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The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
TORNADO CUTS A
FOUR MILE PATH
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AS
YET is uNcERTAlN-TEN
ARE KNOWN DEAD.
HOUSES ARE BLOWN AWAY
Considerable Alarm Is Felt Over Stu
alton at State Convict Farm at
Tucker-Damaoe Greatest in Vi
einity Of England and Carlisle.

Little Rock, Ark.-Several persons
were killed in a tornado that struck
south central Arkansas. Four are re-
ported killed at Keo and several are
reported killed at the state convict
farm at Tucker.
The known dead are Albert l..
Swarts, farmer living near England,
and three negroes, one of whom lived
two miles north of England, and two
who lived two miles south. The Swarts
home was picked up and carried about
100 yards. Mrs. Swarts was probably
fatally injured and an 1S-year-old
daughter was badly hurt.
The storm is said to have swept a
path about four miles wide and it is
reported that several fires broke out
in the wreckage. Every physician in
the little town of England has been
called to the country to care for the
injured.
Considerable alarm is felt here over
the situation at the state convict farm
at Tucker. There are about 925 pris-
oners at the farm and it Is feared
that if the place was struck that some
of the convicts might have escaped.
Capt. ]. r. Burkett, warden Of the
state penitentiary, left here with re-
endorsements for the guard at Tucker.
Communication with the farm was
cut off
Three we're killed and five injured
near Carlisle, 2S miles east of Little
Rock. The dead are three little girls,
Choice Padgett, aged TO- Allalee Pad
gett. aged Z, and Frances Snow aged
8. Mr.. and Mrs. Padgett, parents OF
the Padgett girls, were injured when
their home was wrecked and a son
also was injured. Mrs. w. S. Snow
and Mrs. Harold Snow are the others
injured. Several houses were blown
down. Most Of the dead are said TO
be negroes.
Passengers arriving here on a Cot
ton Belt train that passed through the
storm district describe scenes of de-
struction. However, they had no au
thentic information on the number Of
lives lost.
1--WE saw furniture in the tops of
trees and many other evidences Of
destruction" said one passenger,
Wires were blown down, trees up
rooted and in some instances snapped
off like straws, and the ground was
covered with wreckage. Several times
our train was forced to stop while
the men of the crew cleared the track.
Near Haywood we saw house on
fire, it apparently having been struck
by lightning. There were terrific
flashes Of lightning and all the time
rain was falling in torrents"
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Governor Pardons.

Governor Hays remitted fines
amounting to 5000 and S36 criminal
tax assessed against Sidney H. Mayer,
former clerk at the Stiff jewelry
store, Tuesday in the Pulaski Circuit
Court, and restored him to citizenship.
Mayer pleaded guilty to II charges of
petit larceny A petition filed in his
behalf said that he Is not a vicious
man but had been led astray by drink;
that he has a family to support and
an offer of work
W. NJ Gentry Of Pope county, serv-
Ing six years for obtaining money un.
der false pretenses and for felonies.
Gentry was sentenced in 1915.
Mrs. S. Vandamme, Of Saline coun-
ty, was relieved of a $25 fine for Sab
bath breaking. Papers in her case
were 10 the effect that she had been
nned on the testimony of boys who
alleged that they had bought wine
from her on Sunday, but that she had
sold them grape Juice, and the sale
was made on Saturday.
The sentence of one years impris,
onment for bootlegging against Wal.
ter Wheatley Of Garland county, which
was imposed was, sWNanded until De
ceIgst9,Gafnlates, based on re, ~
constructors, government "il,i'lnS
: ports, field agents of the" '"''u 10
and in other ways sho, ,
value Of farm produces th'onHson 81,
he more tho &C" 0N Va .io
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& " n N s,@ Sor TO sour milk ano suner'
y he is a
!, N IL ~ sAN SoTicE. ears S,, sen,
n a 1.s} ' 1by given that Diou's ~
\ \ 4 the stockho'l Ourtls OF
n t N w {3i Aionai Bank ntenced to
n n old plaHv<y'
\ ly,2 Reed, caNvicted in
ss " in March, Mis- year,
4 "A and sentenced\t TO nine
III I'd from the oflcf ortae
ih7P ~
Thornton OF Garland coun.
'& - ssltenced to two years, and Fred
5gWoodard Of Crawford sentenced TO
8cpe year for grand larceny, were
rdyneH
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

