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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26

e'>titss e % Standard was to bt "l,nlinattd. There was $ midnityt, sr tt! ald the next morning i, was bucs in the bill The Standard has sold oil in the United States at 2 7-S cents per @allon and in Europe at , S-io cents, while consumers pa.l tllc di!Serence.' It, prt seatotire tn. derwool, of AlaJ,-lpa. attacked the tarift oi cent a pound on round irdD and steel, declaring .ll3t t vas 4s prohibitive as l-t ~ nts, under tac Diacley tariff
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
WILL CLASSIFY
 PINE BLUFF Insurance Men Will Tell Board of Trade What
 Must Be Done. CONFERENCE IS HELD
CONFERENCE IS HELD
AS Roard of Trade--Largely Attend. ed~Secretary Caldwell Had
 IndiSputable Facts.

Eight special insurance agents from Dallas, Texas; Little Rock, Ark, and Memphis, Tenn, members Of the Pine Bluff council, other city officials, local insurance agents & delegation of local citizens and mem hers of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade held conference at the headquartcrs of the Board of Trade in this city Thursday atte Tnoon 10 outline plans for the classification of Pine B.ufee with 6 view to secure better and more reasonable fire insurance rates for Pine Blufians, when compared with those given residents oi many othe. cities and towns iii the state.
 The conference was the result 0. q request made by the Board of Trade members some weeks ago of Secre- tary J. L. Caldwell. who was request cd to gather statistics and co1apara- tive figures of fire insurance rates in psect in Pine Bluff and other cities and towns. Ii was stated at the meeting on that occasion that Pine. Blufiians are paying 25 per cent more for fire insurance than ill any other city in the st2te and in many smaller towns, which have no fire fight ng f.. rilities or water plants. The Graphi,: took this matter up i'll it's editorial and local columns at the time and since the question was agitated Sec fetary Caid well has gathered much information from ncighboring cities and to2as which tends to show that although Pine Bluff offered better fire protection a better water plant and far superior water pressure, as well as an up-to-date fire department, than it's sister cities. 1t is paying higher in- surance rates. Argument along this line was we'll defined, but unanswered in q report made by Secretary Cald- well yesterday at the conference.
 At the invitation of Secretary Cald- "VAA laC f'pNNIn1 <t5SAta lO1 lAC fdl l- ous insurance companies doing busi- ness in this city attended the confer ence here, Among them were J. F Boyle, ST.. F. D. Watkins, ". f. Eos ter, Jr., and T. R. Smallwood, Of Lit tie Rock; F. C. Hatfield. A. C. Nc, Cabe and E. H. Sherley, of Dallas and Guy Thompson of MemIlis.
 The visitors were taken in automo- piles, after their arrival, to the new water plant and the insurance men expressed themselves as being greatly surprised at the completeness of the new plant and declared tlat it was one of the most perfect water plants they had ever inspected
 The fire department was also called out unexpectedly and within two min utes and ten seconds two companies were at West Second avenue and Chestnut street, with three streams of water being played on the Pine Bluff Mercantile Company's building. The test was most satisfactory and the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
Preliminary Hearing To B. Given John Day at Ri
 son at 2 O'Clock.
MANY SUBPOENAED
Mayor Toncy, Rev. Ramsey, Constable Stewart and Others Summoned
 10 Appear as Witnesses.

