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Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-03
PLATFORM BROAD AND STRONG.
Declarations of Gov. johnson All DEM
oerats VIII lndorse.

"The Man from Minnesota" be-
lieves in the immediate revision of
the tariff. to the end that articles now
controlled in America by illegal and
immoral combinations may be deprived
of their tariff power to rob the COM
munity." He believes that tariff re-
vision Is one OF the most important
works for the correction Of the abuses
that are plaguing the country.
He believes that the maintenance Of
government by the people involves the
least interference by federal power
with the domestic affairs Of the states
consistent with eficient national ad.
ministration.
He believes in the constitution. For
president" he says, Ito go outside
the constitution, even to accomplish a
benehcent purpose, is to enter the
road that leads to the destruction Of
republics"
He is opposed to the government
ownership Of railways, by state or ma
tion. but, as his acts show. is strong
believer in just and rigorous regula-
tion.
He is opposed to oversee expansion.
He favors "the peaceful .consolida-
ton Of the continent from Panama to
the Arctic circle"
He is opposed to great military es-
tablshments, but believes that the
size of the American navy must neces.
sarily be determined to some extent
by the naval activities of other coun-
tries.
He is opposed to ship subsidies.
You can't kill combinations" he
says. but when they come in
to crush the business of individuals
they must be opposed as evils"
He believes in an income tax.
He believes in the just and equal
enforcement of law, and that the OBJ.
servance of the law is an incumbent
upon the rich and powerful as upon
the poor and weak
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-03
Notice For Publication

Department of the Interior. U. S. land Of
flee at Little Rock Ark, June 13. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Rufus T. White,
of Ravenden Springs, Ark, who, on February
% 1908 made Homestead entry No. 256iG, for
SW 4 Sec, - Twp. 20 n, r , west, 5th princi-
pal meridian, has filed notice of intention to
make final FIVE year proof to establish claim
to the land above described, before NJ h.
Armstrong. county court clerk of Randolph
county at Pocahontas, Ark. on the "A day of
July 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses:
J. NJ Johnson of Ravenden Springs, Ark.
f. Marshall, Of Oconee, Ark. j. X. Moore of
Ravenden Springs, Ark. j. A. Baker, Of
Rayenden Springs, Ark. II. II. MYERS.
Register.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-03
Farmers Union to Plan

Memphis, Tenn, June 29.-Pres-
ident r. Hightower of the Missis-
slppi division of the Farmers Union
has issued call for the county
presidents to meet in Jackson July
g. The purpose will be to discuss a
general policy during the crop gath
ering and marketing months, with
reference to the percentage of the
crop to lie held back in the event of
low prices. The warehousing of
cotton will also be brought up, and
in this connection the campaign for
the erection of farmers warehouses
is making progress. During the
past 80 days more than a dozen
warehouse companies have been
launched, and large number are In
immediate prospect, to be erected IN
time for storing the seasons crop.
Officers of the organization are CON
fident that the day is not far dis
tant when they will have a cotton
warehouse at every shipping station
in Mississippi.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-03
Signs of Frost

There is something going to be
"a doing" 1t is usual for cookie
burs to grow all season and not ma
ture until just time to ripen before
frost; but killing frost is nearly
five months off, yet the cookie burs
even not more than a foot high are
maturing burs or seed pods. What
does it mean?-Black Rock Demo
crat
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-03

The terrible itching and smarting
incident to certain skin diseases, is
slmost instantly allayed by apply
ing Chamberlains Salve. For sale
by W. E. Hamil and all druggists /.
Call on Mrs. Ella SchoOnover for
lessons in vocal music.
| have two good second hand
Champion mowers for sale cheap
on easy terms. Also one good rake,
all in good condition. Apply to j.
d. Jackson, Pocahontas, Ark.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-07-03

If you want to buy or sell real estate
talk or write to 5. c. DOwell Walnut
Ridge. Ark. Also agent for Iron
Mountain Railroad lands.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
BRIDE DRINKS
CARBOL|C ACID
FOR COUGH CURE
Hospital Chief Probes Case Over
Which Surgeons Re-
ports Conflict.
DOCTOR DECLARES IT
WAS WRONGLY DIAGNOSED
"Mrs. Num- All Right" Is the
Announcement Made at Her
Broad Street Home.

