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BATESVILLE DAILY GUARD. VOLUME IX. ■dm CLAIMS I W. M. KAVANAUGH K^From Sudden Attack of Apoplexy I At Hia Home in Little Rock. Prominent in Affairs. Judge W. M. Kavanaugh, aged 49 gn, died suddenly shortly before 4 jock Sunday evening nt his home Little Rock of apoplexy. He was prsntly enjoying good health a < minutes before he was stricken, d joined his family at the noon p| He was resting in bed when I attack came upon him. Several picians were called, but when they rived le was beyond medical aid. |ge Kavanaugh was one of Arkan f foremost citizens and a leader long men. At the time of his death he was osident of the Little Rock Electric ihray Company, president of the, nthern Baseball Association, presi- K of the Southern Trust Company Little Kock, which he organized ten us ago. director of many promin- I commercial and financthl institu u, including the American Cities Bpny. owners of the street rail s properties in Houston, Texas, tie Rock, Memphis, New Orleans, ■iagham, Atlanta and other ithem es. j Bt was the son of Rev. Hubbard H. trough. for many years a prom rt Methodist clergyman of Frank t> Ky. He came to Arkansas in L first locating in Clarksville. Be went to Little Rock in 1886 and ■god in the newspaper business, rting on the Arkansas Gazette er becoming business manager of Gazette he was appointed sheriff Maski county by Gov. James P. rite, to succeed Horace Booker, de Nd He was elected for an addi ■l term of two years and later ted county judge for two terms, was elected United States senator 11l the unexpired term of Senator Davis and shortly before that • was elected democratic commit •an for Arkansas and held that Mon when he died. idge Kavanaugh is survived by Wife. Ida Floyd Kavanaugh, three I and two daughters, two broth- C. C. Kavanaugh of Little Rock. Frank Kavanaugh of Frankfort. His mother also resides at akfort. ke funeral will be held Wednes afternoon from the family resi- *. 1800 Gaines street, at 3 o’clock, general assembly will adjourn at * Wednesday an dattend in a body. . Hays Monday afternoon issued nclamation commanding all state N to close Wednesday afternoon of respect to the former United k senator. NEW UNE = OF = / Ladie’s Oxfords and Pumps ^=AT = EDWARDS Presbyterian Church. Special evangelistic services this evening at 7:30. Note the change in the hour. Rev. Mr. Kidd arrived last night on the delayed train, but too late to conduct the services. He will preach tonight. Come out and hear him, thus helping with your presence The judiciary committee of the senate has reported favorably on the Shouse bill for redigesting the stat utes of Arkansas, with the amend ment that the Arkansas supreme court nominate the digester that is to be appointed by the governor. The sum of $40,000 is appropriated for the printing of the statutes. IN THE LEGISLATURE Appropriation to Pay Wm. Kirby for Services Rendered the State Reduced in Amount. Little Rock. Feb. 23.—The Duty bill appropriating $12,500 to pay Judge Wm. F. Kirby for legal services ren dered in the state rate litigation was reduced by the senate to $5,000 when considered in committee of the whole Monday afternoon. All appropriation measures must be so considered, and after this procedure the committee recommended that the bill pass. The senate also passed the Daven port bill permitting juries to assess life imprisonment in cases which are now punishable by death, and the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the house in order that it might be acted on without delay. This measure is now being pushed for it is | a loophole by which several criminals now awaiting electrocution in the state penitentiary may secure com mutation to life imprisonment. The vote on this b'ill was: Aye—Adamson, Bush, Calvert, Car ter, Davenport, Duty, Edmondson. Garrett. Going. Greathouse, Hamil ton, Jones, Kendall, Moore. McCall. Owens, Sims, Slaughter. Vann, Wag ner, Wasson—2o. Nay—Ashley. Burgess, Cabaniss, Ferguson, Futrell, Overman, Ruff, Smith of Columbia. Toler and Mr. President—lo. The senate also passed the Calvert bill applying the seven year adverse possession of property statute to married women, and the Ashley bill changing the act regulating the coun ty depositories. Senator Wagner introduced a bill to abolish all of the state highway commission except the highway en gineer. distributing the work of the commission around among other state officials, the secretary’ of state getting the lion’s share. BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 23, 1915. An Invitation To use this Bank in which to deposit money, valuables, or any matters of confidential nature, is backed with an unimpaired record of strictest conservative service by Officials and Directors of unquestioned character—officials who are bonded in the best of bonding companies, and Directors who are not interlocked, but entirely free and independent of any other connection with like institutions. Its business was founded on strictly CASH CAPITAL, fully paid by men of means equaling more than ten times the amount paid in. on whom an additional liability of the full amount of the capital is placed by law to better secure depositors. Besides its modern Safe and Vaults, equipped with every late protective device that is practical and in general use, and guaranteed, in writing, by the Strongest Safe Manufacturers in the world to be positive proof against burglary, this Bank always has in force an amount of insurance against burglary, robbery and day-light hold-ups that is always in excess of the amount of cash on hand in the Bank at any one time. If anything else was deemed necessary for better protection this Bank would have it And with such a safe backing, we confidently solicit deposit accounts and all matters of trust, Whether large or small, at the hands of everybody alike. STATE JESsT COUNTY DEPOSITORY. /jfrQguQA DEPOSITORY. