Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
Increase in Value of State Warrants Noted with Deci
 sions in Pages Case.
CORPORATIONS WIN
 TWO DAMAGE SUITS
Supreme Court Allows Submission of LinWOOd and Auburn Leypp Districts Condemnation PrOcep ings
 Against State Penal Farm.

Little Rock, Oct. 1S.-The validity of Gov. George w. Hays veto of ap- propriation items aggregating $529,052 was upheld by the supreme court in decision handed down today. the court by three-to-two vote sending back a case tried in the Pulaski chancery court with instructions to the lower court to sustain demurrer to the petition. The suit was filed by John H. Page, commissioner of agricWl- ture. who attempted to mandamus M. F. Dickinson. state auditor and com pei him to issue warrants to pay for postage. The lower court held that Governor Hays had not complied with the constitution in vetoing the ap- propriation items and declared the vetoes null and void.
 As basis for the suit it was shown that Governor Hays had issued no formal proclamation setting forth the items vetoed and his reasons there for The governor merely wrote dis
 approved and vetoed" across the many items he struck from the appropria- ton bills. The supreme court held that such action was sufficient and proclamation in any other form is not necessary.
 The decision was written by Jus tice Kirby and was concurred in by Chief Justice E. A. McCulloch and Justice c. D. Wood. Justices Frank Smith and J. c. Hart dissented and will hand down a dissenting opinion. It is probable a rehearing will be asked for by Mir. Page.
 The University of Arkansas, the four state agricultural schools and the several charitable institutions were hit hardest by the governors slashing of appropriations. Each of four agricultural schools lost ita en- tire ,O0O salary item. ApprOpria- ton items for about s140.000 for the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases and for $75,0OG for the University of Arkansas were among those vetoed.
 Coincident with the decision of the supreme court. came rise in the value of state warrants which had been selling at about 90 cents on the dollar. Warrants went almost to par. State officials believe that the gener- al revenue fund will be able next June to redeem all outstanding war rants and have enough cash left to last probably two months. They say, however. that the exact results the fund will accomplish depend upon whether assessments this year and collections next spring are normal.
 Levee Suit Submitted.
 The supreme court allowed sub- mission of the suit of the Linwood and Auburn levee district against the Arkansas penitentiary commissioners, in which the district sought to con- demn state land for levee purposes. The supreme court, taking cOgnlzance of the newspaper accounts, believed the case had been settled and that 1t was being called upon to rule on "mooted question: Attorneys fori inc two sides said they were of the belief however, that the case had not been settled, and asked that It De| ruled upon. Il
 Tn suit appealed from Garland county the court held that retall liouor license does not allow whole sale business and upheld Hot Springs liquor ordinance. A. J. Gun finer in 1914 was fined for failing tol take out a $500 wholesale liquor deal ers' license. although he, had pur- chased both city and county H. censes for retail liquor establish ment. ,.,.
 No Relief for Mental Anguish.
 Arkansas statutes do not provide relief for mental anguish because Of failure of delivery of an interstate telegram according9 to decision ol the court today. The court reversed and dismissed a case appealed from Union county in which c. N. tulpep- ner was granted a judgment against tbe Western Union Telegraph com many for failure to deliver teie- cram sent from another state.
 T. c. King, road overseer m Franklin county, has to pay for work done on roads in his district from his own pocket if a decision of the court today is abided by. King was notined hy inc county judge of Franklln conntv that there was $142.90 in thel road districts fund and not to expenaI ,nore than that amount. King. how over spent $313.97 on the road, and when the county judge disallowed the claim for the excesss over $l42.SS ne onnealed to the higher courts. The lower court gave him a verdict against the county judge, but the su- preme court reversed the verdict "itn