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Reporters Certificate. State of Arkansas,
 County of Jefferson.
 I, Edwin T. Evans, shorthand re- porter, do hereby certify that the an- nexed and foregoing pages of type written matter contain true and cor rect transcript of the testimony of all the witnesses examined before Charles Davidson, coroner of Desha county. Arkansas, and jury, in the matter of the inquisition over the dead body of Tom Hudd]eston, at the courthouse, at Arkansas City, Desha county, Arkan- sas, on the 8th day of May, 1916, be- ginning at o'clock p. m., as the same was by me reported in shorthand and afterward transcribed to typewrit- ing; and further certify that the above is true copy of the verdict re- turned by said Coroner's Jury after hearing all of the foregoing evidence. Witness my hand this the 18th day of May. 1916.
 (Signed) E. T. EVANS,
 Shorthand Reporter.
 Advertisement.
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shot wound from a gun held in the hands of Morris Wolschansky and himself, and we recommend that the said Morris Wolschansky, now in cus- tody, be exonerated and released.
 (Signed.)
 "Wm. G. Ogburn, Foreman,
 and eleven other jurors"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-14
Accordion Plaited Dresses

Should be sent to Frank Dietrich's Clothing Hospital to be re-plaited; also any other ladies or gents cloth- ing that need cleaning, pressing or altering. We also put new Things in coats and do all general repair work on clothing.
 Phone 1926 Over Lewine's Quality
 Shop, 22O7a Main St.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
From Booze To Milk

lFrom the Kansas City Star.1
The American Magazine tells how
some OF the great Industries in this
country, recognizing, that a man who
drinks beer or whisky is not a good
workman and is more liable to accidents
than one who does not drink are try-
ing 70 win them away from that habit
oy getting them to drink milk Instead
The Illinois Steel Company, employ
ing thousands of men. has put electric
signs throughout its plants asking this
question:: Did booze ever do you any
good1help you, to get a better Job
family?" 'O"
Other signs notify men that the COM
pany, does not want them to drink beer
or whisky and warns them that If thew
persist in 1t they will lose their Jobs.
The company sends men through the
plant selling milk at cost in the hone
that ii will be drunk instead of iiouors
The West Steel Casting Company OF
Cleveland has put refriEerators
throughout its plant and keeps them
hlled with fresh, cold milk, which the
men can buy at cost The men used
to go TO saloons to eat their noon lunch
con. Now they eat IL out doors in the
shade and drink milk with It,
the south Works plant of the Illi-
nois steel Company began selling milk
II sells 1,4O0 quarts a day. Fourteen
saloons near the plant were forced Ia
close for lack of trade.
plants have learned that milk gives
invigprating and lasting strength and
they have noticed a great benefit in the
change from booze to milk
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
JAMES WHITCoNfB RILEY

JAMES wHITCOMB RILEY'S death
will be mourned by millions of
people all over the land. Critics
already are telling us that Riley was
not a great poet and that his verse
does not compare with that of some of
the more scholarly and imaginative of
American writers. but the reading pub
lie will be the judge of Riley's place
in the literature of America.
THE Hoosier Poet" as he did not
object to being called, is a title that
aptly describes the man. He knew
rural life in Indiana and America at
large as no other writer knew it. He
preserved his youth as his years ad-
vanced. He could laugh with the roll
licking boy and weep with the aged
and sorrowing. He drew his verses
ences common to everyday life. 1t has
been said of him that he had no great
Imagination, but if that be true he
made up for the defect amply by his
ability to paint the homely happenings
of everyday life in the colors of the
sunset, where even the clouds were
trimmed about the edges with the shin
ing hints of their silver Innings.
In most of Riley's verses there was
that touch of sadness that is not
akin to pain" He loved the great
outdoors. For him there was a song
in the hum of every bee, poem in
the fiutter of the butterfiy's wing, a
lyric in the ripple of every stream
beside which he tramped. He saw
books in the running brooks, sermons
in stones and good in everything"
Riley may not have been a great
poet, but nowhere else will the reader
of the future find such wealth of ma
terial relating to the farm life of his
day as is stored away in the farm
verses of the good Indiana poet, who
never aspired to be a Milton or even
Longfellow, but who did what he set
out to do with such consummate skill
that he made for himself a place
unique in the literary history of the
country and won the love of all who
knew him personally and through his
books.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24