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. D. D. Adams. E. H. Glenn. J. C. Fitzhugh. C D. Metcalf. Albert Sims. Samuel M. Casey. J. C. Hail. M. C. Weaver. C. C. Fitzhugh. J. W. Williamson. C. W. Maxfield. A CONGESTED WATER PIPE McCaleb & Reeder’s Law Office Scene of Flood Because of Overflowing Water Carrier. As a result of yesterday’s heavy rains the law offices of McCaleb & Reeder were overflowed by water, the pipe along the roofing having become filled. The pipe becoming congested during what is believed to have been the season’s heaviest rain, the water found its way down through the roof into the offices, and for a time a flood was threatened, as well as the ruin of the books in the office, and the furniture and other fixtures. From the offices, which are located directly over the pool hall of Chai Moore, the water wended its way to Mr. Moore's place of business and destruction seemed imminent, and considerable damage resulted to one of the pool tables before the flow of water could be checked. The pipe was finally bursted and the water released from the roof top. and the constant and terrific flow to the sidewalk continued for several minutes, and the noise of the falling torrent could easily be distinguished two blocks distant. CHICKEN STEALING CHARGE The Weavers and Charles Stepehns Again Before Justice Holmes on Petit Larceny Charge. ' This afternoon at the court house । and before Justice J. A. Holmes John Jack and Tom Weaver and ('harles । Stephens, all of near Magness, are . being tried on charges of stealing chickens Friday in the same court Stephens and Tom and Jack Weaver were convicted on the charge of steal ing geese, and Saturday Tom. Jack and John Weaver and Stephens were bound over to await the action of the grand jury on charges of "night rid ing.” John and Ixigan Weaver were acquitted Friday of the geese theft charge. It the case today it is alleged the accused men stole chickens from a Mr. Webster of Magness, taking the I sow ls, it is charged, the following I day to Newark and disposing of them | to John Holderby. Later—Charles Stephens and Tom Weaver were convicted of the chicken ! stealing charge and fined $25 and ' given ten days in jail, the jury return ' ing a verdict at 8 o’clock thia after noon. The other defendants were ac quitted. FIRE AT NEWPORT Residence Destroyed and Hotel Annex When Building Is Saved By Work of Firemen. Newport, Feb. 21.—A small resi dence owned by Judge W. D. McLain and occupied by Mrs. Lentz was com pletely destroyed by fire about 3 o’clock Sunday morning. Nothing ex cept a few pieces of wearing apparel was saved. It is supposed that the building caught on fire either from defective wiring or from the heating stove. There is only a six foot alley be tween the residence and the McLain building, a large three story building which is run as an annex to the Hazel hotel. A strong wind carried the flames into the windows of the hotel. Several of the rooms in the hotel were soon on fire, and but for good work of the fire department the hotel would have burned. For a short time there was almost a panic among the guests. The losers among the guests in the hotel were Mrs. Bales. Mr and Mrs. George Wilson and the Chastain brothers. The buildings and contents were partially covered by insurance. ROAD THROUGH THE OZARKS, Will Be Ninety-Six Miles Long and Will Connect Russellville With Harrison. Russellville. Feb. 21.— Mass meet ing* were held at Dover and Scotts ville last week, and another will tie h< ld in this city to discuss the pro posed macadam highway from Rus sellvillc north to Harrison The pro ject is meeting with hearty encour sgement from property holders along the route, and it is proposed to have a bill drafted and presented to the legislature at the present session forming improvement districts to finance the road in Pope and Boone counties. The proposed road will be about 96 miles long, about one-half of the dis tance being through the forest re serve in northern Pope, Newton and Boone counties. Forest officers say the government will construct the road through the reserve if the prop erty owners will extend the road through the reserve if the property owners will extend the road north to • Harrison and south to Russellville, j giving railroad connection at each end. If the improvement district is i formed in Pope county the road will be extended through Russellville south to Dardanelle, a distance of five miles. This is one of the largest highway projects ever undertaken in the state, and if completed will open up a vast section in the Ozark mountains that is