Ali is III readineas I, R.hou, ArH., for the preliminary hsaring ot John Day, charged with tnt' murder of D. Henry Duncan the millionaire viac president and secretary of the Bluff C.t< Lumber Company, which was postponed Thursd?: by consent ,s. op posing counsel until Friday morning at g o'clock. The hotels in that usu~ ally 0uict town are crowded with per witnesses or are fhcr. for the pur- pose of hearing the fa@t statement of the defe ndant, if he is placed upon the stand, in his osrn behalf It is generally believed that his attorneys will place him upon the stanl soon after court convcnts and will rely entirely upon his plea of self defense to bring about his immediate ac- quittal
 Never before in tho history Of this city has such interest been manifested in tAe outcome of the proceedings In "a maGietrate's court. Justice Charles Roehuek before whom the drrendant will be arraignei, will proba'i,y con duet the hearing in the big circuit court room as his office will be en- tirely too small to hold the great crowds that promise to De on hand. When the case was called Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock the attor-
 neys for the defendant asked for a brief postponement, wishing to con- suit with several witnesses and tue defendant. An adjournment was an nounced to 130 ). m., and at that honr both sides announced ready. Af- ter a conference, however, the attor- neys agreed to a continuance until Friday morning. This was done te give a large number of witnesses, who were subpoenaed yesterday ill this city and Clio. an opportun ty to reach tison.
 Among the witnesses subpocnaed i}"rc were Mayor Toney. Rev. T. Y. Ramsey. pastor of the First Method ist Church; Drs. A. C. Jordan, E. Fl. Gallagher and J. W. Withers; Con- stable Frank Stewart. Will Mara. M w. Ward, George W. List, Russell Hol- lis and w. g. Harris 4 majority are to be used as character witnesses. but the physicians were summoned by , rect !ved by Duncan. They are the most prominent physicians and sur gecns in this section and examined Duncan's lody after it was brought 10 Pine Bluff.
 About twenty-five witnesses are listed for both sides and it is ex- 1 pected ttat. the testimony taking will be concluded by Friday night. It de-
 velo1rd yesterday tat both the state ana ,he defense had added brilliant law..Ts to their respective sides. w.
 F. Co'sI7an. Of this city, weI em-
 ploye1 to atd the prosecution and Judge I. H. Bridgts. of Kedron, was l engaged by tho defense. s. M. Tay- ,, Tor. one of the best known criminal
 lawyers in this section, with Attorney
 A. H. Rowell, brother-in-law of the
 defendant, will appear with Bridges. Attorney T. Havis Nixon, who has
 made a determined Investigation into
 the tragedy, being engaged to prose-
 cute immediately after the killing.
 will have charge of the states case.
 He will be aided by Mir. Coleman.
 Pitt Holmes, of Risou, and Prosecut-
 ing Attorney Paul Matlock of Prince
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
PREPARING FOR
 WAR IN AUSTRIA
Minister iehrenthal Determined to Make Vassal oi Seryia .aItss Powers Interfere.

fHearst News Special to sLa t;raph'c.'
 Vienna, March 225. Preparations for war arc going on and mobiliza- tion of troops is being psrfe cted Re- servists are being called upon at a few hours notice. IL is not believed pared to go to war iu support Of Servia. Nothing bat threat of i:l- reference by the powers will forec Foreign Minister Aahrenthal to re- cede from his pos .tion 10 make vas sal of Scrvia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
FEMALE KIDNAPFR
 TAKEN 10 SHARON
iDetettise> Believe Mysterious Woman Is Alma Ross," of Hartje Divorce Case Fame-Prisoners Taken to sharon.

'Neaist News Special to the Graph.cJ
 Sharon, Pa., March 25.--The mys- terious Mrs. Helen Boyle, held with her husband for Kidnapping Willie Nl1itla, was tonight brought here from Cleveland. Ohio and Pennsyl- vania will fight over their rights to try the prisoners. Detectives who have seen the woman believe sha is Nina Ross" who became notorious ill Haltje divorce case through her testimony She was often entertained by IIartie at his home when h's wife was away. After this trial she got into trouble at a resort in Pittshurs fer rohoing people. Sensational feat N.es 0i her connection with the case a.a eyrccted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
TIRED OF SOCIAL
 L|FF---FNDS ALI

ze: and returned fitn ter hue5aaA after midnight Sac was i'll sc: dressing sso46p. with a circle ot dia- noads on her head when found lying on the floor this 1cosninG bs ihe 'yui :. Ter. who traced the odoY of csc ping gas to her room. Mrs. Lorillar1 was 4a years cid. She leaves two SONS, one traveling through the Orient. the Ctller II $ New York college
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
CUTTING PRICE
 ON SPELL. MATERIALS

tHearst News Special to she Cetohie.l
 New York, March cSS.~-Steei bars were today cut from $a4 to s:2 per ton and prices Oil structural mater lal, steel bars, etc, were also cut. The Independents are not meeting the sl per hundred pound prize for struc- tura! steel. The GeNi-c Of the trust is 10 keep it's mills CD. even # at q loss.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
STANDARD O|L AND BREWERS COMBINE
Charge Made in the House of Representatives by MT kusterman, of Wisconsin, in Discussing the Payne Tariff Measure Under wood of Alabama Also Has His say--A Midnight Switch
; Hears, Ntws Special te tae Ga7...,,..

