The Hartford Republican, 1916-02-04

CONVENE MONDAY FIRST CHANCE FOR OHIO COUN- Tl TO SEE NEW TEAM IN ACTION. POSSUM HUNTER CASES -f-ic-iWsrjt .... ,w... Much xnroBgnoac tne voaa- ty iai First Term of the IfewMTear, The first-terHv of Ohio Circuit Court for' thYyear. iiU'ff wiAcoa- v.ene in the court heme here Moa- daymornteg, All eyea will be cen centered - tered centered ba.thenew"vteamcpmposed of Judge. TR5yt"s.Sfackaad. ComraoB1 ComraoB1-WMlta'a.JW.toraey - WMlta'a.JW.toraey ComraoB1-WMlta'a.JW.toraey C. JB. Smith. This la. theifirat .timea; saaar?ears -that Hepabliaans have" held theee impor tant positions and reports from' Ow-. ensboro arid Calhoun affirm that they ar,e making good wltnrengance; At both o the above places Judge Slack has conducted court In an orderly and dignified manner, whllo .Attor .Attorney - ney .Attorney Smith has made a great hit by tho able manner in which he has con conducted - ducted conducted the prosecutions. Another new face will be that of Circuit Clerk Porter. This will be Mr. Porter's first experience of this kind in the court room; but his friends are predicting that he will acquit himself with cred-. It. Mrs. "A. W. Bennett will fill the place,ot court stenographer,' for the last several years held by Mr.; Mar Marvin - vin Marvin Miller. Mrs. Bennett; has held, this position before. The possum hunter cases to be tried "at this term, will attract at attention - tention attention throughout the State. There hajs been considerable speculation as come bere the court." We are able to set", this uncertalnlty at. rest, how- ever, forThe Republican representa tive nas It straigni inai a uuiuuer will be"! trjed at this term and fully prosecuted, Sheriff Keown has serv served - ed served a number of warrants charging banding together and confederating for the purpose ot injuring others in the last two weeks. Practically- all those arrested made bond. There are now .7,8 Indictments for-possum, hunt hunting. - ing. hunting. There are only two murder trials' to come up at this term: In the first of these, .Commonwealth, 'vs. Jesse Fulkerson,. et al., Clarence Durall, 'Robert Green, Harry Woodburn, Claude, Graves, Clayburn Wilson (five defendants) the .defendants are .charged wUhthe, murder, of HaV rteoff Maddox,,-cpforedYbfpu'h, day, Feb 10. The..kllllngor.the negro for which these men are charged oc-. curred in Rockport several months ago. The- other murder case Is, Com monwealth vs., Gilbert Hayes, .which has Jieen trled.-,hefore but resulted la a. hung jury. The" evidence in iHiH-vaae i wreuuuuwtuii. t Ot the other cases attracting, at? tsntion Commonwealh vs. Bill, Tay Taylor, - lor, Taylor, charged, with breaking Into the' store,. ot M, ,D. Hudson at Beaver Dam-in December ot 914, is pro probably - bably probably one ot tho most Important Those numbers on the docket that wiil. come beforo the court are as follows: Second Day, Feb. 85247 Com'th. vs. Wm. Combs; 5173 Com'th. vs, Everett Guy; 619L Com'th. vs.. Bill Taylor; 5220 Com'th. vs. Jno. Dur Durham, - ham, Durham, Sr., Jno. Alexander, Jno. Dur Durham, - ham, Durham, Jr., Claronco Morris and. Jim Morris, Third Day, Fob. 05208 to 5212 Com'th. vs. Bruno Frey, 4 Indict Indictments; - ments; Indictments; 5015 Com'th. vs. Alton Par Par-rls, - rls, Par-rls, et al; 5216 Com'th. vs. Claude Graves; 6230 Com'th. vs. Claude, Al- lea, Lafe Crawley; 5232 Cometh, vs. Osear Durall; 5238 Com'th. vs. Char Char-He - He Char-He Alrey. Fourth Day, Feb. 10 5241, Com'th vs. Jesse Fulkerson. ?et al., Clarence Darall; Robert Green, Harry Wood Wood-BWiMClaude - BWiMClaude Wood-BWiMClaude Graves, Clayburn Wil- sen?v 5. defendants; 5246 Com'th. vs Newt Allea, Charles Myers, Tom Kng Kng-ier, - ier, Kng-ier, Alrey Fogle, Harry Woodburn, A. P. Wilson, Haydea Curtis, Will PerUr, Henderson Hawkenberry, Gee. Hunter, Jake Bowea, Walter WUeaa, 14 defendants;' S29 Com'th. vsjfHerma Kerr). Fifth Bay,T.U M97 Com'th. va. OMaert Hajiw; 523 Com'thi vs. Marios Like;, Mi5 Com'th. vs.

