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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-09-05

Blake Murray 10 . new boy who
appeared IN the boxing class this
week and looks good at his weight
BY The tlme Pat Scott boxes a
couple Of rounds with all these new
corners and the old ones he knows
that be has done days work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-09-05
BAYLEY WINS BY X. o.

doe Victoria Yesterday dsfsndsd III
on~esuhs Bfy Alien Of ostavs
fighter 10 IN
~ . scheduled f5round bout this morning
The fought the Calgary From the bell eay
bs eayiey IN danger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-09-05

Glen Nioiey holds the club rec
ord for the water speed stuff He
swan the length OF the tank Tues
day In SIS OF a second. according
to avery much-siop watch
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-09-05

Morrow, Mart. mcveIoh and Bus
ter OsNeai were IN their fighting
toys Tuesday evening and made In.
sfrucfor Scott do some iiveiy--ssep-
pins TO keep from wearing piasters
on his brow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
NO TRAIN SERVICE
 INTO MEMPHIS Rock Island Refuses to Ac- cept Traffic East of For
 rest City.
COUNTRY INUNDATED
TrestIe in DaGger-Last Train Into ". e-7- Pine RHT Tkis ~M0Fa---ass.~.
 ing.

No. , l'assengeT u ain from Memphis due hero this morning at 4:3O o'clock over the Gotten Belt, but which W II run into Pine Bluff three or four hours late, will be the last train out Of Memphis of the Rock Island- Cotton Belt joint diViso for the present at least and it may be two O. three weeks and maybe longer before traf- fc is resumed out of CT into the Tennessee city from Pine Bluff.
 The Rock Island issued a notice last night stating that no traffic would be accepted for Memphis ever ts Brinkley to Memphis line, any fur ther than Forrest City. It was stated that the break in the St. Francis Levea yesterday afternoon caused the erder, for the Eastern Arkansas ter ritory through whic the Rock Island line operates, i2 inundated and the trestle East of Forrest City would in all probability be washed away be- fore morning.
 No. 1, from Texas points, will con- tinue tc operate over the Gotten Belt, however, to St. Louis, but this train service may also be seriously affect ed if the rushing waters over the Cotton Belt tracks north of te city.
 All trains are running behind time nto this city Gn both the Iron Moun- tain and Cotton Belt roads. The St. Louis service on the Iron Mountain, however, has been kept Up but the service may be abandoned at any tune should the tracks become damaged from the spreading waters.
 The Ncwthtound trains from Louis jana on the Iron Mountain are run pg hours behind time through Pine Bluff every day because of the tracks being flooded in South Arkansas ter ritory
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
CITY BEAUTIFUL
 EDITION OF GRAPHIC

The ladies of the City Bpaut ful Club are going to issuc a beautiful souvenir edition of the Pine Bluff Graphic the fir.t day of May for pur- aose of rais ng money to assist ill ( irving on their work. They are eX ting every effort 10 have the paper Ioa that every man, woman and child will he interested in and ps3ua of.
 Mrs. N B. Trulock. the pI~ aiaent Of the City Beautiful Club, has made the following appointments: Mrs. A, NJ. Balrow, editor in chief; Ms. w. 0. Taggart. associate edtor; and the others on the staff will be Mes dame ]. w. Wilkins, x. B. Truloek, J. M Elliott, Lee Fox, J. A. Mcleod, Corinne Knox, s. C. Alexander, w. l.. D woody, R. G. Atkinson, w. F. Cole man, Adolph Bluthenthal, M ss Grace spaulding and Mrs Lillian Higin- botham.
 Ars. A. w. Troupe will be general business manager and Mrs. John L Mills, advertising manager.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07

0. McGe bee, VI. Eanher and Will Alex aadef committeeman for the Eleventh Judicial Disuiea
 The delegates to tie Railroad con- veHton are: Wm. Richardson, !. w. Wilkins, r VI. Boane. ]. $. Barraque, II. NJ Dfal. X. W. NHnn, H. H. Fer gHsou, lGtvell Wsst5rook, Elmo Marsh, Y. o. AleXpuder and n M. Schober. Altern2:cs: Eugene Arnold, E. C .0l.eb, Tho. MeEWon, w. E. Mullikin, R. $. Cherry, John Sennett, Leo M. Andrews, Fred Wcisoi, ]. s Mcdonnell, I. NJ. Henry and M W. Ware.
 F. M Rosenberg. George M List and N. $. Kite were recommended for election commissioners.
 Shcritf Edgar Brewster was re- elected chairman of the County Cen tral Committee and Jo Nichol, secre- tary, when tho immitteemen met after the county convention and or ganlZed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
coOD OLD SPRING TIME HAS
 ARRIVED

