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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
An Interesting Relic.

Charles w. Shaver has a fire
poker in his residence that came
into the family of his ancestors
in the year 1776, more than a
century and a third ago. 1t was
purchased by great, great I'M
Gle of Mr.. Shaver, who was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war,
and the present poker was orig
inally the handle of hunting
pan. When Mr.. Shaver's par
ents left Tennessee in 1882 for
Arkansas Territory his grand
father Shaver made his son,
John w. Shaver, a present OF
the pan, which the latter burn
ed out" while hunting deer on
the St. Francis river. Then the
handle began to be used as a
fire poker, to which use it has
been put for the past Is years.
The original handle was about
six feet long, but at this time
the poker is only about two and
a half feet in length. - Sharp
County Record.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12

The Junior Class of the New
port High School has begun the
publication of a school paper,
styled "The Oracle" and the first
number has just made it's ap-
pearance and is receiving COM
plimentary mention for the en-
terprise, school spirit and capa-
bility it evidences upon the part
of those who are directing it's
destinies. The issue is literally
supported by Newport business
men through their advertising
and the sale of copies has also
been gratifyingly large. A
school paper is often the means
of the promotion of a healthy
school interest, class rivalry and
pride and we hope the Oracle
may be directed in such a man.
ner Q - be contributing fac
to to- Aocf & yment of our
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
Damage At Malvern.
Record Breaking Rainfall Sends
Torrents Through Streets.

Malvern, April 10.-Malvern
has been without mail as a re-
suit of yesterdays terrific ram
storm, which did great damage.
The government gauge showed a
rainfall of 5.82 inches. Sew
ers overhowed, and several bus
,iness houses we're flooded. Crops
and farm lands have been great
ly damaged.
The Ouachita river at Rock
port, q mile and one-half west
of here, is said to have reached
the highest stage of it's history
Bridges have been washed away
and several sawmills are under
water.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
High Prices Slaughtered.

The ad of a Newark store men
tons Clairette soap, "Rub-No-
More" matches and scissors as
among the things they sell TO eau
Here is the ad:
SLAUGHTERED.
We have thrown the KNIFE
still deeper into the price OF al
eatables. Notice these:
Saturday Specials
20 pounds granulated sugar,9l
8 bars Clairette Soap------1oc
8 pkgs Rub-no-More Washing
powder for ----------
3 boxes of matches --------ioo
so oon+ noir of scissors
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
TO REFER
SENATE BILL
Petitions Being Circulated In
All Parts of the State
Today.
Special to Independent.


Little Rock, April 12.-The pc
titions asking that. Senate Bill,
No. 118 the drastic temperance
measure passed by the last legis-
lature, be referred to the people,
was placed in circulation in all
parts of Arkansas today, and al
ready several Of the sheets, con-
tanning IS signatures each, have
been returned to the headquar-
tiers of those circulating the peti-
tons. The petition merely asks
that the Secretary Of State sub
NIT the bill to the people at the
general election in 1914. AS on
ly 10000 names are needed to re-
fer the matter, the petition will
probably be filed with the Secre-
tary of State this week.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
[llR0ADS ARE
NOW OPEN
Us Into Little Rock Are Re-
% soming Rcns According
to Schedule.

bijal to Independent. ,,.,,
Little Rock, April 12.-W'!n
! exception of the breaks SIN IN
track leading into Hot
LIMOS. the Iron Mountain now
| al lines open in Arkansas
/ trains operating on regular
The Memphis line
/ opened Friday, and iron
(untain trains run into Mem
k now over their own tracks,
is figured by the train author
bs that the line into Hot
rings will be opened by Sun
| morning. The railroad offi-
Ls have been working night
dow to clear their tracks, and
lie many people have been ma
he'd, they have been good ma
I'D about it, feeling that the
kials we're doing all possible to
i've their distress.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
Worked The Conductor.

