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1 THE MESSENGER. OWENSBORO. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1928 PAGE TWO the fliers would see A. Martini 1 made this his winter home that was greeted by a band. The inventor's smile brcadenel SAM MORTON WILL experienced geologists after a study of the conditions.

It Is believed the well will produce fifty barrels of oil when the necessary arrangements are made for separating the two liquids. Expect Good Troducer Drillers on the P. D. Maddox farm in the edge of McLean county Just over the Daviess line, reported 920 feet down and estimated the cap rock or brown lime would be reached and drilled through by midnight tonight. The operators of this lease are optimistic of a good producer, as it is believed the well is in the Dimick pool, and will show up very good.

Tanks at the W. G. Hayden well, which had a capacity of 1,100 barrels and all full, have been emptied and the swabbing process begun to clear casing of impediment for full flow from this well, pronounced probably the best in the state, and it will be shot and put under the pump immediately. Probably a dozen wells over the field are down near the drilling in their backer, "in 30 or 35 hoursi unless delayed by detours or we get too hungry." Alleged Kidnaper Is Arrested In New York New York, Jan. 13 (JP) A man, who police said has been identified as Charles Dougherty, 40, one of the notorious Dougherty brothers of Philadelphia, wanted for the kidnaping of two men last spring, was arrested in Brooklyn today.

The who was taken from an automobile and who police said was armed with a loaded pistol, denied that he was Dougherty and insisted his name was Edward McMichael. Detectives, however, said his fingerprints cor respond with those of Dougherty. The Dougherty brothers have been sought since last April when Abraham Scharlin and James H. Taylor were kidnaped and held prisoner for several days in a Brooklyn house while their captors negotiated for ransom. The men were released after one suspect had been killed and another arrested by police.

Band Greets Edison On Arrival In Florida Fort Myers, Jan. 13 UP Smiling broadly, Thomas. A. Edison stepped from a train here early tonight, being greeted with the strains of "Home, Sweet Home" played by a brass band. It was the first time in the for ty-five years that the inventor has I FOR TODAY At The Frederica Market when Mrs.

Ediscn told him they were playing "Home, Swee Home he listened tn rati-h is, melody, before turning to greet ms rrienas ana neighbors who were out in force to welcome him. Declaring he was in the best of neaitn ana eager to be at work with his rubber experiments, the snow haired inventor whose eighty first birthday Is less than mnt away, after telling reporters he was gina id do oacjc ana teat Henry Ford would Join him here in a lew aays. wavea interviewers aside. "No foolish question tonight," he said with a chuckle, "save those for the birihdaay interview." Still Found On Farm of Judge A. M.

J. Cochran Lexington, Jan. 13 During the trial of Edgar Lawsoi in federal court here today It veloped ttiat prohibition age found a still on the farm of Ju? A. M. J.

Cochran, presiding ju. of the court. The farm is aged by tenant farmers. After ing told of the location of the Judge Cochran commented 'th? Is a irood place for one." '0RETHR0AT Gargle with warm salt water then apply VAPi then apply over throat Rub Oor jT Million Jan UmrJ Ymtrrly -jni pJ 20o 4 10c half side, per lb. Owensboro, Ky4, 23c MEAT DEPARTMENT Lindy'a New Route Here is the latest route selected by Colonel Charles A.

Lindbergh' In -his tour of Central. American' countries and Cuba by airplane. He changed his trail to lead -from Panama to Venezuela, Porto Rico, and Haiti to 'Cuba, instead, of across the Caribbean direct from Panama to Havana. 16 ON COMMITTEE TO MAKE PLANS FOR CONVENTION Continued from Page One. and more particularly why some of the foremost of the Smith supporters voted for it from the first ballot until the decision was had on the fifth call of the roll.

One prominent supporter of the New York governor said the Smith adherents were not a unit on the proposition as some of them supported first Cleveland and then San Francisco. He added, however, that his own thought was that it would be well for the party to have the gathering down in Dixie as It would bring the representatives of the various sections closer together. Then, too, it wa8 the thought of some from the East and North who voted for Houston that the Southern Democracy had fought the party battle undivided for many years and should have recognition by entertaining the convention for the first time since the reconstruction days. Most of the hundreds who same here for the Jackson day dinner began moving homeward today and tonight. The usual parting word among them as they said good bye was: "I'll see you in Houston in June." Committee On Arrangements The committee on arrangements for the Houston convention will have Jones as its active chairman, with Shaver acting in an ex-officla capacity.

Other members in addition to Mack, Hague, Brennan and Spellacy, are: XV. A. Julian, Ohio; Charles A. Greathouse, Indiana; Mrs. Emily Newell Blair.

