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The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
DECISION MAY EFFECT ACTS
Judge Rules That Wording Of Law Is
Unconstitutional.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock-Judge H. n Huttons
ruling at Conway that Act No, 2j2 is
unconstitutional because it was styled
"Be it enacted by the people of Ark
ansas," instead Of "Be it enacted by
the general assembly of Arkansas .
will affect a large number Of import
ant measures passed by the last legis
lature if sustained by all the courts.
For some time the people" caption
was used under the initiative and ref.
erendum, but when a question Of con.
stitutonalty arose the legislature
adopted both captions in order to be
on the safe side.
Among some Of the measures that
have the people caption are the fol
lowing. The act creating the capitol
art commission, the Plum Bayou
drainage act, the general drainage act
the act for consolidation of cities, the
employers liability act the act for
consolidation Of adjacent school dis.
tricts, the act for the collection of un'
paid taxes due the state by the in
surance companies, the act creating
the office Of insurance commissioner;
the act providing for the legalzed
double primary; the act providing the
manner Of holding special school dis
trict elections, and many others.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
B.. Y. P. U. CLOSES MEETING
Ninth Annual Session at Arkadelphls
Best Ever Held,

Arkadclphla, -- inc ninth annual
meeting Of the Arkansas b, Y, p, U,
Summer Assembly closed here, there
being IN attendance II largor number
than ever before, one Of the most In.
tercsting reports of the assembly was
the report Of the corresponding sec.
retary, W. A, Ramsey Mr. Ramsey
Of Fayetteville showed that during the
past six months the B, Y, j. US In
creased In membership ll3 per cent
aud that the number Of unions was an
Increase Of 10 per cent over tho past
year,
Il was decided TO hold the cncNmp'
mcnt at Ouachita College campus In
Arkadclphia again next year aud w,
=. Wilson was again chosen BupcrIn.
tondcnt Of grounds buildings and en-.
tortanmentB,
Next year the handling OF the
crowd viii be- done by board Of gov
ornors and a legislature, 10 DO elect
cd BY the assembly doegato5
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS AND NOTES
Congress Grants Right To Power
Company To Dam River and
Supply Power.
MEANS MUCH TO ARKANSAS
state Is Given Right TO Control Ne"
CompaEy--Gould's Believed
Behind Scheme.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little ROCk.-NeWs received mere
from Washington states that the bill
authorizing the Dixie Power Company
to construct a dam across The White
river at Cotter, Ark passed the house
after a hard fight. The bill authorizes
the Dixie Power Company a corpora
uon organized under the laws Of Ark
ausas, to construct, operate and main
tain dam at the above mentioned
point. An amendment was added to
the bill defining the authority of the
state and giving full power OF control
The Dixie Power Company expects
to create about $1,000 horsepower
from the Cotter dam at low water tn
power will be used in the Development
Of northwest Arkansas among the
lead and zinc mines II is also pro,
posed to construct an electric rail-
way from Cotter to Mountain city and
from Cotter 60 Buffalo and the Rush
Quick Mining district and also to sup
ply power for smelling purposes in
the lead and zinc mines, An electric
railway also is expected to be built
from Bergman to Harrison on the
north and from Bergman to Jimmy's
creek mining district
w. V. Powell, formerly right OF way
agent for the Gould lines under Rus
sci Harding at ST. Louis now vice
president Of the Dixie Power Com.
pany, has been in Washington for five
months In the interest Of the bill
While Mr.. Powell refused to be quot
ed on the subject II is understood that
the new electric company is backed
by the Gould lines.
As soon as the new company Is In
operation an attempt will be made to
electrify every town with a radius OF
a hundred miles of Cotter.
Men in Washington, who are famil
Tar with the new project say II Is the
biggest undertaking ever attempted
in the state and that II will mean
that northwest Arkansas will be de-
yeloped fully IS years earlier than
would be the case had the company
not put the power plant into opera
ton.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
GOVERNOR EXPLAINS SCARE
Falling Walls Of state Capitol Only
Layer Of Tile and Plaster.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little ROCk.-Goycrno DOnaEhey
came over from Hot Springs to be
present at the laying OF the corner
stone of the Argeuta school and while
here stated that there is no founda'
tion 70 the report that the south wall
of the treasurer's office in the state
capitol almost caved in day or two
aEo. The governor explained that
thin layer of tiling was iurred Loose
by workmen chiseling off plaster, and
this thing wall was what threatened
TO fall.
THE report that had IL not been
for quick action by the workmen, the
south wall of the treasuror's office In
the capitol would have fallen in and
further that a sound as OF falling
brick was heard. and several of the
employees made a break FOR the win.
dows and the door, might be taken
seriously by the public generally"
said the governor
Here is the exact situation; The
south wall Of the state troasurcrs Of
flee thus referred to was built by
Caldwell & Drake, and from a defen
5iye position need not be referred TO
by me except to state that, In this
particular instance, II ia entirely safe.
But as to the trouble mentioned, this
is about what did occur: The plas.
tering on the interior Of the treasur
or's office had not been finished. Re.
fore the walls were plastered a thin
layer Of tlling was fastened to them,
upon which the plaster was stuck. In
finishing the treasurer's office, GER
tain parts OF the walls are being lined
with marble. Where the marble IS
placed the plaster had to be taken Off.
In hammerng this plaster off the
workmen have Jared the thin tile
loose from the walls, and that Is the
only trouble that could have been en-
countercd in the work that Is being
done there now Such an incident
was due only to lack OF the necessary
precaution by the workmen in charge,
but at most It could amount only to a
mere trifle in the process of construc'
ton"
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Dr. r. [, Russell Dead.

