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The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
INVESTIGATION OF
POLICE STARTER.
Accused Officer Faces Trial an.
Tells of Department
Workings.
GAYN0R'S POLICY kTTACKen
Counsel Would Shift the Blame "a :
periors Of Accused Man.
Waldo Under Fire

Western Newspaper Union News Sary,s.
New GOrk.-Whether Police to..
missioner Waldo gave general IN
strucions" to suppress dis3rle,I-
houses and private verbal orders /.
allow them to run as long as cond.
tions of outward decency" were os
served, became the question al ssh.
when Cornelius c. Hayes, susDegde3
inspector, was placed on trial before
Deputy Police COMMISSIONS Uo'ghs
l Mckay, on the charge Of making
false statement in regard to his p,I.c.
duties.
While Hayes was osDensibiy the de
fendant, Thomas d. Thatcher counsel
virtually transformed the trial into a
probe of the police department and an
araignment Of the policy of MAYO,
Gaynor toward the regulation Of vice
The attorney grilled COMMISSIONS
Waldo in an effort to show that out
ward decency" was the criterion BY
which the mayor wished the question
of vice suppression to be determined
and then put Hayes on the stand to
prove that the commissioner had given
the inspector verbal orders in pursu.
ance of this policy and had not coun.
termanded them until they had be.
come public,
1t was on August s, or about The
time when the scandals growing out
OF the Rosenthal case were being aired
that Commissioner waldo, according
to the witness, threatened to fire
him" for stating that he had received
such orders. This he threatened to
do on two subsequent occasions, Hayes
testified, but it was not until Angus,
l6, the day after the publication oi
an interview from IAN inspector who
was quoted as saying he had received
such orders from the commissiOner
that Waldo made good his alleged
threats by suspending him AMI reduc'
ing him to a captains rank
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
SEC. HODGES HAS PLAN
Would Give Old Soldiers and Widows
500 Per Year Pension.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pettigrew-A new proposition viii
will be put before the next legislature,
in the shape Of a bill proposing to
give every Confederate veteran in the
state 500 annually, II Secretary Of
state Hodges carries out plan sug.
gested in his speech here,
Mr., Hodges spoke In support OF the
state Democratic ticket, this point
being IN his intinerary Of northwest
Arkansas. He was greeted by large
crowd.
As to the pension matter, Secretary
Hodges said:
Il am going to ask some good mem
Der of the next legislature to intro.
duce bill which will provide that
hereafter each ex.Confederate soldier
or widow Of an ex.Confederate soldier
who is eligible TO receive a pension
from the state under our existing
laws be allowed the sum Of 500, Sew
enty.fve per cent OF them are already
on the list for that amount which IL
the maximum amount they can draw,
and | want to see all OF them proper
ly cared for during their declining
years. ! believe we should take care
OF our heroes Of the sixties while they
are living and let the angels take care
Of the dead"
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS AND NOTES
Tax Commission Increases
Railroad Assessments This
Year Many Millions.
S2O,OOO.OOO IN FOUR YEARS
This Is the Increase Shown by the
Commission Big Railroads
Bear the Burden.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The aggregate railroad assessments
OF the state have been increased by
approximately three and quarter
millions in the assessment of this year
over that Of last year, according TO
the tax commission reports. The in
crease has been largely in the larger
roads. which aside from their natural
increase, have gained in business to
the loss of the small tap lines on ac-
count of the recent ruling Of The In,
terstate Commerce Commission deny
ing the tap lines the right to operate
as railroads, and thereby avail them
selves OF the milling in transit priYi-
leges granted to railroads. The com
mission therefore lowered the assess
ment Of these log roads, and raised
the assessment of those larger roads,
which gained on account of the de-
cision of the court.
When the commission was estab-
lished, in 1908, the total railroad as
sessment of the state was $5l 100000
and since that time to date the as.
sessment has been raised, gradually,
until it is now $Sl,7lS,055, or an in
crease of more than $3O,OOO,OO0 in four
years time
Tho Iron Moun,din is assessed -n0re
than any other system in the state,
being totaled at S3AO17,937, or an in
crease Of $1,626,S4S over the assess
ment Of last year,
The Cotton Belt also came in for
a big share OF the increase, their as
sessment being raised S1,03S, ,30S, max
ing the total S12,574,597.
The Rock Island assessment in 1911
was sl0,10S,2ll, against Sl0,S3I,5OO in
1912, and increase Of S7G5,2S9
The Kansas City Southern was in
creased s79,9l3, making their total
1912 assessment $i.41T421
These assessments were certified
out to the county assessors on Sep.
tember by the tax commission, along
with the assessments of the telephone,
telegraph and express companies, and
the pipe lines. The totals for those
corporations other than the railroads
have not yet been completed.
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Federal Prisoners Sentenced.

