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Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
LIFE

Strip the earth Of its thin pelcle of soil thinner with reference to the mass than is the peel to the apple and you have stripped it of life Or, rob 1t of its watery vapor and carbon doxide in the air, both stages in the evolution, and you have a dead world The huge globe swings through space only mass of insensate rock So limited and nescent is the world of living matter and enduring is the world of nonliving. Looked at in this way in the light of physical science, life seems like a mere passing of the cosmic evolution, a fit ting and temporary stage of matter which it passes through in the procession of changes the surface of cooling planet. Between the fiery mist of the nebua and the frigid and consolidated globe there is a brief span ranging about 120 degrees Of temperature, where life appears and organic evolu- tion takes place. Compared with the whole scale of temperature from absolute zero to the white heat Of the hottest stars, it is about hands breadth com pared to a mile.
 Life processes cease but chemical and mechani- cal processes go forever Life is fugitive and uncertain the bow in the clouds. and, like the bow in the clouds is confined to limited range of dtons. Like the bow, also, it is perpetual crea- ton, contract becoming, and it's source is not in the matter through which it is manifested though inseparabe from it. The material substance of life, like the raindrops, is in perpetual Aux and change. It hangs always the verge of dissolution and Vanishes when the material conditions fail to be renewed again when they return We know-do not?-that life is literally dependent or the sun is the rainbow, and equally dependent upon the material elements, but whether the physical cond tions up the whole truth about it, as they do with the bow is the insoluble question Science says Yes but our philosophy and religion say No The poets and the prophets say No.
 Where then, shall lCok for the key to this mysterious thing call life? Modern bochemistry will not listen to the old notion of vital force-that is only metaphysical will of the Wisp that leaves floundering in the quagmire If question the forces about me. what answer do I get? Molecular. attraction and repuson to say. Tt is not i'll active in the clcd as in the flower. The four principle elements-oxygen, nitrogen, hy- drogen and carbon--say, Tt is not in us, because from all eternity, ard life is not; we form only it's physical basis Warmth and moisture say Tt is not in us; we are only it's faithful nurses and handmaidens." The says, "1t is not in me; shine on dead worlds as well. I but quicken life after it is planted" The stars say. "It is not in us; have seen life and go among myriads Of worlds for untold ages" No questioning of the hea above of the earth below reveal to the secret we are in quest of.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
|E Arizona Republicans Editorial Page

But we do not really what the B c diators have to blow about No situation in Mexico changed by the deliberations at Niagara Falls It is that hostites between the Americans at Vera Cruz and the federals were suspended but ac- cording to reports of the mediation proceedings that primary subject of mediation disappeared as quickly and permanently the topic was lost sight of in Jim Blanes story of My Grandfather's Old Ram,' of which mention made after the announcement of the title.
 The mediators centered all their efforts upon the justification of the constitutionaliss and the fed erals. The former declined be represented in the proceedings, declaring there nothing to mediate and that they would be guided by the sugges-
 ons of the mediators The situation that now exists in Mexico is precisely what would have come about if there had been no attempt at mediation.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST ', 1s1
Justice delayed is justice denied.
 Gladstone.
That Fraud at Chicaqo

Now that it is assured that there will be re- publican well progressive ticket the field in Arizona, republican will be told that the split in the party" has been caused by the progress sives That takes back to the republican national sides of the have been presented, thing is agreed upOn that if Colonel Roosevelt had been nominated there would have been now a progres- sive-r republican party The whole course of the publican party would have been changed. The same forces that would have put him in nomination would have given to the party principles and management
 Were the supporters of Colonel Roosevelt justi- fled in leaving the convention when their candidate was defeated? Throughout the campaign the repub lcans declared they not but the election figures in 1912 proved most overwhelmingly that they right in protesting against the disregard of repub lican sentiment represented in the convention
 With the machinery in the hands of the Taft secured purely through federal influence there instituted in behalf Roosevelt 23S contests Many of these contests dismissed by supporters of Mir. Roosevelt, not because they groundess because the difficulty presenting sufficient proof of fraud in the selection of the Taft delegates The then confined by the Roosevelt managers thirteen where the proof of fraud was convincing involving seventy-two delegates.
 In the and districts given below there were thirty delegates and all the Taft delegates seated. Ehe election figures show that whatever the national committee decided, the republicans of these states and districts were for Roosevelt:
 Official canvass of
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
WHAT WE FORGET

