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The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

Sew York Women pledged to a
war on high prices of staple foods
started q campaign Of violence IN
prooklyn directing the. efforts
against meat shops There were riot
our scenes when the plnlo.pluas door
NJ one shop was shattered while 500
women screamed OpproyIngIy In the,
or four shops militant housewives at
tncnod customers, knocking nom their
hands parcels Of meat and tramplng
upon IT. Dealers were warned against
continuing offering mea, for sale
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
Bumper Fruit Crop Expected,

Magazine The farmers OF this sec.
ton of the country are arranging for
the largest shipment of fruit on record
this year. They have already reoev.
ed four carloads OF baskets and arc
making every preparation for tho
handling Of the fruit. There will be
at least 100 cars Of fruit so from this
place II It Is all marketed. Many I'm.
migrants from the North and East
are locating here and taking adyan.
tagc Of the cheap lands, and resour
cos are being developed faster than
over before,
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
Boy Caught In Running Gear.

Nashyllle,--A son OF Al Potts, re.
siding tear Lockesburg, was serious.
ly Injured when riding on the rear OF
n buggy driven by Joshua Hatch, a
lIycryinan OF this place, Mr., Hatch
was driving past the home of the boy,
when he ofo,ed the rear axle OF
the buggy n ride u short distance,
The boys foot became caugh, In tho
running gear OF the vehicle, and he
fell backward, Ills arm vas caught
IN a wheel and broken, and hls leg
was also badly wrenchod Ia the fall.
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
Old Statehouso.
Surnlus Potatoes Thls Year.

TeXarhana.-Secretary Vic Il. Blu.
ron of the TeXarkana Board Of Trade,
acting for local truck growers, has
shipped the first carload of Irish pc.
tatoes sent to outside markets this
season, The shipment was consign-
ed to a st. Louis dealer The local
markets usually consumes all the
potatoes raised in this community,
but it is estimated there will be
surplus this year of eight or 10 cars.
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

New Orleans Tho croyasBo Mt ny.
molIa, 30 miles up the Mississippi riy.
or, IN one mile In width and The state
engineers are concerned over the pos.
slblllty Of the swift current SECURING
out channel loyoD with lh' bottom
Of the river, The w''nr has dropped
five feet ami the current Is confined
10 three or four runDEu's, u few or
them 100 feet eid. Army .frlrar
who nave been IN charge Of bp roller
and engineering work uta being called
H..
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
TARGET Practice From sky.

Washington. The practicabllity OF
aerial artillery was demonstrated with
remarkable success At College Park,
Md, when Capt Charles u, Chandler
Of the aeronautlc division OF the
United states army signal corps. In an
ncfoplanc COO feet In the air. flying
10 miles an hour fired half hundred
shots from the army's aetopane ma.
chine guns and made every shot toll
on u space by 10 feet The aero.
plane carried two passengers on its
trial
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
Monument 10 Columbus Unyeil-
ed With Appropriate Cere-
monies at Capital.
PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE
Columbus Was Greatest Mariner in
History Said Pres. Tsft-Artil-
lery salutes Statue.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington Christopher Columbus
has been enrolled in the American
republics Hall Of Fame. In the shad-
ow of the capital a majestic memorial
fountain. wrought around an heroic
statue Of the discoverer OF the new
world. was unveiled with a nation
paying tribute.
The greatest mariner Of history"
was President Taft's encomIum.
An imposing parade-military and
ciyic-with thousands OF men in line
passed in review before the president
in fhe grandstand at the base OF the
memorial The greater part OF the
pageant was composed Of knights OF
Columbus drawn 10 Washington from
every section Of the country to ven
crate their patron Blue Jackets, sew
eral battalions Of marines and troops
formed the first section OF the parade.
PhiIander c. Knox, secretary OF
state. presided at the unwilling ex'
CrCiEcS
The Marquis Cusani Confaloneri. the
italian ambassador, was given the
honor OF releasing the American flags
which hid the statcute As the effigy
was revealed. a battery OF United
states artillery crashed out national
salute Of 81 guns 10 the explorer
"The struggles Of Columbus present
the basis Of truly epic poem" de
clarcd President TAFT 'and make him
a hero whose great and exceptional
virtues command respect and yenera'
tlon"
Discussing leadership in the world.
Representative McCleary OF Mlnneso-
r.. tent a touch Of the political TO the
exercises and defended the constltu
lion.
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

Paragould-Shelly Lynn, son OF
prominent grocery merchant Of this
city, was bound over to the grand
jury under bond of $1,000 on the
charge Of perjury 1t Is alleged that
in appearing as witness in police
court recently Lynn swore he had
no knowledge Of any gambling going
on in the city Several days later he
and others were found guilty OF shoot.
ing craps.
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
pntltlnnA for prnlnanr Filed.

