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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
LITTLE R0CK!ANS
 COMING TO-DAY Chamber of Commerce Off cials Will Arrive Here
 This Morning.
TO ATTEND MEETINGS
G0rdon reay, Duran Whipple. Ashley GeehreIi, ". ". HieisinSon
 Among Them.

Little Rock, May IA delegation o? representative business men of Little Rock will leave Friday morning for Pine Bluff, where they will attend a meeting of the presidents and secre- taries of the Arkansas Commercial Business Men S Association secretar- ies of the county fairs and members of the Arkansas Bureau of Immigra- ton. It is stated that the immigra- ton feature will be one of the lead ing topics which will come before the business men.
 The delegation will be headed by the officers of the Chamber of Com merce, Secretary (. C. Kirk atrick and Carl1. Baer iIsastrial commits sioner, and Frank kslsaf.regg. president. The Young MensHamber of Con- merce will also S4nd dekxation headed by Secretary Edwin Gg Inns. The representative of the AfRfnsas Bureau of Immigration will be Ben ]. Altheimer and R. w. Polk. It is thought that other members of that organization will also attend
 In addition to the officers of the Chamber o1 Commerce the following, other members will attend C. J. Grif- fifth, Gordon \. peay. Duranl WhiPple " W DiCNi1E on Ashley COckrill and J. E. England jr.
 The chief phase of the meeting in addition to the discussion on immi- grafton and county fairs, will be a move to bind the commercial organ izations of the entire state together into a closer union. 1t is hoped through this plan to make the efforts of the various organizations more in strumental for good in their work o! boosting Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
Has Pine Binfi Friends.

Captain Roy Smith, ol the Battle ship Arkansas, who is to be tried by court martial in New York, is well known to several prominent i4na Bluffians. During last year--on Au- gust 11-Captain Smith entertained a party of Pine Bluffans with q tea on the Battleship in honor Of Mrs. Frank B. Tomlinson, of this city. who on that day presented a beautiful flag to the Battleship Arkansas from the Pine Bluff Chapter, E. A. R. The toast of Mrs. TCmlinson was a literary gem and after their return to this city Captain Smith had copies of tha t,,ast printed and sent them to his friends over the country. forwarding q pack with a letter of thanks for her cor dial message of good will on that oc- casion. At the tea given by Captain Smith in honor of the Pine Bilifts lady were Mr. and Mrs. Tomlinson. Mrs. M. E. Speers, Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Lang ford, Lawrence Phillips, Dot Kastor and Miss Fay Taylor, of New York
 "I am indeed sorry to learn of the charges against Captain Smith," said MT. Tomlinson when informed of them last night by a Graphic representa- tive. ''He is one of the most hospi- table and elegant gentlemen I have ever met He has fine record in official circles and I am confident that he will clear himself of any blame that may be attached to the accident tha; befell the big sea fighter
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
CAPTAIN SMITH
 TO pE AhRAIGNED Commander of Battleship May Be Held Responsible
 for Dama ge to Vessel.
CHANGED ITS COURSE
Government Sustained Loss of fs3,DGa ---Lieutenant Smythe Also
 Under Charges.

Washington, May s@RSecretary of the Navy Daniels todaY ordered thH a court martial consisting of high rank shall convene in NelA York, May 12, to try Captain Roy Smith, who was in command of the Navy's best battleship, Arkansas, when he ran On a shoal near Cerda, off the south coast of Cuba, on February II, and sustain- ed damages which caused the gov er1l- ment $30,000 to re. ar.
 The charges against Captain Smith are that he improperly hazarded the vessel by causing the course to ba steered dangerously close to a shoal while he might have used a clear channel.
 That he steered the dangerous course without necessity. That he failed to check the course of the ve5- sel by exact methods and relied upon estimated distances from bouys.
 The trial of the acting navigator Of the ship, who was on duty at the time Lieutenant w. w. Smythe, is also or 1 dered for the same date, the allega- tions being substantially the samo in both cases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
Will Decide Question.