of firms, is having a tendency to en-
bitter many who have heretofore been
favorable to Great Britain and her in
terests.
This embargo is a symptom of what
is likely to happen at the close of the
war. Notwithstanding the frequent
warnings from authentic sources re-
garding the necessity for preparation
in this country against the trade war
which will follow the conflict of arms,
there is the same apparent indiffer-
ence as has been manifested in the
matter of the enlargement of the army
and navy to protect our people against
foreign invasion. We of the United
States have become so accustomed to
our so-called isolation that we are dis
posed to close our ears to all warnings
and to continue on our way needless of
consequences.
Perhaps this embargo, involving
such enormous losses of foreign trade,
will have a tendency to arouse the
business interests to the real situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
Church Weeklies Cut Size

Local committees of Methodists in
New York, Cincinnati and Chicago
met in Chicago this week to consider
the matter of prices of Christian Ad-
vocates and books, the former now
published at financial loss, and the lat
ter likely to be because of the big ad-
vance in the prices of paper. The New
York agent, DR.. E. r. Graham, said:
I do not see how 1t is going to be
possible to avoid advance in subscrip-
tion price of our Christian Advocates
and some of our books. In the case of
the Advocates the advance may make
losses even greater than they are now
cannot tell. The judgment is that
some changes must be made. 1 am told
that similar conditions confronted when
the Civil war came on. We had the
usual advance orders out for paper, but
they were not enough"
The American Bible Society reports
itself unable to get paper at any price
in quantities needed, and said that fear
was felt that the lower prices of Tes-
taments, selling at five and ten cents.
and Bibles, selling at fifteen cents
would be curtailed in numbers If not
cut off altogether. The society has had
orders for paper out many months
ago, and is now only beginning to re-
ceive it.
Publishers of religious weeklies are
giving notice that, beginning on the
hrst week in July sizes of issues will
be curtailed and ministers and others
are being eNhorted to cut down their
sermons and addresses Several pa-
pers OF thirty-siX and forty pages give
notice this week they will hereafter
De reduced to twenty pages None has
yet announced advances in price.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
Baseball Scouts Comnlaint

Hugh S. Fullerton has a short
story in the August American Maga-
zine in which a professional baseball
scout laments the tricks of bush
league managers. One of them says:
"If scout don't keep his eyes open
those bush managers are worse than
bunch of salted mine promoters, so 1
don't ask any questions but goes
around snooping after Musser. Every
one in Muskegon knows all about that
game, but no one knows Musser--new
man. ] had to hunt up the manager
and take a chance of having acid
enough to test his gold bricks. But
this one was different. When I asked
about Musser he said, 'Shush- -sh -sh-
shhh,' and had to walk him around
in front of the mirror so the bartender
can't hear before he'll say a word.
Then he leans over and says 'Shush-
sh-sh! College man. Rich daddy.
Pitching under fake name. Afraid
he'll lose his amateur standing. Hired
him to pitch one game, won a sock
full. Musser wouldn't even stay to sup
Aper. Shush-sh-sh-s -shhhl
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
Clemency For Easement