Springfield, Illinois, has been having it's public schools looked into by experts from the Russell Sage Foundation under Dr. Leonard P Ayres. The report just published will help many another city.
 One reconnoiter in the survey has both an anus ing and serious aspect it starts the debatable question whether it is worth while for the child to learn matters that the average adult has forgot ten known. In college circles 1t has long been pleasantly that college graduate could ever pass his entrance examinations and get in again In Springfield the looks To throw light upon of pr. Ayres surmises eleven picked men-a state senator former lieutenant governor the president of a manufacturing concern, former superintendent of parks banker, physician a merchant lawyer, and newspaper editor, an eff ciency engineer and a cergyman-submitted them metc and history taught in the fifth sixth and seventh grades. The materials purposely cho- from the harder parts of the subjects, but were all taken from what the children made to learn What happened? Not man of the eleven made a passing mark in any subject In spelling, for in stance, the best got four words right in ten; the got all ten wrong. Out of five questions in geography, one man could answer one; each of his companions in distress got all five wrong
 Such results, of course, be easily misread But they forciby remind every school official that in choosing the subject matter of instruction he should consider. first of a the real needs of real men.-Boston Herald.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
A view of Nisch and the Royal Palace.
The President
By WALT MASON

The president has lots of troubles all kinds of grief he knows; and every day that passes doubles the number of his Unselfish friends few around him-plan is the reason why-but patriots forever hound him. and think of naught but pie Whateer he does kicks up rumpus, and makes statesmen mad. If he they say, thinks he bump us, his figuring is bad" And the grindstOne they weavin', to grind their scalping knives, and the work of getting devote their useless lives. And all the bores watching for him throughout the land, around his pathway wrestling. Gotchng shake his weary hand And all the freaks who think conditions than eer before, standing with petitions before the White House door, And silly danes who want the ballot camping his trail; methnks he'd like to take a mallet and that weird host assai I'd rather be humble carter and run the garbage van, than be the presidential martyr the goat of every Not all the glory the honor would tempt that game; 'twould out, I'd be goner before the pay day
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
Official canvass of
Contested votes in 1913

MT Taft finally nominated with majority of only twenty y-one votes The thirty -four votes alone which the elections afterward showed should have gone for Roosevelt, would have given him the nomination by twenty three votes. Tafts majority of twenty y-one included the votes of two Massachu- setts alternates who Chairman Root ruled could vote. though their principals. Roosevelt delegates, were present and would vote. Moreover, every Roosevelt delegate of the entire seventy-two in con- test had as valid claim a the thirty-four rejected by the committee
 In all these circumstances, the supporters of MT Roosevelt owed it to the majority of the republican party nation to protest in it's behalf against the disregard of their will and that protest took the form of the progressive movement. More than the defeat of Mir Roosevelt had been accomplished by that fraud The effort of the republican party to cleanse itself had been frustrated.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
The only place for Them after Their First Race Is
 Glass Covered Conservatory

he usually hasn't money enough left to buy smoking tobacco.
 Thus. yachting a sport has been left entirely to the classes, while the read about results in the morning papers and thank their maker be- cause they are compelled spend their tions hanging onto a deck which slants like Man sard roof.
 A first class yacht is from E to 90 feet long the water line and is about 175 feet tall It is built of aluminium egg shells, mahogany veneer silk oiled paper spider webbing and other light material and carries mainsai big enough to wrap around a church. It costs much money it will hold and can be operated, if the owner is economical. for about much money it takes to the state of Rhode Island.
 After such yacht this is built. the main object is hold it together until it has beaten some British yacht. This is the chief end of American yachts As a magnificent cup defender has posed for it's picture 300 times and has given q British yacht three beautiful and comprehensive
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
The War and the Exposition

