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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-01-08
COMMITTEE STILL
 HEARING TESTIMONY
Six Townships Were Gone Into Tester. day and Washington and Vaugine
 Will Ike Handled Today.

Six townships were yesterday gone into by the subcommittee of the lief ferson County Democratic Central Committee. which is hearing the con test of R. H. Williams, who was de- feated for sheriff and collector by Sheriff Edgar Brewster at the recent county primary election. They were the Faith box in 'Whiteville township. Talledega township, Nixen township Spring township, Barraque township and Jefferson township. Washington and Vaugine townships will be gone into today.
 The subcommittee is hearing the evidence of all the voters and affidav- its and airing charges of illegal votes on either side. They are ruling on some of the votes that are plainly il- legal and are laying aside those that are backed up by testimony. No defi- mite announcements have been. made by the committee as to the number of votes thrown out, but it is known that both candidates have lost votes. The matter will be referred to the central committee at it's meeting on January 15, for disposal. At that time the committee will review the evidence and declare the nominee for the sher- iff's office.
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L0CAL TELEGRAPHER
 MAKES COMPLAINT
SAYS COTTON BELT FIRED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ASSOCIATE
 ED WITH A LABOR UNION
Labor Commissioner Clary Says There ls No Law In State
 Against Such Discrimination

Little Rock, Jan. "A Pine Bluff man has written the Commissioner of Labor to the effect that the Cotton Belt railroad is discriminating against members of the Order of Railway Photographers. He asks If there is not law in the state pro- hibiting such discrimination, and he has been advised that there is not.
 The correspondent says that he was relieved from duty three days after he had been notified tnae the road would not tolerate his belong ing to a labor union. He says further that when a man makes application for employment he is required to sign statement that he is not con- nected with any labor organization. He says that an attempt was recent ly made to organize the telegraphers on the Cotton Belt when the road cut the salaries of the agent tele- graphers from $5 to $25 month. {
 Commissioner Clary has take-s the matter under consideration, and will apply to Attorney General Moose an opinion on the law pertaining to the case.
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Water Rate Hearing Before Standing Master Whipple :
 Grows Interesting
CRUMP AND FOWLES
Were the Only Witnesses Heard Dur. ing Wednesdays Session at
 s-ss the City Hall.

At the water rate hearing that ls
 in progress at the city hall before Standing Master Durand Whipple, ct Little Rock, City Attorney w. E. Der of interesting admissions front R. L. Crump, of New Orleans, rep. resenting Ford, Bacon and Davis, and B. C. Fowles. general manager of the Pine Bluff Company, the only k,wo witnesses heard during the day.
 The testimony is being taken by Judge Whipple at the request or Federal Judge Jacob Trieber, of the Federal Court. to whom the water company applied for an injunction to restrain the city from enforcing d new and lower schedule of rates for water furnished consumers Ill this city, an ordinance adopted Dy the city council some months ago.,
 MT. Crump finished his testimony at the morning session, and Manager Fowles was placed on the stand at the afternoon session. He testifias on being cross examined that so far as his record goes, the stockholders of the Pine Bluff Company had put in only $2,O0G in actual cash. the res maining of the $1,2OO,O0O DelAg represented by holdings. which in- clude the water, electric light and street railway plants. He also tes- tified that the Equitable Securities
 Company was owners of the stock of the Pine Bluff Corporation in 1908 and. as far as he knew and under stood. were owners of the plant or the Pine Bluff Light and Water Company when the new plant was built, and that they built the new plant.
 It was shown by the testimony Hf Messrs Crump and Fowles that the money invested in the new plant Was derived from the sale of bonds. ln Mir. Crump's cross examination ne
 admitted that the distribution of charges to the various departments, made by. Ford, Bacon alru Davis
 when the new plant was constructed, l had become inequitable by reason
 of the requirement of the electric street railway system. This testl-
 mony, it is said, will have the effect of reducing the estimate cost of the reconstruction of the water and hgnt
 plant, the estimate being $2S.Ooe. Added to this, said MT. Crump.
 should be the ten per cent engineer ing fees of Ford, Bacon and Davis, l occasioned by the slow sale or the engineering fees because Of delays
 occasioned by the slow safe Of the bonds in 1907, when the money mar- l ket was tight. MT. Fowles will con-
 \tinue his testimony giving this I morning
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G0 TO BOSTON ID
 TALK OF BANKS Organization Committee That Will Locate Regional Banks Ends New York
 Session
 MANY SUGGESTIONS "CannOt Grow Gotten in Wall Street Nor Finance Railroads in the
 Cotton Districts"
MANY SUGGESTIONS

