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VOL XXIV NO 123 PADUCAH KY FRIDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 201908 TEN CENTS PER WEEK

GERMAN EMPBROR

SORE N ENGLAND

FOR HER CONDDC1T

Said BheWas Traitor to WhiteMans Cause in tho

Orient

Yellow Peril Preyed Much on

j Ills MindT

WHICH WAS NOT PUn jT UII D

Dor 11 n Nov 2lIero Is exacTwhat Emperor William said on worldpolitics to Dr William Bayard Haletho distinguished clergyman traveleracd writer on board tho Imperialyacht Hoheniollern at Bergen Nor-

way on July 19 Dr halo was seekInc an article for the Century Magatine which article in vew of theearthquake created throughout Ocrmany by an Interview given by Emperor William to tho London DallyTelegraph has been suppressed at therequest of tho German government

The emperor talked to Dr Halo forseveral hours Ho was bitter againstEngland and full of tho yellowperil 110 declared England a traitorto the white mans cause He pre-dicted that she would ultimately losesome of her colonies through hertreaty with Japan

The Invitation to 4ho Americanfleet of battleships to visit New Zea ¬

land and Australia was Intended tonerve notice on Encland that thesecolonies wno with the white man andnot with tho renegade mother coun-t

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The British colonists would showby the ardor of their reception thatthey understood the situation

Japan Cunning TroubleThe emperor declared that Japan

Is even now fomenting Insurrection In

India This Insurrection might breakout within six months Germany andthe United States will however findsolution of tho caste n questionj JThcro IIs a complete understandingbetween Empror Wlliam and Presi-dent

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Roosevelt on this point Theyintend to divide tho cast against Itselfby becoming the recognized friends ofChina Negotiations hove been pro ¬

gressing favorably for months A-

very high Chinese official would soonvisit America and Germany tho em-peror raid Terms will be madeknown guaranteeing the protectionand integrity of ChIna and Uio open

doorEverystatesman now realizes tho

emperor declared that Russia In hergreat struggle with Japan was really

cauloInRhtlngexpressed sympathy with Russia re-

marking¬

how different the resultwould havo been If tho burden of carr-ying the white mans standard hadbeen placed by Providence upon hisInvincible battalions

America In WarIf Japan be suffered now to get

control of China IEurope will sufferattack Tho emperor Is keepingfriends with the Mohammedan worldlie is1 even supplying them with riflesbecause they are devils In fighting andstand there between the cast and thewest where they can break the firstforce of oh attack

The emperor sold he bolt cd Amorlea would be forced to fight Japanwithin ten years He seemed eagerto talk and poured a steady streamof criticism upon England for twohours

fStruck Hand Car

tMChicago Nov 2ITbo Burlington

suburban train running at high speedstruck a hand car at Highlands SixGreek laborers on the hand car woreInstantly killed A panic followedamong the vassengcxs but nonohurt wall

A I > Monclmni is ImprovingA D Moacham the right guard

for tiMoLean college eleven who hadboth bone In his right leg broken Ina footbalf game last Saturday is Im-

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rapidly and tho Injury haspained him but little Mr D AMcachnin of the circulation depart-ment of tho Evening Sun recelveJ aletter from his cousin today and thonews will be pleasant to the footballenthusiasts Tho students of McLeancollege gave Mr Meacham a recep¬

tion when he arrived In HopklnsvllloSunday opening and In a processionfoCowcd him to tho dormitory as hoIs a popular student at the school

Haskell Hearst Case

Outhrle Okla Nov 20ov ¬

ernor Haskell Instructed the attor ¬

neys to Ilk tho federal court atOmaha to remand the l600000 dam-age

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suit against Hearst to the statecourt tar trial If refused ho will

saJt airearl bearing in the federals C r

Calloway Grand Jury Indicts The

Louisville Herald For Editorial

Written About The Circuit Courtt

Editorial Published August 20

Headed A Chance for Re-

demption is ObjectionableNo Primary Indictments

Murray Kt Nov 20SpectalAlthough every effort was made to

have them do so the Calloway countygrand Jury adjourned yesterday without returning a slngo indictmentagainst any Republican for partici ¬

paling In tho Democratic primaryheld on regular election day JudgeCook In his original charge and In asupplemental charge to tho Jury prac ¬

tically demanded Indictment and agreat deal of feeling lis said to havoboon ngcnicrcd In the grand Juryroom that body being divided overtho question

