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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11
JAPAN MUST RE
 TAKEN SERIOUSLY Retired Officer Gives Amer jeans a Tip Before Leav-
 ing New York.
THE LAPS ARE ACTIVE
Have Small Standing Army in Califor. nia-W0nld Put Up a Good
 Fight, He Says.

New York, May 10.-"If war was declared between Japan and the Unit : ed States, you would find that Japan has well trained, highly efficient standing army of 10000 men right in California and along the Pacific coast lhese men are patriotic to tiic;r country and would be a serious me- mace to the safety of our citizens il war broke out.''
 The foregoing statement was ms .n today by Major Heinrich Werner, af the German army, who sailed for Dre. men on the Steamer Prinz F'rederlch Wilhelm. Major Werner on his re- tlrement from active service came to lhls country ten years ago and made his home in San Francisco. He has become wealthy and has decided to live permanently in Germany.
 What l tell you now is the result of close study of the Japanese on the Faclflc, continued the Major. "The mobollzation of a small army has been going on secretly for years and what l have observe 1 have observed With military eyes, and am therefore, better Qualified to appreciate what constant military training means.
 Tn isolated parts of Californil l which l have visited in my automo- bile, have come across Japs spend, Ing their noon hours and their even ings in drill. I have watched small companies of them march and parad- ing to the orders of Japanese off, cers who are earning their living in this country by doing menial work. They have organized small survey parties and have made maps of every spot in California and the informa- tion they have gained is of priceless value to them.
 You people in the East think it is all joke. You are over-confident and you think if Japan started a war it would simply mean a small mat ter of sending a couple of American Dattleships to end it. Japan has bat tleships and more are building. Japan has an army that will compare for ef- ficiency with any army in the world and what is more, she has already a strong foothold in this country.
 "The people of California and ad- joining states intend to get rid of the Japs as fast as they can, but they want to feel that everybody is con- cerned for the future of California and not regard it as a foreign pos session. The Japanese question is vi- tai and I cannot help but feel that much harm will follow if the United States government does not act firmly and promptly"
 The major added that Australia will never permit Orientals to remain in large numbers and that the situation in California has been allowed to ex- ist too long.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

It was stated yesterday that Rus sell had failed to pay over $1,600 that was due Paving District Mo- 29 0Main StreeD some weeks ago, and that the commissioners are badly in need of funds at this time to continue the paving work on that street.
 Collected $5O,O0O n Year
 Russell collected on an average of about $50,O0O a year while city col lector for the various paving, side walk and sewer districts. His com mission from that source alone, not including his salary and commissions as city collector, amounted to from $500 to $500 annually. For collect ing improvement district funds he received a commission of one and a half per cent. The commissioners of the West Fifth avenue paving district stated yesterday that they had secur- ed all their money from Russell This district had only one payment and when it was collected the commits sioners secured it from the collector promptly, in order to pay for work on that street.
 It developed yesterday at the con- ference that Russell took from one fund, when a demand for money was made by commissioners, to pay ano- ther, and that this system was in vogue in his office for some months. He had in charge the collections of eight paving districts, three sidewalk districts and three sewer districts. The books of other districts, recent ly created, had not been turned over to him up to the time he retired from the collectors office.
 Russell, according to commissioners of the various districts who are now husily engaged auditing the books o! their respective districts, had sixty days in which to collect taxes levied in the districts and to make settle ments. Whenever the commissioners would need money to pay bonds or interest on outstanding.bunds, they would make demands of him and he would give them the money needed He did not settle with many of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11
Action of County Against Prominent Local Citizens
 Called Saturday.
GOES OVER TO MONDAY
Jury Has Been Selected and Opening Statements Made-The
 Contentious.

