The Paducah Evening Sun, 1910-12-31

c TURKGERMAN ALLIANCE IS p ENGLISH BAR That is the Opinion In South Southeastern - eastern Southeastern Europe Concern n ing Persia i Situation In England and 08 the Continent Gossip it Foreign Capitals United Press Association Teheran Dec 31Tho Impression here la that Germany and Turkey combined have frightened England t and Russia out of dividing Persia between them Just at present at leastIn In northern Persia Russia has not Indeed relinquished anything that It held It maintain garri garrisons - sons garrisons wherever It had them and the czars officers continue to Interfere In Persian affairs 111 much ail ever It has stopped the reinforcement of garrisons however and several de detachments - tachments detachments of troops which recently crossed the frontier from the Cau Caucasus - casus Caucasus evidently Intending to march a still farther to the southward have been recalled In the south England has shown every sign of Indecision and anxiety It has landed marines from Ill war ships in the Persian Gulf and called them aboard again taken the ag grosslvo in several skirmishes on onshore - shore onshore and then backed out of them and shown no inclination l6 make good Its ultimatum to take posses possession - sion possession of tho southern roads unless the Persian government put a stop to the disorders which the English themselves were stirring up It is no doubt natural that Eng England - land England should be more cautious than Russia The latter is able to set Into northern Persia by land marches while the English would have to bring their forces long distance by t i water i4 4 No ono imagines that the London and St Petersburg governments have finally abandoned their designs against the shahs country but It looks very much as If they had re reconsidered - considered reconsidered their decision that tho time Was rlpo for an Immediate grab In some respects Turkish aggression seems a more urgent danger The Ottoman troops ate gradually getting possession of more and more Persian territory in the vicinity of their own frontier The Turkish movement was undertaken ostensibly in defense of Persia against Russia but it Is strongly doubted here whether It will sur surrender - render surrender anything that It gets securely Into Its hands handsTurkish Turkish Troubles Constantinople Dec 31OIDclal denials to the contrary notwith notwithstanding - standing notwithstanding the Young Turkish govern government - ment government is in a very precarious sltua tlon The progressive element of which the Young Turks are the head Is so enormously outnumbered by the reactionaries that it feels itsr only hope Is to act with the utmost severity at tho first sign of popular discontent anywhere In the country Dy this method It has succeeded In holding Its own thus far but it has t stirred up such an amount of hos hostility - tility hostility that It is la danger now of being overwhelmed at any moment The outbreak of the administra ions enemies In parliament a few days ago in connection with the un undoubtedly - doubtedly undoubtedly accurate showing therC made of tho cruelties the troops l have practiced in disaffected sections of tho country apparently brought matters to a head There are mut mutterings - terings mutterings of rebellion from every di direction - rection direction at present To mako matters worse there Is serious question concerning the loy alty of War Minister Chofkct Pasha to the Young Turkish cause Chef kot was never a member of the Young Turkish group He was enough of a progressive to opposo Abdul Hamlda misgovernment and accordingly took command of the troops who marched upon Constanti Constantinople - nople Constantinople at tho time of Ibo last reac reactionary - tionary reactionary uprising and the Young Turks accepted his service because I ho was recognized as tho ablest gen I eral who was willing to serve them They wero afraid of him rota tho first however and tho manner In which he criticized their policies f following Abdul Harold deposition I made them still more BO Ho was certainly the last l man they wanted for war minister but there was no escape from It Tho faults ho was I continually finding with their mill Itary methods weru causing them thea L greatest Inconvenlenco and It waai finally decided to take him into the + cabinet as a means of silencing him and perhaps binding him to their own group Chefket saw the trap I and was very willing to step into It j 1 ICootloo I OB Pap Threw

