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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-14
MELLEN TIRED OF WORRY
TELLS OF HIGH FINANCE
FORMER NEW HAVEN. PRESIDENT WILL TELL
SENSATIONAL DETAILS TO THE WORLD
WILL BARE THE WHOLE PLOT
Started This Morning Before the Interstate Com
merce Commission to Give Up Entire Story
of How Wall Street Manipulated

WASHINGTON, May 1-CHARLES s. MELLEN, FORMER PRESI-
HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD TODAY BE-
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION WHAT
MOST AMAZING STORY OF HIGH FINANCE
EVER RELATED PUBLICLY DECLARED TODAY
THAT ENTIRE WHEREBY STATE
LEGISLATURES AND GOvERNME PURCHASED
AND ENTIRE SYSTEMS MANIPULATED BENEFIT
STREET FINANCIERS
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-14

Although he was interrupted almost
at the commencement of his talk Mel
len showed how he had personally paid
out more than $1,0O0,000 for railroad
certificates which are now valued at
"Ten cents per pound" Mellen mere
ly laid the groundwork for the story
today. He was excused so that he
could go to New England for docu-
mentary evidence on which to continue
his story Tuesday.
Morgan Was the Factor.
The principal fact developed today
was that ]. P. Morgan put him to head
the New Haven line. The witnesses
wanted to tell about the agreement
which made him the guiding spirit in
the manipulation of the New England
railways but Solicitor Joseph Folk
shunted him from this line and ques-
toned him about such minor transac-
tions as the acquisition of $4,000
shares of New York, Westchester and
Boston railway stock. Mellen admit
ted that the directors of the New
Haven line had put $1,200,000 at his
disposal to be used in acquiring shares
from persons of influence"
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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16
LEVEL GREEN.

CIV Price who has neen clerk
ing for J. +. Cummins at Stanford
for the past year has returned
home to spend the winter with his
mother.-Mr. and Mrs. L J.
Brown and Miss Native Rroiles
OF somerset, spent Sunday with
friends and relatives here Mr..
and Mrs. T. S, Hatcher and little
daughter LOra, and MIR. aud Mrs
r. B. Hatcher of Lebanon Jet, are
visiting their mother Mrs. Mollie
Hatcher, this week-Little Wood
row Mullins spent several days
last week with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs B. II. VanhOok at
Ocala. Mrs. j. N. Brown return
ed Sunday from very pleasant
visit with friends and relatives at
Somerset. L. Thompson and
son Clay, were in Mt. Vernon
Monday on business. Miss ALA
Owens of Bromo, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Lizzie
Hurst.-Rev. J. N. Brown of Tue.
son, Arizona, will arrive the last
of this week to spend few days
with his mOther.-W. E. Thomas
was in Mt. Vernon last Monday
Kris Louisa Hurst who has beer
very sick at the home of hel
daughter, Mrs. }. l. TASTY, is
able to be out again-MrS. VIM
II. Brown spent Monday with
Mrs. James Heap near Plato
Miss Georgia Gentry has return
ed to her home at Quail, after
several days stay here. AS Rev
j G. Seward is engaged in a serie.
of meeting at Cove, Rev. w. V
Anderson will fill his appointment
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16

Quail, is !he guest of Miss Annie
NJ. Walton this week. - J, T.
O'Mary is spending a few days in
Louisville this week, II. C.Welch
was in East Bernstadt, Saturday.
Mrs, l.. NJ. Oliver is very sick at
this writiug.-Mr and Mrs. VIII.
Preston, of Boston, KY, has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ Pres
ton for the past week.-Larkin
Pennington is in Clay county this
week visiting relatives. = Mrs. R.
LemOnds and daughter, Eiss Eliza
beth, are in London, KY, this
week.-Mrs.. George Denham, of
Etowah, Tenn, spent a few days
with relatives here this week.
Fred Baker, the hustling clerk
for Griffin and Baker was in Mt.
Vernon, Sunday Judge Mahlon
Summers, ODE King AM a. 7.
Feathers were in Mt. Vernon,
Monday, On business. Mrs. John
WoodsOn was in London, Sunday,
visiting relatives. - Mrs. Nora
Jenkins got her foot mashed a
few days ago from which she Is
suffering a great deal. - John
Preston, of Cincinnati, after a few
days visit with relatives at Som.
erset, Berea and our city, has re.
turned home.--M Mrs. Thomas Null
Inns, of Indianapolis, after few
days visit here with relatiues, has
returned home, - Miss Bessie
Daugherty, OF Berea, is visiting
her aunt. Mrs. w. II Mahaffey.-
Mrs. Catherine Woods was called
to Richmond, Saturday, on &C
count of the serious illness of one
of her grand children. Jane.
Cook. : D. K. Argenbright is
erecting q cottage On Roundstone
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16