md now is the time to plant your garden and farm. We have the lars- ,S. and lest selected garden ana field seeds that we have ever haa' We carry from ten to fifteen ehous- and mammoth sze paper seeas anu nearly everything in bulk seeds. All kinds of fancy seed corn, sorghum, kaffir corn, german millet, dwarl essix rape, timothy clover ana S fa1fa. Triumph, N. Y. Rose ana carry Ohio seed Irish potatoes just arTlV''' fresh shipment of onion se's, have received 100 bushels of puhcil vams seed sweet potatoes we arc headquarters for everythlhs M tbe staDle and fancy grocery ilhe' olso fresh vegetables every weeh' g've us a call.
 Yours truly, d if MCCAIN GROCERY VV'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
!. Q. HARRISON BUYS THE GEM

J. o. Harr son, of this city, yester day bought "The Gen" theatre from F. M. Jones, who recently opened the theatre here. A new mirror screen will be installed as soon as possible and an indirect illumination will be installed making the Gen the Day ght Theatre' of Pine Bluff. Al pictures, will be first run license which means that they, will be shown in Pine Bluff before being shown any where else. Mr. Harrison is an ol1 resident of P ne Bluff and he will give the Gen his personal manage ment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07

option election wa hold there today and Eears of eyers 4escrfptian were used to carry votes 10 the polls.
 An astoni. .aieg lea= =1re of the flood in the opin on of riHaf engineers that the Mississippi rive has at last sought a level though the river Dot toms and i, now cnzeting change in he geography In the event of the flood roma ning long roush the en- gineers say the Mississippi will es- tablish a new ea2nHel connecting with tha Ohio and throwing Ca TO on the Missouri side.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
LANTERNS SHIPPED
 TO ARKANSAS CITY

At the request citizens ef Ar kansas City. District Attorney T. Havis \ xon shipp5d ten daZen Ian terms to that plac= last night in order that the m could Work on tho levee. Three hundred nasn ate work ing day and night OH the l-yee and the stu ltion is considered gfava though the citizens and author tics have strong hopes of keeping the situation well in hand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
FLOOD VICTIMS
 TAKEN TO MEMPHIS Houses Are Being Swept Away But No Loss of Life
 Has Beer Reported. RIVER 40 MILES WIDE Marion, Arkansas, SuiiernrS-YEous. ands of Acres of Fine Farm
 Lands Under Water.
RIVER 40 MILES WIDE

M zmphis, Tenn, April 6-Ta main leyee of the St. Francis Lovee svs tem broke rear St. Ga Arkansas. and at Wynoke, Ark. shortly befol c , oclcck this afternoon and an ocean of wa;sr swept back into the inland inundating thousands of acres of plantation land
 Several hundred sacks of sand piled s veral feet high over the I.esea was ew=pt away. It is feared sh9t by meqning the gap will be much larger and fh will let mc;e Wat5r through which will cause damage 10 property a the w3tsr backs into the inland.
 Men, women and children from in and around St. Claire will }fe broueht to Memphis t2n'g ghr and lIoa. in temporary quarters. In addition te damage to land the railToal will be put ut of business in this s ct on. The railroads sreate-t loss will ba at Marion, Arkansas.
 That the break at St. Clarie will relieve the situation n Memphis was 2 tne belief Of one of the engineers in charge of the Levee. The water, it is a3id, will go inland fer twenty m le: back Of St. Claire and reduce the ztage of water in his city a. feot or more
 Engineers and others connected with the fled situation were of the balief early today that breaks would occur but practically all of them eX- ? cted no break until at least mid ght tonight or early Sunday.
 All train service to St Louis over the Illinois Central has been annuled. Chicago trains have been routed by Ev4n2ville instead of Cairo. The Frisco s getting perishable freight and passenger trains across only and the O. her railroads are barely going.
 The flood will not be checked until the first nigh land, Crswleys Ridge, 40 miles away has been reached.
 The first break occurred between Helly Bush and St. ClaT Q, Ark. The levee here is lower than it is at other pcints. Men working on the l2vse here had to flee for their lives when the flood, lashed into a fury by high gouth winds flowing over the levee. tore down the embankment and cut through The flood reached Mar on shortly befora midnight and thousands of acres of land has been inundated and homes swept away. Nc daths have been reported up until 6 te hour tonight.
 Amos simultaneously With the break at St. Claire the .levee broke at Wynoke below Memphis.
 The two mammoth streams Will ad' join by morning, it is stated, and by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
GAP IN LIZZIE
 LOGO FEET WIDE Many Towns Along the Mis- sissippi Flooded and Wat CT is Still Coming Up. NO RELIEF IN SIGHT Quincy, Illinois. is Flooded Ris- ing Again and Outlook is Not
 Promising.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

