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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16
"l'M ONLY &c." SHE SAYS
Arrested for Begging, New Jersey
Woman Denies She's Too
Old to Work.

Atlantic City. N. IL had to beg.
They all said was too old to work.
but I'm not" said Mrs. Edna Shep
pard when arraigned before Recorder
Gaskill on the charge of seeking aims
on the streets.
We'll, you don't look exactly like a
spring chicken. Just what is your
age?" inquired the court.
None of your freshness, young man.
I'm only ninety-eight and I'm not
ashamed to tell it either" was the re
ply.
Prisoner discharged" was the yer
dict, after investigation had shown
Mrs. Sheppard really was within two
years of the century mark.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16
BELGlANS GIVEN BACK JOBS
Sign Declaration They win Refrain
From Acts PrejudieiaI to
Germany.

Amsterdam, Holland.-A Brussels
dispatch to the Telegram says that
all former employees of the Belgian
government in the post and telegraph
departments, as well as other
branches of the government, have re.
sumed work after signing declara.
ton that they will refrain from acts
prejudlcial to Germany, A German
administrator has been appointed for
each department.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16
WOMAN eoRso BY BULL.
Animal Became Enraged At Red
Sweater Worn BY Her.

Wilmington, Del.--Mrs. Edward X.
Helms, aged so years, was sored PROD
ably fatally by bull on her farm al
Twin Oaks, Pa, just across 1.-THE Deia
ware line. The animal bekame en-
ragged over a red sweater wofn by the
victim and attacked her. MISS Emma
Longbothan, aged Is years, niece o.
the woman, who was with her, crieo
for help and after the animal had CON
tinued the attack for Is mi hutes'
was driven off by farm hal hds WIN
pitchforks and clubs.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16
AMERICAN liner !
CRASHES ON ROCK
Steamer Minnesota Rinuoa
Open Near Japan.
200 PASSENGERS TAKEN orr.
Governor Francis 3. Aarriso,,s ~,
and Two Children Aboard.
Wireless Soon Brings
Assistance.

Seattle, Wash.-The steamer Min,o
sofa, the largest merchant yasssI =.
der the American flag plying betwao.
Japanese ports and Seattle. struck bo,
tom off Uwajima, near the soqtbwas,
ern entrance TO the Inland Sea ~
Dispatches to the Great Nnr,ho
Steamship Company, the owners Of n.
vessel, from Captain Garlick say tb.,
the ship appears not to be much dam
aged. Divers have gone down to i
vestigate the injury aud close the pan
in the ships bottom The passenee,s
and mail have been taken to Kobo
Captain Garlick has asked for
salvage steamer, which indicates thu,
the vessel can be saved.
Local officials say the Minneso,as
grazing the sand in the Inland Sea !.
rot unusual This time, the steamship
being very heavily loaded. she seems
to have caught fast instead of scran
ing the bottom
Got Help BY Wireless.
According to a dispatch from Koha
Japan. the Minnesota sailed from
Nagasaki. bound for Kobe. Yokoham,
and Seattle. She passed through fbs
Straits of Shimonoseki and was in ths
Inland Sea when the accident oe
Cured
Wireless telegraphy was employed
by the Minnesota in calling for helD
A steamer, believed to be the Blue
Funnel Line steamer Cantor. from
Seattle, responded promptly. Tbi,
probably is the vessel which took Of
the passengers and mail and conveyed
them to Shimonoseki. The number Of
passengers on board the Minnesota is
not known here definitely. They had
just finished dinner when the crash
came
Gov. Harrison.s Family Aboard.
A Japanese newspaper has received
dispatch from Manila saying that
Mrs. Francis B. Harrison, wife of the
Goyernor-General of the Philippine Is
lands. with two children, was on board
the Minnesota. Mrs Harrison was &C
companied by Capt. Archibald F
Comiskey, military aide to Goyesnm
Harrison
Friends Of the Harrisons in JADan
say Mrs. Harrison and the childreq
planned TO sail or the Minnesota from
Manila to spend the spring in Japan.
George W. Guthrie, the American
Ambassador to Japan, has cabled all
the available details OF the accident
to Governor Harrison at Manila in the
BELIEF that Mrs. Harrison was on board
the Minnesota
Mistook Course, Is Belief.
From the details which came to hand
at Kobe later by telegraph, it would
appear that the Minnesota mistook
her course during a storm. The thick
weather prevented her from sighting
the lighthouse. The point where she
went ashore is the most dangerous in
the Inland Sea. 1t is south of Yamsga
chi Prefecture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16
RIDES WITH DEATH

