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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-08
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IMPORTANT IF TRUE


London, Oct Sighting be-
< tween Bulgarian and Servian
( troops was reported today by
X the Central News Vienna cor
K respondent.
If true, this might suggest
X that Bulgaria had entered the
K war as Germany's and Austria
X Hungary's ally. A more prob
X able explanation was thought to
X be that Bulgarian irregulars had
X attacked the Servians without
X orders.
X The story of the fighting was
X without Official confirmation.
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Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Volunteers in Time Of Peace.

The Kentucky Illiteracy Commits
s!ou. through its president, Mrs. Cora
Wilson Stewart, has issued the follow
ing appeal for aid in stamping out IL
literacy in Kentucky:
while European countries are call
ing for volunteers in 4 conflict OF war.
Kentucky is calling for volunteers in
a conflict Of peace, a conflict which,
ii eventually aud successfully wagcd,
will insure to the people OF this grand
Commonwealth new era of peace,
happiness and prosperity. Kentucky
has one blight and blot upon her rec
ord at this time, and that is the high
percentage Of illiteracy among her
adult population; 2oS,oSi Of her men
and women can not read or write, and
are mus deprived of the privileges of
citizenship and prevented from en-
joyiug the richest blessings of life.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
CONVICT LABOR
BIDS PASSED
BIDS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT
THE FIRST MEETING IN
SEPTEMBER.
GOVERNOR IS NOT IN STATE
An Act Of 1919 Abolishes the Prison
Commission and Created a
New One.
Especial Frankfort correspondenceJ

Especial Frankfort CorrespondenceD
Frankfort-AlthougA bids for the
labor Of $50 convicts in the state re-
formatory are advertised to be open
ed. the regular mid-month meeting Of
the prison commission was passed and
the bids probably will be considered
at the first meeting in September. The
absence of Gov. McCreary from the
state and the fact that the question
has arisen whether the terms Of the
warden, clerk deputy warden. chap
lain and physician of prisons expired
August 10 make the postponement of
the prison board meeting significant.
The act Of 1912 abolished the old pris-
on commission and created new one,
but said these officers should continue
under the old law. The four-year term
should expire August 10, 1914.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Lands State Contract.

Contracts have been let by the state
Board Of Control for the erection OF a
big dining room at the Western state
Hospital, Hopkinsville, to take the
place Of a large number of rooms
which will be converted into wards
The l.. w. Hancock Construction Co.,
Of Louisville. was awarded the con-
tract for $24,7OS. Work is TO start At
Cnce and be completed in tour months.
The Torbes Manufacturing Co.. Hop
kiusvile. secured the heating contract
.Cr S2,450, and the Bland Electric Co.,
Of Louisville, the electric work for
Si1j. The building will be Of brick,
terra Gotta and REINFORCED conrete,
guaranteed ireproof. The Board lie,
the contract for Jones automatic un.
dCvfeed stokers to be installed at the
Institute for the Predetermined, Frank.
fort to the Undcrfced StoF'r Co. o.
America, Cincinnati.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
BRITISH POET SINGS
PRAISES OF LIEGE

London.-The Chronicle publishes
the following poem entitled "Liege."
by William Watson;
Betwixt the foe and France was she,
France the immortal, France the free,
The foe like on vast living sea,
Drew nigh.
lie dreamed that none his tide would
stay,
But when he babe her to make way,
She, through her cannon. answered
May,
Not l."
No tremor and no fear she showed;
She held the pass, she barred the road,
While Deaths unsleeping feet bestrode
The ground.
So long as deeds OF noblest worth
Are sung mid Joy and tears and mirth.
Her glory to the ends OF earth
Resound.
Watched by q world that yearned to
aid
Lonely she stood, but undlsmayed.
And pure.
Praised be her heroes. proud her sons;
She threw her souls into the guns
Her name shall with the loveliest ones
Endure
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Liahss From state Prison.

