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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
Supreme Court Upholds
Award of Crawford Court
to w. H. Riley.
IRON MOUNTAIN LOSES
Judgment OF $4,000 in Favor Of Brake.
mar Rogers Widow Upheld by
Highest State Tribunal-Insur-
ance Case Remanded.

Little Rock, April 26.stT'1e St.
Louis & San Francisco Railway COM
pany must pay to- w. H. Riley the
sum of $4,000, as damages for per-
sonal injuries, according to a decision
of the supreme court. The case came
up on appeal from the Crawford cir
cult court, the judgment of which was
affirmed.
The supreme court also affirmed the
verdict in the case of Mrs. Annie
Rogers, widow of an Iron Mountain
brakeman. Mrs. Rogers was awarded
judgment in the Clark circuit court
for $4,000. She sued the railroad for
$4,000 on her own behalf and Tor. So
600 on behalf of the state.
Riley sued for injuries sustained
while passenger on train which
was wrecked in a collision near
Bonanza. His spine was hurt, and,
according to evidence presented, he
became paralyzed from the hips
down.
Rogers, brakeman, died of injur-
les suffered while seated in the ca
boose of a freight train. Another
train hit the freight, throwing Rogers
against window, his throat being
cut by broken glass.
Lessees Win Suit.
The supreme court today held that
Oscar Wilhelm and Fred Schneider
could not be held for rent on a build
ing owned by Herman Kahn in Ar
genta. The building was leased for
five years, beginning January 1, 1913.
There was "a clause in the contract
providing that should Pulaski county
be voted dry the lease should expire.
December 8, 1918, the Argenta city
council passed an ordinance defining
the territory in which saloons could
be operated. The building in ques-
ton, leased for saloon purposes, was
not within the limits prescribed. The
renters offered to give possession OF
the property, but it was refused. Suit
then followed when they refused to
pay the rent. The Supreme court held
that Wilhelm and Svchneider could
not be held to the lease because OF
the action taken by the Argenta city
council.
Again the case of Laura o. Howle
of Searcy against the Eminent House
hold of Woodmen, an insurance COM
supreme court and sent back to the
White circuit court for retrial.- Mrs.
Howle's husband, who carried insur-
ance with the company, was killed Dy
the town marshal at Searcy. A clause
in the insurance policy provided that
insurance could not be collected If the
person insured was killed whit vlo-
lating the law. The lower court held
that Howle was intensely angry when
killed, but was not violating the law.
The supreme court did not reverse the
case on, this ruling, but because OF re.
fusal of the lower court to allow SUB
mission of certain evidence. The
higher courts decision held that the
company, insofar as the clause in the
policy was considered was liable IN
der the circumstances. The case was
ordered back for retrial.
Cases Decided. a
The following opinions were dehv-
cred and proceedings had in the su-
premes court today: II
!. McCuiloch. G. p: 10
I. western Union Telegraph, company
VS.. Leonard .Mulkey, from Hot Sprny
circuit court reversed and dlsnhssea.
william B. Biddle ct al. receivers
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
ALLIES LAND TROOPS.
Warships Shell Dardanelle FortS
While Armies Disembark.

London, April 26.-The following
official announcement was ylgcn ou'
in London today:
1.-THE general attack On the OAR
danelles by the fleet and ARMY was
assumed yesterday. : i. =
"The decentralization Of. the
army, covered by the fleet, began he
fore sunrise at various points ON the
Gallipol peninsula, and in SPITE OF
serious opposition from the enemy in
strong entertainments projected by
barbed wire, was completely SUCCESS
full.
Before nightfall large forces
were established on shore.
"The landing of the army and thu
advance continued"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27

and line after line of Russian works
was taken by storm. AS gaos were
tern in the Austrian line by Russian
machine gunfire, wave after wave o.
the support closed in, until when The
summit was reached solid front
still was presented.
The resistance by the Russa ans was
stubborn in the extreme AMI hun
dreds of wounded we're left i'll the
trenches.
Meanwhile, the Germans operating
against the heights to the west of
Ostry had cleared the Russians from
these positions thus making the sue
cess complete.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
Rrings Negro to jail.