Missouri; TJrey Woodson, Kentucky; Cordell Hull, Tennessee; Isador Dockweiler. California; Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thompson, Louisiana; Bruce Kre-mer, Montana; John S. Cohen, Georgia; John Barnett, Colorado; Mrs. Florence Farley, Kansas; Arthur Mullen, Nebraska; Scott Ferris, Oklahoma; Mrs.

Leroy Springs, South Carolina; Mrs. Dorothy Jackson, New Hampshire, and Miss Alice Arkansas. Mr. Woodson was appointed for the fifth time on the committee on arrangements for the- convention. He voted on every ballot for Houston, but did not ask to go on this committee, desiring no more active service than necessary.

Scandal Enters Murder Trial of Harry Hill Ottawa, 111., Jan. 13 JP) Scandal entered the Harry Hill murder trial today when R. O. Hanson, state's attorney, obtained the dismissal of the eleven men left in the third special venire upon the allegation that one of them had remarked to the others that "money, probably 1,000 or $2,000," was in sight for jury service satisfactory to the defense. The venireman accused was Carl Kratz, of Peru, formerly of Chicago, a salesman now unemployed.

Kratz was taken to the state's attorney's office and there, according to Hanson, admitted that three men had approached him. Just what admissions were made by Kratz were not disclosed. Hanson said that if his investigation warranted charges would be placed against Kratz In addition to the contempt of court citation he demanded "Judge Joe A. Davis issue. HAVANA OCEAN S'SAHTO potn CARIBBEAN SEA LECTURE TO CLUB First of Series To Be Given Thursday Afternoon On "Story of Philosophy." Committee reports were heard at the Woman's club meeting at the Elks home yesterday afternoon, and attention was called to a lecture which will be given for the members of the club by Sam Morton at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon.

His subject will be "Rur-and's Story of Philosophy." He will give a series of lectures to members in the. club the third Thursday of each month on subjects in which they are interested. Mrs. W. H.

Conant, historian, gave a bit of Kentucky history on Cumberland Gap. She also brought out the fact that Judge G. V. Triplett's grandfather was a member of the only Confederate congress ever held. Mrs.

Elmer Miller, chairman of education, reported names of threa crippled children sent into H. W. Nichols, member of the state vocations' tralnlnsr hoard jt Frankfort. She has secured vocational training for one boy here. Mrs.

W. L. Mills reported distribution of prizes in the club history contest held recently and a letter of appreciation from the first prize winner, Vancy Miller, Ensor, which was read to the club. Mrs. J.

C. Hoover told of and recommended an Idea passed on to her by Dr. John Haggard, of Memphis, noted physician and surgeon, at a medical convention at Memphis, of having a physical examination made on each birthday, with a visit to the dentist for examination of teth on the following day. Mrs. J.

C. Cowgell led a round table discussion on "Budgeting and Marketing." Only one or two live on the budget plan, according to reports yesterday. Mrs. W. W.

Ezell recommended reading the advertisements In the papers for the best the merchants can offer In the market. Miss Mary Elizabeth Yager conducted the club song. NEAR ENCOUNTER IN CONTEMPT CASE Continued from Page One. ed the investigation was a part of the contempt proceedings and would be considered in his decision on the main issue. The absence of Sinclair, who had been excused from attendance, was the eour.ee of an almost bodily conflict between Martin XV, Littleton, his counsel, and O'Leary.

The prosecutor called for Sinclair to stand up and Littleton charged he knew at the time the oil man had been excused. When the prosecutor said this was false, Littleton rushed up to him, and O'Leary removed his glasses, but the court ended the argument. Resuming the contempt proceedings with Kidwell, a Juror In the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy trial, on the stand, the prosecutor said he intended to show that throughout the trial the juror had in mind the thought that he would he offered a bribe. He would also show, O'Leary said, that Kidwell had expressed such thoughts. Newport Woman's Beau Borrows $500, Skips Out Newport, Jan.

13 M. O. Dawson, alias W. S. Dean, alleged to have courted Miss Helen Webb, 40, of Newport, borrowed 500 from her and then "skipped," has been arrested at Ironton, police here have been advised.

Miss Webb in a- warrant charging grand larceny said the man left here on January 17, 1926, and also took two watches and a camera. She said he courted Tier for six months, represented himself to be a singl man. She said he "borrowed" the $500 to take a trip to California. For Safe A Chevrolet coach, 1927 model, like new. Bargain $525.

Call 2117-J. PORK SHOULDERS, "EQUAL "OPPORTUNI TIES TO NONE, SPECIAL nDMMt rrr rc Tr Continued from Fag One. When you got uP and covered the thing you Just about ruined these other guys. These other speakers could have washed up then and gone home. "They talk about my lack of respect for men in high office.

