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The citizen., 1917-03-15
TERRIFIC Wind
PLAYS HAVOC
As II Visits Hyde Park, Mt
Lookout, Delta, Red Bank and
Eastern Cincinnati
THREE KILLED; FIFTY INJURED
ImperiIed BY Live Wires In Stricken
0istrict-Property Damage VIII Run
Into Many Thousand DoIIars-six
Buildings Entirely Destroyed.

= Cincinnati, O.-Three persons were
killed, more than fifty others injured
seriously and property damage done
which, 1t is believed. will approximate
more than half a million dollars in a
tornado which visited Hyde Park, Mt.
Lookout, Delta, Red Bank and other
Eastern Cincinnati suburbs. Fires,
caused by gas explosions. followed in
more than a dozen houses, compelling
the efforts of the fire department to
be distributed over as many places
Half a dozen OF these buildings were
damaged badly by fire alone. The
light OF morning will reveal. 1t is be-
lieved, a scene Of wreckage and debris
comparable at least to that which was
In the wake Of the tornado which
swept Cincinnati July T. 1915, in which
3S lives were lost. Bodies of the vic
Tins were taken from their respective
dwellings in which the rushing tornado
caught them unawares. Hundreds of
persons caught in the path OF the
storm, which appeared to center in
Hyde Park and Mt. Lookout, suffered
minor injuries and fright, and others
escaped through the vagaries OF fate
and the winds.
Darkness covered the entire storm
stricken section until almost midnight.
Twisted tree trunks and telegraph
poles, stray porches and house roofs
obstructed the streets. Traffic east of
st. John Park was impossible until
early morning. Street and interurban
cars were left dead on their tracks
when the storm severed the electric
feed wires. Disconnected telephone
and telegraph lines delayed notifica-
ton to police and firemen half an hour.
When relief finally commenced to ar.
rive the workers amid the ruins toiled
b. -thc ffghe-of-csmp fires. bWiit-st IN
tersections along the streets by resi-
dents Of the neighborhood. According
to stories of persons who claimed to
have heard first the approach of the
wind, the tornado arrived with a roar
comparable to that of a dozen express
trains. Many persons were caught at
supper Others were on their way to
churches and the theaters when the
storm came.
Chief Of Police Copelan and Fire
Chief Barney Houston accompanied
their men to the scene and directed
the work of rescue and relief. Chief
Houston estimated the property dam.
age to be more than 100000. Few
persons carried tornado insurance
Many OF the minor injuries incident
to the tornado were caused by bits OF
flying glass. Thousands OF windows in |
the vicinity of the storm were blown
out. or we're broken by flying timbers
and wreckage.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Richmond. Ind.-Two children were
killed and one man injured. perhaps
fatally. In a tornado which swept
through Wayne county. entailing dam
age to property that will mount into
the thousands. The two children are
those Of Ernest Gray. q farmer, resid-
ing one-half mile south OF Hagerstown.
They were killed when the brick resi-
dence was destroyed. Ora Smith. q
farmer residing In a shanty near Ha-
gerstown. was carried 100 feet by the
wind and dropped into q pond He
was injured seriously and may die.
The citizen., 1917-03-15
EFFORT TO AMEND TREATY
Berlin Asks v. Q. to Sign Protocol to
t79e Treaty.

Washington. March l3.-Germany
has renewed her efforts to have the
United States sign a protocol amend
ing the Prussian- American treaty OF
1898. SO as to exempt all German
residents in the United States from
arrest or interference during any
period of war and reserving to all
German ships In American ports the
right to safe conduct TO home ports. II
10 the same protocol that Ambassador
Gerard. before his departure from Ber-
lin. refused TO consider.
The Swiss minister. Dr. Paul Ritter,
called at the state department by d.
rsction OF the German foreign ONCE.
with q copy Of the proposed amend
ment TO the treaty. The matter prob
ably will receive due consideration b.
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The citizen., 1917-03-15
NEWCASTLE TAXES UP
Task OF RELIEF WORK
Recount Shows Nineteen Dead
In Tornado.

