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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
Arkansan Accompanies Gov. Wilson to Virginia to Get
 Out of Cabinet.
CHANGED HIS VIEWS
Says He Can Be of Better Service as Chairman of National
 Committee.

New York, Dec. 27.-It was learn ed today from close friends Of Will liam F McCombs that the reason he accompanied Governor Wilson to Vlr- ginia was to present certain reasons why he should not be appointed to any cabinet position.
 Mr. McCombs, it is known, had been selected by the president-elect for Secretary of War, and had vlr- tually agreed to accept the post, but within the last ten days he has changed his views and now believes that he can serve MT. Wilson better by remaining out of the cabinet ana retaining the chairmanship of the National Committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
ly. l}o Il Bulgaria and Greece will strongly c9pose this proposal.

ly. 3o Il Bulgaria and Greece will strongly capose this proposal.
 Though the atmosphere t1as cleared greatly during the past week the envcys are st Il far from an amicable agreement and in the meantime war pa!ations are going on wish all possible dispatch. According to a dispatch from Rustohuk, Bulgarian war min 'ster has called up the re cruits due to be enrolled only in 1914 and has summoned all able bodied men up to the age of sixteen years to lhe colcrs. Cavalry horses, war munitions and hospital supplies are arriving da ly at Rustchuk.
 The Austro-servian war spectre does not seem to have been complete ly buried, in view of the Austrian war preparations The Austrian army is being mob lized to greater numbers every day and the government has Tequisitioned all the Catholic con- vents and monastories within fifty mics of the eastern border of that country to serve Il the hospital corps in the event of war. Word comes from the Vatican suggesting that the nuns and monks remain at the ccn- vents to act as nurses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
FRENCH FISHING
 VESSELS MISSING
Storm Which Has Ragged For Two Days Responsible For
 Much Damage.

Havre, Dec. 27.-Many fishing yes sells are missing along the north and northwestern coasts of France and are believed to have been lost with their crews in the storm which has ravaged the French coast for the past two days.
 A large sailing vessel was driven ashore today on the Island of Brehat off the Brittany coast and the surviv- ors of her crew were taken off by a torpedo boat this evening.
 The harbors are crowded with crafts, which sought the nearest port to escape the storm. Great damage has been caused to the harbor works of several ports.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
NINE INJURED BY
 STREET CAR ACCIDENT
Car Fell Forty Feet From Bridge Over the Ohio River At Con.
 cinnati.

Cincinnati, Dec. 27.-Nine persons were injured tonight when a street car fell forty feet after jumping the track on the Cincinnati side of one of the bridges which span the Ohlo river, connecting Covington and New port, Ky, With Cincinnati. Several or the injured are expected to die.
 The car was running at a high rate of speed at the time. After leaving the rails it jumped the bridge rali- ing and plunged down, lighting on the bank near Front and Ludlow streets.
 The injured were removed to hos pitals.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
Sends for Editor of the Ora phic and Asks Charity for
 Aged Parents.
FACTS--INN NNOCENC
Declares That Jury That Convicted Him Made a Serious Mistake
 Reviews Case.

John M. McVay, the one-leeged man convicted of the murder of J. ". Ethridge, of Fall Back, Miss, who was shot and killed in the court house when he was on trial for the alleged assassination of Albert McVay, who was killed in his home in this city on July ,, 1908, yesterday sent for the editor of the Graphic and asked to be permitted to make statement which he wanted to present to the people of Pine Bluff and South Arkansas.
 McVay is in the county jail. He has only seven days to live, as his re- spite, recently issued by Governor Donaghey to give McVay's attorneys an opportunity to get the United States Supreme Court issue a writ of error in the case, expires on the night of Thursday, January ,. It is not like ly that the Supreme Court will inter- fere and it is generally believed that unless Governor Donaghey decides to take different action than what he has already taken, it will be the unpleas- ant duty of Sheriff Brewster tc exc cute McVay Friday morning.
 McVay laid down his crutch and lifted his stick across his lap as he sat down in a small wooden chair in his cell.
 q want to begin by saying that ] haven't an i'll feeling against anyone in the world said McVay. "1 want the public to know my side of the case and then if they do not see fit to intercede and urge the governor to save my life, I will have to abide by the law and die on the gallows. But it will be serious mistake to take my life, because I am as innocent of } the killing of John Ethridge as new born babe. 1 do not say this now be- cause I realize that things are all up with me, but l have always said it  and have tried to prove it to the sat isfaction of the public. It would re- quire book to go into detail and to give every little feature of the trou- ble in which I am involved in the Ethridge case that would convince misinformed people of my innocence. But I want them to know some of the facts and then ask themselves if it is right for me to be hanged for crime which my two brothers both admit and know they are responsible for.
 Tn the first place l did not know that any trouble was brewing and l believe that it was the result of inn agination on the part of my brothers, who thought that Ethridge was pre- paring to shoot them. Had l known it I would have prevented it. l would have insisted that they permit Eth ridge to go through trial a&d prove, If he could, his innocence of the .charge of assassination of Brother
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28