Tho Jury did return Indictmentsagainst several of tho officers andchallengers at the Hazel voting pre¬

cinct for breach of peace and oneofficer Is said to have been Indictedfor mutilating a ballot This precinctgave a majority to tho candidates Intevorat races who were supported bythe night rider clement Tho troublofor which tho Indictments were roturned originated over the attempt ofsome of tho officers to prevent a manvoting who bad formerly affiliatedwith the Republican party Theclerk refused to prepare the ballotand the sheriff prepared it for himThen a challenger grabbed It andtore It up and the sheriff of the elec-

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is 5ald to have grabbed the en ¬

tire ballot book and held it andforced the others to allow the allegedRepublican to vote before ho wouldallow another ballot to be torn outof the book A fight ensued In whichbystanders ran In and wanted a handThe men Indicted had not been ar-

rested¬

and their names and chargeiare withheld until bench warrantsaroIssued

Herald IndictedIt developed last night that the

Jury returned an Indictment chargingthe Louisville Herald with criminallibel Tho libel alleged was In aneditorial published August 2C headed

A Chance for Redemption fIkwhich Judge Cook and Commo-nwealths

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Attorney Smith were severe-dIly criticised

So tense was the feeling In thegrand Jury room that order Is said tohave been kept only by coolheadedmembers

According to Commonwealths At-

torney¬

Denny Smith tho libel cornplanned of was the charge that JudgeCook had wilfully allowed witnesseswanted by the grand Jury in nightrider Invcestlgatlon escape tho Juris ¬

diction of the court

contnlnEdlnnprocedure at the last session of theLyon county circuit court wizen attnchmenU were naked for SanfordHall and Tom Stevens who were sup-

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to be abo to give some Infor¬

mation In regard to tho reported con-nection of both Judge Cook and Mr

I mlth with the night rider organiza-tions

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The Louisville paper criticisedtho court for allowing newspapers topublish tho tact that the attachmenthad been sent to Louisville In tlmtthat the witnesses might no acrosstho river to Indiana and thus escapeprocess If they cared to

The statement was contained in

the IHorald that tho attachment dllnot reach Louisville until after thogrand Jury adjourned yet messageswere received by the sheriff of Jeffer ¬

son county demanding to know why

tho attachments had not been Issued

Wells Fargo IncreaseSan Francisco Nov 2 DThe

WellsForgo express ordered A 90per cent increase on rates on ship ¬

ments east exceeding 500 poundseffective December 10

It appears that forest fires wereonly temporarily checked by the re-cent rains and have broken out againcausing as much loss and destructionas ever On the N 0 St L railroad yesterday a number of firescould be seen front the train In seclions that escaped before the rainBetween Elva and Oaks a cornfieldwoe burning while meadows wood ¬

lands and fields were blazing In many

placesAlltho buildings dancing pavll

lions etc at Park have beendestroyed while the loss from the de-

struction¬

of barns fences and cropshas pushed the t ital loss up to anImmense figure

Reports were t fires wore als0tihll ll

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eXO MORE POOL

Lexington Ky Nov 20 Sp-eyclaylt Is announced on goodauthority today there will be nopool next year unless 73 per centof the burley growers vote for ItIt Iis believed by equity ofilclulsthat such action iis not likelyThey say grower of the burley i

district will fro back to the oldmethods There will be no morenight riding

acnCALHOUN COULDNT

RESIST RUNNING-

AWAYFROBMAI

Levi Calhoun a negro who escap ¬

ed for the second time while doingtime in tho county Jail for driving thehorse of a farmer near Maxon with ¬

out permission of the owner Is In Jailat Cairo and will bo returned herewhen requisition from the governorIs secured Calhoun was originallygiven a three months sentence andthe day before his time would haveexpired ho left In order to catch asteamboat on which he was employedLater he was arrested and given a sixmonths sentence and before histerm was quite out ho escaped againLike other prisoners who serve sen-tences

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for misdemeanors Calhounworked on the court yard and aroundthe county buildings and his escapeswere made while he was thus em-ployed

Wreck Victims Recovering

Tho victims of tho wreck of freightdrains at Calvert City Sunday are re-

covering¬

from their injuries at theIllinois Central hospital FiremanClarence BazzellIs able to walk aboutthe hospital Engineer John CrosbyIIs able to sit up In his room but hula

Injuries prevent him from walkingmush Brakeman Carr color ¬

ed who had his leg fractured twiceIIs still in bed but his condition Issatisfactory

JOHN SIDE STEPS-

QUESTIONS ABOUT

STANDARDS PLAN

New York Nov 20 Kellogg iscrowxninlnliiK Rockefeller Thewitness baffled most attempts to anycover tho Standards Freyquently he said I decline to answerunless counsel Kelloggwaved tho point Kellogg producedan exhibit showing the Standard gotrailroad rebates on shipments of com ¬

petitors as well as its own Rockefel ¬

ler admitted It was genuine sayingIt Is In tho retards and must bo so

Ho declared the Standard only didwhat ever shipper does tried to getthe best arrangements possible fromtho railroads