Unless the cost is excessive the
old executive building Gnd capitol will
be lighted by electricity from the
states own plant. The State Capitol
Commission, with Acting Governor
McDermott, directed the custodian.
Samuel Lykins, 70 inquire into the
cost of running 4 cable from the State
Reformatory power plant to the old
Capitol. The state now buys gas
from the Kentucky Public Service Co.
The custodian also was directed TO
inquire the cost of restoring the old
senate chamber and House Of Repre-
sentatiyes for assembly halls. New
locks will be placed on all the doors
Of the new Capitol. Master keys have
become too plentiful and TOO indis-
criminately distributed, it is said.
Some small pifering, including the
removal of a desk clock from the lieu.
tenant governors office, caused the
Capitol Committee TO direct the Gus
todian TO attend to this.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28

A statement OF all expenses and re-
ceipts Of the state Reformatory farm
covering the period from April l, 1914,
to July 81, 1914, was made public by
Warden A. J. q. Wells. The report
which Is a most interesting one, does
not include growing crops but only
such crops as were actually harvested
Up to July 81. The report in itself con-
firms the fact that the farm idea which
is In it's infancy in the state of Ken
lucky. will no longer be an experiment
after the first year Expenditures
from the opening Of the farm includ-
ing the stocking, implements OF all
kinds together with seeds and teams
and other expenses amounted TO Sl4,'
06672. Food stuffs raised on the farm
and used In the dining room at the Re
formatory including milk and butter
and dairy products amounted to 81
5O5.36, more than half the original
cost Of starting the farm. At present
there is on the farm stock OF every de-
script!on amounting in value to So
iO6.36, the greater part Of which was
raised on the farm from brood stock
purchased at the start. The profit on
the live stock alone has been calcu-
lated at $2,925.27. The report shows
that above all expenses and aside
from all expenditures in starting the
sum of $1,9O1 has been cleared on the
farm between the above mentioned
dates Iespite the dry weather and 9th.
er unfavorablo conditions.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
SAW SOME HORRORS OF WAR
chlcagoans Fleeing Germany Wit
messed the Execution of Six French
men Disguised as NUM-.

Philadelphia.-The brutality and
horror Of the war was viewed at first
aand by MT and Mrs. ]. II. Nussbaum
and their two children, Dorothy and
Hamilton, of Chicago, who reached
this port on the American liner Do
minion from Liverpool with SOS pas
sengers. most OF them American tour
lists. They left Berlin on the last
train which crossed the border be-
fore the railroads were seized by the
military authorities.
As the train reached Fort Wosal, the
Nussbaum party saw body OF sol
dlers coming through the train In
gpecting all passports and creden-
tials. As their passports were ready
they were not bothered. They were
horrined. however, 10 see the soldiers
drag six nuns-as they appeared 10
be-from the train. Outside their
robes were torn OF and instead of
nuns they we're found TO be six
Frenehmon. who we're endeayorlng 10
escape from Germany, All were lined
up and shot.
A llttlo further back In the train
the searching soldiers came across a
Russian who carried q bomb In his
pocket Hn net the same fate as the
Frenchman. Then the train movec
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
]. E. LAMB OF INDIANA DIES
Former Representative in Congress
and Proposed Mexican Envoy
Succumbs at Home.

Terre Haute. Ind, Aug. 25.-John 10,
Lamb, former congressman from lndi'
ana and President Wilson's selection
for ambassador to Mexico. died at his
home here. Mr.. Lamb had been
leader in Democratic politics for
number OF years. and was a strong
friend and supporter OF Vice-Presi-
dent Marshall. He was opposed In his
candidacy for the United States SEN
ate by THOMAS Taggart OF French Lick
when John w. Kern was elected TO
the upper branch OF congress.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Conditional Pardon.

Conditions justifying "xccuti p
clamency. but the latter mod led wi
Imposed conditions that res the eN-
to-; CT mercy upon the scod conduct
OF the beneficiary, We're found by Act
Ing Gov. McDermott in three cases,
though the ofGenses were Of a nature
that caused him TO hesitate until his
course was justified by the complete
records and official endorsement from
judges and prosecuting officers.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
AS A SPY
lanes A. Patten Tells Of His Es-
cape From Europe.
chieagoan and Ills Wife Suffered
Hardships In Their Thrilling Flight
From Carlsbad Through
Belgium.