Newcastle. Ind, March 13.-Revised
ngures~of the number of known dead
In the tornado-torn section of this
city by Coroner ]. f. Drake, has re.
suited In placing the number at nine
teen.
Three persons are known to be
missing. II is thought that these per.
sons AZ well as others are still lying
In the ruins of homes that were
twisted and torn into splinters as the
tornado plowed its way through the
city for a distance of eighteen blocks.
II was thought Sunday night that
twenty-four bodies had been recovered
from the ruins. but the survey made
by the coroner resulted In q number
of changes being made in the list of
those killed. as well a. In q reduction
of the number of known dead.
twenty-five persons are lying seri.
ously injured In the Home and the
Miller hospitals. Physicians assert
that several of the injured can not
recover and II is believed that the
death total will be increased from
this source
Newcastle has set itself resolutely
to the task OF relief work. Two com.
mittees. appointed by Mayor j. Leb
are at work providing
and permanent relief. One
10 to raise funds In this
city and surrounding cities to aid the
former home owners In rebuilding
their dwellings. This committee es-
Inmates the total amount needed at
$1,000 Already responses to the
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The citizen., 1917-03-15
J.. S. NEWS

The labor department estimates
that wages among miners in Colo
RADIO increased during 1916 from 10
to 25 per cent. In Arizona, among
miners, the increase was at least 25
per cent, and among the paper and
textile workers Of Maine, 10 per
cent. The payroll among 10000
miners in the prohibition state OF
West Virginia increased by $4,000.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

organization Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor and they are try
ing to dominate every Central Labor
Union In America-the legislative
bodies for trade unionists in over
200 cities.
They are doing this by taking an
unfair advantage Of the pledge Of
loyalty OF trade-unionists toward
one another and by issuing false or
unsound statements as 10 what will
happen TO workingmen's jobs when
the saloons are closed.
This campaign is timely" said
Mr.. Sickle, because OF the strong
probability Of war with Germany.
1T will be remembered that in
every warning country in Europe. il
was found necessary 10 restrict the
output Of booze. Lloyd George de-
clared at n very critical moment in
the preparation proceedings OF Eng
land:
I'VE are fighting Germany. Aus
tria and Drink, and. as far as I can
see, the greatest Of the three deadly
foes is drink"
The liquor men in America will
oppose restriction Of the booze bust
ness in case Of war just as did the
liquor men in England and they will
try To persuade the workingmen Of
this country that the perpctuation
NJ the booze business is the para
mount issue in the preparedness
The citizen., 1917-03-15

No little force was used the part of the "wets to
bully Woodrow Wilson into veoing the federal bonedy
law and the District of Columbia prohibition law.
Mr. Wilson's attitude prohibition has been gross
ly msrepresented He has said anything in oppo-
son to it. He has said that he considered il
state question: and when he is asked sign resolution
submitting prohibition amendment there is reason
to believe that he will fail to consider that the enactment
OF prohibtoy laws by majority of the states has given
this reform national proportions
As Americans we dof our hats to Woodrow Wilson.
He is a man.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

We call your attention TO the full
page buggy ad. on page 8. We are
personally acquainted with Mr..
Bohon and he means what he says
about Smashing prices for his
Kentucky home folks"
The citizen., 1917-03-15
CONTENTS

Page 4. Editorial: Our President. -
Paid Advertisements TO Fight
Liquor. Men as Measures OF
War. - Our Own State News
U. s. News.-World News.
Page 2. Departmental Columns.
Page 3. Serial: Prudence of the Par
sonage.-Desease Of Potato.
Page I. Locals.
Page s. Bohon's Buggy Adv.
Page 6. Mountain Agriculture: San
Jose Scale in Kentucky; Direc-
tions for Spraying; Farmers
Take Notice; Government Crop
Report; Cincinnati Markets. -
Home Department: Moths; Inn
portance of Being Well Born.
Page 7. International Sunday school
Lesson. - Sermon: Against the
Wind.
Page 9. East Kentucky News Items.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

The articles on farm page are
worth many times the cost Of The
Citizen. BE sure 10 read Farmers
Take Notice" The government au-
thorities are getting in earnest and
are sure to get after those who are
careless about fighting hog cholera.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Fight moths as per directions in
Home Department and save enough
from the ravages Of moths TO pay
a five year subscription TO The
Citizen.
The citizen., 1917-03-15
N OUR OWN STATE

