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Show HUGHES SPECIAL IS FLAGGED IN TIME Section Hand Discovers Broken Rail ! Just Before Train Is Due. LOUISA. Ky., Oct. 1J The special train carrying- V'harlcs K. Hughes on his third west or u trip was stopped by n broken rail on tlie point of a curve aroun.l a steep embankment of the Bi Sandy rier leaving Paintsville today. The tni was broken for a distance of several inches, the inifide flange having been knocked entirely away. Section hands discovered the break a few minutes before the special was due and flagged the train. 1 ho broken part of the rail could not be found. Train officials said that the break appeared ap-peared to have been caused by a heavy blow from some instrument. Only a few persons a board the special spe-cial learned of the cause of the delay. |