Little Rock - Seven defendants,
charged with selling liquor without
the government special tax, entered
Ssas Of guilty in the United States
District Court and each was fined 800
and sentenced to 80 days in the Pulas.
Xxi county jail by Judge Trieber The
defendants were Pooer Elder, Lafay.
cite Carroll, VIII IIolderfield, Albert
West, Ella Branscomb, VIII Trigg and
Charley Moses, all Of whom were ar.
rested after the adjournment Of the
April term Of the court and were being
held to await the action Of the federal
grand jury,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
CONTEST GROWS WARMER
County Judge Using Power in Sebas-
tian Courthouse Matter.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Fort Smith-Another move was
made in the courthouse squabble game
here when County Judge Harp order.
ed County Clerk Luther Hopkins com.
mitted to Jail for contempt Of court,
and then failed to secure a deputy to
serve the warrant The refusal of
one deputy sheriff caused him to rc-
ceiye a fine of $50 on a contempt
charge, and the county clerk also
got his for $50 for attempting to
ntercede.
Judge Harp issued a commitment
and instructed Chief Deputy Sheriff
Claude Thompson to serve it on Hop
Nius, This Deputy Thompson refus
ed to do, with the $50 result Judge
Harp had assessed the $50 fine against;
Deputy County Clerk Hopkins last
week for failure 10 issue warrants 10
pay an architects bill of $1,000 for
plans for new county COURTEOUS"
County Clerk Hester arrived during
the timing" and in an attempt to iu.
tercede received a reminder In a $40
fine and so days in Jail
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
WANTS ASSESSMENT RAISED
Tax Commission Believes Little Rock
Company Assessed Too Low

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little RoCk-ln an official commu.
ncation to the PullsN County Equal.
zation Board the state Tax Commits,
sion, through Chairman Gates, asks
that the board raise the assessment OF
the Little Rock Railway ana Electric
Company from $l,OiOOOO 70 S2,OS2 600.
In reaching It's conclusions, the com.
mission takes the accredited earnings
Of the railway company AZ an index.
The earnings In 1911, It IL declared
were Sil1G7l, or @ 10 per cent rev.
enue Of an investment Of S,l7S,7l0,
Of this amount 80 per cent would be
practically S2,0S2,0 900.
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
SENATOR FREED Of
CONTEMPT CHARGE
Senator Elmo Carl Lee Declares
His Respect for Court and
All Parties Satisfied.
CASE IN COURTS LONG TIME
Charge Caused by Purported interview
Over Telephone in Which Crtti-
csm Is Made
Western Newsusper Union News ssrvic,

Western Newsusuer Union News Service.
Cotton Plant.-"FOr this court"
Those three words which State Sen.
ator Elmo CagLAee inserted in a lega.
document which he filed in the South
ern district of the Woodruff County
Circuit Court here probably saved
linn from a second sentence for con
tempt of court Also, they served to
to clear him of the contempt cnarge
which has been hanging over him for
a year and on which he was once fin
ed $500 and sentenced to six months
in Jail
As it was, Senator Carl-Lee said he
entertained the profoundest respect
and veneration for this court and the
courts Of our state and country '
Judge II. n. Hutton, whose ire had
been aroused when Senator Carl-Lee
was quoted in the Arkansas Gazette
as referring to his court as a "kan-
garoo court" professed himself salts.
fled with Senator CarILee's statement
and the yexatious affair was thus
closed to the satisfaction of everyone
concerned.
When the case was called in the
Circuit Court where it had been re-
manded by the Arkansas Supreme
Court, Senator Carl-Lee arose and
read his answer to the contempt
charge. It ended as follows:
The respondent further desires to
state that not only does he disclaim
any and all criticism or reflection upon
the honor, dignity and integrity of
the court at the time mentioned in
the order filed in this proceeding, but
he desires to emphasize the fact that
as a citizen and an attorney at the
bar he has and does entertain the pro.
foundest respect and yeneration for
the courts of our state and country
Judge Hutton declared that this was
not sufficient He said that Senator
Carl-Lee's criticism had singled out
his court He ordered that the con.
tempt proceedings 20 on. A few le.
gal formalities had been attended to
when Senator Car-Lee arose and an
nounced that he wished to amend his
answer He then added the three
words which included the Southern
district Of the Woodruff County Cir
cult Court in his respect and yeuera
ton. and the case was ended
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
ORDERS DEPOT BUILT
Railroad Commission Gives orders 10
Several Roads for Improvement.

