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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
In Louisville Tomorrow Will
Be Most Interesting
Gathering.
SENATOR HUFFAKER'S PLAN.
Wants Gov. MCCreary to Call
An Extra Session to Re-
peal Obnoxious Law.

Great interest attaches to the COM
ing conference on the fire insurance
situation in Kentucky, which will be
held Wednesday at The Seelbach
Louisville.
Two features are important-one
that at meeting held Friday the
managing underwriterso of New York
City met and decided to be repre-
sented at the meeting, the other that
Senator Huffaker, of Louisville, has
submitted a studied plan to Gov.
James B. McCreary, looking to an
early special session of the Legisla-
ture the repeal of all laws governing
the insurance rates in Kentucky and
the appointment of competent COM
mission to canvass the conditions in
Kentucky during the next two years,
and to report to the next regular
session of the General Assembly its
findings and its recommendations.
Senator Huffaker's plan contem-
plates the appointment of a merch-
ant, a manufacturer, a farmer, an
insurance man and a lawyer to COM
pose the commission, the insurance
companies to bear the expense of the
commission-which item it is under
stood the companies are quite will
ing to assume with the prospect of
reaching a reasonable solution of the
problems which now are disturbing
business in Kentucky in no small de-
gree.
The Hopkinsville Business Mems
Association will send delegates to
the conference.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
.FEDERALS
EVACUATED
Leaving Streets Filled With
Dead And
Wounded.
VILLA MAKES GOOD
His Claim Of Capturing TOrreOn
In Ten Days
Time.
VILLA MAKES GOOD

Torreon, April 6.-Strewn with
dead and wounded, in the six-day
battle, Torreon was occupied by &c d.
Villas rebel army Friday night on
the heels of the fleeing Federals. No
foreigners were killed or injured in
the capture of Torreon, which gives
the Constitutionalists virtual control
over the whole northern territory of
Mexican states.
The losses have not been accurate
ly compiled. Villa estimates the rebel
losses at 500 killed and 1,500 wound
ed and the Federal loss at /, 900 killed
and $500 wounded, and an unknown
number of prisoners. The Villa cav
airy is pursuing the fleeing Federals
but it is believed to be but remnant
of the Federal force.
There were about 10000 men in
each army during the battle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Telephone Case.

Inc demurrer in the Telephone
franchise case was heard by Cir
cult Judge Hanbery yesterday in
a special term of court, at which
arguments pro and con were
heard.
The court overruled demurrer as IN
answer and counter claim of defend
ant holding in effect that both mar.
ties have a right to take proof show
ing what would be a reasonable rate
Tor telephone service on county lines
and continuing the case to the June
term OF court. The party feeling
agsrieved by the judgment when
rendered at the June term of court
can carry the the case to the Court
Of Appeals.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Filed For Waller & TriCe Com
pany, Furniture and In
dertaking.
STOCK IS $4,000.
Company Takes Over The Bust
ness of MIR. D. F. Smith.
son Also.

Articles of incorporation have been
filed here for the Waller & Trice
Company. The authorized capital
stock is $4,000, which is also to be
the limit of the indebtedness. The
incorporators are Frank D. Trice,
Bailey Waller and D. F. Smithson.
They will do a general business in
buying and selling furniture and also
do a general undertaking business.
The corporation is to succeed the
present firm of Waller & Trice and
begin business on April Is. Mr.
Smithson is the surviving partner OF
the undertaking firm of Smithson &
Everett and will merge his business
into the corporation. All of the
gentlemen interested are prominent
in business circles and the Company
is a strong one in every way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
MIR. NANCE'S WILL.
Wife, Children and GrandChil
dren BeRefCIarieS.

The will Of the late Benjamin B.
Nance was probated yesterday. To
his wife, josephine H. Nance. he be.
queathed all his personal property
and his farm of $50 acres. during
her life. At her death the best part
of the farm goes to his four children,
Mrs. Lucy Mescham, Mrs. Annie
Binns and Misses Mary and Eliza
beth Nance. to be divided equally.
To his daughter. Eunice Crenshaw,
and son. j. B. Nance, h bequeathed
the rest of the farm. jointly and
equally. He also gave to his son.
J. B Nance, lot known as the
school house" lot. To such of the
children of his daughter. Emma l..
Farnsworth, as may survive, he left
81 200, to be divided equally.
Mrs. Nance is named in the in
strument as executor. The will is
dated Nov. 7, 1913. and was witness
ed by w. c. and T. W. Binns.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Sims to Sit.