MT. and Mrs. Garrett Howsen are the guests of relatives in Monticello.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
COACH ERODE AWARDED
 RHODES SCHOLARSHIP

Little Rock, Dec. 27.-Phil Brodie, of Van Buren, was tonight awarded the Rhodes Scholarship from Arkan- sas and VIII go to England next year. Brodies is well known in high schoil and athletic circles over the state. He recently coached the Van Buren football team and was the coach Of that team when it won the state championship from Pine Bluff at Con- way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28

speaker of the House of Virginia. and John s. Bryan. pr0prit'or of the Richmond Times spatch. Governor Mann Immediately sought the Pres- dent-elect and badc his welcome to Virginia.
 A series of signals were arranged to announce the arrival of Governor Wilson at Staun.On. When thc tra came within sight of the station rocket was sent up This was ob- served by lookouts al all the churches and rockets wera sem simultaneously from al of these. Church bells were stallted ringing. factories Wh stiles were blowing and every conceivable noise was started.
 At the manse the Governor held a reception, at which he met all the
 The Governor was somewhat tatigued
 by the long ionrn '. however, and retired early. The elaborate pro- gram that had been arranged for tais evening was cut oui. II had been planned 10 have tn Governor review the torchlight procession from the porch of the manse and then to call i upon him for speech l'ut he was no condition to stand the exposure and his voice could not have been heard. Indeed ii is doubtful if he will undertake to deliver a speech to- morrow, though he is down on the l program for one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28

w. R. Langston, of Shreveport, La., is in the cty visiting his daugh- t6rs, Misses Frances and Jennie Mae, and ster, Miss Sarah L-angstOn, during the holidays. MT. Langston formerly lived in Pine Bluff and has many friends here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28
NOTICE.

All Banks, Members Of the Pne Bluff Clearing House Association, will be closed Wednesday, January 1st, 1913.-New Years Day. A Legal Holiday.
 Pine Bluff Clearing House Assn.
 By M. E. BLOOM, Manager 12-28 ot
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-28

Rev. A. E. Wheaton, of Arkansas City, was the guest of MT. and Mrs. H. G. Spaulding yesterday, while en route to Little Rock for a conferences with the bishop.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
DECLARE FOR PARCELS POST.
Objection to New Appropriation Bill
May Be Made.

Washington, D. c. - Democratic
members of the house committee on
postoffices and postroads have agreed
to incorporate in the appropriation
bill provisions for a general parcels
post. They also have agreed upon q
general domestic rate of IL cents and
a maximum of IL pounds. This is the
present international parcel post rate.
They would also provide for rural
parcels post, the rate to be cents for
one pound and 2 cents for each addi-
tional pound.
It was reported that some Republican
members of the committee would ap-
prove the recommendation and that
the bill would pass the house.
Members of the committee, how
ever, expect to encounter some objec-
ton, on the ground that new legisla-
ton is proposed in an appropriation
bill. They are discussing now how to
get around these objections under the
rules.
Secretary MacVeagh sent to con-
gress an estimate of the postmaster
general Of $4OO, 900 for operating the
postal savings banks during the next
fiscal year, in addition to the unex-
pended 100000 appropriated last
year.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, SUFFERS
FROM $1,000, 900 FIRE