7 vessels Destroyed Kaisers' Raider . Rivals Daring of Endfaol the Canary , Island. I .- XowaorLNewa. Va.. Feb. 1. With the German .natal CBslgn flat flattering - tering flattering .boldly from, her stem and .in charge-ofa German prize .crew, tho British' SoHth African Iiaer Appar sdven ud for lest, toe' .refuge, la, Hampton Roads this aforalBg with the story of seven-vesseUvdestreyed by German sea raiders- off the Afri African - can African coast. The Appam was captured off the Canary Islands on. January 15 by a ", Westaerman raider four days after sho had sailed for Dakar, British West Africa, for Plymouth, Eng England. - land. England. , Whether the captor was a Ger German - man German U boat or a hitherto unreported German ""auxiliary crulsor Is unde undetermined. - termined. undetermined. From what was learned by some of the officials who boarded the Appam It Is believed that some steamer, armed as a German auxil auxil-fary, - fary, auxil-fary, possibly the cruiser Mowo, raid raiding - ing raiding shipping off tho African coast, took the British liner and put the prize crew aboard. This view Is supported by the fact that a sub marine could hardly have spared a 'lieutenant and such a large crew to a prize. Lieutenant Berge, of the German .navy, placed on thp Appam when ishe was captured, brought-, in the ;prlzo, eluding the cordon of British cruisers across the Atlantic, and :addlng to the historic chapter of Ger German - man German exploits at sea,, a chapter to :rank with the adventures of tho Em Em-den, - den, Em-den, the Prlnz Eltol Frledrlchand the Kronprlnz WUhelm. There are 451 persons aboard the ship, Including 188 survivors of sov sov-en - en sov-en ships aunk by the submarine -which captured the Appam; twenty German' civilians being transported fro:u Africa to England tq bo placed in detention camps; forty-six mem members - bers members of the Appam's crew; 155 orig original - inal original passengers on the Appam, and the prize crew of twenty-two. Many of the passengers on the Ap Appam - pam Appam are women and children. There are .also several high British colonial officials, who were returning to Eng England - land England from Africa. There are also four -wounded sailors,- taken from one of the sunken ships, which resisted cap capture - ture capture and was shelled. ftb Resistance. According to the, information leaned from ihose who talked with. Lieut. Berge, the Appam was captur captured - ed captured without any show of resistance, on January 15, tho day that British news reports said wireless communl communl-., - ., communl-., cation with the vesel suddenly ceas ceas-edT - edT ceas-edT A prize crew " was placed on tboard and. the same day the raider which 'captured the Appam gavo chaso to another British steamer, bound for Australia with a cargo of .meat. Tho meat ship gave battle, -was captured and was sunk, after a large portion of her cargo had been .taken off. Six moro Vessels then were de-' atroyod In rapid succession. It was Mated. The crows were taken on OjoariMhe Appam, which ran due west across tho Atlantic for Hampton Itoads. The names of the steamers sunk by the raider which captured the Ap Appam - pam Appam are given as the Corbrldge, Trader, Dormomby, Farrlngford, Clan MacTavlah and Arthur. When the Appam passed la the "Virginia Canes early-today and took ,,son a pilot, she was asked by the Fort "tJMoriroe wireless station who she was. was.-SThe - SThe was.-SThe 'reply was, It 'was stated, that tshe was the. 'German cruiser "Buf "Buffalo:" - falo:" "Buffalo:" i(jWhen she arrive at Old "Point, oSaf latlaa oaeer MeCaffery went -aseaX aad after hla Inspection brought Lieut., Berge ashore. The .Assam gat st WH, of health., The fear weaaded satiets were the , sly ease f sUfcmsss feaod., . The, Oersaa CeaaaJ. b Marshall