Newport Preliminary petitions
have been flied IN the Jackson county
court asking tho creation Of drainage
districts In Bird aud Jefferson town.
ships, each Of which would probably
benefit about 3,CpO acres Of land, sur.
ycyors were appointed to make the
eurycya Of what land n benefited aud
when these are completed the court
viii consider the creation OF these
0mpr0yemunt districts,
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

The Democratic party OF Arkansas,
\ assembled in convention at Lltlle
4 Rock, June 3, 1912, declares;
THE theory Of government adyo.
Gated by the Democratic rarty en-
braces the principle that all Just gov
z ernmonts derive their power from the
consent Of the governed; II also i'm
plies that these powers shall be eX'
q ercscd solely in the public interest
8This theory prccmdes f1yorIsw ont
4 Especial privileges, Is consistent with
4the hches, degree Of personal liber'
8ty, and recognizes the equality Of all
8clt2ens before the law,
Tariff for Revenue Only
N Tho power Of the federal gov
&crnment to impose and collect tariff
\ duties should be exercised solely for
Milo purpose Ct revenue this sNonld
s2be limited 10 he necessities Of the
(. government when honestly and ccono.
simically administered,
Development Of Arkansas,
NJ 3-SIeady DEVELOPMENT can be Sc
y cured by encouraging desirable immI'
eFraton, inviting the investment OF
capltal and securing fair reward for
labor
Econ NV
M I've demand simplicity md econ
cmy IN the administration Of public
affalrs TO the end that The burdens
or taxation may be diminished
M Trusts,
M TRUSTS and unlawful comhna.
tIons are the natural consequence Of
The Republican policy Of protection
N Our trust l0ws could BE- imparINlly
enforced, and the public protected.
sjrom the oorrossIon resulting from In.
INDUSTRIAL combinations,
SR Popular Election OF y, 8 Senator'S
M I've favor The amcndmont % the
Nfcdcral constitution providing for the
'ltloctlon Of United states senators by
Direct vote Of the peono.
M Income Tax,
fH 7-Wo favor amoudlno the federal
constIlutlou no ~ 20 authorize m IN
Como tax NJ part OF our no'Ionnl
rcvonue syslomi and commend the
Ar'..0.a 'ao'el7nr' for ItF action In
rntfylnr tho amendment which has
been submitted
lanNn1,
We holovc mat honcH forming,
bugIucea ma WORKING Glasses o. the
country could be largely relieved from
ponies md a consequent unemploy.
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
unlvernIty prrnIdtnt RenInnn.

Fayetteville The Board Of Tus.
toes Of the University Of Arkansas
met here IN the annual June session.
They have oourronrlnF them now one
OF the most important matters that
has been before the board for a long
time, that Of selecting another pres.
dent of the university
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
MYstIe shrIners Nee

a Littlc Rock, Tho Mystic ShrIners,
IN richly colorcd dress and ornaments
of the Orient have completed the pls
erImage TO tho shrine at the temple
OF Al Amin and have started on NOR
Journey nome, Tho verdict Of all Ia
4 tribute TO the hospitality OF The To-
cnl mobiles while In the city, Thirty
eight novIees hot footed II" across
Che burning sands lhey are uuw uo
eongor "noyiees,' but "nohles" Of the
highest order, and may Join with the
others In their pilgrimage TO the Al
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM

