The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-19


Mr.. Urey Estes. student of the
social science at the University of
Chicago, has been made Field Secre.
tary for the Kentucky Equal Rights
Association. and opened an Office in
the McCielland building, Lexington.
the first of February. Mr. Estes is a
native .kentucklan. He was born and
reared on a farm in Hancock county,
near the village of Lewisport. and
about one hundred miles west from
Louisville. His earlier life was spent
as farmer and teacher in the rural
schools of his home community. He,
dsyotea one year TO the study OF law
Ia the office Of Sweeney, Ellis &
Sweeney, at OwenSboro Kentucky,
and later entered the University OF
Chicago, where he had been engaged
as a student and in clerical positions
in connection with the University until
the Kentucky suffragettes found him
and placed him in the field as or
ganizer for their state association.
The officials CT this association be-
lieve that Mr.. Estes professional
training and experience, and his keen
interest in the political and social af-
fairs of his native state, qualify him
for success in the unique task to which
he is now devoted Plans are being
formulated for an active, statewide
campaign. A bill will be presented
before the state legislature next jan
rary authorizing the submission TO the
people at the election of 1914 of s. con-
stitutional amendment extending the
right OF suffrage to women. Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge Of the Kentucky
association. and she and Mr.. Estes will
have active charge of the state head
quarters. A number OF prominent
kentucky women are connected with
this association. AZ Jealous fight will
be made for political recognition be-
fore the next legislature.
Damage Verdict is Reversed.
Lack OF gailantry on the part of a
brakeman in not assisting Mrs. Ellen
Dyer on an L. & II. train at Rossland,
when her husband and brother-in-law
were accompanying her, was not con-
sidered by the court of appeals good
ground for awarding her damages, and
the verdict of $3.50 she secured in the
Knox circuit court was reversed by
the court of appeals. Mrs. Dyer was
carrying a baby; the train stopped
only brief time at the station, where
there is cinder platform, and she al
legged that the step OF the train was
unreasonably high. Her arm was
sprained. She introduced rule Of the
company that brakemen should help
passengers on, but the court of ap-
peais said the law, not the company's
rules, govern its duties to passengers.
and as the, plaintiffs husband and
brother-in-law accompanied her the
brakeman's remissness in not helping
her was not actionable- The court, on
the other hand, held that II the step
was unreasonably high the fact that
the plaintiff knew of this would not
prevent recovery, because the train
stopped, for so short a time at the sta
tion that the passengers could not
| choose a place to get on.
Remanded With Leave to Amend.
The case of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company against Jcff Collins
from Floyd county, was reversed by
the Court of Appeals and remanded for
.retrial with leave for Collins to amend
his petition. He sued for damages,
alleging that he had been thrown from
train on which he was shipping stock
from Beaver Creek to Louisa. The To-
cal agent had told him he had no
blanks for writing "drover's pass"
but that his bill of lading would suffice.
He claimed the right to q "drover's
pass" as a matter of Law, but the
Court OF Appeals said there was no
such statutory right, although It
seemed ito be a custom To issue such
transportation to shippers of stock.
The facts did not conform to the plead
ings and the case was remanded with
directions.
One Teee in Arboretuni Dead
A little pine tree presented TO the
state by Powell county is dead, the
first mortality in the Kentucky ADORE
tum. planted in the rear OF. the state
capitol arbor day. State Forester J.