BHslnesHoBse of Ken ' tacky City. Washington, D. C Substantial aid went forward from WashihgtbiC today for the relief of- -flood, suffer-' era in Kentucky." Senator Jamed and Representative A. W. Berkley were active' In behalf, ofLvealdeata ot west Hickman, while Representa' Uve D. H. Klnch'eloe was successful " . I- . . In his efforts to assist sufferers oft small tributaries of the Ohio.' river. Tho American Red. Cross nbt only" gave immediate relief through fund for food, shelter and clothing, but ordered Its representative at ' Gt Louis to go to, West Hickman and assume charge of the. .situation on the Mississippi river at that point. While this outside aid was being furnished, Representative Barkley was active In seeking to obtain funds from the federal government. Late1 this afternoon he introduced in the house a bill providing for- an appro appropriation - priation appropriation of $400,000 for relief front floods in the, Mississippi valley throughout the present year. The Red. Cross gave $5.00, for re relief - lief relief at West Hickman. This sum will be expended by the organization. Hickman, Ky. The river is stilL rising and-has backed up in a num number - ber number of stores on the. north side ot the buslnesaMectlon. By morning it, will be fin several more. The wa water1 - ter1 water1 Is backing' across the mala business street, but' tonight, it is' thought It will not reach the stage of the 1913- flood unless there is more rain. It will rise for at least five days yet. The water Is much, higher la Hickman at this stage than In 1913 at the same stage. This rise Is out of the Mississippi. ' Tho, Missouri levees are all hold holding, - ing, holding, which throws the flood higher on this side. The Missouri levee was broken. In two places In 1913. Reeltoot levee,- extending from Hickman, to Tlptonv.llle," is said to be In good shape tonight, and is be lng carefully watched day and night by a large force -of men., Th. wealthy land owners are working" on this levee, with their employes and they feel much better over the situation- today than yesterday. Many people behind ihe levee are 'moving" put, though the levee appears sate Conditions lmprovtag. Kansas City,. Although conditions were improved in, the greater part of the Southwestern states affected by floods reports early today-told of fur ther damage in Arkansas, where high water recently has flowed over thousands ot acres of farm lands, and has driven many persons from their homes. ',- It is feared five counties will bd affected by the flow' ot water caused by breaking ot .the levee near Cum Cummins. - mins. Cummins. The state farm near Cummins is reported cbVered with water, a'ndT negro prisoners kept at the farm will be removed today.. The white convicts were removed late yester yesterday. - day. yesterday. No word had come early today from Arcbard's ferry, near Redfleld, Ark., where last night forty- families were reported morooned by floods, It was reported boats had been sent to therreaoue. In many parts of the state train service was seriously lnterterred with, some of the railroads being forced to detour trains on acount ot the high water. Railroads la Southern Missouri also were experiencing dlStcultles, the St. Louts': San Francisco espe especially - cially especially having trouble by reason of washouts. In the mining districts about Joplln, Mo., operations are hampered. a Mto.Pre at Mlnslea. "Pa, what is a peaeeaaakerT" 'He ."is the man, my ealld, whose 1 mala tueeesa lies la fraaipHatiag ingnt." , '

and trained nurse were present -when the-encL came.. , Mrs. Rlckard was married to Mr.. Earl Rlckard only about.islx weeks ago: and ,at 22, waa-Just, entering-Into the flowery age of woman womanhoods - hoods womanhoods She. was very popular In" Hart Hartford - ford Hartford and her death at .this early-age ts sadly regretted and, deeply deplor ed.: She was conscious, that she could not recover and sweetly gave Instruc Instructions - tions Instructions as to the disposition ot her re remains, - mains, remains, as follows: Funeral services at the residence of Miss Bessie Morton this morning at ten o'cl6ck by the Rev. B. W. Na Napier. - pier. Napier. Interment In Oakwood Ceme Cemetery. - tery. Cemetery. Mrs. Rlckard also made re requests - quests requests as to the burial shroud, and other arrangements. , . N Mrs. Rickard's mother preceded her' in death several years ago while her father died of pneumonia just three weeks, ago, Of, thls'famlly two brothers, Darrel and Barnett, and the young husbandj Earl Rlckard, survive. GIVES-AUTHORITY FOR SCHOOL VACCINATION HEALTH OFFICERS UPHELD RULING OF LOUISVUiLE JUDGE. IN Louisville, Ky., Feb. 1. Authori Authority - ty Authority to use every means within its power to check disease epidemics is vested by law in the State Board of Health, in the opinion of Judge Sam Samuel - uel Samuel B.. Kirby, who yesterday sua- Ifalned a demurer by the county board to a petition ot tne board oi trustees of the Highland Park' grad graded - ed graded school to enjoin- the health board f torn requiring the