Philadelphia Ledger
Now that the appeal of Sir Roger
Easement from the sentence of death
imposed by. the British court which
convicted him of high treason has
been dismissed, nothing stands be-
tween the unhappyand misguided Irish
patriot and disgraceful death .upon
the gallows but the clemency of the
crown. Few disjnterested persons will
question the enormity of Sir Rogers
onense or the Justice of his conviction
yet there are many circumstances
which justify tho hope that the British
government will temper the applica.-
ton of Justice in his case with mercy
Under the pressure of the emotions
stirred by the great war and by the
unquestioning loyalty of the great mass
OF the Irish people at home, Great
Britain is striving to undo the mis-
takes of generations and to apply the
soothing salve of home rule to the
wounds of Irish discomfort. The
creation of another martyr to the
cause of Irish freedom will not help
matters in the least, but will intensity
the bitterness of the irreconcilabIes
Enough blood has been shed in Ire
land already, and Communication of
Easements death sentence would be
esteemed by the world not an act of
weakness, but of strength,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
While in the Automobile

f1aIJIOrQ COurant.
There is no counting the number of
people who go automobiling. To talk
of the experiences of such travellers
ceased long ago to be referring to any
class. They all do it. What interests
automobilists interests the community
at large.
The Courant has often referred to
the difficulty encountered by travellers
in finding out the name of the town or
village through which they happen to
be passing-a difficulty, by the way.
which is even greater for passengers
in steam cars than for those by auto
mobile. 1t was in compliance with a
suggestion and request from the
Courant that Postmaster General
Frank Fl. Hitchcock called on the post
masters throughout the country to put
the names of their offices on their
signs that up to that time read Post
office" This is now almost universally
done. and thereby all who go past the
offices are informed.
A good many, however, do not pass
that way and they are left to guess.
Cash Market" Town Hail." Sec
ond Congregational Church." Center
Drug Store" Imperial Hotel" and
other similar signs are plenty every
where, but there is no geography in
any of them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
MONDAY EVENING, JULY "a
LESSONS OF rUBLIC OUTBREAKS

DESSONS Ot l'UBllC OUTBREAKS
TINE people of Harrisburg will
never submit to the rule of the
mob. If Mayor Meals and his
police force cannot maintain order,
then it is time for the City Council to
discover whether the stories of incom-
potency and worse have any founda-
ton. If those who are expected to
maintain peace as servants of the
whole community have funked, then
the people should know the facts.
It has been openly charged that
policemen have encouraged rather
than discouraged the violence and dis
order which have prevailed to some
extent during the street railway strike,
but it is not fair to the policeman who
is doing his duty to be misrepresented.
Ee is entitled to a square deal. Those
officers of the force who are falling
short in their duty to the public,
however have no business to be longer
retained in the public service.
1t is no time for a milk and water
policy when the public peace is at
stake. Strike leaders and strikers and
railway officials and citizens generally
are denouncing public disorder. That
being the case, it must be assumed that
there is either indifference upon the
part of the policemen or the force is
absurdly inadequate. Whatever the
reason, it is the busienss of City Coun-
ell to take the matter in hand and
determine what should be done at this
time.
There is a duty and responsibility
resting upon the parents and guardians
of Harrisburg also. Much of the dis
order has been caused by boys and
young men who have manifestly had
little restraint at home. It sometimes
requires an experience such as the
city is now passing through to demon
strate the weakness OF home training;
this might preferably have been the
theme of most of the pulpits of Har-
risburg yesterday. We must get back
to old-fashioned ideas in the rearing
of children. Too many are allowed to
do as they please and as a result have
no regard for law or order or restraint
of any sort.
When the unhappy differences be-
tween the street railway company and
its men shall have been adjusted, as
they will be adjusted sooner or later,
there must be an inventory of our
public administration. Harrisburg has
long been known as an orderly city
and it cannot afford at this stage of its
development to be given a black eye
in any quarter. Every speech and
every statement made by the strike
leaders urging peace is creditable to
these men. They know that no cause
is ever aided through violence and we
shall not be surprised to see the strik-
ers themselves, if disorder persists,
take a hand in quelling the element
which delights most when it is engaged
in destruction either of public peace or
private property Many of these rail-
way employees own their own homes
and are good citizens. They would be
the last to foment riot or the breaking
down of the fabric of law.
In the language of the greatest SOL
dier Of the republic, Let us have
peace"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
Wilson's Loan to Carranza
NE ~ York Small


