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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-13
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
. a q . RIA
Gently Defined.

Father" said the small boy. "what
Is q lobbyistf" "A lobbyist. ny son.
- q man who Is 30 afraid there wiz be
q mistake made In legislation that he
a willing TO spend large sums OF
money TO prevent IT,"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
IN JAIL FOR OLD MURDER.
Man Accused Of Crime Brought To
Hagerstown.

Hagerstown. = Claude McCusker,
who was arrested at Greensboro, Pa.
charged with the murder of Jefferson
Roman near Hancock, four years ago,
was placed in Jail here by Constable
McAvoy and States Attorney Scott NJ.
Wilfinger. Ever since the shooting
McCusker has been hunted by the au-
thorities Of many States. The Wash
ington County Commissioners offered
a reward for his capture. McCusker.
who has employed an attorney, will
be tried at the November term of
court. McCusker's arrest followed his
recognition by Hancock automobilist
as McCusker passed him on a road.
He is said to have admitted his
identity to the Hagerstown authorities
and consented to return to Hagerstown
without requisition papers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
OLD "MoNEY TREE" DESTROYED
Civil War Landmark Frustrated BY
Storm.

Hagerstown. = The celebrated old
money tree" two miles south of
Shepherdstown, was almost entirely
demolished by storm several days
ago. Every limb, save one, was broken
off, leaving a lone branch springing
from the decaying trunk of what was
once a mighty oak that had stood the
storms of several hundred years. The
giant oak has been a landmark ever
since that section was first settled.
During the Civil War a Union Army
paymaster is said to have hid his
money chest in a hole under the tree
and then reported at headquarters
that the money had been captured by
Confederates. His story being doubted,
he was convicted of stealing the trea-
ure by a court-martial. He refused to
tell what became of the money and he
served five years in prison without
divulging its hiding place. When he
was released he went back to Shep-
herdstown by night, dug up the box he
had buried and carried off the treasure
some $4,000 in gold, silver and
paper money
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
TWO SISTERS STAY
BROTHER IN FIELD
Had Practiced Shooting at Mark
Several Days.
TRAGEDY CAUSED BY WILL
Mother Had Left All Of Her Prop.
erty To Son. Admit They
Did the Shooting-one
Faints, Other Shoots.

Sterling, Ill.-Mrs. Lee Hutton and
Miss Lillian Byers, sisters, are held
without bail for the grand jury, pend
ing investigation of the killing of their
brother, Emanuel Byers.
According to the story told by Byers
as he was dying, partly corroborated
by the admissions of the sisters, the
women approached Byers as he was at
work on his farm. They had been
disputing earlier in the day in regard
to the failure of Byers to call a physi
clan to care for the aged father of the
three.
Mamie, we are going to kill you,
one of the sisters lie said to have re
marked
You ought to be ashamed of your
selves to talk that way" was the
brothers response.
One of the sisters then drew a re-
volver from the folds Of her dress and
opened fire on the brother. She fell
fainting, and her sister took the
weapon and emptied it at the brother.
He fell with four bullets in his body
Falling, he threw the pitchfork at the
women, striking one of them in the
face but not seriously injuring her.
The women made no effort to escape
arrest and coolly stated that, while
they were sorry they had killed the
brother, he deserved it.
The Byers' mother died several
months ago and left all her property
to the son, cutting off the daughters.
This caused much feeling, and officers
believe it was in part responsible for
the tragedy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
HART HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Says He Shot Wife In Trying To XIII
Himself.

Hyattsville-George T. Hart, ar
rested on a warrant charging him with
assault and battery with intent to kill
his wife, Nellie America-Hart, was
taken from Washington to Upper
Marlboro and held for the action of
the grand jury after preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Ridgley. Hart now claims that the
shooting of his wife resulted from her
interference when he attempted to
take his own life after her refusal to
return to him and the threat that the
children would be taken from him.
Mrs. Harris condition is reported as
much improved. She has not been told
of her husbands arrest. II is pos
sible that Hart will be able to secure
bail for his release in a few days.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
IN BRIEF