heights.-Dr. w. H. Joyner will
move his family in few days to
East Bernstadt, where he will
locate to practice his profession
DR.. w. 7. Amyx is in Cincinnati
for a few days. C. c. Cromer
and Miss Mamie Kirby were
united in the holy bonds of matri-
mony, Thursday the 9Th at the
residence Of the brides mother,
on the famous Sand Hill May
success and happiness be their lot.
Dock Jones has moved has fam
lily to his property hear No. 5 tun-
nel.-Lccal freights Nos. SO, 80,
81 and 90 will on the 18th turn at
Livingston and run to Lebanon
Junction andss Paris. and there will
be one local from Livingston to
Cor bin, and there will be one eX-
ira crew kept here to do swift Il.
ing, and the assistant locals will
be taken off. Whether this will
help the town or not remains to
balseen. - Stephen Moore has
moved his family to Straight
Creek and will follow coal mining
in the uture-John Lair, one of
our teachers, was with home folks,
Sunday.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16
LII vi GS TO n.

Mrs. A. Penning, who has been
very sick ror some time, Is some
better at this writing. - w, NJ.
Hicks and James Sims have reach
ed a compromise OH the following
conditions, as they were coutes-
tants in the field of matrimOny
The compromise is as follows:
lanes Sims has left the county
and for which he is to receive tn e
following So 0C0.: one six year
old horse, saddle and bride, and
Sims is not to make but one trip
to the county and then he is not
to come nearer Livingston than
the county bridge. Now, this Is a
fact for Mr.. Sims told the writer
the whole story and when Hicks
was asked about it he never denied
the deal. Hicks says c. c. CrOm-
er got married and that induced
him to make another effort, and
with Sims out of the territory he
thinks he will have easy sailing -
o. T.. Mann, of Paris, was here
last Sunday evening calling on one
of our young ladies'. - Leslie
Ovens has returned home after &
pleasant visit here.-Miss Nettie
Rice, Osscian Sprake and L. c
Mann, were the guests of Miss
Annie M. Walton at tea on las
Sunday. = George Pittman, Of
Pittsburg. Ky, has moved to oul
town and now is running a resta
urant on Main street,. H. Wal
ton is in Barbourville this week
John Preston, Miss Susie Null
Inns aud Mrs. j. b Hayse tool
dinner with NrI. J. M. Foure
Sunday. : Miss Lizzie Owens, o
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16

All you who have torpid liver,
weak vigesli IN or cOnstipated
bowels look out for chills. The
season is here and the air is full
of the disease germs. The best
thing TO do is to get your liver in
good condition and purify the
stomach and bowels. HERBINE
is the right remedy, it answers the
purpose completely. Price 5oc
Sold by John Robins, Brodhead,
XIV.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16

at Friendship next Saturday, also
Saturday night and Sunday Mr..
J.P. Mullins who has been in poor
health for 50 long continues very
feeble. Mr., and Mrs. G.. T. Rid
die and children of Brudtead,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mrs. Riddles parents Mr.. and
Mrs J. l.. TbOmpson.-Wm. H.
Brown was in Mt. Vernon first of
the week.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16
Why Not Publish 1t?

When you want a fact to be-
come generally known, the right
way is to publish it. Mrs. Joseph
kallans, Peru, Ind. was troubled
with belching, sour stomach and
freqdent headaches. She writes,
Il feel it my duty TO tell others
what Champerlain S Tablets have
done for me. The have helped my
digestion and regulated my bow.
els. Since using them have been
entirely WE'LL" For sale by all
dealers.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16

