The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky • Page 1

ax a A rTwr nbntnb ttting n1t 111t VOL XXII NO 66 PAD JAU KY THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 19 1907 TEN CENTS PER VEEKI JUDGE JAMES BREA THH IS SPEAKING IN MARSHALL COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON ACTORS STRANDED AT MAYFIELD ARE IN SORE STRAITS Mcinbois of SantcH Vanilevil Company After Irief Season Say They arc Deserted II 1 MiitmKir With Salaries Sew eral Weeks in i Arrears OOMU TO It111111 1 I TOIIn Knrly theatrical companies I thli Fnaion moni to bl aiilicted with hortnew of flltllb ai tN manage of two of the three rorupanlM which have showed here in the past few days have loft the mimbofti of their companies stranded Yesterday news dlipatchen told of the digit froin WPSI Point MUwlsMppt I and subsequent arrest nt Cairo of Man tiger Frank of the Toylsnd company while today noveru members of the Great Santtttl vaudeville company came here from Mn I field whore they bad been deserted They nay Santo left thorn without the I formality of a farowell Incidentally falling to pay their salaries which were Mveral weeks In art earn The theatrical pea pie who wore left at Mtyflold Mr thai Rantetl had no legitimate reason for his action in desert Ins the company JIM they had been playing to goad bui Inoss and mailing money The on gagement at MaynVd wag for a twa night stand and a good crowd wag out at tho ant performanro In Ia diwah the rompany ptoyod throe lights with fair business Sun ell le believed to have Bono to Memphis from Mayfleld allbotmh hid bagKdgo was checked to Chicago and tho niemliorfi of the company who wire In Pad ncah today wti go 10 Chicago and get attachments for the baggage If they taD Jical Sanleil there Tko company was organized at ICvaiisvfle I and the majority of the performers are UvniiHTllle people Tho names of those who came to Psdnrali tills morning were Harold rirlrh Paul Maxwell Charles Cam Non Harry Toledo Mla Cecil May and Paul Charles und Harry Lenin gar Allege Bootlegger ArroMeil Aaron Tlltey and John Unl ei 1 wore arrested yesterday Afternoon by Deputy tI Marshal Wade 1 Brown on charge of selling IntoxhsitlnR li quor al the fair inroads August without a government llc nto They sold pain ale Cad otl1dr like beverages alleged to be nuttlntoxlcatlng Tltiey I Kvo boml for Appearance Monday before Commissioner A Gardner ItctlJlrn Ixvo 1wiHl of Ked Mm OtOKO tribe of lied Men will inot Friday evening and bold a love feast during which I I Httliout Indu rnliM delegate to till national omen lion of lied Men at Jamestown will retort CLUB SEEKS SECRETARY With many expressions of regret HIP resignation of 1 Coons eec retary of tho Commercial club was aeropted by the dlro toll of the or untiliHtlon Inst night Once before lie resigned but reconsidered when Importuned A committee with Mr Sol Droyfusfl as chairman will pfo rent suitable resolutions expressing the sentiment of Mr Coons cowork ers The club Is advertising for secretary the selection to be made 1 next Wednesday ALL CHARGED WITH GAMING Duck Mount Jeff Elrod I Charles Slaughter Aaron Tilley and Sam VIckers were arrested today and released on bond for their appearance In police court to answer to the charge of gaming They are alleged to have gambled In a warehouse and ntio of the number Is said to have dropped 400 BROOKPORT HOUSE BURNS IlrookporUll Sept 19SJledal A defective Hue caused tho de struction by fire this morning at i oclock of the two story frame hours of Russell In the eastern pan of town The house was situated next to the railroad track and wna valued at 1500 I Benton Ky Sept 19 Special Farmers from all sections of Marshall county augmented Into an Im posing crowd by many Benton citi zens of all political parties were attracted to the court house this afternoon where Judge James Breathltt of Hopklnsvlllc Republican candidate for attorney general Is deliver ing one ot the telling speeches of the campaign Judge Breathltt who Is ono of the moat forceful as well as logical and eloquent speakers In the state has many friends In this county and his reputation as an orator brought out a crowd that surprised tho local poll ticians considering tho condition of crops which compel strict attention to business on the part of the farm eta efeTwenty Twenty Boxes Sold For Horse Show Twenty choice boxes each with a sir seat capacity were sold at pub i lie auction last evening nt tho Palmer rI I House leaving 40 more to bo sold at private sale Bidding was spirited and large crowd attended the sale Following are those who bought IIOXMJoseph Joseph Friedman Jlrst choice UO KeKer second choice 2n Captain Harrison Watts third chat III 1 17 It II Phillips fourth choir 18 Dr I I II Howell fifth chojc 1G Dow WH ox Ben Welle I vld 1 Fiuurnoy I I Wilrox Fred Coming In from all directions the