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or four weeks hearing what these men have to say.
 Democrats admitted today that the bill must be amended in many parti- culars. Many of the rates in the House are entirely too low; some of them are still too high. Senators Hoke Smith, Stone and Simmons an- nounce openly that where it is shown that rates have been reduced without regard to conditions under which the same products are produced in this country, advances unquestionably will be made by the senate. Numerous instances of this kfnd are found in the chemical, steel, cotton and woolen schedules.
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GREEKS MEET ENEMY
 IN CLASH AT PORTOS

London, May S.-A clash between Greek and Bulgarian troops is report ed to have occurred in Portos, in a dispatch received here tonight from Salonika. No details of the engage ment were given, but it is known that the forces of both countries were in that vicinity and that considerable animosity has been shown between them for some time.
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DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE
 DIES IN LONDON

London, May S.-The Dowager Du- chess of Newcastle died today at the age of 71. She was the mother Of Lord Francis Hope, former husband of May Yohe. Since the death of her second husband, Tom Hohler, twenty years ago, the Duchess has devoted her life to charity. residing most of the time in the slums of White Chap el
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Judicial Committee Met in This City Yesterday and
 Fixed the Date.
A FULL ATTENDANCE
Was RecOrded-G0mmittee Will Meet Again on May 17 to Ger
 tify Candidates.

The members of the judicial con- mittee of the Eleventh Judicial Dis trict met in this city yesterday and fixed the date for the holding of a primary election to nominate a sue cessor to former District Attorney T. IIavis Nixon, who resigned The meeting was held in the office of Attorneys Danaher and Danaher and all the members of the committee, eX- cepting Jack Bernhardt, of Desha county, who was represented by R. A. Culpeppef,- were in attendance. MT. Alexander was elected secretary of the meeting.
 M Danaher committeeman from Jefferso ncounty, presided over the. meeting, and the other committeeman present were: w. B. Alexander and Ben Harvey, of Jefferson county, and H. D. Lucas, of Lincoln county. 'xs, resolution fixing the date for the pri- mary election for June 21 the same date as the state primary election, was adopted. It follows:
 Whereas, the Governor of Arkan- sas has called a special election, to 1 be held in all of the counties of the state on the 23rd day of July, 1913, to fill vacancy in the office of gover- nor and
 Whereas, the Honorable T. Havis l Nixon has resigned the office of prosecuting attorney of the Eleventh Judicial circuit, and the governor has announced his intention of calling an election to elect his successor, said election to be held on July 23, 1913, and
 Whereas, the State Democratic Central Committee has called prim- ary, to De held in all of the counties of the state on June 21, 1913, for the purpose of selecting the candidate of i the party for the office of governor,
 Therefore, Be it Resolved, by the Democratic Central Committee of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, that Dem- ocratic primary for the purpose of selecting the candidate of the Demo- cratic party for the office of prose- cutting attorney of said circuit be held at the same time and places, before 1 the same judges mad clerks, and un- | der the same rules and regulations as the state primary for the selec- 1 ton of candidate of the party for 1 the office of governor, on June 21, 1913.
 | Be it further resolved that at said primary no one shall be entitled to, l have his name appear upon the bal lots except those who shall in writ | ing notify the secretary of this com mittee of their intention to become l candidate on or before noon on the | 17th day of May, 1913, and deposit with the said secretary the sum of l. two hundred dollars in cash, to be used by this committee at it's discre- tion in defraying the expenses of said election.
 l Be it further resolve dthat this com mittee meet again on May IF, 1913, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the circuit court room. in the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, for the purpose of certifying to the various counties of the district the names of the candi- dates to be placed upon the ballots at said election. and such other busi- ness as may come before the commit tee.~
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LEACH CROSS BEATEN BY
 HARRY TRENDALL OF ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, Mo-, May S.-Harry Tren- dall, of St. Louis, outpointed Leach Cross, New York, in an eight round fight tonight before the Nationa Athletic Club at the Coliseum. The local boy won the decision on his work in the last round, when he got Cross in a corner and rained rights and lefts on the latter's face and body Cross was being badly punished wher the gong changed.
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Democrats Run it Over Re- publicans at Last Con-
 sideration of Measure.
GOES TO THE SENATE
Business Men Pouring Into Washing. ton to Protest Against the
 Schedules.

