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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-05-30
ARKANSAS BANKERS
IN ANNUAL SESSION

Little Rock, May 2S.-The annual
convention Of the Arkansas Bankers
Association convened today for two
days session. The principal feature
will be a banquet at the Hotel Ma
rion tonight, at which Hon. Chas. c.
Reid will be POSTMASTER. J. M.
Barker of Atkins, the president, de-
livered his address today. Among
the out-of-town speakers are j. How
ard Audrey of Dallas, Tex, Sol WEEK
Ter of New Orleans, J. F. Simms of
Texarkana, Tex, and j. A. Lewis of
st. Louis.
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SEEK TO ENJ0IN
THEIR own ACT
ATTACK STATE WIDE BILL
FRIENDLY SUIT FILED By
PROFITS TO TEST MEAS
URE'S VALIDITY.

Little Rock, May GA friendly
action has been instituted IN the Pu-
laski circuit court to test the validity
of the proposed statewide prOhlbl-
ton bill which was initiated by the
Anti-Saloon League Of Arkansas. 1t
is hoped thereby that its status may
be firmly established before the time
expires in which il must be certified
out for the September election.
Should it prove fatally deficient, its
promoters VIII be saved the further
expense OF q campaign, and should it
be upheld by the courts, Its advocates
may proceed with Is election with an
assurance that il VIII stand il adopt
ed.
Rev. Frank Barrett, super.ntend-
ent Of the Anti-Saloop League, makes
the following statement relative 70
the suit:
1T is my understanding that the
injunction suit new pending n the
circuit court against statewide pro
hibition has been instituted by
friends OF the blll with view to test
ing the legality as well as The consti-
tutionality of the measure al all
points 0 (which I might De attacked
before or after It's election. Since the
validity Of the enabling act, pnder
which the statewide prohibition bill
was initiated, has been denied in q re-
cent ruling Of the circuit court, there
has been no Limit to the predictions
made by the friends and enemies Of
the statewide measure as to the
probability Of It's being declared If
regular. Illegal, or unconstitutional
OF any time bofer or after its cleo
ton"
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She will then return ana canvass for
Central College.
Miss Elizabeth Bridge, teacher of
household economics, Will leave to-
morrow morning for her home in Chi
cago.
Miss Nellie Wade, teacher Of mod
ern languages, left yesterday for her
home N Ell Dorado.
Prof. w. G.. Utermoehlen and fam
:ly leaves tomorrow morning for
Brooksvile, Miss. Prof. Utermoeh-
len will then go to Chicago. where he
will spend the summer studying with
Mr.. Liebling
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-05-30
M0RRILT0N EDITORS
SON finds DIAMOND

Little Rock, May 2s.-At least one
diamond was found by the editoria al
excursion IN its visit to the diamond
fields in Pike county. Pryor, the IA
year-old son of c. E. Cruce, editor of
the Morsilton Democrat, was the
lucky one. He picked up a real dia-
mond, weighing one and half ca
rats, that will cut to value of about
S225. The day before w. N. Bemis
of Prescott picked up two and a
half carat stone on the same field.
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SOUVENIR OF MAINE.

Little Rock, May 28.-Secretary
Herndon of the History Commission
on Monday received from the navy
a relic of the battleship
Maine, which has been placed on ex-
hibition. 1t is lone ships fair dead, y
or brass chain pulley, weighing 125
pounds. 1t is heavily encrusted with
salt and sea life remains.
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DIVORCE SUIT FILED.

S. C. Williams today filed suit in
the Faulkner chancery court for di-
vorce from Katie Williams, to whom
he states he was married in 1910 in
Oklahoma. Desert;on since October,
1910, is alleged.
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EARLY CANDIDATE OUT.

Little Rock, May 2S.-Alderman
w. l.. Rogoski has announced himself
a candidate for mayor, subject to the
Democratic primaries next January.
Charles E. Taylor, now serving his
first term, will be candidate for re-
election
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known to the public,
but complete restor-
alton tohealth means
so much to me that
/ cannot keep from
telling mine for the
sake of other suffer-
ing women.
Il had been sick
about twelve years,
and had eleven doc
tors. l had drag
ping down mains.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-05-30

Clarence McGinn.s returned to Lit
tie Rock To-Day, after a visit to the
home Of his father here.
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WOMAN SICK
twelve YEARS
Wants OtherWomen to Know
How She Was Finally
Restored to Health.

