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THE COURIER-'J OTJRNAE, LOUISVILLE, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 127. their only child, Kenneth. 15 months old, and an allowance for his THE STORY OF KENTUCKY General Haldeman Dies Text by J. 11. Hart.

Illustration? by Louis F. Dey. JEFFERS ONVILLE Circulation 601 Kentucky Ave. Phone 422. Circulation 1402 Spring Street.

Thone 528. News 459 Spring Street. Phone 389. George T. Bower, uregon Townsnlp farmer, was divorced from Mrs.

Flora Bower by decree of the court. They were married in 1926 and separated July 11, 1927J he told Judge Kopp. She left him i for the third time on the date of the separation, he said, NEW ALBANY Circulation 137 East Spring St Phone 355. Residence phone 1677-J. News Phone 355.

Residence phone 307. Circulation East End 1628 E. Spring St. Phone 2017-M. Residence phone 2980.

Stroke Is Fatal to Raidy Guthrie Here Ice Dealer Falls In Bathroom of Home; Was 34 Years Old. Raidy Guthrie, 2217 High Avenue, operator of an ice concern in his own name, died of a cerebral hemor- and on two occasions beiore r.aa re mained away from nome ior than a week. Mrs. Alta M. Tucker, Washington Township, filed a divorce suit against Lawrence Tucker, a saw mill operator.

2 GET DIVORCES IN KOPP'S COURT asking a decree, custody oi tneir iour children and an allowance for thei? support. In her complaint she al leges they were married fiuvemuci 1 1 PLEAD GUILTY TO DRY CHARGES New Albany Mayor Imposes Fines and Sentences In City Court. 1911, and separated uecemun 1 097 He la not a fit arid proper per Jeffersonville Judge Grants son to have custody of their children, Lawrence, 2 years old; Warren, rhage at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at his home. He was years old. Mr.

Guthrie, who weighed 325 pounds, had been in ill health for some years members of his family said. He was heard to fall in the bathroom of his home an hour before his Decrees to Man and Woman. i SfewiiW ONE SUIT IS FILED Louise, 7, and Fern. iu, sne aueges. She sets out that he is capable or earning $15 a week at his work, In asking for the support allowance, and attorney fees.

2 MEN AND 1 WOMAN PART AFTER FIGHT After an alleged fight over the woman question near Fourth and Main Streets at 8:30 o'clock Wednes GfeN Wri (3 HALDEMAN WERE CAUGHT IN RAIDS Raidy Guthrie. death by his wife, Mrs. Clara Hall Guthrie, and died Cleves Richardson soon after Dr. of the Francis One divorce suit was filed and two divorce decrees were granted in the Clark Circuit Court of Judge George C. Kopp at Jeffersonville Eleven of twelve men- arrested In prohibition raids Friday pleaded guilty before Mayor Newton A.

Greene In the City Court Wednesday. Frank Rissler. 228 State Street, and George Rhiel, his barkeeper, charged with selling liquor, were fined Surveys by leading business men of the State In 1924, reported in the press, indicate that the State has recovered from the abnormal conditions following the World War and prospects are favorable for the greatest industrial development the State has ever known. The Government project of opening the Ohio River for transportation between Pittsburgh and Cairo, a distance of 1,000 miles, begun in 1879, is practically completed in 1924, at a cost of $86,000,000. Gen.

William Birch Haldeman, Confederate veteran of the War Between the States and a veteran newspaperman associated with Henry Watterson, dies at Louisville October 28, 1924. Building reached him. He had been in the ice business for years but was attending the Jefferson School of Law, according to his family. Besides his wife, Mr. Guthrie Is survived by his mother, Mrs.

Minnie Guthrie, and two brothers, John Guthrie and June Guthrie. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Cecilia's Catholic Church. Burial will be in St. Louis' Cemetery.

day night, Anthony Pezzullo, 30 years old, 215 West Market Street, was taken to the City Hospital with a shattered jaw. Jos Bahr, 36, of 129 North Fourth Street, was taken to police headquarters by Lieut. Hugh. Dumas on a charge of malicious assault, and Ethel Schlitz, 30. who said she had no home, was brought on a drunkenness charge.

