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The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01
ELECTRICAL DEVICE POINTS OUT VACANT
 SEATS IN THEATER
By Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, Oct. By means of q new invention patrons of a large local motion picture house may stand in the lobby and know at a glance the exact location of any vacant seat in the theatre.
 A master electrical board situated in the lobby contains a small light bulb for every seat in the auditorium arranged according to rows, Each of these bulbs is connected with its corresponding seat with a wire. When a pressure greater than 30 pounds is brought to bear on the seat the electrical contact is broken and the light on the board goes out.
 The device makes it possible to ferret out vacant seats in the semi darkness.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01

the hole. It is equally true that the market for the farmers commodities depends to a great extent upon a fully employed and prosperous commerce and industry Commerce in this country not only depends on the railroads for vital element of efficient transportation, but normal operation of the railroads involves the consumption of lumber, coal, iron, and steel, and other great basic commodities. When the railroads are out of the consuming mark ct, as they are at present, industry is enevit. ably stagnant and unemployment prevails. If
 they are in possession of funds and functioning in a normal way, they are directly among our greatest consumer and indirectly through the large number of industrial labor affected. "
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01
REPUBLICAN ACCOMPLISHMENT

Summarizing the accomplishments and prals ing the work of the Republican congress, both immediately prior to and under his own ad- administration President Harding offers some figures which ought to silence carping critic ism. Stating that appropriations for the cur rent fiscal year will aggregate about four and onc-Q -Quarted billions of dollars, he makes a comparison with previous years as follows:
 ''Three-Quarters of a billion less than the ex- pendtrrcs for the previous fiscal year
 "A billion and a half less than the last ad- ministration asked of congress
 '"Thrcc billions less than were appropriated for the second preceding fiscal year."
 This reduction, he points out, has been made in the face of a fixed overhead expense of one and thrpc-Quartcds billion dollars a year on world war account bequeathod by the Wilson administration to this administrations plus an annual requirement of a quarter of a billion due to earlier wars. Relieved of this fixed burden, which can hardly be attributed to party policies except in so far as it is du" to waste, oNtrvagncc, and mctt'ci"ncy in the Wilson administrations conduct of the war; the reduction of expenses under Republican diroc tion would be startling.
 In view of these facts the gloomy comment of former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in Chicago is rcmindfu of spcndthrift harsh lv criticizing his legal guardian because of restrictions by the latter to conserve his for tune. The situation iS very bad says Mr. Me Adoo, land likely to get worse before it gets better. Many millions of people are 'brolc' from months of depression" The impIica- ton is that this depression is due to a Rcpub- lican administration. The facts are that it due largely to the heritage of debt and cXtrav- agcncc left by a Democratic administration.
 Thus Mir. Harding points ou that while the Democratic administration spent $3,5O 0,000OO0 through the shipping board to provide vessels for war purposes. only fifty American soldiers were ever carried to Europe in a vessel built by the shipping board. While we spent be tween five and six billions of dollars for the manufacture of aircraft. artillery and artillery amuniti0n, fewer than POO American made air planes or POO American made cannon eyer went into action on the fighting front during the war, anw not more than 1 per cent of the ammunition expended by American artillery was of American manufacture. The Demo cratic administration of the railroads, chiefly mdcr Mr. McAdoo himself, is estimated to have cost the government more than one and onp-Quarter billions of dollars
 With such figures and such statements be fore us, both from President Harding and Mr. McAdoo, we may well reitcratc the heartfelt thanks of last November for the return of Republican administration.-Ch Chicago Tribune
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01
AS YOU LIKE IT."