ment by a Democratic revision and CO.
dilicat.on Of our antiquated national
banking laws; which would create an
elastic banking system, and preserve
our Independent political control.
We also believe and advise that the
legislature enact safe banking law
for the supervision and regulation Of
lanks in this state,
Education.
9-Gratirying progress In educa.
ton has been made in Arkansas un.
der Democratic administrations. We
pledge loyalty encouragement and
support to all our educational lnstitu.
tions, especially the common schools,
the AGRICULTURAL schools, the normal
and university TO the end that the
intelligence, prosperity and happiness
Of our citizens NAV BE- promoted
Taxation and Revenues.
Questions relating to taxation
are frequently porpleying and diff.
cult Of solution, The deficit now ex.
listing in the general revenue fund
has been occasioned in part by the
ImprovIdent method OF making oppro.
.prIatIons now prevailing, our state
government should be restored to n
cash basis THE NAV be accomplish,
cd either by absorbing the existing
dofci IN loan at q low rate Of In
tcrcsi and dischargIng the same
through the sinking fund at the same
time adopting the budget system Of
appropriations, 80 as 20 limit appro.
pratIons 10 the revenue, Or, II that
cannot be done then the general rev.
onuo rate should be so Increased rs
to provide a. speedily as possible Tor
pe Indebtedness already created and
10 raise sufficient revenue to meet
Expenditures,
Short Sessions OF the Legislature,
ll=Short sessions Of the general as.
scmlly are favored M a means Of lea.
SEEMING expenses, preventing oytraya.
rant 0pproorI1' and unnecessary
special legislation,
Highways,
lo-ThOt the Democratic party, over
committed to the policy Of public I'm,
rroycmcnu md development hcartl.
~ cndo,9cJ the earnest efforts made
In highway Improvement and Pledges
IR best olror 10 the future eylon
son Of hIrhw0ys along systematic
and comprehensive lines, and recon.
mend ADEQUATE legislation for this
nurroso We favor Federal aid 10
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15
Elaht Found Murdered.

VIllsca, la,-Josoph Moore, a VIllls.
ca business man, bis wife ana four
children, besides two women, the
Misses Edith and blanche SplllIngcr,
were found murdered IN the Moore
home Their heads had been mashed
and nm axe covered with blood and
hair was found
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

Topeka, Kan The Kansas auycmo
court has refused 10 Dust the council
men ~ nqnnewell, Kan, who had az
fered with the woman MAYOR Mrs El'
IA wilson The court retained iufls.
dlolIon over tho case, however,
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

Nashville, Tenn Gov Hooper has
offered reward Of $500 for the arrest
and conviction Of the party or parties
In motor ear which Killed Mrs, lIor'
nee Chlldross In the fashionable sec.
ton Of NASHVILLE
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

Amin Temple Of The Mystic shrine,
one Of the unusual cases In Initiation
was That OF the Rev. John s Jewell
OF Hope who In, ~ he expresses Il,
80 years young" Though the ordeal
was trying, he was none the worse
for wear on the following morning,
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

state ana local authorities 10 the con
struction and maintenance of post
roads.
Levees.
l3-Recent overflows OF the Mlssis
sippi and its tributaries, and conse-
quent loss Of life and property, en-
phasize the necessity for strengthen
ing our leyee system. The subject Is
Of vital importance to localities direct
ly affected, and the cause should be
free from the jealousles oCcasioned
by political influences. Inasmuch as
interstate interests are involved in
the maintenance Of the Mississippi
river leyee system, and the commerce
Of the nation concerned in preventing
a recurrence Of these overflows, we
may consider the ACCESSIBILITY Of at.
tempting, in conjunction with other
states interested, to induce the feder-
al government to assume control and
maintenance Of the same. Certainly
the boards of public control should be
chosen from the localities concerned,
either by popular vote or by the gen.
eral assembly.
The University,
14-Patriotic considerations suggest
the adyisability of reform in the man.
Iagement Of the university and consid.
erations should be given to changes
in the method of selecting the trus-
tees, and a judicious reorganization
of the university force
Pententiary.
1.-THE board for the management
Of penitentiary affairs should be re-
organized and selected by the general
ASSEMBLY and the governor be vested
with power of removal
Corrupt Practices Act.
16-Honest primaries and elections
are the foundations of all political re-
forms. We favor a strong corrupt
practices act, which, among other pro-
visions, shall require publicity Of cam
paign contributions and expenditures,
and which shall limit expenditures Of
all candidates for nomination and
election to any office, and specify the
purpose for which expenditures may
be made Our political institutions
must be protected from the leprosy of
corruption
Old Statehouso.
five recommend to the Thirty.
ninth general assembly Of the state
Of Arkansas that it take such steps
as may be necessary to preserve the
| old statehOuse.
Workmen's Compensation Law
| 1S-Me favor q WOrkmen,s compen.
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