$130 each and each was given a thirty days suspended jail sentence; Ken Wednesday. Mrs. Minnia Fink, 1111 Missouri Avenue, Jeffersonville, was granted a divorce from Carl Fink. They were married October 17, 1925 and separated June 27, 1927, she testified. She said he cursed and abused her, called her names and contributed only $5 toward their support while they were married.

She was given custody of neth Courtney, second floor, 120 West Main Street, possessing and selling liquor, $260 and thirty days In jail; Charles Langsdon, proprietor KENTUCKY NEWS or a soft drink stand on Mam Street S-4 BODIES MAY BE FOUND SOON between East Fourth and East Fifth BAN ON CIGARS SNAG WITH GUB Streets, possessing and selling liquor, was fined $260 and given a six months suspended sentence. August Kannapell and William Russell County Rids Bounds of Scrub Bulls Sheriff Runs Down Clew to Attack of 2 Herthel, 108 West Market Street, messing and selling liquor, were fined Divers Expected to Enter $260 and given six months' suspend ed sentence; Herbert Kreutzer and Henry Wood, of the Main Street Pool Pike County Taxi Driver, Recognized By U. S. Depart WE GIVE AND REDEEM SURETY COUPONS Room, 151 East Main Street, charged with maintaining a nuisance, $260 Wife, Shot By Man On Lonely Mountain Road. Special to The Courier-Journal.

Embargo Seen As Shadow On Good-Will Campaign U. S. Is Waging. By ULR1C BELL. The Courier-Journal Washington Burem.

Washington, Dec. 28. Pan-American amity of the sort sought by the Administration through the good offices of such emissaries as Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is still clouded by seem fine and six months suspended sen tence; Robert Hukill, 1635 East Mar Submarine With Two More Days' Work.

Provincetown, Dec. 28 JP) Some of the bodies of the victims of the S-4 submarine disaster which lie in the broken hull Seventeen fathoms under water off Wood End may be brought to the surface within two or three days, it was indicated today by those engaged in the navy salvage ket Street, charged with possessing Pikeville, Dec. 28. Sheriff John All Charges Go On Feb. 1 Statements ment As Third In Country to Win Distinction.

Frankfort, Dec. 28 (A) Russell County, Kentucky, has been officially recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture as the third county in the country to have rid its bounds of scrub bulls. Recognition of Russell County into the charmed circle runs Kentucky's and selling liquor, $260 fine and thirty days in jail. M. Moore left here late today to trace the man who attacked Mr.

and Mrs- Carl Miller, proprietor of a soft ingly minor difficulties. Arthur Steele last night while in Steele's taxi at a lonely spot on Bent Branch Mountain, fifteen miles from Pikeville. Before leaving, Sheriff For instance. President Coolidge is And Now Our Finest drink stand on North State Street, pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing and selling liquor, and the case was passed until next Wednesday. The case of Jacob Schechter, proprietor of a soft drink stand at 215 Vincennes Street, was passed.

total to two of the three counties that! operations. faced by deep embarrassment on his trin to Cuba next month because the have only purebred bulls. Because the second and last tunnel Union County, Kentucky, was the i that must be made 'under the sub- Moore said he believed he had a clew as to the identity of the shooter. Steele, suffering from a bullet in the Cubans feel that the failure of this Government to ratify a new postal convention with the Havana Govern first county in the country to achieve mersible before she can be raised al right shoulder that entered at the back ment is a blow at their national pride. OATS The refusal of Congress to ratify this distinction, while Carig County, Virginia was second.

Credit for the eradication of the scrub bulls is given to M. H. Sasser, county agent, by the department. The ready is half completed officers, expected that divers would be sent inside of the hull before the end of the week to seal the compartments preliminary to the unwatering operations. When this was done, they pointed this convention, asked eagerly by the Coolidge Administration, now puts A wm if county has no railroad, few good roads the chief damper upon the brighter new aspect of relations between the United States and the republics to and is in a measure isolated.

How-out, some of the bodies might be re covered. the South. ever, under the leadership of Sasser it has come to the front in the erad This is because the visit of the Choice of Our Cloth Stock ication. The county has fifty-one purebred bulls. President and his party to Havr.na was counted upon to consolidate the gains in friendly feeling brought about through the Lindbergh flight, the visit of Will Rogers and the efforts of such envoys as Dwight L.

