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PUBLICITY IlCT, CARRY THE STATE Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 Seem to Have Failed of Adoption. JUDGE WORTHINGTON HAS DEFEATED REED REPUBLICAN AND SOCIALIST VOTE THROUGHT STATE HAS FALLEN BELOW NORMAL. CHILD LABOR ACT IS LEADING Amendments Submitted by Legisla ture Require Majority of the To tal Number of Votes Cast. W.atrrii X.wapapar 1'nlon N.w. Soraloe. Little Rock.—With a total vote of 47,308 accounted for in the guberna torial election, which is probably one third of the total vote cast in the state, it appears that the child labor act, the publicity act, and the bond amendment have carried, whii» the legislative salary and lieutenant gov ernor acts have nrob’bly faile-v of adoption, by reason of net having re ccived a majority of the total number of votes cast. The partial and incomplete returns show the following results: Governor—Hays, Democrat, 34,547; Kinney, Republican. 9,449: Hogan. Socialist. 3,312. Act No. 1—(Child Iaibor)—For 28. 973, against 9.529. Act No. 3—(Publicity)—For 23,478. against 15,985. Amendment No. 14—(Bonds!—For 93.874, against 14.804. Amendment No. 15—(Legislative Salary)—For 18,715, against 17,508. Amendment No. 16—(Lieutenant Governor)—For 18.833, against 15,994. A majority of the total vote for governor thus far accounted for is 23,654. The Bond Amendment has received more than that number and Is gaining, as the rural voter bad been convinced generally that it did not affect him in any way, and that there fore he should support it. Aside from that fact., being an initialed amend ment. it requires only a majority of the votes cast on the subject for adop tion. The other two amendments, however, are so far below the re quired majority, although receiving a majority of the votes cast, that it un likely they will catch up. Both the acts are definitely in the clear and cannot be defeated. Local Races Interest Many. In several counties there were warmly contested county or district races, and in these counties the Judges apparently gave their atten tion to the races in which there was local interest and put off the count ing of the votes on the acts and amendments. At Fort Smith, where there was great Interest in the Little Smith race for circuit Judge, the Judges went home without announcing easier va4 A a si t Vi a n a4 a anJ .1 ments. However, the indication* were each act and each amendment re ceived a majority in Sebastian county. Fort Smith gave a good vote for the publicity measure and for the bond amendment, but voted against Amend ment No. 14, which provides a salary tor legislators. Amendment No. 15. however, fared surprisingly well throughout the state, and carried in Pulaski county. This amendment practically nullifies Amendment Be. IS. which provides for a 60-day ses sion of the legislature and which re ceived an overwhelming majority when submitted two years ago. under the initiative and referendum law. It places legislators on a salary of f75f> for two years and permits them to stay In session as long as the public business demands it. Returns from Montgomery county Indicate the election of tha entire Democratic ticket, except that J. B. Kelley appears to have been defeated for county Judge by W. J. Hale. Re publican. by 41 majority. In Crawford county. Branson. Re publican candidate for sheriff, has 1, 367 votes, and Wells, Democrat, 1,346, with two more precincts to be heard from. The indications are that C. A. 8tarbird, Republican, has been re elected county Judge in Crawford over W. H. McKinney, Democrat, by a ma jority of about 150. In Prairie county there la a hot race for county judge between Scree ton, Democrat, and Loretz, Independ ent. Loretz claims a victory there, though Screeton is leading him by a few votes. 