Mrs. Pankhurst out.-Mrs. Emme.
line Pankhurst, the militant suffra
gette leader who was arrested on July
S at the Offices of the Woman's Social
and Political Union, was again re-
leased from Holloway Jail Saturday
Coal Men Near Peace.-Another ind.
portant step toward complete agree
ment between Ohio coal operators and
miners was taken when miners rep
resentatives, in convention at Colum.
bus, ratified the proposed agreement
for scale of 67.6 on pick-mined coal
Julius Rodenberg Dead.-Professor
Julius Rodenberg, the German poet
and author, died in Berlin in his
eighty-fourth year.
New Orleans Plague In Check
Surgeon-General Blue and other off.
GERS of the Public Health Service have
assured Secretary McAdoo that the
bubonic plague infection is well under
control at New Orleans and the situa.
ton there is not menace to interna-
tonal shipping.
Coal Operator Dead.-George B.
Markle, son of the late George B.
Markle, pioneer anthracite coal
operator, and brother of John and
Alvan Markle, of Hazleton, Pa, died
at the State Hospital. where he had
been a patient for three weeks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
HELD FOR Barring
WAR SECRETS
Uncle Sam Orders the Arrest
of Magazine Men.
PHOTOGRAPHER IN AIRCRAFT
Editor, Writer, Aviator and Camera
Man To Face Charge Of Dis
closing Military lnfor-
nation.

San Francisco.-Warrants for the
arrest of Charles K Field, editor OF
the Sunset Magazine and former presi-
dent of the Bohemian Club; Riley A
Scott, a writer; Robert ]. Fowler, an
aviator, and Ray S. Duhem, a photo
grapher, were issued at the request OF
John w. Preston, United States attor-
ney here The charge against all
three is the disclosure of military sec.
rets and the penalty is 10 years i'm.
prisonment OF a $4,000 fine for such
disclosures If made abroad and one
year or a $1,000 fine if made in the
United States.
eIn April, Sunset published an arti-
Gle entitled Can the Panama Canal
Be Destroyed from the Air?" Repro
auctions of photographs taken from an
aeroplane and showing some of the
Notifications of the canal zone and of
the San Francisco Preside accom-.
panied the text. AS soon as copy of
the number was called to the attention
of the War Department it requested
Preston to investigate.
Mr.. Fields defense was that the
photograph showed no actual fortified.
tions, nor artillery, but only the en-
placement for a gun and the pre-
liminary work for fort. To this Mr..
Preston replied:
81 think the case has merit. 1t has
always been an Army regulation with
the force of law, forbidding the taking
of photographs or views of the per.
manent works of defense, whether in
course of construction or completed.
by the act of March 8, 1911, Con.
gress strengthened the regulation SO
that it is now violation of plain
statute for civilian to take or pub
lish photographs of any ratification
whether complete or in process of con.
struction.
"The War Department regards the
enforcement of this law as absolutely
essential and my instructions are en-
! phatic in this case"
All four men were served with the
warrants issued for their arrest and
taken before United States Commits
sioner Francis Krull. They were re
leased upon their own recognizance.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
ANNAPOLIS NEWS
o,MALLEY CHIEF CLERK.
Twenty-Four Supervisors To Be
Named.

! WenIy-F our 0upCI NioS'S
Named.
The State Tax Commission, of which
Arthur P. German is chairman, and
of which Oscar Lesser and Levin w.
Wickes are the other two members,
made the following appointments:
John F. O'Malley, Howard county.
chief clerk; salary, $2,400 per annum.
William H. Bruno, Baltimore, clerk;
salary, $500.
Thomas L. Hines, Baltimore, clerk;
salary, $1,000.
Walter Wright, Baltimore, messen-
ger; salary, $3.50.
The commission this week will take
up the appointment Of a supervisor of
assessments for each county and Bal
timore city, total Of "a. These posi-
tons vary in their compensation from
$2,4O0 to 5000 per annum. The COM
pensation is fixed according to the as
sessable basis of each county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
SAVAGE CATS GUARD WOMAN.
Five OF Thorn Try To Prevent Police
Disturbing Body.