Old Shakespeare said he knew bank wlereon the wild thyme grew; wonder if a savings bank was what he had in Vew7 The poet knew lot of things peculiar to his tribe but he never dreamed of peasante that hit the modern scribe
 lie never Knew the landlord that held him up for rents saw common nlcke show that charged him twenty cents he never pald dollar for fivecent tney ride nor lived be- meath franchise that touched him till he died If he had pad license tax on every trick he turned and carried fire insurance on stuff that buned-n shor if they had taxed hm from his boot heels to his ha and stuck him for tn" limit on everything but airhe might have written dra
 mas that mmortazed his dust but I'd hate read the cp Ioug" relating how he cussed.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01
THE INDUSTRIAL CIRCLE

Congressman Louis T. McFaddcn of Pen nsylvania, chairman of the house banking and currency committee, was in charge of the bill
 amending the War Finance Corporation act so as to enable credit extensions to the roaroads and to farmers In closing the debate on the measure in the house, Mr. McFadden summed mp the imperative reasons for the passage of the bill in one short paragraph. "The import ance of the agricultural interest is paramount in our national economic structure" said the congressman. "It is evident that the merch- ants and bankers cannot pull themselves out of the hole without pulling the farmer out of
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01
THINGS WE. THINK
THINGS OTHERS THINK AND WHAT WE THINK
 OF THE THINGS OTHERS THINK

Nearly every maxim is a fake. Girls nowadays think they improve upon nature and they Maybe you can fool of the people all of the but not wives You may pretend to, but you don't sense enough to agree with you If you have nothing to worry about that's something for those to worry about who have. How many of those who criticise present-day styles in womens clothing would like to see return to hoops and oorsweeping skirts?
 THE POINT OF VIEW
 That if you something
 Sermonizers tell yon
 Hard enough
 You'll get 1t
 And you will, but sometimes
 It's in the neck.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-01

three of the ninety percent killed in in automobile accidents in San Fran. cisco last year having been on foot.
 Nine out of ten drivers are incomp- etent and monaco to safety. oc- cording to the statement of Chester N. Weaved of the Automobile Deal CTS, Association.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
SOUNDS like TALES
OF SPANISH MAIN
(By Associated Press)

Washington, June 21-A worlc
wide search for the missing crew
Of the schooner. Carroll A. Deer
ing, which piled up on a Nortf
Carolina beach last January witt
all sails set but not a living sou
aboard, has been started by the
state department as also the un-
explained disappearance OF the
American steel frcighter. Hewitt
ouI of Sabine Pass. Texas, for
Boston. This craft disappeared
about the same time as the Deer
ing came ashore. A message il
bottle April II. found off Cap;
IIattcras, apparently from !
member Of the crew. sMd the
Deering was captured by an oil
burning boat and there is 'no
chance OF escape"
Government agents Investigate
ing the Hewett and Decring cases
say they are bahled and thus far
have not single clue which
might lead TO the solution of the
mysteries. Equally battling, they
say. are the cases of the British
steamer Albyn and the Russian
bark. Yutc. which disappeared
last fall off the North Carolina
coast.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
Shine KILLS ONE or
SALvISA ROBBERS

Harrodsburg. Ky, June 2l-
Viii Welch, Of Anderson county
)ne OF the three men in jail here
'harged with robbing the Farm
ers' Bank OF Salvisa last Thurs
lay, died last night at the Jail
Physicians who had been in at
tendance since yesterday, sale
leath was due to poison from
Door whisky.
AT the examining trial Frida,
the three men were held to thc
grand jury on bonds Of $4,000
each, when they pleaded guilty t.
the charge
Reports from the Anderson
county line, where Cornish's hom,
is. say that Mrs. Cornish is i'll
She claims that some one ha,
been throwing poison gas through
her door. The sheriff of Andcr-
son county investigated the story
but found no trace Of the marau-
er.
Welch is survived by one daugh
Ter. IA years old, and one son, II
years odl. His wife is dead.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
NEXT CHURCH LEAGUE
GAME WEDNESDAY

