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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
URGES BIG NAVY
TO INSURE PEACE
EDWARD BRECK TALKS
NAVY LEAGUE SECRETARY
SPEAKS ON PREPAREDNESS
AT PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Rn adequate navy for the purpose
.of preserving peace rather than pro-
Noklng war was urged in an address
at the public school auditorium last
evening by DR.. Edward Breck, field
secretary of the United States Navy
League. lnclement weather held the
attendance down to a small number,
but those present gave the speaker
close attention and were apparently
IN sympathy with the purpose of the
lecture. The address was arranged
IDy NJ. +. Mitchell of this city, secre-
tary for Arkansas of the NAVY
League.
Dr. breck gave brief history OF
The American navy and showed how
much greater the need for an ade-
luate number of war vessels is today
nan ever before in the nations eX-
l3tence The unpreparedness of the
United States is relatively as great
today, he said, as it was when the
Spanish-American war began. AT
that time it required two months, he
stated, to transport an army corps of
lI.OUO men from the United States to
Cuba, and these soldiers were sent
to the tropics in winter clothing and
in charge of general who weighed
3n0 pounds and who required tive
men to assist him to mount a horse.
The United States, Dr. Brecll de
clared, is the worst-hated nation on
earth. The Monroe doctrine has in
spircd the ill-will of practically every
European state and the anti-imai-
grafton laws have won for us the
hatred Of Japan, while more recent
incidents have resulted in the enmit4
Of the central powers.
DR.. Breck said it was criminal neg
Ggence for America to delay the con-
struction of an adequate navy. 1t
will cost large sums of money, he ad-
mitted, but the arguments showing
how many hospitals, roads, etc, could
be constructed with this money, Dr..
Brecll said, are puerile. "As far as
that is concerned DR.. Breck said,
"the sum spent for chewing gum each
year in the United States would pro
vide us with an adequate navy, and
the amount spent in this country for
moving picture shows would replace
all the navies of the entire world"
DR.. Breck admitted that much mon
ey appropriated for naval purposes
had been wasted and said that if it
had been properly and wisely eXpend-
ed the present need would not be so
great.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
HIGH PRICE FOR
STUTTGART BONDS

Stuttgart, Jan. 8.-What is said to
be the highest price ever paid for
street improvement bonds in Arkan-
Sas was paid last night, when the
bonds for street Improvement district
No. 2 was sold to f. j. Hahn of Lit
tie Rock, the purchase price being
Tor par, the purchaser to pay all at
torney fees and expenses of the bond
issue, which win amount to about
$500.
There were several bidders for the
bonds present, and the smallest bid
made was par >a9s
The final arrangements for the
street improvements will be complet-
ed at once and the active work of i'm
provement will be started as early as
the weather will permit.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
FORMER HENDRIX man
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY

Sidney 7. Hughes Of Judsonia, well
known in Conway as student for sew
oral years of Hendrix College, has
announced as candidate tor repre-
sentative of White county. The Scar
cy Citizen says of him:
Mr.. Hughes is admirably fitted
for this office and has decided to get
into the race only after many solici-
tations from many sources. He has
been resident of the county for
many years and was formerly en-
gagged as teacher in the county
schools. By persistent effort and
personal sacrifice in many instances
he was enabled to attend Hendrix
College at Conway after completing
the high school course and was ad-
mitted to the practice of law about
six years ago. He has been a success
full attorney and has well defined
ideas as to the proper legislation re
quired looking to a better common
wealth and more prosperous county.
Mr.. Hughes is at present serving his
native town of Judsonia as mayor"
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
SAY WITHDRAWAL
WAS No SURPRISE
EFFORT TO BEAT HODGES
CORRESPONDENT. HOWEVER,
IN DOUBT AS TO WHO WILL
BE BENEFITED.

