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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-18
WORK TO BEGIN ON
 MEMPHIS BRIDGE
Expected Mississippi River Structure Will Re Completed Within
 Two Years.

Memphis, Aug .17.-In 30 or SO days work on the new bridge across the Mississippi river at Memphis will be started, according to a statement by President Tinsman of the Memphis and Arkansas Bridge and Terminal Company. Every effort will be made to have the bridge completed and ready for use inside of two years.
 The first work will start In Arkan- sas. It will consist Of surveys msds t will be followed by the construction
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-18
BELIEVES ARMY WORM WILL RETURN ". R. Beattie, Agricultural Commissioner For Cotton Belt Warns Farmers. HOW TO CONTROL IT Governor Issnes Instructions, Telling
 How to Cambat With the
 Pest.
HOW TO CONTROL IT

w. R. Beattie, former government aemploye and an expert on crops, now
 agricultural commissioner for the Cotton Belt road, spent yesterday in the city on his way to Texas. He was accompanied by his wife
 While here Mir. Beattie took occas- ion to urge the farmers and planters of this section to keep close watch on their fields and prevent the spread of the army worm, which re- gently did great damage to the grow ing crops. MT. Beattie says he is sure { the army worm is preparing to return to the fields, that it is now in the ground and will return to the cotton stalks in few days. He furnished the Graphic with report made by James Wilson, secretary of the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture, dealing with the recent outbreak of the fall army worm and making many recommendations for it's control.
 The report follows:
 The Department of Agriculture is issuing all the means at it's disposal to meet the emergency caused by the very great destruction of crops in the South by the fall army worm. This insect is present in unprecedented numbers from Louisiana and Arkan- sas eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, and is destroying corn, cotton, sugar cane, rice and other crops to such an extent as to cause great anxiety on the part of planters and others. By means of an emergency appropriation by Congress it is possible for the De- partment to render quick assistance.
 Plans for this work, in co-opera- tion with the States concerned, are being rapidly perfected. The insect will undoubtedly continue it's ravages for some time unless checked In all probability another brood will appear after the present one transforms in the ground. For these reasons inn mediate action toward destroying the worms is stSbhgly advised.
 The Department recommends the use of arsenicals. Among those are arsenate of lead, Paris green, and London purple. In most cases it will be best to apply these poisons in dry forms instead of with water. Dry ap- plications can be made by sitting the poisons upon the plants through light cloth sacks or hy means of blowers or dusting machines. Liquid applica- tions must be made with spraying apparatus to be effective For this reason the dry applications meet the present emergency better than liquid ones.
 Arsenate of lead in powdered form is recommended above all other ar. senicals because it will not injure the foliage of any of the field crops 1 grown in the South. It may be applied without the addition of any carriers. Paris green is next in effectiveness, but hould be miVed with it's weight Df air slaked lime or flour to pre-1 vent burning of the foliage. which is likely to occur If it is applied undi uted London purple may be used, ,ut should be applied with air-slaked tme or flour. as recommended in the ,aae Of Paris Green. Wherever it is essible to use liquid sprays. arsen- lte Of lead in powdered form should le mad at the rate of 3 pounds per |nrFel of Reter Paris sreen should 1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-18
at this place recently.

