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Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 12

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THERE IT is olivia! I HOPE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO -HIM1 BON5 MV NEPHEW YMILBWR 5EEM3 To HAVE DISAPPEARED HE HA5MT BEEN TO THE OFFICE FOR TWO DAT 5 NOR shown up AT Home for two nights! THE POLICE KNOW NOTHING OF HIM AND MY WIFE 3 WORRIED 1 I'D PLACE AN SICK! WHAT WOULD YOU VO AEOUTn? IPER RlGKTAWtfl HELLO HELEN? HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WILBUR YET? WELL I PUT AN AD IN THE PAPER OFFERING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD! IT WILL RUN IN TONIGHTS PAPER LET YOU KNOW IF HEAR ANYTHING WILDCAT BITES GUARDSMAN WHEN HE EXHIBITS IT BOWLING II Wingfield was severely bitten on both hands by a Mwsiwrippi wildcat which had been sent to the local military company as a mascot He was exhibiting the cat to friends when the animal sprang upon his shoulder and he was bitten when he jttempted to remove it 'IV L- Afc50C f-21 i DEAFNESS SAVED LIFE OF MAN ON RAILROAD -Deafness saved the life of Sylvester Davis aged man of the county who 'sat down on the end of a railroad tie at the foot of Market street and -with- out expecting to fell asleep Seven cans of a train passed without waking him Ilad he arisen as the train was passing death would hare been certain A STILL NEAR CIIURCII MOVED 'S JARS OF WHISKY FOUND BOWLING GREEN Prohibition raiders found five fruit jam filled with moonshine whisky in a clump of weeds in the Memphis Junction section- A still near the Burton Memorial Baptist church had been moved before their arrival WOUNDED WIFE WANTS DIVORCE FROM PREACHER Mrs Ida Mar- mom has-filed suit in Ohio courts -for a divorce from the Rev Charles Harmon sent to the peni- tentiary for having shot her three times at their home across the river after which he wounded himself with the same pistol- Grounds set out are that he attempted to kill -her and that he is a felon taar They had been Inarried last October She asks restoration of her former name Harmon is a na- tive of Fleming county and waa reared in Maysville WANTS HALF OF CAR WHICH PHYSICIAN DREW Noble Harris filed suit against Dr Hargrove for possession of half of an automobile given away by the base ball association He declares that he and defendant agreed that should either draw the car half would belpng to- the other lie asks sals of the car and division of the proceeds Phonographs at the Blue Grass Fair Many leading makes on display at the tent of Candioto Piano Co Fair Grounds just ss you go in the gate Ask shout the (foils we give awsy every day at ll in the morning and st 5 in the evening Candioto Pianq Co 120 8 Limestone Adv DIVORCE SUIT ENDS HUNT OF THREE YEARS FOR WIFE LOUISVILLE When Robert IIols-claw a motormab for the Louisville Railway Company left his home on the morning of May 10 1018 to take out his car he bade goodbye to his wife Pearl Ilolsclaw and their two babies a boy nfne months old and a girl two years old On arriving home that night the mother had gone and nothing has been heard of her since For more than three years consistent search has been made for the woman bat neither the husband nor her relatives have had the slightest clew as to her whereabouts On the day of her disappearance aha purchased a ticket for Cincinnati according to a statement made to Ilolsclaw by a friend of the missing wife and mother For the past three months the search has been vigorously renewed the section -about Cincinnati being the subject of partic-ulard scrutiny but no trace has been obtained Now Ilolsclaw files suit for divorce alleging abandonment and asked for the custody of the two children now four and six years old respectively whose care he has had since their mother left PARDON DENTED NICHOLAS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER FRANKFORT Gov Morrow denied a pardon to Gay Linville convicted in September 1016 In Nicholas county and sentenced to six to twelve years in the reformatory for murder FIRE TRUCK RESCUES CHIU) FROM BATHROOM Unable to turn the key after she had locked herself in bathroom three-year-old Annie Dailey began to cry Her mother heard her frantic calls for help but no amount of assistance from the outside availed in unlocking the door Finally a truck from Central fire station was called and after a ladder had been placed against the house a window waa raised and the little girl was rescued LIGHTNING DESTROYS BARN OF DOCTOR NEAR FRANKLIN During an electrical storm a stock barn on the farm of Dr Lamb on the outskirts of Franklin was struck by lightning and destroyed together with two valuable mulw a -large quantity of feed wagons buggies harness and plows The loss will amount to $2000 SECRET SERVICE FUND OF MAYOR ILLEGAL CHARGED LOUISVILLE Black clouds hung over