Say, boy, not In my wildest moments did I ever call a Republican the names you did." Reminding his audience that William Jennings Bryan once stampeded a convention, Rogers said, "this little guy" might do likewise. "Of course he hasn't got the physical attributes of Rogers added, "but then, looking Into the White House, that is not so important." Turning his guns on the senate, Rogers said: "It opens with a prayer and closes with an Investigation." "They investigate how much each paid to get in and If one paid more than they did, they throw him out. The house never minds how much a member paid to get in because it figures if he did pay he's a simp." Reed "Joshed," Laughs Will said he didn't know much about Andy Jackson, but from what he'd read he liked "a nip now and then." "No wonder he was sound on principles," the comedian added. I ve got no message even if we stay here a week, but all you other guys had one. Tou said it's a big moment and you went about comparing notes.

Now Jim Reed is to come yet and we all want to hear him. Well, he took his speech to the Anti-Saloon league and asked 'em how it was." Reed joined as heartily as the others in the laugh. FLIERS ILL, COLD CONTINUE FLIGHT FOR NEW RECORD Continued irom Page One. It. was explained later that In order to establish an official record the National Aeronautic association rules require the fliers to better the previous record by one hour.

Bad Inck From Start From the moment of their takeoff, the luck that attended Cham-berlin's flight to Germany, deserted them, Chamberlin revealed in a pencil-written "tale of woe," dropped from the plane today. They discovered an oil leak shortly after commencing their gruelling grind in the air above the Long Island flying fields. During the night, a gasoline tank also sprung a leak, and the poisonous ethyl gasoline ruined most of their supply of food. The coffee In their thermos bottles was so "terrible," that it made them sick. Deft with a diminished food supply, but with plenty of drinking water, the aviators' troubles were Increased by the breaking of their exhause heater which they relied upon to keep their cabin warm.

No Hint of Giving Up But there was no hint of giving up the attempt in messages from the fliers today. Instead, Chamberlin asked for the New York weather bureau's advice on change of course which would head them for Washington in search of better flying. Through a megaphone, the fliers were told that the weather was unsettled to the south of them whereupon they decided to remain in this vicinity. Their cockpit windows and the fuselage of the plane was spattered with oil and the dials of their flying instruments were causing trouble, but, wrote Chamberlin, HE world li full of wo men who are beginning to lose the fresh bloom of health. Eagerly, hopefully, they haunt the beauty shops.

Trying this. Trying that. Buying beauty by the hour. At best what an empty achievement they attain! Secondhand beauty. Life could tell a different story if more -women cr ruuuu PORK CHOPS, Per Pound DRY SALT BACON BUTTS, Per Pound DRY SALT BACON BELLIES, Per Pound PICNIC HAMS, fQ Per Pound 1 PRIMROSE BREAKFAST BACON, 8 to- nz? A SLIGHT FALLING OFF I OIL OUTPUT FOB LBSTJIOIiTII Holidays, Zero Weather Halt Pumping For Several Days During Dec; Stevens Well Watered.

With the holidays intervening and several sub-zero cold spells halting pumping of oil in the oil field adjacent to Owensboro, deliveries to the pipe line for the month of December showed a decline of 4 barrels from the month of November. Which held the peak production for the field so far. In this lield during the month of December the total production was as against for the month of JNovemoer. Tne decline was less than a day pro-auctiion, indicating that had the pumps been woiKing the entire time December's total showing irom the pipe line would have been Iaer than for any similar' period since oil production began here. The oil production showed that 4.233.55 barrels were pumped from Daviess county wells; 1,436.87 from Hancock county wells, and from Ohio county wells.

November's production was 4,743.20 barrels from Daviess county; from Hancock county, and from Ohio county. Drilling into forty feet of sand yesterday, Percy Jolly, operating to Tom Stevens lease at Browns Valley, got a large pocket of water with oil which has presented a problem not yet met with In this field. It is the general opinion of the oil people that' the well will be a profitable one to operate, but because the necessity of separating the water from the oil a. more costly process will be necessary. According to experienced oil men there is indicated a big pool very near where the first well was put down, and the driller has hit Just in the edge of It, the water ing this.

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Winnipeg, Jan. 13 Earle Nelson, the "dark strangler to whom police ascribe twenty-two slayings, was hanged today for the murder of Mrs. Emily Patterson. Nelson protected his innocence to the last and said he forgave all those who had testified against him. Tl trap in the provincial Jail was sprung at 7:41 clock.

Fifteen minutes later he was pronounced dead. The hanging today of Nelson, ended the grim story of a criminal trail, winding from the Atlantic to the Pacific which police ascribed twenty-two murders to Nelson's brutality. Known as "the strangler" and "the gorilla man" because he was believed to have strangled all of his victims, Nelson was hanged for the murder of Mrs. Emily Patterson, mother of two children, in Winnipeg, June 10, 1927. He had been indicted also for the killing of 14-year-old Lola Cowan, Winnipeg school girl, whom he was accused of strangling.

