News-Democrat from Paducah, Kentucky • 2

PAGE TWO THF PADUc WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1926. PETTING PARTIES OIL PRODUCTION BULL ASSN. TO NAME OFFICERS ARE DEFENDED IN DIVORCE SUIT DAY IN FRANKFORT Bill of Representative Keller, Hopkinsville, reducing tax on storage tobacco from 40 to 15 cents passed the House. The House, after fierce debate, passed the new primary election bill. The Senate passed four bills, all minor measures.

Hearing on luxury tax by revenue and taxation committee, was postponed to Thursday, the senate, was 64 to 88, follows: For the bill, Democrats (28). Alien, Bach, Baughman, Bel. knap, Berry, A. Brown, Coota, Daly, Daniel, Evana, Fowler, Glenn, Gnau, Hall, Hutcherson, G. C.

Johnson, W. Johnson, King, Lewis, Mercer, Moore, Morris, Patterson, Peters, Potter, Pulliam, Val-andingham, Van Antwerp. Republicans (26). Baldridge, Benton, Berryman, F. Brown, Bryant, Cruse, Durham, Gartin, Harmon, Home, Jones, Mrs.

Jorris, Kelly, Manning, Joe Martin, McCarty, McDavid, Nichols, Page, Park, Rogers, Ryans, Senie Slusher Watts. Against the bill: Democrats (31). Ardery, Arvln, Buckman, Buck ner, Bunger, Carson, Carver, Lee Clark, Cooper, Cox, Curtis, Cush Doss, Edwards, Hawkins, Hen son, H. B. Holland, S.

K. Holland, M. Johnson, Keller, Leslie, Shel by Martin, Meyers, Milliken, Mur. phy, McGill, P. J.

Ryan, Smith, Strange, Swinford, Wallen. Republicans (4). Pryor, Saymer, Snyder, Swear. cngin. Not voting: Bax, Dorman, Glvens, Harrison Miller, Democrats; "Clark, Holbrook, Hayse, Leibson, Republicans.

Drury Sounds Warning After the the noisy reac tion from the house visitor and representatives was so great that Speaker Drury smashed his gavel with warning "that anyone who leaves the chamber may, never re turn." Adjournment followed quickly. The house unanimously passed to the senate bill of Representa tive Glenn, Todd county, to permit county chairmen of political par ties to direct the county clerks to furnish 800 more ballots at each election than were cast at the last preceding election. The house unanimously passed to the senate bill of Representa tive Berry, Campbell county, suggested by the state board of phar. rnacy, to safeguard distribution of dangerous acids from other places than drug stores. The house also passed bill of Representative Pulliam, Paducah, providing that a county drainage board may pay county treasurers not more than one per cent in reclamation cases.

Senate Paste Four Bill Frankfort, Feb. 9 Passage of four bills and rejection of one more senate proceedings during: the quiet session today, -v -v The bills were subjected to- but little comment and those passing were given overwhelming majorities. The bills were Walker, Frankfort, strengthening the arson law; Brock, Harlan, Increasing the salaries of the state library staff; Duffy, Louisville, two bills, providing for penalty for selling property with mechanics' or contractors' lien attached, and for failure of contractors to pay sub-contractors or mechanics. The bill rejected was that of Senator Perry, to eim: plify pleadings in civil cases. It was defeated 19 to 16.

Joint resolution for a legislative committee to investigate plans for eliminating expense state and local government, by decreasing the number of counties, was passed 20 to 15 after extended debate. Eruitv 1 Ms I i of CHORAL SOCIETY OFFICERS Mrs. George Cocbran Made President of Music Organization Election of officers for the Cho ral society, recently organised In Paducah, and the holding of the first rehearsal, took place at the meeting of the organization held Monday night in the annex of the First Christian church, The officers chosen were Mrs. George Cochran, president: Miss Mary Pratt Bonds, vice president; Mrs, Robert Lyon, secretary; Wal- ter C. Howerton, treasurer Mrs.