After jury had been selected to try the case and after the opening statements had been made by the op- posing counsel the case of Jefferson County against the bondsmen who agreed, it is claimed to repay the county any loss incurred in making soundings and preliminary surveys for the building of a railroad bridge across the Arkansas river at this point seven years ago, was yesterday afternoon postponed until Monday morning at 3 o'clock by Judge Grace. The taking of testimony will begin at that time
 The defendants are: Dr. z. Orto, P. P. Byrd, F. R. Willeford, w. w. Byrd, J. l.. Caldwell, A. w. Nunn, Wm. Nichol, S. c. Alexander, E. B. Bloom, Mrs. M F. Rutherford, administrative of the estate of John F. Rutherford, deceased; Mrs. Roma Hunp Howell, eXecutrix of the estate of E. c. How ell, deceased.
 The petition charges that on March 5, 1906, the defendants made a bond in the sum of $20,00O to guarantee to repay any loss to the county in mak- ing survey and soundings for rail road bridge that was to be built across the Arkansas river, at a point 1 east of Main street. A contract was l let for the work to w. J. Stebbins, of Chicago, by the then County Judge B. J. Kerwin, who also appointed com mission to superintend the work. The county incurred an expense of $8,- 499.11, it is claimed, which has never been refunded. The bridge project did not pan out, owing to the fact that it was deemed unwise to construct bridge at the point selected. The bondsmen, who were interested in railroad that was to be built from the Rock Island connection on the north side of the river to Pine Bluff, con tend that they carried out their part
  of the agreement with the county, but that thes county failed to carry out it's share of the agreement.
 The county is represented by Dis- trict Attorney T. G. Parham, Attorney T. Havis Nixon and Attorney J. III. Carmichael and Asa c. Oracle, of Lit tie Rock. The defendants are repre- sented by Attorneys Danaher and Danaher and A. H. Powell.
 The following jurors have been selected to hear the case: c. H. Trip lett, c. D. Guest, Rufus Arnold, w. l.. Carr, B. A. Sheppard, Henry Jordan, J. H. Eddins, Alb Knox, H. H. Knox, A. G.. Marreau, E. Hogan and D. G. Maxey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

Top to bottom: James E. Hussey and James F. Thompson, two of the four deposed New York police inspec- tors who have been convicted of con spring to obstruct justice on the specific charge of having agreed to Keep out of the jurisdiction of the New 4ork courts witness whose tes- tlmony was very valuable to District Attorney Whitman in prosecuting the charges of graft conditions alleged to have existed in the police department of the metropolis up to the time of the murder of Gambler Herman Ros- enthal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

The Navy department has received specific orders that no ships be or dered to the Pacific for the present but the plan to send the Atlantic fleet on joy cruise" to European waters is understood to have been abandoned.
 In the meantime al! movements of fighting ships to ports from wtj. h they would be more available for duty on the Pacific or in the vicinity of the Panama Canal have their own significance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

Walter H. Adams, formerly city edi- tor of the Graphic, and now on the reportorial staff of one of the papers in Fort Worth, Texas, will arrive to- day to be the guest of his mother here. He will return as soon as he recovers fully from an operation per- formed recently for appendicitis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

Lauara Meldon, the young Russian girl who astounded New York upon her recent arrival from the old coun- try by announcing that she had come to America for the purpose of mar rying the man who would offer to of fer the highest amount of money. She declares she needs the money to buy the liberty of her parents, both of whom are political prisoners in Si- beria.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11
LONGFELLOW'E DESCENDANT
 WILL WED THIS SPRING

Boston. May 1o.- Della F. Dana, granddaughter of the poet Longfellow will wed Robert T.. Hutchinson, who is now in the postgraduate school of Harvard, next June, according to the announcement made by the bride today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11
D. BROWN
 DIED AT SAN ANTONIO
President of Hamilton Brown Shoe Company Expires at Texas
 Resort

San Antonio, Texas. May 1O.-Al- lison D. Brown. president of the Ham, ilton-Brown Shoe Company, St. Louis, Mo-, died here today after long ill-. nessc. At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Brown. their two daughters, A. c. Brown, son, and George w. Brown, brother.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

Professor c. H. Brough, of the State University faculty, spent yester- day in the city on his way to Fayette- vile, from a visit to Star City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

The 5. 'S. Combination Cleaner gets the dust with vacuum suction, and the strings with a brush attach ment.-SeM to your home on approv- al. Price $11.50. Phone KnOx-Walker
 If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

-5O different patterns of Brass
 Beds, guaranteed not to tarnish. Spec ial prices this week. Prices $14.75 to $125. .O0. Knox. Walker. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

-Give the children plenty of fresh air this summer-Get a lawn swing at Ox.Nalker's. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-11

Dr. s. D. Wilson has returned from } three weeks stay in Lonoke.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
IMPROVING THE
PUBLIC ROADS
This Promises to Be the Banner Year.
Important That Roads Should
BE Maintained.


