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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Comings and Goings of Our
People Here, There and
Elsewhere.

Miss Geraldine Herrin has re
turned from visit to- friends and
relatives in Covington.
Jeff c. Elgln, Of Memphis, Tenn,
spent the holidays here as guest of
MS mother. Mrs. Annie Elgin.
Miss May Radcliffe has returned
10 her home in Irvine after holiday
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. James,
at their home or Pleasant street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wood have
returned to their home in this city
after visit to friends and relatives
in Tupelo, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Morrison, of
Lexington, were guests during the
holidays of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Cooper, in Paris.
Mrs. Louis Saloshin and daugh-
ter, Miss Macie Saloshin, of Cincin-
natl, former residents of Fairs, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Sim Levy, ar
their lone on East Eighth street, in
this city.
Miss Nancy Griffith, of Paris, at
tended the meeting Of the Mentelle
Park Bridge Club, held at the resi-
dence of DR.. and Mrs. ]. P. Warren,
in Lexington, Friday night.
Mrs. Charles Whaley and Mrs.
Anna Skillman, of Paris, spent the
holidays in Latonia as guests of the
formers brother, Joe X. Red.con.
and family. They were delightfully."-
entertained during their stay
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Daley and
little daughter, Miss Gladys Earle
Daley, have returned from a visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. William Harrington, in
Cynthiana.
Miss Georgia ChIistman, whu
has been patient at the Massie
Memorial Hospital, in this city, for
several weeks, has been removed to
her home on the Clintonville road
near Paris.
MIR. and Mrs. William Kenney
Ferguson entertained with IA family
dining at their home near Paris, last
week. The guests were DR.. and
Mrs w. N. Offutt, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
F. Offutt, Sr. >GeOreetown, and We5t
Offutt, of New York City.
Mr.. ano Mrs T. ,. Berkeley and
daughter, Miss Lillian Berkeley en-
tertained at their home near Paris,
in honor Of the following guests:
JOS. Gardner, Thos. English, Thos. A
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Mccoy. 4. r
Rice, Miss Anna Gill and Miss tCor
nish, all of Lexington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram S. Redmor
entertained with dinner party a
their home on Houston avenue las
week The guests were: Mlsse:
Leila Scoggen and Sarah Jones, O.
Louisville; Maj. c. A. Hunt, OF RI
! Leavenworth, Kans.; Lieut.. A. M
Carroll, of New Jersey, their house
guests. Other guests for the occa
sion were: Misses Marie Collins, Mil
dred Collins, Mary Fithian Hutch
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04
MILLERSBURG


DIR. w. G.. Daley was in Cincin.
natf, professionally Saturday.
Mrs. Roy c. Pope, of Ashland, is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. an,
Mrs. S. 2. Bruce
Quite number from here at.
tended the funeral of Capt. James
Rogers, at Paris, Saturday afternoon
The Graded School opened Mon
day with good attendance The NJ
c. and NJ. M. /. will open Wednes-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. RI. Burlington
of Columbus, O., are guests of their
sister, Mrs. Allie Hart Miller, and
family.
Mrs. R. NJ Caldwell is improy-
ing nicely at Massie Memorial Hos
pital. Paris. and Will be at home in
a few days.
Mrs. r. NJ. Caldwell is improv-
ing nicely at Massie Memorial Hos
pital, Paris, and will be at home in
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Judy en-
tertained a number of their trienus
Friday evening with an elaborate SIX
O'Clock dinner, after which rock was
INDUCED in until the old year went
out. and the new had taken its
place on the calendar of time.
Miss Elizabeth Pruitt entertain
ed the following friends of Miss
Esther Tarr at an elaborate dinner
Thursday: Misses Sara Thorn, OF
Lexington. Alice McClintock and
Mrs. Hobt. Turner, of Paris, Misses
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04
RESIGNS CITY POSITION

Frank Speakes has resigned his po-
sjtion as a member of the Paris Fire
Department, and will probably re-
turn to his first love, the automobile
business. He is succeeded in the de-
partment temporarily by Louis Mar
bolen A permanent fireman VIII be
selected at the next meeting OF the
City Countil.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04
PADUCAH TAPER LOCATES
PARIS IN MOUNTAINS
(Paducah DemOcIat)

When FIRTH Scheff was in Padu
cab in "Glorianna," she made every
effort to locate Irvine S. Cobb, as
she was under the impression that
Cobb lived in Paducah. She had box
tickets for him to her show. Miss
Scheff was the wife Of the late John
Fox, Jr., famous novelist. and she
was anxious to show courtesy to all
writer's whose fame came equal to
that CT her husband. Several weeks
ago was the anniversary of the death
Of Fox, and among the wreaths that
we've placed On his grave at that time
was one from FRITZ Scheff. The
grave is located in the same territory
as many of the stories of John Fox
in the Hills of Old Kentucky
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04