Fred Wahl, accompanist. A membership of 100 is one of the objectives of the now or ganization. Every person in Pa ducah who has a singing voice is invited to become a member. A membership of thirty-six was reported at the meeting held Mon day night. Rehearsals will be held at the First Christian church every Monday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock.

The first program of the society will bd held during the early part of May in observance of National Music Two Murderers Hanged In Canada By Tht Associated Prxi Winnipeg, Feb. 9. Two mur derers paid the extreme penalty on the gallows here today. John Stanton, 28, internationally known criminal, was executed for the murder of John Penny, 70 years old recluse, in December, 1922. Steve Nazar, a 19-year-old farm worker, was hanged for the killing of Louis Landy, a local taxicab driver, last October.

Robbery was the motive In each case. TRY TO KILL MAN By Th AwoclUd Praia Canton, Feb. 9. Police today ara searching for two men who Guy C. Hiner, steel manufacturer, says attempted to kill him late last night.

As Hiner was leaving his garage after putting his car away, he was greeted by a fusillade of bullets. Severt fired at him. He was unable "to give any reason for thi, attempt on his life. He is president of the Iner Steel company. at mm N- Va si Shareholders In Jersey Asso.

ciation To Meet Satur day Afternoon Officers and a buying committee of a Purebred Jersey Bull association, the second bull association to be formed in McCracken county within tha past week, will be named at a meeting of shareholders to be held at the McCracken county court house Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Assurance of the association was made yesterday when residents of Woodville community agreed to purchase fifty shares in the association. Resident in Reidland and Woodville communities also have agreed to take shares in the en tornrise. The formation of the second purebred bull association in the county within -the past week is thought by W. C.

Johnstone, county agent, to be a record from the standpoint of time, The Holstein association was formed here last Saturday. Only one county in Kentucky now surpasses McCracken in the nunlber of purebred bull associations, Mr. Johnstone said. Rub Chest Colds Away Stop Pains Pain and congestion "is tone. Quickly? Yes.

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9 The daily average gross crude oil production in the United States Increased 13,350 barrels for the week ended February 8, totaling 1,906,250 barrels, according to the weekly summary of the American Petroleum institute. The daily average production of Smackover Arkansas heavy oil field Increased 13,000 barrels. The daily average production in the United States excluding Smackover hoavy increased 1,350 barrels. The dally average production east of California was 1.208,250 barrels, an incrcaso of 17,350. Oklahoma shows a daily averss-e production of 445,750 bsrrels, an incregse of Kansas 100,650, an Increase of 1,600 north Texas, 77,400, a decrease of 650; east central Texas 60,700, a decrease of west central Texas a decrease of 700; southwest Texas 36,700, no change; north Louisiana 44,800, an increase of 900; Arkansas 171,650, an increase of Gulf coast 91,650, an increase of 250; eastern 99.500.

no change; Wyoming 75,850, en in crease of Montana 12,102, a decrease of 60; Colorado 6.400. an Increase of 600; New Mexico, 4,300, an increase of 100; California 608,000, a decrease of 000. Daily average Importa of pe troleum at principal ports for the month of January were 174,228 barrels compared with fori the month of December and for the week ended February 6th, 149,000 compared with 187,429 for the previous week. Daily average receipts of California oil at Atlantis and Gulf coa3t ports for the month of Januaijr were 80,648 barrels compared with 86,887 for the month of December ani for the week ended F- ruary 6th 100,286 barrels compared with 75,148 for the previous week. The pearl divers at Tatoka, Japan, are all young women.

In the straits of Florida tht gulf stream is 82 miles wide. An- msz. i A dw SET DATES FOR BASKET TOURNEY First District Contests To Be Played Here March 5 And 6 The annual First district basketball tournament will be held in Pa ducah on March 6 and 6, according to a telegram received yesterday by M. Land, principal of Tilghman High school, from Ralph W. Hill, Somerset, secretary of the Kentucky High School Athletic Associa tion.

