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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
ORDERS MONEY TRUST QUIZ
henrys Plan Turned Down and
House Standing Committees VIII
Conduct Inquiry.

Washington, d. C.-An lnvestiga-
ton of the money trust" was ordered
by the Democrats of the house in eau
Gus, after the Henry plan for a spe-
cial committee had been defeated. 115
to &c. The caucus then instructed
the standing committees Of the house
on banking and currency judiciary,
Interstate commerce and elections to
proceed with the inquiry.
This action was taken after a spir-
tied debate, a feature of which was
the reading of telegram from Will
liam J. Bryan to Representative Hen
ry OF Texas, who led the fight for in
vestigation by a special committee.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
REAL ESTATE MEN MEET
Will Publish Book of Facts on Re.
sources of Arkansas.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock.-Plans for an agrees
sive campaign to encourage perma-
nent immigration to Arkansas were
made at the first annual meeting of
the Arkansas Real Eestate Mems As
sociation A large number of real
estate men from all pSrts of Arkansas
pledged their cooperation.
II was decided that arrangements
should be made at once for the pre-
narration and publication of a booklet
on Arkansas. which shall be abso-
lutely authentic Care is to be taken
to eliminate all eXtravagant state
ments and to set forth the exact facts
regarding the resources and possibili-
ties Of the state
The principal object OF the associa-
ton, according to the constitution and
bylaws that were adopted, is to raise
tho standard of the real estate bust
ness.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER
viii Extend Lumber Road So It Can
Be Used for Passenger Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
A carter was granted by the state
board of railway incorporation to the
Cairo, Truman and Southern Railroad
Company, which proposes to build a
road from Truman, Poinsett county,
to Earle, in Crittenden county, dis
lance of % miles.
The Truman Cooperage Company.
which is back of the proposition, al
ready has a road about nine miles
long running south from Truman.
This road while used chiefly for log
cling purposes. is standard gauge
railroad, and will be used as a part
Of the proposed railroad
Promoters of new road say that It
will be used principally for hauling
timber.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
VICTIM OF FIREBUG
Woman's flocse Is Set on Fire Three
Times in One week.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Little Rock.-For the third time In
a week the home OF Mrs. L. J. Clark,
a widow, 1874 Spring street has been
set on fire. Rags and paper were
piled in the pantry. where the fire.
originated Mrs. Clark swooned and
vas carried through the smoke by an
unidentified man.
1t resulted in only slight damage.
At the time of the fire fire six other
houses in the immediate neighborhood
were set on fire. The police have
found evidences of that battling, elu-
sive person known as the "The fire.
bug" but nothing which tends to the
remotest clue as to who he Is or what
his idea might be. He is said by the
police to be the most persistent fire
bug" who ever worked" in Little
Rock; and the police are completely
in the dark as to his identity.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
DeFmott Citizens Petition Rail
road Commission for
New Depot.
vyOMAN vlCTlM OF F!REBUG
House Set on Fire Three Times In
One Week-Poice Have
No Clues.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Among d number of petitions lllea
with the Arkansas Railroad Commi5-
sion was one from the citizens OF
oermott, asking that the st. Louis,
Iron Mountain ard Southern Railway
be compelled to furnish adequate de
pot facilities at that place.
In the complaint the petitioners
state the petition was withheld at the
last session of the commission at the
request of the road, but that pa
tience in the matter has long since
ceased to be virtue and that they
want immediate action on the petit
ton.
1t is charged that the depot waiting
rooms at Dermott, a town OF 2,003
inhabitants, are small, unsanitary and
so badly kept that but few patrons OF
the road can use them. The petition
also says the freight house is wholly
Inadequate for the proper handling
of the freight loaded and unloaded
at Dermott.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
ITALIANS HEAVIEST LOSERS
400 Slain by Turks in Tripoli, Who
Report Thirty Dead, Says En-
bassy Statement.