Superintendent Talbot. of the City
Hospital, ia today investigating the
case of Mrs Sadie Mum, 10 years old,
and recently married, who was taken
to the hospital last night suffering from
carbolc acid poisoning, according to
the diagnosis of Dr w j. Read, but
given a clean bill of health by the am
bulance physician, DIR. Schalet
Mrs Mum was deemed SO i'll by DR..
Read that he ordered her taken TO the
hospital The woman's husband, James
Num-, rushed into the Second Precinct
Police Station at o'clock with note
from the physician. The ambulance
was sent TO her home, 34S Broad street,
she was bundled inside and taken off to
the hospital. AT midnight she was
back home again.
Mrs. Mum mistook carbolic acid foi
cough medicine" said DR.. Read today
"She swallowed u teaspoonful of the
poison and when | reached her was
bounding and screaming and giving
every indication of having been poi
soned. I gave her morphine to quiet
her. after she was out of danger. and
this may account for the ambulance
physician's failure to correctly diagnose
her case
ut was purely case of carboiic acid
poisoning. She was sent to the hospital
not because she was in danger. but be-
cause she needed slillful attention dur
ing the night"
At the woman's home the only in
formation given out today was that
Mrs. Num- is all right"
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
GOVERNOR SETS
MAY | AS ARBOR
DAY IN STATE
Fort Enioins Observance by
Schools and Teaching of
Holidays Meaning.
tFrom a STAFF correspondent.l

TRENTON, April 15.-Governor Fort
today issued proclamation setting
May l as Arbor Day. The proclama-
tion follows:
1.-THE conservation Of the American
forest is now uppermost in the minds
of all thoughtful people. He who plants
a tree promotes the interest Of future
generations. The teaching of the
young to preserve forest lands and
promote tree culture is of great iupor-
tance. New Jersey has taken an ad-
vanced step for the preservation and
in the direction of the protection and
increase of it's forest area. The State
now owns about 10000 acres, and is au
thorized to purchase additional reser-,
vations.
1.-THE tree, both for man and for
beast, is useful for shade. 1t tends to
increase the rainfall, and it adds 70
the happiness and comfort of man by
the fruit product which 1t Yields.
1.-THE annual observance of Arbor
Day is commended by statute, and the
public schools are enjoined to observe
the day and instruct the youth as TO
It's Importance"
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
FLOOD MENACES
GREAT FALLS, MONT.
DEBRIS FILLS RIVER
Giant Dam Fails and One Town
Is.Believed to Be Under
Water.
ANIMALS BATTLE FOR
LIVES IN RAGING WATERS
Dynamite to Be Used to Save
Great Smelter-NO Lives
Reported Lost Yet.

HELENA. Mont. April 15.--An un-
trollable flood is rapidly advancing to-
day upon Great Falls, city of 1000
population. and it is believed that the
Boston and Montana Smelter. one of
the largest in the world, is doomed 90
destruction. The smelter is built on the
river bank. 1t employs more than 1,5O0
men.
The employees We're engaged all night
in the construction of a wing dam
around the smelter. Preparations have
also been made SO that the dam at
Great Falls, from which the smelter
secures its power. may be dynamited
as a last resort.
Craig, Mont, probably has been
wiped off the map, although as far as
is known. all of the 400 inhabitants es-
capped. Cascade. "A town of 400 popula-
ton. sixty-nine miles from Helena, and
twenty-three miles north OF Craig, ii
| now under water and III danger o
being swept away. The river is thickls
strewn with debris of ranch houses
Many animals are battling for theii
lives in the flood
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
Autopsy Showed Excesses Had
Caused Paralysis of the
Brain.
MRS. YOUNG "MAY HAVE"
CALLED HIM DEAR BOY"
Always Speaks That Way to
Those She Likes-Contestant
May Provide Sensation.