Little Rock,-Dr II, L. Russell OF
Leslie died at st. Vincent's infirmary
in this city after prolonged and
complicated illness, the immediate
cause Of his death being from hem.
orrhage. DR.. Russell was formerly
physician at the Arkansas state peni'
tentiary, retiring to remove to his
former homo at Leslie, where he es.
tablshed private hospital His
health began to fail about two years
ago and he finally gave up his work
in an effort to regain his health. DR.
Russell was nominated for represen
tatiye OF Searcy county by the Demo
Gratis in the primary last spring.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
900 Lives Are Saved

Boston. More than 300 vacatlonists
returning from Maine resorts went
through a narrowing experience Off
the New Hampshire coast amid fog
and darkness, when the bow Of tho
side.whcel steamer, City OF Rocklani.
from the Kennebec river for Boston.
was crumpled by collision with tho
collier William Chlsolm Staunch
bulkheads kept the Rockand afloat
while a smooth sea and the fact that
the Chisholm swung alongside imme.
diately after the collision, enabling
the passengers TO be transferred to
the collier without loss OF life.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
CONSTABLE IS FREED
officer Charged With killing Of Po
lceman Declared Not Guilty.

Western Newspaper Union News ssrvice
Little Rock,--The jury In the case
Of Constable w. A. Jones found him
not guilty Of killing Police Sergeant
W. A. Campbell on April l6.
This Is the second trial OF the ac.
cused The first resulting in a hung
jury. After the verdict Of the jury,
Mr.. Jones was released aud immedl'
ately assumed his duties as constable,
from which he had been removed
from office while under indictment.
w. A. Dutch" Jones and Police Ser
geant Campbell engaged in n pistol
duel in the restricted district early In
the morning OF April 16. Campbell
was killed and Jones was hit several
times. At first he wa3 not expected
to recover but he Is now able to be
about on crutches.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Denies olylnu information.

