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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
SOIL SURVEY Of
 COUNTY CERTAIN
Six Men Will Be Put to Work in Jefferson Within
 Few Weeks.

Confirmation of the proposed sof. survey for Jefferson county was re- ceived in this city yesterday in let ter to John H. Tucker, Jr., secretary of the Young Mems Progressive Busi- ness league, and it is now an assured fact that this work will be taken up in Jefferson county during the win ter.
 Senator Joe T. Robinson, who has been quite active in an effort to have a soil survey conducted in Jefferson county, is in receipt of the following letter, which was yesterday received by Mir. Tucker from him:
 Hon Joseph T. Robinson, United States Senate. Dear Senator Robinson, "The department has been conduct ing soil surveys in the state of Arkan- sas for number of years, and I have just arranged for the assignments fol the winter season of 1914-1915, which will include the completion of sur vey of Yell county, galso soil survey of Jefferson county. It is our purpose to put six men from the department in this work during the winter season "Very truly yours.
 CARL VROOMAN, | Assistant Secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
Three Day Exhibition of Products of Canning and
 Poultry Clubs of County.
GIRLS GOOD FARMERS
Misses Obtain From $40 to $50 From One.Tenth of Acre of Tomatoes. Numerous Prizes to Be
 Awarded.

The canning and poultry exhlbifs of the Jefferson county canning and poultry clubs will be held in this city Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Ex- hibts will be entered by practically every member of the club, and a large number of prizes have been of- fered by business men and individn- als that will be given to members having the best exhibits.
 The fair, which is the first of its kind in Jefferson county, bids fair to be complete success from every standpoint. Miss Mary Fortner, fe1. eral canning club agent for Jeffersc'' county, spent the past week visiting her members and urging them enter their best exhibits. A special features of the fair will be demon strations and lectures to be given by |C. w. Watson, state agent, and Miss Emma Archer, state organizer of the girls clubs.
 Tomatoes Yield $4OO An Acre.
 During her trip over the country Miss Fortner learned that Miss Gladys Fauce.te, who resides on rural route No. 1, has made over $40 this season on 1-10 of an acre of toma- toes.
 Miss Martha Culpepper of 12ls East Second avenue has cIeared over
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
DISCLAIM
 RESPONSIBILITY Turk Government Blames German Ship Captains for
 War-Like Acts. BOMBARD SEBASTOPOL Renorted Also That Turkish Squadron Has Attacked Russian Black Sea
 Fleet--Italians Are
 Divided.
BOMBARD SEBASTOPOI

London. Oct. 31.-War has been de- clared between Russia and Turkey declares a message from a prlvate ,, source of great reliability in Constan- tinon,e. This information was con yeyed to London tonight without con- firm,at tion. and no confirmation IS obtainable here, but dispatch rom Petrograd declared that diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkey had been broken off and that the Russian ambassador with the emDas- CIV staff and members of the consular corns had left Constantipole. The or ficia1 statement issued tonight by the nress bureau states that the Turkish government summarily shut off all communication with the embassy III Constantinople, evidently an act pre- saging further acts or aggreesioi' against Great Britain.
 The press bureau bulletin adds:
 "The British government must take whatever action it required to protect British interests in that territory ana also in Egypt from any attacks ma de Or threatened"
 The Italian cabinet held stormy session today, according to dispatches from Rome. The war and peace narties clashed and one minister IS known to have resigned while seV- erar others have threatened to qult:
 One report circulated early in the l evening was that the entire caDine! had resigned. Signor Rubin, head o' Ilhe treasury department, who oppos- ed the demands of General Vutteih minister of war, for further approprl' ationes for the army, was the first ie tender his resignation to the premief 1 Efforts of his colleagues to induce him to reconsider had not been frull- full up to a late hour.
 Enrlend Makes Demands.
 A note has been sent to the subhm porte demanding an explanation ? Turkey's raid on Russian Black SC norts the dismissal of German or. f;cers and men on Turkish ships an ;the dismantling of the former Germa' lcrnisers Breslau and Goeben upon lpain of severance of diplomatlc reid tions with the powers Of the trip.- lentent. - :,
 Turkish warships are reported te have bombarded Sebastopol ana Turkish squadron has attacked .h' Russian Black sea fleet, sinking rhine lawyer and a torpedo boat de stroyed and capturing collier. II Turkey continues to refrain iron
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
WILL RE-ESTAbLISH
 COTTON INDUSTRY
New York Bankers to Pro- vide $10,000,000 to Finance Brokers-English Bank CTS Will Help Liver
 pool Traders.

