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The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-10

 OF MINERS
TOMORROW TO DECIDE WHETH- ER IT WILL BE AN AGREE
 MENT OR A WALK OUT.
President White Says Government in. tervention Is Not Desired by the Miners in the Settlement of
 the Wage Controversy.

Philadelphia, April 9.--John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and officials of that union from the anthracite fields. are gathered here tonight awaiting the conference arranged for tomorrow with the committee of hard coal op- orators, which will decide whether the present suspension of work in the anthracite regions will eventuate in- to a strike, or whether the men shall return to work under a new agree ment.
 President White. discussing the sit uation tonight, said his colleagues would renew the demands which they had presented at the last conference with the operators. In case he and, his committee failed to reach sat isfactory agreement with the opera tors, he said, there would be no ar bitration and that the union would AAOt dbBil lol iiltuidAtOn uuuSI lltt terms of the Erdman act. He ex- pressed his belief that suitable terms would be reached, but said:
 We realize we are not going to any front parlor conference"
 The miners leaders said that neither President Taft nor former President Roosevelt had taken any hand in the present controversy. He said no governmental nor political interference was desired and the min CTS are amply able to take care of themselves.
 Demands which will again be sub mitted to the coal operators tomor- row were framed at a convention of hard coal miners in Pottsville last January and call for; Eight-hour day, recognition of union, 20 per cent in- crease, minimum of $S.50 a day, uni form ton of 2,240 pounds wherever practicable.
 Whatever the ultimatum of the op- orators may be, it will be brought be- fore the miners through a referendum vote. or a convention, for final agree ment.
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Mississippi-Charles Scott, R. w. Millsaps.
 Missouri-Dayid R. Francis, George w. Simmons.
 North Carolina e. N. Evans.
 Oklahoma-Senator R. L. owen.
 South Carolina-Lewis w. Parker, R. l. Manning.
 Tennessee-Leland Hume, J. Allen Smith.
 Texas-Henry Exall. Adolph BoIdt
 Virginia-Thomas $. Southgate, E. B. White
 West Virginia-Roy B. Naylor
 District of Columbia--William H. Saunders, Charles A. Douglas, c. C. Dave.
 Resolutions were presented and adopted expressing the thanks of the congress to President Duncan Fetch CT, Managing Director C. c. Dawes and Clarence ]. Owens, secretary treasurer of the organization. These officers will in all probability be re- elected tomorrow.
 Telegrams have been received at headquarters from all over the south asking for the next meeting of the congress, all of which will be con sidered tomorrow, when the next meeting of the congress, all of which will be considered tomorrow, when the next meeting place is chosen. Houston seems to be the leading can didate for the location.
 The congress will hold conferences all day tomorrow and will close tomor- row night with rally in which rep of all the states partici- pating will make brief addresses.
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TRIED SUICIDE
 IN CITY JAIL
OPERATOR HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE GETS MORPHINE IN
 THE CITY JAIL.
Hurried to the Barry Hospital Where City Physician Attends Him and
 He Is Out of Danger.

George Westerfield, the telegraph operator held at the city jail after he had tried Monday to cash tele- graph order on the Arkansas Nation al bank for s9O0, last night tried to kill himself in the city jail.
 He asked the iailor to go out and get him lunch, and the jailor inform ed him 1t was against the rules of tho jail.
 Later another prisoner in the jail called the iailor and told him some one was dying, and it was found to be Westerfield, who, it is believed, took several grains of morphine.
 City Physician Ellis was hurriedly summoned and gave the man tempo rary relief, after which he was taken to the Barry hospital, where at late hour he was resting well and it is believed he will recover.
 westerfield had written teie- graphic money order and signed the Hibernian National bank of New Or leans to it. He did not have any luck cashing it, however. as it was not in the code of the American Banking as- sociation, and President Rix of the Arkansas National bank was not sat isfied it was genuine. Later Wester. 
 field brought in another message say. ing the first was all right and to pay it. and later he was arrested.
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ROOSEVELT
 AND CLARK
WINNERS IN ILLINOIS PREFER ENTlAL PRIMARY BY OVER
 WHELMlNG MAJORITY.
Roosevelt Beats Taft Three to One. Clark's Victory Decisive--New York Declines to Instruct
 for President.