! (Ome time ago Cad Angle was
dfonesboro; he had lost his re-
f q ticket and didn't have mon
lml hough to flag a bread wagon.
a fellows who were with him
they would not put up for
"a on the train, so Cad decided
v beat it with the conductor.
decided on the lunacy route.
fn the conductor came a.
&d he said, tickets, please.
looked at him, walled his
Is, frothed at the mouth and
beated what the conductor
ID said, "t-i-c-k-e-t-s!" The
nductor looked at him in as
nishment and passed on say
b, what is the matter with
e yap?' One fellow said,
ph, he is just a little off his
Use, he belongs at Black Rock,
is harmelss." The train
Used the first station, the con-
lctor came around again call
g out, "tickets", and Cad again
Fpeated it after him. This set
ed the matter in the conduct
IS mind, he didn't bother Cad
r his fare, but said, eff there
as any fool asylum between
Pre- and Black Rock l would
ten that fellow, for there is
here | think he belongs" The
|aln reached Black Rock, and
|ad was home again and when
F gave the train and the con-
Flctor the high ball a terrific
par OF laughter went up, and
|ad had beat it.-Black Rock
correspondent of Walnut Ridge
|lade.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
Won Can Have a Wealth of Beau
tiful Hair.

tiful Hair.
Nothing equals an aureole OF
beautiful hair as a frame for a
nretty face. Without a back
ground of nice hair a really pref
ty face frequently becomes
plain and with it, unattractiVe
features assume life and beauty.
Every woman can increase her
natural charm by using New
BROS Herpicide. Herplclde
makes hair beautiful. The dan
druff germ saps the vitality OF
the hair. Herpicide applied IN
diligently and regularly checks
this destruction of hair life and
prevents the hair from falling
out. giving it a snap and lustre,
a soft, silky fluffiness which can
be acquired in no other way
Ndwbro's Herpicide in 5Oc,and
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
Remove Old Buildings.
Special to Independent.

Special to independent.
Little Rock, April 1.-THE
two buildings which have MARI
ed the beauty of the State Capt.
tol grounds, the old penitentiary
hospital and the frame office
building of the capitol con-
tractors, have at last been sold
and are being removed. They
brought the magnificent sum of
1927, but the Capitol Commits
sion once offered to pay to have
them removed.
In the sale of the frame build
ing the state is merely making
a loan upon which it will pay,
instead Of collecting interest,".
This building was sold to a
property owner of one of the
blocks in front of the building
which the state must eventual
ly buy. AS the building is be-
ing erected there, the state must
purchase it again when it buys
the, two blocks, and it goes with
out saying the price will then
be that of a cottage modern in
every particular.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12

$1.OO sizes is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed. If you are
not satisfied your money will be
refunded.
Applications may be obtained
at the best barber shops and
hair dressing parlors.
w. E. Bevens,
Special Agent.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
Tell EN- So.

II you like the old town best,
Fll EN- so! If you'd have have
er mead the rest, help her grow.
men there's anything to do,
the fellers count on you
ou IL feel better when it's
lfough, don't you know. If you
fant to make a hit, get a name.
other fellow is it, who is
me? Spend your money in
Own, where you pull the
us down, give the mail con-
a frown that's the
If you're used to giving
change your style. Throw
IS instead of rocks for a.
Let the other fellow
Shun him as you would
0st, meet his hammer with
ooost and smile. When a
anger from afar comes along,
MN who and what we are
anu make it strong. Needn't
.lia' enough. Join the boost
''er, never bluff; tell the truth
s-that,S tho S4,,se WI On
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
WILLPAY TEN DOLLARS.

The manufacturers of Ross
dead Quick" spray will pay $40
apiece for "any old" bug it will
not kill. Bedbugs, feas, ants,
reaches, mites, lice, ETC., die the
moment it is used on them. Also
their eggs, and mosquitoes too.
Sold in Newport by your drug
gists. (Adv.) =
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-04-12
Brundidge Will Be In The Fight


