Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 138, Lebanon, Boone County, 8 March 1917 — Page 1

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r,l PAGIirl TO c LEBANON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1,917. VOLUME 25. No. 138.

EfiATE MAJORITY HMteti1 mm Stands ready to 1 en Ireland are

! REVISE THE RULES spared to Take Tower j I'rom "Liltlc Group of j Wilful Men." KSimt DEBATE KRTAIN, HOWEVER; .e Rule Will Come in I'nrj tilly a Week's Discussion, It Is Predicted. : HY BOHKRT . SMITH. ASHINGTON', Much Is helming nujti ity of the serial, lis ready tn revise the rule.-. I" t from "the little group of wdiui. " the power again to tie the jir-.-it-hands in combating the Cermrsuhmarine warfare. ln-licun'it' fS, however, tli.it Hie clotuie i uit the endorsement of Im.Ui tin J?thiican and lieniocratic raur iissiv.. j 1 bo subjected t much individual j L-.Hon hefore its adoption. I 'or lewis, re-elected Vino h predicted that at least x i'-hate would he rrves.-ary t. t the adnption of the title I" a CThe filibusters sgaint the eutrality hill - planning bj lto the disrussi.Hi their aiibi.-i trxir opposition which killed th.,vure last Sunday. Considerable I will he consumed also hy Senat-. Who will uige reducing the prnd two-thinU vote necessniy . to debate to a hire majority. f Rule Necessary. ('publican senators are convinced 1 the cloture rule in necessary ot vlv to insure the pas-tax" of the i! neutrality bill but to guaran.rompt enactment of any emerf measure necessary to the na1 defence in the event of actua' Lties with Germany. Much worse Lions thin the present one may ont the country, the fear, unIhe way is paved for ipiick cun ional action to meet any eventum the crisis. Democratic anil Republican rng "ommittees went to work toreforming th senate committee nzation. A of opting Senator Stone from oreign relations committee chairhip Mill buried about the senate 1 f the capitol building, hut apm!y it has not taken the form of f.nite movement. Many Dcmosenator!) believe for the g'l ic country and party he should tnovd but no one wan ready to the initiative against him. (lutdican senators made it plain e Democrats, in the midst of the 1p haimonv. that under no cir unce-. would they w ithdraw their ion to the ratification of the nj;,..n tiealy unjed by the pr;'-i i safeguard the Panama canal. (Democrat now have only a maif twelve in the senate and the pjiimns feel confident that ver, : adminintration attemptn to j throntfh the Colombian treaty j session, they have the vote to 'nate prophets today fore.-aw adiment of the upper h mis within weeks ut it was the general tieihat the president will immedi1 call both hoine in evtra session LEWIS' RESOLUTION. area President Ha. Authority to' Protest America Commerce. ! 'v th feriM'll Servirt.) ASHIWGTON, March 8. Senator s. of Illinois, democratic whip, afternoon prepared for introduriin the aenate a resolution deiiir it to be the sense of the senjhat the preident has the same ferity to protect American coma.s he has to safeguard inter'i 'I traffic. Senator I-wis pointed Hat presidents in the past have '. yed the armed forces of the 1 States to prevent obstruction imerce between the states. JREE CARS DERAILED.

ngers Shaken op in Wreck on Jacksonville-Chicago Train. V l lntmrttQHt eirf Harriet. i I A N'T A. Ca., March 8. Passenon the Central of Georgia fast invtlle-Chicago train were shak- ' this morning when throe sletp"t the track at Gnffi, No one liously Injured.

ffflf the IntfrnntiH! V'ica H4fiHrt ) l.tlMHIV. March .-lah.r heaitx today issued a call for a tnasN nieetintt to lx fcrld in London. March 31, tu voice labor's op. posiiion to the move for national conscription. Similar protect nmiinxK will br held ia olhr parts of Plifclniid. i H it th Int?nt4tl,nal Vtc k HKRI.IX. March ft (lly wirelcs) Itorinjt a recent time, (iernian Kiihmarini-a have hunk twen. ty-one Micamrr, ten fading ves. vels and lti tish rraft of a total tonnage of 91.001) it n mis tons, it waii ottiiially announced today. lK,i Ihr li.lrrlnliiil Venn Krrrlrt AMsrritlM, Match H. A Mi layed dispatch Tiled at Merlin at noon yesterilay and only received here today declared Ihat the tnteriran Yarrow dale priMiliecN were to be released yesterday, the quarranl ine on their priftoti camp having- expired.