Philadelphia. - Five savage cats
crouched beside the body of Sarah
Lippincott Star, an aged recluse, in a
sQualid room here and sought to pre-
vent the police from disturbing the
dead woman. The bluecoats were
summoned to the house by mysteri.
Gus telephone call. The house was
deserted when they arrived. On the
floor was the body clad in rags. The
police later found the dead woman's
sister, who said she believed septic.
aemia, due to pin prick, had caused
death
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
PEACE RAINBOW
RISES AGAIN
Dictator Huerta 10 Retire in
Favor of Carbojal.
so SOME DIPLOMATS HEAR
Huerta's Downfall Is Imminent and
Inevitabe-The ConstitutionaIists
Are Now Solicited For the Final
Struggle For the Mastery.
so SOME DIPLOMATS HEAR
CARRANZA'S PLAN.

Saltillo, Mexico.-General Car
rama, the Constitutionalist chief,
issued statement here reiterat-
ing his intention of carrying out
the plan Of Guadalupe.
He announced:
81 shall continue to struggle to
establish peace throughout the
republic as soon as possible and
will Immediately thereafter call
elections which will result in the
re.establishment of constitution
al order in Mexico"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
HEROIC WOMAN SAVES CHILD.
Rescues 1t From Burning House Az
Roof Falls In.

Wardensville, w. Va.-The home of
P. H. Ritter, Confederate veteran,
four miles east of this place, a new
structure, was destroyed by fire. The
only persons at home were Mrs. A A.
Ritter, another woman and some small
children. When the fire was dis
covered the roof was mass of flames
and ready to fall in. A small child
was sleeping on the second floor and
at great risk Mrs. Ritter mounted the
stairs and saved it, issuing through
the door with the baby in her arms
just as the roof fell.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
COMES TO SEE PANAMA CANAL.
Former French DIrector-General Re.
turns To Look At Work,

New York-Philippe Bunau-Varilla,
the French engineer, who was direct.
or-general of the old French Panama
Canal, arrived here from Paris on his
way to Panama. Mr. Bunau-Varilla
said it will be 80 years next October
since he first went to Panama and
that the purpose of his visit was to in
spect the work and see ship pass
through the locks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
SIX KILLED BY LOCOMOTIVE.
Hits Wagon As Occupants Are Sing
ing Nearer, My God, To Thee"

Rochester, N. H.-Six persons re-
turning from Sunday-school picnic
were killed when the blackboard wagon
on which they were riding was hit
by freight train on the Boston and
Maine Railroad. The party of 16 were
singing Nearer, Ny God, To Thee"
as their wagon rumbled down the road
toward the tracks and the voices
drowned out the noise of the train.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
Six Postmasters Renamed.

Postmaster General Burleson reap
pointed the following fourth-class post
masters in Maryland: Garrett E. Gal
lion, Bush River; Lourena Morris,
Flintville; William T. Algiro. Fow-
blesburg; Wilmer r. McCardell,
Gather; jeremiah A. hump, Kump,
and Clarence H. Lamar, Tuscarbra.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
DARBY HELD FOR NEeRo's DEATH
George Stops Set Free After Inquest
At Hebron.

Salisbury Following an inquest
held by Justice Of the Peace Roy VIII
son at Hebron to determine the cause
of the death Of Benjamin Goslee, the
71-year-old negro whose clothing was
saturated with coal oil and then set
on fire, George Stops, who had been
arrested, was released. The jury
brought in a verdict of death caused
by burns from coal oil applied and
then fired by Joseph Darby.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
COLLIER WAS AT FAULT.
Wreck Commission Says Storstad
Caused 1000 Deaths.

Quebec.-The collier Storstad is held
to blame for the Empress of Ireland
disaster in the findings of the wreck
commission handed down Saturday.
The commission holds that the dis
aster was due to the Storstad's change
of course ordered by the third officer
without instruction from the first Off
Ger, who was in charge of the collier
at the time. The Empress was sunk
in the st. Lawrence on May 29, with
loss of more than 1000 lives.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
174,ooo,ooo EGGS STORED.
Gain In Pennsylvania 100000 Since
October I, 1918.

