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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
SCHOOL ELECTIONS
IN ARKANSAS
Superintendent Of Education Calls
Attention to Its Importance.

Superintendent Of Education Calls
Attention to Its Importance.
Little Rock, Feb. 6.-State Supt.
Geo. B. Cook today issued the fol-
lowing open letter relative to the ap-
preaching school election:
"There is no more important date
on our calendar than the third Satur-
day in May-the date Of our annual
school election.
eve expended for our public
schools nearly four million dollars
during the school year which closed
June 30, 1912, and for the year just
closing the expenditures will proba-
bly exceed that amount. The funds
raised and expended for educational
purposes in Arkansas, including our
institutions of higher learning, ap-
proximate one-half the total tax rev.
epue of the state.
Arkansas has permanent invest
ment Of more than $1O,O0O,o00 in
) public school property and more than
50 900 900 invested in it's university
state normal, agricultural schools
etc.
ut is, therefore, apparent from a
financil standpoint alone that every
citizen should be interested IN cast
ling his vote in selecting those VINO
shall administer that portion OF TINS
great fund available in his district
.Yet how much more important Is
this question than the mere matter
OF the money evolved when we con-
slider that our public schools are our
one means of training the rising gen.
Grafton for citizenship.
at is of personal Importance te
nearly. every citizen that persons
capable and worthy are elected C
the school board in his district, fol
the directors have very broad discre'
tionary powers, as well as full Eau
thority to handle the affairs Of the
district, and, once elected, hoid o.
Ice for three years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
SALOON MEN ARE
READY TO REOPEN
Certain That License Will Be Granted
Them in the Capital City
This Year.

Little Rock, Feb. 6.-Although
saloon license has not yet been
granted for Little Rock, the saloon
men are making all preparations for
reopening. Their places of business
are being repainted, and put into
condition, and the indications are now
that they will be in operation as
usual early next week. The delay
this week has been caused by the
counsel for the saloonmen, former
Congressman W. L. Terry, who is
answering each individual remons-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
BUGABOO OF GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP.

One OF the stand-pat Republican
newspapers of st. Louis has material
lied the ghost Of government owner
ship of railroads, telephones and tele-
graphs, and is greatly disturbed.
It Ia. not improbable that some
time, the National Government i will
control all utilities having to do with
interstate commerce. 1t may be III
the next generation, possibly in this
one.
For the present, the stand-patters
may dismiss their dread of govern
ment ownership, and the reason is
TAXES. .a8 81
In 1912 the railroads, telegraph and
telephone companies paid in taxes
something like $110,O00,000-the fig
ures are taken from statistics gather
Cd by the United States Government
with the income tax law. in effect
these public service utilities should
pay not less than 1925, 100000 a year
in taxes.
Uncle Sam pays no taxes, and so
under government ownership the IN
dividual States would lose not less
than million dollars income. It Is
unlikely that the ghost will become
reality until some means are devised
by which this huge loss to the States
can be offset.--St. Louis Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07

The Graphic ~ authorized to an
nounce Harvey b. Lucas. Of Lincoln
county. az a candidate for prosecut-
ing attorney Of the Eleventh Judicial
District, his candidacy being subject
to the action Of the Democratic party
at the primary election on March IS,
1914. ' y,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
FOE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

i. FOE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
4 The Graphic 10 authorized to ans
anounce Z. g. Parham. Of Jefferson
county. as q candidate for an en-
dorsement term to the office o.
prosecuting attorney Of the Eleventh
JudiciaT District, his candidacy being
subject to the action Of the Dem
ocratic party at the primary election
on March IS, 1914.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
i GREAT DAY FOR THE LADIES
The women OF Chicago have taken