Peuguines have two distinct kinds
Of down, first white, then a dusKy
brown.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-04

Hens taken out for 2irings on
leashes are frequently seen in Berlin
parks.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Armed Youth Is
Held as Suspect
In Varotta Case
Sicilian Fights Officer Who
Captures Him Near the
Apartment From Which
Kidnapped Child Vanished
Five Italians Are Indicted
Men Rearrested Following
Discharge in Essex Court
Will Be Arraigned To-day

A youth of seventeen. carving re-
volver in his pocket, was arrested
early yesterday in front of the home
of Salvatore Varotta, 354 East Thir-
teenth Street, on charge OF violating
the Sullivan law. He was later held
by Magistrate Joseph S. Schwab in
Essex Marct court under $4,000 bail
for examination Or June IL. He gave
his name as Peter Place, living at 8
Water Street. The Italian squad Of
the Police Department is working on
the theory that he may be IMPLICATED
in the kidnapping of five-year-old Giu-
seppe, who has been missing for over
a fortnight
For several days the youth is said to
have been observed lurking in the
neighborhood. He aroused the sus-
picIons of both Mr.. and Mrs. Varotta.
who saw him slouching around the
street from their window. Detectives
who have been vigilant in the neigh
borhood since the disappearance of
Giuseppe were of the opinion that he
was shadowing the Varotta home. He
is a Sicilian. and it is thought that he
may be an acquaintance of the alleped
kldnapers now in the Tombs, two of
whom are Sicilians.
Seen Watching Window
Place was seen stealing along the
opposite side Of the street by the
patrolman on duty in front of the
house early yesterday. The watcher
drew back into the hallway and oh
served the man as he came to a halt
ana stood gazing at the upstairs win
doWs of the Varotta apartment.
ftat. j
gle the youth was taken into custody.
ana when searched was found to have
a revolver. He had no papers or marks
which might lead to his Identification.
hen questioned at the Fifth Street
police station he said he had been in
tins country only eight months and knew
nothing of the Varottas. He admitted
having been arrested several months
age and convicted in Special Sessions
but refused to describe the charge
When asked where he got the revolver
ne said ne was visiting friends in Har-
lem and found it on the street on his
way to the Third Avenue "L." He
could not explain his presence on East
thirteenth Street, which is several
miles from the home address he gave
1t was recalled at Police Head6uar.
ters that Narotta received postcard
several days ago saying he had better
see man in Harlem if he ever ex-
pected to see his son alive"
Five Italians Rearrested
The five Italians who were arrested
last week in connection with the kidnap-
Ing OF the Varotta boy were indicted bv
tn, the grand jury yesterday afternoon.
Iney were previously arraigned before
Magistrate Schwab in the Essex Market
Court, where they were discharged
They were then rearrested on bench
warrants by Detectives Michael FL
aschetti and Pellegeno Festa, of the
Italian squad. They will be arraigned
IN General Sessions to-day. Their
names are John Melchionne, Robert
Raffaele. Antonio Marino, James Rug
gleri and Santo Cusamono.
Ihe police are tracing a man and
a boy. said to answer to the lost child's
description, who were seen leaving a
huoson River boat at Newburgh Sat :.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Miss Bromwell's Death
Laid to Loss of Control
Test Pilot, at Coroner's Inquest,
Testifies Motor Stalled at
Second Loon

HEMPSTEAD, L. l., June S.-Coroner
Walter r. Jones held an inquest to-
day in the death of Laura Bromwell,
aviatrix, who was killed Sunday in a
2,000-foot fall in a Canadian JN-4 ma
chine at Curtiss Field. After the hear
ing Coroner Jones said he did not be-
lieye there had been any culpable
negligence. The coroner's formal YER
dict will be announced later.
Lloyd Berteaud, test pilot for the
Aero Import Corporation, testified that
he was at the field and talked with
Miss Bromwell. He told her that
Richard Depew jr., chief pilot of the
field. did not want her to try stunts
IN the Canadian plane. When Miss
Bromwell was 1000 feet in the air,
Berteaud said, he saw her do loop
that was ragged
When she tried a second loop the
motor stalled and she tried to rudder
out of her trouble. She had partly
llghted the machine when it side
slipped and the motor stopped. After
that, he said, the plane went into a
tail spin and the motor picked up
again, but before the plane could be
completely righted it hit the ground.
He said the accident was due to loss
OF control.
John Wagner, field mechanic. and
John Smith, fight salesman, gave
similar testimony.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09