Fourteen companies Of the Third
Kentucky Regiment were mustered
out Of the service Monday and paid
of by Capt. Baskette of the regular
army Quartermaster's department.
The citizen., 1917-03-15
SEARCH OF SHIPS
TO CAUSE TANCLE
International Complications Ex-
pectsd.
sEIzIMG SHIPS, War ACT
Examination Of German Raiders Ex.
pectsd to Reveal Explosives smup.
sIed to Vessels From outsIde-Addi.
tionaI Arrests In Plot Expected.

sIed to vesseIs From outsIde-Addi
tionaI Arrests In Plot Expected.
Philadelphia, Pa, March 13.-While
awaiting oficial instructions from
Washington search of the internod
German commerce raiders Kron Prinz
Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Frederick at
the Philadelphia navy yard for explo-
sives reported to have been sIuuggled
to the vessels from outside sources,
an Investigation OF which he resulted
In the arrest of five persons. was de-
ferred by local agents of the depart.
Ient Of justice. The orders authoriz.
Ing an examination of the ships were
expected but have not as yet arrived.
Additional arrests in the alleged
plot which may approach a status III
ternational in aspect are contemplat-
ed, federal agents admitted.
According to naval officers at the
local yard. search of the raiders can
not be made without international
complications arising therefrom, un-
less the government actually seizes
the ships, land that in itself would be
q declaration of war"
Frank Garbarino. special agent of
the department of Justice in charge Of
the investigation, however, intimated
that he did not hold this view. 81
have my own opinion about that phase
of the case" he said. Garbarino's
force Of investigators was increased,
several agents of the department com
ing here from Washington. Extra
customs house men were also assign.
ed to assist In the investigation.
The status Of the governments
case against those arrested and held
for trial in the federal courts on the
charge of smuggling certain goods,
including chronometers. from the in.
termed ships In violation Of the Gus
toms laws. remains unchanged so far
as facts which the authorities here
officially have permitted to become
public.
Henry Rohner, president of the
Henry Rohner company. wholesale
grocers OF this city. one Of the three
principals in the alleged customs
asserted his innocence.
He admitted two Of his chauffeurs
under arrest as witnesses. had hauled
certain articles to and from the ships
FOR Mrs. Helena Fischer, wife Of Adel-
bert X Fischer, president Of the
Schultz Koerting company, machin'
lists of this city. Mr. and Mrs Fischer
who are said to be related to the EN-
peror of Germany. are the other prin
cipals named by the government in
he smuggling plot. With Rohner,
hey are at liberty under $4,000 bail
'or trial at the June term Of court.
Rohner declared he had the assur-
lnce Of Mrs. Fischer that the boxes
,e removed from the vessels contained |
nothing detrimental to the govern
nent. He said the only articles he
lad taken to the raiders at the In
Itance Of Mrs. Fischer were some
leiicacies which she sent to friends
Il herself and husband and grocery
upplies ordered from his Arm by Of
lcers Of the interned ships for the
rews comprising $50 men.
The citizen., 1917-03-15
Elevator Drops 400 Feet in Coal Mine

Three men were instantly killed
and damages resulted which forced
the closing down for repairs of the
blast furnace of the Virginia Iron,
Coal & Coke Company of Middles-
boro Saturday night when a cable
parted, allowing an elevator used in
hoisting fuel to the top of the fur
mace stacks to drop 200 feet TO the
ground. The men killed were Al
bert Yonta, white man, and Tucker
Jams and Edward Floyd, negroes.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Our local business men are seeing
the importance OF putting them
selves before the trading public. II
takes the dollar TO do il. but il is
like casting your bread upon the
water, II will come back many fold.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Gov. A. o. Stanley, in a speech at
mass meeting in Lexington, scath-
ingly arraigned that small crowd
OF wilful men" through whose ef-
forts, President Wilson and the
country were placed in an embar-
RAISING position.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Final plans for the proposed pub
lie auditorium in Louisville which
will be of Renaissance design with a
seating capacity of 1000 have been
approved by the directors Of the
Louisville Auditorium Association.
The building will cost approximate
ly s255,OOO.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Harvey +. Jeffries, engineer OF the
Southern passenger train which ran
into a street car at Thirtieth Street
and Broadway, Louisville, causing
four deaths, was held TO the grand
jury Monday under 5000 bond.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

A good sermon in print such as
found in our columns is certainly an
inspiration TO those who can not or
are indifferent about going 10
church.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