Paducah was selected by the votes of the schools of the district who are members of the association. It Is expected that some thirty teams, representing twenty schools in the district, will take part in the tournament. Coach. Curtis Sanders, of Tilghman High sctiool, will have charge of the tournament. It is probable that the first rounds of the two-days' play will be held in the Tilghman, Washington and Arcadia gymnasiums with the finals and semi-finals at the Tilghman gymnas ium.

Teams in the First district will be communicated with in the next few days in order to determine the number that will take part so that the drawing of places and the final arrangements can be Coach Sanders said yesterday, Fred Butler Dies In Marquette, Mich. Word was received yesterday of the death of Fred Butler, former resident of this city, at his home in Marquette, yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, death resulting after an operation for appedicitis. Douglas Butler, of this city, left yesterday morning for his brother's bedside, but death resulted before he reached him. Funeral arrangements have not been made, but burial will be in Paducah. Mr.

Butler is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ernest Varblei Mrs. Harriet Mauzj and Mrs. Clyde Smith, all of P. 'cah, and two brothers, Dug and Gus Butler, of this city.

Funeral Service For Mm. Young Tonight Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Elizabeth Young, 71 years, of age, who died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. W. H.

Turner, 2419 Broad way, Monday night at 6:30 o'clock, will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the residence; with the ReV. R. A. Wood officiating. The body will be shipped to Hickman, where burial will take place Thursday afternoon at 2 $0 o'clock, Elks Club To Have Feature Meeting With a program of oratory, music and general merry making, a feature meeting of the Paducah Elks will be staged tomorrow night at the club rooms on North Fifth street.

Plans have been made for an elaborate get-to-gether, mem-bers of the entertainment commit tea said last night. The chief speaker at the meeting will be Ed N. Williams, Hen derson, district deputy of Kentucky Elks for the western region. Mr. Williams is a member of the Hen.

derson lodge and was five times ex alted ruler of his lodge. Ben Fren kel and Fred Roth comprise the en. tertainment committee. The program will begin at 8 o'clock, Play Repeated At Firs Christian A capacity house saw the third presentation of the play "That's One on Bill" last night at the annex auditorium of the First Christian other performances were given on Thursday and Friday nights of last week and the presentation last night was by request. The play was given under the direction of Mrs.

Virginia M. Land-fear. The vast of characters was: Uncle Jimmy John Householder Bill Wilson Harry Dover Barkentine Ned Jess Crocker Battling Bennie Virgil Goheen Jean Brown Tidwell Norine Dowd Patricia. Mildred Darnell Mrs. 'Wilson Rosie, the Elizabeth Eaton GIRL FINED $100 Th( Auoclated Pre Los Angeles, Feb.

9 A girl giving the name of Lucille Steele, who was arrested here Sunday for disturbing the peace, failed to ap the of AND COCKTAILS given almost daily in social' circles like those in which both plaintiff and defendant lived and moved. So called petting parties are no lon ger a badge of meretrlciousness or cause for social ostracism. "Paint and powder, are now re garded as proper embellishments to femine pulchritude. Smaking and dancing in public are now au fait in that class of society and others as well. Daringly short skirts, now the order of the day, demonstrate how far femininity has gone, if not progressed, beyond the days of our "That which not so long ago would stamp a woman as a cour tesan or authorize people to treat her as an outcast is now consider ed perfectly conventional and per- missable, not at all improper or violation of marriage obligations or duties." NAME OFFICERS Willard C.

Landfear Elected Head of Civic Music Organization Election of officers, appointment of committees and the formulation of plans were made at the meeting of the Civic Music Association held last night in the Landfear studio In the First Christian church. A drive for membership will be made by the association during the first week in March. Every man and woman in Paducah will be eligible to join the organization. The Civic Music association also hopes to promote better music in the city and to assure pernianency in the holding of artist's concerts in the city each year. The organization plans to be self-supporting and non-profit making.