Washington, May IA general of- ficial council on Monday or Tuesday Will probably decide the further pro- gress of the Japanese-C California con- tention.
 That conference will include Presi- dent Wilson, Secretary Bryan, Assist ant Secretary John Bassett Moore, At tOrney General iMcReynolds, Senator Bacon, chairmon of the Senate Com
 mittee on Foreign Relations, and Rep < reSentative Flood, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. ;. Perhaps other senators and renresen- 8taties wand diplomats may be invited The future course of the interna- sStiOnal controversy will be mapped out \ by the decision of this council. Secretary ryan, halting for a speech
 at the St. Louis peace conference on Saturday, will reach this city Mon day. On his arrival the conference will be called.
 NJ Washington has information that < irnmediately upon the departure of Secretary Bryan, the California leeis- aslature will pass the amended Webb bill. The Japanese consul at San a aFrancisco has been instructed to cable
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
WILSON XJMfS INTO NEW JERSEY FIGHT Urges Jury Reform and Dc nounces Bosses Who Have
 Returned to His State. MANY HEAR SPEECHES Declares Democratic Party Must Make
 Good if it Desires Supremacy.
MANY HEAR SPEECHES

New York, May 1.-President Wood row Wilson tonight made good his threat to throw the weight and pres tige of his office into the New Jersey fight for jury reform.
 Warning the organization Demo- crats of the fight that will come if they fail to keep their pledges, he de- parted for once into the field of na- tional politics an dreminded his party that it also is on trial.
 "I want everybody to realize that l was not taken in by the result of the November electiOn,' said the presi- dent. "The country did not go Demo- cratic 1t was impossible for it to go Republican because it could not tell which kind of Republican to go. The only hopeful and united instrument through which it could accomplish it's purpose was the Democratic party. There are certain things, the people said, which we want demonstrated, such as that the government of the United States cannot be controlled by private interests. Now the Democratic 1 party is going to have try at making are not going to have another try
 Applying this reasoning to the jury reform situation in New Jersey, the president delivered his message in the shape of an excoriation of the bosses, which he declared have returned since he left the state. He made two char 1 acteristic speeches, one in the new auditorium in Newark. the other in the armory' at Elizabeth Three thou sand persons heard him at the former meeting and about six thousand at the latter
 The interest in both meetings wa! deep and the applause was spontane-
 ous, but at no time did either meet ing take on the form of ad emonstra
 tion.
 Tomorrow afternoon the presiden will meet in conference at the Car
 taret Club, Jersey City, the New Jer sey legislators who have been sum moned into extra session for mex Tuesday, to consider the jury reform bill. That is to say he will confe } with as many as consent to enter in to conference with him. The task vii come when the representatives from Essex county, before whose citizens the president appeared tonight, mak' ,, their decision It is in this county
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02

New York, May Mrs. Ida Von Claussen, the beautiful heiress and twice divorced widow who has won considerably notoriety because of her various controversies with persons prominent in public life, principally because of her attack on Charles H. Graves, when he was Ambassador to Sweden is soon to be married, accord ing to dispatches from London. It is said that match has been arranged between Mrs Von Claussen and &. Fred Davis, eldest son of MT. and Mrs. Fred l.. Davis. of Nothhow House. Pot ter's Bar, London.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
.LOCAL MERCHANTS WILL NOT SUFFER Cotton Belt Official Talks Of Discontinuance of Camden
 Train Service. NO PROTESTS HEARD Bay Trains Care For Pine Bluff Wis., i,ors-Fast Train Service
 Sure to Come.
NO PROTESTS HEARD