The women OF Chicago have taken
an astounding advantage of their
recently acquired right to register
and vote, says the Memphis COM
mercial Appeal. On the first day Of
registration 100000 women Of Chi
cago enrolled their names on the poll
books.
Old-time politicians are dumfound-
ed. The machine men before regis
tration day stated that the women Of
high society position would not
register, and therefore many climb
ing women would not register be-
cause not to be on the poll list would
give them an air Of distinction. They
asserted that the women in the
workingmen's districts would not
register because they were too busy.
On the North Side it was found
that the wealthiest and most cultured
women OF Chicago went to the regis
tration booths. and many OF then,
made house party OF the trip. TAX
ing their daughters who were OF
registering age and their women
servants.
Mayor Carter Harrison. his wife
and all their female servants OF vol.
ing age went to the registration booth
In an automobile.
On the West Side politicians op-
posed to woman suffrage were in
great glee until the evening. Few
working wcmen appeared during the
forenoon. When the factories and
the Offices began to close there came
= rush Of stenographers and factory
working girls. Later on working
! men, after returning home, were seer
to approach the polls in company
with their wives.
Hinky Dink. lord OF the First Ware
which Is the seat of all the retail
business Of Chicago and the seat o
the worst Of the slums Of Chicago
announced that not over $50 womeI
III biz ward would register.
when night fell over the seem
ffinfy Dink. Was dead as prophet
f3 Is6o5 v ou,en had registered in tn
e !; s. y6xd. and they Will either vot
|11 l&5 and 4he Bath Hous'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07

trance made by the prohibitionists to
400 names on the saloon petition.
There is no doubt that a record is
being made for the circuit and fin
ally for the Supreme Court, where
it is probable the constitutionality
of the act will be fought out. But
during the tendency Of the appeal the
saloons will be doing business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
Beware of Ointments For Catarrll
That Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used ex-
scept on prescriptions from reputabie
physicians, as the damage they VIII
do is ten fold to the good 70 can pos
sibly derive from them. Halls !. Ca
|tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo. O., contains NO
mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mu~
cous surfaces Of the system. In buy
ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken inter-
Enally and made in Toledo ONO. Dy
II. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials Tree
+ Sold by druggists. Price Toe per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti'
nation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07

Owing to steady increase in our
sales department, we were forced to
add another sales stable to the one al
ready had We are now better pre-
pared to show larger selection Of
the best Missouri mules and horses
than ever before, which we have Just
received. We are selling them to
suit the most economical buyers. All
stock sold by US must be as repre-
scented otherwise the cash will be re-
turned. ii
Thanking you for past patronage
and ayking continuance of same, we
are yours to satisfy. 1-24-12t
Berlin Brothers
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
IlfE B1.U4ff
R0GREH9
n0S1 ERITY
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Tho Graphic IL authorised to an
n6nnce Hon. g.. NJ. Taylor a. a cam
didate :or Congress from the Sixth
DisH3ct.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
POST OFFICE THIEVES
AT Ste. CENEVIVE
Robbers Enter Office AT
Night And Steal Postage
Stamps.

The post Office at Ste. Genevieve
WAS entered by robbers Tuesday night,
ard number of postage stamps and
other valuable articles were stolen.
The robbery was not discovered I'M
til early yesterday morning when
Postmaster Andrew }. Seibert, arriv-
ed from his home to open the doors
for the days business.
When he entered the building he
found the interior in a state Of con-
fusion. Drawers had been pulled out
and the contents scattered over the
floor. The safe had been tempered
with but no attempt had been made to
blow it open. The stamp drawer had
been robbed of several dollars worth
Of one cent and ten cent denomina-
Cions. A valuable 12-gauge double bar
relied shotgun had also been stolen.
Closer investigation showed that the
robbers had effected entrance to the
Building by prying a window open.
A considerable amount of merchan-
disc is also believed to have been
stolen from the store which is operat-
ed in the same building with the post
office.
The officers have no definite clue up
on which to base a suspicion, but it
is generally believed that the burglary
was committed by some of the hard
ened element that make their way
down the river every year at about
this time, several of whom have been
seen lettering around the business sec
ton of the town for the past few
days.
The postmaster, Mr.. Seibert, is a
scn-in-law of Major James f. Brooks
Of this city.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
ROOSEVELT FROM THE
BIBLE ON ELECTION

