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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

II any factor has been emphasized
ty the PRIMARY results during tho first
month ~ tho ~lrcconvcntion contest II ~
the important figure that tho uninstructcd
d-l.Saies will cut at Chicago when thu
President makers get down TO business.
T. is clear that no candidate viii cnt r
tnp National convention with tlr positive
delegate strength sufficient to place him
anywhere within reach Of the nominal
Ton.
The question aSitating tho national
leaders IA much as anything can at this
staee Ia Whetn"r m great bulk Of the
ur'ns' r1ictci delegates viii Concentrate
q, the outs". on Hug Aes or l,nosyeit -.
shether by skilful mannvring ami
nssoning "a combination can be ef-
f~',cd In favor of one OF the admit
teddy active asplrants for the nominal
tor.
Primary delegate elections vi, :,c held
IN States during April at which 3iS dele
gates will he chosen. The lines of con-
eat will be drawn much more tight
when these ten States have spoken.
Among them Is New York. with its
eighty-scNcu votes. whose ultimate dis
position forms so much OF a problem
hat not even those who hope TO control
the delegation havc the KEY.
The big state uf Illinois. with It's uftN-
tght delegates. ranked only by New
York and Pennsylvania in numerical
length, will IAN, it's representatives
April IL. II L. practically assured that
'ncse iifty-eight, embracing a coalition
n tho regular Republicans and FRO
ercssivcs aud representative Of the
',r.ous factions within Nv. state. will
.e solidly behind the Presidential can
idacy of Senator Sherman.
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day. BHnily WiIict;. % years v!d. WHO
had been for two days on ria. IN t,e
Criminal branch OF the supreme Court
In Brooklyn for the murder of her newt
horn baby. was acquitted. TN" medical
testimony showed that :ic ~onian Was
not Responsible. hc- mentality being Ni;e
that o. a child Of or 9 years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
FAMILY OF 8 DIES IN STORM.
INT Head Of House CrawIs Under
barn aud Escapes.

JAWS oL'a. March 25.-EiGht mem
"' - the family OF Alexander Edge
"''' q farmer living two miles east
'''' were killed when "A tornado
''N'' led th"ir homo. Edgemond es-
'',"a rs taking refuge under u barn.
"h'" 'h' storm. which swept a strip
',nn'rT dbou, eight miles long, struck
"a hous, the family WAS about to take
.sht to = nearby storm cave, but the
.al"'t VA the only one to reach the
~ "''"lo the house crashed In. Edge
''h' I,i'u 'rJWi'd under a barn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

dorsing a bill introduced In the Legisla-
ture last Monday which will add a new
section TO the liquor tax law. known as
13-a.
The bill. which was introduced in the
Senate by Senator l,~a,nspcrger and In
the Assembly by ~Asscmblyinan Oldfeld.
authorizes special local option elections
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

In towns which rave gone dry. 80 that
upon the filing Of a petition aud a s30o
bond to defray the expenses of IL special
election a hotel keeper may present his
name to the voters TO say whether or
not he ma sell liquors for one year
at a specified location. The statement
saws.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

TT is tho instrument Of a new musical art
L Mr.. Bauer arose slowly from hi. chair a> hc
gave thi, answer to d question had put. He
went ON thoushtlully, choosing his words I'M
hastily.
81 am intensely Interested in tho Duo-.\r
Pianola. ! am spending much time and effort
with it.
"Do YOU know what work | was engaged in
when you were admittcd!' lie turned and
took from the top of the Pianola which stood
against the wall a music-roll. AS he drew it
out saw that there were cryptic blue and red
INnCil-marks and annotations opposite many
of the pcrforations.
"This roll" he said. "iS a very wonderful
record of the Chopin \alsc, Opus 81, as
played it a few days ago upon the Duo-Ar,
Recording Piano. Placed in this reproducing
Duo-.Art panola. it duplicates my performance
with remarkable precision.
And | have been sitting here playing the
roll a few bar, at a time going over it most
Carefully-Changins here the length OF a note,
there the strength of d tone an accent.
"Whcn ! first began recording for the Duo
Art. it was the reproducing OF my playing that
was interesting to me. Now it is the correcting
DO YOU see! For the first time | stand aside
| am both critic and artist. Artist. because
! can build-improvc Oh the performance.
"Ncvcr before has thi, been possible in the
same way. 1t is wonderful. am like the
sc sculptor. He views his clay model before him.
lie steps forward, changes here, rctlncs there.
"Thc comparison is perfect. This instru-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

The election, the bill provides. 10 70 ~
held on tho second Tuesday IT. June Of
any vcar and the license term IA 70 6c-
gin October I following.
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This is ~ practical hoire rule measure
by which the successful liquor tax ccr-
titicate holdc H. directly responsible TO
the voters of his community ard NOR,
50 because ie Is required TO ask for a
separate election each year. lie must
procure a iuaJnrity vote ~ auv sues
lection before lac can obj.,u q license
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
WET LAW FOR DRY W
Hotel Men 1ndorse special Election
Amendment Proposed.