~ ssltenced to two years, and Fred
Woodard Of Crawford, sentenced TO
kcpe year for grand larceny, were
k.d,.na
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19

States have about reached the break ing point, Mr. Towne declared that whether there is anything behind this secret mission or not, it might con ceivably bode no good to the Ameri- can government and offers another urgent reason why no time should be lost in putting ourselves in state of preparedness.
 It is but natural, for political and geographical reasons, that Japan should wish to dominate the far east. She might look upon playing such a role as her just heritage from the ages and the reward of her advance ment as world power, but whether or not she is to disregard American interests will no doubt depend to a large extent on our ability to present our claims with the backing of navy so powerful that Japan will not ac- quire the habit of looking on interna- tional obligations as mere scraps of paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
The Hardware Convention

The Southern Hardware Joboers and the National Hardware Manufac- turers' association, holding their an nual joint convention in Birmingham, form a splendid body of men.
 They are thoroughly representative of the great business activities of thls country. They are large-mlnded men, and seeing Birmingham for the first time as they are, every citizen of this rapidly expanding community will not only wish the hardware peo- ple and the ladies accompanying them a pleasant sojourn, but all mem bers of our civic bodies will gladly txert themselves to contribute to the entertainment of the visitors.
 The whole city extends cordial greeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Handling Crowds

'Any person dealing with the public in the amusement line meets with all kinds of experiences, many pleasant, some otherwise" said Fred Monica boro, assistant manager of the Lyric. "As a rule, the patrons of the thea tre are very considerate, but once in a while we run across persons who are unreasonable, especially in the matter of a misunderstanding about reserved seats. We take care of thou sands of people each week, and of course mistakes will occur now and then
 q never have any trouble with our regular patrons, but sometimes q transient will find fault at the least mishap Then again in admitting the large crowds that are almost always present waiting for second perform ances, we always mention which aisle of the theatre the reserve tickets call for, but in spite of this the people will stop at the first or second aisle and have to be again directed to the proper place.
 Take it all in all however 1 find the patrons good natured and as 8 general thing with disposition to make allowances for little mistakes on a crowded night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
CHEATING BACK"

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Ex-Train- Robber Al Jennings, who was beaten fors governor in Oklahoma. nas organized ah evangelistic crew and has associated with him an ex estate printer, one G. H. Farris, who was impeached while in office. With them will be sew eral singers and workers who have beaten back to the path of rectitude after having gone astray." No doubt this crew of sweet evangels, which will num- Der 15 or 20 it is announced, will whoop
 it up successfully.
 Many people prefer to get their spiritual stimulus and guidance from ex-convicts and ex-drnkers and ex-disreputables and other redeemed ones who have gone as- tray, or, rather stray ones who have been redeemed. Equally interesting with the efforts of the outside world to reform the
 interior of prisons is the reformation of
 the outside world from the interior, so to speak.
 There is something vastly inspiring and ennobing in the spectacle of man who has once been down and risen up. He
 is a sort of prodigy, curiosity, sensa- tion--and he is wonderful advertisement for real religion when he is sincere. His disinterested efforts to help other men up
 must command the esteem of right think ing people. But when he makes busi- ness of revivals for revenue and turns the tabernacle into circus tent and the ! "sawdust trail' into tan bark it is a degradation compared to which any side show is respectable. We would refrain from judging the Hon.-Rev. Al Jennings who declares he intends to convince the people of Oklahoma City that he is sin '-although he accomplished that in his race for governor. We can only hope that he is not going to perform another great travesty on religion for revenue r,lx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
REAL NEWSPAPER MAN