The withdrawal of former Con
gresham Thomas c. McRae from the
| lgubernatorial contest occasioned but
little surprise in we'll informed polit-
ical circles according to a story in
the Commercial Appeal today by its
Little Rock correspondent. Close
friends Of Mr.. McRae had known for
some time that either he or DR..
Brough would retire before the close
of the campaign, their idea being to
concentrate the anti-Hodges strength
on one man, the correspondent writes,
AS DR.. Brough repeatedly stated that
under no circumstances would he re
tire, the only thing for Mr.. McRac to
do was to make an active campaign
in the state or withdraw. His health
would not permit him to pursue the
former course, so he concluded TO
withdraw.
At this writing it is impossible to
say which candidate will be benefited
by Mr. McRae's retirement. says the
Commercial Appeal story. The
friends of Mr., Hodges are insisting
that their candidate will be much
benefited in south Arkansas, the
section from which Mr. McRae halls,
while DR.. Brough's friends say that
at least 80 per cent of the McRae
vote will go to their candidate.
Judge l.. c. Smith e Arkansas coun-
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08

meneed: The work is in charge Of
X: A. Haynes, under the supervision
OF W. G. Stahl, an engineer of the
department of the State Highway
Commission.
The road is to be finished with
eight inches of crushed rock on the
surface and will be one of the best
pieces of road in the state. This. it
Is intended, will be the first step in
building good roads in Hampstead
county The road is being built with
donations from the business men Of
Hope and labor contributed to the
project
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
GETS NEWS OF WORLD
BY WIRELESS DAILY
ARLINGTON BULLETINS ARE
PICKED UP BY OPERATOR
AT CONWAY.

Russell 7. Cole of the firm of Cole
& Company of this city does not de
pend upon the metropolitan news
papers for his news of the world each
day. Mr.. Cole, who was forme IN
charge of the United States wireless
station at Colon, Panama, recently
set up at his home on Caldwell street
Il receiving apparatus and thus keeps
in close touch with the affairs of the
globe. A bulletin of the news of the
world is sent out at a certain hour
each day by the government station
at Arlington, giving the information
to men aboard vessels and at other
wireless stations. Here are a few
of the bulletins Mr.. Cole picked up
today:
London-British submarine sunk
off Noordhanden, Holland; crew OF
33 rescued by Dutch cruiser; subma-
rine grounded and sprang leak"
Canton, China-Hundred men loot
ed Chinese custom house at Kowloon,
proclaiming themselves revolution
ists'
Shanghai, China-Authorities pro
vince Szeechun have advised Chris
tian missionaries withdraw from in
terror stations"
"St. Paul, Minn.-One million dol
lars worth of negotiable revenue
stamps and several thousand dollars
in cash stolen last night from valut
in old federal building; robbers es-
caned."
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
]. h. BISHOP IS
RHODES SCHOL Ar
Is SECOND CONWAY MAN
TO RECEIVE HONOR OF AP
POINTMENT TO ENGLISH
UNIVERSITY.

James Howard Bishop of CONWAY.
a member of the class OF 1913. at
Hendrix College, yesterday W se
lected Rhodes scholar from Arhan-
has to Oxford University, oxford
England. Mr.. Bishop is the second
Hendrix and Conway man to receive
the honor, Claud d. Nelson. Il mem
Der of the faculty Of a Birmingham
Ala, college, having hoeu selected
about six years ago.
Mr.. Bishop made enc OF the hes.
Irecords in Hendrix, both in the liter.
ary department and in athletics. that
has ever been made. He alway.
made high grades, rarely falling be
low 90. For several years he taught
lower classes of Latin and Greek at
Hendrix. He was a member Of the
football and track teams at HendriN
for several years, and was chosen in
1911 on the all-Arhansas football
team.
Mr. Bishop is principal of tha
Crossett high school.
Only one other eligible. Clyde
Door Of Jones5oro, a sophomore ia
the University of Arkansas, applied
Tor the appointment. A, ". Mccain
Iof Jonesboro, although eligible did
not apply.
The commission was composed Of
the following; DR.. J. IT, Reynolds,
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08

w. the other remaining candidate
mas not yet been heard from relative
to what effect Mr.. McRae's retire.
ment will have on his prospects.
Mr. McRae's Indictment of certain
political factions in Arkansas politics
rs the chief topic of discussion in Lit.
tie Rock. Many say his arraignment
was not too severe, while others con-
tend that the statement should have
been applied to specific cases of al
legged fraud in the past.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08

AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF
IOTHER EXCEPTIONAL BAR
GAINS IN OUR CLEARANCE
SALE WE WILL HAVE FOR THE
OPENING DAY ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY HOUSE DRESSES,
THIS SPRINGS STYLES, zoe, csc,
.$125, $1.35 IND S1S5, ABOUT
HALF THE ACTUAL VALUE.
COME EARLY. THEY WON'T
LAST LONG w. NJ. HARRELL &
co.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
COTTON MARKET
Is MORE ACTIVE

More favorable weather and a bet
ter tore in the cotton market TODAY
mas resulted IN more activity on the
local market than has been since
prior to the holidays. In addition to
a number of bales hauled in, many of
the farmers who have stored cotton
with local buyers are disposing of
their holdings. Local prices vary
considerably with the grades of cot
ton the best price reported today
being II 3-4 cents.
The opening of two big clearance
sales has also brought many people
10 town and business is active at all
the stores.
The price of cottonseed is un-
changed at S36 per ton.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1916-01-08
BUILD MODEL ROAD.