The New York State Hotel Association
and tho Hotel Association of New York
city sent out a statement yesterday in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
G., B. ?. PRIMARIES
LEAVE FIELD OPEN
No Candidate to Get Nominal.
ing Strength, Forecast
Shows.
10 STATES VOTE IN APRIL

WASHINGTON. March o5.-with the
,~,urns all In from the March primaries
Tho situation regarding the Republican
Presidential nomination has not been
made any clearer than IL was Just before
ts n-st delegate TO the Chicago con-
sent,on was elected.
approximately 100 OF the oS5 COM
POSING the national convention bav.
been chosen. Forty of these. embracing
the entire Indiana delegation OF 80 and
20 OF the - from Kentucky are in
,;ructcd for cX-Nice-Iresidcut Fair
banks. The Minnesota delegation Of -
has been chosen aud instructed for Sem
a,o- Cuuins Of Iowa. senator La Fol-
l.,,e of Wisconsin has bagged the North
Dakota delegation of 10.
All tho other delegates SO far elected
re uni instructed These embrace the 20
from Kansas. 10 from Kentucky. about.
half " tho Missouri delegation of 50
tho r,,ntindcr still to he chosenD. the
ra,c- part of North taroliua's II. about
e,c.tmri Of oklahoma's 20. Sew Iiamp.
shirc's \ and tlorida's :.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

EmtIy WiiIett Ac~qattted.
~ direction - J,e tice Crane yester.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

r 1AROLD BAUER stands today in the Very
%fcrefron. Of the worlds greatest pisni.,s.
But he is more than an artist. One cannot
be in his presence a moment Without realizing the
strength. the intellect. the keen, analytical insight Of the
man. Bauer is a big man mentally. The worldwide
pre.emineree he has achieved in musical art is the in.
e2itable result Of a great genius coupled with a great
mind.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
Plan to Impose Occupation
 Tax on Local Business Men

The finance committee of the coun- cil, with Chairman McGihboney of the
 ordinance committee and Mayor Si- mon Bloom, were made a special
 council committee, at the regular meeting of the aldermanic body last night, with the duty of preparing an ordinance under the terms of Act 322 of 1907, whereby the income revenues
 of the city might be increased.
 Although Mayor Bloom went on re- cord only a few days ago as being opposed to the proposition of placing an occupation tax or license on busi- ness houses, the session of the coun- ell had just started last evening when Alderman Well took the floor, read the act in question, and offered the motion for the special committee to prepare the ordinance. E
 There was no discussion of the mat ter, nobody talking on the subject ex- cept MT. Well. He stated the city needed more revenue. and that he be- lieves none of the business houses will object to a reasonable tax of this
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
ONE SWITCnMAN BADLY STABBED
 BY ANOTHER
T. R. Wright in Hospital !. and Beanie stoops in
 Jail Fight Result. :

T. R. Wright 30, is in the Davis hospital lowering between life and death as the result of knife wounds received last evening about 6 o'clock in fight with w. c. ("Beanie') Stoops, 35, who is in the county jail, charged with assault to kill.
 Both men were employed as switch men by the Cotton Belt. The trouble occurred at the Cotton Belt eating house, and is said to have resulted from Stoops interfering with Wright, who was eating supper hurriedlly, preparatory to going on duty Re- ports have it that Stoops reached ov- CT and grabbed handful of the food to which Wright protested. For an- swer, according to report, Stoops reached over and picked up a chop. Wright pushed his tormentor away, urging Stoops to "let me alone; I'm in hurry"
 Stoops went outside. The fight re- suited when Wright hurried out of the eating house a few moments lat CT.
 Wright Is married. His wife Is be- lieved to be on her way here, having started for Pine Bluff Sunday or yes terday.
 Stoops was arrested shortly after the affair by Constable Clint Green. who found the accused at an East Second avenue boarding house.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
Peninsula & Oriental Liner Geelong Destroyed Near
 Scene Persia Tragedy.
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
 TO MEDITERRANEAN
Glengyle, Biggest Merchant Ship Lost Since Arabic Went Down. Destroyed fn Mediterranean With Loss
 of Ten Lives.