the City Hall and a storm broke in the chamber of the Board of Aider-men when President Jostph Kir-wan announced that he would introduce at a later date a bill for the recovery of $10180 used by the mayor as a service funcLi- Copies of the resolution-as distributed by Mr Kirwan to members of the board and to the press say that is shown from the records of the office that Ilia Honor the Mayor has wrongfully and without warrant of law drawn from the city $10189 Tho the appropriation of a service for the mayor has been the cusjom of the general council for a number of years Mr Kirwan held that the custom itself 'is illegal MAX KILLS SELF WHEN HEARS FATHER IS DYING A telegram from Lns Angeles Cal stated that Lee Ross 27 Newport whose death was announced in a brief message to relatives following the death of his father Daniel Itoes ended his life in Los Angeles after having received a telegram from his mother saying his father was near death Lee Ross shot himself The body will be sent to Newport for bnrial PIANO CHAINED TO FLOOR AFTER PHONOGRAPH STOLEN NEWPORT Thieves entered the La nr us Club and stole a phonograph Several weeks ago thieves stole -the records Members of the club say they still have a cabinet which the thieves are welcome to as they have no further use for it But they are taking no chances with their piano which they have chained to the floor HOMES BEING BUILT TO COMBAT TOWERING RENTS LOUISVlLLE-r-With rents maintaining -their home seekers encouraged by cuts from 20 to 80 per cent in building costs apparently hare taken the matter into their own hands and a building boom has been launched Figures in the office of the building inspector show a large increase in permits for host building during August going direct route them via i I i 1 ipi i fi I -i 1 i I ir i i i i 9 WE OUGHT TO HEAR SOMETHING BEFORE FELL FROM LWVN SWING I JULY RESULTS IN Dltp JILTS VILLE Mrs Kathwi Erkles 62 wife of Dr Louis Kr died at her home as a result injuries suffered six weeks im su a lawn swing broke causing her to fal She suffered a frmrtnred leg uraemic poisoning which devdr later caused her death 9 DIRECTORS CONVERTED MONEY CHARGE IN Sun Suit was entered the United States District Conrt Walter Kroch and othen inlv John Ketchan Karl Wano Charles Garrard the First Nxtioei Bank of Barbourville Ky and th Columbla-Panama Coal Company Ti plaintiffs allege that they were stock in the company and that ti money was converted to their own ip by certain directors of the comnan They ark in their suit that rectitc be appointed for the company HUSBAND GETS ONLY KOO DESERTED HER WILL SAB William Atic brook receives bat $500 from the estate of his wife Mary JiM Aulesbrook altho she leaves rttl estate valued at $10000 and tt-sonality estimated at $8000 a cording to bey will Autabmok left his wife twepty-five years an and has never provided for fo since then Friends of the de ceased and the Masonic Orphan apd IIome are the benefi ciaries under the instrument TRY A LEADER WANT AD TEETH mtial ta good Good TEETH are health Good TEETH are essential to pti looks TEETH )re needed as mnch fo appearance as for practical aerviet Let ns put your TEETH in good cat-dition' DRS AND SLATON DENTISTS 127 Cheapside Those SMI I 7 i i i i ii ANOTHER EFFORT TO ANNEX TWO SUBURBS OF NEWPORT NhJWPORT Ordinance to provide for of that part of Cote Brilliants' which borders on the south corporation line of Newport and for all of Clifton Ky were passed by Newport city commoasioners The propositions will be placed upon the ballot at the November election The annexation of part of Cote Brilliante has been under consideration by the commimion-ers for months The matter was brought to a head Then Fred Basman attorney fort Cote Brilliante refused to allow seevral residences in the town to- be connected with Newport sewers1 The annexation of Clifton was -defeated at the last election JUDGE CISCO TO HEAR ROBEKTS-KVERSOLK CONTEST Judge Allen Cisco of Grayson Ky today wax appointed by Gov Morrow special judge to try the election contest In which Roberta is contesting the nomination of John C' Eversole and Republican candidate for: circuit- judge As Jqdge Eversole is the defendant' in the suit which will be heard at Hazard special judge was necessary EXERCISE BOY ACCUSED OF STEALING AUTOMOBILE LOUISVILLE Another alleged stolen automobile is in the police garage The automobile waa seised at the Douglas Park race track Harold Jeff-cott 21 an1 exercise boy was arrested on a charge of grand larceny A Walsh a salesman for the- Whitaker Paper Company Cincinnati is the owner of th( car WARRANT FOR ALLEGED TRANSPORTER OF WHISKY COVINGTON" Earl Huffman Louisville Ky said to be held by Dayton Ohio police under the name of Edward Smith alias Earl Stewart is named irr a warrant iasued by United States Commissioner Edward Hurley Cincinnati charging him with