Western Newspaper Uuion News Service
Little Rock The Arkansas railroad
commission has issued orders reQur
ing the Frisco and Arkansas, Oklaho.
ma and Western railroad TO construct
n depot at Rogers to cost $4,000; the
Iron Mountain TO erect depot at
Payne, Union county and the Rock
Island 70 construct depot at Bum,
The commission took under advise.
ment the question Of a railroad sur.
rendering It's charter in order to es.
cape the regulations applicable TO com,
mon carriers,
A number Of log roads have taken
advantage OF recent ruling of the
interstate commerce commission and
attempted to surrender their charters
under an old statute OF Arkansas
They are attempting 10 do this .ndc.
pendent of the railroad commission,
and operate only as private lines, ac.
copting what business they desire to
take, and rejecting that which does
not suit their pleasure
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLMENT
Attendance Was 4o9,746 In 1919 Of
Which io9,731 Were Negro.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock.-The total enrolment
in the public schools OF Arkansas for
the year ending June 80, 1912, was, ac.
cordng to the report Of Suporintend
ent Of public Instruction George b.
Cook, iO0,7iG, These were regularly
enrolled pupils, ranging IN age from
six to d years, all ,r them having
attended school at some time during
the school year,
The white students totalod 3OO0l5,
OF whom l52,7S0 were boys and li7'
23i were girls
The negro pupils numbered l09,73l,
OF whom 52,ii0 were boys and 6626l
were girls,
There were i,599 pupils enrolled in
private and donominatlonal schools
The following is the school popula'
tIon for the last school year
White males, 2lS,7OO; white females
2O9,O23; total. i2I723, Negroes, males,
S72S9, females, SS,2li; total, l1j,5O3,
aggregate 6O3,226,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Pretender Given Sentence.

Pine Bluff Charles Wagner who
told the police he was "Gyp the
Blood" with the hope that he would
be transported free of charge back
TO New York and the Bowery after
he had been arrested for using pro.
fame language on the street, was the
star In police court recently His plea
TO the Judge was In vain and on the
profano language charge he was lin.
ed s25 and So for another oftonso.
when the time arrived for the city
prisoners TO 30 their regular work
on the street, the selfstylcd "Gyp the
Blood protested that he was too deli.
cate for such labor and resisted orally
until the officers forcbly put him TO
work
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Child In Lake All NLqny.

Jonesboro- becoming afraid Of A
hoot owl the fouryearold daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs, j, b. RlChrdson Of
Dell, near here, sought safety on a
log In a lake, whore the child remain
ed all night before being discovered
In the morning by her parents, Tho
child left her home early in the morn
Ing, and Mrs Richardson thinking she
had gone to the woods with her father,
thought nothing moro OF her absence
When Mr., Richardson returned homo
alone late IN the evening, search
was began, At daylIgh tho child was
found
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
viii Take Case to Oklahoma Court

Fort Smith.-Counsel for William
Bowman, under sentence to hang in
this city the 27th Of this month, is
preparing to take the case into the
Oklahoma courts, on the theory that
the Choctaw strip, where the crime
was alleged to have been committed,
Is Oklahoma territory, Bowman was
convicted three years ago Of criminal
assault upon l2year.old girl His
case has been to the state Supreme
Court twice, TO tho United States Su.
preme Court once and was recently
thrown out Of the federal district court
IN this district on petition for writ
Of habeas corpus. Efforts are also
being made to secure a petition 10
Governor Donaghey for commuta.i ion
Of sentence.
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
PUTTING City on Cash Basis.

Paragould.-The city officials OF
Paragould we're paid in cash for their
August services, this being the first
time in the history of the town that
officials have received their salaries
in cash, The trustees having in charge
the placing Of the city on cash basis
have completed all arrangements and
borrowed money necessary to pay of
current bills in cash A local bank
loaned the city the money this month;
next month one Of the other banks
will loan the money and each Of tho
four banks will alternate in the trans
action until the city Is out of debt,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
ARMS TO AMERICANS
U. S. Government Shipping Guns iu
Distribution In Mexico,

Western Newspaper Union News Seryic'
WashingtOn.-Eyery effort is being
made by the state department to get
arms and ammunition to the Amerr
cans in the Cananea district to enable
them to protect themselves against
the ravages OF the rebels, who now
thickly infest that country. A request
from the residents there was received
at the state department asking for
500 rifles Immediately accompanied
by 200 rounds Of ammunition for each
gun. The Americans, who signed the
request to the state department for
arms, were informed they could have
the guns at Nogales and cartridges
at llermosillo, sent some time ago
already accepted for export. The
weapons will not be permitted TO
leave Nogales however, until a strong
guard Of federal soldiers or private
citizens is provided TO prevent the
robels from obtaining them, The
guns will have to be paid for by tae
people to whom they are given
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Would stop Practice,