New York, Jan. 7.-The organi- Zation committee ended it's hearings in this city today and adjourned to Boston, where it will hear Friday land bankers on tl,e designation of federal reserve cities under the fed eral reserve act.
 Secretaries McAdco and Houston reminded several currency critics that their remarks were purely aca- demic and of no avail Mr. Me- Adoo would say nothing further than that the committee had reached no conclusions. It is believed however, that the most probable solution of the proposal for a huge New York ba..k, in the light of evidence so far abducted, was the placing of three or four regional banks on or near the Atlantic seaboard instead of hav- ing one large district centering in New York and including New Eng land and part of all the Middle At lantic States.
 We cannot grow cotton ia Wall street, neither can we finance rail- roads in the cotton districts" said Fred I. Kent, vice president of the Bankers Trust Company, who ad- vocated additional banks at Boston and Baltimore.
 As to the boundries of the New York district, George B. Van Tuyl state superintendent of banks thought it ought to include New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island and possibly Pennsyl- vania, Deleware, Virginia and West Virginia.
 George F. Baker, perhaps the closest associate of the elder J. P. Morgan, was represented by nis sos George F. Baker, Jr., vice president of the First National Bank.
 "The eastern district" said MT. Baker, "should be as large as il could be made to comply with the requirements of making eight dis tricts.
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Best Theatre-"Pompeii.'

Owing to the fact that so many peo- pie have been asking for return en- gagement, the wonderful pictorial and historical drama, 1.-The Last Days of Pompeii," based on the novel of Sir Bulwey Lytton, and produced at an expenditure of over $250 900, will be shown at the Best theatre tomorrow.
 When the picture was shown here recently the theatre was packed by those wishing to see it and many were unable to attend. Up to the present time this is the climax in photo plays, and it is doubtful if it will be surpass- ed within the next decade.
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in the interest of candidates for the postmastership. which, it is thought will be decided in the near future.
 The term of Postmaster r'refl Johnson expires January 24 Ii congressman Taylor has decided Whe he will recommend he is keeping this fact to himself.
 There are three well known resi-. dents who are seeking this ap- pointment. They are. R. H. Smiley the well known druggist; George H. Lower, former publisher ~~ the Daily News, and Pate Hite, one o1 the original Geo. w. Hays advo- cates in Garland county.
 "A Good Democrat
 Congressman Taylor has not been pressed to state his preference "and it is doubtful if he would make a statement in this respect were ht asked. In conversation with frient in this city, after discussing this ap' pointment, Congressman Taylor said
 q can assure you the man I vii recommend whoever he may be, vii be a good democrat
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VAS A MEXICAN ABOARD CHESTER? Rumor Has It That Presi- dent Wilson and Lind Talked With Corona. INTERVENTION TALK Recent Movements of BattlesIins Are
 Suspicious Says an
 Official.
INTERVENTION TALK