Fnrnim Union In TrlggR L Darnell secretary of the

Kentucky Farmers Union lofttoday for Trigg county where ho willattend meetings of county unionsMr Barnett attended a county meet-Ing at Barlow yesterday The RevRobert Johnson state president ofthe Farmers Union was In the cityInst night but he was only passingthrough the city anJ left this morn-Ing

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for his home

ALMO PARK BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED

BY FOREST FIRES ALONG N C ST L

Almo

yacSa

Albert

secrets

Insists

Stnto

Central railroad and that company ilakept at a heavy expense protecting Itsproperty by keeping grass and leavesaway from wooden trestles andbridges

Lamphere TrialLaporte Nov 20Thoo prosecution

rested in the Lamphero case Attor-ney

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Worden for the defense In Illsstatement declared he would proveMrs Qunness Is alive and Lampherea mile away when tho house burnedHo will Provo the victims were killedby poron instead of fire He declaredMrs OunneiS fired the home and subkltuted 8 woman> body because sh

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PLAN COMFORT OF

POOR SICK FOLKS

AT CITY HOSPITAL

Wonien Organize to FurnishReading and Delicacies For

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i I Charity Patients

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To Beautify Grounds and thoBuilding

TAO DAY WILL RE OBSERVE

Preparations will be started toymorrow afternoon at the Womansclub for the organization orO lies ¬

pltal league which will havo as themain purpose the Improving of thecharity wards at Riverside hospitalMrs James Wellle and Mrs C EPurcell are the promoters of theleague but at tile meeting tomorrowsupport from all the women Interest-ed In charitable work Is expectedThe meeting wll begin at 230oclockThe

purpose of tho league will beto raise money for tho Improvementof the charity warJs at Riversidehospital It is proposed to supply thehospital with invalids chairs for thecomfort of the patients and a sunroom where the patients may loungewhllo recuperating This is lackingat tho city hospital and will be a boonfor the patients Another Improve-ment Is the establishment of a ili-

brary¬

with plenty of fiction and sub ¬

stantial reading for the patients touse For tho nurses It Is planned toestablish a library and have it supplied with medical works so that thonurses may study during spare hours

While tho league will have generalcharge of the work It Is planned tohove committees for the Improve-ment and beautifying of the hospitalyard These Improvoments are allneeded and would help put the River¬

side hospital on a higher planeTag Day

One of the means of raising moneyto begin the work is the designatingof December 2 as Tag Day Onthat Jay following the pans thathave been used successfully by thecharitable organizations of the largecities the league will have youngwomen on the street corners andpublic buildings where a neat whitetag bearing a red cross will bepinned on the pedestrians Tho tag¬

ging will cost 10 cents and specialattention will be given that only onetag will be pinned on a person Inmany large cities the tags were dis ¬

posed of at 50 centsIn the evening at the Womans

club building a supper will be sot bythe women and every business manIs expected to patronize It Tho mentickets will cost 50 cents After thedinner a large euchre party will beheld at the building with the admit ¬

tance fee placed at EHV cents Everymerchant in tho city has contributedsome article ns a prize and therewill be over 100 prizes awarded tothe players making the highest aver ¬

age The complete preparations willbe arranged tomorrow but already

Tag Day Is an assured success

ENGLAND AROUSED

OVER CONDITION-

FOUND IN INDIA

London Nov 2GAs the result ofthe Pall Mall Gazettes exposure thewhole nation is aroused over the In¬

dia situation Newspapers generallydiscussed tho danger of an uprisingThey declare the nation Is sitting ona volcano In India It Is reported thowar department ordered the concen ¬

tration of troops at Ramgur andsouthern India preparing for tho upr-

Ising

ARKANSAS FIRES-

THREATEN TOWNS

AND BURN TIMBER

Little Rock Ark Nov 2Forcstfires throughout Arkansas are grow ¬

ing serious Malt a dozen towns arethreatened and residents are all fight-

Ing the flames Standing timbervalued at 25000000 Is burned andIt Is feared the loss will exceed ahundred mlHon dollars Grand Prairieresidents have abandoned fighting thefires and ore praying for rain AtBrlnklo freight train collided be¬

cause the smoke was so thick theCbatleeOlgtkeJ inanw 1

Cousin of County Judge Wells ofGalloway Accused by Grand Jurorof Trying to Influence His Vote