at this place recently. I Misses Ethel and Ruth Galloway re turned to their home in Pine Bluff this week, after visit with relatives at this place.
 J. H. Simms, of Poole,. was a busi ness visitor to Rison Monday.
 Ralph Sallee, who is working il Pine Bluff, visited relatives in Risol Saturday.
 B. l.. Ashcraft, of Cabool, was { Rison visitor Saturday.
 Reason Boyd, of Rowell, was business visitor to Rison Thursday.
 Mrs. Sam Mutt and children wh( have been visiting relatives here re- turned to their home in Fordyct Wednesday.
 Olin Renfrow visited relatives il Pine Bluff several days last week.
 Mrs. c. A. Martin, of England, is visiting her father, J. c. Rutledge, al this place.
 Misses Ada Ferguson and Bertie Haskins returned to their home here Wednesday after a visit with relatives and friends at Annover.
 MT. and Mrs. Hubert Cross return ed to their home in Camden Sunday after visit to relatives at this place
 Miss Anna Haskins is visiting rela- tives in Fordyce, Warren and New Edinburg.
 Bruce Whitney left Monday for Hia- watha, Kansas, on account of the i'll. ness of his great grandfather.
 J. H. Breathwit, of Powell, was { Rison visitor this week.
 Miss Mamie McMurtrey left Thurs. day for Washington, Indiana, where she will be the guest of her cousin Mrs. Aubrey Williams, for some time
 Mrs. J. w. Scales passed through Rison Wednesday en route to he, home in Pine Bluff, after a short visit with her brother, J. H. Breath. wit at Powell.
 Victor Boggs, of Lake Dick, was a Rison visitor this week.
 J. N. Swanson was a Pine Bluff visitor one day last week.
 iDr. J. F. Crump was in Pine Bluff Friday on professional buisness.
 Misses Zcca Harrison and Effie Red left Friday for Moscow, where they have gene to attend a house party given by Miss Stella Richmond at that place.
 J. H. Martin, of Pine Bluff, was a business visitor in Rison one day this week.
 Willis Roebuck, of Pine Bluff, spent Sunday in Rison with friends and relatives.
 w. w. Mitchell, of Draughon, was a business visitor to Rison this week.
 H. J. Finley, of Fordyce, was a bus
  mess visitor to this place Tuesday. w. l.. Carr, of Pine Bluff, was Rison visitcr one day this week.
 Mrs. G. D. Smith and daughter, Miss Alma, were Rison visitors Thursday
 Mir and Mrs. William Clark, of Strong, are in Risen the guest of Mrs. Ssrong's father, l. E. Moore.
 Harry Arisman, of Thornton, Ark, representing the Order of Aztecs is in Rison this week.
 Miss Florence Walker is visting her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Will Walker, of Pine Bluff.
 The Sigma Tau Club met Wednes- day afternoon at the home of Miss Mamie McMurtrey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-18

be used at the rate of about 10 ounces per barrel. 1t is best in case Paris
 green is used in this way to add 2
 pounds of freshly slaked lime to pre- vent burning.
 On forage crops and others in the case of which unfortunate results
 lnlght follow the use of arsenicals, other expedients must be adopted. In pastures and in some instances on al. falfa many of the worms can be de- stroyed hy the use of rollers or drags.
 In alfalfa that would be injured by rolling or dragging. the plants should
 be cut for hay. When the worms are forced from the fields by this means, many can be killed by means of drags or by blowing them under when they make their way to other fields. Im- mediately after cutting, alfalfa fields should be thoroughly disked. This will kill many of the worms before they can leave and will break up and destroy the cells of those that have gone into the ground for pupation.
 The method of destroying the insects when they are in the quiet stage in the ground, to which reference has just been made, is of importance next to the use of arsenicals in checking the pests In fact, in many cases it is by far the most effective means that can be followed
 For fields threatened with inyas- ion but not actually attacked deep furrow should be plowed out around the entire circumference of the field: into the caterpillars with fall. when they may be crushed by dragging a heavy log through. the furrow. If the soil is such as to be somewhat inn pervious to water, this furrow may be kept party filled with water, on the surface of which small quantity of Kerosene may be poured, which will Kill the worms almost immediately when they come into contact with it.
 Since the worms seem invariably to consume the grass and other vegeta-
 tion Igrdwing in fields before at tacking either corn or cotton, it should prove an important method of protection to spray or dust grass and weeds in cornfields threatened with attack with arsenate of lead accord ing to the methods advised above.
 Throughout the greater part of the South there is likely to he another de- structive brood of the army worm which will come from the transforma- ton of the present generation in the soil. Therefore every effort should be made to break up the pupal cells, so that the next brood will not appear. | This can be accomplished by the use of blows, cultivators and harrolws. any crop which can be titled has been injured by the fall army worm it is advised that further in- jury be prevented by the use of cul-I tivators and harrows. Much good can also be accomplished by blowing fields or portions of fields where all of the crop has been destroyed. The treatment of bare places about culti- vated fields in this way will be of 
 To summarize the situation, the De- partment recommends the speedy ap- of arsenical poisons and the of the ground wherever prac- ticable, in order to prevent further damage.
 Warning. Great care should be talk en that cattle and other stock are kept from pasturing in the fields where the grass or other crops have been poisoned with arsenicals; also. that poisoned plants are not fed to ,fnclx s
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-23