President Wilson has not vet an
nounced the basis on which fbe
amount Of the loan he proposes to
make to Mexico shall be Computed II
is not unlikely that the details of the
subject are proving Unexpectedly diff
Should the sum to be handed over
70 Carranza be determined according
10 the property losses that have been
lnnlcted on Americans in territory "oc-
cupied' by DR.. Carranza?
Or should the number of raids msde
INTO our territory by bandits from
mexican communities pacifed bv Dr
Carranza fix its amount?
perhaps the number of American
clViilans killed by Carranzistas. or
while engaged in lawful pursuits under
the nominal protection of the First
Chiefs tunta, might be accepted as
the deciding factor.
obviously the number of sailors ma
rines and soldiers killed by DR.. Car
ranza,s forces and adherents must he
excluded from consideration. Their
inclusion would give to the transaction
military aspect which, very frankly.
would be most distressing to the Presi.
dent of Humanity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
Departure of Eminent Citizen
[From the New York SUM-

New York loses. an eminent popular
ture of the gentleman variously and
affectionately known as Big six. the
Old Master, and Christy. He has at
tanned venerable age-something
Grounds, but even the apparent in
roads OF, time did not deprive. him of
the, good wishes of the crowd. The
earliest evidences of his weakening
were ignored by his faithful following
and, contrary to the usages of profess
sional athletes, his dissociatior from
the ball nine he has done so much for
was not demanded until 1t became evil
dent that his own interests would be
served by change of status.
Mr.. Mathewson has contributed, be-
sides professional skill, poise, sound
sense, modest bearing and good man
ners to a pastime in which these quali-
ties are greatly needed He has shown
that .gentlemanly demeanor is not i'm
possible on the ball field That he
should take the championship away
from the Giants is more than New York
can be expected to wish for him: but
any success except that several hum
dred thousand fans in this town hope
he may achieve.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
ANOTHER WARNING

IF the boycott of the British govern
ment against eighty-two firms in the
United States is maintained these
firms stand to lose in foreign trade
more than s50,000,o0O. Nothing that
has occurred recently has so aroused
the business interests Of the country
as this move on the part of John Bull
While there is an undoubted feeling of
friendly interest for the allies among
most of the people of the United States
it is likewise true that the recent atti-
tude of England in blocking mails to
this Country and interfering with a
shipment of chemicals from Germany
under certain restrictions, eliminating
in the effort to boycott large number
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
Hitchcock Raps Government

In an article on jobs with a poor
future in the August American Maga-
zine, Frank H. Hitchcock, the former
Postmaster General. is quoted as say
ing:
THE government service in Wash
ington is a good place for a young
man who wishes to pay his own ex-
penses while receiving his education
at one of the universities in Washing
ton. But, after he has received his
education, he is far better off out of
the service than in it,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24

OF course. the disruption of business
and the general decentralization growing
out of the strike situation here has for
the time discouraged many activities
not purely personal and incidental to
private interests, yet the young men
who are back of the river carnival are
not so much concerned over the deplor
able street railway controversy as to
lost sight of the big September river
event. Many merchants and others
have already indicated their purpose to
provide floats for the illuminated
pageant on Labor Day and every owner
Of a conoe, rowboat or motorboat will
have a share in the program of the day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
EDITORIAL. COMMENT