The present year promises to be the
greatest in the history of the movement
for the Improvement Of the public roads
of the United States according to the
reports received from all parts of the
country by former secretary Wilson of
the United States department Of agri-
culture
A Joint committee of congress Is en-
gagged in an investigation Of the feast
bility of federal aid in the construction.
Improvement and maintenance of public
highways, and a number Of the state
legislatures now in session are consid-
ering good roads legislation In cOnnec-
ton with the general impetus that the
good roads movement has recently had
in all parts of the country, the director
Of the office Of public roads says:
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
the Importance Of maintenance IN con-
nectlOn with the work of improving the
roads. The people in nealy all the states
are filled with enthusiasm for road i'm
prOVement and are spending enormous
sums Of money In the construction Of
superb roads, and vet almost without
lon TO care for. the roads after they are
built This is true not only in the vari-
Gus counties, but under many Of our
state highway departments.
ITO maintain the roads in good condi-
ton year after year requires a consider
infinitely less than the loss which must
fan upon the people eventually If they
allow their roads to 90 to utter ruin.
The thing for all advocates Of good
roads to do Is to urge continuous, Sys-
tematic maintenance and the setting
estimated by the engineer in charge to
be sufficient for the proper maintenance
OF the ROAD course which must make
Tor economy and efficie1cy."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
HOW TO START A
CAR WHEN IT'S COLD

Almost every owner of an automobile
some time during the winter months
has trouble starting his car An engine
cCols rapidly in cold weather, and, IN
less especial care is taken, it often
takes much time TO warm up the engine
to starting heat
There are several ways Of avoiding
this sort of inconvenience Perhaps
that most commonly used is the fol-
lowing.
When leaving the car. instead of
throwing off the switch to stop the
enSine-the usual way-gO round in
front of the car and pull the wire that
closes the air valve in the carburetOr-
This floods the motor with gasoline
ard, OF course, chOkes the engine Then
simply throwing the crank over once
viii start the engine on the job. as the
gasoline in the motor tends to act as
primer
However. the car should not be
stopped in this way. if it is the inten-
tion of the operator TO start il again in
five or 10 minutes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
EXPERIENCE OF A
DRIVER IN SNOW
This Vermont Man Has an Experience
such as El PRsOans Can Scarce
" Imagine.

F. J. PercivaL of St Johnsbury, Vt,
tells a thrilling story of exposure alG
hardship IN a snOWStOrm, such as IN
FL PasOan would hardly imagine. After
describing how he left his home on
Feb. for a business trip in the Viii
lOughby Lake region, Mr.. Percival says.
on the third day at Derby Line, 1
arose to find some real Vermont winter,
the thermometer having descended to
the region of Is below zero But imme-
date progress was very important and
I decided to proceed.
There was a strong north wind
blowing and I soon began to encounter
almost impossible snow drifts, some Of
them four and five feet in height. The
car pushed through % miles of them.
but at last. near the south end of Viii
loughby Lake, it struck a giant drift
which it could not make
There was nothing to do but dig
her out 1 went to work with the shovel,
IL the meantime allowing the motor to
run to prevent it from freezing. 1t took
two and one-half hours to clear the
way.
4 was Mortified when ready to APP
Fly the power to have the motor sud
denly stop The gasoline would not
VapOrize. 1 Immediately drew tie wa
ter from the cylinder and radiator,
but before I had time to drain the car
bCretor, il water jacket burst.
Fine. The feeling that had can on
" be appreciated by an arctic eN-
piOrer. Twelve degrees below zero, a
killing wind blowing and the nearest
house three miles away
At decided to make another expert
ment though with little or no hope I
held my bare hands on the manifold
pipe and cOrbUretOr and, 10 and behold,
the motor started. Then without water
iE the motor the car pushed steadily on
for three miles to the nearest house
After filling with water, the follow
ing 10 miles We're accomplished after
dark. down through a swamp where
the snow stood two and onehalf feet"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
CBy $. VI. johnson, Roswell. y. NJ :

