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The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
SHOOTING AT MEMPHIS.
August Schieber and Young Wom- an the Victims-Mrs. Scheber
 Is Arrested.

Memphis, Tenn. March 11--Aug- ust Schieber, president of a lumber company of this city. was shot and killed tonight and young woman who gave her name as Mrs. l.. A. Howells, was slightly wounded in the same apartment in downtown flat building. Mrs Schieber was arrest ed charged with the shooting. She refused to make any statement.
 One of the five bullets fired struck Schieber near the right temple and pssed through his head. Another wounded the young woman in the arm
 Mrs. Schieber was arrested at her bone in a fashionable residence section shortly after the shooting. Acerding to the arresting officer she did not appear perturbed and, after lnquiring whether she twas dead. turned over to him a pistol with five empty shells in it. When told that her husband was mortally wounded she IS said to have replied:
 Then 1t was for nothing, after all. :"
 Schieber, who was reputed to be wealthy. came to Memphis several years ago from Mount Vernon. Ind. lie was about 45 years of age. Mrs. Schleber gave her age as 35. Mrs. Howell Is said to have formerly liy. ed in Vincennes, Ind.
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NEW PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE FACING TROUBLE WITH HIS
 APPOINTMENTS.
REPUBLICANS ARE OPPOSED
Demnd Committee Action Inste5d of Direct Confirmation as Has Been
 the Rule in tho Senate in the Past.

Washington, March f.--A hint of opposition to President Wilson's an- pointments came in an executive ses- sion Of the senate today when repub-
 iican senators insisted that appoint
 ments be acted upon by the senate
 committee before being taken up for confirmation. As result no appoint
 ments were confirmed although those of Daniel c. Roper, Alexander NJ.
 Cookery and James l. BlaSeslee, ap-
 pointed respectively as first, third
 and fourth assistant postmasters gen.
 eral, were ready for action
 Tle appointments made by Presf. dent Wilson had been referred 5o com mittees yesterday. When the senate
 went into executive session today. Senator Bankhead offered the Dock cry appointment for continuation
 Senator Penrose, the Blakeslee ap- pointment and Senator Smith Of South Carolina, the Roper appoint ment
 Senator Townsend of Michigan asIk- ed whether the full committee Of the postoffices had acted on the appoint
 ments Democratic leaders answered that the usual custom was being foi- lowed of reporting the appointments after the lapse of one day, but with out the formality of committee
 meeting. As the result of Senator Townsend's objection, the names were at once withdrawn and arrange ments made for q committee meet ing. Republican senators said to-
 night that there was no purpose on their part to eoiiai;;:sct i:scstt s. 2. general nn- position to the Wilson appointments such as the democrats did to the Taft appointments in the last session. To- days development, however has given concern to the democrats. Senator Kern, the democratic lead CT. announced today that the steer l ing committee" expected to complete it's work on the new senate commit tees so that they might be present | in full Thursday The senate was in
 session but half hour and adjourned until Thursday at o'clock. It is ex- pected that officers will be elected lthen and all committees named and that the senate will be prepared to
 bring the special session to an end. The democratic committee of nine
 worked throughout the day trying to
 complete the committee assignments,
 but many obstacles have been en-
 countered, particularly in the organ ization of the new committee on bank ing and currency, which is to take from the finance committee the prob lens of currency reform.
 The hard fight that is being made
 bv Senator Tillman for tEhe chair
 mansnip of the appropriations com
 mittee has also been an important
 factor in delaying the completion of
 the steering" committees work. Per
 sistent efforts have been made to
 Induce Senator Tillman to give up
 This claim to this post. It was de- Iclared tonight that no definite con-
 clusion had been reached as to wne-
 tner or not he shall have the chair manship.
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LEGISLATORS ARE
 MADE RIDICULOUS
EFFORTS AT ECONOMY WILL COST THE STATE FIFTY
 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Little Rock, Ark, March 11.-Tle action of the Arkansas house of Rep resentatives in refusing an appropria- tion~of s25,000 for the Arkansas mil ltla will cost the state $50,000 in re- turning the equipment loaned by the government according to estimates made by militia officers today. The failure of the appropriation means that the militia will have to disband and the state is required to return all equipment loaned by t1e federal gov ernment.
 The legislators suffered a severe shock today when they learned that their attempt at economy will cost the state double the amount of the appropriation asked but 1t will be 'm- possible to reconsider it as the leg islature adjourns Thursday Arkan- sas will be tne only state without militia.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
FIND GRANDSON
 0F BONAPARTE
OFFSPRING OF FAMOUS EMPER- OR IS NOT GREATLY ENTHUs-
 ED OVER ANCESTOR.

