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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

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millionaires, showing just how they
made their money. could be publish
ed, what a rush there would be for
ub-collars and for outgoing steam
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-03


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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20

| Treasurer.
A committee consisting Of President
DeRossitt, Dr. L. H. Merritt and Hon.
/. .. Fitzpatrick was selected to con-
fer with Judge L. A. RoIfe concerning
the putting the section of road between
Forrest City and Black Fish Lake in
passable condition and to offer to the
Judge the cooperation Of the associa-
tlon in this move.
1t was generally decided that every
effort be made to make the impossible
parts of this road passable by the 18th
of July. at which time a Good Roads
Institute is to be held in Forrest CITY
Immediately after party in company
with the Highway Commission and the
Highway Engineer will make trip to
Memphis and interest Memphians on
the building of that part of the old
Military Road in Cross county
Meeting adjourned to meet at the
Court House June IS, $50 ?. NJ.
j. 0. RUSH, Sec. Treas.
The public can decide from
the foregoing which of US is
acting in good faith in our po-
slhon on this question, | am
an advocate Of good roads, but
believe that they should be built
on more economical lines than
heretofore suggested.
Lon SLAUGHTER.
We have read the foregoing
letter signed by Mr.. Lon Slaugh-
ter, and Will say that we were
present at the meeting referred
to in said letter, and that Sen
ator DeRossitt was present and
did accept the presidency and
made a speech endorsing the
St Francis county branch OF
the Ocean-to-0cean Highway
and SO far as our knowledge
extends, the statement made il
said letter are true.
EDWARD robson.
]. .. RUSH.
II, A. FERRELL.
/ Advertisement
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20

4 branch Of the American School
Peace League has been organized in
Forrest City by the teachers Of the
Forrest City High School Through
the efforts Of the league Rabbi ".
NJ. Fineshriber, of Memphis gentle.
man OF culture and much learning.
viii deliver lecture upon the sub.
ject of international peace at the
courthouse in this city on next Mon
day evening, beginning at o'clock.
Rabbi FineShriber is noted chautau-
qua speaker and his lecture in this
city will be free to everybody and the
courtroom will no doubt be packed 10
capacity TO hear him.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20

There is nothing more discouragiug
thanachronic disorderof the stomach,
and it is surprising that many suffer
for years with an ailment when a
permanent cure is within their reach
and may be had for trite. "A bout
one year ago" says p. II, Beck, OF
Wakelee. Mich, Il bought pack.
age of Chamberlain Tablets, and
since using them have felt perfectly
we'll | had previously used any
number OF different medicines, but
none OF them were OF any lasting ben
eft" Sold by all dealers
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20
LON SLAUGHTER
PROVES THE POINT
Shows by the Record that What MIR.
DeRossitt Denies is Absolutely
True---Convincing Letter.

Mr.. F. W, De Rossitt, in his
speech at Goodwin on Thursday
March 10Th, 1914, stated that
had been brought out as a can.
didate for the state senate by
DR.. Rush for the purpose of
putting through what is known
as the State Highway bill.
In answer to this speech
stated, and now state, that Or.
Rush nor anyone else ever
asked my opinion or views on
the State Highway bill prior
10 my announcement for the
senate. am opposed to all
bills heretofore proposed or
adopted for the construction of
a highway through st. Francis
county, and have always been
opposed to same.
In my speech at Goodwin |
charged that Mr.. DeRossitt was
president of the st. Francis
county branch of the highway
association, which he denied.
The following is a copy of
the minutes Of the meeting of
the highway association show
ing the election of Mr.. DeRos-
slit as president of said asso-
citation
COURT HoUsf
FoRREsT CITY, ARK, June p, 1913.
After having welcomed and conferred
with State Highway Engineer L A.
Kingsley Of Little Rock regarding the
link Of road from the State line atTeN-
arbau, to Forrest CityJa0d given as
surance Of our support in the building
Of this road it was sugge sted that the
St Francis County branch Of tie South
4rn ocean-to- Ocean Highway be or
canned and this was doue
Senator F. w De Ross.tl was eject.
al President. and MIR, s. Il Mann, frs
President. and MIR Edward Role
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20
Chamberlain's Tablets Tor Constiua

+ or constipation, Chamberlain
Tablets are excellent. Easy TO take.
mild and gentle in effect Give them
trial. For sale by all dealers.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20
Mayors Election Proclamation. b,

NOTICE j, hereby given thai there viii be
an election held in the city Of Forrest CIV
>as, ON
Tuesday, April :. 1914,
for the purpose OF electtng the following
Officers for the above named civ.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-20
EDWARD robson.
]. Q. RUSH.
II A. FERRELI..