Washington. Detailed denial was
made TO tho house interstate com
morce committee by Chairman Glenn
cnts OF the Interstate commerce com.
mission that the commission favored
certain railroads by giving them "ln.
side information" concerning changes
IN rates or rulings. Luther NJ. Wal.
tor, representing group OF tap lines.
charged this had been done, lie In.
troduced copy Of letter written
by Mr.. Clements In June, 1910 TO ".
u. Pelrce, Rock Island railroad OF.
flclal, giving some data concerning an
opinion OF the commissioner, the cx.
net meaning OF which was not clear
10 the tap lines, but WHICH affected
their contracts with the larger sys.
tens,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
TITANIC WRECK
DUE TO SPEED
Judgment Of British Inquiry
Announced --Ismay Held
Blameless.
RECOMMENDS MORE BOATS
Crews Should Be Better Trained and
Better Lookout Ke5t-Ship Could
Have Aided.

London The Judgment OF the Brit.
fish Board OF Trade court Of inquiry
into the disaster to the White Star
liner Titanic announced concludes
that the collision Of the Titanic with
the Iceberg was due to the excessive
speed &c which the ship was navi-
gated. that proper watch was no.
kept that the ships boats were prop
crly lowered, but that arrangements
for manning them were insufficient,
that the Leyland liner California
might have reached the Titanic II she
had attempted TO DO SO that the track
followed was reasonably safe with
proper vigilance aud that there was
no discrimination against the third
class passengers in the saving Of life.
The court Of inquiry eNonerates j.
Bruce lsmay, managing director OF
the White star Line, and Sir Cosmo
Duff Gordon, one Of the passengers.
from any charges Of improper con-
duct
mo JNNhIl'Hl l'NHNlll'hhn HibiN
water.tight compartments in sea-goins
ships, the providing Of lifeboats for
all on board, and more efficient drills
Of the crew, as we'll as a better look
out.
Much OF the judgment is highly
technical. In IL there was no argu-
ment and no direct reference to the
inquiry by the committee Of the Unit
ed States senate.
Lord Mersey said Il was not ths
business OF the court to inquire into
attacks on the moral conduct OF Sir
Cosmo DuffGordon. who, with Lady
DuffGordon and J, Bruce Ismay, had
been criticised, but silence might be
misunderstood He continued.
"The very gross charge against Sir
Duff.Gordon that he bribed the boat
men to row away from drowning poo
pie ia unfounded At the same time
think II he had encouraged the men
to return TO whore they had foundered
they probably would have made an ef.
fort to do 30. and could have saved
some lives"
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
MANY INDICTMENTS BROUGHT.
Pulaski Grand Jury Found Many ellis
Against Argenta Men.

Wrs,rrn Newspaper Union News Service,
Little Rock Three arrests were
made on grand jury Indictments
charging lrregularlty IN the last mu.
nIcIpal election In Argonta. Two OF
the men taken IN charge by Chief
Criminal Deputy Shrclf James j.
Hawkins are white, while the third
iB negro preacher,
These arrests bring the total 10 40,
with no signs OF tho supply Of indIct
monts being exhausted II was rc.
ported ut the conclusion Of the recent
session Of tRo PULASKI county grand
Jury that 10 indlctmcnts had boon
brought charging Illegal voting In tho
elections,
Members Of the FOucelto faction IN
Argcnla assert that the Indictments
are the result Of political Vancouver
on the part Of their political Odyerua,
rIoa, They further declare that no
t,oublo will bo experienced In show
ing that the election was regular,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Conditions Remain Normal.

Tokl0.-rhe era OF MeIIl "intelli-
gent administration" closed with ac.
ccaalon Of NoshIhlto Tho death OF
the Emperor MuBuhno while causlug
widespread grief has had bmall offecs
on normal conditions here, There
has hoon d remarkable absence OF dc,
monplralloba and aside from tho cloa.
cd banks and commercial houses tho
crepe bound flaga at every entrance
ana evident hgna Of mourning by for'
ulgb,fs aud natives aHer, tbe nation
moved along on is aeeusiomed busL
ness,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
MYSTERIOUS MAN
BELIEVED KILLED
slack The Shooter Who Has
TerrOrized Little Rock Meets
lust Fate.
EVIDENCE Is CONCLUSIVE.
Many Midnight Assaults and Attempt
ed Assaults Believed to Have
Been Committed by Negro.

