penitentiary. The jury, which
has heard the evidence In the case for
week. returned it's verdict after
many hours of balloting.
The case created furore in the
city. When the men were arrested
they were only rescued from being
lynched by calling out the militia and
putting the city under martial law.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
Reduction in Earnings.


With the exception of the Illinois
Central, raises were made by the State
Board of Valuation and Assessment
assessing the value of the total capi-
tai of the four railroads which are con-
testing the franchise assessments of
1912 in the Federal Court. Because of
a showing in its returns to the board
of a reduction in earnings by reason
of floods and strikes the Illinois Gen.
trails total capital valuation was re-
duced by the board from $27,000,0O0 to
| $25, 100000. The L. & n. was raised
from $74,000,000 to $4,000, 900; in Gin
cinnati, New Orleans e Texas Pacific
| from $16,000,000 to S17,000,000, and the
Chesapeake & Ohio from $4,000, 900
to $27,000,000. The Kentucky & In
diana Terminal Railway Company, of
Louisville, was raised from $2,779,000
| to $3,579,000. Other assessments Of
the total capital of transportation COM
! panies made were: Louisville, Hender-
son & ST. Louis, s3,256,25o; Nashville,
| Chattanooga & st. Louis, $1,200,000:
Glasgow Railway, S250.0O0; Ashland
| Coal & Iron Railroad Company, $821,-
$50; Lexington & Eastern, $2,400,000;
Adams Express Company, 100000;
Southern Express Company, $350,00O;
American Express Company, 100000.
The total capital fixed by the board is
the amount upon which the corpora
tions must pay taxes and includes both
! the value of the tangible property and
| the franchise. 1t represents a capital
ization of the earnings of the corpora
tions and is based on reports made to
the board for the year ending June 3d.,
1912. These assessments are tentative
1 and subject to revisions, after hear
ings, if the corporations protest.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
MEAT RAPED BY FOOD LAW
New Ruling Empowers Federal lnspec-
tors to Confiscate and Destroy
Spoiled Shipments.

Washington, June 19.-One OF the
most radical and far-reaching exten-
sions of the pure food and drugs act
since its enactment was made when
Secretaries Houston, McAdoo and Red
field, charged with enforcing this
statute, ruled that meat and meat prod
ucts in interstate or foreign commerce,
which hitherto have been exempted
from the provisions Of the pure food
law, may be seized If misbranded or
adulterated.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
SIX WOMEN FOUND GUILTY
London Militants and Male Adherents
Are Convicted on Malicious
Mischief Charge.

London, June 1s.-Six of the most
prominent leaders of the militant suf-
fragettes' organization and one of
their male supporters were Tuesday
found guilty at the Central criminal
court of conspiracy to commit ma
licious damage to property Those
found guilty were Harriet Kerr. Agnes
Lake, Rachel Barrett, Mrs. Saunders.
Annie Kenney, Laura Lennox. e.
Clayton.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
CITY OWNERSHIP BILL WINS
illinois Legislature Passes Measure
That Auhtroizes Control of util-
ities--Vote Is iii to I.

Springfield, H., June 19.-The house
late Tuesday night passed Governor
Dunne's municipal ownership bill
Two minor amendments were at
tached which the senate probably will
approve and the bill will then go to
the governor for his signature, it hav-
ing originated in and passed the SEN
ate
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
( sails for an Unknown Land.

Victoria, B. c., June 19.-The Stef-
ansson arctic expedition. which len
here, differs from most polar under
takings in that it's objects are practical
and commercial.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-06-24
wilson at McAdoo Wedding.

Washington. June 23.-President
Wilson attended the wedding of Fran
ais Huger McAdoo. SON of Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo. and Miss
Ethel Preston Mccormick. step-daugh-
ter of Capt l. Emerson OF Baltimore
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
PERSONALS.