London, Jan. 3.-The Geelong, another Peninsula & Oriental liner, has, been sunk in the Mediterrane an
 All on board were saved.
 She was steel ship of 7,951 tons, practically the same size as the Persia. She was in the Australia service. She was scheduled to cruise by way of the cape. How she hap pened to be in the Mediterranean has not been explaind.
 "A Tokyo dispatch says announce rent is made by the Jiji Shimpo that g squadron of Japanese warships will sail for the Suez canal. It is assumed tEat this is for the protection of Japa- rese shipping. as the result of the loss of many Japanese-owned vessels IT. the Mediterranean.
 Of the losses reported today. the most disastrous from financial standpoint is the Glengyle. She is the biggest merchant vessel lost since the Arabic.
 Only ten person perished when the British liner Glengyle, 9,395 tons, was sunk in the Mediterranean, near the suez canal, according to advices re- ceived here today. Official announce ment was made that the ship had been sunk. s;
 More recent advices. received stated that of the s12O persons on board, pas sengers and crew, all but tsn.@had keen saveds Ul fffe ten who perished seven were Chinese and three Euro peans. So far as is known no Amer. jeans were on board the vessel.
 The British steamer St. oswald of 2,810 tons was also sunk in the Medi- terranean. The st. Oswald had been in the service of the British govern n,ent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
COTTON BET GETS
 RIGHT ID BUILD NEW SH16H:hERf Alderman Veil Opposes the Grant on Ground That It
 Is Favotitisan. MERCHANTS APPEAL FOR "M0VE-ON" RULE Problem of Regulating 'sStreet Drum- Infng' Proves Puzzler for the Coun. ell, Which Shifts It to Spe.
 cial Committee.

When Mayor Simon Bloom ruled that five aldermen constitute the necessary two-thirds required to .sus- pend the rules. the council passed, under suspension of the, rules, an ordinance giving to the Cotton Belt railroad franchise or permit to tuild switch track in the alley between Third and Fourth avenues, from about Missouri street to the west side of Tennessee street.
 There was considerable discussion on the subject the opposition to the measure coming from Alderman Weir, who held the ordinance was illegal and no. right. He urged that the council do not do for one man or set Of men, what it would not do for another.
 q would give the city check for $5.000, if they would let a railroad
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
CASHIER CHlCAGO
 HOSPITAL HELD *. UP BY BANDITS
While 40 Internes and Nurses Stand in Line, Rob-
 bers Get Pay Roll Cash.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-While more than 40 internes and nurses stood in line to receive their pay at the St. Luke's hospital, two bandits today held up Miss Nellie Tobin, cashier. tooa s2,500 in cash. and fled in yellow taxicab.u
 It was one of the most daring rob. teries in the history of Chicago's automobile bandit trust. The St
 Iuke's hospital is on South Michigan near the heart of the city. The taxi cab was trailed by detectives and found in the hands of chauffeur. He denied any responsibility for the rob. bery, declaring he accepted the men as passengers. He was taken to the police station and questioned, but was released later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04

kind, especially as the tax on real estate already is as high as it can go. Alderman Franey seconded the mo- tion, which was adopted without a dissenting vote, although so far as could be ascertained, there were only three members of the council who voted in voice sufficiently loud to be heard, these being sMessrs. Franey, McGibbOney and Well.
 Although the ordinance went through without opposition last night, it is admitted there will be a hard fight made on the floor of the council chamber when the matter actually comes up for action. The report of the special committee is expected to be handed to the council at the first meeting in February, and it is not un-
 likely there will be an unofficial meeting of the aldermen before that
 time. to study the details of the ordi- nance which the committee will pre- pare.
 It is known that one or two of the aldermen are opposed in a general way to the adoption of such a. meas ure, but 1t is understood also that their opposition is only general, and that they may vote in favor of the adoption of an ordinance along such lines, if the ordinance is generally satisfactory to the merchants and business men who will be affected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
T. +. Bradbury Called Be fore Grand Jury at Ses-
 sion Yesterday.
WIDOW OF SLAIN
 PLANTER TESTIFIES
Circuit Judge S0rrells Urges Grand Jury to Spare Neither Time Nor Ex- pense to Solve Mystery and Ap-
 prehend the Real Culprit.