Washington, Oct. 31.--An outlet for the Ied-up cotton market of this country was worked out today when at conference of federal reserve and private bankers together with sir George Pash and Basil B. Blackett, representing the British treasury, it was agreed to simultaneously open up on November 16 the New York and Liverpool Cotton exchanges.
 Sir George Paish spoke authorltat- ively he said, for his government as to the Liverpool exchange.
 This is the first vitaY move coming out of the conference of the American and British bankers to remove the stress of international money affairs due to the war.
 The first important step to be taken by the bankers will be to agree next week upon a system of exchange Of nine-months' certificates that may he used by American merchants in lieu of turning over $400, 100000 of gold to England to strike the balance of trade.
 Bankers to Aid Brokers.
 The day decided upon to open the Liverpool and New York cotton ex- changes is that already fixed by Sec retary of the Treasury McAdoo for op- ening the federal reserve system. Throwing open the New York ex- change and the huge federal reserve banking system, it is predicted here today, would at once give a tremen- dous impetus to American money. In connection with the re-opening of the New York Cotton exchange. 1t was learned also that group of New York bankers has agreed to under write loan of about $10,O0O.OO0 to carry cotton brokers through the storm that will break on them with the resumption of trading and save them from disaster.
 Hundreds of brokers on both the Liverpool and New York exchanges have many contracts known to the profession as Spread and straddle contracts" on their hands when the exchanges were closed. These con- tracts had been entered into at pre- vailing prices which were much high | : 4f {.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
Many Prominent Citizens in Movement for More 1nl
 terest in Religious Work.
CONTINUE TWO WEEKS
According to Plans Meetings Will Be Held Each Week day Evening at Three Churches in
 the City.

Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock the joint evangelistic campaign will be- gin in three churches of the city. The meetings will be held simultane- ously and persons living nearest to any of the three churches are re- quested by the committee to attend services at that church. The three churches where the meetings will he held are First Presbyterian church Second Avenue Presbyterian church and the Hawley Memorial church.
 The meetings are scheduled to con. tinue for two weeks, but should inter. est continue to be manifested in them they will continue longer. Practical. ly every minister in the city will take part in the meetings, which wifi be held merely for the purpose oi promoting interest in church work in the city.
 Program for Week. The following is the program fol the first weeks meetings at the First Presbyterian church:
 Nov 2. Topic-"What will do te bring revival in Pine Bluff" lay men speaking-V. o. Alexander, Dr J. w. Lemons, Carl Smith. w. H. Flo, and R. P. Garner, Dr. J. I. Norris fol | lowing with address.
 1 Nov. 3. Topic-"Prayer the Sourc, of Power;" laymen speaking-S. P Hines, Prof. J. R. Allen, J. H. Wat kines, J. J. Murphy and D. w. Richey followed with address by Dr. Jame, Thomas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
FARMERS CONFESSES
 TO REVOLVING CRIME
Illinois Man Destroyed Wife and Four Children With Dynamite for
 Woman Who Caused His Arrest.

St. Louis, Oct. 31-"With me spend ing all my time and money with another woman, thought they would be better off dead.''
 In these words Scott Stone, q farmer living near Champaign, Ill. today told why he mur dered his wife and four children by blowing up his home with ten sticks of dynamite ol inc niy 6! Ser;e'nrtr 28
 Withe ut emotion Sore confessed after he had been arrested at Jeffer' son Barracks, where few days ago he began an enlistment in the United States army
 The woman with whom ac was in fatuated and for whom he destroved his family, in revulsion nt his crime gave the authorities the information which resulted in his ar rest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
PINE BLUFF MAN IS
 TOUCHED" FOR Sl5O
Pine Bluff Man Didn't Know He Had Been Robbed Until It Was
 Too Late.

An echo of the Barnum & Bailey circus which exhibited in Littte Rock, Saturday, October "A, came to Pine Bluff yesterday when F. M. Cook of 2O22 West Eleventh avenue, this city cabinet worker for the Chas. T. Abeles company at Little Rock, says that he was relieved of $150 as ne boarded an Iron Mountain train. ac- companied by his wife. for Pine Bluf
 Mir. Cook says that he did not dis cover that he had been touched" un- til after he had boarded the train when he found two of his pockets turned upside down. MT. Cook is o1 the opinion that "slicker" following the circus made the rich haul.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
DEMOCRATS WILL
 ELECT SENATORS
Party's Majority Will Be
 Increased by Five In House to 100.