October I, 1918.
Harrisburg, Pa.-More than 1900
900 dozen eggs in the shell were in
Pennsylvania SO cold storage ware.
houses June 80, when the warehouse
men had to make their quarterly re-
port to the Dairy and Food Division
of the State Department of Agricul-
ture. This made total Of approx
imately 175,0O0,0O0 eggs. 1t is 1000
900 dozen, or about 100000 eggs in
excess of the number in storage Oc-
tober l, 1913, when the first quarterly
report was made under the new Cold.
Storage law.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
MARKER UNVEILED.
Memorial To Southern Troops Who
Fell At Monocaey.

Frederick.-The marker erected on
Monocacy battlefield by Fitzhugh Lee
Chapter, United Daughters of the Con.
federacy, to the memory of the South
ern dead who fell in that battle was
unveiled Wednesday. Col. Robert q.
Lee, grandson of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
delivered the principal address. Gen.
John Floyd King, of Washington, was
also one of the speakers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
WHEN HE BROKE MIRROR.

Daughter Was Operated On, Barr
Burned and Chickens Killed.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio.-Theodore
Miller broke mirror, told himself
he'd have bad luck and then learned
his daughter was operated upon, rats
killed his spring chickens and fire de
stroyed his barn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
PLAGUE REACHES TEXAS.
OIL DriIler Has Disease, Four San
Angelo Doctors Declare.

San Angelo, Texas.-Bubonic plague
is declared by four local doctors to
have attacked Albert Jones, an oil
driller who came here several weeks
ago from Shreveport, Louisiana. Jones
is secluded under guard, awaiting the
arrival Of Government expert from
Galveston. The authorities admit
they are not satisfied with the dia.
gnosis.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

Washington, d. CA survey of the
latest developments in Mexico has
convinced officials of the Washington
government and prominent diplomats
that internal peace is near at hand.
The appointment of Francisco Carba-
jail as minister of foreign affairs
means the retirement of General
Huerta in his favor as provisional
president, according to messages from
the Mexican capital to diplomats here.
The capture by the Constitutional
lists of Guadalajara, within striking
distance of the Mexican capital, has
emphasized to the people in the ter
ritory controlled by Huerta that the
military triumph of the revolution is
inevitable. This is the tenor of the
information which is reaching officials
here along with the news that persons
prominently identified with the Huerta
government are quietly leaving the
country with their families, fearing
reprisals by the Constitutionalist
forces.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
FOUR CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE.
Two Others Hurt As Farmhouse Is
Destroyed.

Black River Falls, Wis.-Four of
Richard Roberts children lost their
lives when fire destroyed the Roberts
farm home near Taylor. Two children
will recover. The origin of the fire
is not known.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
NEW ARMY CORPS CERTAIN.
Special Aviation Service Provided For
In Hay Bill.

In Hay Bill.
Washington, D. C.-The Hay bill or
ganizing a special aviation service in
the Signal Corps of the army, was
finally agreed upon in the House and
now goes to the President. The bill
provides service of so officers and
$50 enlisted men to have charge of all
of the army's aviation work Special
grades named military aviator and
aviator students are created Pay of
officers and men engaged in aviation
work would be increased from rs to rs
per cent of their regular compensa-
ton
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
Their Forces Solicited.

Composition of the differences be-
tween General Carranza and General
Villa through the conferences at Tor.
reon have solidified the Constitution.
alists' military forces again, but those
conversant with the inner details OF
the situation claim much more
beneficial result has ensued in that a
program for the holding of honest
elections and the carrying out of a
series of reforms now has been
drafted
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

The directors of the Washington
County National Bank, of Williams
port, have contracted for extensive i'm
provements to be made to the interior
of the bank during the summer. The
work will be done by firms of Indian
apolis and Baltimore, and when COM
pleted the bank will be one OF the
handsomest in the State.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.
PREPARED FORQUICKREADING

The Prest-o-Lite Company, which
recently purchased the Gilpin brick
yard property at Elkton and erected a
number of buildings, has started opera
tons and given employment to a num-
her of hands. The new hosiery mill
of Deibert & Co., will be operated
within the next 10 days, giving en-
ployment to about 80 hands.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