Constable Clint Green returned
Sunday from Murfreesboro, Plke
county, having in charge Boiden
Blackwell. a negro, wanted here for
stealing a horse. Three times the
negro has escaped from the authori-
ties. When Green saw him at Mur-
freesboro and said he would take MIN
to Pine Bluff. the negro replied,
'"You jes' think so, Mr.. Green" but
the negro is in the Jefferson county
Jail, all right" said the constable last
night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
ALLIES GAIN AT
YPREs; GERMANS
in THE VOsGES
CONTINUED from Page ~

unconfirmed.
The Germans claim to have cap
tured 5000 allied troops, including
1000 canadians. together with AZ
cannon and more than two score ma
chine guns and mortars.
Tn Champagne. near Beausejour.
and on the heights of the Meuse, the
Germans claim further success
Paris makes the significant state
ment that the battle on the heights
of the Meuse is developing.
German attacks on the trenches az
Calonne were checked by counter at
lacks. and in the direction of Saint
Remy. a violent bombardment was
followed by an infantry attacK'
which, however, failed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27

Farmers and others who live at a
distance from a drug store should
keep. in the house bottle OF BAL
LARD'S. SNOW LINIMENT. 1t may
be needed at any time for cuts,
wounds, sores. sprains Or rheuma-
tism. II is a powerful healing and
penetrating remedy. Price Csc, soc
and -st:ee per bottle. Sold by w. l..
DeWoody & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
"Rad Man" jailed.
Rnsy Police Court.

With Police Judge j. r. Stewart
back on the bench. there was "a busy
session of the police court yester-
day morning. Fights, disturbances
of the peace, one bootlegging case
and several other minor affairs &C.
cupied the attention of the court for
some time. and nettsd the police
fund a consids rable amount IN f.nes
paid, -. J:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
ALLEGED DOG THIEF.
Charles Mcbride, Negro, Caught With
Cliff Winters Collie.

Charles Mcbride, a negro, is in
Jail on charge of grand larceny. lie
is accused of the theft of Cliff Win
ters' handsome collie, for which Mr..
Winters has refused 800, Constable
Clint Green trailed the negro and
dog to MOSCOW, where both were
caught yesterday
-s'Bad Man" jailed.
ColWnbus Davenport, negro
went en- a rampage at Longla's
park Saturday night. He was round
ed up by Deputy Constable Jim Reid
niger. Before Justice Of the Peace
&. E. Cheek yesterday Davenpor,
pleaded guilty to charges of carrying
a pistol and disturbing the peace,
and was sentenced to pay fines OF
$50 and ST, together with costs. !.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27

{ Don't PVT I'D with unsatisfactory.
Unreliable washerwomen service. Our
sundrv viii do your washing in .
.manner that Will rlease vou. Amer'.
can Excelsior LauRaEy. CO $50, II
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-04-27
Orr "JITNEY" Offer-This and SC.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with five cents to Foley
& Co., Chicago, ILL.,, writing your name
and address clearly. You will re-
ceive in return a trial package con-
tanning Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, for coughs, colds and Group.
Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Ca
thartic Tablets. Mann Pharmacy.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
German Drive crumbIina.

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg's
drive against Warsaw is on the poin
of collapse and the Russians arr
fighting desperately to carry out 4
flank movement against his German
army.
Official military dispatches from
Warsaw state that the German armies
lying west of Warsaw have been CON
PEELED to evacuate some of their frs
line positions under the battering as
Saults of Grand Duke Nicholas forces
The fighting in Poland and Galicis
is being marked by the most terrible
slaughter in the history of warfare.
1t is impossible to- estimate the
casualties now, but the figures, wher
they are announced, will be stagger
ing.
In western Galicia stoymy weather
and the muddy condition of the roads
are interfering with operations; in
the C~arpathians the Austrians ars
falling back, leaving many straggleri
and many guns behind.
Along the Bzura and Rawka rivers
the Germans are fighting desperately
to hold their own, but they are facins
superior numbers, and Field Marshal
o ~Hindenburg's worn out troops are
facing fresh masses of Russian sol
diers.
There vas a terrific artillery due
along the Rawka which lasted all day
Monday and all of Tuesday, but the
Germans were finally compelled tt
retire after several of their batteries
had been silenced.
The German lines along the upper
reaches of the Rawka and north O.
the Bzura are further from Warsaw
than they were this time last week
The German lines are now extended
in the form of a semi-circle, with the
Russian army in the Pilica valley
struggling forward in a mighty efforl
to envelop the southern wing OF the
invading army.
The Russian operations neal the
junction of the Nida and Vistula riv
ers have taken several thousand more
prisoners, together with a number o.
machine guns. Austrian cannon were
found imbedded in the mud, Genera
Dankl's men being unable to now
them when the army retired.
The Austrians on the Gorlice-Jaslt
line are trying to reform their forces
as they fail back, but in this they are
doubly hindered by 1.-THE impossible
condition of the country and constant
h~arrassing of the Siberian troops.
OF the 175.oOo men in the Austrian
army falling back through the Car
pathians, fully $4,000 have been takel
prisoners by the Russians.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
CANADIANS KILL
AMERICAN GUNNER
Soldiers Fire on Two Duck
Hunters