St. Leu s, Mo- April 6-Hiekman, Ky, reports tonight that the break in the government lavee there is at least thousand feet wide. The water is pouring through at very rapid rate. the depth on best in formation ob- talnable, is about 15 feet. One of the best informed men down there says it will take five or six days before the Reelfoot and Obion basin will ba filled.
 In trip through the flooded dis tricts north of Cairo by six if today many houses were found to have been carried distance of two miles from the original situaton The railroad, are trying to restore traffic into Cairo but it will probably ba several days Eefcre they get under way
 With the announcement of the breal1 in the St. Francis 1eyee comes word that higher waters are on the way down the Mississippi. and tha; there is nc hope now of saving the levees in lower NJ ssissippi which for days have been stra ned to the break ing point.
 A lise Of 6 at Quincy, H., during last night is an indication fer this. Local showers fell today at Gu 'ncy and the swelling tide has fleods d basements in manufacturing buildings along the levee causing many to sus- pend. Trains are being detoured in order to get into Gu ncy and many roads have practically suspended their schedules into that city.
 The levee at Holly Springs, Ky, broke at 8 o'clock this afternoon and efforts to save the levee at Hurlburt, Ind. were abandoned today.
 The Mississippi above it's juncture with the Missouri continues rising be- tween Hannibal, Mo-, and Grafton, I'll, The Missour. river will continue rising for 36 hours between Boone vile. Mo-, and Herman, Mo-, but from Kansas City to Bonneville it will fall tomorrow.
 The river at St. Louis remained stat onary today, registering 30.1 at n m. It is expected to rise to 3l feet and remain at that point for sev- eral days''
 With the Ohio river rising at Evansville. Ind, and at all points hollow and the ra threatening during tho next 24 hours, the outlook is not nromising to the thousands living i'll tba lowlands. The crest of the rise is exnec.ed here Tuesday or Wednes- day.
 Conditions along the Wabash ana White r.vers are more threatening tonight than at anw time since the heginning of the flood. Hundreds or homes are surrounded by high water o,5 if is feared there will be a great lo1s of life.
 At New Madr d, Mo-, the river began to fall last night, but the rain today forecasted another rise. A locsl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-07
SI. FRANCIS LEvEE BREAKS AT ST. CI AND YNOkE, ARK

noon Sun lay the river opposite Memph will be a lake clear 10 CroWiey's Ridge. to miles away. The water is XE cled 10 fleW back into the Nils is=ippi river near Helena. Ark. All gt Crfttznden county part of Lee, Phil ps, Cross and St Francis counties will be inundated. Late dispa ches say it is almost certain the st. Francis levea will break at other points.
 The lev at Wyn ke, Arkansaa, several m les below NJ mphis which finally aove way, was reported in a weak condition early today and in a last effort 10 save the situation there the peopl appealed tc the local police for lip. The police immediately be- gan round ng up eye9y idle negro found on The streets and placed them on board vernment boat awaiting at tAa wharf.
 Several hundred negroes were put on beard the L3at. TAe police gave every negro ample time to show wl1 ter O. net h. was employed and if so he was promptly put ashore. When the boat departed 250 negroes were aboard. According to an- nouncement the negroes are to re- ceive s250 a day and board.
 Reports finn Helena, Ark, received by telephona this afternoon state conditions n that district are criti- cal.
 h the White River district craw- fish have been digging holes in the ]evee and breaks are hourly expected. Other sections repsrt the situation critical.
 Tn river tonight registered 49.a feet T ris9 of II feet in the last rweptv-four hours. The situation n he city of Memphis is little changed, though the water in the bayou rose nearly foot duling the night ana steady rain has been fall ng since noon. There has been no suffering among the flocd victims or the rel ugess who have come into this cas from surrounding towns.
 Street ear service on the Poplaf
 =. Na,+b JamnhiS and on inc Lincoln avenue line ill south Nemphis was suspended carly ln 1l'e day because of rising water over 'le tracks, Electric pumps were kept aoing on these Ines in an effort to keen the street passable, but Ohe niabt's rise made the company give m the fight. Car service on t"o other lines in Moth Memphis h'S been suspended fer several days
 Ths nolice are making every ellof1 .o cid ou flood sufferers and to keep the inundated territory from pecohi- inc completely isclated' and to su"iu 4,o baa1th and welfare of the public Thoueh hundreds have been rendered. temporarily homeless there IS ho ,,ffering. The Un' ted Charities ana other organizations are keeping "e'l in teuch with the situation ana sN a.;-+once wherever it is need- cd
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27
Further Substantiation Of Aztec In
dian's Remarkable, Record-He
Died at 1875.