Washington, May S.-The House of Representatives, by a vote of 2S1 to 139 passed the Wilson-Underwo Free Trade Tariff Bill at 6:15 this ey- ening. The vote against the bill of 9 Democrats, who braved displeasure of the executive rather than ignore what they deemed their duty to those who elected them, were nearly offset by the votes of six Republicans for the bill.
 Floods of protests from manufac- turers, merchants, producers and for eign nations await the bill when if makes it's appearance before the sen- ate tomorrow. The bill will be start ed upon it's stormy way at once. Re- publican senators will open the fight by demanding public readings. This will be defeated. but it is the purpose of the Democrats to give full, hearing in committee to all classes of object ors.
 There is little likelihood that the bill will reach the president before September 1 and it is probable that it will have been amended materially be- fore then.
 The Tariff bill made record time through the House, but little more than two weeks having passed it came from tlle ways and means committed. All amendments except those propos- ed by the committee were defeated. With the exception of Broussard of Louisiana, no Democratic member of the House proposed changes in the bill.
 Republican leaders sought to make l political capital for their party just before the final passage of the bill l through the House in an effort to
 prlng the Democrats to record vote and the creation of tariff commits sion.
 pi IOI SuCll d commission was ruled out of order by Speaker Clark Then Mann appealed from the ruling and the Speaker was sustained, 274 to 143. Payne's motion to substitute for the wool and cotton schedules of the bill his draft of
 these schedules was defeated 296 tc l2S. With Victor Murdock leading nineteen PrOgressives voted against the Payne substitute.
 Business men from all over the
 land are pouring into Washington tC appeal to the senate finance commit tee to save the industries from the danger impending if the Wilson-Un. derwood bill is enacted into law. Al.
 though President Wilson has issued
 orders that public hearings must no
 De granted and the bill jammet
 through the senate at top speed
 Democratic senators are not willing
 to turn deaf ear to American busi
 ness men and representatives of la
 DOT. They will spend the next three
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NAVAL MOVEMENT
 LOOKS LIKE WAR Armored Cruisers Tennesss se and Washington Order
 ed Home.
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Diplomatic Relations Between United States and Japan are Dis.
 tinctly Strained.

Washington, May S.-The armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington have been ordered home at once from Turkish waters. The Navy Depart ment learns that Japan twill receive from English shipDuilders in the next few weeks the battle cruiser kongo, for about 2S,000 tons displacement.
 It comes from the Navy Department the apprehension that in case of war both the Tennessee and the Wash ington would be caught! by a super for force and captured or destroyed. The incident will indicate just how serious the State Department regards the present situation between our country and Japan.
 The spirit of the incident is un- doubtedly reflected in the spirit of the White House and the State De- rartment today. The diplomatic re- lations of the United States and Japan are already distinctly strained. The acute question has been taken out of the hands of the State Depart ment and will occupy perhaps the entire time and attention of the Pre- sident and his Cabinet tomorrow.
 Every movement of the Japanese representative in Washington is swift and decisive. Japan evidently knows exactly what it wants to do and cX~ actly what it intends to do. And Japan is always on the spot, ready 1 defian and aggressive.
 Baron Chinda was at the State De- partment today before Secretary Bry an was ready to see him. He con- ferred instead with John Bassett Moore and left with evidence of eX- ternal impatience in the failure to see iMr. Bryan. MT. Bryan was in the State office at the time, but did not see Baron Chinda. An appointment was made for the Japanese ambasa- dor to return to the Department of State at half past 4 O clock. The Secretary in the meantime was to see the President.
 The Ambassador was on time to the second. MT. Bryan was waiting l for him. The Ambassador stayed eX- actly nine minutes in the office of the Secretary of State. He made his formal communication probably with curt directness and was gone. It is known that Baron Chinda's message from his home office have been curt and perempotory. It is supposed that | they have been delivered to our government in the same terms. After his few minutes talk with the Ambassador, MT. Bryan gave out the important statement that Baron Chin- da was to call on him at half past g o'clock tomorrow morning.
 "After that" said MT. Bryan "the subject of communication with Japan will be discussed at the Cabinet Of the result of that meeting I have nothing to say.'
 The next meeting, therefore be- tween the official representatives oi the United States and the Empire oi Japan will be at 12 o'clock and it is supposed that MT. Bryan will eX- pedite the Cabinet session to keel the engagement promptly
 There are rumors that the Japanese
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ed tomorrow. The state, it is believ- ed will be content to show that Wells had an opportunity to place poison in the milk between the time Mrs. Wells ate breakfast and the time the two children who died partook of the fla tai meal
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The Presidents Church.

