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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
7
Gov. Cox, en route to Pittsburg and Richmond Ind, promised tonight to disclose ample evidence of a Republican corruption fund exceeding 15 million dollars. He shook hands with supporters at his private car, met his wife in Dayton, and was joined by friends at Columbus.
Evansville dispatch notes Governor Cox charging a deliberate conspiracy to finance a presidential victory. He claims a large Republican campaign fund is being raised and promises to present evidence at a Pittsburg speech to convict Republican leaders, asserting a nationwide plot to buy the presidency. He urges patience until Thursday night for reveal.
Socialist candidate for vice president Seymour Stedman challenges Gov. Cox to a joint debate on September 6 at the Socialist headquarters in Chicago. The debate would discuss fundamental differences between the Democratic and Socialist parties.
James Wilson former Secretary of Agriculture died at his home in Treat Iowa on August 26 according to Associated Press filing. He served as agriculture secretary and was a notable figure in farming policy. The report notes his death occurred at his residence in Treat Iowa.
Fierce rioting erupted on Clonallon Street East Belfast when troops fired on a crowd. Several people were seen to fall as the fire brigade, caught between stone throwing mobs, retreated to its station.
Donovan Horn vice president of the Old Kentucky Overall company in Elizabethtown Kentucky was shot and fatally wounded by neighbor Van Hawkins a gro cer. Horn stored fruit in a basement when Hawkins accused him of trespassing. Hawkins returned with a revolver firing five times three shots hit Horn who was taken to St. Anthonys hospital Louisville Hawkins is jailed awaiting examination relatives say Hawkins mental state has declined recently with humorous remarks cited as possible signs.
McKee's announces a new delivery hour starting September 13 changing from 3 30 p m to 10 a m to improve service for customers and friends.
Washington reports that the suffrage amendment to the Constitution was ratified and signed today by Secretary of State Colby at eight in the morning. Miss Alice Paul of the Woman's National Party says the signature completes the suffrage struggle but vigilance continues against attempts to roll back political equality.
The plan shifts fire department headquarters to the rear of the police station during first street work near Irvine street crossing. An outlet to Irvine street will be kept open, with eventual south to Main street routing, to preserve fire response. Fireman Stone Maupin mapped the emergency route Thursday.
Chicago Aug. 26 Mrs Corinne Roosevelt Robinson sister of Theodore Roosevelt will open the Harding campaign with a speech at Portland Maine on September 8 She is the second Roosevelt woman to back Harding Alice Roosevelt Longworth also offered her services yesterday.
Bandits in two autos and a large truck seized 1400 barrels of whisky from a Mercer county warehouse on the Southern Railroad. They held guard Allen Lawrence at gunpoint for two hours and escaped toward Harrodsburg after leaving the site. Warehouse owner D L Moore Jr of Lawrenceburg is identified.
Clifton Weaver travels to Cochran Alabama to buy over 100 honey bee colonies for shipment to Madison County Kentucky next spring. The import supports a growing state industry as sugar scarcity drives honey prices up and several counties expand apiaries and expect Madison to rise among top honey producers.
At the expo crowd praised the entertaining program as athletic wrestling gains popularity. Richmond mechanic Mat Baxter held Turner for five minutes in a standout act and a ten minute rematch is planned. Local Legion members will run Thursday night events with a long list of officers named to assist.
Residents in Clark county especially between Richmond and Winchester report typhoid in a mild form with few deaths. School instructors are cautioned and monitoring pupils’ health closely.
Associated Press reports at the American Bar Association convention the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform urges federal legislation to better protect aliens under treaty rights. It cites complaints from other nations and calls for judicial code clarifications on removal of causes and changes to Supreme Court rules to avoid requiring lawyers to travel to Washington to file motions.
The city school board prepares buildings for the new term with Caldwell to open September 6 and the gymnasium nearing completion. Final work on other facilities is slated for early next month with a September 18 opening target.
State Superintendent George Colvin announces an eighth grade book change in parts of the state with notices sent to districts. Madison County has not received formal notice yet but may see the order arrive soon as publishers face delays in new series.
Milton Covington south of the city is purchasing numerous cattle to fatten on his grazing lands. He buys from local raisers in small lots and moves them to his sizable farm for finishing.
Farmers in Madison County report a remarkable crabapple harvest with many trees producing heavy limbs that require props. The fruit is reaching the city streets and selling readily at good prices, signaling strong local demand.
The National Safety Council announced the preparation of lessons and bulletins on safe operation and maintenance of automobiles and motor trucks. A recent council meeting at Chicago headquarters heard that very few accidents are unavoidable, with participants from automotive interests, insurers, the public, clubs and government agencies.