We welcome our Richmond ad-
vertising friends in our space. Read
their ads. II is only a matter OF
time when Richmond and Berea will
be one. Watch them get together
when the Dixie Highway is complet-
ed.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Since so many are enjoying Pru-
dence of the Parsonage. we wonder
what you may want next time. We
always try 10 please our readers
along the story line.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Drink" says John Burns, the labor leader of Eng
land, "infcts upon the poor industrial bondage civil
inferiority and domestic misery"
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Handicraft colum for boys and
girls is being found very valuable by
them. How many are interested9
The citizen., 1917-03-15

The English have finally taken the
ancient and important city of Bag
dad in the valley of the Tigris River.
This gives them control of the point
which was to be the Asiatic end OF
the Berlin and Bagdad Railroad and
the center of the German Empire in
Mesopotamia. Next TO Mecca, it is
the most revered Mohammedan city
in Asia. II is thought the effect Of
this capture will be great on the Mo-
population.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Count BernstOrff, the late German
ambassador to the United States, has
reached Norway and is spending q
little time at Christiana, waiting for
an opportunity to complete his
journey by vessel. He was welcom-
ed by the German legation in that
country and given a banquet.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

The Prussian Food Controller, DR..
George Michaelis, has called the at
tention Of the Prussian Diet TO the
serious condition. He estimates that
the surplus of grain will hardly last
until the new crop is harvested. The
supervision in the towns has not
been strict enough and he recon-
mends greater severity.
The citizen., 1917-03-15
PAID ADVERTISING TO FIGHT
LIQUOR MEN AS WAR
MEASURE

Brewery Workers and Bartendsrs'
Attempt to Dominate Trade Union
Movement TO be Opposed by the
Federal Council Of the Churches
Of Christ In America.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Turkey has recently made an effort
to deprive the United States Of the
right of trying American citizens,
residing in Turkey, in courts OF her
own, presided over by American
consuls. This is right which ma
tions claim when their citizens live
in countries not far enough advanc-
ed 10 ensure justice at the hands OF
native courts. The United States is
unwilling to give up this right in
Turkey.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Mr.. Gerard, the late American
ambassador TO Germany, has arrived
in the United States after his long
journey of six thousand miles. The
passage across the sea was made
without out incident and it is need
less to say, the Ambassador is glad
to be on American soil.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

The death of Count Ferdinand
Zeppelin in Germany at the age Of
40 years. takes away noted charac-
ter Of the century. He spent his time
and his fortune in perfecting the
air ship which bears his name and
he followed its course in the war
with zeal. II was his ambition 10
wreck the city of London from the
air. He died Of pneumonia at his
home near Berlin.
The citizen., 1917-03-15
Perry County to Vote Road Bonds

Perry COUNTY has called an cleo
tien for April 5 TO vote si50.0O0
bonn ISSUE fof good roads work in
that county during the present year.
There is a strong wave of good roads
enthusiasm prevalent in the county
and it is believed the issue will,
carry largely.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Ireland is again giving trouble
Continued on Page ssvsa)
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Havre, France, March 13.-The Ger
man military administration in Bel
gium has begun systematically re-
QUESTIONING the trees throughout the
country. According to information
received by the Belgian government
here, the Germans are taking the fin-
est growths, province by province. and
sending them to Germany.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Officers and directors of the Fed
eral Land Bank at Louisville were
announced Friday by the Farm Loan
Board as Follows: President, Walter
Howell of Union City, Tenn; Vice
president, J. p. Brennan of Columbus,
o.: Secretary, James b. Davis Of
Brazil, Ind: Treasurer, l.. b. Clore of
Laporte. Ind. The officers and II. A.
Sommers of Elizabethtown consti-
tute the directorate. A. C. Dulaney
of Bowling Green was appointed
registrar and attorney.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Ruling against the Government in
Kentucky test cases, the Supreme
Court Monday held that paramount
Federal authority over navigable
rivers and Government exemption
from damage liability in their i'm
provements does not extend to their
nonnavigable tributaries.
The citizen., 1917-03-15

Page g. East Kentucky News Items.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

AT Triaucourt
(Meuse), Mime.
Process, with her
mother, aged ~.
and her 8l-year-
old aunt were
beaten to death
with n-butts.
During the night
which followed
this tragedy the
Germans played
the piano in the
room where the
bodies lay.
French Official Report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

