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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19
ASA GRACIE WON
 HIS CONVENTION
Insurance Companies Fare Better Af- ter Technicality Was Raised on
 State Franchise Tax

Little Rock, Ark, July 1S.-Just be- cause foreign insurance company has only half million dollars capi- tai, it will not be exempted from taxation under the new franchise act, This is the agreement that was reach ed between Attorney General Nor wood and Asa C. Oracle, counsel for the Empire State Surety Company Mr. Oracle raised the unique point that his company was not subject to any tax at all because the law speci- fically declares that the tax shall De S1OO for companies with less than $500 900 capital, and s200 for compan- ies with more than S50O,O00 capltai- His company and eighteen others op- erating in the state have neither more : nor less but exactly half million capital, and were therefore excluded- The Tax Commission however, cen-' tended that this was only a quibbIe and that the company must pay the higher tax. MT. Oracle insisted that he would test it in the courts flrst, and that under the strict construction of the law, the state could not eoliect q cent After an investigation of rhe situation. he was advised by the . attorney general that the lower tax rate would be acceptable, and MT. Oracle Tuesday afternoon agreed to. accent this. and there will be no liti- gation.
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t
 BRIEF MENTION A a . . | q | < < | + . . . | . .

ss Mildred Gaunt is visiting
 ds in Monroe, La.
 l.. Crump is spending several
 in the capital city.
 Is. F. l.. Royston left yesterday hoon for Little Rock.
 arles A. Jones has gone to Star
 where he is spending a week.
 w. Russell, of Fordyce, was in eity yesterday on a business trip. ss Mary Tarver has gone to Tar where she will visit for some Unstable Frank Stewart, was a hess visitor in Little Rock yes- by.
 F. Penny will leave tomorrow Wainright, Okla, to spend about months.
 tancellor J. M. Elliott left yester- &afternoon for Clarendon, on . hess trip.
 lss Pearl McComb leaves in a few
 for Helena, where she will visit $ome time.
 by F. Britton, of St. Louis, has fned home after spending several
 in the city.
 and Mrs. Charles M. Young, of 3na, are visiting in the city, the It's of relatives and friends. fs. Emma Kientz has returned h visit in Illinois, and is now etered at the Arlington Hotel. rs. A. J. Bleiker has returned
 a several weeks visit to rela- F and friends at Desoto, Mo.
 !. s. NJ. Taylor left yesterday af- bon for Hot Springs, where he
 spend several weeks vacation.  lss Hattie Halsey is expected to I've here shortly from Memphis, "a visit with relatives and friends. Ers. c. P. Atkinson and children |e returned from visit with hds and relatives at Little Rock. r. and Mrs. J. T. Lloyd. and child leave Friday for Wisconsin, where y expect to spend several weeks. ITS, Gus Waterman of Dumas. arr sd in the city yesterday afternoon be the guest of M. IGottlieb and lilly. A llss Julia Pillott, trained nurse,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19
HINES WITNESS
 GETS CONFUSED
L0rimcr Committee Makes Isaac Bak. CT "C0me Clean" With His Con ference With Lumber king
 Employer.

