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Three weeks from tonight at 10 o'clock the Graphic Grand Prize Con- test will come to close, and the win nors will be receiving the congratula tions of their friends and the public who nave supported them in the win ming of the prizes ill the greatest con- test of it's kind ever inaugurated in this state.
 Will your name be among those to be called out by the judges, as win ners of the different prizes. This is fol you to decide and the work you do this week will in measure qualify you for this honor.
 You still have three more days of this week to work, as Saturday night will mark the close of one of the best weeks of the contest for securing Votes and subscriptions as it is near ing the close of the race and each and every contestant realizes that it is gO- ing to take votes to win in this coll test and are out at this time with the determination to secure as large vote as possible before the field is thoroughly covered
 It is much easier to secure subscrip- tions at this time than il will be the idSG WCCh Ol buc COIlcSl. NO uOuDL you have hundreds of promises for lat CT on in the contest. Every contestant has But do not wait until the last day or week thinking that they will come to you and offer their support for they will not. You must go out after them, revive the promise which was made to you, for in many cases it is easily forgotten. Thousands of votes can be lost in this manner which you might have secured and thereby have been declared the win ner of $950 automobile, such as will be given away by the Graphic on April A.
 Scores of business men and visitors who were in the city yesterday after noon viewed the automobiles in front of the Graphic office yesterday after noon and each and everyone pro nounced them beauties in every re- spect and we'll worth the time and at tento on of any contestant in securing them.
 One gentleman made the remark that if he had known that the mach ines to be awarded by this paper were as classy as the ones that he was looking at he would have had his daughter in the contest and worked for her in order that she might win. After the proposition was explained to
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MAKING EFFORT ID PREVENT STRIKE Situation in the Anthracite Coal Region is Not Very
 Bright at This Time. DEMANDS OF MINERS Compromise Talk is Ncard Repuhli-
 cans Dent Like the Quarrel
 in Presidential Year.
OF MINERS

New York, March 13.-An impasse uation today. Formal refusal to ac- cedc to the terms of the miners was made by the operators at a meeting between representatives of beth sides at No. l43 Liberty street.
 counter proposition WaS made by the operators that the present agree ment with the miners be renewed for period of three years The union representatives asked and received tn- til Friday to mako reply to this prop Csiticn.
 Talk of a compromise is already ill the air, however. From an authorta- tive source the International News Service learned today that as a final resource the operators will consent to an increase in wages, fl the miners Ii turn will forego their demands for recognition of the union, these being the two principal points in disagree inert.
 With the British fcoal strike unset tied and 1ioting in progress in. Ger ms2ny where a similar strike is in pro- gross and the French miners chaffing the situation here, however, is still grave enough to cause apprehension in business circles of worldwide tie-up of cCal miners which would st2gger industries in a hundred diff ferent directions.
 Following today's conference Presi- dent White said: "There will be ab- sclutely no notifications ef our de- mands and if the operators refuse to meet our terms, the strike will in all probability be called on April L.
 Presldent-White is authority for the statement that a total of 1000 anthra- cite and b1tumin3us miners together will be called out if strike is crder- ed. President White also asserts that the union is in good financial con- dition to engage in war. IF addition to it's own resources it is pointed out the United Mine Workers, being af- filiated with the American Federation of Labcr, would receive all the assist ance need from that army of a mil lien workers.
 The present contracts between the operators and the miners expire on March 31 at noon, there must be speedy work if peace. is maintained.
 Tremendous influence already is be- ing brought to bear on both sides, it is said, to prevent a strike and the politicians are lowering near ready to aid additional influence if it be need ed The possibility of a great indus trial strike in a pre- sidential year is not regarded favorable, particularly by Republican politicians, and it is this phase that tends to the belief that the operators will relent before war is actually declared.
 The demands of the men are for yearly agreements, recognition of the union, and an eight-hour work day, 20 per cent advance in wages and all understanding with the operators whereby they shall agree to deduct from tue pay the miners the union dues of the latter.
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DOOMED 10 DIE WHEN HE ESCAPED Samuel Miller, Who Enjoy ed Liberty Nine Years,
 is Captured. HE KILLED HIS WIFE Went to Scotland and England But Arrested When He Reiurn-
 ed to America.
HE KILLED HIS WIFE