Los Angeles. March 11.-Sea1ch by the Crittenden Memorial Society or San Francisco for a reputed grand son of Napoleon Bonaparte ended to- day in a Los Angeles lumber yard. 'Wm. Gordon, q workingman, is the person sought.
 Wm, Gordon was a son of the late John Gordon, San Francisco jeweler who according to the Crittenden So- ctety unquestionably was a son of iihe little corporal, The body of Ioan Gordon rests in a cemetery near the Golden Gate.
 Vim. Gordon is 65 years old. He says his father was not born on the island of St. Helena, as had been as- serted, but near Edinburgh. Scotland on Nov. Il, 1918. John Gordon's moth. CT was Scotch woman -matron of the hospital at St. Helena when Ma poleon arrived there on the Belle rop home-and he was given his mother s family name.
 John Gordon married Amelia Jones, a Welch woman in london in lS45, and they came to America, set ting in New London, Conn, where William was born in 1847.
 Having the blood of the great emperor in my veins has never excit- ed me-. said Wm. Gordon said today, as he turned to his task of piling lumber.
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REFUSED iNJuNcTion.
Liquor Dealers Lose in First Clash
 Over New Law.

Richmond, Va, Marea 1.-The ap. plication of wholesale liquor deaio.s for an injunction to restrain Ire Southern Express Company from re- fusing to accept liquor fer shipment for points in South Carolina unGer the Webb-Kenyon bill was refused tc- day by Judge Waddill in the United States district court there.
 Since the issuance of an order by Chief Justice Gary of the South Car .olina supreme court, by which exiress agents in that state are required 10 deliver shipments On Squor tc c~o- signees for their personal usa, th~ carrier in Richmond has aceep; ed packages for South Carolina, al- though it's officers and attorneys an nounce it will not do so in the event that Chief Justice Gary's ruling IS set aside.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
ARMY AvIAToRs FLY.
Several Flights Made By Military
 Corps at Galveston.

Galveston. Tex, March 1.-The aviation squadron division of the second division of the United States army now mobilized at Galveston and Texas City, made several flights this afternoon. several machines remain ing up more than an hour and going as far as Houston, a distance from the camp of about 40 miles. The day was windy and the aviators exper- fenced some difficulty in rising from the field. The flights were made however, without an accident. Lieut.. Col Samuel Reber, chief signal ofii- cer of the eastern department was an interested spectator
 Today was pay day for the twenty third. twenty-seventh and ninteenth regiments of infantry. About $60,- 000 was distributed. The twenty eighth, eleventh and twenty-sixth regiments of infantry will be paid to- morrow
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BIa Battle at parrsi.

El Paso, Tex, March 1t.-Desper ate fighting in an attack on Parral Chihuahua, entailing a large loss Of life in fifty hours battle, was re- ported in adyices reaching here late today. Some 800 consttutionalists rebelling against Huertas govern ment in Chihuahua, were driven back by almost an equal number of fed eral regulars and the city, center of American mining interests greatly damaged by bombardment and street fighting, in which townspeople also engaged.
 Insurrecto troops who rebeled against the Huerta government and left Parral last week after mobiliz- ing and recruiting at Santa Barbara nearby returned on March 5th, to retake the city One thousand fed erals from Chihuohuo had reinforced the 200 regulars al Parral.
 On the afternoon of the fifth the insurgents attacked and the battle continued until the evening of the seventh On the morning of the last day the rebels took the fortified hills surrounding the city, driving the fed erals to cover in the town. Col. Mer-
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WHITMAN IS WEAVING A TIGHT WEB ABOUT OFFICIALS WHO
 COLLECTED TOLLS.
MORE OFFICERS DISCHARGED
Women of the Underworld Tell of Years Of Graft and Privilege Sell ing By Officers Who Pro
 tected Them.