San Francisco, more than any other city in this country will feel the blight of the European war The scope of the Panama Pacific Exposition will no doubt be greatly reduced by the elimination Of all the great European nations, upon whose partclpa- ton in it the success of it an international ex- position must depend The war. in all probability will be ended before the date of the opening Of the exposition but the period of preparation will have passed. The exposition. which it wasintended should eclipse all others in magnitude and in the variety display, will be limited, if it is held at ai to a national show, or, at the most, to western continental show
 Even such foreign countries as may not be involved in the war would probably decline to under take the expense of participation in an exposition from which so much detracted by the enforced withdrawal a half dozen of the greatest nations of the earth
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
WORLDS LONGEST ARCH

The most important structure of the New York Connecting railroads is the Hell Gate bridge now under construction It will be the largest span type in the world 1017 feet, and will be of imposing appearance and monumental character, designed with regard to architectural and artistic effect and eff ciency of construction.
 The span will have total weight of over 26, 900 tons, equal to 53OOO pounds per linear foot includ- ing about 19,000 tons of high carbon structural steel equivalent 900 pounds per linear foot great weight is due to the heavy loading specified
 On May l, about 10000 tons structural steel for the main span had been fabricated and it is expected that the erection will be commenced in July. Both ends of the span will be erected smul- taneously and each of them will be assembled by a steel traveller moving the roadway platform and another the top chords It is estimated that the erection will be completed in 1915. The heaviest pieces to be handled in the field will weigh about 200 tons and there will be about 1,OOOOOO 1h inch field driven rivets of them eleven inches long. all driven by pneumatic hammers.-Engneerng Record
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07

views of it's stern, it is sold some unromantic overals, who takes a large hammer and breaks it up for junk.
 The first American yacht which beat a British fleet sailed the ocean for many years after ward and is still afloat the yachts have been refined to such point the only place for them after their first is glass covered con servatory. Yacht racing has been very useful be- cause it has given Americans a subject with which to shut up an Englishman when he begins make unpleasant remarks-bu it hasn't helped the cause of navigation much in the last half century. What need mostly today is develop class steamships which will leap nimby each other in a fog
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
CHICAGO TO MOVE A RIVER?

Chicago, which conquers in the sign we will" now contemplates picking up river which is in her way and carrying it out west where she wants 1t; not very far west-Only a few city blocks, but the job will about s6,OOOOOO and that is only one item in the complicated and costly undertaking by which 1-764 of the citys area, where than twenty railroads handle every day 112,000 of freight and 100000 passengers, must be unmanacled from congestion. Drays clog the streets, commu ters throng the ways and the downtown region has still build up from average of eight story structures to the present maximum of twenty stories with a daytime population and traffic correspond ing. The present has hegeared the dreams of past boosters. Engineers now asked to provide for the future. Chicago's appetite for freight cannot be curbed by dieting Her daily meal will keep on growing. She needs digestive apparatus. Trans ference the and certain other capital opera tOns will give it to her. Freightwise she would begin life again. What is true of Chicago is true in one way another of most of the principal cities of the country-John Findley Wallace in IleSlieS
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
NEW AUTO USES GAS AND ELECTRICITY

Bearing the external appearance of an ordinary gasoline car a gas-electric automobile which is driven by electricity generated by its own power plant, has lately been patented. The current is de veloped with ten horsepower engine and five kowatt dynamo which propel the motor When the machine is not running at its maximum speed, which averages between twenty-five and thirty miles hour, the surplus power is diverted to the storage batteries, which will drive the twenty miles without rechargng. Between twenty and thirty miles be covered gallon of gaso- line.-Popular Mechanics.
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
Yacht Racing
By GEORGE FITCH Author of "At Good Old SiWash"