Morrow, Divers, aided by nearly perfect weather conditions today, completed the first half of the second tunnel. Tomorrow, providing weather conditions remain favorable, work will continue on the other side of the submarine to finish the second half. Two more days is all that should be necessary, with favorable weather, to see the tunnel through, officers in charge said. Today Lieut. Com.

Edward Ells-berg called attention to the figure of LOUISVILLE SHOE FIRM CHARTERED The Courier-Journal Frantfort Bureau. ambassador to Mexico. just below the shoulder blade. was reported to be in fair condition at the hospital. Mrs.

Steele was wounded in the leg. PURISTS FLAYED BY PROFESSORS "If Anyone Can Ruin English Language, They'll Do It." Cincinnati. Dec. 28 Scorching condemnation of purists who wish to preserve awkward phrases in the English language simply because they are philologically correct, was uttered by Prof. George M.

Boiling of Ohio State University before the Linguistic Society of America here today. Professor Boiling is one of the most distinguished Homeric scholars 29,000 MOTORISTS STILL NEED TAGS Twenty-nine thousand passenger automobiles in the county were without 1928 licenses as the temporary offices, in the Jefferson County Armory closed at midnight Wednesday, according to County Clerk's deputies on duty there. Three days remain in which cars may be operated with 1927 tags. The capacity of the large force of license clerks, working sixteen hours In the twenty-four, is 3.500 motor licenses a day, it was said. The offices have been open till midnight for a month, but by Wednesday night only 22,000 motorists had bought their plates.

Truck owners were said to be only flightly ahead of passenger car drivers. Col. Roy W. Easley, Chief of Police, aid Wednesday that he would consult the Board of Public Safety about enforcing the law against operation of motor vehicles after January 1 without new tags. The 1928 plates may be attached in the stead of old ones beginning Thursday morning.

The Cuban situation hinges upon Frankfort, Det. 28. Mrs. no greater an item than the privileges of an American, visiting in Cuba, to send to friends in this country, if he chooses, a few boxes of Havana a woman standing on the bleak sands! The convention which Congress has Emma Guy Cromwell, Secretary of State, today approved articles of incorporation for the Boston Shoe Company, Louisville, capitalized at Incorporators are J. C.

Fedler, Fred C. Fedler and J. C. Fedler, Louisville. Other articles approved were: of Wood End and said that he had: noticed her standing there each day! from early morning until sundovnj gazing out upon the salvage opera- Steam Acoliance Transit CorDoration.

tinns Every cloth coat in our stock is reduced to this low price. There are coats offered here that were formerly marked as high as $85.00. In order to clear our racks we are offering them at this great sacrifice and you reap the benefit of the reductions. Styles equal to any that have been popular all season and all the wanted colors are still represented. Of course the materials are in a fine selection and present a wide choice of good cloths.

There are plenty of distinctive coats in our stock yet and you do not have to select from picked-over goods. Come in and see these coats anil save yourself some money for next season. All of Our Other Coats failed to ratifv would remove an embargo on such shipments which has existed since 1866. Lacking this ratification. Postmaster General New.

it developed today, feels that the entire parcel post business between the two countries is placed in jeopardy. And the acute point about this is that if the parcel post intercourse were wiped out Lexington. J150.000: John R. a Charles W. Stiles.

W. W. Peavyhouse. John; A repoiter rowing ashore, an- R. Feltus and William L.

Wallace. proacned her. He found her dressed Fails City Mortsase Company Louis-' jn tjoi el) Shea. Stoner i a wimii WiiTKinton and Gail shea. bag.

Asked the reason for her longi The Independence. Covineton and Cin-iriailv vioil elm rau i "The purist would have us saying cinnati Bus Company, Falmouth, $3,000: A. Vv, pjajuig; H. Barker. H.

W. Bishop and J. J. Austin. lor these boys on the S-4.

I am Say-j American business concerns would awncuuu) a t-ic lusieau ui Monroe Minine Company. Ma ompany. lose twelve times as much in value Madisonviiie, ing a prayer that they will get un the i Collamore. H. B.