NBWSDEMOORAT IV j NEWSDEMOCRAT NEWSDBMOCRATPLAYS PLAYS HOB WITH DEMONSTRATE Injected Politics Into Meet Meeting - ing Meeting Says Hon Charles K Wheeler George Emerys Emcnics Are There in Force in iiinNDS I Tllll SSISSMRNT If It had not been for that artlclo In the NewsDemocrat attempting to make political capital out at thll meeting wo would have ten times JlI many people hero tonight said Mr Charles K Wheeler In his speech at the meeting last night In tho pollco court room About 125 citizens attended tho meeting and two petitions addressed to the general council asking that n committee of three disinterested rltlzcns be appointed to revise tho work of tho block map commission and that Georgp Emory bo removed ns a member of tho board of super visor because ot till membership one the block map commission wero Mimed by 40 citizens The petitions will tie placed before tho members of tho general council by n commit too rontlstlng of James M Lang W It I Cochran and W P pummel mn 1 tnln IIII 1111111 1 rllllOrtlr I Porter for Tho Uvenlnj Sun wall 1 pnlcl MNTCan Then UnoU Joo rollor rlz and declared that It would bo only fair if thoro was a Mportor I for tin > wliinf > crnt prewont to I err > t him OeltltoJ also Silunro ictcn < v H few mJniite while Into dolled J with Undo Jooa If Out if there wag one present at the time modetty forUulo a fulflMmoul uf the condition AM fieorgo Hnivry0 pprtonal < rte miss were there nnd they mlxixl It up with leorse from every nnsk wbllo he xotdmtk 11111 style to mako lie runlet IntorwAtln from start tnI I flniiti Np brr ld he hmllalo to ex exp - p exp aln wlif Mm t people woro proleiit Ing nsninrt the new nincesment nlInt thorn iiy numo and giving I tlicurcv TIll precipitated many by arguments not exactly eennnlno tO1 the rag tout diverting while thlt y lard I Hinery ftM that morn valu1 ni > n > Rare roduted than Increawd I an + fwvrltvj that there wouM be fowI I iompttinU outside those who Jiero i toforo hnvo been escaping their I rII hare of tars burden Most rooplel JK > inti would have leNt taxe to 1131 i whio tho evening up process would i give tho lty larger retmuo I Mr I 8 Dullols was chosen as chairman and presided over the meeting Ho stated that tho moot ing was not n matter of politics but I was only a meeting of property owner to tee that their property was assessed at a fair value for the next four yearn Mr W B Coch Cochran - ran Cochran Haiti the purpose of tho meeting was not to bear any 111 will towards the city administration but that It waa a meeting to obtain n fair alI I sessment of tho city and If tho block map commission had made any errors In the assessments for a iorrcrtlon of tho figures before thoj fluid adoption of tho assessment for the next four yenre i Mr Wheeler was the chief speaker I r < f the evening and ho said that ho had become Interested bocauso of tho large number of complaint of I overosscBsment that ho had heard I Fur days men have been running to mo nnd wanting to know what to ofltheir their property Yet the very men who havo been the most active are not here tonight Tho worst of It Is tho effort of ono of tho newspapers to give It n political aspect and It IIIhas III Tho block map system was com m ndcd by Mr Wheeler but ho pro tested against Mr Emery or any other man who was n member of the block map commission to lit upon tho board of supervisors at a judge of his work Ho explained Iho law regarding tho fair cash valise of property ns tho amount thai IMI owner could obtain for his goods or property on any day and that tho assessment should not bo over 70 per conl of that nmounl Mr Whoolor said that I It was not I to Mr I Kmcry I > that lire objections were made nnd ho did not object If Mr Kmory wore proscnl wllh the board of supervisor to glvo Infor mation but he did object to seeing a member of tho board with a vote to accept his own work lu defense of his position Mrl flcorgo Kmory J was present and stated that ho had not accoptcfl tho poBltlon and It was not his desire to forco himself upon tho board Ho explained that It was regarded by Mayor Smith and others that some member of the commission bo a Continued oa Page Fly I