Louisiana, Mo-. 81 think woman
naturally dislikes to make her troubles
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who. gives this modest account of his
deed.
One afternoon I was swimming in the
Mississippi river. We had a boom in the
river making a forty-hve degree angle
with the shore line. The far end of the
boom was about eighteen feet out. The
water was over your head We had a
small pole nailed to the top of the boom
and from there to the shore, thereby hold
Ing the log in place.
Il was on the side of the pole away
from the boys when I heard the boys on
shore yell. Looking around / saw Harry
PETERSON struggling in the water. l start
ed at once and in diving over the small
pole l received a long scratch under my
left arm. l reached Harry and with one
arm under his arms and around his chest
! got him into shallow water, where he
was taken by the other boys
Il think the boy lost confidence in him.
SELF finding he was in water over his
head. But he himself could not give an
excuse He was going down for the third
time when l reached him.
This testimony was verified to the Ma
tional Court of Honor by witnesses of the
rescue.
The third of these especially honored
knights of the Gopher state. George
Morris, upon seeing two children
four and six years old fall from
an overturned boat. jumped overheard.
swan to their rescue and kept them both
af1oat at once until assistance came from
shore.
The remaining member of this plucky
quartet is Edward Grout, member of the
Sioux patrol, Daytons Bluff Mimi. Grout
lately led his troop on hike to Battle
Creek, few miles from Daytons Bluff.
Here the boys hit upon the idea of dam
ming the creek. and a party of them be-
gan to pile stones while Grout and
Floyd Rogers, another scout. went
around by path to a point above the
proposed dam. At that point is a Jagged
clin, and Circuit began to chisel out the
soft sandstone just under the path that
led down the cliff and let 1t run down to
the boys below. Rogers came along the
path above CIRCUITS head and stepped
on the spot that was undermined, and
Grout. seeing the sand cave in, jerked his
head back out Of danger just in time to
see Rogers pitch headlong through the
air and straight for the edge of the cliff
on which he was sitting.
He screamed, and the falling boy
stretched his hand toward him. Grout
made a grab at the imperiled boys arm
and caught him by the wrist with his
left hand. At the same time he took
hold Of a small oak imbedded in the
rock and braced himself just in time to
prevent his being jerked over the cliff by
the shock. And there. with Rogers body
over the cliff and his companions below
gazing tn terror at his dangling legs.
the pair hung.
But the strain was too much for the
oak and it began slowly to pull out by
the roots. Grout felt 1t give. and now
followed an awful moment of suspense.
But presently the young hero braced his
feet against a small projection in the
rock and pulled Rogers upon the cliff
just as the tree gave way. Then, after
a short rest, they gradually made their
way down the path.
II there be better stun than is in these
youngsters. verify. IL will he hard to findt
Copyright 1912, by John Elfreth watkins.)
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time firing mechanism on the bottom OF
the ships.
This system allows for the capture of
a ship with little or no loss Of life, or the
destruction Of the biggest battleship with
little risk to the attacking force. The
wisdom Of following the former course,
on grounds Of economy. need not be en-
larged upon.
THE smudge system. mentioned in Ad-
miral Wilde's letter. consists in dropping
shells calculated solely to make a smoke,
against the sides OF battleship or other
warship. to prevent accurate firing. 1t is
cheap and effective process, as a simple
test will prove.
"A ship in q dense fog would make
poor work OF firing at q target; why
should any better success be expected in
firing from a dense black smoke?
'One torpedo fired into a battleship be-
low the armor belt would put out of ac-
ton the biggest dreadnought in the world.
One submarine ut short range could fire
one every Ave minutes at q hundred
yards. and be sure that every one went
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home. Or 1t could fire twice as many
anesthetic shells In half the time, and be
pretty sure that the forces in the boiler
and engine rooms were either down and
out or had adjourned to more healthy
quarters.
when 1t is considered that the bottom
OF a modern battleship exposes more
than half an acre Of fat. unprotected sur
face, 1t would look like q simple matter to
make q hit. In this case the submarine
has a great advantage, being able to Sc
lect as close q range as desired, while
exposing nothing which can be seen.
81 have offered the Navy Department
to make perfect drawings of all my de-
vices. II they pay me reasonable salary
for the time required. I will now offer
to furnish the same information to any
nation on earth which has the price to
pay for it. Every method OF conducting
warfare will have to be changed If these
plans are developed, because, as Admiral
Wilde said. No ship now In use could
last for half an hour against an attack
Of this sort -
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he performed his duty. and undoubtedly
saved the lives of both Bobbs and Wilt.
The rescued men were both about eight
cen or twenty The scout is fifteen.
good swimmer"
Another remarkable instance Of cour-
age rewarded by this new order of
merit was that displayed lately by Scout
]. Fred Roming of Baltimore. On the
10th of April the members of his troop,
while in swimming in the Magothe river,
were playing taggers, and one Of them,
cripple since birth, who could not
swim. got out beyond his depth. A
swift current soon caught the helpless
child and he was being carried out into
the river at a rapid rate when Roming,
dashing from the bank, swan to him
with the agility of a fish. But young
Fred. after continued effort, found that
he was not strong enough to tow the
unfortunate ashore. Instead of abandon
ing the cripple until other help could
reach him, he went to the bottom,
grasped the lad by the legs and after
difficult maneuvering, with his own head
under water. managed to lift the boy on
his shoulders SO that the latter's head
might be lifted above the surface This
difficult position he maintained until his
scout commissioner reached the scene
and completed the rescue.
Six other Maryland scouts have lately
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DOSLEX FNSOR.