Lee hnHict somebody else's Professor Boil Sio.oou; Oeorue and O. S. Roberts and volume as would Cuban exporters who send their products to the United States, according to the ex said that none of the S-4 crew was; a relative. Pennyrile Realty Company. Henderson, 10.000; X.

R. Royster. W. H. Soaper and Jane L.

Hopkins. Canfield Taxi Company. Richmond. $4,000: C. M.

Canfield. Lcnnie L. Canfield and Morris Canfield. ing scorned. "He can't parse the latter phrase so he thinks it should not be allowed." Prof.

Samuel Moore of the University of Michigan believes usage planation civen today. The 1866 embargo prommts tne im YOUR RAT portation into this country of cigars 1 I he Le-Blond-Schacht Truclc Company ENGLISH REPAIRING DAMAGE OF STORM in amounts of fewer than 3,000 at a i should determine everything in speech. Are Selling At About Their Former Prices of Kentucky. Incorporated, Louisville, $5,000: Harold Le-Biond. Norman Ci.

Schacht and H. A. Collins They Princeton Oil Gas Company. Prince- London, Dec. 28 (A3) With th rp.

A New, Quick, Sure Way. Will Die Outdoors. snipmeni. -jsto one can hurt the English lan- Cigarmakers in the United States Uuage," he said. "It is too big, too have impressed influential members of tremendous.

It changes but no one Congress with their argument that.forc means much this country would be flooded with it takes" Havana cigars if the old restriction as, if anvone would hurt to shipment were removed. The Post- inS hV. master General takes no stock in that COul? that person is purist A world of style and fine materials and colors are shown in these coats. A general clean-up of all our coats. Spp tvicm and i Hoiioweii.

"jsumption of business and the Indus- Commonwealth Life Insurance Com- trial life of the country today hosts pany. Louisville, increasing capital trom'of men trot to work rlparinu' ctt-o $1,250,000 to $1,500,000. i i'- orK clearing away Bender Spring Company. Louisville, drills, and are slowly restoring creasing capital from $5,000 to $10,000. normal conditions on the snow- v.

411 AVA JUU buy. BACON'S SECOND FLOOR it5n. incrM5inBMPital from uoooo rQs and railways in ne poiiiLi oui uiai cvciy rathpr norcnn toll. Many villages and hamlets in the to T200.000 Sacksart Studios. Louisville, changing name to Mueller-Lewis.

Stationery For a few cents you can now get I from any druggist a large box of No. 9 envelopes. Just scatter these envelopes where rats run they gnaw through the envelopes, eat the delicious poison and leave the house to die. Ask for No. 9 Rat Killer at all 'druggists, only thirty-five cents.

So certain is the discoverer of this new, sure method that No. 9 will kill your rats he has authorized every druggist to refund your money if No. 9 fails to rid your premises of rats Vithin twenty-four hours! You will know Rat Killer No. 9 because it is the envelope kind. No.

9 Chemical Columbus, Ga. (Advertisement. res ses Havana cigar imported into this country would continue to pay a tariff of 6 cents at least, and that with machine-made cigars in this country the American cigarmakers would have no difficulty in meeting competition. RELATIVE SOUGHT. Mrs.

Fannie Gray, thought to live in Louisville, was sought by the police here Wednesday to help in settling the affairs of her brother, Riley Baker, who died Tuesday at Columbus, Ohio. wilder regions of Devonshire and Cornwall still are isolated, including Prince Town, the famous prison settlement on Dartmoor. The steamer Engatlne arrived today at Folkestone from Bolougne with 658 passengers. They were exhausted by the gales which tore off the ship's hatches. A big wave flooded the fore-hold and burst the bulkhead of the women's first-class cabin, swishing the occupants with icy sea water.

The Stour River has flooded a large ec-tion of the historic city of Canterbury. Four hundred homes have been abandoned. Values to 39c Special! Are Specially Priced GULF SALESMEN TO CONVENE HERE A two-day sales convention of the Gulf Refining Company will open Thursday at The Kentucky, it was announced Wednesday. Representatives attending from Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio are expected to number 130, it was said. Charles C.