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Of CAPTURE OF GOMEZ The State Department Receives Word Cuban Revolution Near An End. lR tr Utrrn.'Ui.Ml Vi iri itfnl.e., WASKIVCTON, March x.-Onicml j tonfirmation of the rapture of Jo,-c ' ' Miguel Comez, Cuban revolutionary leader, was received at the slate d- i partment tmlay. 1 The opinion prevails in oir.cial cir- ' , cles that the end of the rebellion is I now in siicht. : ' l,'n'onfirmeil reports that Santiago j has fallen to the jroyernment forces ; learned Havana early today, follow- ' inif announcement of Uie rapture of : li.-neral Comex. rebel leader, and ' member of his stafT. I i The report said that Kiiroberto Ter- j nanleic. commandinir the rebels at ; , Santiaitti, evacuated the city when: Menocul tro.ps approached snd Ihat . irovernment troop.-, oci-upied Santiago without f:rni(f a i.hot. tiovernme'it oltirials have no continuation of thir : n port, w-ire communication w ith Santiago beiny interruptetl. They declared Fernandez probably vvouhl surrender when he learned if the character of his chief. Collapse of Revolution. Ail information reaching Havana today pointed to the early collap.-e of ' the revolutionary moveme;it. (.enerul Jose Miguel Comet, former president of Cuba and lejder of the rebels, is Is-inK brought here uith the staff officers captured with him at I'lacetm. A statement issued by President Menocl today said that tlomei anil other leaders associated with him would receive tbe punishment which in the judgment of our highest coiirts naiy U- just and severe. Iteports to President Menoral dc- 1 sTibe the enjTAKeinent in which (lomei was captured a "probably the h'Xtfest p4tched eniraiemr-nt in tht hl.itoiy of Cuba." Colonel Collato, w-th eiirnt cuvalry sijuadrons and in-fsoti-y and artillery, attacked Cnmej and his forces on both flanks. While th battle was at its hei.ht, Collat is rsonally lel a da.hinK rharire into the relel center that resulted in tin capture of (iomei and his staff. The rebels lost 30C prisoners ai.d more than 1W killed. Colonel Cullaio lepcirted. (lovernment troops ' are : pursuinjc thfl defeate.1 detachments. Shock of ExploKion Rocks Parochial School Building in Jersey City. ins thr lntrrnatlnl yev ftSrrirt.) JF.RSKY CITY, K. J., March 8.-Ks-.losion of a boiler in the basement of the Sacred Heart parochial school b're today endangered the lives of t ine hundred pupils. The shock of the explosion rocked the building and alarmed tho children to such an extent that panic tbreatjened. Seven sisters and throe priests marshaled the children in (re drill and the tmil.hna-we emptied iaa few miniuteo. -

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Home Rule Seems the Only Thinif That ("an Prevent Trouble. THAT IS PREDICTION OF IRISH LEADERS; Waminir Sounded Thai (,'rave Crisis H;w Been Reached In Irish Affairs. in- ill' In, .."(."sol v.-.'t i I.I i I M)N, March 8.-Nr ers. posibly mtre .-.eiious than the flobl'll irl.cilioll. will lTPi.lt oot Ireland ami imperil Inland's chance . of winning tl.e world war unless the. government speedily reconsiders its decision and (rrants home rule for alt Ireland. In. rt leaders in the house of common.-, made this prediction today as they went into conference to deviiUwhat course they are to pur. ue. Leaders of all parties and the l.on don press sounded warning today that a ttrave cri

s has been reached injKetchener and Churchill

Irish affairs. They quotes! the start linjf declaration made by John Kedii end. 1 ri -.h loader, in a-sailing- the ifvcrrimcnt yesterday: "If the prime minister continuos to ignore the rry of Ireland the time will com? when he will have to (fovern Ireland with a naked sword!" Hefore the Iri-ih members met today it selled definitely that they hud deeded t loi't a course ot open nostihty to the .government. Several .

members, smarting under Lloyd- the disastrous campaign at the liar-: authenticity of either document, olfl(eorge's rejection of their demands .nelles. trials said, yesterday, favored immediate with-. ,01ll Kitchener, former British war 1 . - . t . diawal from further sittings of parli- imster, who was drowneil. weive-l B" - EPete-i ament. More ""'a.leJ persons, i t)l, mait v.rft tenMr9J. Kiua.w. A n;K r0UIld t.p of Herman spies