entered the same category OF heroes by
performing similar acts of courage. They
are: Earl Cummins of Baltimore. who
pluckily saved the life OF a swimmer
who had gone under three times after
having been drawn into q suck hole:
Scouts B. Dushane. II. Ensor and Bos-
ley Ensor of Mt. Washington who saved
a swimmer by concerted act of daring:
and. Gordon CONNER Of Baltimore, who
rescued a skater who had fallen through
the ice. Scout CONNER swan to the lat
ter victim through freezing water and
bravely held him up while other boys,
clasping hands. formed a life chain which
reached the young rescuer before he
became exhausted.
Still other lads who have lately been
admitted to the Boy Scouts hall Of fame
are: Charles Scruggs, Cuero, Tex, who
saved a fellow-scout from the Guadalupe
river: Walter William Waller of Brook
lyn, who with great heroism rescued a
drowning boy and dog from the water;
Willie Hoyt. East Bridgewater, Mass,
who, supported only by some small twigs
and despite his heavy rubber boots. de-
Virgil Chambers, Barboursville. w. Va.
who performed similarly courageous
water rescue and Harold Wood OF Graf
ton, Pa, who courageously saved the
life of nine-year- companion.
One of these plucky scout medalists,
despite the fact that he is only fifteen,
came to the rescue OF grown man at
Clayton, N. J. This was Charles Starr
of Woodbury.. in the same state. He
hung on despite the fact that the drown
ing man dragged him under twice.
Then there is little scout UP In Buff
falo, J. Alden Daniels. only fourteen, who
has won q cross Of honor for proving
himself an ideal scout in the face Of dan
n1 cs,ffn I'M ho nd a
companion had saved William Simmons
from death in the Niagara river about a
half mile north Of Fort Erie. Daniels was
badly hurt at the time Dixie Nv, the
near Riverside Park, in Buffalo His
right leg was so badly crushed that the
surgeons were compelled to amputate 1t
below the knee.
In the hospital after the operation he
was as brave and as cheerful as ever.
and asked his mother to tell his Boy
Scout friends not to send him any flow-
ers, because he did not wish them to
spend the money. He was gritty at all
times throughout this awful ordeal and
repeatedly said that Boy Scouts should
smile even in suffering.
During the recent state camp at st.
Paul Of the Boy Scouts of Minnesota the
governor Of that commonwealth pinned
upon the breasts of four young heroes
crosses awarded by the National Court
of Honor.
One Of these was youngster of only
thirteen, Glenn Dudley of ST. Cloud,
Mimi, who bravely saved the life of a
swimmer who had been seized with
cramps. After swimming to the victim s
aid Scout Dudley brought him to shore.
with great personal risk to himself.
Another young scout Of st. Cloud deco
rated by the governor at the same time
was Walther Jerrard, sixteen years old,
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How to Wash the Hair.