New York, March 1.-The grand jury and District Attorney Whitman spent today listening to the comics. sions of men and women that they paid money to policemen in return for immunity from interference while they violated the law.
 hotel owner and several women who ran disorderly resorts, told how they contributed to the coffers of the system" Much of their testimony corroborated stories already told in- yolving police officers and politl- clans. The rest of it brought under suspicion men not hitherto suspect. ed and must in turn be corrcborated in MT Whitman's efforts to bring the guilty under indictment
 One visible result of confessions made yesterday and today was the de- mention of another poice inspector, of dozen or more high police off cials whom witnesses have accused of taking graft Commissioner Waldo after reducing Inspector John J. Mnr. tha to the rank of Captain transfer red him and suspended him without pay. Murtha formerly was in charge of the precinct in Harlem. the district that figured most prominently Tn the graft disclosures made thus far.
 One of the most remarkable wit. nesses examined by Mir Whitman was Mary Stacom, who confessed to- day at the age of n years, that 90 years of her life have been spent as keeper of disorderly resorts. Known throuehout the underworld as moth Ter Staeom7 this woman pieced to- gether the experiences of her life with facts that are expected to serve Mir. Whitman invaluably,
 Another startling story has reached | the prosecutor in the form of writ | ten report by one of his inyestiga- tors. It told how q woman, Annie lGray, was reputed to have accumnl' ated a fortune of more than $l0O,' | GOO, as a disorderly resort keeper
 Backed by a former sheriff and one 1 time police commissioner, according | to information vallabie to the prose outor. Annie Gray conducted several
 of the most noted resorts of their
 type in this city. She will go before
 the grand jury with an account ol her underworld experiences, accord l ing to Mir. Whitman's expectations. Samuel Levy, hotel man, weni
 before the grand jury today to re l neat graft story he related 10 Mir Whitman. In this story he told oi paying s75 monthly for the privilege of selling liquor without a license Once he refused to pay, he declared
 and there was flake raid' on hi
 hotel. and he was brought to court
 but when he slipped s75 into DO liceman's hands. the case against
 him fell through for Tack of evi
 dence." He was told that this would "be lesson" to him, he said.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
BILL TO sTERlLlzE INSANE.

Lansing, Mich, March 11.-The senate today passed bill providing for sterilization of mentally defec- tive inmates of state institutions. The measure which already has been passed by the house, was amended so that thirty days notice of the de- cision to submit any inmate to the operation provided for under the law must be given to the relatives or guardian of the patient. who then will have the right to hearing in pro- bate court as to the necessity for the proposed operation.
 The senate also passed bill ap- propriating s20,000 to send Michigan Civil war veterans to the Gettysburg celebration.
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PROBING EXPLOSION.
Foreman of Stevedores Is Accused of
 Causing Disaster.

Baltimore. March 11.--Morris Price, stevedore, testifying tonight before the coroners jury Investigating the blowing up of the dynamite ship Alum Chine. last Friday, declared that Wm. Bomhardt, assistant fore man of the stevedores was respon- sible for first explosion which pre- ceded the destruction of the boat.
 Becoming angered at the manner in which the men were working, Bom- hardt. according to the witness, nut tered an oath grabbed a cotton hook from stevedore and swung it into a box of dynamite.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
DUST TAFT APPoINTEE.

Washington March 11.--It was an- nounced srnofifcialiy today that Richs ard '. Egerton of New Jersey, had been agreed upon for appointment as purchasing agent for the postoffiee department The office carries a sal ary of s4,000 year and has been vacant since January 6.
 MT Taft named Frederick P Aus tin, a democrat for the place, but he was not confirmed Under the law designated official may act as pur- chasing agent for only thirty days, and since February 6. the postoffce department has been unable to make purchases of any kind or to enter in. to contracts for any sort of supplies
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12

cado, the garrison commander, and Col Castro, who had brought the rein forcements from the state capital. called for volunteers to retake the outlying positions. Five hundred men responded and after charges and almost hand-to-hand fighting, drove the insurgents from the hills. Then the constitutionalists concentrated their fire on the southern section of the town. driving the city officials from their houses and killing many residents. At night the insurgents withdrew when pursued.
 During the fighting mobs of towns people rioted. burning the market place and attacking the banks. Vol leys from the soldiers ranks soon quieted the internal disturbances.
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DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH NOW AS WHEN THEY RECEIVED
 LOWER WAGES.
COST OF LIVING TO BLAME
Ore Witness Tells of Being Com. peIIed to Fire An Engine Throuqh a Tunnel When it Was So Hot
 the Thermometer Bursted.