Hot Springs The Red Men OF tho
state, TO the extent OF hundreds, gath.
efd1 ct WhI,ting.sH park IN eN old
fashioned picnic and barbecue Soy.
erol thousand people visited H. park
durnG the dts and last night
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

this is n difference In legality and not
in morality,
"Nine OF these committeeman came
from the Republican states Of Illinois.
Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon. pennsylvania
and West Virginia. Every ono OF
these nine committeeman has been
repudlated by his home voters. Not
one OF them will succeed himself on
the national committee. Each OF them
represents a state which, at the re-
cent primaries, has declared over
whelmlngly against Mr., Taft The
nine committeeman are for Mr., Taft.
the delegates from their states are
s to / against him
Trouble Ia Presldeted.
at In I'm view OF these facts and
OF what these facts foreshndow that
wish TO make my appeal 10 the sober
Judgment OF all men who believe that
the usefulness Of the Republican party
has not ended Every man who wish.
cs 10 see the Republican party con.
tlnuo to exist should protest al osce
against those who are deliberately pro.
ceeding 10 wreck It. The leaders
speak as II they were the regular Re
pubicnns. don't concede that theft
Is a test OF regularity The Republi
can party In not IN commission nor has
Il appointed as It's receivers the nine
repudlated committeeman have men.
Toned. nor their other colleagues. who
have, In similar fashion, been repudi,
ated by the popular vote OF the Re,
publlcans Of their states Nor ls the
question now NJ issue IN 20 the per.
sonal preference OF any Republican
for any particular man for president
or for the doctrines which that man
cmbcdles The question Is now mere
ly whether the deliberately expressed
Judgment Of the great majority OF the
rank ana file Of the Republican party
lr 10 be no less deliberately nullIfled
by the very men whose leadership has
JUST been ropudlated by this same ma.
ioity A nomination obtained by the
voters OF delegates seated IN utter
defiance Of Justice, ~ these TWO Ala.
bama delegates have Just boon seated.
would DO worthless 10 the man obtain.
Ing II ard would be Indignantly re-
pudlatod by the party M n whole. Ap.
parcntly certain national committee
men and certain OF the bosses, who
from the outside, have yet TO learn
that the rank and file Of tho Rcpubli.
can party must DO treated as tho mas
tcrs and not the servants Of their rep.
roaonlatlycs The Republican party
cannot continue TO exist unless lts Of.
fIoIal action Ia determined by The ex,
preston Of the sober and deliberate
Judgment OF majority OF the marty"
The Van Buren press., 1912-06-15

state ana local authorities 10 the con
strucJion and maintenance of post
roads.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-30
BULLETIN FOR AID Of PEOPLE
WHO WISH TO RAISE COTTON

items and give such information as
will help the new grower, as we'll as
results which vii. be of interest to
those already engaged in growing cot
ton
The bulletin treats of environment,
location, moisture, soils, varieties,
picking. baling, pruning, handling
the crop, improving the crop, irriga-
ton, diseases and insects, fertilizers
and rotation, and gives the following
conclusion and summary:
Cotton culture in some parts of
Hawaii has been abandoned.
In some locations this result was
brought about because of the damage
done by the bollworm; in other re.
gicns, lecause they had conditions i'll
suited to the best growth of the crop,
"A good quality of cotton in pay
ms quantities can be produced under
certain conditions.
ION the lower eleyationsi with a
moderate supply of moisture; with
absence of, or protection from, wind
with a good supply of heat; and in
fields that can be given horse cultiva
tion-a good profit can be made IN
growing cotton even under bollworm
conditions.
Because of the bollworm, Sea is
land cotton should be grown as ar
annual, and also only where there IL
no difficulty in securing a stand.
TN drier locations, Caravonica will
likely be the better variety and SHOULD
be grown only as a perennial. Goo
yields will be obtained from this vari
ETY. in the first year only where tn,
very best conditions of heat and mois
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-30

ture exist. 1t requires an occasional
pruning, which should be given usu.
ally prior to the rainy season. Under
certain conditions, two prunings can
be given and two crops obtained, and
where this is possible greater i'm.
munity from the bollworm will result
Careful handling of the staple Is
necessary at all times.
"A more uniform product can be
secured by propagating with buds or
cuttings, but only through the seeds
is any improvement possible. To Sc
cure this, hybridization must be pre-
vented or controlled; all inferior
plants or those having undesirable
qualities must be destroyed; and seed
must be selected only from those
which have desirable characters.
an determining what is suitable
environment for cotton in the islands
we find that location evidently has far
more influence than the character Of
the soil. Any soil will grow cotton
(some, however, require fertilization,
and in some perhaps the water might
be too brackish), but some locations
preclude any possible chance of profit"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-30