New York, Nov. 4-When Theodore
Roosevelt was asked for an expression
of opinion in New York State, he said:
an the Episcopal Church lessons
taken from the Bible are appointed for
every day of the year. The lesson for
Nov. 8 includes the second Epistle of
Paul to Timothy, Chapter iv, 8, 4,
which read as follows:
"'For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine. But
fater their own lusts shall they heap
to themselves teachers having itching
ears, and they shall turn away their
ears from the truth and shall be turn
ed unto fables
81 have nothing to add to this at
present. After all the returns are in,
l nave have something more to say.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
|CLOBE.DEMOCRAT'
CONCEDESDEFEAT
OF TOM ]. BROWN
Says Congressman Joseph ].
Russell is Reelected by
About 6 Majority.
is LEADING OPPONENT
BY MORE THAN 1900
Stone and fancy Counties, With
Normal G. o. P. Majority of
700, Not Heard From.

Congressman Joseph ]. Russell has
been reelected over Thomas J. Brown
by probably 600 votes. This is the
substance of a story that appears to-
day in the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Globe-Democrat, which is the
most accurate newspaper in Missouri
in its reports on election return, last
night sent telegram to The Tribune,
stating that Brown had been defeated.
with the returns from Stone and
fancy counties still missing Russell
is leading Brown by 1 1892 votes" says
the Globe-Democrat dispatch. "These
two counties gave the Republican
Congressional candidate majority of
700 votes two years ago, and about
that number in 1910, when Repub-
lican strength was normal.
"The complete vote cast in Ozark
and Douglas has not been received,
but returns to date show that Brown
is not polling the full party strength.
Present indications are that Russell
has been reelected by probably 500
votes, although the official count may
cut this figure down slightly"
The above figures coincide with the
reports that Congressman Russell has
received. DR.. r. F. Wichterich, a
brother-in-law of Mr.. Russell, last
night received a message from the
Congressman, stating that he had
been reelected by more than 500
votes.
According to the reports that Mr..
Russell has received" said Dr. Wich-
terich, Douglas County, which usual
ly goes 100 Republican, gave Brown
only $50, and Howell, with a normal
Republican majority of 400, was car
ried by Mr.. Brown by only 100.
christian County gave Russell 100
more votes than first returns showed.
He carried Mississippi, Stoddard,
Scott, New Madrid, Pemiscot and
Dunklin by 4,200. Unless all of the
figures are wrong, he has carried the
district by safe majority.
"The Progressive vote was virtually
nothing, and the men who formerly
voted the Bull Moose ticket have re-
turned to the Republican party. But
in view of the Democratic slump else
where, we feel we'll satisfied with Mr.
Russels showing. Owing to the fact
that Congress was in session so long,
he was kept out of the campaign. He
was in his district hardly a week be-
fore the election"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
FARM SCENE IN WINDOW
Stehr Store Makes Hit With Unique
Halloween Display.

The tasteful arrangement and pic
troial design of the large window dis
play of the Stehr Mercantile Co., in
Haarig. exhibited as a reminder of the
approach of Halloween, has for the
past few days been a center of at
traction for the throngs of pedestrians
and shoppers in that section of the
city.
This bucolic display has been hit
and no one passed without stopping
fer few moments to view the home
made farm scene.
Great staring eyes and leering fea-
lures peering from behind shocks of
fodder greet the spectator from every
angle. Brush piles and dark woods
form the back ground, and are dis
played in realistic fashion.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
SHERIFFS SALE.