One American was instantly killed
and another seriously wounded by
Canadian troops p~atrolilng the Cana.
dian border at Fort Erie, Ont, oppo-
site Buffalo, N. Y.
The men were hunting ducks out
of season in the Niagara river and in
Canadian waters. Thomas Delaney, a
provincial policeman, of Fort Erie, OF
dered the men to stop shooting. They
refused, and Delaney called upon a
corporal and two privates of the
F~orty-fourth battalion of the Canadian
militia for assistance.
The corporal ordered the men to
come ashore. Instead they headed
their boat for the American shore and
were beating a. hasty retreat when at
the order of Delaney the soldiers fired
upon them.
Walter Smith was shot through the
head and killed and Charles Dorsch
was seriously wounded in the should.
er. Both resided in Buffalo.
When the hunters toppled wei in
their boat the soldiers put out in a
boat and towed the hunters craft to
shore.
Secretary Bryan was notified of tho
shooting by j. B. Curtis, United
States vice consul at Fort Erie.
Whether or not complications will
result is a debatable question:" said
Mr.. Curtis. while two Americans
were shot, the information available
indicates that they were shooting
ducks without. a Canadian license and
we're in Canadian waters, where they
had no right to be under the circum,
stances"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
Germany Claims Advance.

The following official statement was
issued by the war Office in Berlin:
in East Prussia the Russian cav
airy has been driven back in the di
rection of Kiltkallen. The situation il
unchanged in Poland on the right
bank of the Vistulaj Our offensive
continues Oh the weynhapk of the
Vistula and on the can INK of the
BZura.
Fighting continues "a the easl
bank of the Rawka, and also at Inow
LODI, to the southwest.
Reports from outside sources give
the impression that Lowicz and Skier
niewice are not in our possession
We captured these places six day.
ago.
"Sknierniewice is situated far be
hind our front"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
KAISER TO INCREASE ARMY
U. S. Consul From BresIau Says e..
100000 Men VIII Be Added,

I'm February Germany will add
two million more men to her armies
now in the field" declared Richard
Wackerow, until recently the United
States consul at Breslau, who arrived
in New York from Europe on the
Italian liner Duca D'Osta.
Germany now has 100000 men in
the field. BY September, 1916, Ger
many will have $4,000 in her al.
mics in the eastern and western thea.
ters of war.
"Earthworks have been built around
Antwerp and mountains of concrete
have been erected along the coast.
Antwerp is guarded by at least 200
of the big 42-centimeter guns, each OF
which can shoot twenty-four and a
half miles. The naval base at Helgo.
land has been fortified until 1t is al
most as strong as Gibraltar. know
these things, because | saw them with
m yown eyes"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
Austrian Armies AnnihiIated.

A Petrograd dispatch to the London
Evening News says:
"Of the five Austro-Hungarian ar
mics in the field one was put out oil
action by the Servians; two others
are %retreating through the Carpath.
ians, and the remaining two will soon
be compelled to seek safety in the
fortress at Cracow. Przemysl has
been left to its fate"
This dispatch estimates the casual
ties of the German troops alone in
Poland from Nov. 9 to the present al
100000 killed, wounded and missing
Some of the German losses in the re
cent operations on the Bzira rivei
were as high as 200, 900.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
SUFFRAGE VOTE JAN. IL
Speaker Clark Gives the President
Legislative Program.