" '- , " V would stir the emliers of resentment to immediate revolt and rise in an im mediate repetition of the Sinn Ki outbreaks. It seemed likely that the party wouhl d.-cide to ot.pose the government on evrjr- measure, excepting , those utf'ecting the progress of the war, and attempt to force a general eie-tion. Fd'toris1 Comment. Fditorial co.iiinnit of the London 'papers today emphasized the gravity of the situation. 1 "The Irish tragedy" was the caption u.-ed by the liaily New., in its cditor- - ial. 1 -Tiif Trsge.ly of the Kiscaasion," said the News, "is more in the form . .... . . . minister suggested a conference of home rule. Die history of the last three years is a history of wrecks of abortive conferences. After the event of last July when through the efforts of unionist ministers kedmond was betrayed by the rab.net after risking his whole political future for the sake of n Irish settlement, it is mere rynic ism to send Kedmond back to Ireland for aiiother conference. It is the government's part, not Redmond's, to find a lolution for the Irish problem und to throw tbe task back on the Irishmen i . itslu ating of a function that under th" conditions prevailing today van lead oi.ly to disaster." The Daily Chronicle's parliamentary I corre.pondent wrote kceu-edged crit- ' ci.-m, It was evident, he said, that I.loyd t.eorge is p. uking to the people of the Crousl Slates, as well as those at hoiiu. Wc iisrpcd so much on Lister's repugriamc to home rule that the Nationaii-t.- Ujiarue restive and exclamatory, toe Lilieral silent and somber and the conservatives ly approving," be wrote. "Null once did the prime minister appeal U I Ister to throw in its lot with the rest of Ireland." i I.loyd-iorge' speech, the Chronicorrespondent contrasted with the Irish lea.lers. particularly Major Red-1 , . I'ad "His solemn entreaty for .from Sir Kdward Carson -'this is the. i time tor saennce, ougm not Msier j sacrifice something' his moving-, ap-1 ! peal to the house in the name of the (gallant Irish soldiera who are , ing and lighting side by side with the tiruisn in r ranee- mis viooueni ana

sincere utterance stirred deep choiT,;ttUjr 'he bo(.ka t) mMlU of feeling an., left the house in ti .:..; f lh.ir client bv alien-

tion," said the Chronicle eorr.K,iul-, ent. The M'rning Post's political eritie ; upheld Lloyd-George's offer of home rule with ulster excluded and laid the Prime minister was very desirous of reaching settlement He expressed the beUf that th Irish part from nam an will "out as much Mad if) th oarliameritarv and mlnieteriaJ mclti; try as it la poniiola." :

Iaix the enlistment

RECORDS A HE BROKEN DURING' FEBRUARY (I. tt o-.imI"H.' .Vck Serclcr.) WASH 1 MOWN. Mim-h M. With the rluulour of ar hanKinir over the nation, all army enlistment records for pnwen times were broken durinK hebruary, the war department antitiiiced toUy. Appiuxiiiut! fiv thousand men pia-ned up for service. The ai-tiut firurva to date ;how 4,!(ri2 but fitriirei are .still M come in fn m field cai and the re enliMinents. ' 'Hie fif ires are e!pecia1fy ifiatiiyinif to the rlepttrtuMnit. I'ractirally all of the enlistnent cume after the dipbunutic break with tlerminy. SEV KRAI. MI-WRVC. lnmte f lw Kar, i)Htio.ni by j

! Fire, Are Misainn, tftir iSc e(rrs,ifuitdl Mrtrt 0rrtrr, j JIOO.NK, la.. March 8. Several persons from among the tifty-seven inmates of the Hoone county farm, six miles from here are missiuu following a tire which destmyeit the building. . of the farm today. Kour bodies have

been recovered, according to a teleI'1""" I" age from the scene. Mired For Campaign in the Dardanelles. IH Ihr Inlrrnmlhntll ,Vr SfTslsc.) I.ON'IlON, March 8. Two of the n who were Kntrlanil's idols earlv '

in tnM War (f nar() lit to)ay jn th;try. The other note, a memorandum.