Little Rock, April 13.-De-
claring he would never use the
office to aid himself or friends
in furthering their political am
billions, former Congressman
Stephen Brundidge of Searcy
last night announced his can
didacy for the governorship and
said he would invite any other
candidate for the office to can
vass the state with him.
Mr.. Brundidge arrived in Lit
tie Rock at a late hour, having
been delayed by belated trains
and stopped at the Hotel Marion.
He issued the following state
ment:
81 am a candidate because |
think any man should be proud
to be elected governor of Ark
ansas.
'If, during the canvass, it
shall become necessary to criti-
else any former administration
Of the states affairs, | shall not
hesitate to do so. | can say now
that | do not endorse the last
one.
'If elected to the governors
Office, so long as | hold it, it shall
never be used to elect either my
self or anyone else to any other
office, but | am not prepared to
sell my birthright by promising
any man or set of men that |
will never be a candidate for
any other office. That is a mat
ter which belongs to the future
and We will let future conditions
take care of it.
"As soon as it is definitely
known who will be in the race, |
expect to invite them to join
me in a canvass of the state"
"No candidate for governor
has certified his name to the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee to be placed on the tick
ct to be voted for at the Demo-
cratic primary June 21," said
Judge A. J. Walls of LonOke,
chairman Of the committee yes
terday. "But they have am
pie time to make their wishes
known" he added.
At the recent meeting Of the
State Central Committee candi-
dates who expect to make the
race were given until April Il
to get their names placed on the
ticket. They have about ten
days in which to attend to this
important matter, and as the
primary will be held on June q,
the candidates will have two
months in which to make their
campaign"
It is expected that before the
end of the coming week all the
aspirants for the Office will Off
cially make known their inten-
lions to the Democratic State
Central Committee that their
names be certified to the various
County Democratic Committees
and their names placed on the
Democratic primary ticket.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
CASH STATE WARRANTS
First One Received by Gov. Hays and Will Be Sent to One of the
 Banks in Agreement.

Little Rock. Nov. i2 (SpeciaD - The first warrant to be received to be cashed under the terms of the arrangement that has been made by Governor Hays with the banks of the state, came rom J. ?. Milan, assessor of Crittenden county, for S725.20. II will be sent by Governor Hays to one of the banks that has agreed to carry state warrants, and will be discounted until August 1, i9ii, about 6 per cent.
 Governor Hays has received suf- ticient replies from the banks to in- sure the success of the project. The favorable replies already received are sufficient to take care of about S300,000 of state warrants. A Ft. Smith and a Batesville hank have taken S50000 each. and another Ft, Smith bank has taken $40,000. Any one holding warrants and desiring to realize on them can do so by writing the governors office for the name of some bank that has agreed to handle the warrants. The name of several or all the banks will be furnished.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
STATISTICS BUREAU
 IN OPERATION SOON
Delay of Recording Births and Deaths Has Been Caused by Get ing the Large Amount of
 Supplies Needed.

Little Rock. Nov. i2 Special - .The State Board of Health is about ready to put into operation its Bu- reau of Vital Statistics. as provided under the act. The delay has been .occasioned by the printing of the supplies. as a vast amount of the blanks and report forms will be needed. The prelimlnaries have been largely under the direction Of r. L. Watkins of the Bureau of NI- tal Statistics, Washington D. C.. lone of the objects to be attained Is le demonstrate that Arkansas Is not a hot-bed of disease, as some be-
 ieye. and to lift the ban that has been placed upon twenty-two counties of the state by the large insurance companies by proving that they are as free from disease as any other state.
 The state has been divided into |677 registration districts, which have been divided into $500 pri- mary districts. The primary dis trict registrars make weekly re- ports to the registrar districts of all births and deaths. and these reports are tabulated and sent to the state bureau. The registrars are paid 25 cents for each birth and death re- ported. from the county treasury.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
ALL NURSES MUST BE H.
 CENSED SAYS ATTY. GEN.
Nothing in Legislative Act Which Says It Is For Graduate
 Nurses Only,

Little Rock, Nov. i2 Special ,- The new law regulating the li- cenSmg of professional nurses ap- plies to all nurses, whether gradu- ate or not In a communication to Mrs, F. L. Aydelette, president of lhe Nurses Association, Attorney General w. L. Moose says:
 T find nothing in the act that expressly limits the applicants for hcenSe to those who have gradu- dted from a training school. On the other hand, it is plain that the act contemplates that all persons de- slrlng the practice of professional nursing may be examined, and the Legislature left no doubt on this polnt when it provided that the registered graduate nurses might pe licensed without examination TOT whom is the examination pro- Niued unless it be for those who are not graduates? Of course. no one oouiI ever be examined if she tui1 toui1 De registered by exhibiting T. ner diploma from training school
 e seems clear to me, therefore. that you would not be authorized to re- nh use an examination to any person r. mno may apply and who otherwise stot %ioeIs the requirements of the
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
LETTER GOLD TO INCOMES?
Washington Hears of Million-DOI
 lar Wedding Gift.