.'Thc residents of the towns south of Pine Bluff as far as Camden are not protesting against the action of the Cotton Belt in pulling off the Camden commodatiM train," said a prominent Cotton Belt official yes- terday. in discussing the agitation for q resumption of the Camden to Pine Bluff train service:
 "Thc only protest that came to US when the tEaip was pulled off was from Ford< <,S1 1Where numerously signed petition was circulated, urg- ing the com pany to put the train back on. We investigated the Fordyce business and found that an average of one ticket a day was sold out of For dyce to Pine Bluff which did not justify the re-establishment of the service. The leople of the small sta tions, who usually come to Pine Bluff to do their shopping are glad the Camden train service has been dis continuel They welcome it because it resulted in a new schedule for No. 2. the northbound Texas to Memphis and St Louis passenger, which brings
 the regular day traim to Memphis and St. Louis passenger, which brings the regular day train to stop at all stations. They can now come to
 Pine Bluff on this train they say, and have plenty of time to do their shop
 ping and to attend to other business. Often they find it possible to come to
 Pine Bluff on the early morning train
 and as the regular day train did not stoy at their stations while the Cam den train service was on, it was im- | possible for them to make the trip
 until they could find time to do so "When Camden train was taken off orders were issued for Mo- to stop at all stations, and the service IS more convenient new than it was when the little short train was oper- ated. I have thoroughly investigated the matter and am confident that the merchants of this city will not suf- fer through the discontinuance of the Camden to Pine Bluff service, for the regular through train answers every demand of residents along the line between this city and Camden.
 It was stated yesterday that the new schedule reduces the former fast time made by the through trains. i This will necessitate fast train ser vice between Fort Worth and St. Lou is, which has been planned by Cot ton Belt officials for some months. 1 The local officials of the road believe that the company will inaugurate a | fast train service between Texas points and St. Louis before many more months go by As soon as the roadbed over the entire system is rmt into excellent condition this ser- vice will surely come, they say. The
 roadbed is in fine condition for many
 miles, but the road in some sections
 is not what the Cotton Belt hopes to
 make it, preparatory to inaugurating
 the fast train service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
! ANTI-ALIEN LAW
 WILL PASS TODAY Upper House of California Legislature Almost Unani-
 nous for Passage. JOHNSON IS FIRM Will Not Yield to Appeals of President
 WilsOn-SenatorS Give
 Views.
JOHNSON IS FIRM

Sacramento, Cal, May 1.-Though the state senate today postponed the passage of the anti-alien land bill un- til tomorrow, a poll of the upper Y house shows that when vote is talk zen, it will pass by an almost unani- $nlOus vote. Senator Leroy A. Wright, of San Diego, was the only senator who openly declared his opposition.
 As the Democrats, through Senator %Curtain, of Tolumne, offered a joint rGsolution that nothing be done at thiS session, he admits that under the D0mocratic platform he will ultimate @lysvote for the Webb bill. Caminett, @of Amador, says he will offer amend ments but he will come into line on Aaxafinal roll call; Campbell of San Luis Obistofi, says he has something fup his sleeve to spring as surprise but will vote for the bill if it comes to- a showdown, and most of the other Democratic senators say they intend to vote for the bill anyhow
 Goevrnor Johnson, appealed to di~ rectly by President Wilson, sent back a& message declaring that he intended Ato stand pat.
 1Secretary Bryan put in a busy day. The governor took him down to Flor Afn to view a Japanese colony in ac- NtiDn during the morning. When he Egot back he sent for the members of the Democratic minority by ones and StWos, and discussed the proposed bill in a general way.
 The passage between the President and Governor Johnson was the sharp k est clash of the day
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE
 THE SLAVERY SITUATION

Washington, May IA resolution calling upon the war department to inform the senate to what extent, if any, slavery exists in the Phillipine Islands, was adopted this afternoon at the instance of Senator Borah. The Idaho senator read letter from Dean C. Worcester, secretary of the inteior from the islands, stating that slavery did exist in some of the Islands and that the Phillipine as- sembly had failed to extend the anti slavery laws to cover all the islands of the achipelago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
immediately the verbatim text of the

immediately the verbatim text of the bill to Tokio.
 It is thought here that Saturday will witness an unusually interesting situation in the concurrent consider ation on that day of the California land law in Washington and Tokio.
 The administrative powers of both nations will simultaneously consider the essential point whether or not the law violates the American-Japanese treaty now in force.
 The White House found no ambas- sador or diplomat today. The Vii count Chinda and John Bassett Moore held the only official conference of the day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
FREE FRIDGE CASE
 IS BEING HEARD

Practically all of yesterday was taken up in the chancery court with the rea1ing of depositions in the case of T. H. Collier against the Jefferson County Free Bridge Commission, in which the plaintiff seeks to enjoin the Bridge Commission from proceed in gwith the work on the Free Bridge. Judge Elliott is hearing the case and the reading of the dispositions will be concluded today, after which argu- ments will be made It is expected that the case will be decided by Judge Elliott without much delay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
ARMSTRONG BARROW
 LOCATES AT CAPITAL