Stricken with paralysis while on top
of a wagon being loaded with wheat,
Maurice E. Shaft, farmer, near JEFF
ferson, fell to the ground and is in a
serious condition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

The Parker Hosiery Mill, Frostburg,
is installing 10 new knitting machines,
the first of so to be added to the
equipment. This plant is now employ
ing more than 100 hands, turning out
500 pairs of stockings a day. With
the additional machinery it will re-
quire about ITS hands and will turn
out from 1000 to 1900 pairs a day
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

The Nelson Bell farm, containing
100 acres, near Bradshaw, has been
purchased by Edward Herring, Of
Frederick, for $500.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

During severe storm in Cumber.
land Mrs. Julian Shanholt was shocked
by lightning. The bolt struck the
chimney of the house, knocking the
top off, and tore its way inside, break.
ing through in five different places.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

The nomination of John H. Blades
for postmaster at Pocomoke City,
which was held up in the Senate on
account Of charges being lodged
against him, has been confirmed on
recommendation of Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson, who had the charges
investigated and found to be untrue.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

The twenty-first annual Local
Preachers Campmeeting will open at
Leslie, Cecil county, July % and con-
tinue to August 3. The camp will be
in charge of the Rev. E. S. Hammond,
assisted by Evangelist H. c. Snyder,
of Pitman Grove. The music will be
directed by Prof. William N. Thomas.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

An explosion Of gasoline in an auto
mobile resulted in fire which de-
stroyed the barn on the farm of H. E
Sands, near Potomac, Montgomery
county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

Not for years has Easton expert
enced such a building boom as is OF
at present. A large number of build
ings are in course of construction ant
more contracted for. Every mechanic
in the town is busy and there is a de
mand for more.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

John Neal, of Port Deposit has
established a seasons record for rock
fishing. In 80 minutes Tuesday he
landed two fish that weighed "a and
% pounds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

The new plant Of the Prest-o-Lite
Company at Elkton has begun opera
tions. Two other new industries, a
hosiery mill and textile mill, will
start operations shortly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

In attempting to get out of the way
of one automobile, Miss Grace Pres
ton, of Churchville, stepped in front
of another car at Aberdeen and was
knocked down and seriously injured.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17

Taking advantage of an optional
law passed by the recent legislature
the board of county commissioners has
decided to put to work on the county
roads prisoners who are serving term
sentences in the county Jail in Belair
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-02-20
JOINT TRADE AND FINANCE
LETTER

The history of the Intermountain
Empire for the year 1918, shows
progress in every phase. The min
ing industry has experienced the best
year in several past; our agricultural
out put was never SO great, nor our
marketing arrangements SO COM
plete; unusual development of water
power has been accomplished; rail-
road facilities have been bettered on
every hand; our titled areas have
widened; our population has grown;
our wealth has increased.
Railroad building has not been cut
off during the year. There has been
a great deal of building, and most
of 1t has been but part of the initial
development of far-reaching plans.
To the south the Denver and Rio
Grande is theoretically pushing for
ward it's work of shortening its line
over the mountains, double tracking
it and reducing the grade. 1t is
part of general plan of great mag
nitude which embraces the electrifi-
cation of the road between Denver
and Salt Lake City and will end by
making the Denver and Rio Grande
practically new road. The Western
Pacific also has been carrying on i'm
provement work of Importance.
The Salt Lake Route, operating be-
tween Salt Lake City and Los An
geles, has spent much time and
money in the improvement of its road
bed through Utah and has plans for
the next year that include an extern
sion or two which will be of great
value to Salt Lake City.
The Oregon Short Line has been
very busy in 1918. From Ashton,
Idaho, on the Yellowstone Park line
in northern Idaho, it has completed
a branch reaching south and east to
Victor, Idaho. This branch Is nearly
SO miles In length and opens up
rich and almost untouched territory.
Another branch line was built from
Nyssa, Oregon, to Homedale, oregon,
along the south side of the Snake
river, and it is thought to be part
Of what ultimately will be a through
line connecting Nyssa, Oregon, with
Promontory, Utah, and provide the