Washington, July 1S.-Witnesses Tor Edward Hines, the Lumber King, the man who put Lorimer lover on the senate" the senator maker, went down today on memory of facts un- der a merciless cross eXaination by Senator Kern, of Indiana, and attor- neys for the Lorimer iuvestigating committee.
 Isaac Baker, an employe of the Ed ward Hines Lumber Company for more than twenty years, was the star wit ness. MT. Baker was present in the room at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, from which on May 26, 1909, Edward Hines held famous long dis tanee telephone conversation with William Lorimer at Springfield, H. He was present also at part of the conversation between Hines and Clar- ence $. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester Company. on or about the same date.
 Baker said he had heard the Hines end of the long distance telephone conversation. According to his tes- tjmony, Hines told Lorimer he had just talked to Governor Deneen and that the governor had promised to help his candidacy for senator.
 Leave no stone unturned to be elected" said Hines, according to Bak- CT. You know how the administra- tjon stands Baker at first denied his memory had been refreshed re- garding this conversation, but finally admitted that within the past two weeks he had talked with his employ CT, Hines, about the conversation l.e professes to have heard He admit ted that the facts then became mixed in his mind
 The committee then went into the conversation which MT. Burgess said he had with c. F. Wiehe, broth erin law of Edward Hines, in the smoking compartment of the Pullman car be- tween Duluth and Virginia, Minn., on March ', last Burgess testified yes terday that Wiehe then told him $100,000 fund had been raised to elect Lorimer and he had contributed S10,- 900 to it. Burgess said that Charles McGowan, of Regina, Canada, might have heard the conversation
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19
'FARLAND
 FIGHT IS ASSURED

Chicago, July 1S.-Ad Wolgast, champion lightweight pugilist, and Packy Mcfarland of Chicago have agreed on the terms of their 10-round bout scheduled to take place at Mill waukee September II, with the eX- ception of Wolgast's guarantee.
 If Mcfarland will allow the cham Dion to have the first $14,O0O out of the purse he will be permitted to make 133 pounds at p. m. If Mac Farland will only give $13,0Oo. he will have to make the same notch an hour
 Representatives of the two men will meet today and decide upon the de- tails.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19
.aA++$$ . . . . | : . . . . . SOCIETY ;: SO . 2
 . . | a & $+& | 5 , . . . < !
party at Springs.

P1rN dt ICPAihSSs
 md Mrs. Wade Knox will en-
 beginning today and ending
 with a house party at Sul- brings. The affair is to be gfv- Ehonor of Mrs. Knox's sister, Hess Thompson. Her young lends will spend the three days l Springs and the young men
 invited out each evening. A Twill probably be given for the Friday evening. The young to go are Misses Readma Dans- |rgaret Dewoody, Mamie Mum, Martin, Mildred Owen, Emma Irne, Elizabeth Adams, Allie May l Leinad Byrd, Beulah Walk annie Wilkins, Hattie Halsey, ,his), Irene Crawford and Bess son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19

MT. and Mrs. Thad Traweek are visiting at Star City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19

Save your money by buying at ac- yual cost Crex Rugs. Porch Seats and R cters and White Mountain Refrig- orators and Ice Chests at Reap X Crawford Furn. Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19
l Social.

kwn social was given by the
 T Society of the Carr Memorial bdist church last evening at the Knee of Rev. Absalom Knox the ! for the benefit of the church.
 ffair proved a great success from sncial standpoint. and was attend three or four hundred peo-
 The lawn, where the guests were Fed. was beautifully lighted With Fms and on tables arranged here Ehere dainty refreshments were
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19

E. Buck Bloom left yesterday rf- ternoon for Fort Smith, Ark, on business trip.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-19
3e \ RD

Eaces. I inch to 1 inch wide, worth up to 1Oc yard. One sale this morning at g. a yard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
EASTERN AND WESTERN FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES SATURDAY