Washington Oct. 31.-The Demo. cratic national committee in fore cast tonight predicts the election next Tuesday of five Democratic United States senators and enough congress men to assure the party majority of 100 in the house.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01

London, Oct. 31.-The following
 ireless dispatch has been received tom Berlin: "The main army head uarters today gave out the following eport:
 Yesterday our army in Belgium ccupied the towns of Roms. Zatelle nd Bixschote in their advance upon Tpres. Also they made progress by lttacks on Zeandzoorode, Hollodeke lnd Wandeke. They captured Com mines, to the east of Soissons. The Pnemy was dislodged from some well protected positions north of Vailly |where the German lines are formed. Latest official dispatches from Con- |stantinople state that the Turkish Eject sank two Russian vessels with mo Turkish losses"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
sHAKE.UP IN MINN. TEAM.
Six Members 0s Washington Amer. ican League Secured Fer
 Nexf Year

SMi.s eapolis, Minn., Oct. 31.-That there vii; be a sweeping change in the Minneapolis baseball teams line up in 1915 became apparent when Mike Cantillon announced that six members of the Washington Amer ican league club had been secured for next year.
 We are unable to make known the names of the players at the pres ent time. as it might spoil the deal.' declared President Cantillon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
Chicagosrl Suicides.

St. Louis. Oct. 31.-Walter Thield. general manager of the Grand-Stev- en Mercantile company of Chicago
 shot himself at the offices of the com pany here late today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
RMARINE WORKS
 IN DOVER STRAITS
sh Light Cruiser TOrpedOed and Destroyed by German Craft. Nothing Definite in the East.

Indon. Oct. 31.-The press bureau |ially announces tonight that the ish light cruiser Hermes was tor bed and sunk by German subma-
 in the straits of Dover today. All hoard were saved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX,

LOST-Liver and white bird dog puppy; about months old; tail cut off. Return to Knox Walker Furr. Co.,, and secure reward 10-27-.f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01
4ooo BALES BURN.
Cotton Valued at $2OO,00O Festr"yed
 at Moultrie, Ga.

Moultrie, Ga., Oct. 31.-Fire de- stroyed a warehouse and ion0 aa,es of cotton, causing loss cf $200,iCO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01

london, Oct. 31.-The press bureau ke out the following statement to- During the afternoon in an attack Vailly, the allies drove back the emy, inflicting heavy losses and bturing 1000 prisoners and two ma |ine guns.
 Fin the forest of Argonne, to the est of VerdIa, and to the north Of bule, the Germans attacked fiercely, It were driven off with heavy losses. F'No definite decision has been reach in the northwestern theatre of war. lest of Warsaw the Russians are fol- wing slowly but surely"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-11-01

kris Oct. 31, il p. m.-Tonight's
 eial statement merely says: Latest reports from the front con- nothing of importance to an- |nce. At the center we have advanced in region of Souain. Everywhere we are maintaining our posi- ls."
The record., 1914-05-28
Death Of Richard J. Williams.

Mr.. Richard J. Williams, aged 10
years, died at his home at White
Plains at s o'clock last Sunday
night, after an illness that for some
weeks had confined him to his room,
cancer of stomach having develop
ed. Deceased was veteran of the
civil war, being a valiant soldier in
the 18th. Kentucky, seeing service
at Fort Donelson, Nashville, +,
PerryvIlle and Shiloh. He was
well known throughout this section,
being a man of many likable char.
acteristlcs. Funeral services were
held at the home at O'Clock Mon
day afternoon, conducted by Rev.
Fosher, a minister of the Universal,
ist church, of Hopkinsville, of
which faith deceased was a faithful
adherent. Surviving are his wife,
son, Clarence, and a daughter,
Mrs ID. G. Harrison, of White
Plains, and Mr.. Chas. \. Williams,
of this city. Interment was In
Concord graveyard, and a host of
friends attended the services.
The record., 1914-05-28