Bowling Green, KY. April O.
Judges James c, Sims. of this city,
has been appointed a Special Judge
to preside in the case of G. E. Garth
and others against Felix G. Ewing
and others. in the Todd County
Circuit Court. in the place of Cir
cult Judge John S. Rhea. Of Russell
vile. Logan county, who declined to
sit in the case. for personal reasons.
The suit involves certain funds of
the Planters Protective Association.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Council Awards Contract To
international Company at
$1,7OO.
LIGHT CONTRACT MADE.
New Lighting System With Isl
Street Lights of Three
Sizes to Be Used.

The Council held its regular meet
ing Friday night and transacted the
usual routine business.
The monthly reports were submit
ted and the budget of accounts was
paid. amounting to $3,1O8.0l. This
included three months electric light
bills.
The new light con tract was report
ed, by which the Kentucky Public
Service Co. contracts to furnish 20 of
the new 600 C. p. lights at sos and 81
of the 80 C. p. lights at 500, the old
rates, and replace 80 of the old S65
lights with an equal number of a
smaller 400 C. p. size at $50 each.
The new contract is for something
less than $1,000.
An order was made disseminating
the credit system at Riverside Gene
terry for sodding and other work.
Hereafter such work must be paid
for in advance. The Sexton, Mr..
Reeder, was given an additional help
er for the summer.
Bids on a new lotion street roller
were opened and that of the Inter-
national Harvest Co.'S was the low
est and best of seven submitted. The
contract was awarded accordingly
and Mayor YOst instructed to exc
cute it. 1t is an oil or gasoline power
machine and can be operated by one
man.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
GAINESVILLE To Oil Streets.

Inc Street Committee in Clarks-
vile has made the following an
nouncement:
The city will furnish oil and srreao
IL on streets, provided the cost is
made up by the property owners or
those interested in any block. Not
less than one block will be oiled and
cars OF oil will be ordered only when
enough blocks are paid for to use
tne car. Blocks will be oiled in the
ORDER or psyment-frst come. first
served served The Gy Engineer will
lurnl;h a memorandum of cost and
all collections should be paid to him.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Rube Waddell'S Record.

Chicago, April s. Statisticians
have figured that during the fifteen
years he was a professional baseball
pitcher, George Edward (Rube) Wad-
dell. who died yesterday in santa
rum at San Antonio, Tex, pitched
to 13, 742 battles.
1t was figured the batters made a
total of 2,299 safe hits, an average of
only .2l0. These hits were spread
over 400 games and netted LIZA
runs. about 2.74 runs per game.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Frank W. MaCrae Died Friday
In Nashville Following
Operation.
INTERMENT IN RIVERSIDE.
Was One Of The COunty'S Best
And Most Useful Git
liens.

Mr.. Frank w. Macrae, who was
taken to Nashville Thursday for an
operation, died Friday afternoon.
He had been suffering from dis
eased mastoid bone and an operation
in the Hopkinsville Infrmary dis
closed the fact that a more serious
operation was necessary if his life
was to be saved. This was perform
ed, but death followed some hours
later. The body was brought here
Friday night and funeral services
were held at Westminster church at
$3.50 Saturday afternoon, by his pas
tor, Rev. c. H. H. Branch.
The pallbearers were Messrs. j. f..
Mcpherson, w. A. Glass, Jno. G..
Ellis, H. H. Wallace, A. w. Wood,
H. D. Wallace and Otis Rhea.
MIR. Macrae was born and reared
near Newstead and was So years of
age. His father was DR.. John Ma
craze, one of the prominent physicians
of his day. His first wife was Miss
Ida Baker and one daughter by this
marriage survives, Mrs. H. H,
Brownell.
He was married a second time
about ten years ago and his wife and
five small children survive him, one
son and four daughters.
A few years ago Mr.. Macrae sold
his farm near Newstead and pur-
chased one east of town on the Fair
view pike, where he had since made
his home. He was a lifelong men,
Der of the Presbyterian church and
was an elder in the Westminster
church. In all respects he was a
noble, upright christian gentleman.
Of kind and generous impulses, he
was highly esteemed by all who knew
him for the superior qualities of his
mind and heart and for the good
deeds that characterized all his life.
The community in which he lived
can ill afford to lose a citizen of his
substantial worth and in the very
prime of his useful life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Caused in MuhIenberg County
By Night Rider
Methods.
SOME MEN ARE WHIPPED
Organization Calls Itself "'POS.
sum Hunters" In Mining
Districts.

Greenville, Kentucky, April g.
Fear stalks at the heels of men, wo-
menand children in the coal-mining
district of Muhlenberg county.
The county is terrorized by a Sc
cret organization known as the
"Possum Hunters" the members
of which, it is alleged, avenge real
or fancied wrongs by whipping men
at night. One coal company has sus-
pended operations altogether, and
business it greatly demoralized
through the deeds of this organiza
ton.
Among the last victims Of the ST.
lent riders is William Gray, employ.
ed as mine foreman by the Gibraltar
Coal Company. He was taken from
his home, about two miles from Cen.
trial City, in the dead of night. it is
said, marched to a lonely spot in the
woods, and lashed until he coulC
hardly retain his feet. That was only
a few nights ago.
Five men have been indicted OF
the testimony of Jack Henderson
but he has left the county. The mel
indicted at his instance were: B. 7
Lee, J. w. Harrison, Fred Keeling
John Alliston and j. r. French.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
ROPKE SEEKS
Parole Under Recent Decision
De Moss Case.