1. N. Moore, independent candidate for county judge in Desha county, con cedes the election of J. L. Parker. There was a hot race in Argenta for constable. Tom Warnell, the Demo cratic nominee, was declared elected : over George Scott, Republican, by 93 majority. Scott charges fraud, amt his friends are circulating petitions asking for the removal of City Attor nev Fred McDonald and Alderman A. I>. Busby and J. P. Brinley for al leged connections with the counting. There is a great doal of bitter feel ing over the matter. Paul Little. Democrat, has won his race against H. N. Smith, Indepen dent, for circuit judge in the Twelfth judicial district, with a majority of 12,231. There are only meager returns from Prairie county on the race for county judge there, but they indicate a vic tory for Screeton over his indepen dent opponent. Worthington Has Defeated Reed. Probably the most warmly contest | ed race in the state was that for cir- j I euit judge in the Fourteenth Circuit. The last week of the campaign the; strongest speakers of the Democratic party were thrown into the district to aid the Democratic nominee. Judg> George IV. Reed, of Cleburne county, j but it appears to have been unavail ing. On the face of returns so far! received be has been defeated by Judge I. Worthington. Republican, of Boone County, former Unite*! States j district attorney at Fort. Smith, and Republican nominee for governor in | 1906. Official returns from Newton county and partial returns from Boone, Van Buren, Cleburne, Searcy and Marion, the other counties composing the Fourteenth judicial district, give Worthington a majority of 573 votes over Reed, and it seems certain that , Worthington has been elected. Judge j Reed said he thought he had been de feated. How Some Counties Voted on No. 3. The indications are that Aet No. 3| | carried by a good majority in Greene ! county, where a bitter fight has been made on it. It was reported that ! thrv e precincts in Paragould gave Act No. 3 109 votes, with only 29 ; against, and that the county had gone for the act, 2 to 1. In Washington, where a hard fight was made on Act No. 3, it has a lead, j though if it wins its majority will be | small. In Polk county also Act No. 3 was fought hard, but it seems to have won j by a big majority. Politicians made a fight on Act No. i 3 irt l>on«ke county, but the returns thus far received indicate that the I act carried there. In Garland county Act No. 3 re j ceived a majority of 5 to 1. In St Francis it received a majority of 6 to 1. In Sebastian county 16 out of 34 precincts give the act 2,167 votes, with only 139 against. These pre cincts gave Amendment No. 14 2. | 176 votes, with only 222 against. In White county and in Craighead | county Act No. 3 wins by probably 4 I to 1, and in nearly every case where the vote is big for Act No. 3 it is also big for Amendment No. 14, and where Act No. 3 has suffered, generally Amendment No. 14 has suffered. In Conway county Act No. 3 and all i of the amendments were Hlaii<rhtprpH but Act No. 1 carried. , In Phillips county the rflturns. as usual, are slow. An official report from one township gives a good mu Jorlty for Act No. 3. but it is believed this county will go against the act ard also against Amendment No. 14 How Publicity Act Won. The Publicity ('ommittee for Art No. 3 issued the following announce ment: "Act No. 3 has carried the state by a majority tof 35,000. Assuming that the total vote will be 140,000, and that is small for even a Demo cratic primary, we will exceed 25,000 majority on the present ratio of re turn* from various sections of the state. The country precincts, most of which are yet to report, will show good majorities, as a rule, for the pub licity act. We are even stronger In the country preeincts than in the o»t ies, and, of course, returns to dote speak for the emphatic manner in which the people of the cities look at the question of publicity. "Act No. 3 will go into efTect imme diately upon It* adoption. It means that the initiative and referendum measures will be published hereafter in each county of the state four weeks. Instead of six weeks. It means that a synopsis of the general laws passed by the legislature will be pub lished in one papsr in each county. It means that all general orders of the railroad commission will be pub lished in one paper in each county. It means that all claims against each county and road district wlllfbe pub lished in on* newspaper in each coun ty. It means that the reports of coun ty commissioners of accounts will be published each year in one newspaper of each county. It means that all improvement districts hereafter shell publish tljeir financial reports. It means that all municipalities shall publish a detailed statement eacli year of their receipts and disburse ments. It metvns that extravagance and mismanagement in public affairs will be eliminated by publicity, and that extravagant fees which have no foundation in law are a thing of the past in Arkansas. “The Arkansas Press Association was in dead earnest about this public