New York, March 11.-The high cost of living and it's relation to wages received by firemen was one of the questions discussed today at the hearing of the board chosen un- der the Erdman act to arbitrate de- mands of the firemen employed on b4 different railways for higher wages and better working conditions The rule promulgated by the railways and the question of promotion of fire men to be engineers were other sub jects of testimony by the seven wit nesses of the day, sin firemen and one engineer. The firemen contend that the heavier engines now in use cause them to work harder for the same pay. They want two firemen assigned to such locomotives.
 John w. Locke, an engineer, form erly a fireman, employed by the Lake Shore and Michigan Central railroad stated that it took sixteen years be- fore a fireman on the Lake Shore could become a regular freight engi- neer
 James E Bell, fireman for the Pennsylvania lines admitted that dur ing the six years and four months he had been with the compny he had received several increases in pay, but. he said:
 T don't have any more money al the end of the month than l had when 1 first started to work fer the road. 1 have to pay more for rent and more for living expenses and everything is so hiah don't seem to be any better of Bell said his
 Chairman Vim L. Chambers went into details with the witness concern ing his living expenses. Bell stated that his grocery bill was from S25 to s30 month. his fuel bill in summer g. rent si5, insurance s7. theatres tmoving picture only), l5 to 20 cents; TO bar bill.
 Clothing Bell said did not count for himself as he had not bought a new suit in a year, nor new over coat in two yearsl His wife, he said, had only had twb new dresses in a year He did ndt employ servant. he said, yet he was always in debt
 The witness described the rules which he said virtually held the fire. men responsible with the engineer for the safety of the train. He cited an example where an engineer and fireman passed a block signal without seeing it. Though no accident re- suited, he said the engineer was suspended for 30 days and the fire man for two weeks
 Interesting testimony of the hard ships of a firemans life particularly m the summer, was given by David May. a fireman.
 Relieve me, gentlemen, its mighty hot on an engine in the summer" he said. One day last August, stood on the footboard of my engine on the Baltimore and Ohio. and the ther- ifioiuetei iii it registered 20 degrees. While passing through a tunnel near Mount Airy, Md. the thermometer was actually hurst by the heat"
 Under these conditions. May said, he had to make 76 mile run which irequently required from ten to if teen hours.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
DEFAULTER ARRESTED.

Rheims, France, March 11.--Nestor Wilmart former manager of the Gand- Terneuzeen railroad, who fled from Brussels on Ooctober 1912, after al- legged detalcations aggregating mil lions of dollars, was arrested here today. Wilmart had been in hiding for some months at Laon, about 90 miles from Paris. but discovered. He had aroused the suspicious of the po- lice and he fled to Rheims. A de- tective followed him and placed him under arrest
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
MANY SEE PANAMA CANAL

New York, March 1f.-Tonrists continue to flock to Panama to see the big ditch the United states gov- ernment is digging there Ihe VIC toria Louise. a German cruising steamer sailed today for Colon with all her cabins filled.
 Among the passengers were John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. and his wife. Mir Rockefeller, like his fellow tourists. said he was anxious to see the canal before the water was let in.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
MutInY is Threatened.

pouglas, Ariz.. March ll.-The en- tire federal force at Agua Prieta was put to work this afternoon loading arms and ammunition in box cars The United States customs collector said that if Gen Ojeda's design is to ship his munitions into the United States in bond to prevent their cap ture by rebels, it can be done only by permission of the government at Washington He added that no re- quest for such permission had been transmitted by him.
 A mutiny of the yaqui Indians Of the federal garrison is threatened
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WILSON A BASE BALL "FAN'

Washington, March l0.-President Wilson probably will take advantage of his presidential baseball pass when the Washington team opens the American league season here April 10. with New York. Former Presi- dent Taft last year pitched the bail into the field for the opening game and the president may do the same this season. It is unlikely that the president frequently will be a specta- tor at the big games, for it is known he is some what of fan"
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NEW PEACE CONFERENCE.