The Jefferson county grand jury yesterday began an investigation of the assassination of P. G. Jenkins, shot 10 death on the porch of his plantation home near Sherrill on the light of Sunday, December 26, short iy after he and Mrs. Jenkins had re- turned home from a holiday visit to Pine Bluff. The inquiry will be re- sumed this mwning at 9 o'clock, under the direction of Prosecuting Attorney T. G. Parham and Capt. J. l. Avery, foreman of the inquisitorial body.
 About 20 persons were called be- fore the grand jury yesterday. Among these were T. s. Bradbury, who was sa guest at the Jenkins home at the time of the murder and who has been held in the Pulaski jail since. Brad bury was brought here yesterday IT norning from Little Rock. Will Martin, the negro yard-boy, also held in connection with the crime, is eex- pected to testify today.
 Mrs. P. G. Jenkins, widow of the murdered planter. was also called before the grand jury, and spent some time in the room where the in- quiry is being conducted. Among others who gave testimony yester- day were Mrs. J. R. Martin. Mrs, II. r Mays, Miss Hazel Jenkins. xpr.l J. Gregg, Dr. E.. C.TPyatt,, Tfllies Nor man, negro cook in the Jenkins home; George Lockhart. another ser vant and George Hines. a yard-boy. eve Want The Culprit." "We do not want victim, we want to find the criminal, the real culprit," " Circuit Judge w. B. Sorrells told the members of the grand jury he had summoned in special session to in- "A foul murder has been committed, good citizen has been shot down Dy an assassin in the dark, and want you to spare no expense or time in your efforts to get the real criminal, whoever he may be-" continued Judge Sorrells.
 "We do not want a sensation, we want the man who committed the crime, and don't want you to spare anybody, high or low. in your efforts 70 apprehend the criminal and his CO., ccnspirators. if any,,
 The court admonished the grand j.rors against letting your passions get the better of your judgment" and urged that, they exert +heir utmost endeavors to find the guilty party or parties, declaring "the responsibility rests upon you as grand jurors and as citizens who are interested in put ting an end to crime"
 It is expected that the inquiry will continue the greater part of today.
 Two Pinkerton men are understood tc have been employed by relatives Of the murdered man to inquire into the circumstances connected with tho assassination. It Is said they have bsen at work fog several days. acting independently.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
PersialArmed, Owners Admit;
 Eleven Survivors at Malta

London, Jan. 3.-The steamship Persia was armed.
 Her owners, the Peninsula & Orien- tai Steam Navigation company. ad- Titted this today.
 Eleven additional survivors have been reported. They landed at Malta. They included Lord Montague and three other passengers. and seven Lascars of the ships company.
 There is a possibility that others escaped. In addition to the four boats whose occupants were picked up and taken to Alexandria, another lifeboat was seen south of the scene of the wreck. With good luck. Il should have landed on the north coast ot Africa.
 None of the survivors saw . sub marine before the explosion. The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04

44V4 ? cnly testimony to support the the ory that the Persia vas borpedced is that of ships officer who says. he saw ripple. sss
 One hundred hours after the wreck details are unsatisfaetory and frag- raentary. Even the loss Of life re- mains doubtful. The passenger lst numbered more than 200. The crew
 was between 200 and 800. The eleven survivors landed It Malta bring the total saved to 16e. It vpuM sappear. therefore. that abQpt 2@e yAre iosss It may ha several 1Aye hef0fe the exact tiguras nre obtaiRtd. ..s There seem6 tS h4 no lonpe rem for hope that Unttea etatAs Gous3k4 lMcNeeiex escaped, 0rr dAya 4x silence are accepted ab indisatinG hie lcsa beyond question. ss s.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
VODKA HAS GONE FROM DOMAIN 0f
 GEAR FOREVER
Finance Minister Bark An nounces That Vodka Will
 Not Return After War.