Washington, Jan. 7.-The officia atmosphere of Washington is begin ming to breathe the intervention spirit.
 A letter received here today from President Wilson told that John Lind now is i'll possession of the Presidents program for handling the Mexican situation.
 President Wilson's extraordinary tactics at Pass Christion involving hazardous sea trip to meet John Lind on the Chester, are now ex- plained by information from authen- tic sources that a prominent Mexi- can accompanied Lind to meet the President
 The mysterious visitor is thought to have been Ragon Corona, gover- nor of the federal district Cover nor Corno is close to Huerta and at the same is we'll regarded by this government and by the Mexican con- stitutiosalits.
 The presence of the Mexican on board the Chester is common talk among navy officials who received the information from naval collea- gues now in Mexican waters.
 President Wilson has said that if Huerta was on board the Chester he did not see him.. This denial went no further.
 1t is understood that the President was not certain the Mexican inter- mediary was cn the Chester until her arrival at Pass Christian. No wireless message was sent on the subject for fear of a leak
 It is certain that the Mexican's s mission was a failure and that a compromise between this govern ment and Huerta was brought no nearer by his presence on the Chester
 "All signs in Washington point to decision on the part of the admin istration to place intervention in Mexico within a short time", said an official today. "1'he ordering of the Atlantic. fleet to Carribean waters with orders to rush repairs to ves- sells at the Pacific Coast navy gard and then later mobolization at San tiago, just above the Mexican border, and the threat of the War Depart men to withdraw financial support from the National Guards unless the militia follows the government plans for recognition, al point to the one end"
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ARKANSAS DIAMOND
 LAND IN LITIGATION

Texarkana, Jan 7.-The case of M. M. Manney vs. the Kimberlite Diamond and Washing Company. was called in the Federal court be- fore Judge Youmans Tuesday after- noon and doubtless will be finished by this afternoon. x
 The plaintiff prays for the canceI- lation of certain mining contracts in the Pike county diamond fields. al- leging he leased . larse tract Of land to the defendant company without knowledge that the soil was diamond producing. :.
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Miss Gladys Rowland De- fende'd Herself Against Designing Stranger in
 Office
WANTED REMITTANCE
Was Denied i'm and He Attempted tO Climb Over Partition
 Police Investigate.

The pluck of a pretty little office girl, Miss Gladys Rowland of Ball X Cos. loan office, East Fourth avenue and State street, backed up by a shiaing revolver and a de- termined tCne of voice. yesterday after noon about 3 o'clock probably saved the office from robery or an attack being made upon her.
 According to the information which was conveyed to the police, two young men entered the office They stood near high eight foot partition which separates the portion where visitors come from the space ill which employees transact business There is a gate or doorway in the partition which has on it a Yale lock, fastening from the inside and mak- ing it impossible for peIs~~: on the outside to open it.
 The men stood near the partition for few moments, asked a few questions of the girl and then the taller of the pair walked out of the office. The one who is described as short and chunky remained and asked Miss Rowland to let him come inside the partition.
 This she refused to do and he made a start as if to enter the door, way, which was not fastened at the time. Blu a quick movement she fastened this. This placed the par. tition between herself and the man
 ''I'm going to climb over that par. tition then," declared the intruder
 With that he started to climb over the partition and had nearly reached he top when he looked over into the office to find the resolute girl standing by a desk, with revolver clasped in small hand. If she was | frightened, her voice did not betray any emotion.
 Instead of crying for help, or faint | ing or doing any of these conven- | tiolal things attributed to woman kind in time of peril, she got a good grip on the revolver and looking steadily at the man who had mount 1 ed the partition, handed him def that changed his mind.
 You can come over here--if yol think your are lucky" she told him with meaning look at the little piece of steel she held in readiness
 The man looked at the girl, then looked at the revolver ana for few l fleeting seconds thought the matter I over. Then he climbed swiftly dowr from the partition and made wha l in the parlance of the street is I known as quick getaway"
 Miss Rowland did not make any mention of the matter until tht manager, J. l.. Julien. came in the building later and he informed ths I police. Officers since that time have been securing the city on thu l description given them, as it is be 1 lieved the man, or men, had planned to rob the office. Up to an earl. hour this morning no trace ur then had been found.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-01-08
GOULD SYSTEM BUYS
 ROAD, SAYS REPORT
Jonesboro RumOr to Effect That Mis-. sOuri Pacific Has Purchased