you should meet it," Buster Bear
broke in, your nose would tell you
what 1t is. You know now what the
smell of 1t is. Whenever you get that
smell, watch out. Run from it. That
is the only thing. to do. Run for
water. Water will stop it. That is
why all the Green Forest people are
here at this pond CT Paddy's to-day.
1t is the only place in all the Green
Forest where the Red Terror cannot
get us should it come this way. Even
then we would have to go into the
water to keep from being eaten alive"
The twins thought this ell over.
Then Woof- Woof ventured another
question. "If you please, Mother
Bear, where does the Red Terror
come from?" she asked timidly
Sometimes it comes from the sky
IN great Storm replied Mother
Bear, "but usually it is set free by a
two legged creature called Man"
growled Mother Bear.
But isn't the two-legged creature
called Man afraid of it p demanded
Boxer.
When it gets away from him he
is," replied Mother Bear. "Then he
tries to kill it. He is the only living
creature who dares fight it. But
often 1t is too much for him, and he
has to run like the rest Of u.s. wish
! knew just where the Red Terror is
now She stood UP and shifted
anxiously.
Copyright. 1921. By I. W. Burgessl
The next story: king Eagle Brings
News"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Upper 5th Ave. Height
Limit Urged at Hearing
Obiectors, in Minority. Assert
7o-foot Restriction Would
Hurt Property Values

Borough President Henry H. Curran
os Manhattan held public hearing in
the Board of Estimate chamber of City
Hall yesterday on the application of
the Fifth Avenue Association and large
property owners along upper Fifth
Avenue for an amendment to the zoning
law which would limit the height of
buildings on upper Fifth Avenue to
seventy-fve feet. The restriction would
tFect the thoroughfare from Sixtieth
ID N;nety-sixth Street, and property in
the side streets east to within one hun
ured feet of Madison Avenue.
Those favor:ng the plan at the hear
ing represented more than 81 per cens
e the total area affected. The only
opposition came from the representa-
tires of fourteen plots, including four
- the eight apartment houses on Fifth
Avenue in this zone. Vincent Astor's
representative objected to the modifica-
ton, saying that it would make his
aroperty at Fifth Avenue and Sixty
iifth Street less salable.
In addition to the Fifth Avenue AS
ISOLATION, representatives Of the City
C.iub and the Municipal Art Society ap-
erred for the petition.
The opposition was based on the con-
eation that the property along the
Venue If restricted to 75-foot build
;ngs would not bring as high a price
when put on the market, since this
would automatically prevent the con-
5truction of large apartment houses.
Ar. Curran, at the conclusion of the
hearing, promised to make his report
20 the Board OF Estimate as speedily as
pcssible
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Bedtime Stories
The Most Awful Thing in the World
Rv Thornton w. Burgess
A tiny spark, once 1T is free,
IN awful thing naag gros0 to be.
old Mother Nature.

The Red Terror" said Boxer in
questioning tone.
~The Red Terror?" repeate,. Woof-
" oof in just the same tone.
eyes, the Red Terror" growled
Mother Bear in her deepest. most
grumbly, rumbly voice.
''Do you mean that this that fills
the air and makes my eyes smart and
makes me cough is the Red Terror"
asked Boxer.
That is the breath of the Red Ter
ror." replied Mother Bear. "trhe Red
Terror itself may be some distance
away. hope it is. The breath of it
goes long way before it," Mother
along the shore of the pond Of Paddy
keep still.
What is the Red Terror" per-
sisted Boxer. Have l ever seen it :?
Would know it if | should see il?
II ! should meet it what should i do 2"
Mother Bear stopped n front of the
little Rear and looked down at him.
For just a second the worried look
on her face gave way to one of anuse-
fnent. You are regular Peter Rab-
hlt for questions" said she. Than
the worried look returned. "The Red
1error ls the most awful thing in all
the Great World" che explained. at
is a monster that eats everything in
It's path. That is, it eats every living
thing"
Would it dare try 10 eat g1eat
big Bear like you?" asked Woof- W oof ).
As If she couldn't possibly believe
such thing.
Mother Bear shivsred. 1T would
eat me as quickly as would eat q
Mouse" said she.
''lts very breath can choke you to
death" growled Buster Bear. who vas
listening.
The only things it cannot eat are
sand and rocks and water" continued
Mother Bear.
''Do you mean it could eat a great
tree?" asked Boxer in round eyed
wonder.
Trees are what it likes best It
would like nothing better than to eat
all the Green Forest" declared Bus
ter Bear.
And wouldn't there be any Green
Forest then?' asked Wocf Woof.
"No," replied Mothe. Bear. There
vould be no Green Forest and no
living creatures!"
"as for knowing the Red Terror If
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
AUTOS and Pink C0rsets Go
For a Song at Police auction
M. jacques Cohen Swells Pension Fund When He
Disposes of Everything, From Tooth Brushes
TO Carburetors, Collected During the Year