Austin, Tex.--Further standardization
II the report from Tuxpan, Mexico,
OF the death some time ago OF Jose
Caivario at an age lacking only 10
years Of the two century mark. was
contained in a letter received here
from Frank L. Watson. an American
mining man at Coloma. Mexico.
1 was at Tuxpan on the day Cal
vario died." he writes. Il had seen
the old man walking about the streets
OF the town many times and he was
often pointed out to me as being near
ly 200 years old So interested were
the state officials in the report Of the
great age of the man that special
commission was appointed to inTesti-
gate the claim. The records OF the
parish church show that he was born
In 1877. He left 1000 descendants.
He ctteD iold his friends in jok-
Ing manner that he had the largest
family Of any man In the world. NO
one knows how many times he was
married. but it is commonly reported
that he married his last wife when he
Was past the age of 100 years and that
they had several children.
"Calvario was an Aztec Indian. He
ate whatever he liked and, OF course
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27

Of August, being Wednesday. this
yeare, 1888"
There is little need OF entering fur
Their into the details OF this gruesome
tragedy. Millus, or Miles, who said
that the devil had told him to commit
the crimes, was seized by troopers and
after trial was gibbeted in chains on
common, by the roadside, near Ferry
Vile. A tradition. let us hope untrue,
exists to the effect that he revived aft
er the gibbeting and lived in awful tor
ture for several days, being in the
meantime fed by his sweetheart. A
portion of the gibbet on which he was
hanged stood for many years after
ward, until belief grew up that il
possessed a charm for the toothache,
when the people ate it piecemeal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27
4MovlEs" IN N. 7. SCHOOLS
Pictures VIII Be us,d in New York
to Teach History and Ge-
ography.

New York.-The mo ing picture IS
about to be introduced in the class
rooms Of New York city public
SCHOOLS. During the past year it was
tried out semi-oficially in the assem-
bly halls Of several downtown schools.
TIE principals have been very en-
thasiastic. The motion picture is
able to render the greatest assistance
in geography and history Mr.. Ed
ison has perfected his miniature NOV.
ing picture machine, especially suit
able for the home and the school
room.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27
By PRoF. 3. A. MOORE.

BY PROF. r. A. MOORE,
Wisconsin College Of Agriculture,
Several pure-bred varieties of grain
have been developed at the Wisconsin
college of agriculture. The first one
of these to be put TO a severe test
was Wisconsin No corn. Seed was
distributed to 500 members OF the
Wisconsin Experiment association
who were directed to grow II in com
petition with the best local varieties
that could be procured This corn in
q five years test (1905-1a09l) gave
an average yield of SCI bushels
per acre, or 1913 bushels per acre
better than the several varieties with
which it was compared.
Similar methods of breeding and
dissemination now being applied to
barley, rye, wheat, oats, clover alfal-
ia. peas and other farm crops should
place Wisconsin at the head OF the
agricultural states so far as yield per
acre is concerned. The Wisconsin
bankers agricultural contests prom
ise 10 be one OF the potent factors in
bringing about this result: develop
ing Wisconsin's agriculture. and with
II. the financial stability CT the com.
monwealth.
II is now Ave years since the FIRST
meeting Of this character was at
tempted. At the nine contests held
In the fall OF 1911. over 5000 samples
OF pure bred seed were distributed
to the farmers In attendance, 9,127
exhibits we're made, and the total at
tendance is estimated at 6.475 farmers.
The object is to secure a wider
dissemination of pure bred, high
yielding Wisconsin grains which are
peculiarly adapted to the varied soil
and climatic conditions OF the state
and at the same time to encourage
improvement in general agricultural
practices.
The first step in this direction Ia
the arrangement for a grain show, 10
which farmers of the community are
invited to bring the best corn and
other grains they are now producing
and offer them In competition for
prizes. At this first show, pure bred
seed furnished by the college is dis
tributed by the bankers to all farm.
ers making exhibits. The seed thus
distributed is grown by the farmers
next season, and the product shown
at the bankers contest the following
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27
Wartime Romance Recalled by
50th Anniversary.
Hasty Marriage of Divinity Student
Mawes Deep Impression on Fa-
nous Preacher - Makes 1t
Subject Of Article.