Little Rock.-"Jack the Shooter" is
dead. J. b. Brown, a negro, known as
a sport and bad man, was killed while
trying to break into the house or a
negro poolroom keeper.
Shortly before the shooting of the
negro a man entered the bedroom Of
two women and when discovered
threatened to shoot. one of the women
screamed and he fired three shots,
one Of them taking effect in the hand
of Miss Maud Summers, one Of the
occupants Of the ROOM He then made
his escape by the window he had en-.
tered.
Police headquarters was immediate
ly notified and arrived on the scene
with bloodhounds and took up the
trail Of the marauder. The trail led
the officers through a negro portion
Of the town and west about a mile,
the fugitive then doubled back on his
trail and stopped within a short dis.
tance Of the scene Of the attempted
assault.
Seeking refuge from the police he
tried to effect entrance into the resi-.
dence Of Sam Collins, a negro pool
room keeper, Collins hearing the
noise at the window secured his re
volyer and went to the back of the
house. The back window was down
and the sash nailed, the shade also
being down Collins was unable to sec
anyone so listening a moment he
fired three shots through the window
and not hearing any more noise did
not 60 outside thinking he had scared
away whoever was there.
When a policeman arrived a few
moments later to investigate the noise
he found a man laying in the back
yard Of Collins residence dead He
| looked to be white man in the din
light and the police supposed he was
until he was taken to an undertaking
shop where it was found that the
dead man was yellow negro with his
face whitened with some white sub
stance like starch.
In the meantime the posse was still
following the trail Of the man who at
tempted the assault, when within a
short distance Of the place where the
killing occurred the trail was lost by
the hounds. However, continuing in
the direction the trail had been lead
ing the posse came to the scene OF
the killing.
Being sure that the dead man was
the man wanted the officers took
charge OF the situation and had the
dead negro taken to an undertaking
shop,
Upon examination Of the body II
was found that the supposed white
man was negro. His face was whit
ened with starch or some other sub
stance, he wore ladies fancy hose and
his clothes and handkerchief were
highly porfumed
The officers are positive that the
dead negro Is the one who has been
perpetratlng most OF the assaults
upon the women Of this city Every
bit Of the evidence 80 far gathered
points to the dead man as the man
wanted On his person were found
clippings Of the daily papers OF this
city coneainlng accounts Of the deeds
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03