ity act. Tho press would be glad to give out public information, but it is impossible to do so in a system that is designated to keep out the light. The press should be paid for such publicity w-here extreme care and absolute ac curacy arc required. And, of cours", that is necessary if the people are to have an accurate and reliable in sight into their public affairs. "The victory for Act No. 3 at Mon day’s election is an overwhelming endorsement of publicity, a repudia tion of ring politics, a rebuke to the iniquitous fee system, a flattering ex pression of the people in the confi dence of the press of Arkansas and a striking evldofnre of its power in po litical and material affairs. “The people have shown by their vote that they believe the newspa pers are the only proper medium of publicity, that the practice of posting official notices and the inadequate pamphlet scheme are not in keeping with the requirements of modern times; that people have a right to re ceive information about their public aiiaiic> in iiit'ii uuiurn iiuuii^u uiru county newspapers and that those who fear publicity have sflen better days in politics.” The Bond Amendment Carries. The backers of the bond amendment are sanguine of success for this meas ure. Mayor Taylor said Tuesday morning: "The Executive Committee of the Greater Arkansas Association, the committee in charge of the campaign for the bond amendment, has never once doubted its success at the polls. We have found no organised opposition to the amendment. On the contrary, we have found there is a general demand for this progressive measure, and when the returns have all been received it will be found that the amendment has been adopted by a large majority.” The Vote on Liquor. Fort Smith, which is a saloonlcss town, gave 700 majority for license. Bonanza and Huntington in Sebastian county voted for license and Jenny Lind, which was thought to be for li cense, voted dry by a majority of one. The remainder of the Greenwood dis trict is against license. Eureka Springs went four to one for license and Texarkana gave a good majority for license. Craighead coun ty wient against license and the vot*' against license in Greene county was large. License carried in Fort Smith, and the indications were that it had ear ried in the Greenwood district of Se bastian county, which has been vot ing dry for some time. In Texarkana license carried in the face of an act passed by the 191T session of the legislature, which for ever prohibited the sale of intoxicat ing liquors within a radius of 10 miles of a certain school house in Tex arkana. In Pine Bluff, where the saloons are closed under the Gotng law, the vote n no I Vt ■ m uv a«fva> •••••• »/» counties voted against license. Pulaski county hr' pgain voted "wet," although it i.innot be said at this time by what majority. The residence wards of Little Rock con tinue "dry.” Pulaski County Election. In Pulaski county all the Democrat ic nominees for county officers were elected by a large majority. The Re publican opposition proved decidedly feeble. In only one ward of Little Rock did Mr. Kinney, the Republican nominee for governor, show any strength. That was in the Third, where he secured 124 votes Election officials in that ward said that more than a hundred negroes came to the polls and voted solidly for Ml. Kinney alone. Evidently this was a carefully planned rebuke to the "lily whites," who control the Republican County Central Committee, for Mr. Kinney declared in his campaign speeches that the negro must not he read oul of the Republican party. The partial returns are: For Amendment No 14 (bond is sue), 1,560; against, 970. Majority. 590. For Act No 3 (publicity act), 1.953; against. 630. Majority, 1,323. For Amendment No. 15 (leigslators* salaries), 1,644; against, 803. Major ity. 841. For Amendment No. 16 (lieutenant governor). 1,744; against. 718. Major ity, 1,026. For County Clerk—H. S. Turner, Democrat, 1,954; Schwarts, Republi can. 151. AUSTRIANS ARE BELIEVED ARMY OF DUAL MON ARCHY MUST SURRENDER OR BE WHOLLY ANNIHILATED. • ••*••*••*****•**•* * London.—According to a state- ' * ment issued here Tuesday by the ' * Servian legation, there are now in * * Hungary at least 150,000 Servian * * troops intently pushing an olTen- " * sive tnevement against the forces * * ol' the dual monarchy, * * The Austrians are entrenching * * at all stategic points on all the * - roads loading to Budapest. * * ****************** Western Newspaper I'nlon News Service. Ijondon.