ENTERPRISE
MAIDEN RIDGE NURSERY
A 7 CON W AY


Right In our doorway has grown
up within the past few years an
important enterprise which is
/ proving of vast benefit to Rock
castle citizens. 1t is the Maiden
Ridge Nursery, near Conway.
This nursery is now prepared to
furnish a great variety of the best
fruit trees, strawberry and other
plants, all home grown and most
suitable for our soil at our request,
The owner, Prof. G. D. Smith, of
the Eastern Kentucky State Nor
NAL School. at Richmond, gives
Us the following letter. Many of
our people can get these trees and
plants and reset them the same
day they are taken from the
ground. Call at nursery or write
Pref. Smith, at Richmond.
Mt, VERNON SIGNAL:
/ promised you to give you for
publication some figures about
Maiden Ridge. 1 bought 1872 acres
at $3.50 per acre in 1910 and be-
gan work February 10, the same
spring. [ cleared six acres and
set it mostly in apples. That year
l built two-room courage. The
same fall l bought I0I acres be
sides this and paid S. per acre. |
cleared twenty five acres the next
year and double set it In peaches
and apples. continued to lear
and set each spring and fall until
now l have seventy acres double
set with 2Ca trees to the acre.
About three years ago started a
pursery that l might have trees of
good stock to set out my own
ground. My trees have given such
excellent satisfaction that | have
increased my nursery to 90, 600
trees. l have put up three five
room tenant houses and three
barns. l have put up over l, 200
rods of wire fence. l have now
nearly ten acres Of Strawberries
and will have abont 5000 trees in
bearing next year. l have set
about 5000 peach trees, and 5000
apple trees. To date my expense
has been quite heavy and previous
to this year has been far ahead OF
income. The outlook is good and
since the peach this year Come tC
such great perfection on Nader
Ridge. | have every reason to be-
: lieve that success will come out OF
it from a financial standpoint.
= am testing out 200 or more varl
e cites some of which has beer
= discarded and others such as th'
5 Elberta peach, Aroma strawberry
I, and the Santa Rosa plum have
t been found 10 come to great per
= lection and can be recommend
I highly for Rockcastle county an(
t the mountains in general TIL,
d Delicious apple and the yellow
Il Transparent also have come int,
a bearing and can also be highl,
y recommended. AS other varietie
e come in, 1 will publish their valu
: from time to time.
t l am fully cOnvinced..that Rock
S castle county will some day MAKE
S one of the greatest fruit countie
= iu the state. 1t has the soil, eli
n mate, marketing facilities and tn
r people. What does il need more
S Orchards of the right varieties
|. we'll trimmed, sprayed and cult
h waited. This will bring prosperit
= as nothing else in the country Car
/. G. D. SMITH.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-10-16

Made in Back, and Tan Calf LeaIhers
from $3.50 to $500 tina pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
ODDS AND ENDS IN
 AUTOMOBILE ROW

Hubert Drennen returned to Arto mobile Row from Florida last week. MT. Drennen states that business con- uiilons In Florida were of the best.
 
 Charles ". Tway, southern manager for the Haynes Automobile company, returned to Birminghom from a busi- ness trip to Louisiana last week. MT. Tway remained two days in Birming- ham before returning to New Orleans for another brief stay. Thomas Morris of the Norris -Wesrall Auto and Tire company, the local dis trioutors of the Premier motor car. re- ceixod the following telegram yester- day:
 ",iorris- westall Company, Birming- lam. Ala.
 '.Rcoeivership will not affect pro- ahead. I will gladly render all assist . ance possible to- keep Premier before your prospects. F. F. SMITH, "Recelver." The Premier Automobile company of Indianapolis, Ind, went into bank ruptcy about 10 days ago. J. A. Karnes credit and officer man ager of the Birmingham Motor com pany, appeared on duty. for the first time in six weeks last Thursday. Mir. Karnes had been seriously i'll with typhoid fever.
 Joseph Harris, southern representa- 2. tive of the Cadillac Motor company, was in the city last week. He brought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

a wave of optimism at the local Cad- lilac headquarters as he stated that everywhere the new eight-cylipder car was being received fayorably.
 Bradley Saunders, president of the Saunders Motor company, announced the sale of 1915 Hudson 'sixes'' to At-a torney James E. Burgin and Dr. E. M. Prince. both we'll known local men. Mir. Saunders is optimistic over the lccal automobile situation and states tEat the alleged business depression is merely a point of view
 R. Y Kyle of Gadsden was a visitor at the Birmingham Motor company last week. Mir Kyle called for his new 1915 Hupmobile. which he had just pur- chased. He drove back to Gadsden. W. B. O'Brien of DadeviIle, who bought a 1915 Hupmoble, called at the> rooms of the Birmingham Motor con- chine. Gentry Elston. manager of the Bir- lninEham Motor company, stated that eusiness was fair throughout last week. The sales were: One Federa2 truck and three Hupmobiles. The acN ccsscry business was excellent.
 