Baltimore, Md, May s. President Wilson and his fam fly have decided during their residence in Washington to at tend the Central Presbyterian church, of which Rev. James H. Taylor is pastor.
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MURDERERS OF THREE
 ARE SENT TO PRISON

Harrisburg, H., May S.-William Sora and Mrs. Anna Ostrowsha were found guilty tonight of murder by a jury, which deliberated five hours. The woman was sentenced to four teen years Imprisonment and Sora sentenced for life Sora shot and kill ed three foreigners and wounded an other at the command of the woman wh6 claimed the men insulted her.
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Baltimore, May S.-The latest inter- national marriage necessitated the discarding of title of rank, thereby reversing the usual order of such things. When the pretty daughter of the Belgian Ambassador to Constanti- nople became the bride of Robert F. Loree, of New York, at the Cathedral here, a few. days ago, she discarded the title of Baroness Alix Moncheur and expressed her delight at becoming plain Mrs."
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/ The S. IS. Combination Cleaner gets the dust with vacuum suction, and the strings with brush attach ment.-Sent to your home on approv- al. Price $11.50. Phone Kn0x-Walker
 If
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-Giye the children plenty of fresh
 air this summer-Get lawn swing
 at knOx.Walker's. 1T
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Deputy Prosecuting Attorney P. w. Brookman was at Altheimer yesterday on officiaa business.
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-5O different patterns of Brass Beds, guaranteed not to tarnish. Spec ial prices this week. Prices $14.75 to $125. %. Knox. Walker. If
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TELLING TIME IN INDIA

Among the Hindus clocks are re.
garded as great curiosities. and often
half.a-dozen or more timepieces ar.
found in the apartments of the veal.
thy Hindustanees.
They are not used as timepieces,
but simply for ornament. since the
old.fashioned way OF telling the hour
In India. by calculating the number
OF bamboo lengths the sun has trav.
eled above the horizon, is entirely sat.
isfactory to the natives.
1t is said that in the country police
stations in India, where the European
division Of the hours is observed, time
is measured by placing In tub Of
water a copper pot in which small
hole has been bored 1t Is supposed
that 1t will take one hour for the
water to leak into the pot so as to
fill 1t and sink It. When the police.
man sees that the pot has disappeared
he strikes the hour on a bell.like gong.
II he is smoking or doing the copper
pot may have disappeared several
minutes before he discovers the fact,
but the hour Is when he strikes the
gong.
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NAP THAT LASTED 80 YEARS

There are many cases on record OF
people remaining In sleep-like trance
Tor several years. these frances being
often caused from injuries to the
head. but no one has had so long
sleep as woman named Caroline
Alison, who lives in the little island
OF Ckuo, of the coast of Sweden.
The sleeper OF Okuo was born in
1851 she was perfectly normal
child. and for the first fourteen years
of her life she was strong and healthy.
She did not 90 to work till Just before
her fourteenth birthday. One day she
came home complaining of toothache
and went to bed. Soon afterwards
she fell into a deep trance. which
lasted from 1875 until 1907, a period
OF 32 years.
Whilst In this state she did not
seem to see or hear. nor did she
show any trace Of feeling. for though
her arms were pricked with pins,
needles and other sharp instruments
she was not once observed to vince.
Only once or twice did she seem to
wake from her lethargy. On one oc-
caslon, In response to cry from her
mother. she moved her lips as II to
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try to speak When her mother died
Caroline must have been conscious Of
the fact, for she burst into tears.
though there was no other change in
her condition. Two years later. when
her brother was drowned, she also
had fit of weeping For 30 years
and more her only nourishment con.
sisted of two cupfuls OF milk day.
After the death OF her brother she
was left to the care of housekeeper.
and then gradual signs of awakening
Intelligence began to dawn. Once she
was left alone for several hours with
food near her, and the food was seen
to have gradually disappeared. There
was no doubt that her trance had been
broken. A few months later she re.
gained consciousness. asking for her
mother. She did not recognize her
brothers at all, for she only remem.
bered them as tiny boys Gradually
she regained possession of her facui.
ties. until. at the age OF forty.six. she
had completely recovered from her
trance. being in perfect health and
well and hearty in every way.
She only remembers her early life.
but nothing that happened during her
long illness. Her case has complete
ly mystifed the doctors, who cannot
explain 1t In any way.
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QUEER ISLE OF MAN LAWS