having violated the national' prohibition act The warrant waa issued at the request of Federal authorities at Louisville who say Huffman is under indictment there with Robert and Edna Lawrence Louisville charged with having transported fifty cases of whisky by automobile to the home of Lancaster Louisville ifc" THREE CONVICTS LEAVE PRISON WALLS ON PAROLE Three inmates of the State reformatory were granted paroles by the State Board of Charities and Corrections- They were A Burnett sentenced from Estill county in January 1021 to serve one year for carrying a concealed weapon who waa Saroled to hia father in Beatty ville ames Crabtree sentenced from McCreary county in February 1021 -to serve one year for malicious shooting nd Williams sentenced from Jefferson county in February 1020 to serve three years for forgery TWO BARNS BURN AS TOBACCO BEING FIRED HOPKINSVILLE Two tobacco barns were burned while firing tobacco One belonged to Will Summers prominent South' Christian county farmer The other was in the Palestine neighborhood Mr barn was new one and full of tobacco It caught when a stick of tobacco fell into the fire- 'Vs 1 TWO TOTS CAUGHT IN SAND SI1I)K AND ONK KILLED Harold 4 and Ralph sons of Harry Alvcao salesman who resides at Ludlow Ky were caught under an aval- anrh of sand when a bank of a sandpit near their home in whirh they and other children were play- tag gave way The chest of the younger boy was crushed and Ij died shortly after being rescued CAPTURED FUGITIVE SAID TO HAVE OPERATED STILL Willie Brock who escaped from the Rockcastle road camp in July with Amos Fugate was returned to the reformatory by Daniel Helton a deputy sheriff of Leslie county' who received tfit $100 for capturing them Helton caught Brock In i re mote section of Letdie county and near the place of capture he found a moonshine (till Residents of the neighborhood informed Helton that Brock bad been engaged in the manufacture of dew" Fugate is still at large and an offer of $500 reward is LITTLE VANCE GIRL HELD ON PATRICIDE CHARGE BARDSTOWN Allie Nolan Vance 14 charged with the murder of her father Charles A Vance was held to the Nelson county grand jury and bond fixed at $3- 000 following the preliminary hear- ing Judge Brown declared the case was clearly one for the juvenile court in view of the age of the pH hut a dismissaVin his court preclude further investigation he said The testimony was largely a repetition of that presented at the inquest with a number of character witnesses ANTI-BEER RILL WILL BE PASSED SAYS ERNST The Willix-Campbell anti-beer bill will be passed by Con cress according to Senator Richard Ernst who is here for a few days The measure has a majority in both Houses he said SCHOOL DAYS TOO MUCH LAD STARTS FOB ARIZONA LOUISVILLE Mrs ltaymonfi Seadler had one idea of higher edu-cation Ernest her 12-year-old son had another He IWt a note for his mother It stated am going to Arixona to be a 1 Ernest failed to return home for supper and when his mother found -that some of his clothes were she notified the poire At 12 :30 o'clock this morning Ernest tired sleepy and not so enthusiastic about 'going to the wild and woolly i fo Will VW mmvm west was found not very far from his home A few minutes later a worried mother had the young hopeful in bed to dream of being a cowboy CONTRACT FOR RICHMOND ROAD TO BE LET AGAIN Seven miles of pav- disc ing of the Dixie Highway in Madison county let a week ago by the State Highway Department will be advertised again for Sept 28 The contract for reinforced concrete was awarded to George Miller Lebanon Ind for $243000 which waa $5001)6 less than the estimate of the department and $15000 less than the next lowest bid for the same material Differences over the matter of bond caused rejection nOLDUP STORY IS NOT BELIEVED MAN ARRESTED The police did not believe Raymond Burnett when he reported that while in charge of the garage of A Wilhoyte a Negro bad' held him up and taken $25 from the rash register Burnett was left in charge of the garage for an hour The police found $13 in pockets and arrested him on a charge of grand larceny RESENTS RUMOR THAT IIE SOLD BODY -LOUISVILLE Uinta that Jftttte Vanover had sold his body were too much for Isaac Wardlow who-appeared before Magistrate Andrew I Vogt charged with breach of peace Horrified' by rumors that were in the neighborhood intimating that Vanover bad accepted money for the body Wardlow accused him of the transaction using it was alleged profane language Vanover who claimed to be the adopted son of his stepfather who died last spring at the city hos pital said that he had re ceived a nickel for the He eived a said his stepfather receiv cent burial" Wardlow was fined $1 and costa SEE THE De Laval MILKING MACHINE' AND CREAM SEPARATORS In Operation At The Blue Grass FAIR SUPPLY CO Local agents 267 West Short