The First Christians versus the
/ Catholics, league leaders versus
tail-enders, is the next game and
scheduled for Wednesday, but
the contest can not be judged by
the position of the teams, as the
! catholics are surprisers. They
dragged the Second Christians
] out OF their lofty position a few
( weeks ago and have improved
their team greatly since that con-
test. Eddie Pontrich, who has
recently joined the Catholic nine,
is said to be 4 real pitcher and
may be holding something in re
serve for the First Christians,
who have a ream batting aver
age Of .372. Several high school
bright lights have joined the
Catholics and the contest will not
be as onc-sided as the positions
denote.
Harry Bybee. manager of the
Methodist church team, has de
cided not to protest the ruling Of
the committee that kept Owen
Iiisle from taking part in re-
cent game with the Methodists
as most people thought he would
He has decided to stick by the
committee and hopes every other
manager will take their ruling,
without a murmur. Many fans
thought he hal reasonable ground
for protest and was expected t.
do so by many people.
There was some discussion
about the ruling OF the league
that no member OF an organized
team who has been playing rcgu-
Iarly this season is eligible to
play in the Church League game,
except the local high school play
erS who were not to play unit
after their season had been COM
Pleted. Owen Hisic Is 4 Star
player and was captain of the
Washington and Lee University
baseball team. He is beng given.
"a cordial welcome home and his
many friends would like to see
him i'll church league uniform
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
TO talk SCHOOL
PLANS WITH WEBER

The City Board of Education
md the Citizens Committee meet
onight in the office of Chairman
John holland OF the School Board
to consider plans for the build
ng of Richmond's new school
and the handling of the bond is
sue voted last Friday. Archi-
tect Z. Z. Webber is here and
will meet with the board and
committee.
At a meeting of the board yes
terday, a special committee from
the two bodies, composed of J.
Hale Dean, r. Z. Turley and A.
X. Burnam was named to draft
plans for the marketing of the
bonds The meeting tonight will
have more to do with plans for
the building.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
MARKE TING HEADS
GO TO LEXINGTON

Because II Is believed that the
details Of the proposed co-opcra-
tive marketing association fc!
growers of hurley tobacco can be
presented more effectively to the
farmers Of the state with LeXing
ton as headquarters Of the Exc
cutive Committee on Organiza-
ton, the committee this week
move its main office there from
Louisville.
The move will take both Joseph
Passonneau, organization mana
ger, and Walter Hughes, secre-
tary, to the blue grass city.
Immediately after the move
has been made, Mr.. Passonnear
will start a series Of small meet
ings intended to reach hurley
growers Of every voting precinct
in the hurley counties. The ex-
act day for the change has not
yet been fixed. The office in Lex,
ington will be located on SoutL
Broadway, in the building Of Ii
Central & Planters Tobacco Ware
house Company. The quartz
were offered to the association by
James G. Stone, member Of the
Executive Committee on Organi-
cation.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
IA BOEN FOR
Chief or POLICE

Responding 20 the insistcncc Of
his many friends who have beer
urging him for some time, he
says, Mr.. Ia 3oen today author
ICES announcement of his Candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomi-
nation Of Chief of Police OF
Richmond. Mr.. Boen resides on
Orchard street and is one Of the
best known citizens Of that sec
ton of the city. He is a respect
ed, law abiding gentleman, who
believes i'll rigid law enforcement
and pledges himself to give the
city of Richmond high class adj
ministration Of his office and to
clean up the town of law viola
tors, if honored with the nomi-
nation and election. 1t
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
Bastin Places 1t On Maxey
By Associated Prcss)

Frankfort, Ky. June 2l-Tak-
ing prisoner, his wife and daugh
ter to picture show in Lexing-
ton, and allowing a Frankfort
girl to visit a convict, another
relative, were reasons why John
Maxey, assistant superintendent
Of the state reformatory here was
asked to resign, Superintendent
ienly Bastin, stated today add
ing the request for Maxey's resig-
nation grew out Of his disregard
for orders"
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
Bootlegger and Police
Chief In Gun Battle