Hearst Nays Special te tie G1s.t.,,..a
 Washington. March 25.--Taat ln countervai!ins duty on crude petrol cum and the cut in tariff on barley is q part of q deal between the Standard Ol and the brewers to elect Speaker Cannon. was charged in the house today by Representative Kus- terIaan, a Republican, of Wisconsin,
 He said: Il had most positive assyr- ance that the petroleum joker that ponrs $12 2,ooo,c coo annually into the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
GOTCH RESTS THE
 FRENCH CHAMPION

Wearst Ne"a special to tbe Graph!c.)
 Kansas City, March 25.-FranR Gotch won the wrestling bout from Deroun, the French champion, tonight in two straight falls.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26

Washington. March 25-i'oarins life and suffering and weary from ise gay social whirl. Mrs. Pierre ..or;t- lard, IT,, committed suic de by .u4'n- ing on the gas in her apartments ii, the fashionable Dupont Circle Apart nlent house today. Sht h4d attanf'.e (. reception at Townsend g . Lad t'2-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
ORMSBY M'HARG
 IS NOMINATED


 u1csrst News Spccia: to tue G~aphsc.s
 Washington. March 25.---Iu the no;nination os Or1nsby AIcHarg as as- ssstant secretary of commerce and la Dor, the first step in amalgamatien of tfe bureau of corporations with the department of justice was takea. Mo harc will be first lieutenant secre- t"ry to Nagel, cor-ordinating in trust prosecutions and the administration ai the interstate commerce act
 Steel Hays, of Russellville, ycs tcriay announced as a candidate for the Arkansas supreme bench
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
CORTELYOU GETS
 GAS PRESIDENCY

tieArs-t News Special to tbe Graphic
 Ne" York, March 25.-Former Secretary of the Treasury Cortel> oa Was today elected president Of Ire Consolidated Gas Company
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
COMPANY
 WANTS A MANAGER

The directors of the Jefferson County Canning Company, which es- tablished a plant in this city some months ago, held a meeting at the of flee of County Judge James Gould yesterday with a view to deciding on . plan for the successful operation
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
RECORD RUN OF
 SPECIAL TRAIN

tise're. News special to .sc Grapr1
 Cleveland. March c5~--To rcaca fD.. bedside of his wife's mother, George W. Perkins, in d special train, ? a.s the quickest run from St,lart. l.a.. h. re ever male. IIe icrt llnr.Ia early Wednesday morning and arr;;;:.s.i hf rf at 9 o'clock this morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
RACING TO OPEN
 IN OLD MEXICO

Nicarst News Special to the Gfaphic)
 San Francisco, March o5.-A ninety days racing meeting at Juarez will be opened the middle of November. The California Club has the concession from the Mexican government and will operate four tracks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
(Contipued on Page Five.>
The Question of the Day.

Where can I get a good suit? The answer Is Eisenkramer's. Why? Be- cause they carry only the best wool ems and employ only the best work men.
 EISENkRAMER, The Tailor, Over Citizens Bank, Second ave, cor.
 Fine st.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26
Money and -:c[L------------ -- ----- -----, Opportunity

When money and oportunit.s got h touch th. combination has tremend- sus breeding possibilities.
 We w,lte the kind of FIRE iNSUR- ANGIE and deal tn the kind of REAL ESTATE that FRIENDS SELL TO FRIENDS
 We also accept money on deposit. h trust or subject to check. ALLOW ING INTEREST ON SAVINGS AC- oquNrs~
 Here are golden opportunities Bring on your coin.
 Pine Bluff Trust Co. Corner Main and Barraqus Strsats
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26