C ~
 Jonesboro, Jan. "A report is current here this afternoon that the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern railroad, running from Jonesboro. to Garfield, on the Mississippi river, has been sold to the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain. A confirmation of this could not be had tonight.
 The J., l.. c. & D. road was built about 15 years ago by J. B. Jones, B. F. Brown and A. J. Keefoor, who operated it until about three years ago, when Lee B. Wilson of Memphis purchased the line. It is understood that the company will improve the road, also add new equipment, making a first class road. There is much god farm and timber land along the line of the road, which makes the property val uable.
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THE WINNERS IN THE
 FAULKNER COUNTY PRIMARY

Conway, Jan. 7.-Complete unof' ficial returns of the Faulkner Count! primary shows the followings nomi nees:
 Sheriff, Waverly Bishop; repre- sentative, c. E. Condray; judge John Holt; circuit clerk, Anon Led better; county clerk, J. A. Lea; treasurer, J. R. Giddens, tax as sessor, Austin. Johnson; surveyor. B G. Wilson; coroner. J. A. Pence constable. Cadron township. Bol King.
 The total vote was 2.572.
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MINERS APPEAR
 BEFORE FERRIS Michigan Governor Is Max ing Thorough Probe
 of Strike LEARNS OF WAGES Mover Did Not Call Strike in Copper Country Until Vote Was Two
 Weeks Old.
LEARNS OF WAGES

HOuSulUll, MICH. Jdu. t.-dOFef- nor Ferris today heard from the lips of the miners, and from their local and national leaders, the labor adie of the copper county strike. Tomor- TOW morning at 9 o'clock he will meet the mine owners and will be able to submit the initial prupos,. ton of the miners tending toward a settlement of the strike-that the mine owners, either enmasse or by committee, meet representatives of the local branch of the Western Federation of Miners to thrash out their respective claims and griev- ances.
 The pitiful human and pathetic side of the copper county difficulties was brought before the governor in the morning hearing when Miss Clarice Jones, secretary of the As sociated Charities of Calumet, and Miss Henrietta Hoffenbacher, nurse of the local anti-turberculosis society told of the shoeless and suffering children of the striking miners.
 One feature stood out prominently from the labor hearing in the after noon. Charles H. Mover, president of the Federation of Miners, did no! call the strike in the copper coun- try. Neither did District President
 Dan Sullivan, nor the president ol any of the local unions until nearly
 two weeks after the men had, by a
 referendum vote of 7,600 to 12o
 agreed to go on strike. The delay of the strike call frolf the time oi
 the vote was due, according to the
 statement of the men who appeared before the governor, spent in fruit
 less efforts to bring about confer
 ence with the mine owners at whicf the grievances might be discussed
 brought upon them the charge from the miners that they had been bought out by the companies to pre- vent the strike.
 ''lt was only after the men had shown undoubtedly that they would
 insist on the strike that we ordered it and sent the copy of the order to
 President Mover for his approval
 and sanction," said Dan Sullivan
 President of the District Council O. Tya 0f NTinorC
 Through the testimony of the mer it was brought out that the average pay of a first class miner, working ten hours a day underground, before the strike declaration, was $2.O
 day for twenty four days a month Under the contract system in force in some of the miners, the men art paid at the end of the month, theil remuneration. being based on the amount of work done. The contrac system came in for bitter attacks from the miners who charged tha the companies on contract jobs last ing more than one month would GU down the contract rate so that the miner at the end of the time, woulC have. in hundreds of cases, less thar s1O over actual living expenses. Some contract workers declared that at the end of contract jobs thell balance from the company had beer as low as 26 cents, and one miner set low mark of 13 cents.
 The system recently installed D! the companies of working one mar on a drill machine where formerl! two men worked, was also bltter;, attacked.
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HOT SPRINGS MEN
 AFTER POSTMASTERSHIP
CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR WON'T SAY HE IS GOING TO RECON.
 MEND FOR THE PLACE
Is In the Valley of vapors and Friends Urge Appointment of
 Their FayOrite

Hot Springs, Ark, Jan. l.-.a- though he did not particularly desire his visit at this time to have any political or special significance, as Mrs. Taylor's health has not been of the best lately, Hon. Sam M.
 Taylor. congressman from the Sixth district, has been quite busy receiv- ing his friends at the Majestic ho- t many of his callers going there
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SECOND VICTIM OF
 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