Prinz is district sales manager and R. R. Johnston and R. C. Crutcher are assistants.

naturally and endeavor to adopt his speech to the better speech of his equals than to attempt what is virtually impossible. If dialect is the speech of his world, why should he not speak Its language?" Professor Boiling said. A suggestion that the American newspapers are hurting the English language was met by a protest. "The purists may say so," Professor Moore declared, "but that is absurd. The newspapers I read are not committing any grievious faults -pt by Professor Bolline does object, however, to the substitution of commas for the word "and" in newspape-headlines.

"I know why they do it, but all the same they should avoid it. "Men, women hurt in train that is very awkward." he said. Values to 19 Box WORLD WAR VETERAN SLAIN. Special to The Courier-Journal. Pikeville, Dec.

28. Charles A CALLS POLICE. Three men. one of whom had asked suspicious questions earlier in the day, drove up to the Continental Oil This New 8 -Cylinder Daugherty. 31 years old.

World War This is offered in both the long and folded sheets. 24 sheets and 24 envelopes to the box. This is a very good grade paper and is a real bargain in good stationery. BACON'S FOURTH STREET AISLE Values to $33.00 A3 veteran, was shot and killed at Ligon. Company service station at First in Floyd County, Friday, according to Street and Brandeis Avenue at 10 word reaching here today.

Charles o'clock Wednesday night, the manager, Frauley, miner, is accused 'of the kill- Samuel Williams, reported to the po-ing. lice. Mr. Williams, who has twice The shooting concluded a disputCj been robbed at oil stations, went to the between the two miners, according to; telephone when the motor came up $1 095 II JURY LACK DELAYS MATRICIDE TRIAL Ottawa. 111., Dec.

28 (P) Defense motions and consequent lengthy arguments delayed selection of a jury today in the trial of Harry Hill, son of a Streator oculist, charged with killing his mother. reports. Daugherty is survived by his ano tne men drove away, he said wife and two children. chooses to ran anil to win! Deaths and Funerals ARRESTED IN SLAYING. A Negro questioned two years ago in the slaying of Jim Russell, Louisville Negro, was again picked up Wednesday night by Sergt.

Roger Whitlow and placed under the old murder charge. He was also charged with vagrancy. He gave his name as Lum Brookins, Negro. 42 years old, Fort Hill. B.

SODEBW (001M)KI iOO horsepower 1 8 DETROIT WILLIS SEES SAMPSON. The Courier-Journal Frankfort Bureau. Frankfort, Dec. 28. S.

S. Willis, Ashland attorney, was a caller at the Capitol today. It is reported he was summoned for a conference by Gov. Flem D. Sampson.

Mr. Willis is regarded as a leading contender for the vacancy left on the Court of Appeals bench by the election of Judge Sampson as Governor. TWO AGED MEN DIE IN PIKE. Special to The Courier-Journal. Mrs.

Sallie Phillips Durrett. Mrs. Sallie Phillips Durrett. 88 years old, died at 10 o'clock Wednes- morning at her home on the 1 Preston Street Road at Durrett Lane. She was the widow of Dr.

Robert O. Meet Ttie President Sizes Up to 52 Two special prices on new mid-season dresses. All high colors, party dress shades and black are offered. Materials- Flat crepes, georgettes, crepe de chine, crepe ro-maine, wool jerseys, satins and combinations Styles-Dressy models, stree: models, party dresses, dancing frocks, 1-piece models, 2-piece styles and sport dresses. BACON'S SECOND FLOOR SEES SHOOTING.

A pistol shot was seen and heard as a blue roadster reached Fifth and Main Streets at 11 o'clock Wednesday night slightly ahead of Milton Trost. 2160 Baringer Avenue, he re Durrett. and a member of a pioneer family from Virginia. She is survived Pikeville, Dec. 28.

Mose Run- bv four sons. Robin Durrett. Reuben! von, 76 years old, of Belfrv, and Jerry Durrett. Eustace Durrett and Lydian Gross. 74.

of Meta. died vesterdav of Present This Certificate tomorrow and you will be given Triple Surety Coupons with all purchases except in the Vic-trola Department. Thursday, Dec 29, Only. Clip This Coupon. on JANUARY ported to the police.