Chicago, April 9-Uncomplete re- turns from Illinois primary election precincts indicate that Theodore Roosevelt led President Taft about two and half to one in the presiden, tial preferential primary today and that Champ Clark's vote in the same primary was approximately twice that of Governor Wilson of New Jersey.
 Colonel Chauncey Dewey, head of the state Roosevelt organization, gave out statement declaring the former president had carried illinois by 15O.. 900, and that while the average pro. portion of his vote to that of Presi- dent Taft was two and half to one, in places it had been as high as to l.
 Senator La Toilette boiled small vote.
 State candidates known to be friend ly to Senator Lorimer are indicated by early returns to have lost in sev- eral contests. Chief of these was Len Small, who for governor, appears to have been defeated by Governor De neen.
 Senator Cullom encountered sharp fight for the advisory vote for United States senator and early re- turns indicated he was losing to L. Y. Sherman. There was no contest on the democratic ticket
 Women's suffrage in Chicago ap- peared to have met decisive defeat
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New York uninstructed.

Rochester, N. r., April 9.--New York states delegates at large to the republican national convention will not be instructed to vote for the re- nomination of President Taft In- stead, the committee on resolutions of the republican state convention vot- ed almost unanimously tonight to re- port a resolution to the convention tomorrow fayoring his re-nomlnation and urging the state delegation to car ry out the party's choice.
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WANT "sHoT" FIRERs.

Louisville, Ky. April s.-western Kentucqy coal operators and dele gates representing the union miners of that district failed again today to reach an agreement under which work shall be carried on for the next two years. The points of disagreement are the "A per cent lump coal demand of the men and their demand that "shot flrers" be employed by the operators The joint session will be resumed at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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CHARGE TAFT
 AND SIIMSON
WITH oVERsTEPPINe AUTHOR lTY IN susPENDlNG GENERAL
 AINsWoRTH FROM SERVICE.
Committee on Military Affairs Sc. verely Arraiens President and Sec retary for Their Part in the
 Proceedings.

Washington, April 9.--President Taft and Secretary Stimson are se- verely arraigned in a sensational re- port on the Ainsworth case, presented to the house today by the military af- fairs committee.
 Secretary Stimson is charged with having committed great and irrepar- able wrong and "a fragrant misuse of official authority" when last Febru- ary he suspended General Ainsworth from his duties as adiutant general of the army and charged him with in- subordination. That the president and Secretary Stimson pre-judged the case, that the accusations against the general were based on prejudice and that the secretary of war has an ''er- roneous' idea of his relation to con gress, are some of the other conclu- sions reached by majority of the committee, of which Representative Hay of Virginia is chairman.
 Following General Ainsworth's re- lief from duty, and when court mar tial seemed probable, the president permitted him to retire from the army because of his long service. The re- port follows an investigation of Aims worths relief from duty, set afoot by resolution by Representative Wat isins of Louisiana.
 Criticising the release of General Ainsworth. the report declares the worst features of it was that this officer of long and distinguished ser vice had no tribunal tosszzidh he could appeal with any hope Of justice Of | fair treatment"
 The majority of the committee con clude that General Ainsworth had been guilty of no act which Justified the letter of suspension from Secre- tary Stimson and that the charges had origin in determination to drive General Ainsworth from active ser vice, and have nothing to support them but bare assertion coupled with misrepresentation and suppression of the truth"
 The report then goes on to say that it is incredible of belief that Stim- son believed Ainsworth guilty of the charges, and adds:
 "Some other reason must have ac- tuated the secretary of war and that reason is not hard to find Your com mittee being familiar with all the phases of the legislative features in the army appropriation bill, can very readily account for this violent as- sault on General Ainsworth."
 It is pointed out that General Aims worth favored the five-year enlistment plan in the army bill. which was op- posed by other officers of the general staff and that Secretary Stimson's let ter of suspension to the general was sent the day this feature of the bill was being discussed in the house.
 Secretary Stimson's comment to the house, when he sent the papers in the case, to the effect that his action was not to be construed as a recog- milton of the authority of the house or any of it's committees to require of the chief executive statement of reasons for his official action" is se- verely criticised.
 General Ainsworth's stand on a cer- tain letter to the secretary of war on which much of the charges were based, is defended.
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2.ooo Square Miles Flooded.