 The new studebaker model will seat three persons on the front seat.
  After manufacturing for years y5000 cars the Peerless company announces
 tContinued on Page seventeen)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

To get to Altamount road one must climb hills, several hills, in fact. The roads are excellent, although the grade sr too steep most any old bus can make thc heights on low speed with the muffler wide open. However. as MT. Young was demonstrating real automobile yester- Gay he forgot to change from high to second and went up the hills as he came to them on high speed.
 That's some test for any automobilel
 We'll, after gloating over the beautiful view of the district from the heights of Altamount road and the wonderful pano- rama of Shades valley, and there is rare opportunity for a few gloats up there, as old Jones valley on a sunny autumnal afternoon is an inspiration for a ''See America First" booklet, the ride back to the city represented other possibilities of the new Tight six'' of the Haynes company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

MT. Young said he would let the six roll down the steep incline to Cliff road on high speed and without applying the brakes. He did and 1t worked fine. Where the hill was steepest. the power of the Haynes engines was such that it held the car at a speed of four miles an hour.
 On the way back to the city. Mir Young got talkative and spilled a whole lot of loose language about the Haynes automobiles and the Safety First movement. MT. Young states that he is the father of the Safety First move ment. Anyway, a few stray paragraphs of what he was talking about, follow:
 ''The Haynes company offers for the coming season a complete line of com riete cars, from which those contemplat- ing the purchase of a high grade motor car should have no difficulty in choos- ing one best suited to their needs,
 Undoubtedly" continued Mir. Young,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
SOUR STOMACH, COLDS, HEADACHES,
 REGULATE YOUR BOWELS -1OCENTS

Turn the rascals out--the headache, biliousness, constipation, the sick. sorr stomach and bad colds-turn them out tonight with Cascarets.
 Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets sweeten and regulate your stomach: remove the sour, undi- gested and fermenting food and that misery making gas take tho excess bile from your liver and carry off the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

decomposed waste matter and constf- patton poison from the bowels. Then you feel great
 A Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning-a 10-cent boA from any drug store will keep your head clear, stomach sweet liver and bowels regular and make you feel bully and cheerful for months. Don't forget the children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
Haynes Salesman Talks
 of Safety First Tn Autos
". H Young Rides Over Mountain in New Light Six and Discourses of Automobiles and Other Things-How the
 Safety First Movement is Saving Lives and Trouble

Atamonf road the top of Red mountain presents ideal of the Birmingham district to the eyes of auoists There wended w H. Young city salesman of the Haynes Automobile company yesterday afternoon exhibition spin in the tsIght Six''-he sensational in the local automobile world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25

lently and swiftly. to look both ways when stepping from behind something |
 that may obscure their view, probably in |
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-09-25
BIG SNAKE HOLDS UP FIVE
Parents and Children Dare Not Move
From Edge of Steep Cliff for ="
Four Hours.

Franksville, Pa.-Charles Capuro,
his wife and three children, aged six,
eight and twelve years, had thrilling
experience with a monster black snake
while they were picking huckleberries
on the mountain near here. They
were about ready to return home
when Capuro spied the reptile, and,
picking up a stone, he hit it. This
maddened the snake, and it sprang at
Capuro, who was on the edge Of a
steep cliff, but he knocked the reptile
away.
His cries brought his wife and chill
dren to his side. They kept quiet,
while the snake maintained its posi-
ton near by without making any more
effort to attack him. .
For nearly four hours Capuro and
his family were held captive without
venturing to move. Then Jacob Pozar-
70 came along with his dog and the
Capuros made a hasty escape from
the scene, while the reptile crept away
to some rocks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-09-25
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
CONTAINS MILLIONS
Of INDIAN RACE
Problem More Complex Than
That Which Confronted U. S.
MANY INTELLIGENT TRIBES
Some Are Still in State of Primitive
savaaery, While Others Have Fol-
lowed the Ways of the White
Man.