Armstrong Barrow, prominent young attorney of New York and son of Colonel and Mrs. A. M. Barrow, of this city, recently returned to this city and has taken up his residence in Little Rock, where he will be as- sociated with Ashley Cockrill, bril- liant young lawyer of that city. MT. Barrdw is young lawyer of much promise and is graduate of Yale, where he received high honors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02

that Smith and Nugent are the alleg- ed bosses.
 President Wilson reached New York at midnight and went immediately to the residence of his friend, Col. B. M. House, where he spent the night.
 After delivering his Jersey City ad- dress tomorrow night, the president will leave for Washington on the mid night train.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02

Dr. Leanord Ellis has returned te Hot Springs, after a brief visit here with Dr. B. D. Luck. He came here to attend the Shriners' special cere- monial session.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02

Henry Haizlip and bride, until re- gently Miss Porter, of Memphis, are now visiting Lieutenant and Mrs. jFnrman E. McCammon at Fort Bar ancas, Florida They will return to Pine Bluff on May 5.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-02
WARNED AGAINST SHREWD SVINDLER Bankers and Business Men Told to Avoid Being
 Deceived.
MAN IS BADLY WANTED
Worked Successful Trick at ttaia ta Z"o, Mich., and May Be iii
 This Section.

Local banks and business men have received warnings from Ral.,h w. 1 Chapman. sheriff, at Kalamazoo, Michigan. telling them to keep on the lookout for one John H. Kline a white man with many aliases, who is supposed to be in this section of the country and who is regarded as one of the smoothcst swindlers of the present day. A four hundred dollar rewarfgis also awaiting his capture. He is wanted for forgery and obtain- ing money under false pretenses on January 2S, 1913, at Kalamazoo Ac- cording to the statement of the sheriff the man has operated the same dea! all over the country, always under a different name.
 The Michigan officer evidently be- lieVes that t.aAlne is in the neighbor- hood a Qff, for he has sent E; 2: ::'.: :::; .;;::;:. t; ;::% . {: me: g: on their guard.
 This is his method of working. , says the sher;ffs warning. "A short time after arriving in this county he called upon banker in a small town about twelve miles from this city 1 knoNing that very likely there would be a notary public there, and he ask ed him if he knew where he eould purchase a good farm. He was toll of a good farm for $10,000 and that being about what he wanted he wen to see same The next day he made arrangements to meet both parties and while in conversation he asked the banker if he was notary public saying that he wanted to send the power of attorney to friend. After signing. his signature being sworn he asked the farmer to sign as a wit ness, thereby obtaining the signature of the man who owned the farm, and the signature of the notary public also a cC9y of the seal. He then ob- tained the farmers decd to his 9rop- erty or farm saying he wanted to look over the abstract. Kline then came 10 Kalamazoo and called at a real es- tate office, saying that he had pur- i chased a farm for $10,000 and that he wanted to borrow $3,000 and give 1 a mortgage on the farm for that amount. as he would need it to make Improvements. The real estate man made arrangements with one of his clients that he had in mind After meeting this party Kline took him out see the farm, and being so impress.
 d with it he decided to let him have $3,500. On arriving in the city the real estate man was instructed tC draw up the mortgage The next day they met at the real estate office and | both parties went to the register o1 i deeds office and Kline placed on fil, forged warranty deed complete witl
 3 notary publc's signature and sea 1 and the signature of the man Of who"
 he had bought the farm, also the mort
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-10
Says Villa Gave Fair Trial
Men He Shot Down After
the Capture of Juarez.
DHOENK, Ariz., Dec. 1O.-GeneraI
Carranza approved the execution
y e +hn fnaora1 nffinnrr O T11araz