Revenue inspectors for the state
have been active past several days
among automobile owners, and all
over the state have been picking up
people who have failed to keep their
cars licensed. In some cases license
tags have been found that have cx-
pired two years ago, and few were
running cars that never had been
licensed. Altogether several thou.
sand dollars will eventually lie re-
covered, it is thought, as the penal
ties add considerably to the funds.
From what has been discovered,
greater activity will follow, and
every section of Kentucky will be
pu: under the closest scrutiny.
The record., 1914-05-28

Hon. WILLIAM O'CoNNELL BRAD
LEY, senior Kentucky Senator, died
in Washington City at 9I5 O'Clock
last Saturday night, after an illness
of a few days from a complication
of troubles He was brilliant
lawyer and a successful man in pol
itics, being the only Republican
who had been Governor of the State
and elected to the U. S. Senate.
The body was brought to his home
at Frankfort, where interment was
made Tuesday afternoon, many
notable personagcs from all over the
country being in attendance.
The record., 1914-05-28
D. Ward King in Idaho.
Lewiston Idaho, May %, 1914.

Lewiston ldaEo, May %, 1914.
Onen l.. Roark,
Editor Record.
Greenville, Ky.
Our campaign for log dragged
roads In the territory surrounding
Lewiston closed this afternoon with
an address in this City. The series
of lectures delivered by Mr.. ID.
Ward King of Missouri have arous'
ed and enthused the CON munity.
Scores of farmers have promised to
build split log road drags.
On Tuesday Of next week a
Good Road Day will be observed
throughout the county; the firm of
Hames & Wallace, at Waha, has
donated logs for those who wish to
build drsgs.
Our people are quite generally
expressing the opinion that move
ment has been started which will re-
sui, in the continuous and substan-
fial improvement of our highways at
a nominal cost.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. JESSIE ADAM
Asst. Sect. Lewiston Com. Club.
The record., 1914-05-28

see me now Mrs. Wilson Robson.
and saw me two months ago seem
astonished. I tell them Peruna did
It. I will say 1t is the only remedy
for spring and all other ailments"
No argument is needed for Peruna.
Just get a bottle and try 1t. II
you have catarrh of the stomach you
have a serious trouble. II you want
20 find a remedy 1t would be very easy
to make the experiment. Before you
have taken Peruna a week you will
likely find yourself better. then you
will need no testimonials on the part
Of other people. or arguments to con-
vince you. Until you try Peruna.
however. all the testimonials I'm the
world and arguments, however log
ical. will not move YOU. Just one
trial Of Peruna will convince you.
Persons who object to liquid medi-
eines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
The record., 1914-05-28

Instead of dissolving the "a B-Cn
mediation board In the event of its
labors being rendered needless by
events, President Wilson should ask
il To persuade the laundries not to
starch negligee shirt bosoms.
The record., 1914-05-28

One hopeless cynic remarks that
he would not r1ind an automobile
accident so much if the ufirst aid
to the injured" amateurs did not IN
sist on experimenting on him.
The record., 1914-05-28

MEXICO has reason to congratu-
late itself. There was a time when
il any nation had weakened itself as
Mexico has done it would have been
torn TO pieces and benevolently as
simulated by the neIghbors.
The record., 1914-05-28

Ar the circus which he visited re-
Gently President Wilson fed the ele-
phant a peanut, this being the only
official recognition the G.. o. p. has
received from the administration
thus far.
The record., 1914-05-28

INTELLIGENT sweet girl graduates
are preparing to reject the expensive
graduation garment. This further
proof that wonders never cease
shows there is still hope that the
stiff masculine collar will be abolish
ed some day.
The record., 1914-05-28

EVERYBODY is quarreling about
Senator LaFuliette's use of 365
pages of The Congressional Record
for his speech, but no one has vol
unteered to read the speech to see
If II is worth the space.
The record., 1914-05-28

NouINArION OF Penrose, PI'mer
and Pinchpt in Pennsylvania recalls
the pcrs Picacious Peter Piper, who
picked a peck of picked peppers.
The record., 1914-05-28
81 snscf Trouble;
Wholly Restored!