Hope, Jan. 8.-Construction work
on model macadam road out OF
Hope to Shower Springs. distance
of about five miles, has been COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
AGREE ON ARBITRATION
n. Y. Street Car Strikers and Oper-
ators Adopt Treaty.


New York. Aug. 7.-Sett1ement of
the street railway strike in New York
hung in the balance this afternoon.
Striking employees of the New York
Railways company today ratified
tentative agreement between them and
the company proposed yesterday by
Mayor Mitchell and Public Service
Commissioner Straud. but the direc-
tors of the company were considering
its ratification at a meeting this aft
ernoon.
Union leaders said the men were
ready to go back to work If the agree
ment is ratified by the directors. In
substance the agreement provides, it
was learned:
"First-That the company shall con-
cede the mems right to organize
"Second-The company shall agree
to meet and deal with any men whom
the employees might select as com
mittee in event of differences arising.
''Third-The questions of wages and
hours of labor shall be placed in the
hands of committees representing both
sides for settlement if possible by Au-
gust 20,
"Fourth-That if no agreement is
reached by August 20, the difference
shall be referred to an impartial board
of three citizens for arbitration
All employees of the Interborough
Rapid Transit company (the subway
will receive a temporary increase in
pay of 81 per day beginning yesterday,
1t was announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
WOULD PREFER A MAN
Dan Anthony Doesn't Like Idea of
Opposing Miss Harding.

Washington. Aug. It'd rather
have man to run against said Rep
resentative Dan Anthony. First Kansas
district. when told today when the
Democrats had apparently nominated
Miss Eva Harding to oppose him.
Now, how's a fellow going to cam
paign against a woman" he asked.
But there's one consolation-there'I
be no mud singing on either side"
Lovely exclaimed Congressman
Doremus, chairman of the Democratic
congressional campaign committee
VIII we send her speakers and
literature? well, rather. Dan An
thony is a good fellow, but my friend
ly and fraternal advice to Dan is to
retreat in as mastery a manner as
possible"
That's too bad" said Senator Cur
tbs. Miss Harding would make a first
hand representative-she' a suffra-
gist, has served on the Topeka school
board, and understands public ques-
tions and public life, yet she must run
against Dan Anthony, who's got a
strangle hold on a congressional dis
trict that has normally 10000 Re
publicans.'
The Republican national committee
folks here were real mysterious about
what they'll do to beat the woman
candidate
You'll have to ask New York head
quarters, they said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
IN A LOVE FEAST NOW
Hugh Hodgins and j. E. Wilson Say
They're Out for Larimer.

Hugh Larimer Republican nominee
for sheriff, received a telegram today
from one of the Battery A men on
the border to the effect that the vote
in the battery was unanimously for
Larimer.
Apparently the feeling among the
successful and the leading defeated
candidates for sheriff is cordial. J. r.
Wilson and H A. Hodgfns have both
signified their intention to give Lari :
mer the benefit of their support.
"Larimer made n clean winning
fight" said Wilson, land / am for him
for the election every step in the
road. 1 want my friends to support
him in the regular campaign"
Hodgins expressed the same sentf-
ments. He and Wilson were close on
Larimers heels every step during the
counting of the ballots.
81 have no fault to find with the
way Mr.. Larimer conducted his cam
paign,' said Hodgins. 'and he may
count on me to give him all possible
assistance in his campaign.
Larimer speaks kindly of the de-
feated candidates and expresses --rat-
itude for the support given him.
he said. but regret that 1t means dis
appointment to other candidates. 1
tried to conduct a clean fight for the
place and to win by fair means My
success was due to the loyal support
given me by friends and acquaint-
ances. l want to thank them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
RETURN ARMY ACT BACK FROM WAR
College Men on Border to Re.
turn for School.
Wen All Feel Gay When john
ny Comes Marching Home.