Eminence, KY, Tune 21-Policc
and deputy sheriffs were today
seeking for Frank Paul, 90 years
old, notorious bootlegger and gun
man, who last night engaged in a
pistol duel with Chief of Police
w. r. Morgan. A warrant charg-
ing Jack Estes, proprietor of a
restaurant into which Paul fled
with harboring a felon, was serv-
ed this morning. An hour later
Sheriff Ralston Snodgrass arrived
from New Castle with a search
warrant. The officers entered
Estes place, but Paul had escap-
ed.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
L. & NJ May Go Into OwsIey

(From OWsley County Courier
We are led to believe that pros
|pects for railroad through
Bonneville in the near future are
much better than they have ever
been before. The L. & n. has
started two crews of surveyors,
one at Manchester coming this
way, and the other at White Ash,
two miles below Beattyville COM
ing up the river. A man was
here this week and engaged board
at one Of the hotels for crew of
eight surveyors for a period Of
three or four weeks. The party
expects to reach Bonneville about
the last week of this month.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
MYSTERIOUS THEFT
FROM LOCKED SAFE

A mysterious robbery of the
safe of the Richmond WelCh
Company occurred some time be-
tween last Saturday night and
Monday morning. Cash and Cur
rency to the amount of $l34 was
abstracted from sack in the
safe. Checks for about $500
were not molcsted The strange
thing about the matter, was that
the safe was locked as usual.
Miss Margaret Lowen found
nothing diSarranged when she
opened the sale Monday morn
ing, and a check up showed that
the money had been there when
the lock was switched on Satur-
day after closing hours. The
money taken was all in green
backs and silver.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
SEA PLANE FALLS
But CREW ESCAPES
CBy Associated Pressl

Washington. June 2l-The ma
val seaplane NC-7 caught fire
while $50 feet i'll the air and fell
into Hampton Roads today, with
a crew of three officers and seven
men. The machine was wrecked
but none of those aboard the
plane was injured The crew
was rescued by a tug The plane
was in its first practice flight
when an unexplained explosion
occurred.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
Thomas c. jackson
Dies At Lebanon

Lebanon, KY, June 21-Thos
{. Jackson, one of the most prom
inent republicans in the state, died
suddenly Monday afternoon. He
was cashier of bank here and
had once been postmaster. Be
fore Robetr H. Lucas, of Louis
vile, was appointed to the posi-
ton, he was prominently mention
ed for Collector of Internal Rev
enue. After that, it was under
stood, he was slated for place in
the Federal Reserve System.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
FALLS CAPTURED;
IN LOUISVILLE JAIL
Man Who Shot Three Frankfort
Policemen Surrenders To
Cousin and Tells Story

Frankfort, Ky, June 21-John
\. Falls, who has been i'll hid
ding since last Wednesday night
when he shot seven men, includ-
ing four policemen, his son and
two bystandcrs, surrendered Mon
day afternoon to his cousin, Will
Falls, and is now in the Jeffer-
son county jail, where he was
iplaccd about 8 o'clock, according
to messages from Louisville. Fal-
| lis was taken to Louisville by his
cousin, T. L. Kenny. a special Of
iccr, and OrviIle Harrod.
Kenny operates a lumber mill
in the vicinity Of Falls home and
IIarrod, who drove the car in
which Falls was taken to Louis
vile, is connected with d local
garage.
In telling OF the trouble he got
in. Falls said:
On the night Of the shooting [
did not walk out the front door
OF my house, as has been said. |
climbed out ON the roof of a shed
IN the rear of my house, and Jump
ed to the ground and disappeared
in 4 thicket. | went to Stamping
Ground that night and spent two
days there, but returned to Frank
tort Friday. Upon my return to
Frankfort | took up my abode in
the basement Of the Kentucky
river distillery, which is Il little
more than 4 mile from the city.
81 remained there until Sunday
evening about d O'Clock, when [
went into the city, as had heard
that my baby Was about to die.
On my way to the home Of Mrs.
Ann Clark, where my wife, our
sick baby. only three months old
and our other children were stay
ing. l met Patrolman Hickory
Taylor and Robert Montgomery.
Taylor VS. one Of the men who
had my son under arrest the night
before the shooting started. These
men were carrying shotguns, and
| spoke to them. | guess they
did not recognize ne, for they
made no effort to arrest me.
Il went to Mrs. Clark's home
and visit with my wife for a
while, but although our baby was
dcathly sick. did not remain
there very long, for | could see
that my wife was greatly worried
and was afraid that d posse or
mob might come to try to cap
turc me. Early Sunday evening
| wen; to the vacant house Just
four doors from my burned store
and there ! remained unit II was
brought to Jail here"
Falls denied that he or his fam
lily had ever had any trouble with
the Frankfort authorities. He
also said that his son, Carlos,
whose arrest led to the shooting
carly last week, had never given
him or his wife the slightest
trouble.
81 am not a dangerous man."
said Falls, but when heard that
police were beating my boy to
death went to get him, and the
trouble followed. Since that
trouble occurred | have not been
trying to escape from the state.
My sole desire is to provide for
my family. which has been left
without means of support"
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
Falls Ready To Stand Trial
(By Associated PTessl