London, March 11.-The ambassa- dors in London of the European pow CTS held another meeting today at the foreign office, They discussed the situation in the near east for over two hours.
 As -Q reply has been received from the allies on the subject of mediation, no definite progress was made. An ether meeting will be held on Thurs day.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
PRINCE OF WALES VISIT.

London. March i,The Prince q Wales Sill leave London March F. for Germany, according to official an nouneement made today. He will go incognito and his object is to study the language for few weeks. He will be the guest of the king and queen of Wurtsberg.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
Home Rule for Porto Rico.

Washington, March 1.-The Wii- son administration will seek to give Porto Rico a larger measure or home rule by the appointment of Porto Ricans to the local office under tne island government, according to Sec retary of War Garrison, who discuss- ed Porto Rican affairs with the pres ident today.
 National democratic commltteemah. H. W. Dolley of Porto Rico talked vita the president and Secretary Car rison today about the policy Of the administration toward the island's government.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
SENATE BILL CLARK ILL.

Washington, March 11.-Edgar L. Givens, for IS years bill clerk of the senate was stricken with apoplexy today while at work at his desk He was taken to hospital in critical condition. His home is at Batesville, Ark.
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MORE ARSON ARRESTS.

Chicago, March 11.-Three moro important arrests were made toray. but the identity of the prisoners vas kept secret. It was reported that they had made startling admissions the inner workings of the alleged combine"
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PRINCE VISITS INDIES.

Fort De France, Martinique. March Albert, son of K,ng George of England, arrived here to- day on board the British training ship Cumberland. The Prince i5 mak- ingfi q tour of the West indies.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
JUMP WILSON HOME.

Ames. Iowa. March 1f.Jamea Wilson. retiring secretary of agrf culture, arrived here today after haKs ing spent sixteen years as member of the cabinet of three presidents og the United States. Plans have beep completed for a nome coming recep. tion' to the former secretary tomor, row morning.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-12
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON. MARCH 11-AR- KANSAS-FAIR WEDNESDAY. N CREASING CLOUDINESs. TTttfRs DAY; CANTINUED WARM.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-13
Local News
Go to church tomorrow.

Go to church tomorrow.
J. R. B. Moore, Jr., is spending to-
dayin Little Rock
County Treasurer Dink Cox, spent
last night in Emmett.
j. S. Regain returned this morning
from visit to Hope
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Bullock, of route
number five, Prescott were here today
trading.
Red Cross Seals may be secured at
Guthrie Drug Store and Hesterly
Drug Store.
DR.. Sandlin of Emmett, was in Pres
colt this morning attending to bust
ness matters.
Guthrie Drug Store can solve your
Xmas problems, We are receiving
new goods every day. Advt.
Misses Hazel Hamilton and Vera
Buchanan are in Arkadelphia for
visit with friends.
Harry Hill, of Prescott, is spending
the week here with home folks-Nash-
vile Times.
If you can't find what you want,
we will order it for you. In other
words, we want your business.-Guth-
RE Drug Store. Advt.
Miss Hattie Mae Blake, who is
teaching in the school at Emmett, is
here for Sunday visit with home
folks.
Mrs. Sheldon, of Shawnee, Oklaho-
ma, is in the city for visit. She
is the guest of her brother. j. F.
Babb.
See the list of grand and petit jur-
ors for the January, 1914 term of Ne
vada Circuit court elsewhere in to-
days paper.
Mrs. j. NJ Garland and little daugh-
ter, of Emmett, came up this morning
and are spending visit in the city
with relatives and friends.
Prof and Mrs. Pink w. Taylor, of
Rosston, were in Prescott today shop
ping. They will go over to Pine Bluff
next week to spend the holidays.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-13
Christmas Greetings.

The Knight Templars and Order of
Eastern Star have each appointed
committees to look after the poor
children of Prescott and vicinity to
see that Santa Claus remembers them
all. Any one wishing to contribute
to this worthy cause, with Prescott's
money, food, or clothing, this commit
tee will gladly receive it and see that
it is rightly distributed.
The Committees to receive dona-
tons are composed of Mrs. Nat Mar
tin, Mr.. NJ. l.. Moore, Geo. f. Cress.
and j. a. Bailey. Other members will
be appointed on these committees as
needed to see that anything donated
will be distributed to the best advant-
age Of the greatest number of deserv-
ing children.