Southern senator's announce they
will fight the bill to prevent child la
Dor. They will go to any length to
safeguard the personal liberty of a
child to work in a cotton mill, even If
it does stunt his growth and prevent
his getting an education. Senator
Smith of South Carolina and Senator
Hardwick of Georgia wish it distinctly
understood that the right of child to
be worked to death in mill is a pal
ladium of our liberty which they will
defend at all costs.-Kansas City Star.
The leading menaces this week to
the peace and comfort of the United
State are Mexican outlaws, sharks and
Senator La Follette.-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
PALMER AND PROTECTION

a MITCHELL PALMER appeared
n not long since before the Ways
and Means Committee of the
House at Washington to argue In
favor of a protective tariff on con-
densed milk, which is now upon the
free list.
Mr.. Palmer, probably, was earning a
fee; but it would not be surprising
to know that he was also voicing his
convictions. The Democratic party
seems to be busily engaged these days
in swallowing Republican principles,
and, of course, Mr.. Palmer is no ex-
ception.
Does or does not this argument of
Mr.. Palmer constitute him In the eyes
of the President a 'pernicIous lobby
ist?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
THE HoOsIER POET
by Wing Dlnger

Sad, indeed, the news that tells us
Whitcomb Riley is no more.
But to-day, all souls are happy
over on that brighter shore,
To have with them one whose lifetime
Here on earth was given to
Penning verses fraught with humor,
Sweetness, love. and comfort true
Dead. no he's not dead. dear reader.
True his body's cold and still
And his soul has crossed the river,
But he lives and always will
In the messages he's left us
And our children. which they'll give
To their kids in turn. and SO on
Down the ages he will live.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24

Governor Brumbaugh will have ample
opportunity during his vacation in
Maine to think over the many construc-
tive measures which will demand his
attention at the next session of the
Legislature. These involve a larger
measure of home rule for cities of the
Third class, the plan of development for
the public park area in this city. en-
couragement of the rural community
along scientific lines the building of
the William Penn highway and the
general road system of the State and
other matters which are of special in
terest to the administration. It is the
period Of incubation on Capitol Hill and
the results should be manifest when
the frost is on the pumpkin and the
corn is in the shock"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Lieutenant Colonel Jackson, the
new commandant at Mt. Gretna, is
Philadelphian.
Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, is
teaching Director W. H. Wilson how
to play golf.
w. p. Worth, the Coatesville
plans to go back into
business.
-Freeland Kendrick, prominent
Philadelphian, is spending sometime
at the seashore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24

Alderman Deshong, of the Twelfth
ward, is no trif1er in the matter of vio-
lations of law. At least, this is the
conclusion forced upon us by his i'm
position of fine of ten dollars on the
driver of Steelton automobile who
almost ran into another automobiIe
through failure to observe traffic regu-
lations in the Market street subway.
Alderman Deshong has taken the right
course, and we trust that all other mag
istrates will see to it that traffic regu-
lations are observed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY

[ouestions submitted to members of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza-
tion's annual Municipal ouiz."l
Who should be consulted to rectify
errors in County Assessments?
The Ward Assessor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
According to President Wilson and his

According to President Wilson and his
apologist, Senator LaFollette, those
Americans who go into other countries
have no right to the protection of their
own Government. In short. the title Of
American citizenship amounts to moth
ing. 1t is little wonder under these con-
ditions that American ship owners are
flying the flag of England and other
nations rather than the Stars and
Stripes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24

The big war is said to be costing the
belligerents over s1O5. 900. 900 a day. In
our own Civil War toward the last the
daily cost was about $4,000. 900. It's no
wonder the people of Europe who must
bear the burden are demanding peace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
ROUGH CROSSING

we took trip in an open boat
Love, Life and I,
Love sang a song in a minor note.
I watched the sky
And Life watched the sea where we lay
afoat
With a storm nearby.
The wind swept down with sting of
hail:
Love shrank and died;
I sobbed and clung to the wet gunwaIe,
While the waves broke wide;
But Life brought us safe, with a torn
white sail.
To the other side.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24
The Happy Husband

lF'rom the Florida Times -Union.1
Happy is the husband who conoes
home in the late hours knowing as he
totes his shoes up the stairway and into
his wires room that neither she nor the
furniture Will bruise his carcass
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-24

Glad to know the soldier boys on the
Mexican border are greeting the Tele-
graph with joy and keen appreciation
Here's hoping they may all soon return
in good health to the old home town.