James Franklin has returned to his home, at Little Rock. after brief visit in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-26

fContiuued on Page Four.)
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
MORSE TRIES TO
DODGE SENTENCE
CONVICTED BANKER APPEALS
FOR CERTI0RARI
LAWYER MAKES SEVERAL SEM
SATIONAL CHARGES
Attorney for Former Ice King Says
Courts Were "Perverted Into
Perfect Debauchery of
Pleading"
TBv Associated Press.1

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-A petition
for a writ of certiorari to have the su-
preme court of the United States re-
view the judgment of the court of ap-
peals in the case of Charles w. Morse,
the ice king, convicted of misappropri-
alton of funds of the National Bank of
North America, was filed today by
Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Mr..
Morse.
Formal presentation of the motion
will be made by Mr.. Littleton next
Monday. Mr.. Morse is under sentence
of fifteen years in the federal prison at
Atlanta.
"The supreme court will search the
records of criminal cases in vain TO
discover "a parallel to this case,' de-
clared Mr.. Littleton. He charged that
the naked facts were "oVer dressed" in
the indictment of Morse, that when
properly understood and clearly stated
they "show that the petitioner did no
more than procure others to make loans
at the bank, supported by ample col
lateral which loans he informed the
bank were his in fact and pledged his
(then) sufficient forsRne to their pay
ment; that these loans were from time
to time paid off, and the bank allowed
TO take the profit in the rise Of collat-
eral which took place from time to
time"
The freedom allowed TO insert in the
indictment several counts, he urged,
had been perverted into a perfect de-
bauchery of pleading"
The practice OF setting up as many
features of alleged criminal conduct as
would insure the government against
an unfortunate technical lapse had been
employed, he said to smother the is
sue, obscure the questions to be de
cided, and confound the jury in a be
wildering plethora of turbid phraseol-
Ogy.
Mr.. Littleton claimed that the SEN
tence was void because Morse had been
sentenced to imprisonment of fifteen
years on the count. when under the
statute he could only be sentenced not
to exceed ten years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
CONGRESSMEN'S STOMACHS
REBEL AGAINST MEALS
Members of Presidents Party Afflicted
with Ptomaine Poisoning While
Travelling by Rail

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1870 wide
is the difference between the fare OBJ
tanned on a Mississippi river junket
with the president and that which they
must subsist when travelling by rail
from New Orleans to Washington, that
the stomachs Of two congressman who
had to fatten on the one and starve
on tho other were not proof against
the ordeal only yesterday afternoon
did Representative j. David Foster OF
Vermont and Philip p. Campbell of
KANSAS emerge from their rooms in
this city, whittier they were driven
Immediately on their arrival in the
city last Friday by an acute attack of
what was denominated ptomaine poi
soning.
Somewhere en- route from New Or
leans the congressman consumed
something that had managed to wrig-
gle past the pure food inspectors.
Their stomachs, pampered by the hos
pitality encountered along the Missis-
sippi, rebelled so vigorously that it
was about all the two sufferers could
do to make their way to ther apart
ments before collapsing. There it re-
quired a physicians best efforts to put
them on their feet again.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
Arrested in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, Nov. 10.-The mys-
terious woman in the case mentioned
in connection with the Warmer en-
bezzlement affair was found today.
She is Mrs. Jeanette Stewart, or Ford,
as she also is known.
She was discovered during a SEN
sationaI raid on her apartments by
constables in behalf of a department
store.
Mrs. Stewart tearfully declared her
innocence of all the charges, including
blackmail brought against her as a
result of the former Big Four treas
urer's fall.
'I never blackmailed Charley War
riner out of a dollar" she sobbed.
Mrs. Stewart blames a woman
friend" in whom she had confided, and
who, she declared, was responsible foE
much of the notorety she (Mrs. Stew
arD had attracted since the defalca-
tion became known.
This woman" said Mrs. Stewart,
II took into my fiat and she occupied
it while / was out of town. | thought
she was my friend. She went to a de-
partment store and guaranteed my ac-
counts there. Now we have quarreled
and she has gone up there and with
drawn her guarantee, resulting in this
suit against me-"
Mrs. Stewart explained her lavish eX-
penditure of money by saying that as
the daughter of Martin Timmons of
Portsmouth, Ohio she had inherited a
large fortune. She denied informing
New York officials of the Big -Four
shortage, blaming this also on her
woman friend.
A physician was summoned to the
Warmer home during the day II
was stated Warmer was i'll, but not
seriously so.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
TESTIMONY AIDS
NINE. STEINHElL
SERVANT IS LOYAL TO HER
FORMER MISTRESS
JUDGE UNABLE TO CONFUSE
STAR WITNESS
Woman Who Acted as Cook In House
Where Man and Woman Were
Murdered Defies the
lnquisitors