New York-James A. Patten, the
former wheat operator Of Chicago, who
Was one Of the American refugees re-
turning by the Red Star liner Finland,
told q thrilling story of his escape
from Germany after war had been de-
clared. With Mrs. Patten he left Carls-
bad on August 2 and Travelled via
Herbesthal and Liege, where they ar
rived just as hostillties had begun.
We left Carlsbad for Nuremburg by
train, as the authorities took my auto
mobile" said Mr.. Patten. We did not
know the war had broken out then, as
no news of the situation was given
out in Carlsbad.
Trouble began as soon as we struck
the German border. We reached
NurembuTg at 3 p. m. and were
promptly turned out of the train and
arrested as spies My wife and were
taken to the police station and cross
examined. / showed what credentials
| had, but It was not until the Ameri-
can consul there showed up that we
we're released, two hours later. A
great crowd which had gathered out
side, expecting possibly to see us ex.
ecuted, hooted us as We left the sta
ton.
I'VE were able to get train to
Cologne, however, into which city thou
sands of troops were pouring when we
arrived. We got a train supposedly
for Ostend, but VIC were stopped at
Herbosthal on the Belgian border. We
had to get out of the train at 10 p.
IN. 1t was raining and we had nothing
to eat and no place to so.
There was no chance to get another
train, but about one o'clock the next
morning | managed to get hold of a
one horse cart driven by a peasant
who said he would take us to Verviers,
where he thought we could get train
for Liege. He gave us some crusts OF
bread which was the first we had to
eat for IS hours.
On the road we passed the most pit
iful procession OF German refugees
fleeing from Belgium. Some were in
NCnlCltS, out INC ludJOilty "SiS NNN6
ing in the dust. pushing or pulling
their baggage in carts. Women with
babies at the breast were walking IN
the MONDAY sun.
From Verviers we proceeded by
another cart toward Liege. We had
not progressed three miles when we
came upon party Of Belgian engineer:
mining the road. They had grea
piles of dynamite stacked there ready
to plant in the bitches they were dig
| cling across the roadway.
They advised us to go to Liege by
another road; we fastened to do so
Two hours later another party o.
Americans were halted at that very
spot by a skirmish between the Bel
CLANS and Uhlans. They were forced
to lie in a ditch while the Belgiani
fred over them Next day 5000 Ger
mans we're killed by the same mine
we had seen the engineers planting
Soon after we got a train for Os
tend. We did not see any OF the night
ing at Liege. but could hear the III
| ing"
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Dates Are Announced.

DIR. Faulkner, in charge Of the Health
Exhibit car, held a conference with
Secretary Roy French, Of the state Tu.
berculosis Commission, and announced
that he will exhibit at the Bath County
Teachers Institute, Owingsyille; the
Boyd County Institute. Catlettsburg,
and the Johnson County Institute,
Paintsyille. The car will be left at
Preston and a stereopticon lecture will
be given with such exhibits as can be
taken along at Owingsyille.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Will Investigate Conditions.

More than three hundred house
keepers met in the old capitol
grounds and organized themselves into
the Frankfort Consumers League for
the purpose of having investigated the
advance in food products to local con
sumers. Resolutions were adopted
calling on state, county and city OH
GERS TO take hand, and asking Judge
Stout to charge the next grand jury TO
investigate alleged pooling agree
ments.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Selection of Officers Postponed.

The State Board of Election Com
missioners met here TO choose mem
bers of the County Boards of Election
Commissioners, who in turn will name
the precinct officers for the November
election this year and again for the
state primary the first Saturday in
August of next year. At the request
Of Democratic State Chairman r. H..
Vansant, who could not be present,
the meeting adjourned until later date.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
HARD TO GET news
War Correspondents Are Having
Sorry Time in Europe.
Not Allowed Within Sound OF Any
Fisht!ns-Dintressins Experiences
Of Some Newspaper Men
In Belgium.