BANK DIVIDENDS DECLARED TODAY CLEARINGS GOOD Scmi Annuals Show Local In stitutions Are in Good Condition r Richard Rudy Vicepresident t of Citizens VKAH HAS IJEHV SUCCESSFUL l I I p Clearings this wUk 531449 I With the cloco ot the year in bust ness Uio year 1910 baa been good l in business with a steady increase in trade The ycarihw been char acterized by a steady trade rather than a flurry and Itjls 1 with the bc tl of confidence that the business monI I of Paducnh face 19Ll 1 The year has been one cr remark able development In Paducah and InI i I biHldlng Two handsome banks I have been erected In tho bushes I I district while wjrcral business houses have been remodeled and the I business district la given a metropol Ran air Other nibstantlal and handsome buildings have been erect erected - ed erected during time year Including tho Ellis apartmonte Declare Dividend monthsI I of the most prosperous six months period In their history ant the div Ideml disbursements will bo made the first of tho monl1c Tho City Natlona bans declared d Its usual elx per cent dividend too Citizens Savings bank Its usual 5 per coot the First National declared a aright n I - right aright per cent tho second half of the ear and tho Paitucah banking mpandlfbnrr SkSpVcentMil Wend Tho Mechanics and Farmers raised Its dividend from 2 to 3 I per cent The statement of tho banks will show lower deposits than they bad tho last of Juno but that la to boI I I charged to the nonmovement of thot t I tobacco crop In addition to passing large dlvl Bonds to tho credit of tho stock stockholders - holders stockholders all tho banks carried cub tdntial amount to their surplus 1 and undivided profits accounts In Heating a very grad period Mr Itudjr Vice Ircsltlcnt Richard RudI cashier of the CHI zone Savings bank was today elected vkv president of that Instltullon in 1 addition to his reelection as cash ier This bank baa bad no vice t president since Sits Inception and the position was created In compliment to Mr Rudy i Next Meeting 1 In lloston Chicago Dec 31Doston was e chosen as the place for holding the 1011 convention of the American Buyers association Tho date was set as August 29 30 and 31 Tho executive committee In session here I decided on the time and place RESCUED HIS PRISONER Deputy Sheriff Ijimls Alleged Mar derer in Jail Gulfport Miss Dec 31Arter rescuing his prisoner from a mob bent on lynching him Deputy Sheriff J M Williams arrived hero with Jesse Odom charged with murder In Dond Miss and placed him in t the county jail for safe keeping The prisoner bears two gun shot wound Inflicted by the mob I HATH TUB TRUST COUNSEL CONFER WITH AV1CKKHSIIAM Washington Dec 31 Attorneys for tho Individuals Indicted as mem born bf the socalled bath tub trust for tine alleged violation of the Sher man act appeared before the de partment of justice In behalf ot f their clients Tho trio of lawyer was headed by Rush Taggort of Now York They declined to state tho result of their conference 01 Slccottntoj o New Tears There will Be no issue of The Evening Sun ell Monday J J A

HARRIS DROWNS CAPT BROWN SAFE EMPLOYE FALLS OFF WHARI nOT AND DKACJS WHARF MASTER IX j Henry Harris 39 years old a col colored - ored colored driver for the Paducah Wharf boat company was drowned and Wharfmaster Frank Drown had a narrow escape from being drowned a 130 oclock this afternoon Harris wag working on the upper end of Uio wharfbodt and lost bin balance He caught Whartoaster Brown and pulled him In Dan FUxpatrlck threw a rope to Captain Brown and saved him Harris did not rise andhla body has not been rEcoverod H < was a woll built mulatto negro Stork Actor Is Dead St Louis Dec 31 Harry Long an actor well known In stock plays In the Middle West is dead in a hos hospital - pital hospital here heroSchools Schools Open Monday The public schools will resume heir sessions Monday morning About 2000 Arrests According to Chief of Police Ging Gingery - ery Gingery the number of arrests this yea will be close around 2flOO and about tho same number as last year Chief Slngory will be busy all day Sunday winding up his books In or order - der order to prepare his annual report Mrs Robert Russell Mrs Robert Ruswojl 7S years old sjrmpccteg l rmtrnptJCe IU died lart iijght at her tioiao In ICorll after a along - long along Ulnesa of tuberculosis Sho Is survived by three daughters and five runs ail of whom reside near Koch She is a cousin of Mr B D 3Iook > of I ducatr Mrs Russell was a devout member of the Baptist church The funeral will tako place tomorrow afternoon with burial in tho Hook cemetery FIRST TOBACCO SALES ON MONDAY MORNING Bohmers warehouse at Eleventh street and Broadway A J Camp Campbell - bell Campbell manager will have Its first sale on Monday January 2 Something like 00000 pounds ot tobacco will bo offered at the sale A large num number - ber number of outoftown buyers will be < present This is the first sale of the season and will bo a big event PALLBEARERS CHOSEN FOR THE RIEKE FUNERAL Tho pallbearers for Mr W II Uekes funeral which will bo held at the residence 1710 Kentucky venue tomorrow afternoon at 2 ocloek wilt be HonoraryMajor J H Ashcraft Dr D G Murrell T A Baker J W McKnlght D A elsor Robert L Reeves Acllve George RIpley S A Fowler Muscoi lurnett Lawrence Dallam Dr Frank Boyd and J D Mocquot Tho Rev 11 W Burwcll will officiate