The Isle Of Man presents many Gu
rlous features. none Of which is more
curious than its laws. For instance,
the legislature is called the house of
keys and was in other times a judi
cial body charged with the duty Of In.
terpreting the laws. Any person SO
bold as to SANDER this house of keys
was liable not only to a fine in the
amount of $50. but to the loss of both
his ears.
Two deemsters were once appointed
to execute the laws, which. before the
year 1417 were uncodified, and these
we're ,own as breast laws. for the
reason hat they were impaired to the
deemsters in secret, to be kept BY
them within the secrecy of their
own breasts as long as they chose. or
during their whole service, though
they were authorized to impart and ex-
plain to the populace as much of these
special laws as should at any time
seem wise and expedient.
Certain Of the Manx laws, as set
down after the codifcation. are e1-
tremely quaint. Here are two e1.
tracts from the Manx legal rulings:
II man steal horse or an OK 1t
is no felony. for the offender cannot
hide them; but II he steal capon or
pig he shall be hanged"
In case of theft, il 1T amounts to
the value Of six pence halfpenny 1t
shall be felony. and death to the Of
fender; and under the value to be
whipped or set upon wooden horse
which shall be provided for such Of
tenders"
The arms OF the Isle OF Man, which
though 1t may sound like an Irish bull
to say SO. are legs-three legs bent
at the knee and apparently kicking
outward from common center in the
midst OF a shield-have provoked a
number Of jocular descriptions, OF
which the best declares that one leg
spurns Ireland. one kicks at Scotland,
and the third kneels to England.
On July Of every year the laws OF
the Isle of Man are still read aloud to
the assembled people from the top OF
Tynwald hill. This is the most inter.
esting and ahchaic ceremony observed
today in Europe.
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KEEP SHEEP ON DRY FARMS
Almost Entire Product Of Small Flock
May Be Looked Upon a. Profit
on Seml-Arid Lands.

BY E. A. BURNETT. University of Ne
braska)
Over much Of the dry.farming area
few sheep can be kept at profit.
and where small flock of sheep is
kept on half section of land almost
the entire product of the flock may
be looked upon as profit. since 1t Is
possible with small flock OF sheep
to sell practically the same amount
Of grain products as could be sold II
they we're not kept upon the farm.
Farming in the great plains area
should be adjusted to the conditions
which obtain in years Of average or
sub-normal rainfall. In these years
live stock will always be more profit.
able than exclusive grain farming.
In years where rainfall ia largely in
excess Of the normal. grain farming
is likely to be more profitable. but
since the investment in labor Is nec-
essarily from $500 to $500 per acre
upon each acre Of the land under
grain farming. failure of grain
causes a serious loss from which the
farmer cannot easily recover. Live
stock farming, while producing some
what less revenue than grain In the
most favorable years. will produce
more net profit than grain farming
over any fifteen-year period with
which the writer has had experience.
Even An eastern Nebraska. where
the corn crop is looked upon as safe
in at least eight years out Of ten. live
stock should be kept upon farms to
consume the residue products and
convert them into merchantable form.
The freight upon coarse products is
SO. high that they cannot be shipped
long distances to market. Upon live
stock and upon other concentrated
products, freight is relatively cheap.
so that they may be shipped farther
to market with profit. In this coun.
try hay can hardly be shipped more
than two or three hundred miles at
profit. while butter may easily be
produced in Nebraska and shipped
with profit to Atlantic coast cities.
The time must come throughout all
the great plains area and the corn
belt lying to the east OF 1t when live
stock will be considered a necessity
in good farm management.
The business Of growing our beef
on great open ranges and fattening 1t
in the corn belt is rapidly passing,
and the time when We must grow beef
on the farming lands Of the corn belt
is already here. To do this We must
maintain breeding herds on the farm
and keep them under the best meth
DDS practicable.
Under dry.farm conditions a diver
sity OF crops should be used. striving
to grow those which will mature un-
der normal conditions and furnish
some grain to supplement the forage
raised. In addition to that needed
for live stock, some grain may be
raised as money crop.
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caponlxlnu Fowls,