BOSTON, April 15.-That Walter
Farnsworth Baker was sufferer from
paresis at the time he died from arsen-
ical poisoning at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hurd, at Bogota, n. j.,
was the startling declaration made to-
day Wy f. w. Day, counsel for Ed
ward II. Baker. his brother who is
contestlng his will.
In presenting his case, Day declared
that it was his purpose to lay a foun-
dation for charge of impaired mem
tality; that at the time Of Walter
Bakers death, upon examination of his
brain it was found to be severely af-
fected by paralysis, due to excesses.
In support of this contention DR..
Charles w. Underhill testified that
Walter Baker was constant drinker
and inveterate smoker, and never came
to his office without smoking cigar
and smelling of liquor.
A genuine sensation is expected to-
day when Edward +. Baker goes Oh
the witness stand to tell the whole life
history of his brother. Pending his
testimony two witnesses gave evidence
yesterday in favor of the will. They
were Miss Mary Maude Mum and Mrs
Natalie Young, the divorced sister o.
Mrs. Hurd.
Ibid Baker arrive in Boston intoXi-
Gated upon the morning of his mother
death?" Mrs. Young was asked.
mo"
did you ever call Walter Baker
Dear boy and Nice boy when talking
to your friends?'
81 may have answered the fair di-
vorcee. Il speak to all people 1 like
that way"
Mrs. Young also testified that a silver
box and some lace was all Baker hao
ever given to her. She said that she
first met him in her home in New Yort
city in 1894. and that her sister me-
him at Narragansett Pier later.
"Prior to Mrs. HuTd's marriage tC
Mr. Hurd," said Mrs. Young, "she was
the recipient Of Mr. Bakers atten'
tions"
During a discussion Attorney II. r
Boltes. who appeared for the Hurds
said that the true facts in the case have
never been presented and that Baker
was more indebted to the Hurds thar
they were to him.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
FLORIST BENDT'S
WILL MISSING;
MAY Be CONTEST
Wife Who Survived Husband
Two Days Had Children by
Former Marriage.

So far no will has been found of
Ferdinand Bendt. the florist. who died
suddenly Saturday of typhoid fever,
and whose wife died Monday from the
same cause. although a diligent search
had been made of their home 149 North
Sixth street. Mr., Bendt's estate. it is
said. will amount to nearly 100000.
Dorothy Bendt. the 13-year -old
daughtei who was also stricken down
by the fever after eating an oyster
stew, is said today to be conVa lescent.
Nellie, years old. is well and is being
cared for by friends.
That there may be trouble in settling
the Bendt estate is said to be likely,
because Mrs. Bendt was a widow when
she married the florist and had two
children who are with relatives in Ger
many. As she survived her husband
some lawyers are of the opinion that
the children of her first marriage will
be entitled to one-third interest in the
estate.
Sheriff Frank Sonmer, who was a
warm friend of Mr.. Bendt, is looking
after the interests of the two children,
Dorothy and Nellie.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
POLICE FIGHT NEW
RULE THAT CUTS
DEATH BENEFITS
Directors, Members Contend,
Had No Right to Change
Old Law.

There is much dissatisfaction among
members of the Police Benefit Associa-
ton over a new rule of the board Of
directors, which went into effect March
le The rule is to the effect that when
a member dies, his widow shall receive
$500, and if his wife dies he shall re-
ceive $3.50.
It also provides that each member
can receive 81 per week sick benefits
for ten weeks in each year, and that
hereafter each member shall be as
sessed $3.50 month.
Formerly ON the death of a member
each man paid 81, and the entire
amount went to the beneficiary, and 81
when a members wife died.
The sick benefit was $40 per week for
thirteen weeks in each year.
They contend that the action of the
board is illegal. because the agreement
that was entered into in the applica-
ton holds good until the members sign
new agreement.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
READING NEWS OF
THEFT, ACCUSED
MAN FALLS DEAD
Philadelphia Retired Treasurer
Was Charged with EmbezzIe-
ment of $4,000.

PHILADELPHIA. April 15.-Con-
fronted with the accusation of embez-
zling more than $12, 900 from the Frank
lin Institute. of this city, of which he
had been actuary and treasurer for
twenty-five years, Herbert E. Heyl was
seized with what is said to have been
apoplexy at his home in West Philadel-
phia and died shortly afterward.
Mr. Heyl was at breakfast when he
saw an account of the alleged embezzle-
ment. He arose from tho table and
collapsed dying instantly. The coroner
will hold post t-mortem examination.
A warrant for HeyPs arrest, issued
at the instance of the officials of the
Franklin Institute, was to have been
served today. He recently retired from
the institute because of illness.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
GIRL LEAPS FROM
BURNING HOME To
ARMS OF FATHER
Pretty Alma Stranahan Rescued
from Peril0us Position in
East Orange Fire.
INVALID MOTHER-lN
CARRIED OUT WINDOW
Father Stands on Porch as
Daughter Plunges from Roof.
Both Suffer Burns.