From "The Sandals of His Youth by
 May Synon, in the May Scribner.
 Tommy Trant came to Chicago with a pencil in his pocket and dream in his eyes. He came from Indiana. tall, stopping, awkward. heavily spectacled boy to stand by the desk of the city edi- tor of The Record, seeking a job. The city editor told him, as city editors have told hundreds of other solemn eyed youths from Indiana, that there was no job, but plenty of jobs for news gatherers. Tommy Trant took the hint that most of the other aspirants for journalistic fame had ignored. He sought out news in the places where news grew He poked his long nose into queer corners of the town that was developing so many queer cor ners in those days after the Worlds fair. He struck and held acquaintance with walters cab drivers, and bartenders He travelled beats with friendly patrolmen. He found the Pilots club on South Water street and the Goose Grid on Mil waukee avenue In a city that editors knew only by maps and by gossip Tommy Trant came to know real people, men and WOillSI WllO WSlS ouONlu6 SliCd6O up tO the 100000 mark. He found stories in them He made stories of them. He wrote stories out of the strange gift with in himself, The city editor read all of them and used some of them. One week, after Tommy Trant had drawn more money for space writing than the city editor drew on salary, The Record put the man from Indiana on it's staff,
 There are newspaper men and men who work on newspapers. The latter reside in suburbs and labor on afternoon journals, committing with the regularity of bank clerks and perusing farm and garden lit- erature in odd moments snatched from their tasks of getting out editions. The former dwell in old hotels or rooming houses in the heart of the town, never board a train except on assignment, and spend their days off in loafiing around the local room of their own and other morning newspapers. They are the rul- ing class of America, prophets who stand on the hills of Israel looking out over the valleys of the Philistnes. Tommy Trant was a newspaper man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19

The war has brought German bathing resorts along the Baltic and North seas to the verge of financial ruin. The Der liner-Tage geblatt reports session of the Prussan Landtag recently in which it was decided to ask the government to come to the aid of the resort towns. In many cases these municipalities have been forced to increase their tax rate several hundred per cent, it is said, in order to meet their obligations, but even with this enormous tax increase they have been compelled to ask aid of the government A progressive deputy stated that the town of Swinemunde had been obliged to in crease it's taxes 450 per cent, to pay n- terest on loans and cover former deficits. The situation at Sassnitz and Binz is said to be equally as bad. The village of Cranz had a deficit last year of $36 900. A large number of the Baltic resorts have been closed for sometime, and there are not enough guests at those still open to pay current expenses. There were more than 26,000 persons taking the "cure" in Sassnitz in the summer of 1913 Last summer there were only 1885. At Binz the number of guests had decreased from 130O0 to 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
"NEw woMENv IN NORWAY

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The Norwegian Storthing (parliamenD has voted 91 to 14 in favor of a constitu- tional amendment permitting women to become members of the council of state the cabinet ministry-of nine members. It is an important change, and yet it is the natural outcome of Norway's pro- gressive democracy and the next step in her political evolution.
 By a law effective May %, 1901. women were granted the right to vote in local elections if they or their husbands had in the country an income of $S0 and in the city an income of s107 an 1907 they were accorded a qualified right to vote in gen. eral elections In 1911 Anna Rogstad was elected to the Storthing as the first woman representative; in the year fol- lowing women were declared eligible to all offices outside of the ecclesiastical es- tablishment, the military service or the council of state. In 1913 the further step was taken of extending the suffrage to women on the same comprehensive terms as those whereunder it had already been granted to men in 1898, and Article 50 of the constitution was amended to read: 'All Norwegian citizens, men and women, who are 20 years of age, who have lived in the kingdom for five years and still reside there shall have the right to vote"
 Thus is fulfilled the eventual purpose of that remarkable assembly at Eidsvold, April 10, 1874, when the constitution was framed which the subsequent abdication of King Christian Frederick and the union with Sweden did not supersede. That constitution reflected the temper of a people determined to rule themselves and to surround even the least exercise of the royal prerogative with every safeguard of the popular liberties. The installation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud at Trondhjem, on June 12, 1906. as sovereigns of an independent kingdom, has only served to emphasize the reso1ute adher- ence of the people at large to their ideals of liberty, which has reduced to the min imum political distinctions among citizens on the basis of sex or property or cul- ture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
MT. Towne's Prediction