Street Lexington Ky BLOW FROM PITCHED BALL FARMER'S DEATH Injuries inflicted when he was hit on the head with a pitched base ball caused the death of Harry Inako 35 a farmer near Germantown thii county The accident occurred during a game between Mt Olivet and Hitts ville teams After being struck insko went to first base and made home before collapsing Ills widow and a child survive him William Kain Mt Olivet pitched the ball TniEVER SCORN JEWELRY BUT TAKE CASH FROM HOME LOUISVILLE Thieves who ransacked the residence of Henry 8 Tyler wanted only money A wrist watch a diamond ring in plain view on a dresser and other jewelry were left untouched Valuables that could easily have been carried away were taken The thievee took $13 in ash The house bad been thoroly locked before Mr end Mrs Tyler went out The thieves climbed a shed broke open a rear window and departed vis ths kitchen door was left standing open CONFEDERATE HOME AFFAIR TO BE REOPENED TUESDAY LOUISVILLE further developments in connection with charges made against the management of the Confederate Home at Pewee Valley some time ago all of which were declared unfounded by Henry James State Inspector and Examiner are expected at a meetaing of the trustees of the home today when three residents of the institution A White and James McDonald will be called upon to defend 'themselves against charges DIAMONDS MAY BE THOSE STOLEN FROM ELSIE JANIS LOUISVILLE Detective Sweeny is frying to locate the owner of a- $700 diamond vlavalliere which he from the proprietors of a local jewelry store who claim to have purchased it Fi from Frank Moore alias Frank Fran cis now held in jail on charges of id fo house breaking and forgery Sweeny after 'a visit to the jail said Moore refused to tell where he obtained the jewelry but admitted to the detective there is $10000 in jewelry that came from the same The detective is working upon the theory that the lavalliere is one that was stolen from the hotel room of Elsie Janis the actress some time ago I i Are your express shipments moving the fastest way? 1 Hi Sr by pU is no on by wi bn tb bu of wt in in tin i mi tic spi for Ire pli tie ire of tin ati ho po SI By th Ff thi da bil Ff th er Vi mi to tr fa By wi sr loi fo hr VI in at BU CO qt in mi in di: co to re pt tv at wi hi dn be li Oi an di dr bii al a tu hi ii Pi en Hi tu tu a FRANK TATMAN RAYS IIFTS GOING TO BE CHURCILMAN FRANKFORT "I am going to church every Sunday and I-am thru with was the pledge of Frank Tatman when released on bail lie is charged with having attempted to sell Commissioner Wiard some moonshine not knowing that he was in the Federal service- When officers arrived later to -search him home tatman is accused of 'having pointed out the of a neighbor The owner set them right and in Tatman dwelling a barrel of liquor made from mixed fruits waa found SKULL FRACTURED WHEN MAN FALLS FROM PORCH PADUCAII Darden Maxon Mills it in the hospital with a free-ired skull tured skull sustained when a banister broke and he fell from the second story porch of an apartment house i BOARDED UP GLASS FACTORY PROVES TO BE MONTE CARLO With the exception of one man who was registered a George Derfus 52 a large gambling hall on the second floor of the old-llem-ingray Glass Works was deserted when police raided the building The hall according to police was equipped with rambling at least one of every big gambling device known in -the United States An inclosed court near the entrance to the hall was used as a parking place for those who visited in automobiles and all windows were tightly -boarded so that the casual observer or near-by residents would not be suspicious The officers also confiscated 15 barrels of beverage the alcoholic- contents of which will be determined BOY DROWNS IN RIVER WHEN HE FALLS FROM BANK WARFIKIJ) Clay Chapman 15 drowned In Tng river near Bawl while fishing He was to falling Sickness and It is believed he had one of the seizures at the water's edge VETERAN KILLED BY BOLT WHILE ASLEEP IN BED While asleep in bed st the Bennett farm on the State line David Crouch- 78 1 Civil war veteran was killed hr -bolt of lightning which entered the -house thru the roof immediately above him and set the paper of the eeiling on fire He sustained an injury to his leg in the battle of Shiloh which had made him cripple for life GOOD SAMARITAN FINDS CAR STOLEN FROM COUSIN nARRODSBURG Scott Coghill waa returning to his home from church services when an automobile tried to pass and was ditched! lie got out his flashlight and was assisting the two young men who were driving the car when he detected that the machine was the property of his cousin Walter Hopper When he asked what they were doing with the car the youths fled He liter learned that the car had been atolen from a street in Hsrrods-burg SEVEN CHARGED with SLAYING KENTUCKIANS FREE MURRAY