Washington, D. CATALAN losses
in Tripoli during the latter half of
January far exceeded Turkish casual
ties, according to statement issued
by the imperial Ottoman embassy.
The commander of the Ottoman
forces at Bengazi telegraphs to the
Ottoman ministry of war at Constan-
tinople that in the course of three
night attacks made by the Ottoman
troops in the second half of January
the Italians had 400 killed, in spite of
the protection afforded by their forts
and feet says the statement.
The Ottoman losses were thirty
killed and forty wounded The ltal-
ians have also abandoned consider
able quantity OF provisions and
mules"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
HETTY AND HEARST ROW
DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST LEADS
TO THREAT OF SUIT.
Richest Woman in World Accused OF
Extortion by New York
Editors Attorney.

New York-Mrs. Hetty Green,
known as the richest woman in the
world, attempted to extort money"
from William Randolph Hearst, &C
cording to c. NJ. Boyee, attorney for
the editor. who obtained an order in
court directing Mrs. Green to appear
and show cause why she not be com
PEELED to accept $275,000 with interest
up until last Monday in payment for
a mortgage she held on eHarst prop
critics.
Mrs. Green, Bovee stated, refused
to cancel the mortgage until paid
S1,145 additional interest, which, he
said, she claimed when Mr.. Hearst's
representatives called on her last
Monday.
Boyee later withdrew the order,
saying that Mrs. Green had "capitu-
lated" ard turned over the mortgage
for the amount named
Mrs. Green is quoted as saying:
"The charge that | tried to extort
money is absurd. I simply asked Mr..
Hearst's representatives to wait Until
the return of my son, who was han
ding the business, and when they re-
fused | added thirty days interest, to
which I believed | was entitled under
the law.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
PLUMBERS EXAMINED
Applicants fer License Must Stand
Strong Practical Test.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Plumbers of this city
are now undergoing a series of ex-
aminations before the examining
hoard, which was recently created.
Those who come up to the require.
mants fixed by the hoard will be IL
censed to do plumbing work in this
city.
The applicants appearing before the
board are required to do some prac
tical work and also to answer certain
questions in writing. Twelve men
are now taking the examinations, and
when they have finished others will
take their places. There are about
60 plumbers in the city who must
take the examination. The examina.
ton given in Little Rock is said to be
more difficult than those of most
cities. Each applicant Is required to
show that he has an intimate knowl
edge of all the details of the trade.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
LABOR LEADER DECLARES PROS
ECUTOR SEEKS TO HUMILl&TE
AND BREAK His HEART.
CALLS LANGUAGE AN INSULT
Veteran Labor Leader Accuses Pre-
siding Judge of Tyranny-Mitcn-
ell, Anaered by Holiday Sen
tenee Joins With Him.

Washington, d. C.-''You break my
heart, you humiliaJe me-.ou insult
ne, declared Samuel Gompars, presi-
dent Of The American Federation of
Labor, to attorney }. J. Darlington,
on cross-examination relative - a
suggestion by the latter that the labor
leader had now an opportunity TO
apologize to the court for the al
legged violation of the Bucks Stove
and Range company boycott injunc-
ton decree
Gompers ire VAS reused when ref
erence was made to the suggestion of
the United States supreme court, as
contained in the report of the com
mittee of prosecutors, that the defend
ants "be prepared to make such due
acknowledgment, apology and assur-
ance of future submission to the court
as may sufficiently answer the neces-
sary purpose of indicating its author
ity and that of the law"
Calls Language ali Insult
81 considered the suggestion to
apologize to the court as an effort to
humiliate me. said GompeTs, and 10
break my heart, and break my spirit,
and 1t was thing that was not in
clined to permit. The very language
employed was an insult
IF l had been guilty of wronging
any man or woman, or the merest
child on earth" continued Mr. Com
pers. II would abjectly apologize and
endcavor to rectify any wrong which
l may have done; but. conscious of
the fact that my whole course has
been in an effort to contend for the
principles OF free speech and free
press, the offer of an apology-the
suggestion of an apology-was an in
suit"
The cross-examiner then inquired if
this was the only explanation the wit
ness wished to make of his refusal to
avail himself of the opportunity given
by the committee to apologize.
Il have none other to make" an
swered Mr.. Gompers.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
STEALS 100000; FLEES
TRUST COMpANY'S RESERVE
FUND ALSO GONE.
Superintendent of Philadelphia Vaults
Loots Boxes With Duplicate
Keys He Made.