Houston, Tex.-In the wake of the
most destructive fire in the history of
Houston, smoldering wreckage covers
an area about one and one-half miles
in length and varying in width from
200 yards to half mile in the north
eastern section Of the city.
More than q dozen of the city q
most important Industrial enterprises
are in ruins; 200 or more dwellings
and store buildings are in ashes, and
approximately 1000 persons are
homeless.
An accurate statement of the none
tary loss is not yet possible, but the
most conservative is that it will reach
$1,000, 900, while the insurance car
ried will not exceed 40 per cent.
Except for few minor burns and
bruises, no casualties attended the
fire.
Breaking forth in an untenanted
rooming house known locally as 1.-THE
madhouse. shortly after ! o'clock in
the morning, and at time when a
fierce gale was blowing from the
Northwest, the fire made rapid head
way. The flames swept toward the
southeast, generally making clean
sweep of its path.
Four hours later the area Of de-
struction had been defined, but the
work of the fire fighters was not then
ended, for all over the blackened dis
tricts piles Of burning debris still de-
manded their attention.
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RECALL NOT REQUESTED.
Columbia May Be Told That kno,
Contemplated Settlement.

e
Columbia May Be Told That Knox
Contemplated Settlement.
Washington, D. C.-President Taft
took up the Colombia situation with
his cabinet and later discussed it with
Huntington Wilson, acting secretary
of state.
No official statement was made of
what action had been taken by this
government. 1t was declared author
itively that the United States did not
contemplate asking for the recall of
Senior Ospina, the Colombian minister.
A report was current that full ex-
PLANTATION of the attitude Of the United
States in the present controversy had
been cabled to American Minister Du-
bois at Bogota, so that he might in
formally advise Colombia.
It is believed that the Colombian
government now will learn from Mr..
Dubois that Secretary Knox did intend
the initiation of some negotiations
that might terminate the troubled re-
lations that grew out Of the revolt OF
Panama from Colombia. Whether in
view of such information Colombia
might issue special invitation to Mr..
Knox is said to be based on the char
acter of the negotiations which he
would begin, the Colombian govern
ment being most insistent on arbitra-
ton through The Hague tribunal,
rather than through any commission
of diplomats.
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hers should extend well forward ana
rearward, which will materially add to
the speed of the sled when coasting
down hill.
Fig. l shows an ordinary girls sled,
which is made into a flexible or dirigf-
BILE sled. The top part of the runners,
shown in dotted lines, is cut on on
level with the seat and the ends are
fastened together with a transverse
bar a, made of iron or wood. From
this bar, and fastened thereto, are
bars b, one on each side of the seat
and parallel Herewith. These bars
are fastened to all the standards Of
the sled On the front bar Is fastened
a steering lever c, which is fulcrumed
by the rearwardly- extending arms d
to the front part of the seat Of the
sled. It is now evident that when the
operator wishes to steer to the right.
he presses the lever with the left foot.
and vice versa. AS the steering lever
is thus moved, 1t will be noticed that
1t moves the transverse bar to one
side or the other, thereby curving the
runners In the same direction, which
will then follow smoothly In the
curved tracks.
1t will be noticed from the plan
view. Fig. 2, that the end standard Is
bolted to the seat of the sled. and
that the other two standards are not.
so as to allow free movement Of the
runners when operated upon by the
steering lever.
Two pieces Of wood should be fast
ened under the seat, short distance
each side of the forward standard. to
allow for side movement.
The old iron shoes on the wood rum
ners should be taken OF and curved
or followed as shown in Fig 4, or may
be replaced by new ones. BY refer
ring to Fig. 2, it will be seen how this
curving of the shoe may be accom-
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dARSHlP SAILS
WITH DIPLOMAT
Secretary Knox and Party Be
gin 6O-Day Trip.
Thousand Men On Constant
'''c Dress Parade-co'o" will Be
First Stop.