A great deal Of havoc can. be done to
the hair by ignorance Of the correct way
to wash it. Often shampooing is done
too often or strong soaps and powders
produce an Injurious effect.
Think for a moment OF the damage
which an ignorant scrubwoman can do
in house II turned loose in 1t to clean
and you will see something analogous to
many cleansing operations on the hair.
which is as easily damaged by wrong
treatment as delicate paint or picture
self. let alone the scalp and roots. nothing
strong must be used or the whole surface
Of the length will be damaged.
Then. for the sake OF the growth of
the hair, washing must not be too fire.
quent, for every time It 1s washed the
natural oil or sebum secreted In tiny
glands in the hair follicle, and distrib-
uted by them Cwhen acting properly reg
ulariy to the hair to keep it nourished
and fabricated, is forcibiy extracted. the
glands are relaxed, and consequently the
proper flow Is destroyed and sometimes
the glands themselves are permanently
harmed.
Speaking generally, once in six weeks is
ample for washing the hair, for it is
really kept clean by the regular nightly
brushing, with the occasional use OF a
simple hair wash applied to the scalp.
Indeed, IL this daily. care 10 taken. a
AOuSSI lulSTv6l CAu OII0H SldpSO. 1eOQIO
with naturally greasy hair-and, alas,
mothers whose children have heavy, lank
locks-are often tempted to frequent
washings because of the fluffy effect
gated. but the price paid for this is a
terribly heavy one. the natural greAsi-
nsD being increased each time, 30 that
It gets steadily worse by treatment.
There are admirable dry shampoo pow
ders which remove greasiness from the
hair without doing any damage. and 1t
- simply reckless to continue relaxing
tho ovor-relaxed sehaceous glands, and
extracting all the natural oil from the
hair by frequent washings for the sake OF
couple Of days huffiness For this
reason the water used. especially for
children, should not b. too hot, and the
hair should be dried with hot towels or
In the sun. not In front of fire, while
common sense dictates the use OF some
suitable unguent for . few days after
washing to make up, N nearly as may
be. for the natural OIL lost in the cleans
Ing process.
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tables recent visit to America. The re-
cipient of this special honor was Scout
Raymond Isaac Tiff Of Sinewa Patrol,
Troy, N. T., and I have from his scout
master the following account Of his deed
thus rewarded:
November 1S. between and 4 pm, a
still cold day. several boys and young
men were playing on the ice on Burden 8
pond. The Ice was thin, and gave way,
throwing three young men into the water
These were Fred Bobbs, Richard Will
and Roy Bruce. The latter could swim
and got out unaided. When the young
men went in Tiff seized a shiny stick
and crawled out on the thin and broken
ice. and. telling the men to be quiet, he
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His Good Name.
WILLIAM DEAN HowELLs, the

WILLIAM DEAN HOwELLS. the now
elist. enjoys the public confidence in
an unusual degree. It was doubtless ON
TINS account that New York promoter
recently offered Mr.. Howells the presi-
dency OF q mining company
But. sir" Mr.. HoWells protested at
know nothing about mining or finance"
oh. that makes no difference" the
promoter replied. I'VE won't expect you
to do any work. We only want TO use
your name, you know
But Mr.. Howells shook his head.
Nc" he said. mo, must decline. If
my name 10 30 well worth using. 1t must
be equally well worth protecting"
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SubtIety Does 1t.

7 OGDEN ARMOUR, apropos Of leap
- year. said at a luncheon at the Au-
ditorium in Chicago:
"A. girl can take advantage of leap
year without being at all unmaidenly.
There are subtle and delicate ways Of
doing things, and such ways are just as
emcacfous as brutal, knock-me-down
ones.
There's girl named Jones who, hay-
ing been engaged altogether too long,
took advantage Of leap year to hurry on
her wedding. But she accomplished this
delicately. She just signed a letter to
her fiance. AS always, Edith JONES' and
she underscored always and Jones very
heavily.
'The marriage in consequence was cele-
brated the next month";"
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Near Bow Bells.