rich in timber and mineral re sources, and also exceptionally adapt ed to fruits and grazing. The house defeated by an over whelming majority a bill introduced early in the session, providing for a state printing board to publish school text books. Opposition was based on the statement that the project is not practical, and that similar plans have not been successful in other states. WAR STALKS UNITED STATES Army Paper Urges Mobilization of Million Volunteers to Preserve Honor and Dignity. New York, Feb. 21. —The current issue of the Army and Navy Journal under the heading “A Call to Arms,” urges President Wilson at once to mobilize an army of 1,000,000 volun teers, not for the purpose of making war, but to avoid war by preserving neutrality and maintaining our honor and dignity. As practically the official organ of the army and navy, the Army and Navy Journal voices with accuracy the views of the army services. In this call to arms, it twice makes the startling assertion that the United States is fast drifting toward war It says: “Placing a million volunteers un der training would amount to a dec laration that the United States is preparing to insist upon its rights. • and it would possibly avert the war toward which we are fast drifting as every military student realizes, and it would at least prepare us to meet it. I It would only amount to a prepara tion for future operations. Italy and Holland have mobilized troops to maintain neutrality and similar steps are being-taken by Italy. “This country would only be tak ing the steps for the creation of an army of defense which should have been taken years ago. Further delay in preparing some measure of defense may be fatal to us. “The necessity for calling out a volunteer army is made more urgent because of the peace-at-any-price policy which is being preached so vociferously. “Foreign nations not only realize that we are not prepared to defend ourselves, but are under the impres sion that we never will be. On this account neither Germany nor Great Britain is giving any serious consid eration to the protests of the state department except in words, and Japan is going ahead with its plans for the domination of China and the Pacific ocean without considering the wishes or the interests of this coun try.” Why Not Have the ‘Protection Os a NATIONAL Bank for Your Deposits? We pay several hundred dollars a year for the use of that word “NATIONAL” in our cor porate name and we find it a good-investment. It is evidence to the public that this Bank is under the direct supervision of the United States Government. this is the only NATIONAL BANK in batesvule. Why Not Have the ‘Protection of a NAT IONAL flank for YourDefositt? f - %, First National Bank MCMaaaorrcDCKALMMavB NUMBER 46. REPRESENTATIVE DOWDY IS STILL HOPEFUL Independence County Representative Sarcastically Arraigns Members in Respect to His Bill. Representative R. A. Dowdy has announced that he will intiate the bill which he has vainly attempted to pass during the present session, providing for a fiscal board, to control and have supervision of the financial affairs of the various offices and departments of state. The bill has been before the house in two different forms. The first was overwhelmingly defeated, and the sec ond was referred, after a considerable debate, to the committee on ways and means. This, declared the author of the bill, means the “chloroforming of I the measure." He said that he would ; give the people an opportunity to ' vote on the bill at the next general j election and see whether or not they want the proposed changes made in the manner of conducting the busi ness of the state institutions. In a sarcastic speech on the floor, deploring the defeat of his bill, and opposing the Rorex bill for the crea tion of the office of state accountant, Mr. Dowdy condemned what he called the unwarranted interference of the governor in matters of legislation. He said the Rorex bill wap written by the governor and was a part of his program to secure control of the af fairs of state. The governor was defended by Mr. Condray. Mr. Brawner and others, who asserted that they considered the Rorex bill a good measure, it made no difference where it originated. The bill was defeated, however, by a vote of 38 to 50. It would have created the office of state accountant, to be filled by appointment of the governor for a period of six years at a salary of $3,000 per year and expenses. Among the arguments advanced against the hill by its opponents was that it creates another office at a heavy expense to the state which would not have been of sufficient benefit to compensate for the cost; also that it gives the governor too much power in the appointment of state officials. The friends of the measure con tended that it would provide a check upon the expenditure of public money by the various departments and would render unnecessary the employment of special auditors such as are now being employed at an expense of $lO a day each for the purpose of check ing up the departments and institu tion's. Gov. Hays Monday granted a re prieve until March 12 to Walter Owen and John Hall, negroes, convicted in Craighead county October 28, 1914, of murder and sentenced to be elec trocuted February 22.