pupils to be vac vaccinated - cinated vaccinated before attending school. , The, court fold it was no doubt true that many people are opposed' to vaccination" but that medlcaf author authorities - ities authorities the, world, over believed it was the. one remedy best suited to pre vent smallpox, and tor that ; reason' be believed - lieved believed tjie Legislature was ''within its rights in, delegating to the State right InBoard ot Health the authority to invoke vacclhailon and that the State Board, ot Health acted within its rights in delegating to the author authority - ity authority to .the County Board ot Health. He gave 'the board of trustees of the school an opportunity to amend Its petition In order to further test the constitutionality of the law govern ing the authority ot the State Board 0f Health. W, S. SanfQrd, attorney for the board ot trustees of the school announced that he would tile an amended petition to-morrow morn morning, - ing, morning, but he did not state the nature ot the allegations It would contain. , , EARLY START MADE BY, WARREN STRAWBERRY MEN Bowling Green, Ky Feb. 1. That the coming strawberry season will be the greatest in the history of the Warren County Strawberry as association, - sociation, association, and tor that, reason in the history of the state, is Indicated by every feature of the work' of the strawberry growers at the present time. The acreage ot 'strawberries this year; will be much larger than ever before, exceeding 1,200 acres, besides, the hundreds ot .acres ot young plants, which -will bear fruit next' season. A meeting ot over 300 growers ot the county was held at the, courthouse here Saturday and speeUieatleBS adopted for the orates- and ether supplies which will ba needed during the eemlag season. Already aa order fer 176,900:' orates baa beealaeed.

er had conversations over the tele telephone - phone telephone with the embassy and with 'Customs Collector Hamilton. - No One Allowed Near.i Pending the receipt of Instructions fromo Collector Hamilton,' no one is allowed on or near the Appam. Guards are at the rail on -every, side and no gang plank, is down. Ef forts to communicate with any of'the pas passengers' - sengers' passengers' from small' boats encircling the, steamer are forbidden. The -JV.ppam has one three-lach gan meMHted efe'her bow, but wheth whether - er whether it waaon. board before, her eap eap-ture - ture eap-ture or waa mounted by the Ger Germans - mans Germans is not known. She was brought in under the German man-of-war flag, Instead, of the'German merchant flag, and her name -was given to the quarantine officer as "S. M. S.. Appam," meaning the German warship Appam: When seen on his' way to visit Col Colonel' - onel' Colonel' Haynes, Lieutenant Berge re refused - fused refused o talk. Asked for information he merely shook his head and, re replied: - plied: replied: "Nothing to say, nothing, to say. He is a smaii man ui augm build, with a small mustache, and Is very pleasahtf. though non-com-munlcattve. r ' ' DYING TOBACCO f AT LOCAL BOUSE WESTERFD3LD , LEASES HART HARTFORD - FORD HARTFORD WAREHOUSE' AND .TOBACCO COMING IN. Mr. J. B. Westerfleld, of Fords Fords-vllle, - vllle, Fords-vllle, has closed a deal with the di rectors of the Hartford Warehouse company wher,cby gets the use of the local warehouse, for the comlng'year, and will buy tobacco here the rest of the season. Already tobacco is coming in and at press hour last night between 50,000 and 75,00'0 pounds of the weed has been bought for delivery here. The warehouse ts being cleaned out and prepared and by next week buying here will! bo in full sway. Mr. Westerfleld Is acting aa agent for a Louisville corporation that al so has representatives, on the loose leaf floors in Owensboro .and prac tlcally the same prices' will be paid' here that prevail in that city, except the higher grade tobacco, which' we understand ,1s not' desired, at the reg regular - ular regular scale of prices. ' Since the meet