Hammond, Ind, Jan. 7.-Peter Clas- son, fatally. injured in an automobile accident in which Frank Dudley, an actor, was killed, died today. Classon was one of the cavalry men in the civ
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-01-08

il war who aided in the chase of Wilkes Booth, after President Lin- coin had been assassinated Physi- clans declared that Classon's end was hastened because of his heroic efforts, although badly hurt, to rescue two wo- men members of the automobile party: who were injured.
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Judge RIM. Foster and son. R.M. Foster, IT,, spent yesterday in the city closing up the deal in which ne sold the Haywood plantation to J.i F. F. Quattlebaum. of Sherrill. Mir. Quattlebaum was also In the city during the day
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United States Senator Joe T. Rob- inson and wife passed through Pine Bluff early this morning on their way to Washington City, where Senator Robinson will take up his various committee duties. They
 spent last night at Fordyce visiting friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-01-08

Walter Camp. the famous football expert and all-around sports authority, who predicts that the nephews of Uncle Sam will have tougher time of it than ever when they are com pelled to defend their laurels at the Olympic games in Berlin in 1914. Con- tinued successes of our lads at these meets have stirred the patriotic pride of European athletic enthusiasts, and large funds have been subscribed for the purpose of inducing the youth of the various countries to take more in terest in athletic sports.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-01-08

A fine baby girl arrived as tn. home of MT. and Mrs. obert Deni- son. No. Sl6 Cherry street, last night.
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J.D. Crockett, of South Bend. is g guest of the Hotel Jefferson.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-27
FIVE CASES
BRIGHTS DISEASE,

A. NJ. Kendall, shoe dealer of Col orado City, Colo, seventy years of age, was in what appeared to be the final clutches of Brights. The treat ment was changed and in three months he wrote that he considered himself well.
 He has a neighbor, a grocer, J. J.. Abensham eixty-eight years of age who had Brights Disease. The best doctors he could get told him there was no help for him and advised him to settle up his accounts" Kendall told him about his own case and Abenshan too recovered. Tn giving us these facts Kendall closed There are three others here who have been cured since l was"
 One of the above recoveries might have been an accident, but how about all five9 These people are not in league with Fulton's Renal Com pound.
 If you have Bright's Disease do you not owe it to yourself and family to try FuIton's Renal Compound be- fore giving up. It can be had at Sor- rells' Drug Co.
 | Ask for pamphlet or write John ]. l Fulton Co, San Francisco.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-01-27
NOTHING IS HEARD
 FROM BRASS KID"
HIS ESCAPE FROM INSANE ASY LUM BROUGHT ABOUT BY
 PROMISES TO PAY.
Guards Who Aided His Escape Made Confessions That They Were 10 Get $2oo Through General Deliv- cry.

Nothing has been heard from the Brass Kid, who made his escape from the state insane asylum Satur day morning, and who some believ- ed would probabl yturn up in Hot Springs It is generally believed by friends of the Brass here that when he made his escape he started at once for points in the north and that he will not be heard from anywhere soon.
 That Brass" made his escape through his own ingenuity and in- stead of on money furnished from the outside, as was al first suspic- toned, that he merely made promises to the guards that if they would let him get away he would send them S200 through the general delivery of the Little Rock postofice, waH the rather interesting announcement from the scene yesterday.
 The guards made a full and com plete confession of the plot, stating that Brass" had laid the matter be- fore one of them, and he had told another, and they had so arranged that he could have the opportunity of escape. He was known by the asylum officials not to have any ready cash when he got away.
 Whether or not there will be a fight made to return "The Brass Kid to the asylum walls remains for development Since he was de- clared insane he would not be crim- inally responsible to the state of Ar kansas, but could, if found in another state probably be brought back through the same processes that fol- lowed the Thaw matter if there were those interested who cared to spend such sum of money in the return of this famous prisoner