her Alice ia Wonderland" and the
Model Maid"
With all these activities in the lit
erary field Miss Gerstenberg finds
time TO belong to many clubs in her
home city, Chicago. Still she is the
most modest ami urassumlng little
person in the world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16
PASSES ANTl-riPPINc sA
Wisconsin Assembly Prov
Fines OF SIS To s25.

Madison. Wis.-The Wiso
sembly passed an Anti-TipI
which prohibits the offerinI
gratuity by patrons of al
restaurant, barber shop or al
service corporation engaged
transportation of passengers.
atty for violation is a fine
IS to $25.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16

The British war office. after careful
experiments, has adopted new wader
stocking for the use of the troops in
wet or flooded trenches. The waders
are light and strong and are absolute
ly waterproof. They are lined with
wool and are worn on the bare foot In
side the army service boot During
the experiments the soldiers suffered
no i'll effects from long periods OF
immersion Of the feet in icy water
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16

Gets Along With Part of Brain.
Paris,-D Doctor Guepin has removed
one-sixth of a wounded soldiers brain
without the patient suffering serious
consequences.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-04-16

One of the youthful and extremely
promising novelists and dramatists is
Miss Alice Gerstenberg. After spend
ing three years at Bryn Mawr college
she decided that she wanted some
real work" as she sincerely put it,
and launched into the literary field. AS
an author Miss Gerstenberg is not un-
known to the American public, her
"Unquenched Fire" aud "The Con-
science of Sarah Plat" having been
favorably received.
In the dramatic field Miss Gersten-
berg is known to the theater-goers by
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
SEE DESTRUCTION
 IF ALL VINEYARDS
OWNER OF BENTON COUNTY RANCH, SAYS BILL MEANS THE
 WRECklNG OF PROPERTY.
WANTS OLD LAW RE-ENACTED
Claims Two-Fifths of the Land of Benton County Only Suited For
 Grape Culture.
Rogers.

ANO5OA D.
 Wine growers of Arkansas face the destruction of their enterprise; con tiscation and absolute loss of their vineyards, farms and homes as a re- suit of the Newberry statewide prohi- bition bill, according to Cral A. Starck, owner of the Vinola wines, Rogers, Ark
 According to MT. Starck, virtually two-ffths of the lands of Benton county, in the northwest part of the state, are suited only for grape eul- ture, and the use of these rough lands will be eliminated altogether if the provisions of the Newberry bill are carried out, crushing the wine-growing industry. Under the old law, enacted in 1899, the wine growing industry can eixst, while the public is protected amply through the restrictions placed upon the growers providing penalties for violations. If the old act is re enacted, he declares, the vineyards of the state need not be torn out, while if the Newberry law is permitted to stand as enacted, profitable industry will be lost to the state. MT. Starek points out that in the election in Ben ton county last fall, while a majority of the voters cast their ballots for pro- hibtion, a hearty endorsement was given the proposal regulating the man. ufacture and sale of native wine.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
PUBLIC UTILITIES
 COMMISSION BILLS
THREE ARE PENDING IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRoPoS-
 ING RADICAL CHANGES.
BILLS ARE BEING AMENDED
Railroads Are Divided in Their Atti- tude Toward the Pending Meas
 ures-opinions Differ Radically.
Little Rock.