farmers did not attract much attention this morning but when they began to move toward the court house soon after dinner It was seen that Judge Breathltts words would bo car rled by his hearers to all parts of the county anti by tho time tho meeting convened between 1 and 2 oclock the court room was filled Kepubllcans here are greatly encouraged over the reception to Judge nreathltt I Ho was Introduced by Postmaster Ford in an excellent Speech setting forth the Republican claims on tho support of all good citizens Cnpt Ed Farley of Paducah Republican candidate for state treasurer went on to Murray where he will be Joined by Judge Breathltt tomorrow FARMERS ENJOY jTWENTY WINNERS SHOWI BIG INSTITUTE FOR HORSE SHOW Thu McCraoken County Farmers Institute at Maxon Mills creating general Interest among farmers and andI IB lamely attended It began yester I day and will end this afternoon late Dr I KlmlirougJi of Maxon Mills was elected provident and Coons of Paducnh secretary YwMordny afternoon speches were made by Mr John Allen of Uuthrle Ky I on dark tobacco sad Its culture and Secretary Coon of the Commer till club talked on the Immigration and good roads convention Three spookors from Zarwgvlllo Ohio are on the program Mr Strode spoke on apple culture Mr Spender on nl fnlfn and Mr MelnUro on breeding cattle Thla afternoon Mr Coone Is again IN attendance nnd will deliver a sea ond talk In the Interest of good roads and Immigration convention Ito Ildrra Organ Iii Preliminary stejw towards reorganIzation of the Paducah builders association were taken last night at a meeting of thirtyfive contractors and subcontractors at 118 I South Fourth Btret A commute was op poliHcd to revise bylaws and rules I and regulations to make them conform with rules and by laws of simi lar awoclatlons In other cities Copies of bylaws from other nfsoclatlons are In the hands of the committee I OKLAHOMA IS DEMOCRATIC Oklahoma City Sept 19lncom plete returns from Oklahomas first state election point to a victory for the Democratic party with an over whelming vote In favor of Ufo constitution and a safe majority for prohl bltlonI I bitionChairman Chairman Thompson of the Demo rratlc campaign oommltteeclalnis the election of Charles Hnskell of Muskogoc formerly of Ohio for gob ernor by a majority of between 30 000 and 40000 Prohibition will carry by 40000 Four of the five congressmen elected ore Democrats former Delegate Bird McClnlro being tho only Re publican nominee for congress to be elected Rudy Shipped The body of Walter White of Florence Ala who died In Riverside hospital Saturday of heart trouble was shipped homo this morning A telegram authorizing shlpmon of the corpse was received last night from the young mans mother Tho body had been held by Guy Nance Son A mistake In tho town was first made It being stated he lived In Florence I Sliimliinl Discloses Tactics New York Sept l1John Mil burn served notice on the government In the closing hour of todays session of till Standard Oil Investigation that the trust will object to the Intro duction of any testimony bearing upon acts committed prior to July 2 18SO 1 the data that the Sherman anti trust law went into effect i 1 Wade Rudy Boone II PlillUpH Iotils Rleke Jr Dr Will Owen 1 Rleke Saunders A Fowler Frank Davis A Thump son and Horace Slilnn The diagram showing the boxes ro maining to be told has beer placed at Will Gilberts drug store and will be sold at private sales A great many were sold today and those wishing one will do well to order It at once The six sent boxes will be sold at 15 and tho four Heat boxes at 10 which Is reasonable as It fig ures only 02 12 rents a seat for each performance I Twenty prize winners from the Hnlcy stable In Murray Ky I will be entered In Paducah horse show events swelling the list of entries to more than 200 horses Whore all horses will be placed bothqring promoters of toe combined horse show and fall races and an appeal to residents for the use of private sta bles have been set out again Halley of Murray who last year und tho year before took several of the big prizes In horse show event intends to make em sit up and take notice this year He has Leon laying for the horse show and will IIIIt twenty star entries for the judges to puzzle over He telephoned this Information lust night Entries are coming In fast now that the horse show and races are near at hand and both Mr Fendol Burnett and George Goodman who have charge of booking are head over hide In work answering letters by the score and detailing information desired from many states POPULAR YOUNG FOLKS UNITED AT LONE OAK Mr John I Clark of this city and Miss Minnie Foster of near Massac were married at Lone Oak last evening at 730 oclock by Rev Rouse Mr Cark Is a brother of Mr Clark chief clerk to Master Mechanic Fulmer of tho illinois Central and Is