Thrilling rescues of a pretty 17year-
old girl and her aged and infirm grand
n, other were made at a fire at the home
pf Frank n. Stranahan, IA Hawthorne
place. Hyde Park, East Orange.
The rescuer was Mr.. Stranahan, and
he was severely burned. His daughter
made a daring leap of twelve feet from
The roof OF the house into his arms as
he stood on the top of the back porch.
She was also burned. but less painfully
than her father. The grandmotler's
rescue was effected through q window
just in the nick of time
Driven from her room on the third
floor of tho house by flames and smoke
last night, Miss Alma Stranahan, the
daughter, first climbed through a bay
window out ON a small ledge and pre-
pared to jump thirtss-tent- -ts-tAe-sraun0
IN order to escape being burned alive.
Screaming for help she was about TO
take the perilous leap, when persons
in the house next door shouted 20 her
TO try to climb to the roof and escape
by means of the back porch.
Though nearly frantic with fear, the
girl bravely climbed to an overhauging
gutter above and slowly crawled along
the side to where the gutter tapered to
81 point at the corner of the house in
the rear. Two feet separated the girl
from the other gutter running along the
rear, and hesitating only minute, she
leaped the space successfully.
By this time her father had climbed
10 the top Of the back porch, twelve
feet below. He took firm stand and
called to her to jump. She was caught
in her fathers arms and then dropped
carefully to the ground
After rescuing his daughter. Mr..
Stranahan ran into the house and car
ried out his mother-in- -law, who is
nearly so years old When the flames
broke out he first tried to reach the
telephone, but it was too near the
blaze. The door of his mother in-law S
room caught fire and Mr.. Stranahan
smashed the glass OH window leading
from the second floor to a porch and
carried the aged woman through. She
rested on the porch till the fire was
out and was then carried back into
the house through the window. All
the other members of the family got
out safely.
The fire started on the third floor.
where Mr.. Stranahan was doing some
work. He left lighted candle on the
floor and a slight gust of wind blew
the flame against a curtain.
Two bedrooms in the third floor with
the hallway and q section of the Sec
ond floor were burned.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
CRACK B|CYCL|ST,
AUG. SPECKMAN,
KILLED BY TROLLEY
Collides with Bergen Street Car
as He Sprints Across
Tracks.
CAR CREW ARRESTED
ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE
Fatality on Birthday Of Motor
man, Who for Thirty Years
Never Had Accident.

Frank Daniels, of ia Sixteenth ave-
nue.. this afternoon identified the body
of the bicytlist run down and killed by
a Bergen street trolley car earlier in
the day, as that of August Speckman,
% years old, of Boston street. The
identification was due to Plaincothes-
man Siebold of the Fourth Precinct,
who took as a clue to trace the dead
man the Bay View Wheelman's badge
on the bicycle. Daniels is the manu-
facturer of the wheel. Speckman was
a crack rider and frequently cam
paigned on the local tracks, AS a
member of the Bay View Wheelmen he
captured many prizes.
Jacob Schunk. of 209 Peshine avenue
motorman of the car and George Ward.
| of 81 Chadwick avenue. the conductor.
were arrested on technical charge of
manslaughter. They were taken to the
Fourth Precinct Station and later
paroled
Schunk was deeply affected by the
tragedy. When he was arrested he
wept He stated at the police station
that he had been a railroad man for
thirty years in Newark and that this
was his first fatality. Police investiga-
tion proved that the motorman had his
car in good control and was in no wise
responsible. Today is his tifty-third an
| niversary, and his family had planned
a celebration at noon.
Speckman, riding cast on Fourteenth
1XpOila and turned south into Rprppu
street in front of the trolley car. The
car had passed the south crossing and
the victim, who was riding at fast
pace, made a desperate effort to pass
| it, as it was going in the same direc-
ton, but failed. The victims body was
wedged between the front truck and
wheels for nearly half an hour. Death
was instantaneous.
Word was telephone to the City Hos
pital by Joseph Heisler, who operates
tailoring establishment at the corner.
and the ambulance responded quickly.
but the physician found that efforts to
remove the victim were useless. The
wrecking car was then sent for, and
the car had to be lacked up before it
could be lifted from the tracks.
County Physician Elliott ordered the
body removed to Holes morgue.
Misses Mary and Ella De Rogitis
who witnessed the accident from their
home, 235 Bergen street, said that the
bicyclist quickened his pace as he
started to cross Bergen street. The
car was going at lively rate of speed,
and the collision occurred just as the
/ bicycle reached the middle of the troll
ley track.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
RAYMOND To Be
MADE ASSISTANT
TO WILBUR MOTT
Judge to Be Prosecutors Aide
Under New Law-Lehlbach
Assumes Duties.