all OF ITS opponents, has not been pitted
against such teams as Minnesota has,
ana so has not been put to the test.
The declaring Of captain Pickering, the
star man on the Minnesota team tneli-
glble, viii weaken the team sOmewhat (,
but Wisconsin is sure to lose at least
one OF Its best players on account Of
ineligibility, and so even the score up.
Minnesota is being picked by many eX-
pert as the favOrite in the game by
large margin
Other Big Contests.
Two other interesting contests in the
west Saturday viii be the COrneH-Chi-
cage game and the Pennsy- AIichi gan
game. Cornell looks to be a little
stronger than the Chicago team and II
Is expected that this team will win
out, while the Pennsy- Michigan game
may prove surprise, on account Of the
brace that the Pennsy team has taken
IN the last week. and the ragged con-
ditlon that the Michigan players have
drifted into.
Harvard meets Dartmouth in its final
game before the Yale contest and Will
have its hands full with this team.
The strong Penn State team viii play
the Navy, and this viii be one of the
closest games Of the season, as both
colleges have strong aggrega tiOns on
the gridiron this year. Carlisle In
dams, the cOnquerOrS of Harvard, play
syracuse in another swift eastern game
with the redskins slight favorite.
Nearly all of the other college teams
are matched for games Saturday and
their hardest opponents Of the year are
booked for the day.
Where They Play.
The Saturday games are:
East.
Yale Us. Princeton, at New Haven.
Harvard VS.. Dartmouth. at Cam
bridge.
Army VS.. Colgate at West Point.
Penn State vs. Navy, at Annapolis
Amherst VS.. Williams, at Williams
town
Brown VS.. Vermont at Providence.
Buckneu vs. Villanova, at Wilkes
Carlisle VS.. syracuse. at Syracuse.
Georgetown VS.. Virginia, a Wash
ington.
Tufts vs.. Bowdom. at Portland.
Washington and Jefferson VS.. Pitts
burg, at Pittsburg.
Wash & jeff VS.. Pittsburg, at Pitts
burg.
Wisconsin VS.. Minnesota. at Madison.
Cornell VS.. Chicago. at Chicago.
Pennsylvania VS.. Michigan, at Ann
ArbOr.
Illinois VS.. Northwestern. at Ur-
Nebraska vs.. Kansas. at Lawrence
vile.
Notre Dame VS.. Wabash, at Notre
Dame
Depauw VS.. Butler at indianapolis.
Iowa state VS.. Iowa, at Iowa City
Purdue VS.. Rose Poly, at Lafayette.
Colorado vs. Utah, at salt Lake City.
Montana VS.. Coma ga, at Spokane.
south.
Baylor VS.. Kentucky, at Waco.
Texas VS.. Auburn, at Austin.
Vanderbilt rs. Mississippi, at Nash
Wash and Lee VS.. North Carolina, at
Norfolk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
Northwestern Girls Warned Not to
Attend Game Say They viii Go Anyhow
= - Northwestern unIverslty "a

~ HE Northwestern university girls
have been forbidden by the head
Of the institution to attend the
Northwestern-IIlinoi football game Of
next Saturday. The girls say that they
viii go anyway and have already held
a tag day in order 20 get funds to de-
fray the expenses Of their train. There
may be a wholesale suspension OF girls
from the institution if they disobey the
college authorities
Herbert Vandemoer, the star college
athlete OF Colorado, has been fired
by the Colorado team, according to
Denver reports. Too much irregular1ty
at practice is the reason given by coach
ROthberg, and because he is injured
and gone stale Is the defence put up
by the athlete NandemOer has been
the star in all kinds Of athletics in
Colorado for the last four years and
lacks only two games before he nm
ishes his college career. The coach IS
being severely criticised for his action
by many of the Students Of the col
lege.
Elimination bouts are all that the
Wolgast- Welsh affair and the McFar-
land-Alurphy fight viii be, which VIII
be held on the coast Thanksgiving.
fighters champion AID Wolgast and
Packey McFarland. in shape so that
they will be ready If their match IS
pulled through. Ad does not take the
Welsh fight seriously, and thinks that
he viii have an easy time His train
ing is half hearted, and only six days
of preparation are being put in by him.
The Fred Knowles benefit in New
York brought out bunch Of stars in
the theatrical world. In the list Of Z
actors that appeared were Mabel Hite, :
Pop Arson and several other headliners
in their own line George COhan paid :
CoOmbs's autograph brought $50. Ben
der's and Marquard's autographs I
brought only IS each.
Recently Melvin Sheppard, the fam
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
is
CHARGED TO NEGRO