they need. Bu'f ItMr. V. 0.,Gilbert has the rteht' to" annolnt seven he has Just as much legal authority to appoint 700, with no' limitations on their salary. When I "declined to countenance such a procedure, I be began - gan began to be assailed In letters from alt over the State, wanting to know whether I was opposed to the common school system. Let Him .Appeal to Assembly. "If the superintendent needs seven stenographers let him go to the Leg Legislature - islature Legislature which Is the only body that has the power tq grant him that-many and ask for It. Then there will be nothlngrto prevent the naming of wife, brother, slstex-or any other-rel- atlve who has never written a line of shorthand In" hU life:'-' "' "Tb'e "worst pardf it is, that no foneregardsbtfi8rKw,IftheLegisla- ture says you can't, do a certatin thing it's done anyway. -The Audi Auditor's - tor's Auditor's Department Is allowed $23,000 a year "to run on. It' has been using 530,000, without any apologies. In I.i. -. -i . . .1. '. !-. T K.AJ iiuo last rvpuriyiruui luuv uuiua i uvuw Buca a Bum coujont -have been ex- .. - i r. j.i.ii.j penaea lor exureBsaKo; i ueutueu pended for expressage; ' Mr. Rock to look Into It, and he .re .reports - ports .reports thai the money was spent Id ga-f lng after requisitioned prisoners. The account used to.be charged to 'express agents,' and tho' custom has continued. What One Trip Cost. "One trip ot an officer- to Michigan cost (he State over $200. He didn't get the prisoner, and the law express? ly forbids payment of expenses unless the prisoner is, bagged. His next trip, in which he got his man, cost the .State $250. These sums -are out outrageous. - rageous. outrageous. Officers have made It a custom to come to Frankfort to get' extradition papers. Tho State has been paying their expenses. This Is something 'else that ts. needless. The papers could be mailed to them, and they could make their trips from their home city. "Every department I touch reveals the samq 'conditions until I am thor thoroughly - oughly thoroughly disgusted: I am ready tp throw the- whole business overboard

STATE 0FF1C ij ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ASSIST ASSISTANTS - ANTS ASSISTANTS UNCOVER ILLEGAL -EXPENDITURES. NOT HARD TO DISCOVER 8ltaUo tTBerereJ Wiewi, -State's Moaey Betas;. Threw, to The Wtaeto.' Frankfort, Kj.u Feb.,,2: tetra agance-arid illegal expenditures. ia many" departments o( the State e,v e,v-eramentis - eramentis e,v-eramentis the situation being, ua ua-cerered - cerered ua-cerered by .Attorney GeaeralM. :M, Logan, through' the work of liia er eta'l "asslsUntsLogan M. Rock aai John C. Duffy. Mr. Logan gave.Vftat to strong statements regarding 'de 'deplorable - plorable 'deplorable conditions at the State capi capital. - tal. capital. j-I3 -,ii. V . , -'""'There is no need to dlg,?dowa,!' asserted Mr.. Logan. "You have.jaii have.jaii-ly - ly have.jaii-ly to scratch the surface to discover it." - w One bf the discouraging, features of the situation to his mind is.that any attempt) to correct conditions is met only with the strongest; opposi opposition. - tion. opposition. Unnecessary expense accounts and department salary and expense rolls of Illegal size are the chief fea tures so far encountered. t- It cost 61,000 last year to r.uiMhe office of the department of. education. That included, only the office exaaa exaaa-ses. - ses. exaaa-ses. This susa, was greater than the cost of tho conduct of the auditor, attorney general's 'and 'the Govern Governor's - or's Governor's office combined., . v ' "The dopartmtent made a request tor seven stenographers;" said .Mr.

there and tobacco tnat- waa tormeriy f waIaaa.Y Vina hoan' nrnnirhf Tiarlr And oeuvvu "..u www.. .w-D- sold for good price. The distance that farmers living near Hartford , must haul to deliver In Owensboro, I however, Is so great that they will no dou.bt take advantage of tlo op op-1 - 1 op-1 portunltj; to soil here. I Thp buying of tobacco here will no doubt, stimulate business In this sec- 'tlon, and the handling of the weed will give employment to several men. " ROAD MEETING AT CENTERTOWN AND KRONOS There wll bo- a road meeting at Centertown at one o'clock next Sat urday evening at Morton's drug store and at Matansas at T p. m, On Monday evening following there will be a meeting of the jwme- kind at Kronos. These meetings are for the purpose of discussing plans for work working - ing working the roads the present year. All Interested are required to attend. ; ; . ; Man Killed Woe Ballet Gteaeaa Frew Hog's 8knM. Terre Haute, lad., January ,30. Andrew Sbaader.a miner "of Buaaea, Ind.. waa shot and killed here today' 'when a bullet gkneed ot'the skull 'of. a hog aad straek hlM. Shaader (aadJae RadevUlt, else 'a aalaer, war buteherlag.the hei.aadafca hei.aadafca-I - I hei.aadafca-I dar, wm werklag aear, the. Vf whea Jtovh-firad'thelHiat -" '