Rah rah boys in the Kansas Ma
tional Guards are coming home for
school September 1. That is, they are
coming unless there is a further out
break on the Mexican border. An
nouncement of the plan was made to-
day by Charles I. Martin, adjutant
general.
General Martins order means new
life to the Kansas university football
team and other athletic organizations
in state schools. Some of the star men
from the State university Agricultural
college and State normal are now do
ing service at Eagle Pass. Their SER
vices are needed next fall and winter
if Kansas Is to maintain a standing in
athletics. General Martins order
will send the young men back to their
classes and will result in a day of re-
Joicing in the big state schools.
Some of the stars in the Kansas
University football squad are members
of the national guard. They were COM
pelled~to go to the border when orders
came in June. Their leaving sent
gloom to hundreds of athletic fans and
left Gaping holes In the K. U. team
Now the Rock Chalkers are comma
back. Students in other schools are
also coming home and Kansas will DC
on the athletic map again in the fall
unless the MeXicans start new brands
of trouble.
Preliminary to the announcement oil
a new recruiting plan for the national
guard, General Martin stated today
that the Kansas recruiting officers hao
been mustered out of government SER
vice at Fort Riley. The orders came
from the central division in Chicago
Officers affected by the ruling are:
Maj. Albert H. Herman, Hiawatha
Capt. Dennis J. Sheedy. Fredonia
Capt. George j. Tronjo, Paola; Capt
Charles S. Gibbons, Nickerson; Capt
Guy P. Sawyer, Newton; Lieut.. JOSEPH
w. Murray, Lawrence. Plans for the
new recruiting service have not beer
announced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
LABELS BILL INVALID
Senator Overman Attacks COnstitu-
!. tionnIity of Child Labor Law.

washington. Aug. 7.-An attack ON
the constitutionality of the pending
child labor bill was made in the senate
torfay by Senator Overman of North
Carolina. He insisted that the issue
should be submitted to the states as
Constitutional amendment.
i4If this legislation is constitu-
tionaI." declared the senator, there
VIII be nothing left of the rights of
states, but there will be an absolute
absorption of the police powers of
the forty-eight sovereign common
wealths and there will be no barrier III
the way of Capitalization of all power
i'm Washington. to which goal we arc
now rapidly drifting.
i"This bill is not for the purpose of
regulating commerce but its main pur-
pdse-its ultimate purposes, under
the guise of regulating commerce to
regulate production in the manufac-
tories and mills of the country. 1t is
to put a state under duress and compel
1t. to do that which some states have
done in order, has been stated in
this debate, to have uniformity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
SAVES q GIRLS LIVES
One Rescuer and Two Sisters Drowned
at Picnic in Iowa.


Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 7.-Deaths
from drowning this season in the
Cedar river were raised to ten Sun
day when three lives were lost while
swimming at the Yellowbanks, near
here. and only heroic work by rescuers
prevented The death list from being
much greater.
Tho dead:
EDNA WHITNEY, 49,
BEATRICE WHITNEY, 16.
RALPH OLNEY, %.
A large party of girls were bathing
in the river from an overturned boat
when one of them got beyond her
depth and started to sink. The others
tried to save her and soon half a dozen
were struggling with each other and
sinking. Olney went to the rescue and
was dragged down.
Frank r. Whitney, father of the
dead girls, saved Edna and placed her
on the overturned boat. but she fell
into the water again and was drowned
while the father was trying to save
others.
Charles Fink dashed into the water
and dragged four girls to safety by
their hair and other rescuers saved
others. Olney's body was recovered in
twenty minutes and Beatrice Whit
Ley's in fifteen minutes, but they could
not be saved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
HOLMGREN TO GO
Topeka Typographical Union Selects
Delegate to Baltimore.

At a meeting held Sunday afternoon
at Labor hall the Topeka Typograph-
ical union installed the local officers
elected last May and selected deie-
gates to the state and national con-
ventions.
George Holmgren of the State Jour-
nal. was elected delegate to the ma
tional convention in Baltimore. He
will leave Wednesday.
E. J. Gribben was elected delegate
to the meeting of the state Fedora
ton of Labor to be held at Wichita.
August IA.
A committee of four was named to
make all arrangements for the print
ers in connection with the Labor day
program. This committee is COM
posed of s. c. Carroll, Max Claudy,
w. E. Bush and s. d. Colvin.
The following officers elected last
spring were installed: President. NJ.
H. Gardner; vice president, S. C. Car
roll; recording secretary. Franklin
Phinney; financial secretary. E. ].
Gribben: treasurer, Franklin Barnes;
sergeant-at-arms. I. N. Brandon:
doorkeeper. Elmer Wagner. Executive
committee: w. T. Luce. B. F. Nelson
and Otto Rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
GOOD FOR Topeka
Santa Fe Offers to Aid City in
Financial Showing.
Big Railway Would Join the
Local Clearing House.