Speaker Clark discussed the legis.
lative situation with President Viii.
son and told him he expected the ad
m~inistration program would be finish
ed without an extra session of con.
gress.
The speaker told the president the
rules committee planned to bring in a
special rule for considering the pro.
posed constitutional amendment for
woman suffrage or Jan. 70, and he
expected a vote the same day.
Speaker Clark said he had not dis.
cussed with the president recent pub.
lished reports that he would be a can.
didate for the presidency in 1916. He
declared he was not a candidate.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
FRIDAY.

Oficiaa dispatches from Pc
say that the Russians have
back the lGermans on all fES/ts inv
eastern done of war and Mat the i'm
vaders have met with severe reverses.
Violent attacks to the west of War
saw have been repulsed, say these
communications, and the forces of the
car have strengthened their posi-
tions.
Berlin reports say that quiet pre-
walls in Poland and along the battle
fronts in Ealicia and East Prussia.
In the western theater of war the
allies continue to gain along the front
and at some places substantial pro-
gress isl announced by the French
war Office. German dispatches report
the repulse of the allies attacks in
Flanders and along the line in France.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
Vienna tdmitS FrOUt Has With
drawn in GaIlcia.
PRzfMYSL LEFT TO FATE
Russians Say Germans Give Way In
Poland When Great Thanking Move.
ment Begins.


Admission of an Austrian defeat In
the Carpathian mountains was con.
tanned in an official announcement
from the wal Office in Vienna. 1t fol-
lows.
1.-THE Russian army. which a week
ago began an offensive campaign
against our forces which had crossed
the Carpathians, has been reinforced
to such an extent that it was made
necessary for us to withdraw our en-.
tire eastern front from the plain OF
Gorlice. The situation in the north,
however, was not influenced by this
movement.
I'm the Balkan theater of wal the
Montenegrins attacked our outer in,
trenchments at Trebinje, but they
were repulsed without difficulty. The
enemy's artillery was silenced. The
Montenegro bombardment of the for.
tress at Krewozije has been with,
u effect"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
MONDAY.

Russian armies, according to
trograd dispatches, have resumed
offensive along virtually the W
eastern battle front. Tarnow, in
cha, has been retaken, and the q
forces have begun a new move
Cracow. The Russians also
crossed the Biala river at Tuf
fifteen miles south of Tarnow.
Considerable damage is repol
have been accomplished by thu
ish naval air raid on Cuxha1
Christmas day.
A German Zeppelin droppedN
on Warsaw Sunday, while CzaiF Nj
olas was there. More than a score
Germans are reported to have be
killed by a French air attack OF Me
Paris announces the loss by the
lies of trenches near Hollebeke,
Flanders, but reports advances in Of
er sections of the front. French gu
have been advanced to within ran
of three forts southwest of Metz, G.
many.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
ALLIES OFFENSIVE
IS LESSEnED
.VigOr Of Attack Is West
NOticeaDIy SIdCkenS.
SLIGHT GAINS IS MADE
Germans Violently Attack st. Georges
In Effort to Recapture Town and
Lose Another Point.