Officers elected were Willard Landfear, president; Mrs. Edna Hays Lyles, vice-president; Mrs. Robert Lyon, secretary and Dow Wilcox, treasurer. The committees which also will comprise the executive confmittee, are as follows: Concert Mrs. Fred Wahl, Miss Aday Brazelton, Mrs.

Edna Hays Lyles, Elliott Mitchell, L. P. Blum and Owen Tully. Headquarters Harry 1 Myers, May Pratt Bonds, Mrsr 3j.oe; Lyon. Publicity Lloyd P.

Robertson Elliott Mitchell, George H. Good man, R. H. Harkey and J. E.

Wil liamson, Jr. Speakers E. T. Proctor, E. Wilson.

Mrs. John J. Dorian and Mrs. J. J.

Howell. Transportation C. U. Jett, John W. Polk, Tuttle Lockwood and Mr G.

Tandy Smith. COOLIDGE TO INTERCEDE President Shows No Signs of Departing From Hands-off Policy i (Continued from page one) that offered In the Senate recently by Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, the Democratic floor leader, and calling for the appointment of i federal board of adjustment in an thracite strikes. The House measure Is sponsored by the Democratic delegation from New York together with the two Democrats from New Jersey and Representative Douglas, Democrat, Massachusetts. Tom Fink Arrested At Corning, Ark. Mayfield, Feb.

9. (Spe- cial.) Deputy H. S. Pente- Com lely last uigui. xor vuriung, to return to this county Tom Fink, who evaded his bond for appearance for trial on a charge of grand larceny.

Jemk has teen gone about one year, and although there had been a number of times when he was located, he could never apprehended until Sunday, When officials at Coming arrested him and notified Sheriff Perry Roscoe' Brown. Deputy Pentecost expect to return some time tomorrow with Fink, who is said to have agreed to waive extradition, and he will be tried at coming term of the Graves circuit court. TO VISIT PARENTS Mayfield, Feb. 9. (Special.) A.

L. Lindsey left last night for Hebron, to visit his parents, A. Lindsey, and Mrs. Mary Lindsey. The visit Is in the nature of a celebration event, as his parents will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary next Monday.

By Tba Asioclatsd Proii New York, Feb. 0. Petting par ties, cocktails, short skirts and rouge are defended in a divorce caee now under way as permissi. ble for women under modern day conventions. Max D.

Steur, attor ney, In a brief opposing the ap peal of Thomas H. Symington, rail. way equipment manufacturer, from a jury decision denying him a di vorce, argues that custom justified Mrs. Symington in her association with Maurice Fatio, an architect, and Talbot W. Chambers, coal merchant whom Symington named as co-respondents.

"Womens rights have grown" says the brief, "and their political franchise is only part of their franchise to other privileges and prerogatives. Cocktail parties (not only before, but even more often since the advent of prohibition) are GEN. PERSHING RETURNS IK Will Enter Walter Reed Hos-pital For Rest And Treatment Br Th Associated Fraat Key West, Feb. 9 General John J. Pershing departed early tonight for Washington where he will enter the' Walter Reed hospital for rest and treatment.

While his condition is not alarming, an im minent breakdown, due to his tireless activities recently as neutral chairman of the Tacna-Arica pleb iscitary commission, has necessitated this action. General Per shing would neither confirm nor deny insistent reports that his physical condition promoted his sudden resignation in that capaoity. He said on his arrival here today on the cruiser Denver that he was only in "fair" health and believed the rest would do him good. The general was reported to have been in virtual seclusion during his journey from Arica, Chile, from which city he sailed for the United States on January 27remah-ing in his state, room below decks. The former A.

E. F. chief, was accorded fitting honors when the Denver moored at the naval, station here shortly before noon. Military, naval and marine corps officials united in greeting Pershing on the ship after whieh he received a 19-gun salute from the port side guns of the craft May field Lions To Entertain Ladies Mayfield, Feb. 9.