OF the fiend who had caused so much
terror in this city.
In the radius Of a few blocks Of the
killing there had been several rob
berries and people shot at within the
last few days,
Among the crimes that have been
charged to that mysterious prowler,
Jack the shooter" are:
Assault with knife on Mrs. Tenn
pie Parker, for which Reginald l.. Red.
cliffe, a professional trained nurse
and "jack-at-all-trades' is now held in
the county jail.
Stabbing Mrs. A. d. Bourne.
Attempted assault Of Mrs. Nettle
Nesbit.
Attempt to kill Police Captain T,
NJ. Clifton.
Attempted assault on Miss Katie
Pozza
Shooting and wounding Miss Mar
guerite Martin.
Attempted assault on Mrs. Helena
G. McNutt
Robbing the home of S, A. Poe.
Assault on Mrs. c. h. Smith, for
which L. II. Keeling, the first suspect
who died recently from heat prostra'
tion on the county farm was arrested.
Pointing revolver at Mrs. S. j..
Drilling.
Wounding r. B. Wilson.
Setting fire to home II, B. Sloan,
and assaulttng the mother-inlaw Of Mr.
Sloan. for which crime John Henry
Warren, a negro, is now serving a
sentence Of 2S years in the peniten'
tiary.
Setting fire to home of W. 0. Dous.
las,
Wounding daughter of G.. e, West.
Attempted assault on Miss Virginia
Howell
Murder Of Paul, the nne-months'
old son Of MIR. and Mrs, d. b. Coulter.
Attempted assault on Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Handns.
Attempted burglary at residence Of
r, II. Walker.
Robbng residence Of P, H, Miller.
Three attempts to enter residence
of A. NJ Fewell.
Entering the Major p. w Crawford
home, and threatening Mrs Amy
Campbell
Entering and attempted burglary OF
residence of c. b. Vail
Entering room of Miss Daisy An
drews.
Entering home OF G. W. Presly,
where it is thought the dead negro
received a bullet wound in his hand
which caused the amputatlon OF part
OF his finger
Attempt to kill Mrs. Alex Peterson,
Entering residence Of w. w, VIII.
son, and threatening Miss Ada Will
| son.
Attempted entrance ard shooting of
Mrs r. Miles,
Attempted assault and wounding OF
Miss Maud Summer,
In the above list OF crimes many
are attributed to Jack the Shooter"
Of which the dead negro, Brown, Is
believed to be the original.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
NEW HOSPITAL COMPLETED
Annex TO state Institution Modern in
Every Respect.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The beds for the new hospital at
the state hospital for nervous diseases
have been received. The new hospl.
tai, which was converted from an old
wooden building, IL now completed
and said to be one OF the most mod
ern up.todate hospitals in the United
states During the summer season
the inmates win have opportunity to
sleep In the open air porches, and the
new building will accommodate $50
patiC'lts,
The new hospital was erected az
comparatively small cost at the sug.
gcstlon Of DR. j, l.. Greene, the new
superintendent who has made ar
rangements, since he arrived to tako
charge Of the Institution, to care for
all the patients In the state
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
rrsasurera send statements.

Little Rock. The county treasurer
OF five counties sent statements Of tho
school fund to the superintendent OF
public instruction, ms follows
Montgomery county-Recclpts f32,'
9I25, expenditures S2O,432j0, bal
anco &i2,52O75.
Faulkner county RccopIts ijl,'
i21iA, expenditures tiS,l2L67, bal
ance ts,305,S1
Ashley county-=Rccoipts Nlii372,
expenditures T50,9i0,O5, balance 1ll,'
igi g.
Nevada county Receipts 3li,9O2.'
30, expenditures S3G,27l3S, balance
t5,92l52,
SEWER couuty-Reoolpts tG3,27Gol,
expenditures S37,69Lyb, balance is5,'
bSlO6,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
NatIons 70 Be "Warned OFF,

Washington, -- The ygor OF tho
terms the senate shall use IN declar-
ing no foreign country shall estab-
llsh a naval base at Magdalena bay
nor at any other point on the Amerl.
can continents was the subject of tho
foreign affairs committee Of the sen.
ate, Within short time II is be-
lioyed the senate will be called upon
TO pass resolution stating IN unq-
QuIyocal terms that the Monroe doc
trlne or the settled policy Of the Unit.
cd Statos requires that no foreign
power be thus permitted to get a mill.
tary or naval foothold In the Western
hemisphere,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Peonage Charged Prominent Man,

Jonesboro.-A prominent business
man here is under arrest on charge
of peonage. The defendant was taken
before United States Commissioner
Minor NJ. Markle, where he readily
gave bond in the sum Of $4,000 for his
appearance before the commissioner
when he viii be given a hearing, 1t
was charged by one ], l. Martin that
some time during the year 1911 Ber'
tlg and Dave Johnson, who was at
that time an oyerseed on one OF the
plantations Of Mr.. Bertlg, that they
lntmidated and conspired to intmi.
date and drive him, the said Martin.
from some unseryiced lands Of the
United States government in Greene
county.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03