81 A RNOLD BENNETT dined with me
8 at Maria's.''t said New York
magazine editor. during his American
VISIT: While we were on the first course
the cockney accent.
The cockney accent, 1t seems, turns
make haste into mike 'iste'; and TIL it
turns into " or 'r-thus father is
1aver. and thistle is 'fstle' In coclrney.
"A little boy in the New Cut-so. after
that Introduction. Bennett began-once
said to q fishmonger:
Gimme haddie'
Finnan? the dealer asked
At this the little boy laughed know.
tngly. with the air Of one determined
not to be cheated.
Fin unr he said. NO. not likely.
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take life Mr.. Carnegie, through his
hero fund commission has lately
shown the way toward such consum-
nation and now steps into line that vastly
multiplying Juvenile army OF ours. the
Boy Scouts of America-300. 600 strong
with a similar enterprise for fostering
this higher and truer spirit of heroism.
The national council OF this juvenile
army Of peace has authorized an honor
medal to be conferred upon each Boy
Scout for whom it can be proved that he
risked his own life to snatch the life Of
another from the jaws Of the grim de-
stroyer. But before such precious
decoration can be conferred the evidence
of such youthful heroism must be in
vestigated by the court OF honor Of the
loca! council of Boy Scouts, which may
invite experts to share in its examina-
tions and recommendations. If the re-
port is then favorable the facts are next
presented to the court of honor Of the
national council which is triumvirate
composed Of Ernest Thompson Seton.
chief scout Of America; Daniel Carter
Beard. national scout commissioner"
and James E. West, national scout
executive" This supreme tribunal, after
carefully weighing the evidence. awards
4 y
To the Boy Scout this new decoration
is as precious as is the famed Order OF
the Garter or Of the Golden Fleece to the
aristocrat of the old world. BY receiving
the order upon his breast he becomes one
of our youthful knights. and the insignia
is token that he may be depended upon
to defend and succor the weak and help
less and to exercise the chivalry of the
young knights of old who pledged them
selves to the defense of women and de-
votion to their honor and persons.
1.-THE honor medal is a national honor,
states the new handbook of the organiza-
ton. Like foreign orders, it Is awarded
in different degrees. There is the bronze
cross awarded to q scout who has saved
life" 1t Is worn suspended from bar
by a red ribbon. Next higher is the silver
cross awarded to q scout who saves
life with considerable risk to himself"
A blue ribbon holds this to Its bar. And
the highest and most coveted grade OF all
is the gold cross. suspended from its bar
by white ribbon.
This gold cross ''is the highest possible
award for service and heroism." It at
tests that its wearer "has saved life at
the greatest possible risk to his own
life"
Each Of these orders Is in the form of
a maltese cross, superfmpOsed upon which
is the American eagle and shield OF the
first-class scouts badge. The bar from
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II. bEN0ON JOHN LOSSlNG Oh
Duchess county, New York. has
been dead more than twenty
IL years, but his library was not
touched until few months ago.
1t was kept just as he had left 1t, pre-
served by his widow as sort of sacred
relic. Nobody suspected what it might
contain.
When Mrs. Losing died, a year ago,
1t was decided that the collection should
be sold and an expert was sent for. He
was warned that there were many books
and papers and that he might have to
stay over night.
The expert went up with no idea that
he would have. more than a days work
People almost invariably overestimated
the length of time an expert must spend
on library. Trained as he is to recog-
nize a treasure the second his eye catches
it, 1t is usually the work of only q few
hours for him to decide what the value
of collection my he, md the agent
Travelled up to Dover Plains with the ex-
pectation of taking the evening train
back to New York.
+ y
Then he entered the library and his
plans changed nightly. The accumula-
ton of. twenty years of dust was over
everything. and mice and squirrels had
found the place an ideal spot for nesting,
but he had no sooner turned over a pile
or two of old papers than he realized
that he had struck an autograph col
lector's gold mine.
DR.. Losing had led a varied and active
life, and he had the habit of keeping
everything that at all interested him.
Born on a farm and early left an orphan,
he had few advantages as far as educa-
ton was concerned, but his singular
quickness of mind soon remedied that
lack At twenty-three he was editor OF
the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, and later
Of q literary journal published in the
same town. In 1888 he began to edit the
Family Magazine, the first illustrated
periodical published in America, Tor ne
had made himself an expert wood en-
graver. and always cared greatly for the
art
Then he started on his career as
historian, publishing history OF the
revolution, with many Illustrations. ana
wrote :The Life and Times Of Gen.
Philip Schuyler" at about the same
time.
During the last twenty-five years Of
his life he wrote q history of the United
states entitled 1.-The American Cente-
nary" q Cyclopaedia of American His
tory and two histories OF the state OF
New York. For all these books he made
extensive researches, and the book expert
found that the letters and papers DR..
histories and many unpublished to this
day, were all in the dusty library. In no
sort OF order, but. fortunately. In good
preservation.