lphia.-Walter S. Sholrds,
for many years superintendent of the
safe deposit caults connected with the
Merchants Union Trust company, is
sought by detectives eager to get him
before he has opportunity to hypoth-
ecate little by little and cautiously
all the securities, valued, it is said,
at close to $1,000,000, which he stole
from the trust company last August.
That Shourds stole the company's re-
serve fund of $4,000 became known
some time ago. But that the superin-
tendent of the safe deposit vaults
Tified other boxes containing cash and
securities Is just made public.
There is a report that Shourds loot
ed among others the safe deposit box
of George Burnham, Jr.. one of the
best known ,inanciers in Pennsylva-
MIA and director in the Merchants
Union Trust company. The loss in
bonds and securities suffered by Burn
ham is put at 100000.
From an authority that can not be
questioned 1t was learned Shourds
had duplicate keys to several boxes
made.
Shourds is in Europe. II is said, and
It is believed negotiations are going
on between him and his wife. This
belief is gained from personal adver-
tisements appearing in a New York
newspaper and its Paris edition.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Reduced Rates for DELEGATES.

Little Rock.-Notice is being sent
out to DELEGATES who are expected to
attend the Good Roads and Drainage
Association convention, to be held in
Little Rock February "A and IS. to
see Tat they receive certificates from
depot agents from whom they pur.
chase their tickets to Little Rock in
order to gain the advantage OF a
one-third rate on their return trip.
Those delegates who fail to secure
this receipt for their full fare in com.
ing to Little Rock to attend the con.
vention will be taxed the full fare on
the return trip
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Rate on Apples Reduced.

Among the number of rate matters
disposed of by the Arkansas Railroad
Commission at its session the most
ilnportant was in the matter of the
express rates or apples to points in
Arkansas, the commission ordering
that the present rate Of 60 cents per
hoy be reduced to 80 cents from Fay
ettevile. Rogers and Srpingdale. This
order means a saving of 20 cents on
the 100 pounds, the boxes averaging
about so pounds.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
ORGANIZATION iHAUGURATED
Movement Set on Foot TO Reduce Cot
ton Acreage 25 Per Cent.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock. Endorsement was
given the Rock Hill plan for securing
a reduction of the cotton acreage at
a meeting Of merchants, bankers and
cotton men held at the Board OF
Trade and the work Of organizing
Arkansas in support of the move
nent was iaaugurated.
Clio Harper of Little Rock was ap-
pointed state superintendent and he
will begin at once to effect a state
ORGANIZATION, with view to securing
pledges from all cotton growers OF 4
reduction of % per cent in their cot
ton acreage during tae coming sea
son. The county Judge q every cot
ton growing county in the state VIII
he asked 20 appoint a county com
nitsee uf three saen, one . be 4
farmer. another banker and the
third a merchant. These county COM
mittees will be asked to raise suifi-
Gent funds to provide for canvas
of the country districts and will ap-
point men in each township TO make
a 1ouse-to-hoGse canvass.
Re2orts will be made by the county
committees to the setate superintond-
ent and the latter will report to Z. j.
Watson. commissioner of agriculture
Of South Carolina and president OF
the Southern Cotton Congress.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
GET GAMBLING OUTFIT
Furnishings of House Valued at $1,000
Confiscated by Police.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock.-Foliowing up the or
ders issued by Mayor Chas. e. Taylor
and Chief of Police Fred NJ. Cogs-
well, that gambling is to cease In
Little Rock. Sergeant NcDanieis and
Detectives Morgan and Lewis entered
the rooms above the saloon of NJ. j.
Arata and confscated wagon load
of gambling paraphernalia consisting
of poker chips, dice. cards and two
roulette wheels The outfit IS said to
represent an expenditure of tbout
$4,000.
The captured articles were taken
to police headquarters, where they
will be stored to be later destroyed
as was the other gambling material
taken in two raids led by Mayor TaY-
Tor, Chief Cogswell and members OF
preparing to take active steps to Sc
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
CAVALRY REDUCED BY HOUSE
Army Appropriation Bill Favors Cut.
ting Off Five Regiments for
U. S, Army.