Charges That Accused Said Ho

Conferred With Heads of

Law and Order LeagueRule Issued for Contempt

Murray Ky Nov 20Speclal-Jesso wens who was charged b >

Sam Marr member of the grand Jurywith having attempted to InfluencehIm appeared before Judge Cookthis morning and demanded a hear ¬

ing on the rulo of contempt that hadbeen Issued by Judge Cook Commonwealths Attorney Denny PSmith asked that the rule bo ron ¬

tlnued until the next term of courtbut upon objection being mado li-

the>

defendant the hearing was set forthis afternoon Wells who was outof the city when the charge was madeagainst him came home last nightand made a statement of his sIde ofthe care this morning

lIe denies emphatically that ho ap-proached

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Juror Marr but that on thtcontrary Mar went to him and toldhim that tome of the grand Jurorswere attempting to Indict Republi-cans

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for participating in tho primaryoflItI

and to told the Juror It looked likecheap politics and bo would havenothing to do with It lie denouncesas false any statement that JudgeWells or any of the others implicatedby Marrs statement ever talked tohIm about the subject Judge Wenalso vehemently denies the charge

According toJesse Wells statementparr IIs a tenant on the farm of WA Patterson who was defeated forthe nomination for sheriff by the lawand order people and he says It Is

not probable that the men he is ac-cused of representing would try toInfluence a man placed in such a po ¬

sition as Marr Islatest sensational episode that

IThe the court and politicalof this place which has been

la center of news for more than awas the declaration in circuit

court by Sam Marr a member of thegrand Jury that Jesse Wells a rela ¬

tive of County Judge A J C Wellshad approached him and attemptedto Influence him to vote against In ¬

dieting Republicans who had partic ¬

ipated In the recent Democratic pri¬

maryThe statement as to the alleged at ¬

tempt to blbe was mado after thegrand Jury foreman Milton Imcs hadrequested Judge Cook in open courtto reinstuct the Jury as to theirduty in regard to the cases underconsideration in which men hereto ¬

fore known Republicans had voted intho primary A strong charge hadbeen made by the court when Marrarose and said that Jesse Wells ap¬

proached him during the week andtold him that If he would vote againstcertain Indictments he would see thatho was amply rewarded Marr claimed that Wells told him that he wasat a conference tho night before at¬

tended by Judge Wells 1C Robertsonand uOs Nix city marshal of Murrayand he had been delegated to seeMarr It was further stated byMarr that Wells told him three otherfixedIand would vote against t1a ¬

mentsJudgeCook Immediately Issued a

rule against Jesse Wells to appearand show cause why ho should not bepunished for contempt Wolls wasout of the city and did not learn ofthe affair until yesterday afternoonwhen he notified Ms brother RalneyWells that ho would come to Murraytoday to answer the charge

Quiet in ChinaIxmdon Nov 20v Business mes-

sages¬

from Pekln deny the reportedassassination of Ching and Yuan ShiKal Situation Is reported quiet

WEATHER

FAIILFair tonight mid Satuiitiiy cooler

tonight warmer Saturday HlRhestt ntncrturv yestesdwyt 7f lowest to

SCHOOL MONEY

City Treasurer J J Dorian ythis morning received 36obmorei money from State Treas-urer Ed Fnrley for the city 5schools making a total of 731130 since November 1 in ndJilit Ion to about S1KOO front the Vcity Tho city will give the 2

0 dloolll mote money before themonth is ouL-

Autou

AccidentChicago Nov 20Josoph Meyer

chauffeur and Margaret Atkins weredrowned when the auto containingeight persons dashed off the road IntoCalumet river this morning Meyerswas giving his friends a ride In the

drivingfuriouslywhen the car swerved and went intotho river Six were rescued

Marriage LicensesJodie M Mouser and Mattlo M

McCa lateJohn IR Hawkins and Alma RossHarvey Wallace and Mary Etelle

ReynoldsRichardTaylor and OHIo Wilson

Mrs ItnldrldKO ImprovingAfter a two months illness with

paralysis Mrs Florence Baldridge ofthe Cairo road Is able to walk aboutthe house Mrs Baldrldges condi ¬

tion was serious but her friends willbe pleased to know that her condi¬

tion is favorable for her comploto re-covery

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She Is rapidly regaining theuse of her arms also She is a sisterof Fireman John McFadden driverof the truck at station No 4

Bank ClosesFt Scott Kan Nov 20The

Flret National bank is closed and ex ¬

aminers sent for Its feared thefailure will cause the collapse of soyeral Important business concernsLiabilities are C6S0 JO Assets are