Petrograd, Jan. 5.-Russia's renun. c,ation of vodka is to be maintained after the war.
 Replying to the exhortation of sev- eral members of the budget commit tee of the duma. Finance Minister Bark declared that the government intends promoting, sobriety after the restoration of peace and that re- turn of the former state of things nould be impossible.
 He added that bill to restrain drinking had been favorably consider ed by the council of ministers and that the absolute prohibition of vodka would be in accordance with the wishes of the highest authority. sl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
EXPLOSION ON SHIP;
 TWO KILLED, ONE BURT
Nine Others Missing as Result of Ex. plOsiOn of Gas on Oil Tanker
 Aztec,

New York, Jan. 3.-Two men were instantly killed in a terrific explosion aboard the oil tanker Aztec today. Two others are dying in Brooklyn hospital. Nine are missing. It is believed they are dead, buried in the heart of the wrecked ship.
 Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy says the Aztec was not blown up by an in- .cendiary. He thinks it was due to gas.
 The Aztec was laid up for repairs in a dry dock. She arrived here De- cember 24 from France, where she had carried a cargo of gasoline and petroleum. p se,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
SITUATION SERIOUS.
Germany and Austria Will Hold At
 tack Justified.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The sinking of the British steamship Persia in the Mediterranean, with the loss of American life, has brought on new crisis in the foreign relations ot this government.
 Indications tonight are that it may become more serious than any that has preceded it. .-e >'--','+ ---. .'a' a
 Officiiai confirmation that the Per- sia carried at least one AZ inch gun has injected an element of the ut most gravity into the situation.
 This was brought out today by statements in the highest foreign dip lomatic quarters, that Germany and Austria hold that their agreements to give warnings to passenger yes sells and provide for the safety of all on board. do not apply in cases where the vessels are armed.
 |. The intimation was plain that if it is proved the Persia was sunk by a submarine, the government responsi- ble will insist that the act was 'justi- he'd. % .'.9 4.,.
 Tho position of the United States has been that a merchant vessel might carry a few guns of six inch caliber, mounted in the stern. for purposes of defense, without chang ing it's character.
 If the United States maintains this position, the two governments will be far apart on the issue.
 President Wilson will arrive in Washington tomorrow morning and after a conference with Secretary o1 State Lansing, will decide whether to call an immediate meeting of the cab inet.
 Consul Garret's dispatch from Alex andria, Egypt, said that the Persia sank in five minutes. Consul Nc Neely, who was en route to his post , was last seen in the water before the steamer sank. The dispatch said also that Charles H. Grant of Boston, an.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-04
Noted German Field Mar shal Withdrawn from Ser
 via to Lead Austrians. ~
ESTIMATED THREE
 MILLIONS ENGAGED
Present Great Battle Said to Be Re- suit of Two Offensive Movements, Launched by Opposing Armies,
 Which Clashed-Russians Gain.

London, Jan. 3.-Field Marshal von
 MackenZen has been hastily witlf-l drawn from Servia, to take command of the hard pressed Austrians on the Bessarabian front, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Times. So far, the Vienna war office officially reports, the Austrian lines are hold
 ing despite serious attacks by great
 masses of Russians.
 The Russian offensive Is centered
 in the Toporoutz district. General 1vanoff is reported to have more than
 1,50C,000 men at his command, to-
 gether with vast supplies of heavy
 guns and ammunition. The Russian
 attacks are being made by entire di- ] visions in dense formation.
 Including several divisions of Ger
 mans from the Balkans to meet the
 new Russian drive, the Teutons are
 reported in Petrograd advices to have
 between 100000 and l,5g0,000 men
 on the 2O0-mile front between the Pripet and the Roumanian frontier. The present great battle is said to
 have been the result of two offensive
 movements which clashed. The Rus l sians for weeks had been preparing
 for an offensive in Bessarabia and 7 eastern Galicia. and concentrated .. great army and vast stores of ammu-
 hilton on comparatively short front.
 It was their design to threaten thA Balkan operations of the tAnstrO- Germans by, g. well-ttmed smash at,
 the front in Western Hussia and eest-s
 ern Galicfa.
 Meanwhile, the Germans and Aus
 trians, feeling the necessity of. strengthening and reinforcing their
 lines against possible Russian of. I fensive, opened an offensive. The two
 movements collided and the present tremendous struggle Is the result. The results of the battle show that
 the Russians SO far have made some considerable advances, particularly in
 the Strypa river district. MOntenegrin Cabinet Quits. Cettinje Jan. 3.The M0ntenegrin cabinet, headed by General 5AnkO Vukotitch, who combined the flrc- tons of premier and minister of war.
 has sresiened. The formation of q, new cabinet has been entrusted to
 Lazara Miouchekovitch. sss x ( ( 4sss
 British Oillcial Statement London, Jan. 3.--The. official preAs'
 bureau gives out the following re-
 port from British headquarters in France:
 "Last night we made . successful bombing attack on the. southern part of our front.
 To-day we directed an effective ar. tillery fire against portions of, the. German lines. German artillery was active in the northeast of Loos, and to the east of' <Ypres." x