Van Buren, Trouble Is brewing be-
tween the fruit plckors ana the poooo
growers IN this vicinity twenty-five
plctars struck for higher wages OF
Inc farm Of Frank smclfcr near Nu
huron and II Is feared that the unro3.
NAV eprcad TO other orchards Thor
eccmg 10 No no personal affair oa
,rr,ng into tho difficulties, the men
rImpy dcrnudna moro wages They
orr 1.ow ,a0u. 20 cents per hour and
want vs. cents.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03

DR., u, NJ, Potcat president Of Fur
man University Of South Carolina,
was reelected as chief guest" for
next year
The following officers and district
leaders for the following year were
elected;
President, II, l., Winburn, Arkadol'
pho vice president, Roy l., Bllholm'
or, Little Rock recording secretary,
g. 8. Leayell, Little Rock, extension
leader o, j, Wade, Little Rock A.
NJ, Wright, Camden, superintendent
Of grounds.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Kills Blu Bear.

Harrisburg Charley Ford reports
having killed a largo bear near the
Houston camp, between the bay aud
g. Francis river, IN tho eastern part
Of th8. rolnsolt county llo hoard u
shoat aQuoal and slipped out In that
direction Ito saw the bear tearing
out u piece OF the shoat aud t0tlng
H. He fired on The boar and shot It
adBaYey through the heart II ran
about 75 yards and fell dead The
bear was a very large one, aud was
also quite poor,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Hold Record for Attendance.

lmbodon, Tho Methodist Sunday
school Of pocahontas boasts tho best
record Of attendance IN tho state OF
Arkansas, and probably unparalleled
In the United states, Harry aud Les.
ter ChIlds, 10 and l3 years, respect,
iycly have attended the ono Sunday
school regularly for the past clgh,
years During the last six years they
have not missed u single Sunday, and
the only two sundays IN tho past
seven years and that was whom they
were away from homo,
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
To Ston Auto NuIsonee.

Little Rock.-The muffler cutout
ordinance was signed by Mayor Tay,
lor and, according to the provisions
Of the ordnance, went into effect i'm.
modately Chief OF Police Fred NJ,
Cogswoll stated that possibly few
days will be allowed the automobile
drivers to get irho line with the re.
Qulrements Of the measure, and that
the motorcycle policemen will again
be In evidence to see that the provi3'
Ions Of the ordinance are compiled
with.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
nl.,arn AcLd R.seons-bIe.

No,wrn At tho inquest held over
bc lodv of Lee Edwards % convict
who died nr Jbo railroad camp noa
noro. a ,rrIIo, was rendered boll.u7
II H. TnHou the wordun 600 charge
r.s,onsInIc TuHloy wm arrested
and rrlra.Dd ON $500 10 await The oe
u,r Of lbc Grand jury Edwards was
,.nk IA. aag notor" he died and It
g. CHARGED, he was made TO worb tho
next day In the hot sun whllo suftee
ing from a bIgh fever
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Had Pearls But no Money.

Tulsa, Okla.--A man Of seody ap
pearanco found sleeping under th'
Arkansas river bridge and arrested,
charged with yHgrancN startled off
GERS ana spectators when nrralgncd In
municipal court, by unfolding a ro'
containing u number Of pearls, said
TO bo genuine, He gave his n0mo os
= W. Knight, md anld he had found
'ho poorla along the banks Of the YER
dirrs river during tho past ais
months, Local jewelers. estimated
he gems TO be worth $4,000.
The Van Buren press., 1912-08-03
Employees like Nav plan.

Little Rock-Tbat tho bali holiday
on Thursday ~ popular with The en-.
ployos Of tho litllo Rock Bloros ls now
settled beyond the shadow Of a doubt
and Il hua boou no Inconvenience for
tho pllroug 10 acouBtom lhoWHolyos TO
the plun "Tho enjoyment obtained
hy Tine mon ana npuuu OF the large
department stores ns we'll us tho ro,
tail stores, cannot but bo source ot
enjoyment to the patroub,' said one
Of the leaders OF the movement for the
Thursday afternoon holiday