Frankfort, KY, April S.-The
friends of August Ropke, whose en-
bezzlement of almost 81 500, 900 from
the old Fidelity Trust Company of
Louisville is said to have been the
largest ever recorded, are making a
determined effort to convince the
Prison Commission that he is enti-
tied to a parole under the recent de-
clslon of the Court of Appeals in the
DE Moss case. Ropke is in on five
sentences of 2 years each and he is
claiming parole privileges on each
sentence.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
As Result of The Revival At
The Methodist Church
Sunday.
TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Other Ministers of The City
Are Rendering Help In
These Services.

Sunday was a great day in the
Methodist revival. The tide of spir-
itual power flowed strong and deem
There were about thirty names given
for church membership. Rev. Mr..
Lear conducted a service in the Sum
day School in which large number
OF boys and girls took adefinite stand
for Christ. Mr.. Lear is proving him
self peculiarly capable in every part
of the meeting.
Rev. H. D. Smith delivered a pow
erful message to a large gathering
OF men in the afternoon. The SER
mon had great effect on the hearers
Inc Rev. Mr.. Fosher, pastor of the
Universalist church, added much tn
the service by a prayer of unusual
power. The singing was inspiring.
The congregation is very appreci-
ative of the assistance rendered bv
Rev. J. B. Eshman, pastor of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Rev. R. F. Hayes, presiding elder of
the Hopkinsville District; Rev. Vir-
gil Elgin, pastor of the Hopkinsville
Circuit, and members of all the
churches in town.
The meetings will continue at least
through Wednesday evening. Ev-
erybody is cordially invited to attend
and cooperate.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
MOTHER OF 7. W. DAY
Dies Of Burns Sustained at Her
Home Thursday.

Mrs. Jane Day. aged 50 years,
widow of j. w. Day, of Todd coun-
ty, and mother of Mr.. Thomas w.
Day, of this city, died Friday last at
herhome in Daysville as a result of
burns she sustained the day before.
Mrs. Day was standing in front of an
open CRATE winding clock on the
mantelpiece when her clothing caught
fire and she was terrible burned.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
SUFFRAGIST
ORGANIZER
Headed For HOpkinSyiHe To Be-
gin Woman Suffrage
Work.

Miss Lily Ray Glenn, who is sent
out from Washington, D. c.. by the
Congressional Committee of the Ma.
tional American Woman's Suffrage.
Association, to organize for both Con.
gressional and local suffrage work. is
due to arrive here tomorrow from
Russellville. She expects to call a
meeting later in the week.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
General Discomfort.

Sharp criticism of the selections
announced for regional banks was
made in Congress. and several cities,
notably Cincinnati, Baltimore and
New Orleans expressed keen disap-
pointment. Kentucky Congressman
say that Louisville will probably get
a branch bank.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Serious Trouble.

Mayor Dom M. Roberts. of Terre
Haute, Ind, and five of his political
associates were indicted by the grand
jury on two counts of conspiracy TO
hire persons to vote more than once
and to register falsely. Each was
held under $1,000 bond for trial.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Detective VIM. j. Burns has SUBJ
mitted a report declaring that Leo
Frank did not murder Mary Phagan,
at Atlanta, and naming the real
murderer. The report will be made
public this week. Frank is under
sentence to hang April II.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

The great senatorial contest in
Alabama between Hobson and Under
wood was settled yesterday, but the
result is not known at this writing.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Ludie Arnold, an Arkansas man,
is charged with having 16 wives and
eight of them are helping to prose-
cute him. Mr.. Arnold is evidently
a Benedict.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

According to a Nebraska court de-
cision, a strip of land ON the Iowa
side. of the Missouri river, once on
the Nebraska side, is still in Nebras-
ka. although the river channel has
been changed. The court holds that
the old river bed is still the state
boundary line.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Villa has ordered 600 Spaniard res
idents in Torreon deported to FL
Paso, Texas, and their property will
be confscated. They would be exc
cuted, but Uncle Sam has warned
him to go slow, on an appeal from
Spain.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Sufragettes set fire to Lisburn
castle, the property of Sir Edward
Carson, in County Antrim, and left
a message vowing vengeance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

The people of Secretary Houston's
home state of Missouri didn't lose
anything by letting him locate the
regional banks. By-the-way, those
who were asking a little more than
a year ago, "Who is Houston, of
Missouri" have been cited.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

A lumber king of Minneapolis, who
claimed to be richer than Rockefel-
Ter, died at Pasadena, California,
Saturday, aged 70. His name was
Frederick Weyerhaeuser and he was
originally from Germany, but the in
come tax man is from Missouri, at
any rate that's where one-siYth of
the regional banks are located.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
Fiscal Court.