"On September 6. 1914.
a woman named Louvet
witnessed the martyrdom
of her husband. Seeing
him in the hands of ten
or twelve soldiers. who
were attacking him with
clubs before his home.
she ran out and en-
braced him across the
front gate. She was
brutally pushed back
and fell, while the butch
ers dragged away the
luckless man. who. COW
cred with blood. begged
them to spare his life.
AT the edge Of the vii
lage the wretched bust
ness was finished. When
his wife found him again
his head had been
crushed in, his eyes
hung from their sockets
and his wrists were
broken"
French OGcial Report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27
lance and Belgium -19l4

French government while America re-
NAMED neutral, but since the declaration
Of war they have been released through
the Pictorial Press Each drawing bore
its own text, which appears here in trans
lation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-27

"On October 20, by the Yser after assault
on Pervyse, six newly taken (Cerman) prisoners
were shot On of them were discovered two
hands of child which had been cut off, he
Teutons themselves fathers OF families take
sh,melesslv home with them such glorious tro-
phies. Se'0'0" ocea' Nep0r'
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-04

Five minutes before she paused
Miss Farrar herself was leading the at
lacking Indians. and was surrounded
by flying arrows and fighting men.
"You know" the diva continued, in
Joan the Woman we had a number or
very strenuous scenes in which / took
part, and really / believe that Mr.. de-
Mile lies awake nights thinking OF
different combats in which l can en-
ter. He has burned me at the stake
and nearly had me killed in a number
Of different ways.
However, I have certainly enjoyed
doing this picture, which deals with
the conquests of the Mexicans by the
Spanish, and ! was never so fascinat-
ed with anything in my life. l al
ways had an idea that the Indians
lived in caves and were a lot of un-
civilized savages, but they were very
very highly educated. They had
schools for the children, seminaries for
the young women; they had public
market Is, which were open on certain
DAYS under the auspices of the city;
they had policemen-and books--not
rolls of manuscripts, but real books
made of the bark of some kind OF
tree, and bound together with great
heavy covers. OF course they had nc
alphabet, but used certain marks
which were explained from one gener-
alton to another.
THE Aztecs had their own courts
and really it surprised me when
delved into the history of that period
to find out how far they were ad-
vanced. OF course they worshippeo
idols, and a number of different gods
but the most terrible thing they die
was to offer human sacrifices. Life
was cheap in those days, and the Gus
tom had been handed down to then
for centuries.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-04
ETHEL BARRYMORE
AT THE ISIS TODAY

That service and loving kindness for
others is the great worker Of miracles
In character, is the teaching con-
tanned in Basil Kings great story, The
Lifted VEIL" adapted for the screen as
Metro wonderfully for the use Of the
supreme star, Ethel Barrymore. This
five part feature production will be
seen at the Isis theater on Sunday
only.
Clorinda Gildersleeve, the part
played by Miss Barrymore. is a WON
an who has sinned against the laws OF
society. She wanders idly into church
one day, and Is impressed by the sin
certify Of the young clergyman who
breaches a masterful sermon that
seems directed to her alone.
He interests her in a home for
friendless girls. who have offended as
she has offended. Service as a wal
nurse completes the healing influence
and Clorinda. now happily married
has become a woman to respect and
admire. THE Lifted Weir is a power
full photodrama-
THE Fighting TRAIL" the great west
ern photoplay novel, comes to the lsii
in the second chapter Monday. clio
ver's Rebellion" with Anita Stewart, II
on the same offering. Two high class
acts of vaudeville complete the bill.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-04
SCREEN FAVORITE IN
NEW PLAY AT THE
MAJESTIC THEATER

William Farnum supreme screen
favorite opens today in When Man
Sees Red" at the Majestic, Cor an en-
gagement. without any fear Of dis
pute one can say that this Is the
greatest feature in which Farnum has
appeared. The story taken from Larry
Evans stirring red -blooded novel THE
Painted Lady," which also ran In the
Saturday Evening Post, 1t combines
all that is remarkable and wonderous
in plot and action. Action galore OF
the most thrilling type-from realistic
shipwrecks, where the victims leap
nic-stricken from the deck to the
storm beaten waters-to the greatest
fistic encounter ever fought before a
camera This fight between Farnun
and Raymond Nye. both giants. is
climax to a chain Of situations that
would make any man see red" and
upon this theory the plot Is built
Other scenes filmed in the Barbary
coast show the famous night life in the