Washington, D. ca reduction Of
rhe cavalry force of the United
States army from fifteen to ten regi-
ments. with a consequent reduction
of the enlisted force of the army by
$3.50 mems WAS voted into the army
appropriation bill in the house after a
bitter fight.
The reduction was vigorously OPP
posed by the Republican side of the
house, and it probably will be the
cause of another fsht when the bill
is put upon its final passage.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Wants information on Land

A letter from f. H. Eckles of Pitts.
burg, asking for information regard.
ing the possibility OF securing a desi.
rable tract of land for colonization
purposes in Arkansas, was received
at the department Of mines, manufac.
lures and agriculture. Tht writer
stated that a tract with a consider.
able quantity of timber is desired
the land to be suitable for agricultur.
al purposes after the timber is clear.
ed off.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
TWO Cubans steal $4,000.

Santiago de Cuba.-Two registered
packages containing $4,000 consign.
ed to the Spanish bank at Havana
have disappeared from the postuffice.
1t is supposed they We're stolen by
two postal clerks, who are believed
to have embarked on board ship at
Antilla for Jamaica.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Auto Owners Slow

Secretary of State Earle Hodges IS
preparing to take active steps to Sc.
cure the enforcement OF the law re.
curing all automobile owners to pay
a license fee to the state. Only about
half of the owners who have paid the
license fee last year have paid the
tax for 1912. Mr.. Hodges is prepar.
ing to send out notices to all those
who were registered last year and
have not secured a license this year.
notifying them that the peace officers
throughout the state will be reouested
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
5ANKERRElDON NEW CHARGE
Court Cuashes Indictment Against
}. w. Quilin for Irregular Bank
iag ard He is Rearreeted.

Lewiston, Escaping trial or tbs
charge of accepting deposits when he
knew that his bank WAS in an iaso'v-
emit condition, j. W. Qullin Of IraV4
faces trial for larceny as baiiee. Gull
lin was free when the court quaSheG
the first Indictment but the banker
VAS arrested Immediately on a se;let
Indictment containing the new charge.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
c. & (. |. TRAIN DERAILED
Engine Leaves Track and Turns Over
Near Pana UIl)-Engineer
Is Badly ScaIded.

Pana. Ill.-No. q, the fast Chicago
and St. Louis mail on the c. & E. l.,
was deraiied, the engine turning over
and inprisoning Engineer Dick Hen.
derson in the cab, Fireman Coma
saved his life by jumping.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Articles OF incorporation were filed
IN the office Of the secretary of state
by the Arkansas Hydro-Electric Pow.
er Company of Little Rock. which
proposes to build a dam and electric
power plant on Little Red river near
Higden, 80 miles north of Little Rock.
The company is capitalized at $40 900
of which $1,000 has been subscribed.
according to the articles of incorpo.
ration.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Three serlously Burned.

Salem, lll.-George Kamp, his wife
and daughter were seriously burned
when their home was destroyed by
fire. Mr., Kamp attempted to start
IRE in stove with oil, an explosion
resulting.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
snead May Plead Insanity.

Fort Worth. Tex-That the de-
Tense will contend that John Beal
Snead, Amarillo, Tex. banker. was
mentally irresponsible when he shot
A. G. Boyce, Sr., to death, developed
in the trial OF Snead.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
SNIFF VALET GETS A WRIT
Prisoner Serving Thirty-Year Sen
tence for Burglary to Appear in
Court Next Tuesday.

New Yerk,-Supreme Court JUS
tice Gerard granted a writ of ha-
beas cospus. calling for the appear
ance before him next Tuesday of
Folke f. Brandt, former valet of Nor
timer l.. Schiff, the banker, and now
serving 30-year term in Dannemora
prison for burglary. Gov. Dix recent
~ refused to commit Brandt's SEN
tence.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

A style congress In Chicago has
doomed the hobble skirt to extinction.
which, paradoxically enough. Will re-
1oice the narrow minded critics OF
feminine attire.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
CONVICTED OF WHlTECAPPlNG
silas Adams the Second Man Found
Guilty in ana---Asks for
New Trial.