wost. When the armored
hes ' Washington, the official home
e ftSseretary of State Knox for the
OF ose or mart of the next two months,
g es1ead anchor off Key West and
Velsn S toward the isthmus, there was
lran q diplomatic mission in many
ossss unprecedented.
rsSp Tsila the itinerary will consist
,.. ~I of formal courtesies. there
IslS Sablv will be friendly exchanges
p ffnoIitical significance.
o. Tbe first stopping place of Score
.,. .D Knox will be Colon, whence he
sai nroceed to Panama. There he
VII: WI pdeiver what may be set down
wiz as the keynote speech Of the trip,
INV ..;ug forth what was in the mind OF
s ss'' adH1nnistration when the itinerary
vas planned.
arranged from time to time and is
s+;II tentative. 1t had been expected
that Mr.. Knox would 60 to Panama
s t but it was decided later that he
should visit the canal zone.
Secretary Knox is accompanied by
Mrs Knox and Hugh Knox and his
wife. The party was entertained by
Paar-Admiral Young and later went
opt to the ship on navy tug.
The cruiser Washington has been
mt in spick- and-span shape and car
RES nearly 1000 men, the largest
crew now on any American battleship.
The whole after part of the gun deck
has been set aside for the use of the
Knox party. There will be frequent
receptions to government officials, or
whom the secretary will call.
To the officers and crew it will not
be an easy trip. They will be on al
most constant dress parade, as official
visitors come and go. They, however,
have entered into the spirit of the
cruise and will make showing in
the ports visited that will reflect
credit on the navy and the nation.
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sI47.5OO PAID FOR CANVAS.
Identity Of American Purchaser Of
Mantegna's Work Withheld.

Berlin-The most important art auc-
ton ever held in Germany opened in
the Lepke auction rooms here when
the collection of old masters belonging
to the estate of the late Edwin F.
Weber, leading merchant of Ham
burg was put up for sale. Francois
Kleinberger, the art dealer of Paris,
gave sl47,5OO for the "Virgin and
Child, by Andrea Mantegna.
Iii understood that DR.. Klein
berger was acting for an American
buyer, whose identity is withheld.
The Boston Mumeum purchased an
altar triptich, attributed to the mas
ter Staevern, for $15, 900 and an un-
known masters "Crucifixion" for S.
O0O
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MIDDLE WEST Is
BURIED IN SNOW
Three States Swept By 4O-Mile
Blizzard.
Trains Stopped and Held Fast II
Orifts- Mississippi High and
Damage Threatens.

st. Louis, Mo. Sixteen inches of
snow, driven by 4O-mile wind, with
q minimum temperature Of "a degrees,
were features of storm which is
sweeping Eastern Missouri, Southern
Illinois and Western Kentucky.
The wind has drifted the snow to a
depth Of several feet, hampering
traffic on all transportation lines.
Streetcar and railroad traffic at Tay-
lorville, ILL.,, are at standstill.
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
No. lbs, which left there at 9 80 p.
M, is stalled in a drift FIVE miles from
the city. The passengers have no
food, but are making themselves as
comfortable as possible and are keeping
warm, as the train carries plenty of
coal. Passenger train No. l, on the
Chicago & Illinois Midland, is snow
bound at Kincaid, six miles west of
Taylorville. A relief train sent out
from Taylorville failed to reach the
passenger train, and it, too, is snow
bound.
There was break in the ice gorge
in the Missouri River at Kansas City,
causing rush of heavy foes down the
Missouri River, sinking the tug Oma-
ha and caving in the sides of a large
barge. Three river men narrowly es-
capped death when the tug was sunk.
Colder weather north of Kansas City
is believed to have lessened the dan
ger to boats moored in the river.
Unless there is a further rise in
the river there, sending more ice
against the piers of the James-street
bridge, closed to traffic two days ago,
it is believed the structure will stand.
The weather bureau predicts warmer
weather for Kansas, and if thaw
comes higher water is certain.
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Five Aviators Fall.