Memphis, March 13.-Samuel Mil Ter, who escaped from jail at Jack son, Tenn, nine years ago, where he was awaiting the action of the Ten nessee Supreme Court on an appeal from the death sentence imposed on him for the murder Of his wife in this city, arrived here this morning, from Oakland, California, in custody of Su- prenta Court deputy officers and De-. tectve Klinck, of the local police force. Miller was arrested in Oakland a month ago and when he came face to face with Detective kinck in the Oakland jail, confessed to the crime with which he is charged
 Miller will be kept in local coun- ty jail until his case is called before the Supreme Court. Still handcuffed to Detective Klinck, Miller standing between two officers was photograph ed ill front of the police station. He has rone of the appearances Of a man with the gallows staring him in the face. His greeting is cordial and a smile was on his face most of the time.
 "lf I had seen my boy before, in- stead of after ny arrest said Miller today, they never could have caught me. But there was something in my breast that wouldn't let me rest, be- cause l wanted to see the kid so bad
 Miller's son who is twenty-five gyears old, recognized his fathers photo in Frisco paper and visited him the day after his arrest in Oak land Miller today stated that he shot his wife in self defense. He charged his daughter testified against him at the trial.
 Asked concerning the statement .that he came all tae way from Kansas Eity with the intention of killing his 1Ei1e, Miller said he came here on that occasion to try and induce his wife to return to Kansas City and that when he entered her store she started after him with a pistol and during the scuf- file he obtained the weapon and fired. Local police say the self defense plea is untrue.
 After he escaped from jail, Miller says he went directly to Canada, then to Scotland and England, later returning home and finally making his way to the Pacific coast, where Mile: says, a former associate turned him up to the police
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.POULTRYMEN TO
 DRAFT A BILL Members of State Branch of Poultry Association Want Demonstration Farms.
I N SESSION HERE
Phases of the Poultry Industry Are Discussed at Largely At
 tended Gathering.

bill, seeking an appropriation for the purpose of creating poultry dem- onstration farms and to further ad vance the raising of poultry in Ark arsas, will be drafted at the ses- sion of the Second annual convention of the state branch of the American Poultry Association which will De held at the secretarys office of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon at l o'clock It is proposed to have poultry bureau of the department of agriculture and the appropriation to be asked for will be sufficient to keep men ill the field instructing and visit ing the many poultry farms in the state the same as is done by the de- partment of agriculture.
 The first days session of the con- venticn was held last night at the as sembly hall of the Chamber of Com merce. President H. G. Spaulding presided over the session and George MI Wells, of this city, acted as secre- tary, in the absence of State Secre- tary George A. Ashley, of Sulphur Rock who will be unable to attend the meeting. About forty members are eCSHuiHSo uAiC COIIFS1lllOu. 1uC CU0u- ing session was given over to an in formal discussion of different phases of the poultry industry. Interesting addresses were made by the retiring president. G. c. Watkins, of Fort Smith; Harry Westcott, of Hot Springs; A. G. Russell, of this city, and the newly eected president, H. c. Spaulding. The final business ses- Gicn will be held this afternoon.
 Those in attendance are C. w. Pate, s9f Warren; F. L. Taylor, of Warren; 1Iillory Jennings Little Rock; J, V. Johnson, Little Tock; H. S. Westcot-, Hot Springs; M. I4. Isbell, Bearden; J. R. Toge.s, TcXalkana; A. w. Mcclure, Texarkana; G. c. Watkins Fort Smith; Gordon Matthews, Jonesboro; Cummins Radcliffe, Little Rock; and otlers. Several others are expected to arrive today from Little Rock and TeXarkana.
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Continued on Page Four.)
BE A BOOSTER.