Bloomington, lno,-Silas Adams, the
second of the eight men accused of
having taken part in the whitecap-
ping of Harvey Mcfarland May last,
in Polk township, was found guilty. y
motion for a new trial was made and
an appeal will be taken to the SUI
preme court. The penalty is two 10
ten years in the state prison.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Policeman Won Fortune.

New York-In the supreme court
here was unfolded the story of how
PADDY Ryan, plain, unlettered po-
licemaa Of Youngstown, Ohio, beat
the bridge trust, built the Manhattan
bridge, saved the city 100000 and
made a $1,000 600 fortune for himself.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
More Duey on Perfumery.

Northumberland duty must
be paid on luxur!es, like perfumes,
soaps and the like, the house ways
and means committee decided The
sugar schedule will be revised after
the chemical tariffs are changed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
TAX ASSESSOR

The Picayune is authorized to am
nonnce Fred Wallis of Taylor Township
an candidate for Tax Assessor, sub
;ect to the action of the Democratic
Primary Election
The Picayune is authorized to an
n ,nee T. ]. Lamb of Boughton Town
sh.p az q candidate for the office OF Tax
Assessor of Nevada County, subject to
the action Of the Democratic Primary,
The Picayune is authorized to an
nouce Hugh White of Caney townsnlp
as o candidate for the office OF TAX As
SCISSOR of Nevada County, subject TO
the action of the Democratic primary
election.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Wolves are said TO menace the pop
ulation In some districts of Michigan,
but Michigan is not the only state In
which people have trouble IN keeping
the wolf from the door
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

The Cambridge clergyman who
doesn't mind If men sleep through his
sermons probably will commend an
alarm attachment to the contribution
box.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16
Lorlmer Hearing Is Ended.

Washington-Pu Public hearings ia
the second senatorial Investigation
into the election of Senator Lorimer
were declared closed by Chairman
Dillingham; Of the senate's Lorimer
committee.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

New York gunner broke into
gambling house the other day and held
UP the proprietor One good holdup
deserves another
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Aviators are abandoning the flying
game because of its dangers, and yet
there are plenty of men who persist
in vepturing into the woods to hunt
deer.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

The Boston Transcript says: IAN
exchange Of feline amenities is en-
Pertaining Boston" One notion of
feline amenities Is to see the fur fly.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Since the automobile began to make
such great strides into popular favor
very few horse thieves have gained
prominence In the country.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Kansas City citizen wants divorce
because his wife keeps thirty-fve dogs
in the house Another marriage gone
20 the dogs.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Wasp soup is said to be a delicacy
In China. but Yuan Shi does not ap-
pear to relish the hornets nest he has
stirred up.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

1t is predicted that % years hence
We will be eating reindeer meat. Aft
er that we may be ready to eat the
Christmas toys.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

A learned Judge was asked to pass
upon the complaint of a family which
objected to rag time overhead. He
couldn't do 1t, being a mortal
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

An English preacher has discovered
. cure for snoring An old-fashioneo
dig in the ribs works pretty well some
times.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Lawn tennis on ice is the latest
sport. knowledge OF the game might
have helped the American players In
Australia
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

Brander Matthews predicts that we
shall have war again by 1880. We pre-
dict that In 1890 war" will continue
to be spelled the same old way.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

A new cure for cancer has been dis
covered again.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

THE mother-in-law IS omnipotent in
China" says Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Evidently Ella has discovered the
real cause of the Chinese revolution.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

New York policemen are learning
wrestling that they may arrest Of
lenders with less brutality" Why
Wouldn't they study eiquetter
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

The American farmer will be pleas
ed to know that he is worth nearly
nine billion dollars.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

II the tip trust" provokes the travel
ing men to effective resistance it Will
not have lived is vain.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-02-16

A Connecticut preacher denounces
rice throwing at weddings as a filthy
habit The only excuse for 1t is that
It gives English sparrows change OF
diet