a young man well known and popular In 1 a wide circle of friends Miss Foster Is the daughter of ft prominent McCrnckcn county farmer a well known and generally liked They will reside In Paducah Mr Clark is employed In the Illinois Contra machine shops and has been a resident of Paducah for several years Little fllrl Saves Her Life Thrown from her mount little Ruth Parklns 12 pars old retained presence of mind enough to kick herself away from the horse the had been riding and escaped probably fatal Injuries last evening at dusk at Bridge and Clements street In Me chanlcsburg Miss Parkins Is a daugh tor of Mrs Albert Parkins a widow residing In Fa ley Place She did not escape entirely Her right arms was stopped on and crushed Dr Carl I Scars dressed tho Injury KlrcniLii hte valued For their good work In fighting the lire which gutted the top story of tno White building occupied by the ScottHardware company and Hennobergor company firms members of the city fire depart ment received a check for 150 from Captain White of Nashville to bt distributed equally among them Two Moonshiners HlwiRiw Mayklng Ky Sept 19ln a dispute over the possession of a moonshine still on top of tho Cumberland mountains Will Allen shot and fatally wounded Joltn Walson his partner GRAND JURORS ARE COMPLIMENTED FOR RAPIDITY OF WORK After reporting Zt indictments at 10bO oclock tills uirnlng and reporting tho jail In cx lent condition tho grand Jury was finally discharged by Circuit Judge 1 Reed highly complimented by tli court for the dispatch and vast mount of business transacted In I abort time it was in session it accomplished more than any other grand Jury formally years returning during its 14 days work 112 Indhtments and 14 minutes of the examining court marked dismissed Out of tho 54 Indumenta returned this morning oil a few are given out for publication They follow Minutes of the examining court marked dismissed were returned as follows Abe Thompson assisting a girl under 1C to finer a house of prostitution Thomas two charges for forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses Boyd Manuel breeach of peace Letcher converting 175 cr Lula Whites money to his own Frank Hayes converting IC2 of May AverlttV money to his own Indictments Murray Howie willful neglect of official duty Jimmie Taylor malicious shooting with intent to kill Ed King Robert Buck ner breaking into Lust Clarks gro Cory Jonas Smith maliciously shooting Pete Gbson at Wallace park Toni Vincent grand larceny stealing 28 from IV Jones Judge Heed will entcnce several prisoners tomorrow morning In regard to the Hugh Boyle cases he stated ho does not know when ho will fee ike hearing a ument Ho will not adjourn court fore Saturday POLICE CHARGED WITH ROBBERY IN ONE INDICTMENT Indictments charging robbery were returned this mornIng by the grand Jury again Patromen Will Orr and Jack Sanders On is now lying in bed ill of stomach trouble while Sanders Is working at his trade of Ship carpenter Complaining witnesses against them are negroes who charge they took from Will Brown 350 and from John Harris 40 cents The prosecuting witness say several months ago they were coming from Union Station when at Eleventh and Caldwell streets they were stopped by two men one of them wealing npo Ilcomuns uniform and a star and armed with a cub while the other carried a gun At tho police station a report was made but they Tilled to Identify Patrolmen Orr and Sanders then of the depot boat on which the robbery occurred Other Indictments Many Paducah firms were Indicted for falling to have the word incorporated on their signs The firms are Farmers and Mechanics SavIngs bank COl tan Shoo company Paducah Buria association Globe Bank and Trui company Illinois Central railroad Prudential Insurance company PowellRogers company Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Paducah Home Telephone company Englert Bryant Rhodes Burford company Dreyfuss Well company Bledernian Distilling com pany Harbor Pitts Shoo company Harbours Department Store First National bank AmericanGerman Ns tlonnl bank New City Steam Laundry the Eye Ste Jewelry company American Express company the Commonwealth Insurance company Lack Singletree company Western Unloi and Adams Express company THU WKATIIKU FAIn Generally lr tonight and Friday Not much cliim to In temiKratiiro Highest uiniHTjiturc yesterday UJ lowest today 70 FORMER TURNKEY HOWLE INDICTED BY GRAND JURY I i Charged With Neglect 01 Duty I In Taking Prisoner Down Street Where letter Got Into Shooting Scrape Using Officers Own Pistol Willful neglect of official duty the charge preferred against Murray Dud Howie formerly turnkey at the county jail In an Indictment returned by the grand Jury this mornIng It is ono of C4 Indictments With It came the Indictment of Jim into Taylor for malicious shooting both indictments