'It's fair game and square game;
no article guaranteed, but all worth
the price you pay. What am bid for
this automobile, built about the time
that Grant took Richmond, dam and
sire unknown to deponent, but said
TO tow easy and to look we'll when
standing in front of your Staten Island
bungalow. Come now, what am ]
bid ?'
Thus spake Public Auctioneer jacques
Cohen yesterday as he presided vocif-
erously over the annual sale Of a
heterogeneous collection Of unrelated
objects which have come into the pos
session of the Police Department dur
ing the last twelve months.
Any one seeking any thing might
have found it in this vast and dis
similar array. NJ. jacques Cohen had
to carburetors and he was willing,
not to say anxious, salesman.
All the money derived from the auc-
tlon, and there was very considerable
amount when the final object was
knocked down last night, will be added
to the Police Pension Fund.
M. Jacques Cohen is an .auctioneer
of his word Failing to find bidders
for midVictorian samovar, he
shouted: III let this article 60 for q
song!"
Whereupon stout gentleman from
Canarsie piped 8 few bars from "Oh,
What Pal Was Mary" and M. jacques
promptly announced that he had won
the handsome copper-lined coffee urn
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Richard Croker .Jr.
Sues Father for
$1,000 Rail Stock
Wife i'm Court With Ex-Poli-
tical Boss; Son Says the
Securities We're Given
to Parent by Mistake

Forty-nine shares of Wabash Rail-
road stock, valued at $500, were made
the basis Of a legal battle between
Richard Croker jr. and his father, the
former chief OF Tammany Hall, in a
suit begun yesterday before Justice
Abraham G. Meyers in the City Court.
Friends of the former political boss
crowded into the court room to see h1m
and his wife, Buelah f. Croker, who,
attired in checked suit and feather
less hat, sat close to her husband and
aided him in the defense by taking
notes In yellow memorandum book.
AS young Croker, who did not speak to
his father, took the stand to testify
that he had given forty mine shares Of
stock to his father by mistake, Mrs.
counsel for the defense
1t was said by his son that the father
had asserted he had transferred all
his property to Mrs. Croker. The son
testified that in 1915 his father OBJ
tanned from him certain shares of Wa
bash stock, but that in making the
transfer thirty extra shares Of common
and nineteen shares Of preferred were
handed over by mistake. In June, 1918,
young Croker said, he called on his
father at the National Democratic Club,
CIT Fifth Avenue, to recover the prop
erty. He declared that his father ,e-
piled: "All that stock belongs to me
and ! am going to keep it."
The suit is said to be a part of the
litigation which the son, his brother.
Howard, and his sister, Ethel, have m
stituted against the former Tammany
leader because of his marriage 70
his present wife. Last year the chill
dren brought suit in Florida to have
the father adjudged incapable Of nan
ding his property, but the court at
Palm Beach found that Mr.. Croker was
OF sound mind.
The hearing before Justice Meyers
will he continued tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Eccentric Brokers
Oddities Are Told
At Will Hearing
Sse
Ross Spent Hours Trying to
Trap Pigeons in Cigar Box
for His Imaginary Cafes,
Quaker Woman Testifies