Yacht racing is sport which is not indulged in any great extent by the
 There are several reasons for this. In the first place to sail a yacht home from the middle of nowhere. without breeze, is not exciting trying to a gasoline engine which has sud denly gone into cOmatOse condition.
 In the second place, takes about long to design and complete first-class yacht it does to build and pay fer a sx-room cottage $9 a week
 In the third place, when the of large and handsome yacht has finished paying the bills
Arizona republican., 1914-08-07
Mediators Seek a New Job

The B c mediators are parading themselves probablv with the idea of advertising themselves proper persons to settle the European imbroglo Wherefore, we are reminded of a truth made inn mortal by J. West Goodwin, one-time editor and owner of the Sedaa (Mo.) Bazoo: He that bloweth not his own horn the same it shall not be blown"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-04

Million Dollar Mystery" Monday Best theatre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-04
France Feels Pinch of Poverty.

France is beginning to feel the eff fects of what is generally predicted will be long war. Even the battle of the Aisne now in the beginning o it's fourth week, cannot be decisive The strength of the rival armies is too great to permit of either of them suffering disastrous defeat. Each week of the fighting has served only to produce more seasoned troops and as the war progresses, the men who were reserved month ago are now fighting in the first line with vigar courage and efficiency fully on a par with that exhibited by the troops who went into it trained soldiers.
 The war is costing France $7,OOO, 900 per day, according to an official an- nouncement by Minister of Finance Rigot today. Even with this enor- nous expenditure Frances army of a million men twill be in rags at the end of two months," according to a warning by M. Galli, introducing an appeal for clothing for the troops pub lished in Le Matin.
 Nevertheless the populace contin- ues confident and determined to do everything to insure victory in the mighty struggle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-04
PSYCHOLOGICAL.
MARCUS BERNATR
 DIES SUDDENLY
Fcrner Resident of Pine Bluff Ex pires Suddenly at Home in
 Philadelphia

Marcus Bernath, 56 years of age, son of Mrs. Sarah Bernath of this city, died very suddenly Friday even ing of heart failure at his home In Philadelphia. The news of his death was received by his mother ill this city yesterday morning.
 Besides his mother he is survived by ilis wife. two brothers, Henry and Adoiph, and two sisters, Miss Lillie Bernath Of Pine Bluff, and Mrs. Henry Cook of Cincinnati. MT. and Mrs Cook will attend the fureral, which will take place this afternoon in Philadelphia.
 Mfr. Bernath was we'll known in Pine Bluff: being born and reared here He was until twenty five years ago engaged in the job printing busi- nt 1s in this city. He visited his mother last year and will be renem- bered by many of the elder residents whom he met on his last visit here He engaged in the job printing busi- ness in Philadelphia and was said to be very successful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-04
BEST THEATRE.

Monday, "The Million Dollar Mys. tery," In this episode a dramatic escape in hydroplane is shown with remarkable realism. The pictures were taken at the risk of many ives When you see this episode with its startling thrills, you'll realize why you don't want to miss this one.e
 In addition to "The Million Dollar Mystery we will show a great Vita graph comedy, featuring John Bunny and Flora Finch in Hearts and Dia- monds.' To make a hit with Flora, wealthy spinster and an ardent baseball fan, Bunny gets up base hall team and challenges the Cornfeds. With the score to in favor of the Cornfeds, Bunny wallops out home run, brings in two runs and wins the game.
 Wednesday, another one of those interesting an dexciting series, "The Perils of Pauline"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-04
Expanding Bullet Wounds' Received When Enemy
 Is Close at Hand. <
BULLETS NOT DEADLY
or 300 Wounded Last Week NVt Two Fer Cent Hayc Fcsteryd and Not a SIneIe Che Has Resulted Fatally,
 According to Physicians.