Advertisement
Evening star., 1914-10-25

He had Infantile Paralysis
fortwo years. We treated
him 8 months. Compare
the two photographs.
Then read his mothers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
GENERAL SUCCESS
 AGAINST RUSSIANS
 CLAIMED BY AUSTRIA

Manchester. Mass. October 2o.--Dt Konstantin Dunba. the Austro Hun garian ambassador. made public tonight this wireless from the Vienna foreign office:
 "The battle east of Chyrow and Przsmysi has brought us more great successes. The fighting near Mizynl@z was the most stubborn. The heights of Magiera. until now in the hands of the enemy and an obstaclesin our ad vance. were carried by our troops after heavy artillery bombardment. North of Mizyniez we came in storming distance of Russians and east of Przemysl We nearly reached Medylsa.
 '')n the southern battle wing the continued attack of the Russians chief ly directed against the heights south west of Stry and Sambor. were repulsed In Strey and in the Amstica valley our troops advanced under continued fight ing and engaged In struggle with tho enemy on the banks of the Rive, San. The Russians continued their a.. tack on our forces on the eastern bank; after nightfall but 1t was complets failure.
 "In Russian Poland the united cav. airy forces of Germany and Austria. Hungary repulsed big hostile cavalr, column which was attempting to make progress west of Warsaw"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21

Speeding on the straightaway stretch one hour and ten minutes late. Engineer w. s. Daniels of train No. 1, Alabama Great Southern railroad. Cincinnati- New Orleans passenger, saw shadow across the rails about 400 yards north of Elm wood cemetery crossing at 1l:4S o'clock last night.
 A moment later Engineer Daniels real ized that he had seen the shadow or death. as he felt his engine leave the rails and the forward trucks crunch over the wooden ties He applied the brakes and they held, but the heavy train or II coaches slid quarter of a mile and IT. nally came to stop just past the Eim- wood cemetery crossing.
 Engineer Daniels. his fireman and Con ductor w. s. Page quickly descended from the train and ran to the front of the engine to investigate the cause of the derailment A glance was sufficient
 1t was discovered that an S5-pound steel rail had been placed lengthwise across the tracks as an obstruction to send the sleeping passengers on the southbopnd express to death.
 cinnati. who was on his private car at tached to the rear of the train. was quick ly brought forward to the wrecked en- eine. accompanied by Superintendent w. !. Edwards. who has local headQuarters These officials at once notified their dis- 'patcher, who communicated with the nheriffz office and the police depart ment As
 From police headquarters Detectives Williams and Alexander. Officer Edward Bureess and Sergeant Edward Lyons went to fhe scene from the sheIdffs Of- fice, Deputies Chew and DeJarnetts.
 No trace Of the wreckers vas dIscov- oepA zt wss deplored that DO blooa'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
BALANCE OF TRADE WILL SWING TO U. s.
 SOON, SAYS PAISH

Washington, October 20.-Problems of international exchange at present worrying the federal reserve board soon will be solved. the balance of trade again will swing to the United States and the payment of immense sums of American gold to England be rendered unnecessary in the opinion of Sir George Paish special adviser to the English chancellor of the exchequer, now in Washington to discuss foreign exchange conditions with treasury officials.
 "At the present time" Sir George said today, England. of course, feels the, she wants money that Is owed her. We have coming from the Unl ted States probably more than $20o 900. 900. The ordinary means is by gold. but in the course of business the bal ance usually is taken care of by pur- chases of American securities or b1 payment for your crops. In view of the present situation In your country the payment of this large amount of gold now might prove inconvenient aud England was glad to respond to a pro posal that the case be talked about and an effort made to find some way of meeting the difficulty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
PROSECUTION WILL CLOSE CASE AGAINST
 MRS. CARAVAN TODAY
Witnesses Called to Establish the AL legged Motive of Jealousy-Two Star Witnesses Expected to
 Take the Stand Today