AT the continued hearing yesterday
before Surrogate Cohalan and Jury of
the contest over the will of Francis H.
Ross, fire insurance broker, who left
an estate estimated at more than
100000, several witnesses testified to
the alleged eccentricities of the testa-
tor. Mrs. Mary d. Ross, his widow, her
daughter and two sons are the contest
ants. Francis II. Ross, another son,
who is the residuary legatee under the
contested will, appeared in favor of the
document.
Michael Mas, an insurance broker,
who used to do business with Mr.. Ross,
the maker of the will, told about visit
he paid to Mr.. Ross one day, when sud-
denly, without any cause, the decedent
invited Mr.. Mas out on the street to
fight, and when the witness rejected
the challenge, Mr.. Ross ordered him
out of his Office.
On the following day Mr.. Mas re-
ceiyed letter from the testator, who
wrote:
Come and see me. Of course, man
of my age deserves courtesy. You
wouldn't want to whistle at your father.
No, President Wilson wouldn't like it,
no. am inclosing you cigar with
my compliments
Mr.. Mas again called on Nh Ross.
$50 you are here again." was the un-
expected greeting; "get out of here"
Mr. Mas denied on cross-examina-
ton that he was ordered out Of the
Ross Office because he addressed the
women clerks as "dearie" and "sweet-
heart"
Mrs. Bird A. Peer, Quaker, who
rented summer home to Mr.. Ross at
Mountain Lakes, N. j., testified that
the testator told her he had great in
fluence; that he was Police Commits
sioner Of New York and also that he
owned chain of restaurants here. One
day, Mrs. Peer said, Mr.. Ross sat for
an hour holding cigar box which had
a string attached to it. Asked the
purpose of the contraption, Nh. Ross
SAID he was going to catch pigeons and
sell them as squads in his New York
restaurants.
Mrs. reer, upon cross-examination
said that Mr.. Ross told her his life
had been threatened by his son,
Francis II. Ross. She also admitted
that this son and chief beneficiary un-
der the disputed will and his wife had
promised her $4,000 if she would "stick
by them"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09
Freigl,ter Hits
Berg; g; Liner Is
In Ice Lane
tSarhled Radio Messages
Cause Rumors That Pas
senger Steamer Had Met
With Disaster i'm Collision
Relief Sent from ST. Johns
Cargo Boat Reports Bow
Plates Twisted and Sea
Gaining in iorepeak

The British freighter Seapool, out
bound with grain from Montreal for
Queenstown, hit an iceberg yesterday
and sent out radio for assistance.
Late last night she got into communi-
cation with the wireless station at st.
Johns, n. F.. reporting that she was
proceeding under her own power for
ST. Johns. Her master said that his
pulkheads were holding and that if
weather conditions remained favorable
he would probably make the run safely
to St. Johns, arriving there about noon
to-day.
The message also said that the for
ward compartment was dry, but that
there had been q gain of two feet
since noon in the water in the fore
vessels bow plates we're badly twisted
and ripped from the 25-foot mark
downward.
The steamship Inglesby was sent out
last night from St. Johns with orders
to pick up the Seapooi and stand by.
Radios Garbled
A variety of garbled radio messages
were picked up by various stations
along the North Atlantic seaboard. Sew
eral of them were construed to read
that an unknown steamship hao nit an
iceberg and was sinking. Others said
that the Royal Mail liner Orduna was
standing by. Later q message came
from the Orduna herself. saying that
an unknown vessel had called for help,
but that she was 720 miles west of the
position and proceeding to New York.
While these conflicting and mislead-
ing radiograms Were pouring into this
port rumor spread that the steam
ship Rochambeau had hit an iceberg
and was in distress. She was credited
at first with being the unidentified
vessel that had sent out an S o S.
French Line officials. however, re-
ceived a wireless message from TIL.
Rochambeau last night that the vessel
RID encountered no difficulty and would
arrive on time tomorrow afternoon.
The Seapool, which is vessel of
t.000 tons, carries & crew of thirty
i've men.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-09

g
imported directly from the winter
palace of thetlatc Czar Nicholas.
Have 1t wrapped up for the gentle
man." cried the auctioneer as he held
up the next article, a pair Of pink
corsets trimmed with georgette lace
These ware bid in by A. j. McKenpa,
who described himself MS Brooklyn
lahorer. They brought sixty-nine
cents.
There were ten automobiles and
three motorcycles disposed Of, some OF
which had and some of which had not
those parts which make such vehicles
interesting to motorists.
Then there were diamonds. gold and
silver mesh bags, huge wads of feml-
nlne wearing apparel which will not be
described here, opera glasses, manicure
sets, kodaks and mass of stuff which
detied classification. There was a nice
assortment OF streamline baby car
riages which precipitatcd lively bid
ding. This was an, encouraging sign
M. jacques Cohen said.
A dictaphone and photograph
created some interest. One individual
who said he was .philanthropist, de-
clared that he would buy the phono-
graph in order to suppress it, He said
ne was acting in behalf of humanity.
housewives in short skirts and furs
had feverish battle over the canned
soups, cocoa beans and coffee. When
the canned pork and beans were of
fered NJ. jacques Cohen megaphoned
for the reserves.
Hundreds of automobile tires, many
OF them In a state of innocuous desue-
tude, were sold, as were blind" pack
ages whose contents remained an en-
tlcing mystery until after they we're
opened.