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 Brunson's Liver Pills. Brunson's Kidney Pills. I.eibig's Syrup Hypophosphites. We appreciate your patronage, and guarantee satisfaction.
 CITIZENS DRUG STORE.
 "We Deliver It Quicker"
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COMPRESS COMPANY
 IS INCORPORATED

Little Rock. March 13-The, Pine Bluff Compress and Warehouse Con- pany, one of the r'ew7sL concerns designed to put Pine Bluff on the map industriallv, has been chartered with 3 cap.:al stock of $65,00O. all subscribed Tha officers are P. P Byrd. president, J. w. Ragland aud Ziha Bennitt, vice presidents; D. c. Rw.ladge, 2ecretary; F. M. Rosne, tre2surer Frank Worrall, E. E. Aronscn, Frank Tomlinsan, Alex srauss, c. G. Wall, F. A. Howell, w H.. Bennett, Clifton Hcwell, J. w Wilkins, and c. c. Handley, direct OFF,
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JUDGE MACK TAKES
 AN OPPOSITE VIEW

Washington, March 13-Judge Mack, of the Commerce Court, today filed an opinion dissenting from tho .Court's ruling Getting aside an order |of the Interstate Commerce Con- omission declaring through rates on R,he Louisville and Nashville unreas- onable. Judge Mack holds the pe- Etltlons should have been dismissed.
 The Interstate Commission teddy suspend1l advanced rates on sand rom Wisconsin point: to Chicago, ef- Efective March 15.
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FORMER SENATOR IN
 CRITICAL CONDITION

Topeka, Kansas, March 13-W. A. Pfeffer. the first Populist elected to the Unfed States Senase from Kan- ssas, is critically i'll at hospital fere. Senator Pfeffer underwent the Eputation of his right leg above Ehe knee today to check gangrene, which fiTst affected his foot and has rallied only par3ly from this opera tion. ftr .:l :
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Architect Clyde Thompson, of Lit tie Rock, is in the city and will pre- pare the plans for the new residence to be erected by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Senyard on the site where their home was burned some time ago.
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Major Clifton R. Breckinridge, of Fort Smith, former resident of this city, will arrive. here today 70 attend the meeting of Group Seven of the Arkansas Bankers Asocia- ton. klt ,i ,.}
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NOTICE!

On and after March IS, 1912, all union barbershops will close at 7 ?. m., except Saturdays on which days the usual hour, II p. m. will be observed.
 By order of Barber's Local
 Union No. 521. 3 13 5t
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J. S. Richardson. of Walnut Ridgs secretary of the Northeassern Ar kansas Cattle Growers Association is among the number of delegates to the Stock Growers convention.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10
NsX .@o9r WoGzN zWNNAaRr dra<0RdM

is another way of saying that there
was q warm time in the old town on
more than one night. Judging by the
imperial fiddler's liking for splendid
orgies. That the goddess Of love en-.
ioyed . special popularity among the
Ostienses. as the Inhabitants Of the
city were called. IL shown by the large
number Of statues of Venus. including
one particularly fine one. which have
been discovered there There IL evi-
dence. too. Of the cronistae. the re-
porters Of that time. that the life In
the season at Ostia was. in the words
Of Bill Eye. . continuous round Of
torchlight professions and Mardi Gras.
1t 10 pretty hard to say how many
years before the foundation of Rome
ostia was In existence and flourish
ing as the seaport Of Latium. Virgil
says that Aeneas. escaping from the
burning Troy. stopped with his fellows
at the mouths of the Tiber. where he
founded the New Troy. afterwards
called by the simpler name Of Ostia.
This poetical account is not wholly
supported by historical investigations.
however. But there is no doubt that
ANGUS Marcus, who lived some 400
years before the birth of Christ. estab-
lished himself at Ostia after having
defeated several Latin towns.
1t was the foundation of Rome and
its rapid development that caused an
equally rapid and marvellous develop
ment of the port Of ostia. This. ow-
ing to the short distance from the
city. was often called the port Of
Rome. and It provided for the city the
greatest part OF the many requisites
for Its existence. From the corn Of
Egypt and Sicily to the marbles Of
Greece and Asia Minor. from the
wines OF Falernus and Of Naples to
the gold Of Africa and Spain. every
thing brought to Rome was landed at
Ostia and thence by the Tiber was
shipped to the capital. Ostia followed
Rome In its splendor and its magni.
tude; when the Roman empire was at
its zenith Ostia was also at the maxi
mum Of Its glory. Not only was It a
commercial center. but = military base
for war expeditions. Claudius. the
emperor, sailed from Ostia to the con.
quest Of Britain.
Excavations at Ostia had never
been successfully and scientifically
carried out until few years ago.
The world owes to Professor Lam
ciana, the Italian Archaeological. the
frst scientific research Of the ruins
OF the town. This savant was also the
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-08-10