Andy Jackson, a negro Porter for
an FL Paso street saloon. was arrested
at q late hour Thursday night by po-
liceman J. I. Ware on the charge Of
breaking into the house Of Mary Doug
las, a negress, who lives at SIS South
Stanton street
During the woman's absence, IL is
charged, Jackson broke open the front
door, splintering the glass, but did not
take anything On returning Mary
Douglas found The shattered glass, at
once suspecting that Jackson was the
one who did IT. She then phOned to
him and he confessed to the entrance.
and said he would come up and see
her about it, she says. In the mean
time the woman phOned 10 the police
station, and policeman Ware hid behind
the door and when Jackson appeared
was given an opportunity TO near the
confession, he says. He placed the ne
gro under arrest, and Jackson is being
held pending an Investigation OF his
case.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
ELIMINATE
PROCESS IS
STARTED
State Begins Peremptory
Challenges in the McNa-
mara Case.
TWO MORE JURORS
SWORN ON FRIDAY

Los Angeles. Cal, Nov. 1.-Two
more Jurors maxim five in all. were
sworn in the Mcnamara murder trial to-
day They are J. B. Sexton. a retired
farmer, and William J. Andre, non
union carpenter.
The state excused talesmen Arthur
Gribling, William Drummer and Clarke
McClain
The defence excused Brewster C.
Kenyon. A. C. Heath. T. H. Elliott and
Jacob Lansing. The defence has now
II and the state five peremptory chaI-
Counsel for both sides were in con
sultatlon long before court opened con-
corning the men they would excuse.
PeremptOFy Challenges Begin.
The peremptOry challengi process
was begun BY the state, which excused
arthur Grlbling- The defence then
eliminated taleSman Elliott Assistant
district attorney Ford called the name
OF william Brunner- Attorney barrow
checked off Jacob Lansing. There was
a pause as the state stopped. Then
the defence excused both Clarke Me-
Lain and Brewster c. Kenyon, leaving
m the box to be sworn J. B. Sexton,
W. j. Andre and C. A. Heath, in addi-
ton to the three permanent jurors OBJ
tanned earlier.
some Surprises.
The excusing of McLain by the state
ana o. Kenyon by the defence and the
failure Of the defence to excuse Andre
were the surprises Of the situation
McLain, as banker, is OF a class
supposed by the defence to be partition
larry averse to any unsettled cOndi-
tiOns in business and to persons who
make them so.
Kenyon was thought to have been
marked BY the state because Of his ex-
pressed disapprOval Of Gen. Harrison
Gray Otis, publisher Of the Times His
varied investments in the opinion OF
the defence might prove an uncon-
seious influence and he was excused for
Andre Favors Unions.
Andre, in his examination by the
defence, said he was favorable to
unions, IF they keep within their
mited
The last few men Of the seventh
venire were summoned to fill the va
can't places in the box.
A. De Reamer was excused for deaf
ness. w. II. GaynOr was excused be-
cause of an unalterable opposition TO
capital punishment. William Nicholson,
q grocer, was accepted as to cause
ton.
1t was said that Heath was excused
because OF an idea held by John J. /
brother Of the defendant l
Kent England, would not be the most ]
favorable sort Of a juror to try an 1
Irishman
Court AdjOurns.
Talesman Nicholson was accepted by |
the state. F. C. McCanless, a AIetho- /
dist rancher, was challenged and ex- I
used after be said he believed Nc [
Namara guilty and could not give him /
the presumption Of innocence.
The list of the veniremen ran ont |
It this point and court adjourned until /
tomorrow.
Jury Box Filled Again
The jury box in the Mcnamara muir
Ter trial was filled with jurors and
accepted talesmen for the second time
late Thursday.
Jacob Lansing, an orchard'st, was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17