rf rt 0(- ,nP investigating enmmis- 1 sioll .Dgointed to fin resooaiihilitv for '' n -""""r iroors to me i 'arci- ; anf vaf .-.v, t,indernce to the

urcess of the expedition, th fomniis-1 aifainst Krnest Sakunna and Chanion reported, l ord K.tchener was , ,,,, ( hakraberty here today. Feder-

isn iiiame.i lor oiciaiing an airs oi . lnP Wiir ortll.( in ronnerlion Willi Hie expedition without replying .-uflnienty upun th advice of the Oeneral iir. Thi failure, the commission n,.(, ulted in confusion and ertiriency. Both Lord Kitchener ami W i l0n Churchill, former iir-st lord of the ad miralty, were criticized for mlvocatme a purely naval attack on H'w ltirf'aneiies fnr'.s without tliciougii Inve.tigation of the possibility of co-onera-tion by land foires. Kepon-ib ""liUr: and naval adyiFrs liil not ; " ;lr , :, V . , - ueciaieti, arm v iiurcniit .- ie thi respect i was declared to have I, based on "half-hearted" expert opinrhe commission, however, countered on ci it ic- wlu. ib'cared rng'.:-,i upon live and .-hip; were Masted hip Dardanelles without any h'n ficial results. The commission a-serted that while the campaign to force tlio Dar danelles failed, certain mpoituiit 1 ' EARLY HEARING ASKED ; i IU THE W CASE Attempt Will be Made to Cir rumvent the Lunacy llenring. ittp th InUrmtttonnt St ft Btrviti.l wl'U' x rtt t- i y t A ' , jn ,h( triM,,. , . . .. ',. ...:,, u l,oirr.iii,ii . Thaw was toilay niade upon liovemor Vrumbaugh of Pennsylvania, by Pis wj b m(l(), to ;irfUn,;,nt t, unllrv hearing, started by Thaw mother, .. ,..k ,.,f , . ;' i,u.u,iii,,. lay. ,. ....!.: . v... , , pthovla are being used by rodent b. h.int .uffr-'Kurwd he t( ,n,w cn.rf ! ki(llmi,ninf BMuK up0n Feeder- . ., i - ir.. fitv Th.--'. u g th New York ditnrt attorney a ofllct. - STONE MFIX Bt RNEIf. BLOOM t.N'GTON, Ind , March 8 . Stone Mill No. of tho J jhn Headier j and Boo Stow Com pang here, Was I burned oarly today with a loss of H.0O0. Tha cause o( th fir U twknown.

GERMAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGED PLOTS III TIE U.S.

Zimmerman's Name Connected With Spy System in ThiH Country. DIRECT EVIDENCE ' H AS BEEN SECURED IWumentu in the (Jovernment'a Possession May Ilrin Numerous Arrests. iltM the Inlernnil'imol Vee-t Pcrrlce.l Nl'W VOKK, March . Document tary evidence connecting Dr. Zimmerman, the fieiman fareign secretary, with the tierman apy pystem in the I'nited States is in the hands of federal authorities here, it a.s learned today. These papers show that Zimmerman not only recommended puyment of money to carry on Fpy plots but upproved conspiracies being planned here. One of the rianers in the iron.

Cen-Lrnm,fa possession is Mid to bear

the address of No. 70 Wilhelmstrasse Berlin, the office of the foreign secretary. Some of the documents will lie laid hefore the federal Brand jury thi:. afternoon. One of the letters in possession of the government was written by Or. Z.mmernian to a man believed to be head of the spy system in this coun recommended payment for certain work. There is no doubt about the u S(.hjuieu t0 jtart with the arrest nf ,i,;r,i u-rt i u,, ul.,i M.sroe,! airPnts expert to make arrests in ( :fnrn rron. Wash nutnn Pan. una. fiuuin, the Philippines and other American territory where Cerman lav, hPen active. Many of the usperts are now under surveillance. Their arrest Is said to hang solely upon completion of the investiga tion of the New ork angle of the plot. Some delay will be experienced in arresting some of the spies. The raid by New York police on the apartment orcupied by Sakunna and Chakraberty spoi,Pn th, pians of th. fpd(.ra agents unil drove a number of man agents to cover. Whether General Carrunza is acting against (iermans in Mexico who were to be used to promote a revolution him jf he ,,, not jlljn ;.,. in war a(fainst the Cnite, many S tutes against tbe I. nited is not known to federal authliere. The Mexican authori orities ties, it is understood here have made no effort to rn-onerrite with tbe United states agents in frustrating tierman plotters. A TOWER OPERATOR PROVES MARTYR TO HIS SENSE OF DUTY IMS flf fnlrranrinnsl m Krrrlrt 1 WANDA, III., March 8. Collins Frazier, lower operator, sat with bowed head beside the casket of his wife today, a martyr tu bis sense of duty. Frazier, informed over the telephone that bis wife was dying, was unable to find a substitute and remained at his work several hours. He arrived home to find that he was too late to see his wife alive. HOLLAND KICKS. Object to Proposed Coercion of Kngland ia rlailinf of Ships. 10 ts sferuflMial Vest ffrnSef.) TKK HAGl'E, March 8.-Report i from lyondon that the British govern- ' m'nt m,y tt"n't 10 ,0"" Holll""i 1 in' a"""" I'" h'P - f ! the submarine peril aroused considr,,le i"''ilf"ion in offifil tin" here today. 6ne official pointed out that Kngland had directed no such threats against the United States though American ship wera remaining ia port nil made raaitic observations on the concern England professes to fee! for the Interest of small nations. Even newspaper with pro-!li synpsthiss fe-.l that England I mak ing a blunder in attacking th DuUh grrwmment on thi point and dcclar that her count ta loa'.n tin aJlie I many ajrmpaw r.