London, Oct. 3.--Close range fight ing may be the explanation of re- peated dum-dum bullets charges by the different armies in the field. This <, the result of inquires in London hospitals. It is found that all the so- called expanding bullet wounds" have been received when the enemy was close at hand.
 ''At anything under 200 yards" said a prominent surgeon today, the force of impact of the modern rifle bullets is so great that it acts in a manner closely resembling that of an expanding or dum-dum bullet"
 Another medical observer declared today that in the crowded military wards of the London hospital tine thing that strikes one most is the al- most complete absence of septic or blood poisoning" cases. Out of 300 wounded of men received in tie last week not two per cent have fcstere and not one has resulted fatally This result is considered to be due both .o the non-lacerating qualities of the modern rifle bullet, and secondly to tie great efficiency of the first-aid dressing our soldiers carry in their field kit. Some 200 wounds are caus- ed by sharpnel. another seventy by rifle bullets, and most of the remain der are fractures of limbs due to falls from guns, or the. like.
 Practically all the rifle bullet and sharpnel wounds, except those in which bones were fractured, have healed by "first-intention" that is. have required no drainage and have closed up from the start. As re-
 ault the great majority of the mer are up and about
 A private of the East Surrey Regi ment, who was shot through the cnes1 and lung thirteen days ago said he was to be out of bed in day or two and-he hoped-soon on route fol Berlin.
 In the next bed lay man with ar extremely lacerated wound of the leg caused by sharpnel. That this ragged wound has escaped bloodpoisonins can be due only to the practical pro tective qualities of the antiseptic fielt dressing promptly applied by the man: chum on the battle field.
 Another case which, according tt all the laws of probabilitic. should have been immediately fatal, is t!la' of gunner of the Royal Field Artil lery. who, while lying down, was hi on the top of the shoulder. The bull. let has been located by X-rays some where near the centre of the aO0U. men, but as yet no attempt has beer made to remove it, since the patien1 is already well on towards recovery
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-04
That Is, If Plans of Local Committee Are Followed
 by Railroad.
MAKE ALTERATIONS
Railroad Commission Will Be Asked to Order Improvements That WIll Give Travellers
 Comfort,

Alterations to cost in the neighbor- hood of $5000 were made yesterday afternoon to the plans prepared by the iron Mountain railroad for the improvement of the Union station at this place. The combined committees of the Chamber of Commerce, Young Mems Progressive Bushes league and tine city council adopted two rlans, which will be submitted to the Arkansas railroad comimssion with the request that one be adopted. With the alterations made to the plans, the entire cost of the Improvements would amount to about $25,OOO.
 The original plans, with the altera- itons suggested by the local commit tee will be presented to the city council Monday night for adoption after which. they will be taken tc Little Rock Tuesday and turned ovel ot the railroad commission, with the request that work begin within thirty days.
 The alterations suggested by tho committee are:
 Extending the umbrella shed over beth tracks, instead of one, as Is specified in the original plans.
 Extend proposed brick platform BOG feet east, making 1t 900 feet long in stead of 500 as specified.
 Extend platform east oi present ex- press office from AS to 34S eet.
 This means an extension of every thing from Alabama to Georgia street dhe original plans only calling foi Improvements to Alabama street.
 Want brick platform north of depot with covering. Tslis is asked to pro- tect all passengers from the rain ccming and going from the depot III vchicles.
 Eliminate the present bay window in the white waiting r0ow.
 Put 50-foot driveway north oi present station and convert the bal ance of the property into parkway Present plans call for 20-foot drive way. :. Cover the open sitch in their prop. erty.
 Plan No. 2 Is to add . second story cn t.iat part of the building now used as white and colored waiting room The ticket office to be up stairs using the same kind of shed as called for in the other plan, which permits departing passengers to go from the upstairs waiting room down DricS platform and enter trains there, after messengers have been discharged from aincoming trains.
 Plan No. ? would give Pine Bluff 2 depot built on the same style as the Union station at Little Rock. only smaller In sise. The majority of the committee favor the latter plan. bu' are not particular which of the two are adopted by the railroad, believ- ing that either one will serve Pine Bluffs purpose for . number ol years.
 The plans will be on display at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, and Secretary Bloom will be glad to have the ladieD view them.