Charles A. Towne, an able and elo- quent man, who was formerly United States senator from Minnesota and later a congressman from New York, stated in recent interview that Ja- pan is looking for a place in the sun and the United States must either withdraw entirely from the far east, fight Japan for ultimate control of the Pacific or build navy so power ful that it will not be necessary to fight
 Since Richmond Pearson Hobson beheld the "yellow peril" for the first time, remarkable change has taken place in public opinion and the man who ventures to repeat Hobson's warning is no longer ridiculed. In fact, he is listened to with respectful attention and his words are given careful consideration. Our national sense of security has received rude jolt. We are no longer quite certain that we are safe from any attack, or if assailed could give such a good account of ourselves that our enemies would regret their haste.
 Says MT. Towne, Anybody who does not know Japan intends to dom mate the far east is not entitled even to discuss our oriental policies Speaking of the reported mission of General Iturbide of Mexico to Japan, at a time when the relations between Mexico and the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
A STRANGE AWAKENING

to think of money, having a king Tor patron, but the exceptions simply prove the rule Even Turner, who died compar- atively rich got less for all his pictures than a single perfect example, like'T Slave Ship" might now command Mil let's "Angelus,' once considered dear at a few thousand francs, is today practi- cally priceless, and Whistler's Portrait of Lady rests in the Luxembourg, be- yond the richest collectors reach
 MT. Blakelock had to wait, but had not to struggle while he waited. In an asy- lum, dead to the world, he was certain of all the creature comforts till the world learned to rave over the canvases it had despised. Awakening from the long sleep, he is privileged to gaze upon the achievements of disastrous prince crowned with the laurel at last, before entering upon the longer sleep. What captain of industry can dream of re- ward so splendid? The wealth he has amassed with infinite toll may be dissi- pated by a dissolute heir; the enterprises he founded and built up may be wrecked by men less industrious and shillful; his very name may fade from the Who's Who" of finance; but Blakelock's fame is secure and his fortune is panic-proof. The Venus of Milo looks down upon suc- cessive generations of WorshipperS, though the Greece which conceived her and the plutocrats who competed to pos sess her have perished; the Pompeiian frescoes are, to the modern eye, more vivid than the finest pages of Llvy, or Taictus-
 All passes; Art alone
 Enduring stays to us;
 The Bust outlasts the throne.
 The Coin, TiberiuS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Protecting the Veterans

The city commissioners have an nounced that the license of any per son, firm or corporation charging ex- nrhitant prices during the Confed- crate Veterans reunion will be re- voked. While there are no indications that any effort will be made to take advantage of reunion visitors, the at titude of the city commission makes it plain that no such attempt will be tolerated
 It is bad enough for hotels, taxi cab firms, restaurants and other en- terprises to victimize visitors on any occasion, but to accord such treatment to Confederate veterans, as well as their families, friends and relatives, would be a sad example of human depravity. Practices of this sort have been blight on many so-called con- | VGILlOil CLUES. Wiil lOt be guilty of such conduct, but if there should be any sporadic cases the of lending persons or firms will be promptly punished.
 Not only will the reunion crowds be protected from extortion, but the police department is getting ready tc maintain the best of order and arrest all criminals who come to Birming- < ham for the purpose of preying on the unwary.
 Everything possible will be done tc insure the safety and comfort not only of the veterans who will be the city's guests of honor, but also of all other visitors. No one will be able to say that Birmingham has tried te turn the reunion into a money -mak- Ing scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Brown Should Sneak

In regard to the open meeting in the council chamber next Tuesday on merits of the plans for the transforma- tion of the Roden steel frame into a com bined auditorium and city hall, H. Key Milner, chairman of the auditorium com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, stated yesterday that Eugene Brown should be present to explain the plans:
 He is the only man who has the plans at his finger tips,' said MT. Mill ner, "and we are awaiting his return from French Lick Springs, Ind, in order that he may speak at the meeting. MT. Brown has promised to be back in Bir- mingham by next Monday, but if un- fortunately he is unable to return on that date I sincerely hope the meeting on the auditorium plans will be postponed until MT. Brown can be present."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
THE ORIGIN OF .BoCHE.