HUBBY FELL ASLEEP v AT MOVIES, WIFE SUED i HTM FOR A DIVORCE

I Ay frrsaMoMt Mm flirrlce.l EAST ST. J.olrIS, III., March 8. In her plea for a i-eparatinn Mrs. Kmil Irmracherk. declatcd her hu.'baad'ii fallinit u .-ep ut. movie show had m huniiluited her that she could no longer live with him. Uvorm heck kaid be hud to fro to work ut U a. in. itaily and that he neWd sleep but his w ife insisted that 'he take her to the movteii. ; rircuit Judge Crow denied the plea. He told the woman her charges were trivkl an dthat she had a fro.1 husband. TROOPS AID POLICE. Humor of Attempted Revolution Current at f.ima, Peru. (Blf Iht nleriMloetl Vrsw ffrrrlce.) , LIMA, Peru, March 8,-IirKi' bodies of troops reinforcing the police, pat nil led the streets of Lima to-, nay and rumors of an attempted revolutionary movement were in circulation. Assassination of three deputies, including the sou of Admiral Cruu. during the Sunday elections, has stirred the public. ' , , . , , Other Ship Succeetfully Come Throuxh Burred one and Rearh Port.',

"n, prise even to the most ardent Frank- " " fort supporters. Fro.n the standpoint (Ru fse Rtcranrpinst .vrir, stcrrle. 'tf intnsive knowledge of the subNKW YORK, Mann 8 - Having . Kj. b bat.ng del. verv. and exteinmade her way safelv through the C,er-"",rv"""s "I--'". thp lal nega- . . '. .. , .. tive Vid Frankfort beaten. The man Imrrest tone the trench liner1.- i A . ai . t. i rrankfoa amrmative had no exteirRoihanilwau doiked here today. She p,rRneou , -ebuttal whatever, all of brought eighty-two cabin passengers their speech., " ere set anil committed and thirty-nine French soldiers on , to memory, KiCtVrdson, the liist Lebleave of absence, who came in the i anon speaker, hoph 1 onto the arguateerage. imenU of his opponer., -bo prcceiled atounted on the bow on tbe Koch- him in fine style, and his spVttWtk was am beau was a rapid-ore gun in ad-' clean-cut? ard logical. Richardson ia dition to the usual Run on the stern. ; only a sophomore and nn doubt will Officers reported they had not sighted j make a star debater before ha il a submarine on their entire passage, graduated. The steamer Orleans, one of the lirst The second Lebanon npenker, ManAmerican ships to iienetrate the sub- ley Immcl, smashed up the stereomarine zone, pat-sed the Kochainbeau typed oration of Truman (ioldsberry as she left Bordeaux. A number of in most effective style, and did extemAmericans Connected with the Red ; porsneous work which was remarkCross American ambulance were i able. Frank Cash also refuted, offamong the passengers of the French ! hand, statements made by the precedliner. ' i ing speaker and made a powerful conThe White Star liner Baltic, dock-i elusionto the negative argument, ing here after an uneventful Voyage i Immel, in his rebuttal, made a great from Liverpool with passengers and impression on the audicpop and litermails, brought reports of the safe ally tore to bits the disconnected conpassage of the Adratic through the ! tentiona of his opponents. There war lone on her way here. ! seemed to be no doubt but that LebTwo other British ships came , anon had won, but when the judges' through the war tone and arrived here 1 decision was announced .mrprise was today. They were the tanker Lack-1 expressed on every hand by the Frankawanna from London and the Zi-st-'fort people. Kussell I'. Marker, an, which came through the Suez can-; Frankfort attorney who acted as al from Bombay. ! chairman, stateil that the I.ehanonitea 1 should have had the derision. Several PRESIDENT ILL. ; other Frankfort people said that the. i locals had won the debate "hands Wilson Suffering Front Severe Cold low n." The negative team and coach