—Telegraphing from Rome the Daily Express correspondent says: "The surrender of the Austrian army led by Generals Tianki and Yon AufTenburg is imminent. The heir to the Austrian throne. Archduke Charles Francis, is with General Dankl's army, which is entirely cut off from communication. "Five German anr.y corps march ing to file relief of toe Austrians have beer checked at Grorlel: by the Third KiiRs’nn Corps. Geneial Dankl's armv Is caught in the morass west of the River San. Farther west a flanking army of 100.000 Cossacks is awaiting it. Its artillery lias been lost ami it.? cavalry is in the bog. "The last hope of the Austrians fs to concentrate between the triangu lar fortress between Przemysl, Gra cow and Jaroslaw. They can accom plish this, if at all, only by tremen dous losses.” The Russians are said to be con tinuing their successes in Galicia and Poland. The armies of General I)ankl, which had the support of some Ger man division, have been driven back across the frontier, which they crossed while the Russians were advancing on Lemberg and now. according to Petrn grad reports, are in the angle be tween the Rivers San and Vistula, a trap into which the Russian troops had been trying for some days to drive them. Their flanks are sup ported by the fortress of Cracow and. Przomysl. The Russians report the capture of Apelo and Tourobine. Przemysl is being approached by the Russian army which captured Lemberg and which now will operate against the right wing of Generals rv.inkl and von Auffcnhurg. Mean while the Russian army is free to move west toward Thorn. Prussia, a town of some 27,000 inhabitants on tile right bank of the Vistula, 25 miles southeast of Bromberg, and General ’ Rennekampff can look for reinforce ments for his armv, which had to fall hack with the German advance in East. Prussia. A dispatch from Rome says the Tribuna's Petrograd corresponded declares it is reported in the Russian capital that the Austrians have lost 70 per cent of their total effective available troops, including 250,000 men taken prisoners by the Russians and Servians. The dispntch adds that Austria is withdrawing her forces to protect Vi eaina and Budapest A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company from Rome says it is officially admitted in Trieste. Austria, that 15,000 soldiers from Trieste and Trent, mostly Italians, fighting in the first line have been killed in the Gal ician battles. OFFICIAL STORY OF THE GERMAN ARMY RETREAT l/ondon.—-The Official Press Bureau makes the following announcement • “A summary, necessarily incom plete, may be attempted of the ope rations of the British expeditlonarv force and the French army during the last four days. "On September ft the southward ad vance of the Carman right reached the extreme point at Coulommiers and Provlns, cavalry patrqls having penetrated even as far south as Nc gent-Sur-Seine. "This movement was covered by a large flanking force west of the line ef the Hirer Ourcq. watching the eat er Paris defenses and any silled force that might come from them. "The soi^hward movement of the enemy left right wing in a dan gerous position, as he had evacuated the Crell-Senlls-Compgre region through which his advance had been pushed. "The allies attacked this exposed wing, both in front and on the flank. September *. The covering force wns aaspllesl by a French army based on the Paris dermses and brought to ac tion on the ltne between Nantsuli le Hamlin and Meaux. "The main portion of the enemy's . !f*J 1J "iS ImPT ■ T» glTfga EMPEROR OF JAPAN Recent portrait of the emperor of Japan, who aa the ally of Great Brit ain hat entered the European war. AUSTRIAN LEFT PLAN TO PUT ENEMY OUT OF FIGHT BEFORE GERMAN REIN FORCEMENTS ARRIVE. London.