The Fiscal Court will meet to-
day for the important duty of fix
ing the county levy and planning
the years work.
The matter of the establishment
of a tuberculosis sanatarium for
the county, is TO be considered.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Sheriff A. G. Charles, of Dickson,
w. Va, was feeced out of $4,000
at the Old Inn, in Louisville, last
week by two confidence men who
bet on a horse race with him at
Juarez and took his roll of money
out to back up his check and collect
his winnings of $4,000. He is still
waiting for their return.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Suffragettes made three unsuc-
cesful attempts to blow up Belmont
church, at Glasgow, Scotland, with
bombs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

Seventeen Republicans and four
teen Democrats are to go before the
y people in senatorial elections this
fall.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

The senate is not expected to reach
a vote on the tolls bill for three
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
r Editorial Comments.

Slogan adopted: Greater Hop
kinsville Wants You"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-07

FOR KENTUCKY Tues.
day rain. colder west portion.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17
GOOD ROADS LAW UPHELD

The Illinois Supreme Court yester-
day held the good roads law valid and
the state is assured of $4,000 miles
of paved country roads, for which
half of the cost will be paid by the
state. A. D. Cash, president of the
Illinois Highway Commission, says
work will begin early in July. Cook
county will build q miles on Halsted
street, from Riverdale to Harvey, and
on South Park avenue from Harvey
to Homewood
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17
MISSES THE DAY BOOK

Lamont, Mich, June IA, 1914.
My Dear Day Book:-It surely is
a lonesome place in Michigan with
out you. So you better come on over
and help make me happy.
Am summering in Lamont. Eating
my share of lovely strawberries And
fishing every day. Drove to Grand
Rapids and read the Press, but would
rather see Zone Mans Opinions" If
you see anyone who has tired out
and wants a place to really rest send
him to Lamont. l have been all over
Michigan, but never saw an ideal rest
place until came here. Fishing,
boating and lots of good food. The
fruit crop is going to be a bumper
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17

one 1 am glad to say. We, pay %
cents for fine dairy butter, 17ocents
for fresh eggs and 10 cents a quart
for strawberries. But we miss The
Day Book. Mrs. S. J. Bellamy.
Dear Mrs. BeHamy.-Letter and
money received. I'm coming on to-
nights mail and will keep coming
daily if Uncle Sam does his duty
Day Book.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17

Murray +. Tuley: eff the state of
Illinois cannot take care of its own
children we had better quit the bust
ness" All of which is, if we lay
chivalry temporarily aside and con-
slider mere reason, nonsense. The
amendment of the Juvenile Court law
would not eliminate the bad boy
problem. No law or set of laws which
this state or country could make
would eliminate the bad boy problem.
And if the inability of Illinois to take
care of it's children or even its grown
ups is enough, as supported by the
authority of the Hon. Tuley's state
ment, to make Illinois quit the bust
ness, Illinois ought to be put into the
hands Of receiver Immediately.
Miss Dunn asks whether any of the
twelve boys taken by Jack Robbins
land also by Jack LONDON, Upton
Sinclair and Robert Hunter, three of
the sanest American humanitarians)
were taken with the consent of par
ents and kin. No. Neither. it is very
likely, were. they arrested with the
consent of parents and kin.
Men like Jack Robbins, who devote
their lives to their fellow men and
ask for no glory or riches, and are
content with having changed scum
into humans something no law can
do-are always necessary And it is
a pity that such men are so frequent
ly misunderstood. S. R.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17
MEETING MORAL WOMEN

Editor Day Book:-I am con-
slant reader of your little book and
have read with interest your many
explanations as to the cause of vice,
and agree with you that low wages
is the greatest factor in its produc-
ton, but desire to call your attention
to minor factor which have failed
to see mentioned and which in my
estimation should be considered.
1t is almost impossible for a man
to get acquainted with one of the
opposite sex who is strictly moral,
and only too easy to form an ac-
quaintance with one who is not.
l am a union carpenter, 40 years
old, earn about $1,000 per year and
feel that can support a wife, but in
this large city have no means of get
ting acquainted with a moral woman
and, like thousands of others, drift
along and help the bad to become
worse.
l believe that ones inability to be-
come acquainted is preventing many
a happy marriage and is creating
prostitutes of both sexes.
James Buchanan.
-O-O-