New York-Mexico's Indians pre-
sent a problem vastly more difficult
and more complex than any the Uni
ted States bureau Of Indian affairs
ever tried to handle, says a writer IN
the New York Sun. In the first place
there are more of them.
There are now 100000 Indians in the
United States, while there are more
than 100000 pure blood Indians be-
tween the Rio Grande and Guatemala
besides a larger number of mestizos'
or mixed bloods.
According to the best figures obtain
able "a per cent of the inhabitants or
Mexico (about 100000 souls) are
wholly or partly of Indian blood. This
is SO times as many Indians as are
now living in the United States.
/ Moreover, the Indians of Mexico
have been more conspicuous in public
affairs than the Indians of the United
States Benito Juarez, the Mexican
patriot who overthrow the Emperor
was pure Zapotec. Man
uel Altamirano, the Mexican author
and critic; Huerta and DR.. Urrutia
are other Indians.
The prominence which things Indian
have in Mexico is difficult for the New
I Yorker who has never Travelled in that
! land to comprehend. The MeXicans
hold an annual national festival in
honor of their aboriginal heroes, de-
spite the fact that the dominant ele-
ment in the population is the strain
! descended from the Spanish conquer
ors. The Mexicans are as proud OF
Montezuma and Guatemotzin as tn"
! Americans are of the signers Of the
Declaration of independence.
F.; Even the national seal comes from
. the Aztecs, who, tradition says, were
! induced to settle on the marshy islets
which are now the City of Mexico by
sign from their gods, an eagle
perched on a prickly pear stranglina
a serpent.
Scholars have declared the AZtecs
| calendar system was superior to thai
in vogue in Europe at the time of Cor
tez. The Mayas Of Yucatan are held
| by some students to have been even
further advanced than the inhabitants
of the Valley of Anahuac, or Mexico.
But the intelligence of certain In
dams only emphasizes the completely
of the Mexican Indian problem. One
student of the languages of Mexico
I which correspond pretty we'll with the
tribal divisions, concludes there are Il
families of tongues and 1870 dialects
These dialects are not slight varia'
tons, however, but present differences
so great that man knowing only one
dialect probably could not understand
a man speaking an allied dialect. The
mountainous character Of the country
has kept tribes apart and emphasized
| their differences. Association in Mex.
leo does not always mean the melting
| pot, however One finds sometimes
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-09-25

in the Clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Highland County.
Tie Commonwealth of Virginia: to
the sheriff of Highland County greeling:
We command you that you sun m IN
w. b. Corbett, Ruby Il. Corhctt, John
w. Stephenson, Trustee, II. VI. Slaven,
P. 4. 1'ankerslcy, Trustee, Gciser Mfg.
Co a corporation, a. l.. Jones, Trustee,
J. A. Whitelaw. Trustee, +. B. White.
law and Morgan Armstrong to appear at
the Clerk s Office of our ircult Court
county at the court hous on the third
Monday in Sept 1914, 10 answer bill
in cbaneery exhibited against them in
tie said court by w. II. Miller, partners
in trade under the style and firm name
of W. II. Miller & Son, }. Amos Kiner,
l.. Carter and carter partners in trade
as =. l.. carrier Il Bro g. Amos COrbett,
B. Whiteaw and N. A. Whitelaw
late partners in trade under the firm
name of Z. Is. Whiteaw & co. J. A.
Whitelaw, r. II Slaven and Clyde
Hiner, late partners in trade under the
firm name of Monterey Milling ON
pany; who sue for themselves and all
other lien creditors Of w. B. torbett
and Ruby q. Corbett, who may come
into and contribute to the costs of this
suit, and unless they shall answer the
said bill within the time prescribed by
law, The court will take it for confessed,
and deere accordingly; and this they
shall in no wise omit, under the penalty
of 1901.
AMI have then and there this writ,
v itness W. H.. hatheny. clerk of our
ssid court, at the court House, the Goth
day of Aug. 1913, in the, 10th year of
the commonwealth.
Teste:
w. II. Matheny, Clerk,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-09-25
Public Sale

I will on Saturday the 3rd day of Oct.
1914. sell at public auction at nv resi-
dence, one half mile south of Mcdowell,
beginning at 10 o'clock, the following
personal property: One bay work mare.
now in foal; 3 Belgian colts rising two
years old; % stock ewes; one set buggy
harness: one set leather fly straps; some
halters and brides, and many other
things too tedious to mention.
TERMS-On all sums under five dol
lars cash will be required on day of sale;
add for all sums of five dollars and over,
the purchaser will be required to give
negotiable note satisfactorily endorsed,
payable six months after date. without
interest. ~ Respectfully,
Mrs. Nelia G Siple