To the Editor of The New York Times
 Professor Lancaster in his recent letter calls attention to another explanation (Suran's) of the origin of Boche, namely, that it is derived from Alboche. The weakness of this theory seems to me to consist in the fact that Boche existed as a common noun meaning mauvais sujet
 before it was applied to the Germans. am aware that Suran put aside this word as of no influence. It is, however, inn probable that, nasmuch as the word Boche already existed with it's peculiar meaning, Alboche could have been derived from Ailemand, with no thought of the word Roche. This is the idea expressed in my first letter to the Times (see also Saineans recent book, "L'Argot des Tranchees.'D It is quite possible that the use of Boche as a proper noun arose after the confusion of Boche and Allemand mad produced Alboche; this has been neither proved nor disproved I have no theory of my own in this matter and merely wish to have light shed on the origin of curi- ous word DOUGLAS l.. BUF'FUM.
 Princeton N J., April 10. l9l6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
Today Looms Big in History

President Wilson has requested a joint session of Congress for 1 o'clock today to hear a message from him on a subject of ''grave importance"
 While the purport of his message is being guarded by the most careful secrecy, Congress and the nation know that he is to discuss the Ger man submarine question. Further more they know that the situation has become serious indeed when the Presi- dent formally calls upon Congress to share the burdensome issues involved in this trying problem.
 The President has shown remark able patience throughout, the ordeal such patience in fact that he will have the whole country behind him in such action as he shall decide is necessary.
 Meantime every true citizen awaits with keen and. sympathetic interest today's announcement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19
About Edna May


 'uoge II. E. Abernethy is a great ad- niirer of motion pictures and especially or lengthy features. He spoke yesterday or the great changes in the industry "nereoy the producers could afford to pay such huge salaries to the big stars:
 Why do you know" said Judge Ab- ernethy, Miss Edna May, who will ap- pear at the Strand theatre next week in salvation Joan a seven-reel Vitagrapn picture, got $1oO,Oo0 for her work in that production? That beats Charley Chaplin s salary some, eh? Of course, you know that Edna Mays real sure enough name IS Mrs. Jesse Lewisohn, and that she is worth oodles and oodles of the coin of the realm, which makes readily under stood the fact that she gave all of the $1OO0o0 she received from the Vitagraph company to charity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-19

From the New Orleans es-Picayune. <<HAWOKE one morning and found
 myself famous" declared clare .a1, an Eng sy- yives The experience has just been re- r,a.+od b1 an American painter, but i'll quite a different way, for the Engilsh noet,s fame attained to mammoth propor- +;ons between sunset and sunrise, whereas r dismal years were needed to bring the American painter into his own. It seems that R A. Blakelock struggled with the direst penury and, in the effort to Keep bodv and soul together, sold TOT sohs the pictures which today excite the entnu- siasm of connoisseurs and collectors. The stress was finally too much for MT. BIakelock's S strength, and he had to pc taken to a hospital for mental diseases Now. after r years he emerges with in +ellectual faculties restored and with the assurance of an adequate income, derived from an exhibition to which his pictures were brought from public ana prlVate galleries, the country over. NIT. BlaKe- lock is 79. but youthful genius can seldom hone for a fate so fortunate. For youth ful genius must expect that death will precede fame. as it did in the case of John Keats, who, in the classic epitaph traced by his own hand, spoke of himself as. "One whose name was writ -n water.
 MT. Blakelock's s good fortune is pecu- liar. in the sense that he is to derive comnetence from the pictures he sold for a son. It was not so with the immortal artists of former days; their plctures' once sold, were gone forever, from the pecuniary point of view. Here and there of course, a genius of the brush had not