The large breeds are best for ca.
ponizing. A few months old capon Is
no better than a cockerel. A capon
will more readily put on fat and get
large and prime after maturity. The
object In caponizing is to secure quail.
ity and size. but quality is the most
important. Age does not impair a
capon as 1t does a cockerel. provided
the bird Is not kept longer than
year and half.
Capons VIII have to mature before
they can get much flesh. and for that
reason they cannot be sold while
young. No poultry meat excels. II
any equals. q half.grown guinea. split
down the back, broiled and buttered.
It Is meaty. tender and Of splendid
flavor.
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In other words. in selling $100 worth
OF wheat $50 worth OF plant food are
sold. 60 the net return is so, while
selling 500 worth Of cream the net
return is $ss. In selling grain and hay
the fertility that makes the farm pro-
ductive Is sold. too. In selling dairy
products the fertility is returned to
the land In the manure. Land that
has been manured will produce con.
siderably more than unmanured land.
Growing crops. such as corn. grass. or
alfalfa to feed the dairy COW. reduce
weeds and In other ways prepare the
land for producing a good crop Of
grain.
-Dairying or stock Of some kind are
an important part In profitable farm.
Ing.
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MAKING THE TIDES WORK

The finest grindstones In the world
came from the bottom OF the Bay Of
Fundy. The manner in which they
are produced is simple and ingenious,
the stonecutters make the exceptional
tides perform the hardest part Of the
work. When the tide is out, which
happens twice day, the workmen
quarry the stones from the natboat.
Then In comes the tide, rising often
as high as a house. And now the men
have nothing to do. The tide lifts the
boat, and up comes the stone with 1t.
Boat and stone are then brought close
inshore, where the stone is removed
at leisure when the tide is out.
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ANCIENT ALTAR OF IRELAND

At Cushendun. Ireland. there Is a
curious monument known as the "Al.
tar in the Woods" 1t Is q rough altar
with much worn cross cut In stone
and It stands beneath an oak tree.
This altar was used by the people OF
this part OF Ireland as place OF wor.
ship long before any churches were
built there. It is held In high esteem
and is carefully preserved as a sacred
relic.
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IVORY QUEEN MAUD's HOBBY

One Of the oldest Of royal hobbies
is that followed by Queen Maud. who
for years. has made ivory her hobby.
Not only has she fine collection oil
ivory statues and other art objects,
but she collects ivory In the tusk Us
well, and has large collection Of
trophies Of the elephant chase. Most
Of these are supplied-with tiny gold
plates, telling where and In what cir
cumstances the animal from which ths
tusk was taken was killed.
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PIow Garden Deep.

Deep fall plowing will do more to-
ward giving the garden start for next
season than anything except good
coat Of well.rotted manure. The two
20 we'll together.
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Clean Up Rubbish.

Clear up tho rubbish around the
garden and truck patches. Weeds
and debris ofNany kind -harbor insects
which should not have protection dur.
ing the winter season.
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Woman smashes Window Tor Meal.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Desperate from
lack OF food and unable to find work,
Mre. Mary Z. Erickson, a widow thir.
ty.two years old, threw brick
through the plate glass window Of n
cigar store here. A great crowd OF
Christmas shoppers gathered about
her while she silently waited for the
police patrol wagon. At the police
station, she said she had wanted to be
arrested and feared she would starve
otherwise. She said she had bccn out
Of work for month and had been
almost entirely without food for days.