Argonta A man 30 weak ne could
hardly whisper was removed from "A
train at Argonta ana taken 10 the
county hoapItal suffering from mala.
rial foycr r. r. owens, u local un.
dcrlakCr says the man was sent from
Eagle MIlla near Camden, without 4
cent IN hIB pocket and was thus tore
ed sn the county as n public charge.
He In Of the opinion that me practice
Of other cities and towns sending per
sons to Argonto to become public
charges should be stopped
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
phIIllps County Has Old Man,

RESPONSIBILITIES county boasts OF
the oldest BenedIck IN this state, this
fact being settled for all time when
Sandy Alexander, aged III years, APP
plied TO the county clerks office for
tho proper marriage certificate, llis
bride, Susie McGohee, was consider
ably more modest and confessed TO
but half n century OF single blessed
ness, Uncle sandy Os he IL known
in this part Of the country, claims TO
have first seen the light Of day m
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
BANKERS BOOSTING STATE
Have Exhibit at National Convention
Which VIII Be Good Advert sement.

Western Newspaper Union News Services,
Little Rock,-The publicity bureau
at Detroit, under the auspices of the
Arkansas Bankers Association, during
the annual convention of the Amerl.
con Bankers Association, opened with
II. W. Wait Of Little Rock in charge
assisted by George r. Brown and Carl
Baer, of the Board of Trade and
Chamber OF Commerce, respectively
A number OF Little Rock bankers
are attending the convention and all
are boosting Arkansas,
one OF the principal features Of the
campaign will be TO set forth the ad-
vantages OF Little Rock and Arkansas
as a desirable place In which to spend
winter vacations, based on the official
figures for the winter months as com.
pared with Northern cities by II, f.
Alciatore, section director OF the local
weather bureau,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Refuse to Aorce to New Rate.

Conway Efforts upon the part o'
Representatives Of he local telephone
company TO secure The 0onecnl ot 10
cal subscribers to an n6roosc In lclo
phone rentals IN return for Improved
service was rejected At u meeting ~
the Hoard Of Trade. Resolutions were
adopted declaring the present srhcd
ulo Of rolco sufficiently hiph 10 iur
ny an improved service ana request
ing all eltyone not TO sign Gu gsr,e
mcnt for an Increased rate,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
CONVENTION SUCCESSFUL
Many Attend Exhibition Held at Cam
den by Boys Club.

Western Newspaper Union News servies.
Little Rock Special Agent 7. VI.
Jeffords, in .he department Of farm
ers' cooperative demonstration work,
returned from Camden, where he at
tended a convention Of the BOYS Corn
and Cotton Club Of Ouachita county
held at Camden, and at which was eN-
hibited the first bale Of cotton from
the new crop raised by one Of he
members of the club.
Mr. Jeffords states that the meeting
was a great success. Besides the 60
members OF the club there were more
than 100 interested parties present
who came, some of them a distance
Of o. miles. to attend the convention
and witness the exhibits of the boys
and to obtain some new ideas relative
TO the growing of corn and cotton.
The Lale OF cotton which was ex.
hihitCd sold at rs cents per pound and
brought the owner about $50. Among
the other exhibits of the members
were samples of the corn that they
had grown, some of the best of which
was raised by a young man with two
goats. All Of these exhibits OF corn
were used by the experts and demon
strators in teaching the owner 10 pre-
pare them best for exhibits, with
special reference to the coming eNhib-
its to be made at the state fair. rhey
were also used in corn judging demon
strauou which was OF special inter
est to the fathers of the boys, Of whom
more than one-half attended the con
ycntion.
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14

Little Rock-ThA state treasury de-
partment had one busy day last week
when S4S7,7lG.5G was Withdrawn from
the states strong box. only small
part Of it was taken from the general
revenue fund Twenty-seyen coun-
ties drew out their share Of the an
nual school apportionment, and this
total reached the mark Of S4S0,6SSlO,
leaving SIO34,4G as the amount taken
from the general revenue fund.
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14