Washington, Nov. i3-A persist ent report spread through Washing ton society today that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Letter had given bridal gift of one million dollars to Mrs. Letters sister, Mrs. William Me Combs, wife of the Democratic na- tional chairman, who was married in London recently.
 The report is particularly inter- esting because it has been unOf- ficially announced that MT. Me Combs now will accept the post of ambassador to Paris, which has been held open for him for some months.
 It was said before Mr. McCombs marriage to Miss Dorothy Williams that the reason he did not accept the Paris post was because he could not afford it.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
GIRLS BLOW KILLED FATHER.
Miss Katie Wineberger Says He
 Threatened Her First.

Ninita. Ok. Nov. l2.-Kalie Wine berger, aged 2l, is in jail here charged with the murder of her father, Jacob. She struck him over the head with a 22-caliber rifle. knocked him down and produced an injury that caused his death a few days later. A coroner's jury blamed her for Wineberger's death.
 The girl so far has shown no signs of regret al what she has done. The deceased was found by his iS-year-oid son and his little il-year-old daughter, the only two other surviving children, when they returned home from school They found their father lying on the floor of the house in a pool of blood un- conscious. The girl says her father pointed the gun al her, whereupon she grabbed the gun out of his hand and struck him several times over the head She then went to a neighbOr's house t0 summon aid. thinking she had killed him. she says.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
MEXICAN, BELIEVED
 INNOCENT, PARDONED
Many Plead for David C. BriOnes, Convicted in Little Rock in Con nectiOn With Jack the Shoot
 er' Reign of Terror.

Little Rock, Nov. ll Special - An echo of the Jack the Shooter reign of terror was heard Thursday afternoon when Governor Hays granted a pardon to David C. Briones, who was convicted in Little Rock July fl, 1912, of burglary and assault to kill and sentenced to twenty-one years in the peniten- tiary.
 The pardon was recommended by the penitentiary commission; by Miss Mary A. Nolen, whose room he is alleged to have entered, and who declares now that she believes her identification of him was a case of mistaken identity; by Rev L. Tomme, chaplain of the peniten- tiary, who says that he considers him thoroughly innocent; by Rob ert l.. Rogers, prosecuting attorney, who now considers that there is grave doubt of his guilt; and, strangest of all, by a petition signed by l35 other convicts who have been in prison with him, and who are convinced that his Imprisonment is a case of justice gone wrong.
 It was during the summer of i9i2 that the series of crimes was committed which aroused the city to a high pitch of excitement, and which eliminated in the killing of a negro named Brown, who seems to have been guilty of all the burg laries and assaults and hold-ups that were committed during that time.
 But numerous other arrests were made. among them David c. Briones. a Mexican. said to have been an officer in the rebel army, who had been in the city only a few days. He was identified by Miss Nolen as the man whom she and a girl friend found in their room one night. and who fired upon them when his presence was discovered. His conviction followed soon after ward. although he has at all times steadfastly asserted his innocence.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
GALLANT TROOPS MASSACRED.
Fourteen Mexican FederalS Fought
 Till Last Cartridge Was Gone.

Mexico City, Nov. PA band of rebels on Saturday massacred five federal officers and nine soldiers at Musiquiz, in the state of Coahuila. The fourteen men fought until ther last cartridge was fired, and then they were oVerpowered and killed.
 The little detachment of federals under command of Major Sos .enes Gumjardo, had been left to gar rison the town. When the rebels attacked them the federal soldiers although they had no hope for vic tory, ignored the offer of the rebel commander to spare their lives, and decided to fight to the end. They kept up the struggle for twenty four hours.
 Federal endorsements arrived today from the city of porfirio Diaz and drove off the rebels. The bod ies of the gallant troop of defend CTS were found riddled with bull lets.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
- REMEMBERED PRISONER
 ONLY TO EXECUTE HIM
California Earthquake Served to Pr0lOng Life of Albert Geber. but
 He Forfeited it Friday.