By virtue and authority Of an execu-
ton issued from the Office of the Clerk
of the Cape Girardeau Court of Com
mon Pleas, in and for the County of
Cape Girardeau, returnable to the No
vember, 1914, term of said Court, and
to me directed, where in the City of
Cape Girardeau is the plaintiff, and
G. f. Finn, Beulah Finn and Carrie
Finn, are defendants, l have levied
upon and seized the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in said
County Of Cape Girardeau, State of
Missouri, and described as follows, to-
wit: All of lots No. % and "a and
range &c" in the City of Cape Girar-
deau, Missouri, being the same proper
ty described in deed from William
Moore and Bertha Moore, his wife, re-
corded in book 40, page 159, of the land
records of said county; and / will, on
the 9th day of November, 1914, be-
between the hours of o'cloc in the
forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon
of said date, at the east door of the
Court House, in the, said city and coun-
ty of Cape Girardeau, and State of
Missouri, sell at public auction, for
cash, to the highest bidder, the proper
ty above described, to satisfy said exc
cution and costs.
William A. Summers, Sheriff.
Cape Girardeau County, Mo.
October 80.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06

J. T. Williams of Chaffee, transact
ed business in this city yesterday.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all credit
ors and others interested in the es-
tate of Alvin H. Borgfeld, deceased
that l, the undersigned, intend to
make final settlement of the estate of
said deceased at the next term of the
Probate Court of Cape Girardeau
County, Missouri, to be held at Jack
son, Missouri, beginning on the 9th day
of November, 1914.
Emma S. Borgfeld,
Administrative.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06

A. B. Yount of Jackson, visited rel
atives in this city yesterday.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
ALL ILLINOIS STOCK
YARDS MUST CLOSE
East st. Louis is Affected By
Order Caused By Mouth
DiSeSe.

Chicago, Nov. 5-The order closing
the Chicago stockyards was this after
noon extended to cover all yards and
pens in the state. This will close the
large yards in East St. Louis.
The closing of the stockyards will
last nine days, beginning Saturday.
The foot and mouth disease has
broken out in the luxurious stalls out
side of Chicago stockyards, where
1000 fancy cattle, gathered from
Canada and Is states of the Union,
are CHARTERED.
Eeighteen cases were found among
the fine cattle today, according to B. j.
Stanley, chairman of the Illinois Live
stock Commission. Infection of the
others is feared. Six hundred COM
mon cattle were killed inside the yards
today and laborers were at work on
the long trenches in which the carcass
es will be covered with quickIime, the
bovine aristocrats with their plebeian
brothers.
Then fancy stock was brought here
as exhibits at the National Dairy
Show. The exhibitors, who organized
this afternoon to protect their inter
ests, said the pedigree value of the
herd was $2,5OO,OOO. The state, it is
stated, will pay them only the value
of slain animals as meat, entailing Il
heavy loss to the owners. The exhib-
itors almost avoided the quarantine
last Saturday but A cars ordered to
remove the stock did not appear and
the herd was caught
The National Livestock Exhibition,
the largest livestock show in the world
and an annual event which called
thousands Of visitor and exhibitors to
the city, probably will be formally
called off this year. 1t was set for
Nov. %.
The formal notice of the closing of
the Chicago yards is signed by the Hi
nOis Board of Livestock Commission
ers, and reads as follows:
ITO prevent the spread of the foot
and mouth disease in cattle, other ru-
mihants and swine, notice is hereby
given that the Union Stockyards at
Chicago will be closed to the receipts
of cattle, sheep, other ruminants and
swine from Nov. 7 to -, inclusive
Receipts of cattle, hogs and sheep
here today were $4,000 head, or $4,000
less than those on Thursday week
ago. The decrease was mostly in hogs
and sheep.
Beginning Saturday, the first bust
ness day on which the yards will be
closed, there will be no market quota
tions until the embargo is lifted.
The drastic measure taken to check
the foot and mouth disease epidemic in
six states vii mean the loss of mil
lions of dollars, and cause thousands
of employees to be idle in Chicago.
The Chicago stockyards do a pack
ing business of S4,OOO,OOO a day. Add
ed to this is a bi-product and cattle
shipment business of 81 100000 day.
The yards have been in continual oper-
alton for so years, even during violent
strikes.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
BISHOP SMITH DIES.