were not signed and two refused To vote
A tremendous amount OF comments ne
rompanird the vote and fairness demands
that nothing of il be published since
space forbids giving all of II a place in
the bulletin.
Snohomish and Pierce counties have or
pnni7cd ANONYMOUSLY and their secre-
tnrios have begun their Duties. Snohom
ish county secretary is Frank Cort, 1905
Hewitt avenue. The secretary of Pierce
county Is VIM. Rave. Box 0nD. Tacoma.
The routing of the nominees on the state
ticket ia being mapped out. Comrades
Gilbert will circulate in the First con
prcssional district. Aller in the second
and Martin in the Third. Comrade NJ L.
Giles. nominee for congressman large,
will help out in the Third district and
Malev and Rogers in the First and Sec
ond districts. Cupples cannot como
home. Arnett cannot spare the time and
Barth has decided to remain Mt home, so
speakers will not be as PLENTIFUL as at
first apprehcnded. However, some of the
counties have their home talent to add
to the general gayety.
The split in the republican party will
in all probability give this state four
parties of about equal strength and our
partv has about rs much chance as any
of them. It has been said that this is
OUR year. What do YOU think2
Yours for the revolution,
FRANS BOSTROM,
State Secretary.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-23
BELLINGHAM.
Editor Commonwealth:

Editor Commonwealth:
1t is an encouraging sign for socialism
when the old party papers will permit
us to reply to the abusive and false ac-
cusations published in their columns.
Recently, the American Reveille, with
a fairness not often seen in an opponent
of socialism, published a number of arti-
cles sent in by socialists in reply to the
charges made by Albert Johnson of Ho-
GUAM and others who, doubtless, begin
to see that the people are waking up to
a realizing sense of the outrages put
upon them by capitalism, and must be
dealt with accordingly.
It speaks we'll for our side when we
see that our enemies have exhausted
every argument against us and have now
no other resource left but "mud-sling
ing"
If they can only succeed in making
the public believe that we are all an
archists, infidels and reprobates in gen
eral their cause is won. But any man or
woman with intelligence enough to be a
good socialist will not take their word
for it, but will 60 to the platform of
the party for information regarding its
aims and we have no fear of the result.
1t will stand the test.
An open forum is all we ask and we
do not care how harsh the criticism may
be if we are permitted a space for reply.
Every knock is a boost"
ELSIE COLE WILCOX.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-23
A CHALLENGE FOR DR.. Nc
INTIRE.

The woman candidates of capitalist
parties were rendered a reception on
Monday afternoon by DIR. Ida Noise Nc
Intire and her Civic league The Rose
and Dahlia show furnished the nosegays
and the Musical club furnished the rag
time" Someone forgot and mentioned
politics.
Those who enter politics should be
ready to explain and defend their posi-
ton. We challenge these good citizens
and prospective office holders to a de-
bate.
Anna Agnes Maley is our candidate
for governor She is always ready 70
debate. Who win be the first Nsan@a
candidate of capitalism 20 meet herr
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-23
NATIONAL TICKET.

President-Eugene V. Debs.
-President-Emil Seidel.
STATE TICKET.
Governor-Anna Maley.
Lieutenant Governor - A. H.
Barth.
Secretary of state-Frans Bos-
from.
Attorney General-Bruce Rog-
ers.
State Auditor-J, E. Arnett.
State Treasurer-Minnie Parks.
Supt of Public Instruction
Frances G. Sylvester.
Land COMMISSIONER. G. Cup
Piles.
Congressman-at-Large - Alfred
Wagenknecht and M. E. Giles.
COUNTY TICKET.
Representatives 48th district
R. J. Olinger and Mrs. Flora Bart
lett.
Representatives 10th district
w. G.. Grimm and Fred Ballinger.
State senator, 48th district-G.
G.. Lindberg.
County commissioners. M.
Salter second district and R. w.
Thompson third district.
Auditor-W. E. Carr.
Treasurer-Mrs. Delnah Hebert.
Assessor-Frank Cort.
Sheriff.. F. Lester.
Attorney-W. w. Smith.
Engineer-C. T. Freese.
Clerk-W. r. Parr.
Coroner-W. S. Keyser.
Supt. of Schools-Mrs. Mary
Mcnamara.
Justice of the peace, Everett dis
trict-Alvin Davey and Seth Cros-
by.
Constable-Joseph DISTANT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
TAKOMA PARK STREET LIGHTS.
Proposition for Electric Lamps
Placed Before the Council.