Ia EfVfh ~ hCSdRtdtC wv &fS
Lose Another Point.
In the western arena of the war the
allies continue to claim slow progress,
but the offensive, started about the
middle of December, has noticeably
slackened.
Even some of the British newspa-
pers call attention to the marked de-
crease in the vigor of the French,
British and Belgian thrust at the Ger
man line, but they add that the rea-
son for this quiet soon will be dis
closed.
France claims slight gains near
Newport in the official announcement
given out by the war department.
This communication also recites other
points along the line where German
attacks have been driven back. There
has been heavy bombarding at st.
Georges; in the Aisne region and on
the heights OF the Mouse.
In Belgium the allies nave won a
little territory in the region of Nieu-
port, opposite Folders, and to the
north of Lombaertzyde. The Germans
subjected st. Georges to a violent
bombardment. This is the position the
allies are putting in a state of de-
tense.
1t is also declared that the allies
have captured a German point of sup
port located to the southeast of Zon-
nebeke, on the road between Bece-
laere and P~aschendaele.
In the valley of the Aisne and in
Champagne the Germans have mani
tested another burst of activity that
has taken the form particularly of a
violent artillery fire to which French
artillery replied effectively.
I'm the Argonne we have made
slight progress in the region of Four
De Paris,' says the official statement.
Between the Argonne and the Mo.
selle there has been ca~nnonading all
along the front, but particularly Sc
we're along the heights OF the Mouse.
in the Yosges the enemy delivered
an attack against our positions at La
Tete de Faux; this was repulsed.
I'm upper AlSace we are consoli-
dating our position. Our heavy artil-
lery reduced to silence the German
howitzers which were bombarding up.
per Aspach."
Unofficial dispatches tell of a Sc.
we're attack by allied warships on the
German positions on and near the
Belgian coast, and significant advan-
tages gained by the French troops in
Alsace.
An official statement issued in Ber-
lin admits that the German troops
have been compelled to evacuate the
little town of st. Georges, Flanders.
Fighting for the town, which was.
taken by the allies in a surprise at.
tack, is still going on. the official
statement follows:
"In the western theater of wal we
are still fighting for the hamlet of st.
Georges, southeast of Newport, that
we were compelled to e~vacuate owing
to a surprise attack.
"A storm, eliminating in vloud.
bursts, damaged the positions on both
sides in Flanders and in northern
France. On the rest of the front the
day passed quietly"
Among the items given out by the
official press bureau are the follow
ing: The British now admit that they
made a mistake in flooding the low
lands of Belgium around Di4mude.
The foundations are hampering the
troop movements of the allies.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
WOULD VOTE ON WAR

Senator Owen Would Have Majority
of Voters Approve Before Action.
Aggressive warfare by the United
States would be possible only on the
approval of a majority of the voters
of the country, under a constitutional
amendment proposed by Senator
Owen.
The power of the president to call
out troops to resist Invasion would
not be altered, but declartion of an
offensive war would have to be sub
mitted to a referendum.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
Bomb Drops Near Kaiser.

Emperor William of Germany had
a narrow escape from death at the
hands of a French aviator while he
was at German field headquarters in
West Flanders. Christmas, according
to a dispatch received in Amsterdam
While the kaiser was dining with HIS
officers a French airman few over the
camp and dropped bombs, one of them
landing less than 200 yards from the
emperor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
SATURDAY.

Unofficial dispatches from Petro-
grad say Russian troops have taken
Rawa, a point of strategic Importance
forty-five miles southwest of Warsaw,
thereby checking the German advance
upon the Polish capital. Berlin claims
success at Lotzen, in East Prussia.
The German aviator who flew over
English towns to within twenty miles
of London before he was driven away
by British aeroplanes, is reported to
have lost his life in the North sea.
Berlin says French airmen dropped
nine bombs on an unprotected Ger.
man village, and that an air attack
has been made on Freiburg. Germanl
aviators have retaliated by dropping
bombs over Nancy.
Paris reports gains by the allies in
the fighting between the Aisne and
Disc rivers. French troops are report
ed to be making a new drive toward
Metz, in German Lorraine. The Ger1
mans officially claim an important
victory over the allies at NieuportI
Belgium.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
HOLD WIFE AS P0ISoNER
Atlaptic City Police Say Woman Con.
fessed to Crime.

According to the police authorities
of Atlantic City, N. j., Nettie Salines,
an Assyrian, t~hirty-two years old
who has been taken into custody, con.
fessed hat she caused the death OF
her husband, Alexander Salines, by
putting poison in his food on Dec. 20.
to collect insurance of $1,000 he had
recently taken out.
The woman was held without bail
to await the action of the grand jury.
The coroner of Atlantic county said
he is INVESTIGATING into the circum-
stances of the death of the woman's
former husband, who died about two
years ago..
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-01-02
TUESDAY.

Unofficial dispatches from Pc
grad say That the Austrian forces
Galicia have been split and arei
organized Russians hold all thu
portant asses in the CarpaI
Berlin inns German progi
fighting ing the Vistula anZ
rivers in GLAND.
Fightif5 in a snow storm
troops I'd ted the Germans
ras, Franz e, in a sharp fight.
reports lat the French occupyf
Georges, Ethree miles south of
port, on the Belgian coast.
Berlin declares that the kaiseIl
gained ground near NieuportS
Ypres, Belgium. The French are
Ing German positions near Niue
en-, Alsacle.
Germany has requested the
States t9 withdraw certain G
accredited to the Belgian COVER
from THAI territory.