The Southern National highway,
which is TO extend through Roswell,
y. NJ. and FL PasO, Tex. will be of the
utmost benefit to the whole nation, to
the north. to the south, and the states
and localities through which II passes
The nation viii have a route far enough
south to be an all year route, open
when the more nOrtherly routes are out
OF commission from cold and snow The
north, where the most people reside
who can afford TO tour a continent,
will be vastly benefited by becoming
acquainted with the south The south
viii have highway so centrally 10
Gated as to be easily reached from
either side by tributary north and
south lines. the backbone Of its entire
road system
Benefits to the states.
The states traversed will, of course,
be in line for the largest benefit By
the close of the year 1915 the autos
using the highway viii probably num-
Der TO- 900 a year The average tourist
will spend at least 80 days going from
Washington TO san Diego and spend at
least SIS a day at the hotels, and
garages alone Of $1,000 each between
Washington and San Diego. That means
a golden tide of slO.00O.00O a year cash
poured into the towns, and cities en-
route, that would never have come to
them had it not been for the highway
In addition to this North Carolina.
" it'll her mountain scenery unrlvaled
elsewhere in the world, most like the
mountain scenery of CeylOn in its soft
rounded loneliness, its wooded slopes,
its exquisite valleys, and undulating
sky lines will take rank with Colorado
in attractions offered to tourists Ashe-
Vile, on the Southern National high
way. viii become the center from which
tours viii be made TO all parts of the
state. The crest of the Blue Ridge
Highway will become famous through
out the entire world
AccruInE Advantages
Everyone benefits by the tourist
travel but the chief benefit will be TO
the man on the plantation, the farm,
the ranch The great highway viii be
but the backbone of a system OF inter
state. and city to city highways. and
in every county good roads viii radiate
ON town to farm until everything
the farmer raises will move ecOnOm-
ically TO the market. the shipping point,
the consumer The isolation Of the
country life will be broken up, the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29

formers income will be increased while
the cost of living viii be decreased,
the parcel post VIII equaliize THINGS
and afford an. excuse for timid teSls-
IatOrs to do the sensible thing and
spend millions OF federal money for
better roads for the farmers instead
OF bigger ships for the navy There
viii be better schools, better churches.
a more Just and equal distribution Of
the opportunities, the comforts. and
the rewards OF American life energy
and enterprise
The Route.
The Ashevllle convention designated
the route from Washington, D. c.. 10
san Diego as follows Through Rich
mOnd and Petersburg, Va, TO Durham,
y. c. using the Quebec-Miami high
way: thence the Central highway Of
North Carolina to the Tennessee line
across Tennessee through Knoxville
and Nashville to Memphis, thence to
Little Rock, Hot Springs. Texarkanas
Dallas, Fort Worth, and Roscoe to
Brownfield, Tex From Brow1field to
Roswell n NJ, and through the beau
tIful White mountain region destined
to become a National park, 10 FL PasO,
Tex. thence by Deming, LOrdsburg.
Clifton and Phoenix. AriZ-, to San Diego.
The association is already at work
pushing for the early completion OF
the road across the gaps The COVER
uOrs and legislatures OF North Caro-
Ina Tennessee and Arkansas, and the
good roads leaders are now planning
to complete the road from Durham to
Little Rock. so that it can be used by
next summer if possible. and congress
viii be asked TO appropriate a sum
sufficient to make il a uniform high
way, graded surfaced, drained. and
first class from Washington to san
in time for the Panama-Pacific expOsi-
ton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
HELP! HELP! LOOK
WHAT AUTO LAWS!
New York Motorists Face Charges
Which Would Make Them Leave
Home, II STATE Adopts Them.