The contract with the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company to furnish the town
of Takoma. Park, Md. with one hundred
lamps for lighting the
streets and avenues of the corporation
was presented to the town council for its
approval at a meeting held last night, but
owing to the suggestion of several slight
no action was taken.
The annual report of L. M. Mooers
registrar of vital statistics, was approved
by the council. 1t showed twenty-six
births during the year 1911. During the
same period the deaths of ten residents Of
Takoma Park were recorded.
feature of the monthly report OF
Town Clerk and Treasurer Ben G. Davis
was the receipt of 81 OPS. As road tax re-
fund from Montgomery county and $SO.34
from Prince Georges county. The receipts
from eleven sources during the past
month, amounted to $3,822.76. which, with
total of S., 322.4O. The expenditures dur
ing the same period amounted to $392.5S,
leaving a net balance of $4,929.S2.
The council appointed Messrs. Ben G..
Davis, j. H. Van Houten and E. Norman
Jackson to revise and equalize the assess
ment for real estate in the Park. Their
report will be submitted at the April
meeting.
Mayor W. G. Plat presided with the
following councilmen present: ID. E.
Blodgett, H. E. Rogers, S. w. Williams,
r. D. Rush, H. F. Taft, L. r. Grabill and
Ben G. Davis, town clerk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
FLOATING ICE WRECKS
WHARF At Wakefield
Conditions on Bay and Lower
River Getting Worse.
Boats Delayed.

Heavy floating ice in the lower PO-
tomac has seriously damaged the gov
eminent wharf leading to the monument
to George Washington at Wakefield.
Va, the birthplace Of the first Presi-
dent. Owing to the shallowness of the
water at that point, the wharf was of
great length, containing sixty-eight
spans. It is reported to the War De-
partment that the moving ice already
has destroyed eighteen of these spans.
lee conditions on Chesapeake bay and
the Potomac river are getting worse.
instead Of better. as the season adj
vances. and reports state that both are
covered with ice heavier and more diff
cult for steamers to get through than
at any time during the winter.
Frozen to Point Lookout.
Until recently the lower part of the
river was practically free of ice. but it
is now frozen over clear to Point Look
out. In the lower river it is drifting
about, but from Indian Head to this
city it is stationary.
The recent cold snap has added sew
eral inches to the thickness of the ice
in the early part of last week there
was no ice, from three to four inches
of new ice has formed. The steamers Of
the Norfolk line are running from two
to three hours late. the boat due here
this morning at z o'clock not getting in
until after 10. The fireboat and the
Vigilant, the harbor police boat, have
been keeping the channels open about
this city, so that in case of fire the
Firefighter could make a quick run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
VIRGINIA CITIZENS MEET.
Important Action by Fort Myer-Co-
lonial Heights Association.

The Fort Myer-Colonial Heights Citi-
zens' Association of Alexandria County
met last night at the home of Charles E.
Lewis and adopted the constitution and
bylaws reported by the committee a
week ago. The name Of the society is
changed by this action to THE Alex
andria Court House Citizens Associa-
ton
The constitution recognizes the principle
of the recall by specifically putting full
control of everything in the hands of
the members and making it possible by a
practically unanimous vote of the men,
bership to vacate any office on a month s
notice. Methods for sewage disposal were
discussed. There was talk also of county
Incorporation, the extension Of the limits
Of the town Of Potomac to include the
whole county and of the taking in by
Alexandria city of the adjacent section
Of the county.
The proposed increase Of the powers of
the supervisors was commented on favor
ably. The secretary was directed. to
write to Senator's Martin and Swanson
asking that they use all their power to
defeat the provision recently passed by
the House, which WILL compel residents
OF the county to pay tuition for the at
tendance Of their children at Washington
schools.
The association will meet next the first
Monday in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
BUSINESS MEN TO ATTEND.
Many Cities to Be Represented at
NAVY League SYMPOSIUM Here.

Between thirty and forty cities will
have representatives from their business
mems associations. including the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce, at the
symposium of the Navy League, to be
held here February 3d..
The Board Of Trade and Business Men
Association Of Norfolk, Va, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
OF Baltimore and the Chamber Of Com
merce of Richmond. Va, will be among
the nearby cities sending delegations.
From all over the nation will come other
representations. Acceptances of the in
vitation have been signif1ed to Henry H.
Ward. secretary Of the Navy League.
Representatives William Sulzer of New
York and William f. Humphrey Of
directors of the Washington Gas Light
the meeting. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
ands Col George w. Goethals have been
asked to express their views on the
Panama canal toll question.
The program will include short report
from each business organization repre-
sented.
Among other organizations that will be
represented are the chambers of COM
merce of Boston, Mass: Seattle, Wash;
Portland. Greg. Chicago. M; San Fran
cisco. CAL: San Diego. Cal; Los Angeles.
CAL: New York, N. Y; Cincinnati. Ohio;
Cleveland. Ohio; Hartford. Conn: Phila-
delphia, Pa: Atlanta, Ga; the Board of
Trade, Providence, r. l.: New Orleans
Progressive Union; Galveston (Tex.) Com
Detroit. Mich: Association of Commerce.
St Paul. Mimi: Ohio Valley Improve
ment Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. and
the Business Mems Club, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
DIR. WILEY SEES PERIL AHEAD.
Reminds College Men and Women of
Their Duty.