San Francisco, Nov. ii.-Called from~his cell in San Quentin prison at a time when his case had been almost forgotten, Albert Geber is sentenced to hang today for mur- der he committed in 1901.
 Geber was convicted in June, 1901, for the killing of Charles Hartman, his former employer. The case was taken on appeal to the Supreme court and during the pendency of the action the earthquake and fire of April, 1906, occurred, causing the loss of the records in the case. The man in prison was entirely forgot ten.
 A few weeks ago a brother of Hartman, who had seen him shot to death, interested the officials in the case. Geber was sentenced once more to death.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
MUST GALL G. O.. P. CONVENTION
National Committee Has Not Power
 to Change Representations.

Washington. Nov. l2.-Defntc plans for rehabilitation of the Re- publican party along the lines of the new liberal Republicanism were formulated yesterday by inc sub committee of the Republican na- tional committee. It's members pre- pared proposals for submission to the national committee at its meet ing December i5.
 The tentative decision arrived at was the national committee itself has not power to change the meth ods of choosing delegates and the basis of representation at national conventions, but does have authori- ty 10 call a special national conven- ton for that purpose
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
S3. .500.000 HOSPITAL
 TO FIGHT CONSUMPTION
Eight PaViliOnS. Each 10 House 125 PatientS-Sunlight tO Enter Every
 Room and Ward.

New York. Nov. l2.-New York enlarged its facilities for the treat ment of tuberculosis today by opening a new s3,5OOOOO hospital on Staten Island. The hospital is al Castleton Corners, swept by sea breezes and called Sea View. Eighty patients have already been admitted
 The patients are housed in eight pavilions arranged in a semi-circle so that the sunlight enters every room and ward. Each pavilion will accommodate 125 patients. The group of buildings include also one for administration purposes, a staA house. nurses quarters, surgical pavilion and kitchen in the center of the group from which trolley trucks convey food to the various buildings.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
0FBTS OF NATIONS
 42 BILLION DOLLARS
.o Owes the Most, 6,2S4 Mill ,,ns While United States IS ilOp Eiobtb With 1928 Millions
 Steady Increase.

washington. Nov. i2-The na- bonal debts of the world now az norote ',U 42 billion dollars, having ss,oTeased 20 per cent in the last de- i ado and doubled ill the last forty '" The interest and other an ,nol charges amounted III 1912 to iiuS 195 million dollars, or an average ''0 slightly more than 1 per cent. ,to1g6 Ul in many cases, especially ol ,hOse ,i,O of the stronger nations, the tiio1v ntnros rates are materially below ,iCI .h"t Gcure according to figures ls- .mod .no today by the department o1 commerce. ,. .iahu, on ibe list of heavily indebted on,,nlries on The largest national 1obt is that of France, 6,2S4 million GoIlars inc next largest being Rus oia 553 million; the United King dom, @ 3.}S6 million; Italy, 2,7O7 mil Ton. Spain. 1915 million; Japan, l. of9 @ million. and the United States o2S million. The debt of the Ger man empire is stated at i,i7S mil iion m dollars, and of the German sfates 3736 million; that of Austria Hungary l,05l million; that of Aus tria ii3i million and of Hungary i26S million dollars.
 Practically all the important countries show an increase in na- tional indebtedness in 1912 com nared with 1902. In the case of France. the figures for 1912 are G. 2S4 million. against 5,S57 million in 1902: Russia, i,553 million in 1912 against 3.ill in 1903; Japan l,2i2 million in 1913 against 262 million jn 1902: the German Empire, LIS million in 1912 against 699 million in 1902: the German states, 3,736 million in 1912 against 2,6S9 million in 1902: British India il75 million in 1912 against 2,56i million in 1912; United States i,02S million in 1912 against 925 million in 1903. The United Kingdom shows a slight de- crease. the figures for 1913 being 3.iS6 million dollars against 1885 million a decade earlier.