Anticipating one of the movements
for Topeka's welfare which will be
vigorously pushed by the new Kansas
Reserve State bank, as heretofore an
nounced by the officers of that in
stitution, the Santa Fe Railway COM
pany, through E. L. Copeland, treas
urer, has offered to become men,
Der of the Topeka clearing house, and
is preparing the way for such admis-
sion. This will mean, it is estimated,
an increase in the Topeka clearings of
from 100000 to s2,500,000.
In addition to the Santa Fe railway
and the new bank, the latter will use
every effort in uniting with the other
financial institutions of the city to
bring in, the state treasurerS office,
the two North Topeka banks and two
of the south side banks not now in
the clearing house.
The majority of the stock of the
new bank has already been subscribed
and the institution is only waiting on
completion of its safe and fixtures to
open for business, which it is expected
will be on or about September /.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
GOVERNOR WILL SEE
Says Gas Rate Exorbitant and I'm
Justified.
lg kovei and Lemberg.

Governor Capper will urge s. M.
Brewster, attorney general, to seek re-
lief from the increased gas rate He
declared today that he would confer
with the attorney general late this
afternoon relative to the new gas
published by the Kansas Natural. II
possible, he declared, the state would
block the increase.
THE public won't stand for such
an advance as has been ordered de-
clared the governor. 1T is exorbitant.
unreasonable and entirely unjustif1ed.
L think a thirty-cent rate might have
been satisfactory, but never thirty
five cent rate or a dollar minimum
charge 1 don't know what can be
done, but 1 will talk with the attorney
general regarding the matter
Brewster returned from Troy late
this afternoon. 1t was the plan of
Governor Capper to discuss the gas
situation with him as soon as possible.
Well, we don't get the gas, even
when the rate is % cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
FORCED TO STOP
PARADE OF BARE
KNEES TO BEACH

Atlantic City. N. j., Aug. when
city officials a few weeks ago raised
the embargo on beauty and announced
that fair bathers would be allowed to
promenade from hotels to beach in
bathing costumes. they started some
thing they had to stop today.
Fair nymphs, with undraped knees
and ultra-low neck bathing suits took
advantage of this concession to prom
enade the board walk and al the 9TH
err attractions began TO lose money.
Today policemen were instructed to
shoe the too lightly clad gazelles back
to the beach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-07
LOCAL MENTION

A watermelon run" will be held at
8 o'clock Tuesday night by members
of the Topeka Automobil association.
Members will tour to the Schaffer
place. one and a half miles west of
Wanamaker hill on the West Tenth
street road.
The city water department was this
morning granted permission, by the
board of commissioners, to lay two
water mains. four-inch extension
will be laid along Leland street from
Sixth to Tenth avenues. Another main
will be laid on Boswell from Munson
to Eleventh.
DR.. J. C. Burton of Stroud, Okla,
president of the National Board of
Pharmacy spent the weekend in To-
peka with his brother. ]. P. Burton.
1909 Kansas avenue. Other visitors at
the Burton home were Mr. and Mrs
r. M Deever. of Edmond. Kan. Mrs.
Deever has been at the home of her
father. J. P. Burton, since last March,
convalescing from a surgical opera
ton. Mr.. and Mrs Deever returneS
to Edmond last night
The board of canvassers for Shaw
nee county has completed its work but
Oscar Swayze. county clerk, still has a
night and a days work to do before
he will be able to certify the election
returns to the secretary of state. The
board checked all of the precinct re-
turns against the tally sheets and cor
rected them. But after that was done
there were no totals for the different
candidates. Swayze is totaling the
vote.
Postoffice receipts in the Topeka Of
fee for July showed an increase of
S2,0Ss.62 over July of last year The
total receipts for July, 1916. were SAT-
6346S- Postoffice receipts are looked
upon as the business barometer of
CITY