He also said Durrett; a daughter, Mrs. Sallie someone apparently tried to jump ou as the motor passed pohca headquar ters. paralysis. The former had been ill for one year, the latter one day. Mr.

Runyon was the father of J. E. Run-yon, County Clerk of Pike County end is survived by other children. Mr. Gross is survived by his wife, who is 79, and four children.

Thompson: a sister. Mrs. Nannie Phillips Shipp; nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning. The time has not been 'set.

In addition to this luxurious new 8-cylin-der car, see the new American Edition of the Erskine Six, the new Dictator and The Commander, world's champion car Weed Sales 3 p. m. to 11 p. nu Mrs. Mary A.

Flynn. Mrs. Mary A. Flynn. 71 years old, died at 4:50 o'clock Wednesday morn-ine at her home.

514 East Oak Street. She is survived by her husband, James D. Flynn: two sons, C. M. Flynn and Harry J.

Flynn: a daughter. Miss Ruth Flynn. and a sister, Mrs. M. P.

Higgins. Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning at St. Paul's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mrs.

Mary E. Martin. Mrs. Mary E. Martin.

82 years old, formerly a resident of Louisville, died at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Chapman, in McAlester, according to word received by relatives in Louisville. Besides her daughter A Smashing After-Christmas Clearance Used Sewing Machines fTo Last Only Two Days Thursday and Friday We know that the alert buyer has been waiting for just this opportunity. The values offered during this Used Machine Clearance will vsurejy justify making your purchase NOW. MUSIC SOUVENIRS Studebaker Sales Co.

of Ky. CARROLLTON. Special to The Courier-Journal. Carrollton. Dec.

28. After a week's holiday, sales were resumed on the Carrollton tobacco market today with light ofierings. The Independent Warehouse sold 34.680 pounds of weed, averaging J25.30 a hundred, prices ranging from 5 cents to 41 cents a pound. The Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association House sold 19.855 pounds at an average of $22.21. The low was 2 cents and high 40 cents.

MAYSVILLE. Special to Tha Courier-Journal. Maysville. Dec. 28.

Loos-e leaf tobacco sales were resumed here today. The-independent houses sold 191.260 pounds for a high price of $45 a hundred, low of $2. and an average of $27.68. The Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Association had the floors full and the sale will be complete tomorrow. SHEI.BYVIl.LE.

Special to The Courier-Journal. 'Shelbyville. Dec. 28. Sales reopened on the tobacco market ths mornine.

The Planters Hou.e sold 59.190 pounds at an average of J2a.2 a hundred. The Star House sold 6.000 oounds ft an average of 23.95. The Farmers House sold 48.56a pounds at an averase of $24.68. Wfc- Incorporated New Service Station Floyd and Caldwell New Car Sales: 950 South Third Street Treadle Machines Used Car Sales: 214 East Broadway Phone South 2900 she is survived by a sister, Miss Lydia Griffin, and" another daughter, Mrs. Phone South 2900 $1 noo jMattie M.

Thomas, both of Louisville jThe body will be brought to Miller's 'chapel, it was announced. I Mrs. Tillie Elisabeth Mair. DEALERS: Wilcox-Miller Motors Vorgang Motor Sales Service New Albany, Ind. Jeffersonville, Ind Electric Portable Only s28 JL A good resolution for the New Year Resolved to Install a Quick Meal Gas Range With The Red Wheel Gelier Son 215 W.

Market a We carry belts, needles, bobbins for all Wi Elizabeth Mair, 46 years Sold, died at 10:15 o'clock Wednesday i night at her home at 2011 Sherwood makes of machines. TUBE BJEKER, NEW ALBANY. IND. Special to The Courier-Journal. New Albany.

Dec. 28 Sales at the loose leaf tobacco warehouse here to-riav totaled 21.035 pounds, at prices ranit- Avenue. She is survived by her husband. William A. Mair, supervisor for the New England Mutual Life Insur BACON'S FOURTH FLOOR ance Comoanv: her mother, Mrs Buvc in from J3 to $40 a hundred, witn an Anna Louise Brekle, and a brother, invr, The market was strong The Great Independent Henry Brekle, aod rece.pt Wer lisiiU.