Mineola, N. Y., October 20.-The pros ecution's case against Mrs. Florence conkling Carman. on trial here for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey. will be completed tomorrow. District Attorney Lewis J. Smith announced this at the close of day spent in drawing from score of witnesses circumstantial evidence by which he hopes to link Mrs. Carman d. rectly with commission of the crime.
 Many of today's witnesses were called to establish the alleged motive-Je Jealousy. One was Mrs. Elizabeth Variance. trained nurse whose face Mrs. Carman slapped when she saw pr. Carman give her money and allow her to kiss him. 1t was testi- fled.
 new fact was developed which the prosecution seemed to consider sIgnifi- cant. Physicians who performed the au- fled that she would have become moth CT had she lived.
 Two star witnesses will testify tomor- row One Is Celia Coleman, the negro maid and the other is Frank Farrell, un- employed engineer. Farrells story is that he was at the back door of the Carman house at the time of the shooting. He is quoted as saying he saw Mrs. Carman run into the house from the side yard di- rectly after he heard the crash of break ing glass and the report of revolver shot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO WRECK A. c. s. TRAIN
 WITHIN CITY LIMITS

hounds were available as all the sheriff 8 dogs have been poisoned.
 Investigation showed that the rail had been placed across the tracks about 40O yards north of the Elmwood cemetery crossing It was laid in such manner that fin the cleaning rays of the headlight Of the oncoming engine, 1t would appear as the shadow of telegraph pole across the tracks.
 On the scene of the attempted wreck, Engineer Daniels explained to an Age Herald reporter that he thought that there was shadow across tho track and paid no more attention to 1t until he felt the engine hit an obstruction Then he damned on the emergency brakes and left the rest to the Almighty.
 General Manager Baker and Superin- tendent Edwards could not be inter- viewed as they had backed away to Fourteenth street crossing in their pri- vate car. At 1 o'clock, ? hours and % minutes late. No. finally started and disappeared down the track to Tusca- loosa and left the officers and deputy sheriffs on the scene to hunt down the wrecker.
 There is already large reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the per son or persons who wrecked the train at Livingston. This reward Is now ex- pectcd to be increased following the at- tempt of last night. which the euthoritiea believe was by the name band.
 At the dispatcher's office of the Ala bama Great Southern railroad, no report of the attempted wreck had been made at an early hour tt1is mornfnE. It was stated that the report had In all proba bil- ity been made to General Manager Baker i1. person as he was on the scene.
 Train No. 1 was made up Of one bag sage ear, one mail car, nix sleepers and three day coecheo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
Commercial Attaches
 To Visit Birmingham
Department of Commerce Informs Underwood of Intended Trip Would Get in Touch With Leaders of All Local Tn
 dustries-Wil Be Here October 27

tertsted in export trade in the various towns which they viSit and as each ot these men II we'll dualified to spes's of conditions in the countries to which he Ia accredited those who are inter- csted can get a large amount of very valuable information"
 To which the department adds hope that MT. Underwood twill call this mat ter to the attention of his constituents and expresses it's desire to cooperate whenever the opportunity presents it. self"
 An invitation for the trio to par ticipate in the tours of the board of di- rectors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States has been acc opted by the department The itinerary of the directors schedules them to reach Birmingham on October 27 and to leave on the following day for Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21

Washington, october 2o.--(6pecial ) The department of commerce today in- formed Representative Underwood that three of the newly appointed commer- eial attaches would visit Birmingham on October 27 and 2S and hoped on this visit to get into close touch with the leaders in all branches of the manu- facturing financial and commercial circles of that part of Alabama. Fur ther, the letter said.
 "rhe three gentlemen are Dr. All bert Hale, pr. C. w. A. Veditz and Erwin W. Thompson. who have been appointed commercial attaches at Buenos Aires. Paris and Berlin. respect lively. They will be able to confer with the manufacturers and merchants in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
TO OUTLINE PLAN
 IN MONTGOMERY TONIGHT