Home, If State Adopts Them.
Here is what the New York motorists
are facing-prOpOsed laws which:
Require a $500 surety bond from
every chauffeur.
Require a $1,000 bond from every
owner
Make every owner responsible for
damage caused by his car no .mst tier
who is driving it just because it bears
his license number.
Make speed violations a felony in
stead of a InisdemeanOr-
Make every owner liable to the peni-
Tertiary instead of a fine.
Force every car owner and chauffeur
to furnish the secretary of state with
his finger prints the same as a Grim
inaL
Give the secretary Of state power to
suspend or revoke licenses without a
hearing.
Require all automobiles to stop in
front of fire houses, at every street
crossing, steam and railway crossing
and in front of all school houses at
certain hours.
Require all cars to be fitted with tall
lights that cannot be turned out from
inside the car
Double the taxation of pleasure cars
and increase the taxation on motor
trucks to IS per ton capacity instead
Of s. per truck, and provide other re-
sTictiOns.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
IF THE weather is good Sunday, FL {

IF THE weather is good Sunday, FL
PasO aUtomoblists cannot do better
4 than make a trip to Las Cruces and
return. through the organ mountain
pass, going out by way of Fort Bliss
and returning over the valley road A
Trip just at present to HuecO Tanks
AID Natural park is not advised, as
the road is In bad condition for about
a mile as a result OF work that is now
being done TO make the drive easier.
However, the road to and from Las
Cruces Is IN splendid shape with the
exception OF a little sand between Or
gan and Las Cruces, but this IS easily
pulled going into Cruces from Organ,
as it is dOWngrade. The wild flowers
along the road to Organ, after Fort
Bliss is passed, are blOssOming now
and the trip should be extremely pleas
ant If the wind IS not blowing and
weather is otherwise favorable Sun
day.
Hueco Tanks and Natural park are
going to prove a popular place for
autOmobilists this summer. Already
several are planning to make trips, IN
Guiding a camping stay at the park.
Frank Powers and family are now
camping at the Tanks. They have put
up tents and are living very comfort
ably. Harry Swain and wife made a
trip to the place this week, spending
the night there
The road beyond Hueco all the way
TO Sierra Blanca, is now in good shape,
and several automobiles are discuss
ing making this run soon. Mike Law
less, driver of one of H. E. Marteeny's
public cars, made the run from Sierra
Blanca TO FL PaSO. a distance of los
miles, in a little over five hours last
week.
F. L. Schnabel has new fiTe-pas>
senger Ford
". W Crane has a new two-pas-
senger Hupmoble, which he bought
from the Southwestern Auto Sales
company
B. F. Wylie bought a Ford touring
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
POOR FUEL MAKES
BETTER MOTOR CARS
Auto Designers Had to Improve to
Overcome the Obstacle
of shc Gas

Most Of US who drive automobiles
find ourselves complaining now and
then. OF oftener. about the low grade
of gasoline now marketed said a local
dealer. we may be justified IN
measure but the very fact that gasoline
has steadily grown poorer III quality
has had much to do with motor car i'm
prOvement- So here is the '1ll-wlnd
saving illustrated again
NO manufacturer who is alive to the
situation is willing to see his car robbed
of much of its efficiency by the fuel.
Accordingly. the manufacturers have
improved their cars; and the result IS
that the buyer and owner has better
car than he would if circumstances
" ere different
The gasoline we are getting nova
days is heavy and hard to vapOrize
Accordingly, motors are given greater
power of suction. in order to get
full charge Of fuel into the firing
chambers The more progressive manu-
facturers are also providing means OF
heating the carburetOrs. as heat makes
the gasoline vapOrize more easily On
many Of the cars the carburetOr is
heated by a hOtair jacket through
W hich the exhaust is directed
This practice has been adopted by
some makers. while others jacket the
carbUretOr with hot water from the "a
diatOr."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
Cruces Drive Good Sunday Trip For Motorists
Just Now the
Continue

car this week and viii drive it back
10 his home at Van Horn, Texas.
X
Henry Stoker, of Las Cruces, n. N,
purchased a REQ fifth and drove it up
to his MesiIla valley home.
The Tri-State Motor company
shipped a Ford delivery wagon to J. B.
Richardson, at Tucson, Ariz.
J. A Reams. of Las Cruces, n. NJ,
is to receive two Studebaker 25s from
the Richardson Motor Car company
next week
E. J. Bradt bought a two-passenger
Buick from the international Auto
company.
W Wells, Of Deming, n NJ, drove
down from there Wednesday in his
Studebaker @25" and drove back home
Thursday.
X
George E. Wallace has a new Path
finder 40" which he bought Thurs
day.