Memphis, Tenn. April 9.-Between 1.7O0 and 2,e00 square miles, includ- ing more than 50O.OO0 acres of rich farming land in northeastern Arkan- sas in the St. Francis basin. are af- fected by an overflow from the Mis- sissippi river as a result of break in the main line of the levee system about 30 miles north of Memphis, near Golden Lake, Ark. today.
 At least two thriving towns-Mark- ed Tree and Wilson, are inundated and many other villages and country store settlements are threatened.
 No loss of life has occurred so far as was known here tonight. Tele. phone lines to Marked Tree and VII son were down, but those acquainted
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with the territory express hope that all the inhabitants are safe
 The damage will run into millions. Thousands of head of stock perished. Hundreds of farmers probably will suffer as to household goods, barns or farm implements and foodstuffs. Townspeople are certain to be heavy losers.
 Boats bearing rescuing parties al ready are in the parts of the flooded area nearest Memphis. Relief parties have also been organized and dis patched from Osceola, Ark, and other towns near the edge of the northern part of the inland sea formed by the water.
 News from the other sections of the northern river district tonight is cheering. Supplies of tents, bedding and clothing arrived in the Reelfoot lake territory of Tennessee. Refu- gees brought from Wyanoke, Ark. yesterday have been rendered com. fortable in Memphis and their imme- diate needs supplied Hickman, Ky, continues to care for 5000 refugees under federal and state supervision. Distress in that district and in the immediate vicinity of Memphis has been in a large measure relieved.
 The diversion of vast quantity of water into the St. Francis basin be- cause of today's break should afford relief to the stretch of river between Garfield and Helena, about 200 miles, at least temporarily.
 Arkansas towns, which experienced engineers say are certainly under wa ter, from three to 10 feet in depth, are Marked Tree, Poinsett county, about 1 200 people, Wilson Mississip- pi county, about 800; Big Lake. Crittenden county, about 2U0: Decker Yille, Poinsett county, 500; Tyron- ga, Poinsett county, 150, Besides these, many minor settlements are probably inundated. Indications are also that Charlottesville. town of 400 people in Crittenden county, will be invaded by the water.
 At Wilson and Marked Tree, large sawmill interests are located The loss to these in machinery, lumber and stores, possibly will reach total of a million dollars.
 Today's break occurred 49h miles north of Memphis. river distance, 4O1a miles north of the point where the St. Clair leyee collapsed last Sat urday The overflow joined with that from the St Clair breach affecting total of 50 townships in five counties. small part oi the water was held by Young and Carlon lake, with oth- CTS in chain of small natural res ervoirs around the Golden Bend of the river.
 But many of these lakes already had been filled with water by the re- cent heavy rainfall and backwater from sHmall streams. The larger DOT ton of the invading floods swept over this series of lakes, through small bayous to Tyronza river and Tyronza lake Pemiscot Bayou will be filled by back water from the Little river. The water filled the immediate sec ton of country to a point about 2h miles south of Osceola, Ark, on the Mississippi river. also extends north west Engineers acquainted with the contour of the district explain that the overflow eventually will go into the St. Francis river, returning to the Mississippi through that stream. The St. Francis empties into the Missis- sippi, nine miles north of Helena, and s1 miles south of Memphis.
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Even Break in Vermont.

Montpelier, Vt, April 9--Half Yer mont's eight delegates to the Chl- cago convention were chosen today and Taft and Roosevelt supporters split even in the struggle for control. The delegation will be completed to- morrow at the state convention, with the choice of the four. delegates at large.
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 kETcHEL's sLAYERs APPEAL.