Danbury, Gonna wartime mar
fiage, performed by Henry Ward
Beecher, then pastor Of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, while making a
visit to Washington, Conn, was re-
called by the celebration of the If
tieth anniversary of the wedding OF
the Rev. and Mrs. Horace Q. Judd, at
their home in Bethel.
Mr.. Judd. a retired minister of the
New York East Methodist Conference,
was young divinity student at the
time Of his marriage, and had just
enlisted for the war. His bride was
Miss Ellen r. Crofut. of New Preston.
The wedding was decided upon \the
day before Mr.. Judd's regiment, the
18th Connecticut Volunteers, was to
march away to the war, and the youth
full soldier and his bride FASTENED to
Washington, the nearest village to
Miss Crofut's nome. to find a minis
ter
Mr.. Beecher learned of their errand
and performed the ceremony. The in
cident so impressed the famous
preacher that he made it the subject
of an article that appeared in THE
New York Independent" soon after
ward, in which he wrote:
1t was Sabbath evening, calm, SOFT
clear, sweet breathed, as If there had
never been a sin or a sigh among
these lovely hills. We wandered down
to Mr.. Gums school to find boy OF
our liking, when loi posthaste, came
messengers, a wedding! A young SOL
died just going to the war meant to
give his girl the right to come to him.
should he be sick or wounded. To-
morrow he leaves. Tonight they must
be married. To Mr.. Frank Brinsmade's
we posted
How came it to be there? The
young volunteer had got his "certif-
cate" of the town clerk, and he had
stepped across the street and told our
friend that the brave soldier was
hunting for minister Just then. In
stout coarse soldiers blue, came the
man, and his flower by his side.
BY one of those generous sympa-
thies that seize good people, out ran
a noble woman to invite them to
stop and be married there, and as
several connected families were gath
cred there for an evenings singing,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27

the canada thistle plants. which grad
ually die until the entire field of al
falfa Is free from them. The success
with which this may be accomplished
Is entirely dependent on securing
good thick stand of the alfalfa Often
times good results have been secured
by following one of the standard meth
DDS of seeding of alfalfa without any
particular efforts in the way OF previ.
GUS cultivation other than necessary
for the correct preparation of the seed
bed for the alfslfa seeding.
However. more certain results can
be obtained by blowing deep In the
late summer or early fall soon after a
crop has been removed. or course, the
matter of soil washing will have to be
considered In regard to fall blowing.
The soil should be harrowed-pre-
ferably with a spring tooth harrow, at
intervals throughout the fall often
enough to keep the canada thistles
well subdued and to drag as many OF
the thistle roots to the surface as pos
sible. where they will be killed by ex-
posture to the sun. AS soon In the
spring as the conditions permit, the
soil should be plowed again and har-
rowed as often as necessary to free
the land of all visible weed growth up
to about the last week in June. II the
canada thistles cannot be fully con
trolled by narrowing, another plow-
ing is advisable week or ten days be-
fore the alfalfa seeding However,
good judgment must be used, as this
matter depends entirely on conditions.
BY the last of June the canada
thistles should be well subdued by the
cultivation the soil has received. At
this time the alfalfa seed may be
sown alone, without a nurse crop, at
tie rate OF 20 pounds per acre after
having carefully inoculated. MANFRED
and otherwise put the land in the best
condition for alfalfa growing. When
the alfalfa has grown eight or nine
inches. the canada thistles may also
be abundant; and clipping the field
not later than September / Is ad-
visable. The next year the thistles
will come again; but the alfalfa soon
develops an over-mastering growth;
and, with the frequent cuttings the
crop receives. II seldom takes more
than three years to eradicate this per-
sistent weed. During this time large
| profitable crops OF valuable alfalfa hay
are being secured and the soil IL be.
ing freed from the growth of one OF
our most serious noxious weeds.