—The Russians continue to strike at the Austrian left in Galicia and. according to Petrograd reports have succeeded in smashing it. The object in concentrating the attack on this wing of the Austrian army is obvious, for the Russians have de sired more than anything else at the present time to put the Austrian army entirely out of the fight before more German reinforcements could come to its aid. What remains of the Austrian left are said to be in the angle between the River Vistula and San, where the Russians hope to force a surrender of the Prussian and Posen campaign Nothing has been divulged, but offi cial reports say the Russians are ope rating before Posen ami Breslau anc have occupied Tr/cnstochotT and Pe. trokoff. It is believed, however, they will satisfy themselves with trying to hold their present position in both Prussia and Posen, until they have at tempted more completely to dispose of the Austrians. In addition, with the arrival of the rainy season. Rus sian Poland will be transformed into a marsh in which the Germans will find it Impossible to move. "Russian successes are reported everywhere in the thewter of opera tions." says a Petrograd dispatch. “Notwithstanding brilliant efforts cf lilt: I* iiiipscii mil innu> i anil uic auiui.y of the Austrians to entrench them selves In a clever manner, the Rus sians have crushed the bulk of the 1 opposing armies, occupying more ter ritory every day. | right wing was attacked frontally by I the British army, which has been | transferred from the north to the east of Paris, and by a French corpa ad vancing alongside it on a line be tween Crecy, Colommleres and Se aanne. “The combined operations up to the present have been completely suc cessful. The German outer flank was forced back as far as the line of the Ourcq river. There it made a strong defense and executed several vigor ous counter attacks, hut was unable to beat off the pressure of the French advance “The main body of the enemy's right wing vainly endeavored to de fend the line of the Grand Morin river, and then that of the Petit Mi> rtn. Presped back over both of these rtvers and threatened on its right, owing to the defeat of the covering force by the allies' left, the German right wing retreated over the Marne, September 1(1. "The British army, with a portion of the French forces on its left, crossed thla rfver below Chateau Thierry—a morement which obliged the enemy’s forces west of the Onreq, already assailed by the Preach corps forming the extreme left of the al lies. to give way and tetreat north eastward in the directiba of Solaaons. River Bill la Cut Down. Washington.—An $18,000,000 reduc tion In the rlvor and harbor appro priation bill, as agreed te by the Senate Committee on Commerce, of which Senator Clarke of Arkansas la chairman, cute the appropriation for the continuing Improvement of the Ouachita river from $667,000 to $327, 500, but includes two locks and dams The appropriation for the Improve ment of the Arkansas river In Arkan sas and Oklahoma ta cut from $164, BOO to $110,000. Main* Elects Democratic Governor. Portland. Me.—Mayor Oakley C. Curtle of Portland, a Democrat, was elected governor of Maine over Gover nor William T. Haines of Waterville, a candidate for a second term, accord ing to complete unofficial returns The vote was 66,179 for Haines and 58. 875 for Curtis. Halbert P. Gardner of Patton, the Progressive candidate, received 17,147 voles. Legislative re turns from more than half of the dis tricts were evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. ) Ask Governors to Meet. Washington.—As a result of con ferences among congressmen from nine cotton states. Senator Sheppard of Texas on Tuesday sent request tp governors of those states to meet In Washington and discuss the question of curtailing *ext year’s crop. "It was the vie-w of all present at I he oonference,” said Senator Hoke Smith, "that no solution of the cot ton difficulties could be accomplished except by curtailment of next year’s crop. American War Observer* Washington.—American army offi cers have been assigned as military observers in the Enropean war as fol lows: Major Spencer, Cosby, Corps of Engineers, with the French army; Major George O. Squler. Signal Corps, with the liritish expeditionary force; ('apt Allen L. Briggs, Twenty-sixtn Infantry, with the Austrian army; M*i jor George T. Longhorne, Fifth cav alry, with the Oerntan army; First •Meutenant Miles, field artillery, with the Servian army. Bulgaria Sands Representative. Sofia.—Stephen Paneroff. who waa for a long time professor of Robert College, Constantinople, has been nominated Bulgarian minister to the United States. The naming of a min ister from Bulgaria to the United States will establish a new legation in Washington. The United States has accredited a single diplomat to all of the Baltic states. Servla, Bui f.-arla and Montenegro. Bulgaria has teen advised that the new minister is acceptable. ARMIES MOM TO II NEW POSITION ACCUMULATING EVIDENCES OF CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE GERMAN FORCES. tV<*wt^rn Now wp* per tfnion Nows Sptfii^. Ijomlon.