Mrs. Wilson
Robson, ilf
Nessle ST.,
Toledo. Ohio,
writes:
Il feel like
a new person.
! have no
more heavy
feelings, no
more pain.
don't belch up
gas, can eat
most anything
w 1T h ou t ii
hurting me. I
want to be
working all
the time. L
have gained
twenty = four
pounds.
People that
-A~ ~. ~@-s
The record., 1914-05-28

Calomel. Calomel. you cannot
stay for LIV-VER-LAX has shown
us an easier way. Ask q. +.
Countzlcr.
The record., 1914-05-28

W. a.e authorized 4" Runcun'e II. Y
TL,p9>. !r. candidate for Congress Ia this
the Tii.C C,rEIc.s i"i al dis'r."i. subject q"
hcg,tsr ,fslr D'u-'ci attic PARTY. Primary
Atil.t'. M.t.
The record., 1914-05-28

Monday was county court day
but farmers were too busy to come
to town in large numbers.
The record., 1914-05-28

Porch and lawn furniture: swings,
settees, chairs, rockers, old Hickory
furniture, at Roark's.
The record., 1914-05-28

llUERrA having failed to go to
The f. mt. the front is accomm odai-
irglr coming la him.
The record., 1914-05-28

We are prepared to furnish you
paint in any shade wanted.
1T. &. Nj. Howard q Co.
The record., 1914-05-28
THURSDAY, MAY Is. 1914.

srte--c ~ the Grreuvir-. Ky, postorice a.
second class " after
The record., 1914-05-28

Mr.. w. 6. Duncan, Sr., was in
Chicago several days last week on
business.
The record., 1914-05-28

Jersey cows, poland china hogs
and Scotch collie pups for sale by
]. l.. Coombs.
The record., 1914-05-28

Typewriter ribbons, paper, sup
Plies of all kinds for any machin e a
this office.
The record., 1914-05-28

II you need wallpaper don't forget
the special sale on y Roark's.
The record., 1914-05-28

Vote for the bonds and help the
school children.
The record., 1914-05-28
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TER Ms.

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whiea IL - paid, the paper will be stopped.
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The record., 1914-05-28

ZENo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-11
JUVENILE PROTECTIVE
LEAGUE CALLS FOR FUNDS
VIII Celebrate To-Morroyv Second An.
niEcrsnry OF Opening Fulton Set
clement House. e

BEGINNING tomorrow and continu-
Ing through Saturday. the Colored Ju-
venile Protective League will celebrate
the second anniversary OF the open
Ing Ing, of the Fulton Settlement House,
morrow is set aside by the organiza-
ton as Donation Day for a special
appeal to the public for contributions
To niu IT IN carrying on its work.
the settlement house ut present
provides Il home for six mothcriess
children. It's day nursery accommo.
dates from twelve to fifteen children
uniiy. Through the generosity Of n
richmond woman. there has been re-
Gently added large playground For
the past two years the settlement
house has conducted during the sum-
mer months an outing camp, where a
largo number of poor children enjoy
ed vacation in the open. A large
farm has recently been added, where
coiored children will he given instruc-
ton in hog and poultry raising.
The work Is carried on through
voluntary contributions, and the man
aSemcnt finds Itself ut present hard
pressed for funds. The settlement
work is under the direction of DR.
Anna r. Cooper. formerly OF Chicago,
who Is president of the Colored Ju.
venile Protective League.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-11

sewer main has been installed. The
adjustment OF the perpetual rights held
by propertyowners in Ginter Park. with
the sewer tax policy of the city proper.
VIII present fine problem.
HENRICO GAS COMPANY
HAS EXTENDED SERVICE,
In the entire northern section of the
newly annexed territory the city faces
also the problem OF adjusting the gas
service. The northern section Is now
supplied with this commodity by the
Henrico County Gas Company. which
operates under 4 franchise having still
many more years to run. The installa-
ton or duplicate gas-dlstributing sys-
sem by the city, IL is said, would i'm :
Holvc needless economic waste and
more likely solution, II Is believed,
would be the purchase by the city of
the franchise rights of the private
corporation.
Looking to an adjustment of tho
problems noted, the board yesterday
entered an order directing the super
intendents OF all the departments UNI
der its Jurisdiction to present to II :,
statement OF all existing contracts in
the recently annexed territory, whether
In the shape of ordinances bearing on
water or gas mains or contracts for
lighting and other public services. The
superintendent are directed by the
board TO submit copies of all such out
standing. contracts or agreements.
Another motion adopted by the board
yesterday requests Jonathan Bryan.
representing the Southside Water and
Sewerage Corporation, to present to It
an II, mixed statement, accompanied by