I'D beea IN ne houss I've minutes.
and observed that the ring vas gooe.
10 soon. swssthsartf" he astsd.
Then Miss Carbss1y confessed. IT
must have slipped OF while slept"
she said. II never. never would have
taken It on. But W have searched
high and low and can't md It"
Drsseh WIdsns TO Final 8rsak..
Mr.. LAdd pretended that It did not
matter. but evidently he felt little
hurt. Tho girl imagined that no was
suspicious, and when day after day
passed with NO trace Of ths ring she
grew proudly silent and refused fur.
Their explanations. They parted in an
ger and she wrote note breaking the
engagement-and both Of them were
miserable. M Fss ~
Two days after that the ring reap
peared inside the wrapping paper
around a piece Of meat from the mar
ket. which Miss Carberry unwrapped
when she took It out Of the icebox.
The girl. at the insistence Of her moth
or, wrote to Mr.. Ladd. returning the
ring and stating that she had found
It in = peculiar place and expressing
regret that its loss had caused them
to quarrel. Ladd hurried to her rs
soon AZ he got the note and begged
her to forgive him and to wear the
ring again.
Again Wore Engagement Ring.
Az no one outside the immediate
family knew Of the broken engage
ment. they kissed, made up vowed
never again to allow such trivialities to
mar their perfect happiness. Miss Car.
berry wore her ring again. proudly ex-
hibiting 1t to her friends.
-Four days later Miss Carberry &C.
cepted Mr.. Ladd's suggestion to meet
her at luncheon. They had . Jolly
little luncheon, and Miss Carberry and
Ladd both remember that she had the
ring on her engagement finger when
they were eating the salad. A man
friend Of Mr.. Ladd's entered and
stopped at the table to speak to him.
and was presented to Miss Carbsrry
proudly as his napcse, Miss Carberry
extended her hand. and the ring was
missing. She observed Its loss al
most Immediately. and a. soon as the
friend had passed on she whispered:
Disappeared At Luncheon. q
my ring! It's gone!"
There was quick search. The ring
had disappeared. vanished completely.
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1t was not ON the floor, on the table.
anywhere.
Maybe you slipped it OF for fear
Joe would see you were engaged"
suggested Ladd hopefully and tact.
fully.
Miss Carberry Indignantly denied
this, and called his attention to the
fact that she had been proud when
he introduced hor a. his fiancee. They
parted with increased GOODNESS. Ladd
said hc was glad the ring was lost, but
he did not say 1t as II he meant It.
Another Misunderstanding that lasted
for weeks resulted. and then there
was \ quarrel. and the engagement
was broken again.
The day after the breaking of the
engagement the ring made its reap
pearance. Miss Carberry found 1t in
an envelope ON her desk at home. She
waited almost month before she no
tilted Ladd Of the recovery OF the ring.
Although both had been 20 positive
that she wore It At the luncheon, they
agreed they must have been mis-
taken. Hiel
That time Miss Carbsrry wore the
ring exactly seven days. and WAS 10
careful that she placed tight guard
ring above It ON her engagement
finger. On the seventh day, Sunday,
she went to spend the day with some
friends.
Guard Ring Rsmains on Finger.
After dinner. late In the afternoon.
she went to = room upstairs with
three other girls to prepare to re-
turn to the city. and the ring disap-
psarsd. Oddly enough. the guard ring
was on the finger. and 70 far a shs
could recall, It never had been q.
She was almost frantic with anxiety.
fearing another break In her engage
msnt -ta-
She determined to make svsry Of
fort to recover the ring. and mot let
Mr.. LaAd know Of its third disappear.
ancs until Tuesday evening, when be
was to call. He Aid not call Tuesday
evening. Instead thar came q cool
little note asking her to explain Why
she had left the ring on his desk and
Il she was dssirosD Of brsakins he en-
Eagsmsnt why aAs did not say % aad
have u ever VIII instead q indulging
In trickesy with IL ring.
rs ssas nA1s hse aAGy. NJ
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the behavior Of comets while within
the range Of our vision suggests that.
for the most part. they recede from the
when measured in miles. but very
small indeed when compared with the
distance of the stars, and that SOON
er or later most. II not all Of these
comets. will be found coming back
again over the same path As before.
again to be seen for a time and again
to disappear for another absence that
may be measured in centuries.
The grounds for . decision between
these rival views are simple enough in
theory, although hard to realize in
practice. It IL wholly q question Of
tho kind Of orbit In which the comets
travel. and the law of gravitation de-
termines that these orbits must be
either oval or v-shaped. with the sun
inside the curve. No other form 10
possible. The oval 10 a closed curve
and however big 1t may be. the comet
that travels along 1t must some time
return to the place where 1t was flrst
seen: but the "" has projecting arms
| that never meet and the comet that
has once swept around the bend Of the
curve. which Is always the part near
the sun and earth. can never return to
It and them.
When q comet II discovered II 10
the business Of the astronomer to md,
~ promptly ~ may Be. the path It 10
pursuing. whether It 10 oval OF v
shaped, and here he encounters the
real dinicuities Of the problem. He
must rely upon observations made
while ths comet 10 visible. and this ps-
riod 10 90 short compared with the
time taken to move over the whole or.
bit, that II 10 almost impossible to d.
eide from the little section Of the or
bit covered BY observations whether
It belongs to the one typs or the 9TH
er. In former days II was the general
opinion that the v-shaped orbit was
the one natural to comets.
Whether the orbits b prevailing Of
one kind or the other. It 10 clear that
they are Of very different sisss. some
OF them approaching 20 close to the
sun that the comet b literally made
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WHERE DO COMETS
COME FROM TO US7
BY GEORGE c. coMsrock.