and Ordered lo Bed by Physician, lu lAr fntsrsoll'.ssl Veirt Rerrlee.l WASHINGTON, March 8 I'resii . ii i .. . 'i.i ... i. i ...i, by Dr. Cary T. tiraysoi.'his personal The presided is suffering physician. frm a severe eold, it was stated al the while house, but there are no complications jet. All engagements schedu-1 led for today were cancelled. FOOD PRICES DROP i IN CHICAGO TODAY j . ! Opening of 200 C.rtoda of Po8 tatoes Found byGovernment Sleuthn, Aid Prirc Slump. (IM.Sr..U'.r..l ! CHICAGO, March 8.-Food staples I dropped in pne materially today. I The decrease- followed announcement! that Robert W. Childs, special assistant attorney-goneral, would depart at once for Washington with evidence to show that great quantities of foodstuffs were being held In storage here and that present high prices were unwarranted in many cases. He proposes to ask Attorney -general Greg: gory to InstituU action. Owning o' 20 earloads of potato found by (trewramant investigator oa sidetrack her brought the pric dowa almost a dollar to around $2. Egg daclioed mor than oo cent and onion dropped a cent a pc-tiad. Prieo of other food also war lwwrc.

Lebanon High School Debaters Break Even in Annual Event.

i BOTH FRANKFORT TEAMS WINNERS The Gem City Debaters Consequently Carried Off the Premier Honors. Lebanon broke even last night in the Triangular debaic. The local nf-tii-mative team, composed of Karl Hugan, honald Higtve and Laurayne Tolle won over (he Crawfotdsville ip g. ative here by a two to one decision. Tiie Lebanon negntive lost the derision at I'tankfoi t two to one. l-'raiikfoil won over Craw fordsville at Craw fordsville. This gives Kriinkfort the title for th elgiiih aiimmi triangulai contest, with .Lebanon second, and rawfordsville third. 1 It was the general opinion, even at Krankfort, that the Lebanon negat.ve omposed of Rus.'ell Richardson, Manley Immel, and Frank Cash. had put up the better debate, and the decision of the judges came as a surNcitres are noi down lies rr en tor xney know that they won the debate, if not the decision. The judges at Frankfort were Professor H. S. Fore, 1'roi fessor O. II. Beahler. and Professor K. H. Davit, all of Purdue. Iteahler v"t,,l " a-gative. The Debate Here. In the debate here, which was attended by a record crowd, the Lr banon team won easily. Karl E igan sur pi-ised everyone with his rcmarkihlc showing in the first sp"och. Tolle introduced some extemporaneous rebuttal and made a powerful, constructive speech. Highee made a fine impression both in his main speech and his rebuttal. The Crawfordsville ; argument was rather disconnected and i WM not a(,jVerP( jn a very effective j Kev. Kent pastor of the Baptist church, presided as chairman. The judges hero were Professor H. M. Colston, of Butler, A. R Robinson, of Indianapolis, and J. R. Carr, of Indianapolis. The high school orchestra played before the debate, and w hile the judges were making the decision. The orchestra was dirrted by Professor Troutman and the program was well r(n,er,j. mlM fiighbee. and Cash, of the t . Krn.nT ,h; vf.r .mi v-io i be graduated, while the remainder of the debaters will be eligible lor the next year's contest. lrofeasor Smclser and Superintendent Brown made short speeches this morning in which they praised the fine work done by the debaters. HAD A "OOC 0 TIME." RUSSELLVILLE. Ky.. March 8. Matt and Brooka Ramsey, bachelor brother, after having; a "good time" in town started for home several mile distant. Thir frown bodir were found today in tha public mad.