Oakland, Cal.-Opening of an avia-
ton meet at the old Emeryville race
track near here was baptized with
blood. William H. Hoff, San Fran
cisco aviator, lies probably dying in a
hospital and half dozen of his fellow
aviators, more fortunate than he in
escaping from the wreckage Of their
machines, are nerving themselves to
play again the hide-and-seek game
with death which turks in the ocean
fogs and the gusty winds Of San Fran
cisco bay.
Phil O. Parmalee, Glenn Martin,
Horace F. Kearney and Hillory
Beachey were among those whose ma
chimes were driven to the ground.
One after another the biplanes were
caught by the wind, which was broken
into combating currents by the islands
of San Francisco bay and the hills and
mountains that surround it.
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.DIRIGIBLE SLED IS NOVELTY
Boys Ordinary Sled May Also %
Combined With Handear % Make
Motor-Shouid Be Low.
Hy J. A .BERcsrRoM. In the scientine

Dy J. A .BERGsrRoM. In the Scientific
American.)
The accompanying illustrations
show how an ordinary sled may be-
converted into q dirigible sled, and
how 1t may be combined with q boys
hand car to make motor sled.
Unlike the ordinary sled, that 10
steered by digging in the heels. or
dragging the feet in the snow. from
one side to the other. thereby check
Ing the speed Of the sled. the sled
here shown has flexible runners.
which may be curved to one side or
the other by steering bar. causing
the runners to follow smoothly In the
curving tracks. The sled should be
built low and narrow, and the run
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Boosting Its Business.

II, in common with my colleagues
Of the profession, receive many strange
comments and propositions from queer
people" says Washington physician,
"but rather think that a woman
whose children l have treated for
some time is to be given pre-emi-
nent place in this category.
We'll, what can I do for your ]
asked as entered the waiting room.
:" I think that / should have a com
mission she said, quietly but firmly.
A commissions! And what for?'
Why she said, every child in
our street caught the measles from my
baby "-Harper's Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
CHILDREN MUST HAVE PLAY
Man attempts to Hsassure half.Dlo.
tracted Wife, But Soon Changes
His Mind on Subject

4 3I
Come, come. my dear said Robert
Ferguson. addressing his half-distract-
ed wife. you mustn't let the noise the
youngsters make distress You 20. Re
member that children have to get rid
Of their surplus energy, somehow. We
mustn't let ourselves be too exacting.
Always remember that 1t Ia . sign Of
advancing age when one Is unable to
keep from becoming nervous because
Of the rackets that are raised by chill
dren. Why, I-great heavensl What
was that?"
!. Nothing serious, dear, I'm sure.
think, perhaps, Willie has pushed
over a part of your sectional bookcase,
dear me! There goes the rest Of
t.
by the jumping-say I can't stand
this any longer. Those kids have got
to be sent somewhere for a while or
I'll be ready for lunatic asylum. It's
all right for you, but how can you ex-
pect man whose nerves are under a
strain all day to stand this sort OF
thing every night? II they've broken
anything, by George, I'll take the
hides OF Of 'em!"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-01
laAay AND NAVY sToREs.
Sneapsr Military Supplies Aim Of
Cooperative Plan,

New York the result a. =
Enest discussion among army and
naval officers some years past as "a
enc possibility Of duplicating in thi,
country ! system Of cooperative mil.
itary stores in England BY which those
e services may buy any article of mer.
cnsndise ct slight advance over cost
price. the Army and Navy Co-opera.
i've company was incorporated at Al
nany, with the approval Of the score.
tary Of state.
Within = few months the company
VIII have stores open in this city and
ready for business. The chief pur-
pose Of the corporation is to reduce
the cost Of living by selling the best
articles Of domestic consumption and
general use at the lowest remunera-
tive rates,
The advantages Of the organization
are to be extended, not only to the
army and navy and all civilian en-
ployes Of both branches of the service,
but to the state militia as well, be-
cause OF the recent close relations be-
tween regular and volunteer army and
navy men.
Rear Admiral Mark is one of the
lncorporators and will be elected pres
ident. Captain Henry H. Scott, Coast
Artillery corps, another Of the incor-
rorators, who is a son-in-law of Rear
Admiral William T. Sampson, was one
OF the 40 officers chosen by the War
department to 90 to San Francisco at
the time of the great fire to direct re-
lief work.
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eight Bodies Recovered.

Of n;na okla.-With the exception
in MINI ,s men, N1 all of the miners at work
Minin le NO. 5 of the Western Coal &
in tha : company, when fire broke out
boS; as mine, answered ioll call. Eipht
to neno nave been recovered. Efforts
for tho va the workings in search
doned U ~ men have been aban-
queucb Ill me = mine is being flooded to
Cannot ho oe nre. Damage to the mine
veoy e, oe estimated, but is known to