In Chapman Kansas Harry Ruff head of a local milling company set a record by turning two bushels of field wheat into hot biscuits in under an hour. He harvested with a harvester thrashers, rushed the grain to his mill ground it instantly and baked biscuits for Mrs. Ruff. The total time from cutting to first bite was five minutes under sixty minutes including 82 minutes on the road.
Irvine tragedy survivor George Estes, shot and wounded with liver and other vital injuries, refuses a dying statement. He says he will recover and provide information about the shooting and Deputy Reed’s death, implicating Detective Joseph Spivy and insisting the bullets came from Spivy’s revolver.
Preparing For Asphalt Superintendent Glover readies first asphalt lay as experienced workers arrive soon. The paving machine is set to start, with Lan caster avenue first to be finished and then extended to Main street.
Josephine Leer an 18 year old Paris resident wed grocery clerk Robert Turner after a trip to Lexington for a moving picture show. The couple married in Louisville as a telegram informed her father Ashley Leer of the ceremony.
The county court has few cases booked for the next term but expects many added by month’s end. This year shows more cases passed on than in the same period last year, making the term potentially busier.
The first week in September is ideal for planting potato onion sets. Onions are easily choked by weeds, so a little time and attention to the late onions in fall can yield green onions very early in spring.
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures expected in Kentucky tonight and Friday. Forecasters call for comfortable conditions with little to no precipitation across most counties. Winds light from the south. Highs in the 60s, lows in the 40s.
Aug 26 markets show lambs steady, Jersey firm, hogs 25c higher, calves and cattle steady in Cincinnati. Louisville cattle 400 head steady, hogs 25c higher to 15.25, sheep 1,300 steady, lambs 25c higher to 12.50.
Barbourville August 2 Over 100 witnesses have been called in the commonwealths case against Chester Philips Red Lawson and Robert Smallwood charged with the murder of Fred Fields at Corbin last January. Trial of Philips began Wednesday in the Knox circuit court Lawson and Smallwood electing to be tried separately. Fields a returned soldier was found murdered on the outskirts of Corbin with a motive other than robbery attributed. The three defendants were arrested on circumstantial evidence and indictments later returned. Philips Lawson and Smallwood have been held in the Richmond jail for safekeeping.
Madison County tobacco growers plan to start cutting next week. They say they fear neither Trost nor rust or blight, but aim to harvest early to secure product safety. Much of the crop has matured markedly in the past month.
Prognosticators forecast an early fall with genuine autumn weather ahead while winter predictions remain limited. Observed leaf fall suggests a season when overcoats and straw hats may appear together in public.
Large attendance at DeGarmo Elsey meetings as evangelist preaches on believing in Jesus. He contrasts singular and plural works in John 6 28 29, urging belief on Jesus as the sole work. Upcoming topics include The Unpardonable Sin Moses Choice and a mass meeting for all ages.
A Monaghan farmer fined by a Sinn Fein court refused payment and shouted at volunteers with a pitchfork declaring discontent with the republican police. He was later arrested for sedition and forced to pay a larger fine and issue an apology.
Reports from Irvine allege Deputy Reed Mabe made multiple statements to local residents before his transfer to Richmond and after arrival at Pattie A. Clay Infirmary. He claimed he killed Marshal Philpot and said railway detective Joe Spivy shot him and Estes. other details align with statements attributed to George Estes, now hospitalized.
Fifty-one Baptist schools and colleges of the Northern Baptist Convention each received a share of a $100,000,000 five year extension fund. Dr. Frank W. Pade ford announced the first payments totaling $1,540,000 and said about $36,600,000 would be distributed for educational purposes with further payments planned before the end of the vacation period to fund immediate employment at beneficiary institutions.
Berne Aug 26 An electric plant to develop 359900 horsepower is planned on Saint Gerhard mountain with an estimated cost of about 100000000 dollars Two villages housing 1200 people must be moved as the Urseren Valley will be dammed to form a large lake The power will serve mainly the Swiss electric railway.
A steam roller by Lamp ton & Burks works on Main Street to level and grade the thoroughfare until excavation ends. The road will then receive concrete and later asphalt finishing to improve traffic by Saturday. Grading will extend from Lancaster Avenue to First Street for interim use.
Governor Morrow designated September 1925 as Kindness to Animals Week in Frankfort Kentucky urging schoolchildren to learn the duty of kindness to all creatures. He asked ministers to include the subject in services on Sunday September 19.
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