Three bills are pending in the As sembly for the creation of Publicity Utility Commission, one in the house, introduced by Mir. Williamson of Ben ton, which is a copy of the bill intro duced in the Senate by Senator John R Duty, and one by Senator George F. Jones of Pulaski All are pat termed after the Missouri bill. though the Jones bill, prepared in the office of Attorney General W. L. Moorse, elects the commissioners, while the Duty and Williamson bills makes the commits sioners appointive by the governor.
 The railroads are divided in their support of these bills, some declaring the very existence of the corporations is attacked, while others declare that it is their salvation. The railroads claim the commission should have the right to pass upon dividends, which is g. joke at the present time, when only about ten per cent of the trunk line railroad business is done in Arkansas, and the rates on that are not sufficient to sustain the portion of the road which is in Arkansas. They further claim that the restrictions of the bill are such that it prevents a holding company from taking up the bonds of the railroads, and that improvements could never be made under these bills.
 Amendments are already being pre- pared to the Duty bill, eliminating electric light, water, gas and street railway companies from its provisions. which will place the bill in a much more favorable attitude. both with the public utility corporations. but with the cities in which they operate. for the bill, as drawn, would take all franchise rights from the cities and towns of Arkansas and place it with the Commission.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The Garret bill to extend the time of payment of taxes until fall, in or der to give relief to the land owners who have suffered by present financial conditions, has met with determined opposition in the Senate, and instead of being considered as a life saver, it is considered there as a means to so befuddle the conditions of Arkansas that it will be impossible to straighten them again. The Judiciary Committee made no recommendation on the bill, in returning it to the Senate, because the members of the committee were not bound to stand by a report Had a recommendation been demanded, it would have been given against the passage of the bill.
 It is argued that the delay of tax collection until fall would prevent the school districts from geeting their money with which to open schools. particularly those of the country, which are operated in the summer time Efforts have been made to re- lieve this situation. for conditions are so bad in certain sections that they must be assisted. If the statewide bill does not pass. many counties will ask for this relief
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

It was announced by Dr. J. R. Jewell, dean of the college of education of the University of Arkansas, that a fish department of visual instruction for the benefit Of the schools of Ar kansas. The plan as initiated by the Thomas A. Edison Company, consists of board of directors selected one from each state to pass on the pictures and see that the films are distributed to the high schools as fast as the schools themselves furnish the appa- ratus for showing the pictures.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The mayors of some of the larger Arkansas cities are confronted with the task of securing some sort of leg islation to make up the deficit in rev enue that will be caused by the state wide prohibition act, and attorneys now are engaged in working out plan to make up this loss of revenue.
 Among the suggestions that have been made is that of a graduated in- come tax on incomes above S1,500 a year, an occupation tax with low maximum and a special assessment against city property. If bill is drafted it will specify that only one such plan can be used.
 These three plans were considered in conference of mayors the other day, but nothing definite regarding them has been done The mayors of the cities affected are waiting for fur ther information from the attorneys.
 The plans that have been proposed to submit to the legislature do not take up in detail the manner of levy ing the tax or other details of the proposition. These will be left to the cities to work out in case the legisla- ture authorizes them to levy the spe- cial taxes.
 It is estimated that the prohibition law will reduce the revenue in Little Rock SS0,000 per year, Argenta S20,- 900, Fort Smith S35,O00 and Hot  S30,000 each.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The Business Mems Club of Harris. burg has offered sites to mill and stave companies and right of way for tramroad 10 miles into the coun. try. It is the intention of the club to secure several mills for the city and then boost changing the tramroad to a railroad to connect with the Cotton Belt at Fisher and with the Frisco at Truman.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Ten days ago it appeared that the Arkansas Legislature would close it's fortieth session with considerable oi the business unfinished, necessitating the calling of a special session, but fears for this may be banished. As soon as the liquor fight was out of the ay the two branches of the legisla- really important measures, excepting the appropriations, are already a long way toward adoption or rejection.
 The really most important of the hills so far considered is the election bill, prepared by the committee nam- ed by the State Democratic Conven- tion. This bill has passed through the Senate with only one change, that being to place the primary back to the old date in March, it being preferable then to the May day picked by the committee. The bill will not have easy sledding in the house however, for it was only showed through the Senate by the display of fight shown in it's favor by Senators J. NJ. Futrell and J. l. Moore. Repeated efforts were made to cut the vitals from the bill, but these two East Arkansas senators stood pat and declined to accept any thing that would lessen the effective ness of the measure.
 If you are for honest elections you are tor this bill.'
 There is nothing ill this bill that will affect man who honestly wins l his election"
 Under present conditions it is pos sible to steal elections and steal men. 1 warn you now that some day, some where, they will meet retribution which has been long coming to them" These terse statements of Senator ] Futrell did more to pass the bill than did the fact that it was prepared by committee from the State ,psmocratic Convention, for the politicFsts' on the i floor declared the convention had never passed upon the bill, and conse- quently they were not bound by it.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Demand for the poll books in the county seat election was refused Washington attorneys by the Hope election commissioners, closely fol- lowing the adverse Supreme Court de- cision. Penn Davis. one of the com missioners, makes affidavit that he was held up by one man on the streets of Hope and robbed of the poll books, which he had received notice to show the following morning.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