and burial will bo in Oak Grove SIXTYFIVE WANT SALOON LICENSE ALL IHB nOSH WITH O K OF AGENT ON THEIR APPLICATION Up to 2 oclock this afternoon 0 b applicants for liquor licenses had been received by City Clerk Mc Intyro Out of this number lour wore applicants for quart licenses All of tho 05 gavo the Fldpllly < Deposit company ot Baltimore ai s their bondsmen W P Hummel local agent for the company filed a paper vouching for ouch bond and tho general council tonight will lit given notlco of tho 0 K of thi bondsmen Mr McIntyre has beet kept busy all day receiving appll cations and swearing now city offi clans The general council will meet In called session at 9 oclock tonight and wind up the business of 19 K and receive tho final report of Clt Treasurer Walters

Leading Business Mcnof Port Involved by Evidence Yu catan is Hot Bed Progress in Honduran Revolt Vera Cruz Mexico Dec 3ITllat Mexican authorities hero discovered a wide spread conspiracy in time to prevent the seizure of tho port of Vera Cruz and a gunboat in tho bar bor became known today Somo of tho moot prominent Pen In Vera Cruz lure Involved Titty arrests have been made end three alleged lead ers summarily executed Reports from Yucatan Indicate that section te > a hotbed of rebel sentiment and an outbreak at Merida is expected Tegucigalpa Honduras Dec 31 Clashes between Bonlllae soldiers and government troops along the ttcarauguan > border are resulting in Itr Iktv111at soldiers aro joining BnnlMo and Leo Ohrlsmou It10 believed lie main fighting wlU take place horo and that when Bonfjla raises his flag over the palace the revohillon will end Murray Wedding Murray Ky Doc 31Tho mar clogs of Elbert Lassiter of New Market Tenn to Miss Myrtle Idol land tho youngest daughter of Mrs R R Holland took place yesterday afternoon Mr Lassltor formerly lived hero was assistant cashier of the Citizens bank After tho mar Hugo they started on an extensive southern trip after which they will ho at home at Now Market Tenn Tennlafter after January 10 10M r Ad Many Members and Fricndg of Lodge Attend About 300 member and friends ot the Paducah Lodge No 11313 ddvdcrtCiotfdmonsli + itMorlcdsand tho Royal Neighbors auxiliary hero present at an enjoyable social and oyster supper held at the Three Links bulldrne last evening It was a delightful occasion exemplifying tho social side of lodge life Through the kindness of tho Beckman Tea and Coffee company tho guests each lunch enjoyed a hot cup of coffee with tho II lunchCOUNTY COUNTY HEALTH BOARD STILL LACKS MEMBER Tho county board of health for 1911 will be composed of Dr 0 R 0n Brooks appointed by tho state Ve Darkley Is a member exotflclo and a member will be elected at the ses slop of the fiscal court Tuesday KINGS MOUNTAIN STORE DYNAMITED NO CLEW TO THE OUTRAGE IN LITTLE TOWN ON Q 8 C Louisville Ky Dec 31i Special At Kings Mountain Ky the big general merchandise store of Mur phy Acton was blown up with nitroglycerlne There Is no clove Several other buildings were burned MONDAY OBSERVED AS NEW YEAR HOLIDAYs I11hls Is tho last day of the last week of tile last month of the year 19 W Tonight at 12 oclocktho now year will bo ushered In and 1910 will pass into oblivion As usual thero wlU bo 1 a largo number of watch parties to waWi tho now year In Monday In buslne will bo ob served a8 a holiday Tho public buildings will close nil day Some I of the stores In tho business district will bo closed part of tho day The banks will be closed and tho post odlco will ho open only from 9 oclock until 10 oclock and tho car riots will make only one delivery of mall Tho lllllnou Central ahopa will bo closed Chicago Market Dec High Low Close Wheat 92 H 92 92 Corn 47 ra 46 464 Oats 31H 31 31H

Soldier ol Fortune Who Ca Career - reer Career Reads Like Romance and Most Daring Aviator is i Killed at New Orleans New Orleans Dec nJohn D Moissant tho aviator was killed to today - day today when his Dlcrlol monoplalno felt 100 feet nt Hnrahan ten miles from New Orleans lie wlS4comj poling In tho Mlcholln 4000trophy contort the same award offered In France Ho had encircled the Hold throe time when the machine bo cairn unmanageable A strap hold holding - ing holding the aviator In the car broke when the machine capsized Mole sent died almost Immediately Ho defeated GrahamWhite for the Rejitiott Cup nnd 10000 In a flight around the statue or Liberty last summer His at fame as an aviator carne when ho flew from Paris to London with a mechanician and a kitten an panenctcni In Nicaragua and Salvador lie bore a reputation na a soldier of fortune Httlo toss than legendary I llo wit 2C years old and single It was announced thin afternoon that