Jefferson City, Mo, April s.--.Ap- peals of Walter Dipley and doliie Smith, convicted of the murder Of Stanley Ketchel. champion middle weight pugilist, was argued and sub mItted to the supreme court today. Each is serving a life sentence
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NEW YORK DELEGATES
 ID GO CONSTRUCTED
CHARLEY MURPHYAS RETURN THROWS LIGHT ON DEMO
 CRATIC SITUATION.

New York, April 9.--With the re- turn today of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, from At lantic City, it was declared that if the counsels of party leaders are fol- lowed, as there is every reason to be-
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VAST AREAS FLOODED BY
 LEVEE BREAK
ANOTHER BREAK oNsARkANsAs SIDE FLOODS NEARLY EN.
 TIRE ST. FRANCIS VALLEY.
Vast Acreage of Fertile Land lnundat- ed anu Cities Are Flooded by the Rapid Spread of Water Releas-
 ed From the River.

The yellow torrent of the Missis- sippi river rushing southward today tore another great gap in the dikes guarding the fertile acres of the val ley
 The crevasse occurred SO miles north of Memphis, in the embankment that held the stream off the St. Fran cis levee territory in Arkansas.
 This new breach that had seemed immInent for a week or more, simply adds to the great flood reach in north east Arkansas.
 { Already part of the district had gDee inundated because of break 40 miles below the Golden lake ere vase
 Apparently |, re will be no life loss.
 Nevertheless, this cannot be deter mined for many days, or until res '@ boats have patrolled the desolate acres of the flooded territory.
 The situation in the rivers reaches south of Memphis seems unchanged in the last 12 hours, up to 10 o'clock tonight, Revetments guarding the great delta and Yazoo districts have held firm. The crucial point in the fight was at Greenville, north of threatened to top the levee at any moment
 Six hundred state convicts and as many more laborers from outlying plantations fought to strengthen the dike against the floods threat. Like hordes of ants. the workers piled bags of sand along the menaced levee or packed earth in the bank where it threatened to give way. The dike proved strong and true, and govern ment engineers directing the fight say they will hold their own against the oncoming crest.
 A great many persons have left the city of Greenville, which lies almost directly under the levee. In the out lying country farmers and villagers have taken to higher land and live stock has been driven out of the dan ger zone.
 State officials are anticipating sui fering that would follow a break by providing supplies of food and cloth ing at Vicksburg. The possibility of life loss is remote If the break were to occur, however, a great territory in the worlds richest cotton country would be flooded.
 The effect of the Golden lake break will be to stay the crest of the flood in the lower river It will give the thousands of laborers strengthening the dikes a chance to make their work more sure
 All that water which escaped from the river above Memphis today, which will flow through the counties of northeast Arkansas, will eventually work back into the Mississippi through the St. Francis river.
 Conservative observers os the trend of the flood tide took more hopeful view of the situation tonight.
 
 The river is falling in the upper stretches and is gradually rising be- low This tremendous volume of wa. ter must. drain into the gulf and ey- cry hour that the crisis in the lower river is delayed, in just that ratio is increased the chance of man to win,
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PERRY DEFEATS ENGLISH.

Atlanta. Ga. April 9-Jlmmy Perry was awarded the decision in 10- round bout here tonight with Clarence English.
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Continued on Page Four.
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, D. C., April g. Forecast for Arkansas: clearlne Wednesday; warmer; Thursday, probably fair.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-01-27
Peoples Column
What Senator Lee Is Not Doing For
Our Schools