Washington, Oct. 31-Bishop Char
les w. Smith of ST. Louis died of heart
disease here today at the home of
Justice Anderson of the District Court,
where he was being entertained while
attending the meeting of conference
claimants of the Methodist Episcopal
church in session here.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all credit
ors and others interested in the es-
tate of W. w. Spain, deceased, that l
the undersigned, intend to make ina
settlement of the estate of said de,
ceased at the next term of the Pro-
bate Court of Cape Girardeau Coun-
ty, Missouri, to be held at Jackson
Missouri, beginning on the 9th day Of
November, 1914.
George Mier,
Administrator.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
STEEG STABLE and
HAY Are BURNED
Building Damaged $4,000 With
Only Half Amount Insnrauce
On it.

Ilc livery STABLE OF JONI OteeSy DIT
ITO North Spanish street was serious
ly damaged by fire yesterday after
noon, and for a time was threatened
with complete destruction.
The blaze was discovered at about
o'clock and when first noticed by
passersby, great volumes of smoke
were rolling out the windows of the
upper part of the building and the en-
tire interior was lighted up by the
flames.
When the fire department arrived
the windows were falling out and
burning fragments of the floor were
dropping down into the lower part
of the barn.
All vehicles were drawn out of the
burning building and taken to places
of safety. There was but one horse
in the barn When the fire occurred, and
when an attempt was made to lead
him through the front to the street, he
became excited and unmanageable, and
it finally became necessary to lead
him out the back way and through an
alley around the building.
The firemen reached the scene ex-
actly eight minutes after the alarm
was turned in, and when they arrived
the fire had made such Roadway that
it hardly seemed possible to save the
building. The flames had broken
through the roof in places and were
darting out every window. With the
aid of ladders, the firemen succeeded
in playing directly on the burning
mass of hay and straw that had been
stored in the loft, but the smoke was
so dense that Fireman Bruening was
almost overcome and was compelled to
drop the hose IN order to avoid as
phyxiation. He was promptly relieved
and in few moments was back at his
post of duty. 1t required almost two
hours to subdue the flames, and when
they were finally extinguished, the en-
tire upper story was in ruins.
About 400 hundred bales of hay and
straw were destroyed, the floor was
badly burned, and the metal roof was
completely ruined.
Mr.. Steeg, who operates the bust
ness, estimates his loss at about 5000,
and he carried no insurance.
The building which is owned by
Mayor F. A. Rage, was insured for
$1,000 and the damage is estimated
to be almost twice that amount.
Lafayette YOncey and John Muck
les, two employees, were in the rear of
the stable doing some work when the
fire was discovered, and knew nothing
of its existence until they saw fagots
dropping on the floor from above.
Mr.. Yancey stated that there had
been no one in the loft during the en-
tire afternoon, and he is of the opinion
that the fire originated from defective
wiring.
Mayor Rage in speaking of the dis
aster made the following statement to
a Tribune representative:
"This same building was destroyed
by fire in 1884 or 1885, and continued
to Operate nv business in the two
large sheds adjoining, and suppose
that Mr.. Steeg will do the same until
the necessary repairs can be made.
Il have always carried an insur-
ance of $4,000 on the property, but re-
duced it to $1,000 a short time ago
on account of the exorbitant insurance
rate"
The building will be overhauled and
reconstructed as quickly as possible.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
ROOSEVELT'S SON-IN-LAW
REGAINS SEAT IN CONGRESS

Cincinnati, Nov. 4.-Former Con-
gresham Nicholas Longworth, Repub-
lican, Theodore Roosevelt's son-in-
law, who was defeated two years age
by Stanley Bowdie, Democrat, yester
day was returned to Congress.
His opponent again was Bowdie
whom he beat by substantial major
ity.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-06
CATTLE QUARANTINE
is EXTENDED INTO EAST

Washington, Nov. 4-The Depart
ment of Agriculture this afternoon
extended the quarantine on cattle
shipments to New York and Mary
land, because of the spread of the
foot and mouth" disease. 1t an
nounced also that 600 case of the dis
ease had been found in the Chicago
stock yards.