Professor Of Astronomy, University Of
Wisconsin.
The popular interest In comets ID
doubtless due to their transitory char
acter, associated with the common be-
lief that they are rare and unusual ap-
pearances. Great comets certainly are
unusual and not more than once or
twice in a lifetime are there to be
seen such types as the beautiful comet
Of 1889. which was visible In broad
daylight. and whose tail was, long
enough to bridge the space between
earth and sun. But little comets are
plentiful a. great ones are rare
"as numerous ~ fishes in the sea-
was Kepler's phrases three centuries
ago-and with the systematic use OF
the telescope In searching for comets.
their number has grown. until now
there II scarce night In the year
upon which one or more Of these bod
les may mot be seen. But their stay
u brief and within q few weeks. or at
most, 4 few months. ley are gone,
never to reappear." 40 10 often said
Of them. It IL well known. however.
that some Of them do come
back after q time, a. Hal
ley's comet only two years ago.
and there are more than half q hun
Ared others which appear and disap-
pear. time after time. upon schedules
well known and regular
Nsvsrtheless the great majority Of
eonsts do disappear and have not
come back. and astronomers are d.
vided in opinion n to whether they
ever will return. one school holding
that they come to ~ from the depths
of the interstellar spaces. drawn In by
the attractive powers Of the suns
gravftation. and By that same power
ars thrown out again TO stay" Anoth.
~ school Of astronomer. while nd
hitting that the process here d.
scfibsd 10 possible. and cousistsnt with
knows mechanic laws. eontsads that
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When Sir Thomas Upton was .
small boy in Scotland. he dropped into
= church one Sunday morning and
was put BY himself In . pew directly
In front Of the minister. who prsash.
ed = sermon ON the text. IAN NJ
brothers heepsrr'
The parsoa. who was unusually eao-
qusnt. talked on this theme for abont
forty minutes. and finally worked mp
to the climax Of his remarks. He kspl
his case nxsd directly ON the lltt3s
Upton, who began to fdgst and look
vsry sslf-conscious. At last. after N
Overwhelming outpouring Of loo
words. the minister. his eyes blas-
ing, made . quick gesturs and shoutsa
at Tie boy:
AN I ny brothers keapsrr'
Upton could stand TIE strain -
lsagsr, and replied. in . meek voice:
ne, ak..-1As Popular lGasps,nA