growing out of the same occurrence howls is not before the court but resides in the county and can be brought before the court at any time Saturday night September 14 Jimmie Taylor a prisoner in the county jail desired to purchase trousers lie asked Turnkey Howie take him down town Howle without asking permission from Jailer James Eaker according to Jailer Eakers statement took Taylor out and about 1230 oclock on Sunday morning while leaving a colored r6s aturant at Eighth and Washington streets where the two had gone for lunch Taylor got Into a difficulty with Boyd Manuel colored resulting In Manuels being shot In the left arm Taylor carried a wound In his thigh claiming that Manuel shot him The grand Jury returned a not true bill against Manuel Taylor It is said secured his pis I tel from Turnkey Howies hip pocket letJoor let taking Taylor out without authority of Jailer Eaker Howlo IsI I i charged with willful neglect of offi clot duty For shooting Manuel and omIclal beliy the provoker Taylor Is charged with malicious shooting with intent I to kill The penalty In Howies case Is a fine of from 100 to 5001 Jones by remarkable comet dence who Is foreman of the grand Jury which returned tho Howls indictment was Jailer James Eakcrs predecessor and was himself fined I 100 for permitting Willis Mount ai prisoner charged with murder to toihandle I Post Office Forced to Go Into Open Market For Stamps Uncle Sam went on the open market yesterday for the product of his own workshops The postofflce In Paducah yesterday ran out of one cent stamps nnd the clerks went to tho expediency of buying up stamps In drug stores book stores and other places where they usually are on sale to sell again through the stamp window This was small relief however anti In another hour every Inquiry for one cent stamps was met with the statement that there were none for sale Explaining the scar city of the stamps tho clerks said that they had put In their order at tho usual time September 1 but up until a week ago had not received any answer from Washington Then they telegraphed an Inquiry about thorn but have no Information as to when they will receive a consignment LIKED GOOD SHEPHERD HOME AND WILL RETURN Unsatisfied with a free and unrestrained life in Paducah her hometown after a tasto of life In the Home of the Good Shepherd In Louisville Nora Ladd 1C years old applied at police headquarters today and asked to be sent back to tho Louisville Institution Nora and Bello Ladd or Cox as they are also known were sent to the Louisville institution four years ago remaining until a few weeks ago They returned but Nora Ladd did not think well of the move She was admitted through the efforts ol Chief of Pollfo James Collins who will see that she Is reinstated YOU HAKirPUUIM Day of Atonement Among Member of Jewish Knltli Yom Haklppurim or Yom Kip per as It is known In Its nbrevlatei form the day of days In the Jewish religion In which all worldly affair are laid aside and atonement for sIns Is made by fasting and repentence 1 tho house of the Lord was observe by members of tho Jewish faith allover the world yesterday A SMIAK THIKP HOBS I KIUKMAN OK HIS GOOD CLOTHKS Robert Robertson well known Illinois Central high Imll passenger train ilrciimn of IliOl Jefferson street was forced to Ko to his homo this morning In hK overalls having been the victim of sneak thief nt Memphis I last night Job rtoll wits flilng the highball pas senger engine arriving here from Memphis nt 1115 oclock He left his suit case In the engine rub It contained his clothes and saH in cash Ho got down from tho engine to assist in oiling and preparing for the run On returning to his cab a short tlmo niter Robertson found that his suit ruse was gone A hasty search of the yards fulled to discover the thief MR POWDERLY WILL COME TO PADUCAH TO ATTEND CONVENTION Secretary Coons of the Corn merclal club has received the followIng encouraging communication concerning the immigration convention from Commlsloner General Sar geant Referring to your letter of tho 2nd Inst I am happy to inform you that I have had a conference with Mr Powderly chief of the division of information and he Informs me that It will bo a pleasure for him to attend the convention to be held In your city on the 2Cth and 27th of this month and to give the association I such Information as lies within his power as to tho work of the bureau and particularly that of his own divIsion which Is concerned with the I distribution of arriving Immigrants to the various sections or the country eountnI I I I trust that the convention will be a most successful one and that many Important problems will be satisfactorily discussed The post card craze is responsible for the scarcity and it is believed that tho heavy demand from all over the country Is straining the capacity of the government