Gus athlete, got into trouble with the
militia company to which he belonged
IN New York and was discharged from
the company BE, il IS said. failed to
snow up at drills and refused to pay
his fines This occurrence is now
bringing more trouble on the athlete
and the athletic associations in New
York may bar him from an contests
IN the city during the winter on ac-
count Of the militia trouble.
Yale coaches have never been better
pleased with the Blue team than they
are al the present time. The coaches
are confident that the Tigers will be
defeated and are already thinking OF
putting the team in shape for the Har-
ward game. Walter Camp, the younger.
may be out Of the Princeton game as
ne sprained his ankle in the Brown
game and has not been able TO show
up for practice.
This coming year the Olympic team
which viii represent the United States
in the international contests In Sweden
viii be composed OF college athletes
IN the majority. The experts say
that the colleges have some good
material and men that viii surely
lumbia is sure Of making a place on
the Olympic team.
Baseball writer's have got together
ana picked what IS thought TO be the
best "All American baseball team. The
team lines UP as follows: Infield, Mer-
kle, Giants, first base; Collins, Ath-
letics, second base; Wagner, Pirates,
shortstop; Baker, Athletics, third base.
Meyers of the Giants is the catcher,
and the pitchers are MathewsOn Of the
Giants, Alexander Of the Phillies, Wal
ter Johnson of the Washington team
and Ed. Walsh of the White Sox In
the outfield are Ty Cobb Of the Tigers,
Schultz of the Cubs and Jackson Of
the Maps. The team was picked be
fore the worlds series and so on this
account Bender was not put in.
The fluke kick of DeWitt's which
won the game for Princeton from
Dartmouth last Saturday is not the
first time that that same kind of a play
has been pulled off In 1905 Nebraska
defeated Ames on a similar play. The
ball being played for a kick went
bounding along the field, jumping be-
tween the bars Of the goal post In
both games the play was held a score.
Bat Nelson is doing lot Of barn
stOrming in the fight game lately, and
is travelling all over the United States.
having bouts every week with ayone
he can get matched with. He has now
signed up for bout with Ray Bronson,
an Indianapolis fighter, the fight to
take place in Boston next week. Bat
seems to be after all Of the coin ne
can get his hands on before he has to
retire permanently from the ring.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
KIPLING ID 81.

lBT william i. hlrk-l
When a man like Rudyard Kipling
draws a lot Of yellow kale
For writing that the female is more
deadly than the male,
When old Hail Game the ManXmans for
O time deserving prose.
Tells how the females tDless en-
make the men all look like Joes.
Why should not I, a football bard, be
pardoned If I grunt
That the backs Of any 1ootDal payer
are deadlier than the frontE
The line is full OF beefy boys, guards
tackles, centers. ends,
They haven't got a thing 70 do except
to shield their friends.
They tear great holes in the defenee-
the halfback pluuges through
And flattens out some Roman nose with
a renorseless shoe.
Leaving out male and female this
much I do opine,
The backs of any footbau team ar
deadiier than the line
When Kipling wrote of mountain bears
and Himalayan peaks,
I couldn't contradict him, for he knows
whereof he speaks
When Game came back at kipling, not
a farthing did I care
I seldom argue with any man who sell
dom cuts his hair.
This is the only claim make, and,
please. believe it. pards,
The halfbaczs of q football team are
deadlier than the guards.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
URGES CUTTING OF
THE SALARY LIMITS

San Antonio. Texas. Nov. 1.-THE
salary limits of every league except
the majors will be cut 10 the quirl1
next season. if a movement stared at
the convention Of the National Asso-
citation of Professional Baseball
leagues by Wilbur P. Allen. president
Of the Texas league. bears fruit.
The Texans plan is for a control
board to fix a salary limit for every
league of a certain classification and
fix penalties for the violation of such
limit, taking the power Of fixing sal
aries away from the individual
leagues. The existence of some leagues
depends upon the adoption Of such a
rule it is contended.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17