Louisville, Ky, June ZI-John
r. Falls. Frankfort grocer, who
shot six persons last week and
who surrendered yesterday and
was brought here to jail in the
evening. today denied he is des-
perado and added he is ready to
go back to Frankfort and face
trial. He asserted from the time
of the shooting until yesterday
he was never more than five miles
away from Frankfort.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-21
DEVISING PLANS TO
FINANCE ROAD WORK
Statewide Committee Named To
Cooperate With 'Boggs-
Harlan Lends 100000

State Road Engineer Joe 5
iBoggs continues his good work in
jorganizing the state and his de-
partmcnt for more good road
work. One representative from
each Of the eleven congressional
districts will be recommended by
the State Highway Commission
to Governor Edwin p. Morrow
! for appointment on a commission
| to devise ways and means for fl
Inancing road building in kentuc-
! Ky. it was decided at meeting of
State Highway Commission. The
findings Of the commission will
be submitted to the next legisla
ture. The new commission, in
connection with the State High
way Commission. will name one
man on each county of the state
to cooperate in devising plans for
raising revenue for road building.
\ meeting OF the new commits
sions and representatives of the
counties will be held in Louisville
during the State Fair. when an
effort will be made to revive the
old State Road Association. of
which Robt. J. McBryde. of Lou
isville, was president. The rep
resentatives OF the eleven districts
to be recommended to Gov. Nor
row to constitute the commission.
are:
First District - Ben Grogan.
Murray.
Second District-P. p. Farmer,
Henderson.
Third District-I.mory G.. Dent.
Bowling Green.
Fourth District-W, {. Mont
gomcry, lElizabethtown.
Fifth District-Frank B. Rus
sell and Robt. J. McBryde, Lou
isville.
Sixth i3lstriCt-Nm. Burkamp.
Newport.
Seventh District-Desha Brcck-
inridge. Lexington.
Ninth District-C. II. Pctry.
Mt. Sterling.
Tenth District-Jcssc Morgan.
Paintsville.
Eleventh District-Joc +. BoS-
worth, Middlesboro.
The commission considered the
complaint of road camp superin-
tendents to the effect that prison
labor is only about so per cent ef-
ficient, which the superintendent
contend is due to lack of coop
Grafton on the part of the guards.
The commission accepted d loan
OF 100000 from Harlan county
to be used on the road between
Bell and Lctchcr counties. provid-
ing federal funds are forthcom
ing: a loan Of SAC, 300 from Liv-
ingston county to be used on the
Central Highway from Eddyville
toward Smithland. and a loan Of
$35,O00 from Montgomery county
for four and one-half miles from
Clark county line to Mt. Sterling
on the Midland Trail.