J. R. Case of Rudells has found an. gora goats profitable. Five years ago he started with four nanny goats and one billy. He has killed on an aver. age Of 40 head year for meat and has sold a number each year. In a round up that he made this week there were 160 goats. He has spent on an aver. age of less than s5 a year for feed, only having to throw them a little hay during the coldest periods. The rest of the time the flock has lived on the open range.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Despite opposition to Act No. 3 when it was voted at the last election. residents of Sulphur Springs now are pleased with the action of the law. When the city's report and that of the Board of Improvement were pub. lished many citizens read them with isterest
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Statistics completed last week shows there were 5S deaths and 107 births in Stuttgart during 1914 Thir- teen of the deaths occurred among infants and 20 were white males, IA white females, IA negro males and 10 negro females. The greatest num- Der from one disease among the adults was nine. who died of tubercu- losis, three whites and six negroes.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The statewide prohibition bill will close the plant at Bentonville of the Macon and Carson Distillery Company, the largest fruit distillery in the world. The plant, operated by Mason CT < Wilks, has been in operation for IT years and makes 100-proof apple brandy, which is in demand all over the country. Last season 5O,OOO gal Ions of apple brandy were made, on which the government revenue tax was more than S50,000.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Citizens of Alton and Mammoth Spring townships in Fulton county, the two townships through which Spring river and the Frisco railroad runs in that county, have started movement to withdraw from Fulton county and be annexed to this (Sharp) county.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

No further efforts will be made to secure relief from the General Assem- bly, so that Pine Bluff may have liquor licenses for the balance of the year, according to well informed politician of this city. He states that the II. quor men fear that such action would result in ten-mfle act for Little Rock
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Major Nathaniel F. Mcclure, in charge of the four troops of United States cavalry, stationed in the Prai- rie Creek coal fields since early No vember, has not yet received advices from the War Department at Wash. ington for the removal of the troops. However, he expects to be so inform ed at most any moment
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

w. T. Maxwell of the State Bank ing Department has filed information with the prosecuting attorneys of h. dependence and Randolph counties against two persons whom he alleges are violating the laws of the state reg. ulating the sale of investment con tracts. stocks, bonds, etc, in Ar kansas.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

To show what can be done in rafs- ing swine for profit in Clarke county Nat Belcher of Philadelphia, who owns farm, killed six hogs this winter that averaged 390 pounds each. The lar gest weighed 437 pounds He states that the hogs cost him about s25. He sold the SOW for s16 The first pig butchered al l sold brought S31,10. lie has on hand about 1000 pounds of meat
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
PRIMARY ELECTION
 BILL WAS PASSED
MEASURE THAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE LAST DEMOCRATIC
 STATE CONVENTION.
ALSO FOR CONSOLIDATION
Two Important Election Bills Receive the Approval of the Senate and
 Go to the House.
Little Rock