That we are rapidly approaching state
of affairs In this country when we viii be
facing a mob in the streets instead of
justice in court Of law Is the belief of
d.. Harvey w. Wiley. chief chemist Of
the Department of Agriculture, expressed
during an ADDRESS before the members
of the College Women's Club at their
.,eek!y meeting yesterday afternoon at
1s29 + street northwest. The speaker
declared the only hope lies in the edu-
Gated people of the country. His topic
was ''fhe Obligation That College Men
and Women Owe Society
Tho insane desire: of acquiring vast
fortunes is the greatest danger confront
ing American people today, he declared.
''It Is the duty Of every man and woman
% use Ills or her education to the better
,nent OF the human race" DR.. Wiley
further said. adding: when the working
people Of this country are deprived: Of
heir means OF subsistence there Is going
o he an uprising. and every day their
position is becoming worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
LOCAL MENTION.
AMUsEMENTs TONIGHT.

National-Mllc Emma rrentini In
Naughty Marietta SIS pm.
Belasco-E. II. Sothern and Julia Mar
lowe I'm Macbeth" pm.
Columbia-William Fl. Crane in THE
Senator Keeps House." SIS Pm
Chases-Politc vaudeville s:1b pm.
Academy-Beulah POINTER in "A Ken
lucky Romance" Sis pm.
Gayety-The Bowery Burlesquers, SID
pm.
New Lyccum-"The High School Girls.
s:t5 pm
Casino-vaudeviIle and motion pictures,
2:IJ, 3:iJ, 7:15 and 2 pm.
Cosmos-vaudeville and motion pic
lures, ] pm. to IL Pm.
Virginia Motion pictures and illus
trated songs.
The Arcade, 14th street and Park road
Dancing, skating and other amusements.
Convention Hall-Roller skating and
dancing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
MRS. ALLEN BURIED.
Services Held This Afternoon at Her
Home on r Street,

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella F. Rey-
burn Allen, wife Of DR.. Harry S. Allen,
whose death occurred last Sunday MORN
ing, were held at her late home. 1431
r street northwest, this afternoon. The
Episcopal burial service was read by
Rev. J. M. E. Mckee, assistant rector of
ST. Thomas Episcopal Church, fntermen'
being in Oak Hill cemetery. Rev. Mr..
Mckee is an old friend Of the Reyburn
family, and Mrs. Allen is the eighth
member Of the family at whose funeral
he has officiated.
Mrs. Allen and her husband attended
the same classes at the National Medi-
cal College in this city and were gradu-
ated together. She was daughter OF
the late Dr. Robert Reyburn, who was
one of the surgeons chosen to attend
President Garfield when the latter was
struck down by the bullet of the assas-
sin Guiteau Mrs. Allen is survived by
her husband. two sisters, Misses Laura
and Eugenia Reyburn of this city, ane
a brother, DR.. Robert Reyburn, jr., of
California
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-13
MONEY FOR STRIKERS.
Central Labor Union Sends $50 to
Textile Mill Operatives.

At meeting last night Of the Central
Labor Union in Typographical Temple.
$50 was voted to the striking mill opera
tives at Lawrence, Mass. and the money
will be forwarded at once. Secretary
Frank Morrison Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor is to take charge Of this
money in connection with the relief fund
authorized by the federation.
Arrangements for the banquet in honor
of President Gompers and Secretary Nor
rison, it was reported, have been COM
pleted, and the dinner will be given the
evening OF February % at the New Eb-
bitt.
Emmett I. Adams delivered a brief
eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, in which he
pointed out that the lessons of Lincoln s
life and public career are as applicable
today as they We're half a century ago
p j. Ryan, the Central Labor Union
delegate to the Chamber Of Commerce.
was reelected.