PARIS, Nov. 1O.-Testimony today In
the trial of Nine. Steinheil, charged
with the murder of her husband and her
stepmother, was distinctly favorable to
the defendant.
Mariette Wolf, cook in the Steinheil
household, and her son, Alexander
whose appearance was awaited with
profound interest, threw no new light
on the mystery, but by n further mass
Of contradictions, strengthened the inn
preston In the accused woman's favor
The states circumstantial case against
Nine. steinheil seems to bo breaking
down and it is already TumOred that the
trial may be abandoned and new in
yestigation ordered. Anti-Dreyfus papers
like the Libre Parole and the Patrie.
have again begun TO revamp their pre-
vious insinuations that the crime in
volved political plot for the destruc-
tion of evidence regarding the death of
former President Felix Faure, which the
anti-Dreyfussards never have ceased TO
claim was due to foul play because, as
they allege, NJ Faure opposed the re-
vision of the Dreyfus case.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
DENOUNCE STEEL
TRUST BITTERLY
A. F. OF |. DECLARES C0MBINE
RELENTLESS FOE
Trade Unions Will Try to Make Strikes
of Organizations Affiliated with
Octopus Concern More
Effective

WASHINGTON, Nov. I0.-Characteriz-
ing the attitude of Samuel Gompers.
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, of
the American Federation of Labor, in
the contempt proceedings in connection
with the Bucks Stove & Range company
as "a wiIlful, premedldated violation of
the law" simon Burns, general master
workman of the general assembly of
knights of Labor, has administered
severe rebuke to these three leaders.
MIR. Burns expressed his confidence in
courts in general. and in those of the
District of Columbia in particular.
This rebuke was in MIR. Burns annual
report 10 the general assembly of his or
ganiLation.
There Is no trust or combination of
capital in the world" said MIR. Burns,
that violates laws oftener than the
trust labor organizations which resort
to more dishonest, unfair and dishOn-
orabIe methods toward their competitors
than any trust or combination in the
country"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
LOSS HEAVY TO
BIG FOUR ROAD
WARRlNER'S SHORTAGE WILL
REACH HIGH FIGURE
WOMAN IN CASE sTouTLY DENIES
CHARGES
Railway System Mulcted Out of over
Half Million Dollars May Have
to Reoreanize Gen.
eraI Offices

CINCINNATI, Nov. 10.-Mrs. Jeanette
Stewart, also known as Mrs. Ford, one
of the women accused by Charles j..
Warriner, the defaulting local treasurer
Of the Big -Four railroad, of having
shared in his peculations by blackmnil-
ing him, declared tonight that she wonld
tell the whole story OF the S6iS,OOO theft
when the case came to court.
At the same time Mrs. stewart denied
she had ever received money from War
riner.
The sudden breaking of the silence
she has persistently maintained. was oc-
casioned. owing to her own statement,
by a quarrel which she had with an
other woman. who has also been mem
toned by Warriner. This quarrel re-
suited In the attachment of Mrs. Stew
arts furniture today. The officers who
made the attachment were quickly fol-
lowed by reporters. and in the stress OF
excitement Mrs. stewards reserve broke
down.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-11
NEW YORK SUFFRAGETTES
TO BECOME NEWS GIRLS

NEW YORK, Nov 1O.-The New
York suffragettes will turn news girls
for an hour Thursday afternoon While
they offer their magazine for sale at
the entrance to Brooklyn bridge and
in City Hall park. With the familiar
yellow band across their gowns bear
ing the legend "The American Suffra-
gette" the newsies will carry their
magazine in large bags at their sides
and will cry their wares through meg
aphones. To attract the feminine con-
tingent there will be five minutes of
bargain SALE during which the maga-
zines will go at half price.