the twelfth man accepted. His fell
lows in the box were
Robert Balm carpenter.
Byron Llsk, mill owner.
r. ID. Green, orchardist-au sworn
jurors
Brewster c. Kenyon. capitalist.
Clark McLain. banker.
j. j. Sexton, retired farmer
a. Gribhng, retired walnut grower
Wl4ert Drummer, railroad engineer.
g. A. Heath, farmer
william j. Andre, carpenter
T. j. Elliott gardener.
All have been accepted as to cause
oy ootn sides, but are subject to per-
emptOry challenge
Lansins's Chances Good.
lansing the last man in the box
stands an excellent chance, # is said
or being the first man excused BY the
de1ence today. The big gray scrap
BOOK. nlcknamed the "dOomsday book
IN which are pasted reports TO the de-
fence on talesmen quotes Lansing as
having said that James 3. Mcnamara
was guilty and ought TO be hanged
Lansing denied that he said this. but
attorney LecOmpte Davis sought for
more than an hour to obtain an ad-
mission that Lansings opinions ran
along this general line
Andrew May Stick.
William J. Andrew. the carpenter.
was a union man back In the Pennsyl-
vania oil fields. but is not now, hav-
ing found, he said. that IL did not ben
eLll 20 De one IN CallLOFnla- he IS
counted as good prospect for one OF
the challenges allotted TO the defence.
as is T. II. Elliott. a gardener, whose
examination developed little concern
ing his opinions
Expectation was that the state
would excuse A. Gribling, against
whom district attorney Fredericks Of
fered a challenge on the ground that
he would not be willing to convict on
circumstantial evidence where the
death penalty was involved. Willett
Drummer, as a union man, may be
challenged. He belongs to the Broth
erhOod Of Locomotive Engineers.
Neither side knows a great deal about
Drummer, but the state sought permis-
sion TO challenge him after he had
been accepted BY both sides This was
refused. and IL was then declared that
Drummer was acceptable to the state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
BASKETBALL AT Y
STARTS TUESDAY
No City League Is to Be
Formed here This
Season

The basketball season at the Y NJ
c A viii open November 81, when the
league schedule viii commence. The as
ISOLATION has given up all hope Of hav-
ing city basketball league this year
and so win not meet the fast High
school team which won the city cham
pionship from them last year. This
years basketball al the Y n. c. A. will
consist wholly q the commercial
league and other minor leagues IN the
association
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
BASEBALL GAME
COSTS TOO MUCH
Professionals at San An
tonic Discuss Plans to
Reduce 1T

san Antonio, Tex. Nov. How to
reduce what minor league owners con
slider the high cost of baseball, con
tinued today 10 be the most interesting
topic of the National association OF
professional baseball leagues, in ses-
sion here
Second in interest probably are the
reported attempts Of major league own
ers TO purchase outright southern
clubs for use In training good ma
terial up to major league form
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
WHITE DEFEATS DIXON.

Cleveland, O., Nov. 17-Jaclz White.
of Chicago, was winner in a 10 round
fight here last night over Tommy Dix
on, of Kansas City. They met at 124
pounds. White noOred Dixon three
times in 6he second round, but the
westerner evened up in the sixth, and
finised strong.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17
AGGIES TO PLAY
HIGH SCHOOL HERE
Game to Be Played at
Washington Park
on Saturday

The New Mexico Aggies football
eleven viii arrive in FL Pas0 Saturday
morning for their game with the 7. ~
c. A. team in the afternoon at at Wash
ington park A large following Of Ag-
gle rooters viii accompany the team
and cheer them to victory IL possible.
This is the second time that the two
teams have net this year, the first
game going to the college boys by a
large score.
The .. P. H. J. football team is
booked for game with the Arizona
university at Tucson Saturday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-17

Chicago, III, Nov. II.-JOhnny COu-
Ion, bantamweight champion of the
world, has been matched to box Geo.
KUtzOn, of New York, before a KeA
nosha, Wis, club. November % This
will be CoUlon's first contest since
May.