Judge Thomas l.. Raymond, of the
First District Court, will be made fiji st
assistant prosecutor as soon as the now
Common Pleas judge is named by Gov
ernor Fort under the new law. Prose-
,cutor Mott announced today.
In the meantime the prosecutor has
appointed Frederick r. Lelllbach as
sistant prosecutor under the old law.
with the understanding that as soon as
the new law becomes operative he will
be made second assistant.
Mr.. Lehlbaoh was sworn into office
soon after court opened today and i'm
mediately assumed his new duties.
The position of first assistant prose-
cutor is worth $4,000 a year and that of
second assistant $4,000.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
FAGAN PASSES
STATE EMBALMERS' EXAM.
Newarkers Among Fourteen
Candidates Who Try for New
Jersey Certificates.
Especial to The Evening star.l

JERSEY CITY, April l5.-Formor
Mayor Mark NJ. Fagan appeared before
the State Board of Undertakors and
Embalmers in the City Hall today and
passed q successful examination for
an embalmers' certificate.
There were fourteen others who ap-
peared before the board and took tine
examination. Some of them came from
Newark, Jersey city, Camden and
Paterson.
The ex- Mayor has decided to embark
in the undertaking business, and to
90 this he had to qualify as an em-
balmer before getting a state ccrtifl-
oate.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
NEGRO 'TRUSTY
MAKES GETAWAY
IN COUNTY JAIL

Warden Charles A, steadman ana
other officials of the county Jail are to-
day searching for John Washington, a
negro who escaped from the institu-
tion.
Washington was committed to Jail
last December. after being unable to
furnish bonds to keep the peace. Re
Gently he was made a ''trusty." His
escape was not discovered until some
time after ne had vaulted the high
stone wall.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
MRS. DANIEL KUHN BURIED.

Mrs. Daniel Kuhn was buried from
her home. AZ Providence street. yester-
day afternoon. The Rev. Edward Fuhr-
mann, pastor of st. Stephens German
Lutheran Church. officiated. Inter-
ment was in Woodland. Valentine Die
trich, Jacob Herbold John and Fred
ericS Buhl, Frederick Buerk and George
HaIubrecht were the pallbearels.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
BANK TELLER HELD
FOR $4,000 THEFT
CONFESSES GUILT
Official OF Chester, Pa, Institu-
tiOn Had Been Robbing
for Many Years.

CARLISLE, Pa, April 15.-John ".
Harris, teller of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, of this place, was arrested
today on warrant charging defalca
tions of the funds of the bank. The
warrant was issued at the instance Of
Bank Examiner Robinson. United
States District Attorney Wilmer re-
quested that bail be fixed at $4,000.
Harris was unable to furnish bail and
was taken TO the Dauphin County Jail
The amount involved is said TO be
about SS5, 600 The defalcations. it is al
legged, covers many years
Harris confessed and turned over TO
the bank deeds Ter two farms, his
ma agniAccnt town residence and SONG
bonds and other collateral
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
FORT SIGNS BILL
AIMED At BLACK
HAND AND REDS
lrrom a staff Correspondent ]

TRENTON, April 15.-Governor Fort
today signed Burposs bill, making it
a high misdemeanor for any person in
private or public, by speech or writing,
to advocate the destruction of property,
assaults on the army National Guard
or police, or for any organization to do
any of these things.
This is the law that is to aid Mayor
Mcbride to stamp out the Paterson
reds, and TO enable the Newark au-
thorities to get at the perpetrators Of
Black Hand outrages.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
HANDSOME NEWARK
GIRL ACCUSED OF
MARRYING THREE
Fair BigamiSt'S Husband in Hunt for Bride Who
Disappears With His Money, Find Two Others
Who Had Led Her TO Altar.
UNCLE, WITNESS AT ALL CEREMONIES HELD
FOR AIDING NIECE in COMMITTING CRIME

KRONE
q 5is Ff-
a bgamy
Ludwig of liz Third
1, Maspeth. L l.
Manhattan
commit
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
NOT ONE SENT FROM
PRECINCTS TO ESSEX JAIL.

For the first time in five years not a
prisoner was committed to the county
Jail from any Of the five precincts in
ne city today.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-04-15
DEEPENS
THAT MRS. BARNES
IS CHELSEA VICTIM
Was Seen with Hostess by Fire.
man Before Steeple Fell
on House.

No trace has yet been found of Mrs.
Walter c. Barnes. of Hamilton road.
Glen Ridge, who was a guest of Mrs.
J. b, Fenwick, in Chelsea, Mass. at
the time of the conhagration Sunday
Miss Anna Honnitt trained nurse
and friend Of the family, who is caring
for the Barnes children in the absence
of their father, who is searching the
ruins in Chedsea for his wife, received
this information today by telephone
from Mr.. Barnes. who added that Mrs.
Fenwick, whose guest Mrs. Barnes was.
had not been found, either.