Montgomery, October 20.-(Special) Senator John H. Bankhead will appear before a mass meeting of citizens at the capitol tomorrow night and dis cuss his plan for the issuance of $40.- oO0 oO0 of state bonds with which tp purchase one-half of the states cot ton crop at 10 cents pound.
 The meeting probably will be largely atterden. inasmuch as there will b" hundreds of delegates in the city "a attendance on the annual convention. of tho Alabama Good Roads associa ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21

ton. The governor of Alabama and other state officials have been invite to be present.
 Walter Clark, who has been one rf tiie leaders in the fight to reduce cot ton acreage in Texas, South Carolina and other states, will be present at tho meeting and deliver an address
 Senator Bankhead arrived in Mont gomcry tonight at 10 o'clock. and aft CT speaking to few of his friends In the hotel lobby went immediately to his room. He came here principally to make an address tomorrow night on his plan for financing the cotton crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
.CARRANZA ORDERS
 HILL TO ADVANCE
 UPON HERMOSILLO
Villas Agreement Not to Send Troops Into Sonora if Advance Was Abandoned Is Dis-
 regarded

Douglas. Ariz.. October 2o.-General Car ranza has ordered Gen. Benjamin Hill at Naco, Sonora, to advance on Hermosillo. capital of Sonora. according to telegrams said to have been exchanged between Hill and Gen. Juan Cabral. Hill is under siege at Naco by Governor Maytorena.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1---Germans fail to break allied lines. Steel corporation dissolution suit on Attempt to wreck A. q. $. House revives hope for cotton relief 2--Amcrican Bar association meets
 in Washington. s--Reserye board and gold pool plan 4--Editorial comment. 5-I4ively meeting of city commission. Exporters discuss cost of handling
 cotton.
 Heated debate between Motion and
 Ward.
 Lack of confidence responsible for
 conditions. 6--society. 7--Sports. 9--Markets 10- Optimism keynote at real estate
 meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21

London, October 2o-d:10 a. m.)-A dis patch from Copenhagen to the Central News says:
 "The Berliner Tageblatt publishes a telegram from Bucharest saying that evi- dently big Russian-T Turkish naval bat tie has taken place in the Black sea. Exceedingly heavy firing, lasting con siderable time, is reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
JAP CRUISER
 SUNK BY S-9O

Picking. China, October s.--A dispatch osition in Kiauchau says the Japanese chau harbor the night of october IT by the German torpedo boat S-S0. according to advices in Tsingtau.
 Sasebo, Japan. October D.-U p. m) According to news reaching here today only three of the 2s4 members of the crew of the Japanese cruiser Takachiho. which was sunk by mine in Kiauchau hay on the night of October 1T. sur vive the disaster. The body of Captain Ito has been recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
GERMAN TORPEDO
 BOAT DESTROYED

Tokio October 20.-It was announced officially in Tokio today that the Ger man torpedo boat S-so. which escaped from Tsingtau under cover of darkness, has been found aground and destroyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
NEGRO LYNcHED

Selma. october 2o.--Members of a Southern railway crew arriving here tonight say a negro porter of hotel at York was lynched at that place about o'clock tonight by mob of enraged citizens. 1t is stated the negro showed white women off ths sidewalks there and insulted them. When the train lefe York. crew members said. the mob had the negro headed for the outskirts of the town with rope around his neck. The name of the negro was not learned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
German Efforts To Break
 Allied Front Are Rep141sed
LAPS ARE DEFEATED AT TSINGTAU
THE WAR SITUATION
FRssasJE

FRSNJE
 Paris official where repuIsed.
 The o effort of of the sby La the the Albert the finally the Mouse and In the region of Champion "Everywhere German attacks have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
Selling Iron

Sheffield. october 9O-( Especial blower two train loads of pig iron has been shipped from the Sloss-s Sheffield furnace this month to the Camden Iron works. located at Camden. N. J. The plant is running on full time and putting out :ts usual quota of iron notwithstanding the hard times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
SUMMARY OF CASE

New York, October D.. Especial "A summary Of the brief of the United states. Steel corporation in the auit of the government against 1t. has just been
 tCsnti.ss1 - Pess rwsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-21
HALF MILLION WOUNDED

London, October %. Doctor Les- lie Hidden Guest. who established six Angro-French hospitals in France. tod4t estimated the num- ber Of wounded in that country at half million.