The attention of all those interested in
our school system has been attracted to
the measure proposed by Senator Blair
Lee for bipartisan boards of education.
The politician knows what it means, but
do the teachers, taxpayers and parents
know what it does NOT stand for9
At present tho people who pay the
taxes al send their children to school,
have no voice In any detail OF educa-
.tional administration. Any Jaw that
would supersede the present one should
be an Advancement on it, 1t 81 ould be
something that would place the RESPONSE
bility on the people, where il belongs.
This proposed measure does NOT do this,
but still further removes it an | continues
the vicious appointive system. Should
this become law it will not in the least
ameliorate the condition. of those teach
ers, who laboring faithfully in discour-
aging circumstances are made to feel that
advancement Is matter of political
pull or family affiliations. High char
acter and conscientious endeavor do not
flourish in such an atmosphere.
The people and the schools now move
on different planes, there should be a
meeting place and THAT at the polls.
Senator Lee has entirely ignored this
and is endeavoring to set still more
surely the seal of autocracy on this
branch of public service. He is NOT ad-
vancing the cause of education, he is not
acting in the best interests of the tax
payers, teachers, parents and children.
He is not taking the part of a true citi-
zen of this great democracy of ours.
Should his measure become a law 1t will
be a step toward that condition where
the few rule and the many submit.
Let all who can. oppose this measure
and work for law that shall give us the
privilege of coming in direct contact with
school administration. Let us not in
Millions words love bondage more than
liberty"
MRS. f. w. DAWSON.
January %, 1912.
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SOME SIGNIFICANT COMMENTS In
THE CONTROLLERS REPORT

ON January 8, State Comptroller Stan
ley submitted his report to the Legisla-
ture for the fiscal year ending Septem-
Der 30, 1911. Without going into the de-
tails of that report or reviewing all its
recommendations, it is we'll Tin view of
the late State Administrations claims
as to its financial record to note one or
two significant comments on the part of
the Comptroller in his report. Referring
to the increased receipts" for the year
the Comptroller shows that the actual
increase Is only the small sum of So, 900
and goes on to say that at becomes ap-
parent that revenues subject to the or
binary expenses of the government show
only slight increase ard represent the
limit beyond which appropriations can
not be made without embarrassment to
the Treasury Again after noting that
the balance of working cash in the
Treasury on October 1, 1911, was $751;
543.7O, he warns against any misleading
Interpretation of what seems so large a
balance, because on October 10 there was
paid TO public schools out of the above
amount the sum of $4G5, 12E. while at the
same time there fell due at that time the
first quarterly installment OF all the or
binary appropriations. ''Tll eretore the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-01-27
Tri-State Gamers Hold Meeting
January %, 1912

Uniform weight of cans of tomatoes
was discussed at the meeting of the Tri
State Packers Association, leld last
Thursday at Ainscows in Wilmington.
At present No. 8 standards, usually sold
for 10 cents each, weigh from 81 to 35
ounces. President Hoffecker and Sec
retat Dashiell were directed to urge
the proposal at the meeting of the Ma
tional Association, Roches. er, n. Y, on
February SO. National Secretary Cor
rell, of Bel Air, stated that in more than
$50 cases of reported ptomaine poisoning
from cans containing tomatoes investi-
gated, the contents of the cans in all the
cases were found absolutely pure. Sec
rotary Dashiell reported that no canned
goods to any considerable amount had
been carried over from last year. The
matters of keeping posted on sales of
canned goods and statistics of packs were
discussed, but nothing definite was reach
ed. w. 0. Hoffecker, of Smyrna, Del,
was reelected President, E. Greenbaum,
of Seaford, Del, l.. E. Hines, of Salem
n. j., and Charles 7. Wrightson, of Eas-
ton, Vice Presidents, and C. NJ. Dashiell,
of Princess Anne, Secretary Treasurer.
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greatest care should be exercised by the
General Assembly in order that its APP
preparations may be kept within the rev.
enues Of the State" Again the Comp
troller shows that the gross funded debt
Of the State is $40, AIS, 926,13 or an In
crease for the year Of $2.s0s, 90. due to
State Roads, State Insane Hospital, etc.
Crediting against this gross debt, bonds
in the sinking fund and other securities,
to the amount of $6,093.849. 72 net State
debt Is left at the close of the fiscal year
Of $3.735.07641.
Commenting on the Oyster Fund THAT
Fund from which Governor Crothers has
been saying the State was to derive part
of its revenue for building improved
roads, the Comptroller says "the reve-
nues, accruing to the oyster fund for the
fiscal year, were not sufficient for it's
maintenance and have been a source Of
much embarrassment TO the Treasury
officials. Consequently the salaries and
necessary expenses of the State Fishery
force for July, August and September
could not be paid until the revenues were
received into the Treasury from the next
fiscal year.
So much for that phase of the Crothers
administrative genius in fiscal affairs.