—“Roth armies are taking breath,” says the Daily Mail's Bor deaux correspondent. “If the Ger mans can take a strong position north of the River Aisne another battle in likely at the end of the week. “Nevertheless they may intend to draw off their troops through the town of Stemay. eight miles west of Montmedy, or by the Meuse vallej into Luxemburg. “Evidences of their defeat accumu late. Masses of every kind of ma terial are being abandoned by the Germans, pointing to the continuance of their retirement. The French arc bringing up reinforcements in large numbers. “Retreat to Stenay would be risky and the enemy may prefer to fight again.’’ The Daily Mail's Paris correspond ent says: “The allies' left, now strong and weir supported, rests near Amiens, with the British forces forming the main body of the left wing with headquar ters at Soissons. The strain of the next two days’ fighting will rest with this left wing and the center, which will have the task of pushing its way affer the enemy in the difficult Ar *onne countrv." General von Klurk's army has made i stand north of the river Aisne, on a line marked hy the forest of I/Alglo and Oraonne, while the armies of Gen prals von Buelow and Von Haussen, the Duke of Wurttemburg and thn ?rown prince are falling back to straighten out the front on which the next big battle is likely to be fought. Although the Germans have been punished badly in their long retreat and have lost many guns and men. they mainiain cohesion, nnd tinless the French succeed In their attempt to get betweon the army of the crown prince and those operating west of him, Emperor William's forces wilt present a solid front when the time comes for another clash which will be fully as important as the* recent battle. If the Germans can gain the new position it offers better opportunities for defense than the ground they have passed over the last 10 days. Their right apparently extends as far west as St. Quentin, through a country in terseeted hy rivers and streams that wfll emharras the attacking forces. 'V German Cruiser Sunk. Berlin.—It has been officially an nounced that on tile morning of Sep tember if!, the small cruiser Hela wi:* sunk hy a torpedo from a hostile sub marine. Almost the whole crew wa* saved. The Hela was a small pro tected cruiser of 2,040 tons. She war 288 feet long and carried a crew of K8 men. Her armament consisted chiefly of light guns. The Hela war finished in ]Hkf.. The Hela was sunk by a submarine just as the British cruiser Pathfinder was sent to the bottom by a German submarine. May Capture the Crown Prince. Bordeaux.—The position of the Ger man crown prince’s army, which forms the pivot of the change of front forced by the allies' success. Is precarious, according to the opinion expressed in official and military circles here. The French forts to the east of Argonne have made retreat in that direction impossible. This army therefore prob ably is moving northward In the hope, apparently, of joining other German forces, but military men here think there ia a fair chance that the crown prince s army may be cut off. Belgians Harass the Germans. London.—The Daily Chronicle’s Antwerp correspondent In a dispatch dated Tuesday says there are now 100,00(1 Germans ranged around Brus sels, while a Belgian army of 80,000 men that has taken shelter beneath the line of the Antwerp forts will prove s constant menace to the Ger mans should they wish to move troops to France. Montenegrins With Ssrvla. Rome.—A dispatch from San Vio vannl, Albania, says Montenegrin troops have Joined the Servians and. fighting under Servian generals, headed by General Vukotlch, have re pulsed the AuatrlanR all along the Bosnian frontier. Cop<tihagen.—The Vosstsche Zelt ung of Berlin declares that previour to the outbreak of the war Germany and Austria-Hungary agreed not to make peace separately. German Position Is Centered. Bordeaux.—“The retention of the line of the Atsne. north of Rhe«ms, is of capital Importance to the enemy," says the Temps military review. "The distance between Bithel and Me zleres is only 25 miles. A short step forward by our troops and the Ger man army’s communications through Belgium, northwest of the Meuse, would be definitely cut. The sole line of retreat tsft open Is by the ter rtt« ry north ©• Verdun. This coua tr< is densely wooded and difficult.’’