Helena Judgment has been rondcr,
cd against the Singer Sewing Machine
Company here by ChOnccry judge
Robinson, Of this district The WdR.
mont was a consent decree ana was
IN payment OF taxes owed ION crollls'
prior TO 1910. The suit was brought
by Attorney General Norwood at the
instance Of the tax commission Tho
back payment included taxes due IN
Little Rock. Fort Smith pine Buff
1eNurkana Helena, Fayetteville and
lonc5boro Pulaski county will ro.
ociye about $500 from this judgment
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Two Killed by gsplesIo,

poWIlt=Auotln Rawlings. A rleo
farmer residing north Of mia o,,.
ana George WodknD. nm cmployo on
,oo Ia"IoHs lorm wore killed hy tho
explosion OF % gasoline TANK Wy qHo ,'o
,ouN , was being transported TO Almyro
'9r repairs Whom O. torch was nm Nv
pI''d To the loul, m d blpckamIlb sban
,oo w lo0, exploded MllDng tho two
. .uo0 ana o. horse An accumulation NJ
soa IN The tank, and In long eypo5nr,
Of The explosion, " w ''e cause
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Enrmera Arc losing Aons.

Cove Farmers along the line Of
the Oklahoma side and on the Arkan'
sas side are losing large numbers OF
hogs by some strange disease, which
IN fatal and quick IN cholera, There
Is no similarity In the Gymtoms OF
the disease, only range hogs have
been affected, As the mast Ia uhs
usually heavy ana the corn crop i'm.
proved with the price Of hogs high,
this In working severe hard0hips ON
the hog rnlsorH,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Comnlnln Of OYnrehAraea,

Washington Protesting that "Y
had been oycrchargod many thousanu'
Of dollars ON export cotton shIpm'u'
by the railroads Of ToXOs, 3S eo''op
exporters In ToXas, Mississippi "V
Louisiana potlllonod the ln0cr''0"
Commerce Commission to OdIOdIcoV
their claims, The railroads were Nv
eused Of illegally increasing the rave
for through bills Of ladlng to ior''ED
ports, when the Texas railway 90"
mission reduced local tariffs,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Court Has Heavy Docket.

Pocahontas.-Chancery court con.
vered here with Judge Humphrey pre-
siding. There is an unusually heavy
docket at this time, as there IS a
number of important land cases to be
disposed of. Also the divorce suits
are heavy in the extreme for this
county, there having been filed at this
term Of court %.
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Many Prizes Offered at Fair,

Little Rock, Prof J L. Bond, su'
peryisor OF rural school work, has just
received the first complete list OF pre-
mlums offered for school fair AZ
Harrison the rural schools Of Boone
county viii offer long list OF prizes
nt tho county fair for work along
school lines, Among the contests for
which prizes will be offered are Es.
says on good roads, etc, drawing,
writing map drawing, spelling, do.
nestle sciences, domestic, art work,
manual training, athletics, etc
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Murder Mystery UnsolVed.

Hardy.-The coroner's jury has been
in session at Williferd investigating
the killing Of d. A. Green and Robert
Enos, who were shot from ambush
two miles north of Willifcrd, August
80 has adjourned. A large number of
witnesses were examined, but not
enough evidence could be obtained to
warrant charging the killing to any
Oup
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Court Has Heavy Docket,

Pocahontas.--Chancery court con.
yened here with Judge Humphrey pre-.
siding There is an unusually heavy
docket at this time, as there is a
number Of important land cases to be
disposed Of. Also the divorce suits
are heavy IN the extreme for this
county, there having been filed at this
term Of court 2j
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14
Ans Old nusIness letter.

Little Rock Among the papers IN
the possession OF Dallas llerndou, sec.
retary OF the Arkansas History Com
mission, is a letter written by Dr.
David pale Owon Of Indiana In 1851
to Gov, Elias II, conway Ocknowlodg
ing the receipt Of $1,000 TO purchase
equipment for the geological survey of
the state under the act OF January 10,
1851 This money was advanced by
Governor Conway out OF his own pri
yate funds for the use OF the state,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14

wook nc the First Baptist church. a
resolution was adopted commencing
Deacon H. NJ Woodall for the stand
hc took IN connection with lho sermon
preached by The pastor, the Rev. *.
r. Durham, II was also voted 10 call
q meeting Of the Baptist ministers OF
Little Rock bad Areenla AMI also 10
recommend 10 the nAptat church a.
Bald Knob Of which the former Ar
gonla pastor IA a momber, that hH
credentials m a Baptist minister b,
taken away ttOn him,
The Van Buren press., 1912-09-14

Rusellville,-rhc timber industry In
northern Pope county la reaching
largo proportions, In spite OF the fact
that It IL many miles from railroad
connections, one stayc company last
week paid out $1,000 for teams to haul
their headings to Russollylle, whore
II II shipped TO Eastern factories and
TO Europe for manufacture,