London.-The newspaper CORE
spondents attempting to cover the
great war in Europe are having a
sorry time. Especially in Belgium,
where the bulk Of The fighting has oc-
Cured, are the correspondents harried
by almost every conceivable difficulty.
According to a letter received here
from a London newspaper man in Bel
GUM, the correspondents there are be-
ing arrested several times daily as
spies, are not allowed to get within
cannon sound Of the fighting and If
they do happen TO obtain any informa-
ton regarding what is going on, the
censors will not allow them to send 1t.
II do not anticipate ever getting
anywhere near battlefield writes
the correspondent referred to, and |
do not expect should be allowed to
return alive with ny story If did
get to the front.
Il am having a - Of u time with
these military blighters here. Most
of my afternoons and evenings are
spent in Jail. have a pass from the
Belgian war Office with my photo
graph attached and countersigncd by
the general stat, but the trouble Is
that no one will apparently recognize
it. 1t is a pure bluff, and not worth
the paper It is written on.
also the peasants who are too In
firm TO 30 TO the front and the
% n
out Belgium have TUNED themselves
into a police force If you try to go
anywhere outside OF Brussels in an
automobile you are held up, searched
and asked to show your papers every
half-mile.
Yesterday two Belgian journalists
and myself went to Namur and
Dinart. a journey Of about eighty
miles, hoping to discover the where.
abouts OF friends. ! kept record
and found VIC were stopped 50 times,
IN reaching Namur on our way
back, despite our official papers, we
were arrested as spies and dragged
of by a band Of forocious soldiers To
the military headquarters. followed by
a SAVAGE mob anxious to lynch us.
We were kept there for some time
before being released.
When We got to the Office Of the
| commanGant, we found the London
/ Times man already there, a prisoner.
"The most dangerous part of the
| game Is that the average peasant
armed with a rusty blunderbuss, who
harries one along the roads in the
country, cannot even read and oficia
| papers mean nothing to him. Fol
them everybody not wearing the Pei
GUM uniform is a German spy.
Some Belgian officers are httl'
better than these ignorant peasants
Let me give you an example. Hester
day on leaving Namur on our way t
Brussels three officers. members o
the flying corps, asked for lit a
far as the aerodrome. Anxious t
oblige, | consented, and drove then
right inside the ground where thu
aeroplanes are kept. Once there, the.
rewarded our kindness by denouncinI
US as spies and ordering our ares
by soldiers.
"All these people have made u
.heir minds to harry correspondent
as n they we're 80 many dogs"
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
SPENCER wlsHART FATALLY
HURT WHILE GOING ITO MILES
AN HOUR AT ELoIN, ILL.
DE PALMA WINS THE TROPHY
Millionaire Driver Of Philadelphia
Crushed When Car Hits Another
Maehine-seversl Persons Are Hurt
When Auto Goes Through Fence.
FINISH OF eLe,N RACE.

Pos. Car and Driver Time.
/. Mercedes, R. DE Palma. ,4;06:1S
2. Mercer, ED Pullen .......4:07:2S
8. Stutz, Barney Oldficld. ...4:24:02
4. Sunbeam, CASTOR Morris. .4;31;Os
s. Burman Spl. Ed Hearne. .4:35:47
Average per hour-De Palma, 7S.5:
Pullcn, 70; Old6eld. 6s.2; Morris.
66.7; Hcarne, 65.6.
Elgin. ILL.,, Aug. 25.-Ralph De Pal
man, driving in a race marked by the
death of Spencer Wishart, young
Philadelphia millionaire pilot, several
injured, and the most spectacular
driving ever seen on the Elgin course.
emerged the victor for the second
time in two days. when he won the
Elgin National trophy on Saturday.
De Palma sent the German Mercedes
around the 301 miles at an average
speed of 1875 miles an hour, tenth
Of mile slower than his time In the
contest for the Chicago Automobile
club trophy Friday.
Wishart met injuries in the four
teenth lap of the race which caused
Joseph's hospital here. He died in
the arms OF his bride of nine weeks.
He was married June 20 to Miss
Louise MCGOWAN. daughter OF the
late Hugh MCGOWAN, Indianapolis
traction magnate.
The Philadelphia had completed
his thirteenth lap and was two miles
away on his fourteenth. He had
gained his cars maximum accelera-.
ton down the back stretch. In front
of him, travelling at comparative
slow speed, was Otto Henning, Chi
cagoan. and Wishart's teammate, driv-
ing the smallest Mercer. Henning's
mechanic looked back and saw Wish
are coming. He looked at the road
and saw Il was the narrowest part or
the course.
He signaled Henning to pull tn the
right and waved to Wishart to come
on. His speed, it Is thought, must have
| been about one hundred and ten
miles an hour. There was a staccato
note as the right rear tire OF his car
| struck the left front hub cap OF Hen
nings Mercer. The impact was slight
and Henning's machine was not
swerved from its course, but at Wish
! arts speed the result was terrifying
Wishart fought the wheel and sue
ceeded in keeping the car straight, al
though it raked against picket fence.
| along which the car catapulted for
100 feet, tearing pickets and posts
/ from their supports. Spectators lined
the fence, and madly scrambled for
safety. Some we're injured. Wishart
turned his machine off the embank-
nent and attempted to regain the
road. He escaped one tree, but was
brought up sideways against another
with terrific impact. From the wreck
John c. Jenter, Wishart's mechani-
clan, was thrown so feet. Wishart
fell a few feet from the machine.
Several rushed to him. He was con-
scious, but Jenter was In coma.
Both were rushed to ST. Joseph's hos
pital. Wishart retained consciousness
until he died.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Extra Guards Needed.