Mr.. Harry Dobbs will return from
New York next week
DR.. K. o. Seamans has returned
from St. Simons Island.
Miss Mary Lucy Turnert is visiting
friends in Gainesville for a week.
Miss Margaret Beverly Weisiger. Of
Richmond Va, is visiting Mrs. David
J. Weisiger at S2l North Boulevard.
Mrs. Maxwell Thebaut will leave
Wednesday to visit Mrs Irving Thorn
as at her summer home at Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Davis. of
Albany viii arrive next week to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Nan in Ansley
Park
Miss Mary Kate Grist left Wednes-
day for Cordele TO visit Miss Carrie
Hunt. Several social affairs will be
given for her
Mrs. Bliss Woodward Cook and her
sister Miss Emily Syms. leave Sur
day for Augusta to visit their aunt.
Mrs. c. B. Reese. They also will visit
Tybee
Miss Mamie Branch Powers, who
was the guest during the past week
Of Miss Mamie O'Keefe Kirkpatrick,
at her home on Peachtree. has re-
turned to her home in Decatur.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Axman sailed
from New York for Europe on the
Cedric on July 3. They will spend the
summer touring Germany, England,
Scotland, Italy and Switzerland, be-
fore returning TO their home in New
York.
Mr.. w. l. tombstone and family left
last week to make their home in Lin
colnton, N. G. Miss Miriam john
stone remained in Atlanta to visit
her cousin. Miss Elizabeth May John
stone, who will accompany her home
Oh July :.
Mr. Amman is a former newspap per
man of Atlanta, having had local
connection here and represented the
Insurance Field. For several years
he has been one of the editors Of
Musical America, one Of the foremost
musical journals in New York
A picnic party was given by G. H.
Payne this week. the guests being
Misses Olenza Corley. Julia Bryant,
Mary Louise Walker. Dorothy Davis,
Messrs. John Murray, Harry Stone,
VIII Ed Corley, Gary Payne. Mrs
w w. Corley and Mrs K j. Hooks
were chaperons.
Misses Bessie, Dorothy and Hattie
Bayley, of Clearwater, Fla, are CUES, $
of Mrs. 3. NJ. Woolley at 81 West
Peachtree Street for the summer.
Miss Marion Woolley will leave
Monday 10 visit Mrs. W. w. Banks
at Triton. where a series of parties
will be given for her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05

DR. Montague Boyd will entertain
at dinner at the Piedmont Driving
Club Saturday evening for DR.. and
Mrs. William Shallenberger. Mrs.
Shallenberger was Miss Laura Boyd.
of Savannah. She was married to
DR. Shallenberger in June. DR..
Boyd's guests will include Miss Har-
riet Calhoun. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes
Spalding. Mr.. and Mrs Alex Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winship Nunnally. Mr..
and Mrs Albert Thornton Mr.. and
Mrs Cam Dorsey, MeSsrs. Bowie
Martin and James Alexander.
Several other parties will he given
at the dinner dance at the club Sat
urday evening.
Miss Eula Jackson will entertain
party of twelve young people; Mr.
and Mrs James d. Robinson have in
vited twenty guests; Mr.. Jesse Draper
and Dan McDougald will entertain a
party of fourteen; DR.. and Mrs.
Thomas Human, Mr.. and Mrs Jo-
seph Raine, Jr.. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert w. Davis viii be together
General and Mrs. Robert X Evans
will entertain. as will Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Inman; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
b. Paine will entertain a party OF
eight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
Reading Clerk McClatChey's g.
Year-0Id Son Has Determined
on Career of Public Service.

Eight years Of age with three years
experience as a page in the House
of Representatives is the luck of d.
F. McClatchey, Jr., who is also quite
fond of sitting on the knee of his
father. who has been Reading Clerk
of the House for sixteen years.
Young D. F. bids fair to prove
as popular as his father, who man
ages to inject enough life in the
reading of House bills to make it
pleasant for the Legislature Acous-
tics of the House are not the best in
the world, and the powerful voice of
D. F. McClatchey is about the only
one which has ever overcome this
difficulty.
The ambition of young D. F.,
though, is to combine the positions
of Reading Clerk and Speaker. He
like his fathers job, but he also has
a great longing to handle the gavel.
He is sure of a place as page in
the House until he is old enough to
vote, when he expects to become a
full Pledged member of the House.
He will then take a turn in the Sen
ate, put in a couple of terms as Gov
ernor, try out Congress for a few
terms and then make himself Presi-
dent, And there's not a member of
the House who does not believe this
prediction is more than apt to come
true The youngster can shake hands
with you as heartily as any pOliti
clan who ever lived, or curl up in
his fathers lap as cute and loving as
a youngster should be.
Keep your eye on that young Nc
CIatchey," is the way his father likes
TO refer to him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
FLANDERS CASE
ENDED;RUMOR
CONFIRMED
Evidence Is insufficient to Show
Woman Had Guilty knowledge
of Staying, Prosecutor Says.