DOUGLAS, Alaska, May 8. - Hav-
ing tried Tin Can Day" with most
gratifying success, the women OF
Douglas city are determined to pass
:, on 70 their neighbors and will ask
tho Alaska legislature, at its first SEES
sion IN make Tin Can Day" a terri
tor,al holiday for the cities of Alaska
A revolution has broken out among
the women of this mining camp. They
have decided that the time has come
when the community should spruce
mn" and be a little city. They have
organized the Civic Improvement
League. and as the first entrance OF
tho women of the town into its civic
affairs they held tin can" festival
and swept 900 sacks Of empty and
discarded tin cans into the GastineauN
channel. no less. It is estimated by
the best guessers, that half million
cans have sunk to oblivion.
This, of course, seems like an eX-
traordinarily large number of empty
tin cans to be removed from one
small town in a single day, but it Is
to be remembered that it was the
first annual cleanup in what has been
a nrosperous mining camp for nearly
thirty years. They say that the citi-
zens of Juneau just across the chan
mel, came down to the beach and
watched the floating cans on Douglas
great day with mouths agape.
The Civic Improvement League was
organized in Douglas over a month
ago. It is Miss Louise Mcconnell, an
employee of the government Indian
educational bureau, who is credited
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-30
TO PRESERVE ART OBJECTS
OF MANCHU REIGN IN MUSEUM

PEKIN, May 9.-It is reported that
an effort is being made to have the
many precious art objects in the pos
session of th,. court at Pekin declar
ed to be the property of the State,
and to place them in a national mu-
scum. 1t appears that the Imperial
heirlooms are finding their way INTO
the hands of foreign collectors, their
cuetodians being tempted to take ad-
vantage of the present civil commo-
ton, and Of the high prices offered
by foreign agents. The Japan Mail
asserts that nothing would better
please the majority of foreign collect
ors than to see such a museum estah-
lished. 1T will be remembered that
some time ago there was talk OF n.y.
pothecating the Mukden heirlooms for
a loan to tide over the pressing ne
cessities Of the Imperial court no
outsider can say exactly what objects
are included in the Mukden collection;
but it is commonly reported that
much dishonesty has been practiced
during recent years. The method pur-
sued has been to have copies made OF
the pictures and other copyable OBJ
jects, and these copies being surrep'
titiously substituted for the originals,
the latter have been quietly carried
off Indeed some people go so far as
to allege that this process of substi,
tuGon has taken place several times
in the case of some specially celebrat
ed objects. Still we have IT on the
testimony of men who visited Mukdeu
during the great war that a noble
collection of exquisite art objects stil
existed there seven or eight years
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-30
sIX.FIFTT PAYS ALL.

Persons who feel the need of
change and those who do not, can get
it at an expense OF six dollars and fifty
cents il they will buy a return ticket
to Haleiwa for the $3.50 train, limited,
Saturday afternoon for Haleiwa, get
ting dinner at the famous Haleiwa
hotel, good rooms and service, have a
good time at golf, swimming or tennis
Sunday and an old fashion chicken
dinner Sunday night leaving the hotel
on the limited at $40 arriving in
Honolulu at 1910 1t is an opportunity
to get a complete change of air and
environments for little money
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-30

One of the recent issues of the Ha-
wall Agricultural Experiment Station
is a press bulletin on Cotton in Ha-
waii" by C. G. McClelland and c. A.
Sahr, who say by way of introduc-
ton:
"The recent attempt at reviving the
cotton industry of Hawaii has met
with only partial success. There are
many reasons why this crop has not
been more extensively grown, some
of which will be discussed in this
report. The proftableness of the SUI
gar industry. the greater hardness
and wind-reeisting qualities Of rice,
sugar cane and pineapples as COM
pared with cotton, their lesser sus-
Ceptibility to attacks from insects,
and perhaps the traditions of the Chi
nese, which hold them to the produc-
ton of rice, are some of the factors
which have retarded cotton culture
IN pldCeS hutES the dDONS CIOpb COulu
be grown, while in other places not
suitable for these crops, where water
was insufficient for rice or sugar cane
or soil conditions we're unsuitable for
pineapples, cotton has been tried and
in some cases given up, because the
location was unfavorable or because
the crop was SO badly infested with
insects as to be Improbable, and in
some il stances both of these condi
tions caused the abandonment OF the
crop.
ION the other hand the crop in
some instances under some conditions
has been such as to justify its con
tinuation. The aim of the present
report is to inquire into these condi