The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-14
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

went on record against any sort of
prohibition.
Miss Hazel Patrick and Curry
Rice, of Paint Lick, were married
there last Saturday.
A Cincinanti film company has
bought the zoo there for 100000
and will erect big movie manufac-
turing plant there.
The Ben Ali theatre at Lexington,
perhaps the most beautiful playhouse
in the south, was damaged $4,000
by fire early in the week.
Victoriano Huerta, who was pres
ident of Mexico at ine time Madero
was assassinated, died after four OPP
erations for gall stones at hospital
in Ell Paso.
Martial law has been declared at
Ell Paso, Tex, and soldiers and po-
licemen began a roundup of Mexi-
cans in that city.
Travellers and missionaries have
been warned not to enter provinces
within the zone of military opera
tions against Chinese rebels.
The Kentucky Senate yesterday
denied its Endorsement to Judge j.
M. Benton for United States Su-
preme Court, refusing for the second
Mrs. Annie Creech, wife of the
president of the Basin Telephone
Co., of Lancaster, died at East Bern
stadt, leaving her husband and three
small children.
Mrs. Rhoda Ralston, ~, of Paint
Lick, died there Sunday. She is sur
vived by three sons, James, Thomas
and Reuben Ralston and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bette Griggs.
Rev. j. S. Sims, well known
Methodist minister, who was married
last week at Paris, died at Clermont,
Florida Thursday, while on his hon
eymoon. He was ~ years old.
That the British steamer Glengyle,
sunk two weeks ago, was torpedoed
without warning was told in Havas
dispatch from Marseilles.
Grille Buck was reelected chief
of police at Lancaster, at meeting
of the city council there on Monday
night. The race between him and
former chief L. E. Heron was a
warm one.
Philander c.. Knox, former secre-
tary of State, has announced his cam
didacy for the seat of Senator Geo.
7. Oliver, of Pennsylvania, who will
retire.
John C. C. Mayo, Jr., the 12-year-
old son of the late j. c. C. Mayo, mil
lionaire land king of eastern Ken
lucky, is very i'll at a Lexington hos
pital of Bright's disease. The lad
is a student ct M. NJ. /.
An L. & N. surveying crew has APP
peared at Barbourville to make sur
vey for new line between that city
and Corbin, which it is declared
would relieve the congestion on the
Cumberland Valley branch.
County School superintendent of
Kentucky, in session at Frankfort,
went on record as favoring the APP
preparation of $4,000 annually to
1920 for the work of the Kentucky
Illiteracy Commission.
Wireless control from an aeroplane
of coast defense torpedo has been
developed and patents are included
in the Hammond rights, for the pur-
chase of which Congress was asked
to appropriate nearly $100,00O,0O0.
time to make a recommendation
Among bills introduced was one by
Senator Taylor to limit liquor ship
ments into local option territory to
one-half gallon of whisky and five
gallons of beer a month. A petition
looking to the impeachment of Coun-
ty Judge J. E. Williams, of McCreary
county, was introduced in the House
yesterday by Representative Richard
Radcliffe, of Henry county.
Capture of Gen. Almeida, who was
shot Immediately; Gen. Jose Rodri-
guez, whose summary execution was
ordered, and other Villa chieftains
was announced last night in dispatch
es from Ell Paso to the State De.
partment and the Mexican Embassy
They were captured at MADEIRA by
Carranza forces. This action was
taken in an effort to punish those re-
sponsible for the death of nineteen
Americans.