SWAINSBORO, GA, July 5.-The
reports which have been published
from time to time that Mrs. Matte
Flanders will never be tried for muir
der of her husband to-day are for
mally confirmed by a statement made
by a. S. Bradley, Of counsel engaged
by the Flanders family to prosecute
the woman.
The State does not expect to try
the case against Mrs. Flanders, and
! will ask the court to enter a nolle
prosequi," Mr.. Bradley said.
This in fact seems to be the only
honorable course to pursue. frankly,
so far as the attorneys representing
the prosecution are concerned. We
have been convinced of the fact ever
since the trial of DR.. McNaughton
and before the jury rendered a YER
dict the matter was discussed among
us. We decided that while the evil
denCe showed beyond a doubt the
guilt of DIR. MCNaughton II was legal
ly insufficient to connect Mrs. Elan
ders with the crime.
There is great distinction between
the cases against the two defendants
and this has been especially marked
by the line of reasoning the Supreme
Court adopted in arriving at a judg-
ment sustaining their verdict against
DR. MCNaughton.
The State is not in possession OF
sufficient evidence to even lead to a
conclusion that Mrs. Flanders was
aware that drugs administered to her
husband were poisonous.
we have continued the trial SO
far for the sole reason that we felt
that it might be possible more evil
dence would be obtained 1t has not
been obtained and there seems to be
no reasonable possibility that any
stronger case can be made out at this
time. If more evidence can be brought
to light in the future it still would
be possible to indict the defendant
and try her
Frankly ! always have felt that
did not care to go before a jury and
ask it to render a verdict Of cOnvic-
ton in a case in which | have abso-
lutely no confidence in the legal suf-
fiCiency of the evidence"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
Taste for Melons
Seems on the Wane

Dealers in watermelons are up in
arms over the apparent lost appetite
of Atlantans for the luscious fruit
or vegetable, as you choose to call
it. Despite the fact that large. sup
ply of the juicy fruit was in Atlanta
yesterday the demand was small
What has become of the old wat
ermelon cutting parties?" queried one
dealer The sale of watermelons in
restaurants is greatly on the in
crease, but the home consumption is
falling off rapidly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05
Smithsonian Given
Star-Spangled Flag

WASHINGTON, July 3. - The
Smithsonian Institution announces
that the original Star Spangled Ban
ner was in the possession of the
Smithsonian and had been placed or
exhibition. This flag tloated over
Fort McHenry on September Is and
IA, 1914, when the British fleet at
tackled Baltimore. II is q feet 8
inches wide by 80 feet 10 inches long
and has fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars
The flag that was the inspiration
for the famous patriotic song was
kept by Colonel George Armistead,
who was in command at Fort Nc
Henry, and handed down to his
grandson, Even Appleton, Of New
York.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-05

real legislative activity.
All the committees Of the Senate
and House have been organized and
are ready for business. There is not
committee of importance, more
over, that hasn't already on hand a
more or less jam OF business. Be
tween Monday and Saturday there
should be reported back to the House
large number Of bills with recon-
mendations.
Representative Crawford Wheatley
intends working his big Committee on
Appropriations to a fragile, II neces-
sary, in order to get the general ap-
propriations bill on its way to the
Senate. But before starting them to
work Mr.. Wheatley proposes putting
them in a perfectly good humor with
himself and the world in general by
dining them sumptuOusly.
He viii give the committee an e!ab-
crate dinner Tuesday evening at the
Capital City Club.