(Special.) At the noon-day luncheon of the Lions today, many matters were taken- up by the membership, among them being the annual "Ladies Night" banquet to be held next Thursday evening, and the mule day program, and as the joint meeting with the Rotarians next Monday evening, at which time Dr. J. Adams Puffer, of Boston, who is in the state in the interest of the Y. M. C.

will speak to the joint meeting of the clubs on "The Gang. The principal Speaker today was Prof. O. B. Jesness, chief of "the bureau of markets of the Kentucky College of Agriculture, who spoke on "Phases of Cooperative Market ing." Hal S.

Corbett Addresses Lions address by Hal S. Corbett, former Paducah attorney and now a member of the New York bar, a musical program by four girl Scouts and the sending of a telegram to Charles H. Markham, congratulating Illinois Central Railroad company on the seventy-fifth year of Its birth, featured the weekly luncheon the Paducah Lions club held yes terday at the Palmer hotel. The Scouts who took part In the musical program kere Nell 1 Pur- year. Martha Kamleiter.

Elizabeth Wells and Velma Roof. They were presented by Miss Alida Blampied, director of the Paducah Girl Scouts. A Body Builder for Pale, Delicate Children Gpqvq'g Tactctaaa Chill Tonic 60c. Too Late To Classify WANTED High grade hammer-less shotgun. Will buy Ithaca, Greener or Daly hammer gun.

Must be cheap. Address care XMews-Uemocrat. for be the the F. BLOOMS TO PLAY LA CENTER TEAM Feature Cage Gam To Be Played Tomorrow Night At Tilghman In a feature basketball game, the Goldblooms, leaders in the Paducah Commercial League, will meet the strong La Center Independent five tomorrow night in the Tilghman gymnasium. The La Center Independents with victories over the Cairo Aces and the Union university five is regarded as one of the best teams in West In addition to the regu lar lineup of the Goldblooms, they wil have Junior Smith, of the Hook team, and Johnny Marshall, ol the Campbells, of the Commercial League available as substitutes.

Joe Clifton, former Tilghman and University of Kentucky star, will referee the contest. The' probable line-up will be; La Center Pos. Goldblooms Swift Mahaffey Griffin Tichner Smith Seay Nate Burnley Carroll Graham NORMAL BEATS BETHEL QUINTET Murray Team Romps To Easy Victory; Score Is 39 To 24 Murray, Feb. 9. (Special.) The basketball quintet of the Murray Normal school romped to an easy victory over the five of the Bethel College, of McKenzie, here tonight winning 89 to 24.

The brilliant defensive work of the Normal team, coupled with the goal shooting of Captain Holland, spelled defeat for the visitors. Auburn' Wells, playing his first game for the Normal, showed prom. ise of winning another letter, having won one in both football and track. Line-ups: Normal (39) Pos Bethel (24) Glass (2) Gilbert (4) Holland (20) Cunningham (6) James (6) Russell (6) Argo (3) Fields A.Wells Tyree Substitutes: Normal Brook shire (1) for Holland; J. Brook- ehjre (2) for Gilbert, Bethel- Wal.

ton (13) for Argo. Dry newspapers make good pol ish for windows, mirrors and ranges. The first needles were the thorns plants. l-fT-- Th uni- vcrial hmuehold nmtij. By iTir mm iii sssMssMsasMssaair AVwi npO TAKE ANAL AX Ts a JL pleasure, not a punishment a laxative, not a purgative.

Children love its fruity taste and fragrance mothers like it, too. 1 .1 ft "Nothing Acts like Analax? (n cw OTiinaJ oMania nd ruin. Tlusmiik of 100 KuMuin mineral ml Lrmr Umumal lubricant. V( SOUZ pear in court today and bond of $100 made by W. B.

Mulling was forfeited. The girL scantily clad and apparently full of veronal, was found under Mullins' house. Advices from Lexington, says the girl is a niece of J. Hall Woodford, former Kentucky legislator, but police here are unable to trace the Connection. 8 in, I or mm mtB U- Li K2J LU ha- 1 Jin Mj lj a Lj La.