789000 The stock Is = 100OWMuch paper however is regarded as

llresItlentHo says he will use his private fort¬

une to pay tho losses

FIRE AND WATER

KILLED FIFTEEN

IN SEWER TRENCH

New York Nov 20A gas main

Droqklynburstquake and was felt for a mile Pav¬

ing for the whole block and walksand timbers from the excavationwere hurled high and fell Into asewer trench burying 21 workmenA water main burst flooding thetrench The timbers caught flro fedby the gas It fa believed 15 menwere killed One body was recoveredNo one can tell tho fatalities until thedebris Is omove-

dHUDSON GIVES UP

UNEQUAL FIGHT-

AGAINST DEATH

The shock and loss of blood weretoo great for Ben Hudson who wasfound mangled on the Illinois Centraltracks yesterday morning by the pol-ice as he ded last night at 730oclock nt Rlversldo hospital Hud¬

son had both hands and his left footamputated yesterday at noon and af¬

ter the operation rallied His strengthvanished and Hudson began sinkingabout dark

Tho police department sent a tele¬

gram this morning to Hudsonsbrother John Hudson of Hot

brotbersdeathover tho Jong distance telephone thfSafternoon and gave instruction tohold the body and ho would arrive to-morrow morning and take chargeHe was notified yesterday of the neddent and wired for particulars

Chicago mtrketDec i IHghs Low Close

Wheat 104 ii 10314 lO4iCorn C < G34 63iOatai 49 914 49 UProvo1G 1i 1617 1C35Lard 9V5 tZ7 W 95<

S 7

EXPLOSION OF OIL

IN KITCHEN STOVE

DESTROYS HOUSE

Mrs Gregory Seriously Burn-

ed by Flames That Shot inHer Face

Live Coals Under KindlingGenerate Gas

WHOLE PLACE SOON IN BLAZEI

resultingtromcook stove in which there were HVQ

coals destroyed the homo of W II

Justbeforowho was standing over the stovestarting tho fire was burned on theface and arms and the fact that shewas not burned to death was due toher presence of mind and coolness Inputting out tho itfazo of her clothing

Mrs GregorySnilldlng a fireIn the stove prepaT k to cookingdinner She had plafc Jljaper andkindling In the fire box and aftepouring on the oil struck a matchEvidently there were live coals Inthe stove rousing the oil to form agas Mrs Gregory hurriedly smoth ¬

ered tho flames that were about toenvelop her and ran Into the yardTho flames leaped to the ceiling fromthe stove and soon the whole honewas afire An alarm was turned h-

and the No 3 company and No 4trucks answered but the Ore hadgained such headway that it was tonpossible to save any of the housolilfurniture

Mr Gregory estimates his loJiat1500 with f700 insuran-

ceINJUNCTION

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WILL NOT HE DISREGARDED RVFEDERATION

1Entire Session of Day is Taken UpWith Consideration of tho

Report

Denver Col Nov 2QThe entiresession of the American Federationof Labor convention was given overto tho consideration of the presIdentsreport Two sectIons tamed a pro-

longed¬

debate and a vote was reachedon only one that referring to litiga ¬

tion harassing laborTho report of the committee recent

mending that injunctions be disregarded was defeated 111 277 to 357Cand a modification of the reportalong the line of Compere report wasadoptedThe

remainder of the session wastaken up In the discussion of thatsection of tho report referring to thepolitical action of the federation leaders In this section tho committeecriticised Daniel J Keffe for not actIng with tho executive council

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TAFT DETERMINED

INTENDS THAT REVISION OF TUBTARIFF JIB THOROUGH

Ho Is Seeking Detailed InformationConcerning Personnel of

CXtnsress

Hot Springs Va Nov 2OThltPresidentelect Taft entertains a vig¬

orous determination that the forth ¬

coming revision of tho tariff shall bethorough mado In good faith and Inaccordance with tho pledge of the par¬

ty Is dally evidenced in the earnest¬

ness with which Taft talks on thissubject with his political callers

His interest goes to tho extent ofseeking detailed information regardIng the personal and prospective or ¬

ganization of the Sixtyfirst congressIt is necessary tor him as the head

of the party and rosponslvlo to theAmerican people for carrying out Itspromises to begin his work at oncajjy insuring If possible such organiza ¬

lion of the next congress as ba-mako It possible for the legislativeand executive branches to work inharmony

Uele giving tho subject seriousconsideration determination of whichmight lead him eltherto Immediateaggressive constructive action orbring to him Assurances that the nat-ural order 6f events regarding thohouse organization wilt Inciu3at aharmorAJous working ndwitarulhii 1bctnea the wliIQh I tuil it0ia r

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