Two important election measures have received the approval of the Senate, and now go to the house for consideration One is the bill intro duced by Senator Moore for a new primary law, and the other by Sena- tor Greenhouse for the consolidation of the state with the federal elections in November.
 The Moore bill was drawn by con- mittee, of which former Congressman s. Brundidge was chairman, appointed by the last Democratic State Conven- tion. Senator Futrell said the bill was by far the most important that had come before the Senate, and that unless the present election laws are changed the strength of the Democrat ic party would be endangered.
 While the party is in power at this time" he said, "it cannot always con tinue so if it allows it's elections to be conducted in corrupt manner. Corrupt elections breed corrupt off, cials, and we cannot afford to allow our state to be governed in such a way. The objections that have been offered to this bill are so immaterial that no senator should vote against it because of them"
 The vote on the bill follows:
 For-Adamson, Ashley, Bush, Cab aniss, Calvert, Carter, Collins, Fergu- son. Futrell, Going, Greenhouse, Jones, Kendall, Moore. Ruff. Sims, Slaughter. Toler, Yam, Wasson, White, Lundy. Total-22.
 Against-Burgsss Duty, Edmond son, Garrett. Hamilton, Harris, Me Call, Overman, Owens, Smith of Co- lumbia, Smith of Union. Total-11
 Opposition to the bill providing for the consolidation of elections came chiefly from members from the black belt" They declared that the passage of the bill would place the negro in power. Senators Hamilton and Col lins spoke against the bill. Senator Greenhouse replied to the argument by declaring that North and South Carolina, Florida. Texas, Mississippi and other Southern states passed the law years ago. He said these states have the grandfather clause" but that the Anglo-Saxon race would rule In spite of the fact that Arkansas has no such law. The vote on the bill fol- lows
 For-Ashley. Cabaniss. Calvert, Du- ty. Ferguson, Futrell, Garrett, Great house, Kendall, Mccall, Oyerman, Ow- ems, Ruff, Smith of Columbia. Toler, Wasson, Lundy. Total-17.
 Against-Adamson, Burgess, Col lins, Edmondson. Going, Hamilton, Jones, Moore, Sims, Slaughter, Smith Of Union, White. Total-12.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The Moore primary election bill passed by the Senate provides a jail sentence of from 30 days to F months TOT illegal voting, receiving vote when the voter is not a qualified cleo tor and for other illegal practices.
 One of the changes the bill makes is the holding of the primary elections of all parties on the first Tuesday in May instead of in March. The object Is to secure better season and obtain a larger vote. Another section of the bill provides that no candidate for of flee of officeholder or deputy of an of fceholder shall be eligible for mem bership on county central committees. It provides that the central com;lit- tees are to be selected by county convention of the party, composed of the delegates from the townships. The convention is to be held one week before the primary election.
 The bill further provides that no person shall be allowed to vote until he presents receipt for poll tax and that the names of all persons paving poll tax be published in a paper hay ing 8 general circulation in the coun- ty. This would eliminate the practice of voting dead persons, which is said 10 have been practiced in some coun- ties
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

There is a disposition on the part of the members to quit at the expira- tiOn of the sixty-day session and go home. As one of the representatives expressed himself on the floor of the house, The people have said they wanted us to work only 50 days, and so far as l am concerned, that is all propose to work. If we cannot finish the business in that time. it is not our fault We will do the best we can. I am opposed to night sessions, too, be cause that is when the committees do most Of their work. and really some of the most important legislation is done in the committee rooms.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Damage exceeding s10,000 was done in a fire that swept three stores at Jonesboro The blaze originated in the Watson shoe store and within a few minutes spread to adjoining stores that were quickly gutted.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Had the members of the legislature known the pleasures that awaited them in Fayetteville, it is doubtful whether the present visitation com mittee members would have received their appointment without a struggle.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Elmer Thompson, for seven years in the newspaper business at Huttig, became associated with J. H. and R. H. Hand in the publication of the Arkansas Farmer of Conway.