Additional guards probably vii! have
to be employed at the reformatory as
the result OF the decision in the suit
Of Guard E. c. Page that the guards
are officers OF the state. Heretofore
It has been customary when a guard
laid off duty to deduct pro rata
amount OF his monthly wage Of SIS
and detail another guard in his place,
paying that guard the amount deduct
ed. Now, unless the guard unwarrant-
eddy fails to perform his duty he VIII
draw his straight salary and an extra
man will be put in his place.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
100000 FIRE IN ILLINOIS
Lives of $4,000 People In Aurora En-
dansered When Tank OF Nitro
uIycerIn Exploded.

Aurora. ILL.,. Aug. 25,-Explosions ac'
companying a 100000 fire that com
pletely destroyed the factory OF the
William +. Jobbins Chemical company
threatened the lives OF $4,000 people
residing near the plant Great steel
tanks. filled with nitroglycerin. ex-
ploded and parts were blown In every
direction over the city. The expio-
sions shook the entire city.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Proclaim Amendment.

Unless further search reveals
PROCLAMATION issued by former Gov
crnor A. +. Wilson, declaring opera
two the constitutional amendment Oh
1903. permitting counties 70 issue
road bonds 10 an amount equal tt
i've per cent OF the total assessed
vallo OF property In the county. Act
ing Governor McDermott or Governor
McCreary may be asked TO issue the
proclamation. The amendment car
ried. as shown BY the official vote Ger
tifed by Secretary OF State Bruner "a
the state board OF commissioners.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
New Free Library.

A new free public library is to be
opened at Stanford and Miss Fannie
Rawson, secretary of the State Library
Commission, will spend some time
assisting in installing it. From Stan
ford she will go to COrbin to advise
about the plans for Carnegie library
building Meanwhile the Commission
is preparing an extensive exhibit for
the state fair.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
rLIMlNATIoN OF CARDINALS

Reconsideration masses were eele-
hrsted in ST. Peters and in all the
Catholic churches i0 Rome. Thousands
Of persons visited - Peters to pay
tribute before the Altar OF Confession.
under which the body Of Pope Plus
rests. The third meeting Of the con
Iregation OF Cardinals was held and
the question OF the conclaye for tbs
election of a new Pope was discussed.
The elimination OF Cardinals, so that
the most probable candidates for the
papacy might be listed. has been under
Nsosiderauon.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Nurses Take Examinations.

Five hundred and thirty-two nurses
have taken the examination under the
trained nurse board, created by the
last general assembly and certiii-
Gates emitting them to their IT. A
have been issued to 400. The first
report of the board was made by the
chairman. Miss Mary Alexander, and
the secretary, Miss Flora E, Kcene,
who conveyed into the state treasury
"a. $50.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Visits Reformatory.

c. p. Hawkins, chairman of the Mis-
souri, Prison Commission, has been in.
specting the Frankfort reformatory
as the guest Of Warden A. j. G.. Wells.
Mr.. Hawkins is making trip over the
country studying prison conditions
with a view to reporting TO the next
session Of general assembly, which Is
expected to abolish the contract sys.
TEN.
Mountain advocate., 1914-08-28
Gives Out state Contract.

The State Printing Commission is
preparing TO advertise for bids for
the three classes of state printing.
Nose Glenn, superintendent Of print
ing has been instructed 70 advertise.
The contract, which may be let be
tween August l and November l,
for four years under the act OF 1914