John and Jones returned from DeWitt Ark where trials of eight men accused of having murdered Tom and Jat Jones formerly of this county were held All were dismissed The victims were employed turn in as officers and their assassins! succession was credited to a band of lawbreakers DIVORCE ASKED BY WIFE CHARGED WITH BIGAMY Mrs Cora Vermillion Miller-Fultz Maysville girl awaiting grand jury action on -a charge of bigamy filed suit against her husband William Fultz upon whose warrant she was arrested In her petition she charges cruel treatment and fur- ther states that any rea-' sonable grounds so to do the defendant seeking to rid himself of the plaintiff 'charged her with a felonious offense tosut bigamy hoping to have her incarcerated however unjustly and unlawfully in the State penitentiary altho she is innocent of any such The Fultzs have been married only a few months It is charged that' aha waa never di-: vorced from her first husband whose name is Miller TWO SUSTAIN BROKEN ARMS IN AUTO ACCIDENT Enos and daughter of New Albany Ind -sustained broken arms when their snto turned over st curve near this place They were en route to Newport LEG BROKEN BY BALL BAT CAUSES AGED DEATH A broken leg sustained at a base ball game when bat was thrown by one of the players resalted in the death of Jerry McIntosh 78 one of the best known farmers of Perry county -a ANNIVERSARY OF BATTLE OF PERRYVIIXE TO BE OBSERVED Fifty men Perry-ville will meet at ths battleground Thursday to cut weeds and make other preparations for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Per- ryville Oct 8 The day will bo the occasion for reunions of the veterans of both North and South MAHOGANY SPOOL BEDS BURN WITH AUTOMOBILE A valuable car was deatroyed when the garage of James Deatherage on the Lexington road was burned What many regard as having been of greater -value were two old mahogany spool beds whirh can not be replaced PERRY MAN HAS TIP OF NOSE BITTEN OFF IN A FIGHT Jack Nease suffered the loss of the end of his nose in a fight with Manuel Miller on Izct Creek He alleges that Miller bit It off and the part severed was not recovered HENRY FORD TO VISIT BIG RANDY VALLEY AS BOOSTER ASHLAND Henry Ford who will bridge the Ohio and extend his rail-r? the-coal region of the Big Rsndy alley is expected to be one of tne company who will make a booster four of the valley Sept 14-15 his sec-ing wired conditional aeeept-ance Mrs Alice Mayo-hVtter widow fj Mayo millionaire has and will take LWJeTea riends oa U6 triP "Are they going cTirect or are they routed circuitously i tiansferreJ hers and these with delays between trains? S' To insure 'their BEAUTIFUL EAST END BUNGALOW THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8th' AT 11 A I will sell on the premises at 46 Mentelle Park that splendid brick residence containing 6 rooms hall and hath on lower floor 2 rooms and hall on second floor Good basement with furnace gds electricity garage for 3 cars Tlie woodwork is all white enamel and mahogany finish French doors This is one of the most complete little homes in the city and in one of the most desirable neighborhoods Loi 50x150 JOHN BAIN GARRISON Auctioneer 1 Realtor (STKAIOIIT-IJNIS) EX Operating only on the fines of the Southern Railway System' and the Mobile S' Ohio the Southeastern Express Co a regulated law abiding competitive public carrier offers direct swilt express service to the public Cjo in Advance The basis for the charges which the SECURITY TRUST COMPANY makes in handling property or investment matters under a Living Trust Agreement dre arranged in advance IC 1 In this connection we wish to emphasize particularly the economy of having the SECURITY TRUST COMPANY look after your real estate and other transactions for you economy that is manifest not only in the reasonable fee charged but also in the material benefits resulting because of the time and attention which the company is able to give to eveiy trust in its charge We make a business of serving in fiduciary affairs and cordially invite you to consult us on this subject You will be especially interested in knowing just how convenient and satisfactory it would be in your particular case to have us relievo you of the details in connection with property management business or investment affairs- dlMY I 1 I i I I COMPMY NECORSHORT 6 MILLSTS I I I I t-i LEXINGTONiKY I HOTEL -FORT SHELBY DETROIT atfirst street Earning for Detroit Fame far Courtesy to whether on business or on pleasure wiU find the accommodations of Hotel Fort Shelby distinct contribution to satisfaction with the trip Every service et could reasonably seek in any first class hotel will be found in the Fort Shelby RaUs Per 2 $3 $350 $4 $5 Double $350 to $6 MODEBN EVIZr 4M ROOMS THIRTY-THREE YEARS WITOOUT LOSS TO ANY INVESTOR.

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