printing office Much Inconvenience was caused to individuals by the scarcity of the one cent I stamps and large consumers are also suffering The stamp clerk said ho had no comprehensive idea of the enormity of sales in one cent stamps until yesterday when he was compelled to turn down orders for them All retail stores were ransacked to supply the demand of persons disappointed at tho postoffice This morning the situation was relieved by the opportune arrival of onecent stamps In sufficient quantity to meet all demands and the postcard sending can go on without a break For a time though yester day It was a trifle tense IMR JUDD CELEBRATES AN IMPORTANT EVENT Illjnols Central boilermakers wore treated to a fine lunch last night after their regular meeting Mr Percy Judd being the host Judd until August 28 was a boilermaker helper His time expired on that date and he became a fullfledged boilermaker but before he could receive the scale had to be regularly Installed into the union This was done at last nights meeting and Craig surprised the members by Inviting them to Murray Wathens cafe for lunch The affair proved a most enjoyable one VOOKH4 DAYS UKJKCTKD DIES Impetuous Hut Unsuccessful Courtship Leads Man to Suicide Webster City Iowa Septr 19 Because JJlss Martha Qulndahl refused to marry him after a courtship of four days Ross Hendricks a former well known Webster City theat rlcaland circus man took 50 grains of strychnine at Esthervllle this morning and rushing Into the street fell dead Hendricks had been a boon I companion of Carl Pressley another well known local theatrical manwho shot himself In the city park here two weeks ago after burning a roll of bills amounting to 2500 i MANY PEOPLE SEEK MISSING HALE MALONE Local Collector For Colliers Subject of Warrant For False Pretenses NO REPORT FOR LAST WEEK Borrows Money and Hires Horse Which he Abandons Near Station IS QUITE A LADIES MAN False pretenses and possibly other serious charges resulting from workIng the confidence game on Dick orson a Jefferson street llverman are some of the charges that Hale Malone of Louisville a collector for the Peter Collier Publishing com pang will have to answer If he Is caught and Paducah detectives beK IJeve that they have Malone located Malone is good looking and Is a smooth talker During his stay in Paducah ho used a rig belonging to Mr DIckerson to ride around and collect money for the publishing com pony Mr Trail one of the managers of Colliers Louisville agency who arrived In Paducah this morning says Malone has not made a report of the amount of his collec tons for over a week and Is known to be over 200 behind Yesterday evening Malone failed to show up at the stable with the rig and Mr DIckerson made a search for him and about 10 oclock last nightdiscovered his horse tied to a tree near tho Union station where It was learned that the animal had been standing all day without food or Wltq In addition to the livery bill of 10 which Malone owes Dlqkorson he conned the liveryman ort of 25 which ho borrowed until he could draw his weeks salary In addition to his peculiar accomplishments Malone is said to bo quite a favorite with the ladles and rand besides his acquaintance with a numbs of Paducah girls which he made during his stay here he had several lady friends In Louisville whom ho often called up over long distance telephone Malone Is believed to have gone front here to Cairo to meet a woman and a description was sent to the i Cairo police with Instructions to arest and hold him If foundS ANOTHER UNION IS FORMED IN PADUCAH Coremakers and mouldors In Paducah will be organized Into a union preliminary steps towards organization being taken today This morning Mr Saxton secretary of the Boilermakers union laid off at the Illinois Central shops to confer with moulders and core makers at the Illinois Central shops Jacksons foundry and the Shelton foundry There are about 15 moulders and core makers In Paducah and they receive a little less than the union scale it Is stated UNION GLASS BLOWERS LEAVE FINLEY PLANT The Finley glass plant In Median Icsburg Paducahs newest Industry Is Idle today glass blowers having been called out this morning shortly after the whistle was sounded President A Volt of the Glass Blowers Union of the United States and Canada Issued tho call and not a glassblower remained at his post CENTRAL LABOR UNION WILL MEET TONIGHT The Central Labor Union will meet tonight In regular session to act on several Important matters Tho matter pf setting a date for crowning tho goddess of labor Miss Helene Han nln A report wit be heard from the Glass Blowers union relative to the walk out this morning and a com t4 mittee from tho Farmers unions Is expected to wait on the body relative I to establishing a farmers exchange hero There will bo much routine business to transact.