DHOENLX. Ariz, Dec. 10.-GeneraI
Carranza approved the execution
4 Of the federal officers at Juarez.
He does not regard the Huertistas as
enemies in legitimate warfare but as
enemies to be punished
The law OF Juarez is to be enforced
in Mexico By the Constitutionalists,
writes CarranZa to governor George
Hunt, Of Arizona This means that ter
rible vengeance will be taken by the
COnstitutionalists if they succeed in
occupying the City of Mexico.
The C0nsututionalists expect to be
in Mexico City by Christmas day That
they intend to make it a bloody Christ
mas IS the only inference that can be
drawn from Cen Carranza's letter to
governor Hunt
Carranza declares that many of the
officers shot at Juarez had been at
TorreOn' and allowed to enlist in the
Constitutionalist forces, where they
tried to persuade the soldiers to mutiny
and go over to the HuertiStas.
Hunts Letter.
Gov. Hunt wrote Carranza as follows,
"The fact that so highly value your
friendship ana regard you as a great
leader bent upon rendering a distinct
service to your country and to the cause
of civilization leads me. at this time
TO address you, not in my official ca
paclty as governor, but as a private
citizen Of Arizona concerning a matter
which undoubtedly heretofore has had
your serious consideration. I refer to
the unfortunate circumstances which
recently attended the capture Of Ciudad
de Juarez by detachment Of your
COnstitutionalfst forces under general
villa, when the officers in command
Of the defeated federal garrison were
led forth and summarily executed.
Aside from the fact that the execution
Of these officers is wholly out Of ac-
cord with the accepted tenets of civil
lied nations another very important
consideration IS that occurrences Of this
character, If repeated, would have the
effect Of horrifytng the American peo-
pie and Of causing a revulsion Of feel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-10
OLD BUNCO GAMES
REVIVED IN JUAREZ
Departure OF villa is Followed by Re
sumption of Activity by Crooks on
Unsuspecfing Tourists.
AGAIN the old army game IS Dc


Again the old army game is belng
worked by the American bunco men IN
Juarez. Since the rebels have been IN
command of the town the buneo work
ers have hesitated about plying their
illicit trade. But with the departure Of
Villa and his main column, they have
appeared from the darkness Of the
adobe saloons and are again preylnS
on the unsuspecung tourists from tne
American side. These buncO artists
volunteer to act as guides to show the
visitors to JuareZ the battle ground
the old church, the bull ring and other
places of interest in Juarez. The tour
over the town IS always completed at
the little cock pit building. where the
cOnfederateS are waiting for the re-
turn of the prodigaI sons.
"Wait until I buy a cigar" the vol
unteer guide says to the tourist
He waits. While he waits the bunco
steer in the guise OF a guide rolls a
little ball against some miniature ten
pins in an effort to win more than one
cigar. He asks the unsuspecting one
to roll the ball for him, as he never
was lucky in games of chance. The
tourist rolls and wins a IS BILL which
is promptly paid to the confederate
capper they call him He has two more
rolls coming and the sucker" is asked
to roll a second time. This time he Is
told that the roll is for himself as
present from the steerer. He wins what
the bunCo workers term a grand prize
and is told that they must pay him
dollar for dollar for every dollar he has
in his pocket He takes an invoice,
which the game keepers promptly con-
fiscate and inform the innocent one
that he has lost.
The next move in the game IS to ap-
peal to American consul Thomas Ed
wards for assistance in getting back
his money. This game is being worked
almost daily in Juarez and many tour
lists are the victims OF the crooked work
Of these American sWindlers, Mr.. Ed
wards says.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-10

beware of the ''ranasO."
At the Bijou Friday
Also the turkey trot and
The hesitation WaltZ.-Advertis ement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-10
VILLA SENDS MEN
TO TAMAULIPAS
Twenty COnstifutiOnaIist Officers Pass
From FL PnsO to Brownsville.
Deny Their Identity.

Corpus christi, Texas, Dec. 10
Twenty Mexicans, officers of the Con
stitutfonalists' army, and their families,
passed through Corpus Christi eE route
from FL PasO to Brownsville, where
they will cross the river and go to Mat
a moros. While denying their identity
it is generally known that the party
Included Col. Francisco c. RObelO.
formerly Of Zapata's army; Col 9.
Magma, Maj. NJ. Alvarez and Col j.
Perez.
The officers were with Gen. Pancho
Villa at Juarez and were sent through
Texas to join the COnstitutionalists
at MatamOEos. go to Victoria and then
join Gen. Lucio BlancO in his assault
on TampicO. Col .Robelo will command
the Observation-Disclosures" at MatamOros
and lead the troop movement south
Though denying their identity the Of
ficers admitted they were "ConsIlIu-
tfonaIist" adherents and predicted that
CarranZa's armies would capture the
city of Mexico in sixty days.