Molimnls body will Lo taken to Dhlcaso for burin John Rlolsmnt and two brother went to Salvador whore hay Rained porooMlon ° of nn undeveloped coffee plantation inter lioy established a sum factory and n sugar plantation winning n fortune In 1907 MolMwnt headed an erpedl lion financed by President Zofayn of tfcnnvgua to conquer Salvador Fifty oxconvlcts formed his army and they desorl tl 1 when Motwonl I planned IIn attack on Salvodnran soldiers For thte expedition JIol aiifa prop arty In Salvador was confiscated Cook Thinks DiuiUli People Now York Deo IDr Prod rick A Cook tho traveler In nn In nrvtaw today In the Nordlyeot a local Danish paper sends a me srK j of thanks to the Danish pnpplo for his reception on his arrival fromtho north In 1009 The mesa igo which inn 1 oon cabled to tho leading opera In Copenhagen Is In pan na follows In reeponoe to tho offer of tho Nordlysot I take this opportunity tn thank Iho Danish people for their inlform patience and lojwlty to may I ntcrcMn I have been deprived of much but ho swcetnow of Danish lonpttallty will always remain to nurse tho park of ambition rnaw Kmnll Fire The gaaollno lighting system nt the saloon of IAu Allen ort on South f k > condtr vjt enured In a malt flro this morning Tho blaza won ex Ingulrhoi without loss 1 bY two flro mom from the Central station IEAT HIS WIFE TIIKV VlFIlIINCOMMITTED COMMITTED SUICIDE iFllchmond In Dec UIo1 role of lUchmond because his wife Suet him for divorce today beat tho ronmn insensible then shot himself d ijfng Instantly The woman will ro rover Packers Hearing Chicago Dee UT11o packers caring to prevent tho dltmlwal of Ivll action against them was ix > st ponCd again today until Tuesday owing to tho IHncssi of Judgo Kohl lat

s AT GALVKSTON Galvostou Texas Dec 31 Exports through this port for Uro year ending today totaled 202091430 Ot Ma amount JtSTOOCOM represents tho value of 2438401 bales of cot ton Ion IJ I MINERS KILLED WHEN SLATE FALLS TWO AMERICANS AND SIX FOR EICiNERS MEET I THEIR DEATHS IMattcnwnn W Vn Dec 31 Two Americans and six Italians wero killed today by a fall of elate In tho Lick Ford mine A loaded mine car was derailed starting tho fall of slate Strikes OIK > II Hlkhj j Panama UK Dec 31 Engineer Frank Squibb of Villa Grove ilL was fatally injured today when a fast Cblaigo and Eastern Illinois passenger train struck nn open snitch and plowed through a train of 13 might can One Killed In Wreck WrtckI I I San Antonio Dec 310no pas Snger James A Hal of Kansas Cu lly Rae kUlcd I S arsons were co routSy Injured and a score of olh e iw brulfcd when a San Antonio and Arkantas Pass passenger train was wrecked at PatUis 7S miles sonth of here tale today FOR HLIND CHILDREN 1n parmBulxtl IIelhr lnlKzlllo for Airilctcd Little Folks New York Dec 31Jlttlo folks ot New York who aro blind aro going to have their own magazine On Now Years Day a raised letter magazine will gladden the hearts anti delight many a little sightless one And all this just because one blind child wrote a letter to tho few York Association for tho Blind saying ho could read now and wished very much ho had a paper all our own BURGLAR ALARM GOES OFF BUT NO ONE FOUND For the tenth time In tho last few reeks Mr B R Harbour was awak awakened - ened awakened at 12CO oclock this morning by his burglar alarm and notified tbo police Sergeant LIgo Cross and atrolmou Beavers Smith Scott and Jdlo went to tho scene but the prow ler who had tried to forco In the back window had escaped Attempts to break Into tho rear window of his store 11C North Third street have been almost a nightly occur occurrence - rence occurrence but last night was the first time Mr Harbour called tho police Inch time he was awakened by the alarm at Ibo side ot his bed ho went to Investigate but never has suck ceded In catching the burglar

Railroad fatalities 3520 killed 21 85f Injured Embezzlements 25000 00 tl I VUDAHYS IUlDIi RETIRES KUOM RANK iKnnwis City Dec 31JCfe F LIlllH whom John P Cudohy out with a > knife March G last today retired as president of tho Western Ex Exchange - change Exchange bank hero LHHa undo no announcement In relation to his plans for Uio future TO UKaXiNTi ESTRADA U S Will fur Nlcuriigun O nstlii floiuil Convention I Washington Dec 3tAs soon aa tho constitutional convention of Nic aragua which meets at Nicaragua to tomorrow - morrow tomorrow will demonstrate b1 n dccts Ivo vote that it Is In favor of Estrada I for president the United States will rooognlzo tho present government of that republic The genera belief continues to bo that Estrada will to elected president for two years at tho rptratlon of which tlmo a gen eral election will bo hold