Police said that Nelson, February 20, 1926, in San Francisco, began his trail of death, which stretched 7,000 miles along the Pacific coast, across the United States to the Atlantic seaboard, then doubled back into Canada and ended in Manitoba. Of the murders for which he was blamed, twenty of the victims were women, one was the Winnipeg school girl and another a baby. Police Detective A. Leonard, of Portland, compiled the following list of victims of the "dark strangler's" reign of terror: In 1926: Miss Clara Newman, 30, San Francisco, February 20; Mrs. Laura E.

Beal, 60, San Jose, March Mrs. Lillian St. Mary, 63, San Francisco, June 10; Mrs. George Russell, Santa Bar bara, June 24; Mrs. Mary Nesbit, 52, Oakland, August 16; Mrs.

Beta Withers, 35, Portland, October 19; Mrs. Mabel McDonald Fluke, 57, Portland. October 20; Mrs. Virginia A. Grant, 59, Portland, October 27; Mrs.

William A. Edmonds, 56, San. Francisco, November 18; Mrs. Florence Fithian Monks, Seattle, November 23; Mrs. Blanche Myers, 48, Portland, Novem ber 29; Mrs.

John E. Berard, 40, Council Bluffs, Iowa, December 23; Mrs. Bonnie Dace, 23, Kansas City, December 27; Mrs. Germania Har- pin, 28, and her 8-months-old baby December 2J, Kansas City. In 1927: Mrs.

Mary McConnell, 60, Philadelphia, April 27; Mrs. Jennie Randolph, 35, Buffalo, May SO; Mrs. Minnie May, 52, and Mrs. M. O.

Atorthy, both of Detroit, June Mrs. Mary Sietsoma, 67, Chicago, June Mrs. Emily Pat terson. 27, Winnipeg, June 10; and Miss Lola Oowan, 14, June 12. Nelson's defense at his six day trial was insanity.

Records were presented to show that the prisoner had been confined in an insane asylum in Napa, during va rious periods between 1921 and 1925. 3 FLYING STARS, LINDY, COSTES AND LEBRIX CHEERED Continued from Pag One. mingled with cries of "viva Costes Lebrix." By the time all the army planes had landed there was so much confusion no one could tell what was going on, although the crowds were not difficult to manage just curious and entranced. Excellent police regulations per mitted a quick trip to the city and there the whole population turn ed out. As the Frenchmen rode through the streets women stood on the balconies waving and toss ing flowers upon them.

Col. Lind bergh came through hardly less feted, although he was rushed along in all haste. After the demonstration Costes and Lebrix were conducted to the French legation for a rest and change, and from there went to the presidencia for the president's dinner. LIXDY TO TAKE REST Panama City. Jan.

13 A After greeting the French aviators. Costes and Lebrix, at Panama City, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh flew back to France Fields, at Colon. He expects to hop off about, 7 o'clock tomorrow morning for David, near the western end of the isthmus, about 200 miles from Panama City, to rest, hunt and fish for several days before taking off for Caracas.

Costes said that he and Lebrix would remain here for a few days and then fly to Caracas. He was asked it they were going with Lindbergh, and replied that they had not been asked, but would like to go. MARINE FLIERS WILL TRY TO TAKE PLANE FROM FLORIDA Continued from Page One. hours. His route will be the same taken by Major Brainerd, south over Key West and Havana, west to the tip of Yucatan, south along the Yucatan coast and thence across Honduras.

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13. (JP, A fciintlTiE trln in Highlands county Florida, is on top for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the conclusion of the present Pan-American good will tour. Glenn Curtiss, of the Curtiss Wright company, of Brighton, today made public at his home here a letter from Lindy in which the latter accepted an in vitation from Curtiss to Join i gunning expedition upon his re turn to the United States.

Woman Says Pitts Hit Child On Head With Poker Winchester, Jan. 13 iP) "Pitts hit his little daughter an awful lick on the head wi.h a poker at 2 o'clock in the morning of the day she died," Mrs. Marie Frazier declared today in a new accusation against her co-defendant, Robert H. Pitts. Both Pitts and Mrs.

Frazier are charged with the murder of Mary Magdalena Pitts, three-year-old daughter of the former. The child died December 29 at the Pitts home in Greenup county, whore Mrs. Frazier' was staying aa housekeeper. Asserting that a chemist's finding that there was no poison in the girl's stomach cleared her of any hlame, the woman declared that she was ready to give facts which would prove the father guilty. Mrs.

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