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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Prince Kills SELF.

Cerbere, France.-A dispatch re-
oeived frem Barcelona. Spain. said
that Prince Pignatelh committed sui
eide Sunday In the Bonanova prom
snade by shooting. rne motive for
ala art was not known
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Fiuht atal Duel.

Los Angeles, Calm love with the
same woman, two Mexieans locked
themselves in a room and shot each
other with the same revolver, after
tossing a coin for first shot. Both
will die.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Yankten. saloons Closed.

Yankton, s. D.-Yankton is dry
the six saloons closing as a result of
the supreme court decision holding
the saloons illegal, because a petition
calling for license elections was in
valid
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Baron Guest Dies.

London.-Ivor Bertio Guest, first
baron of Wimborne, d1ed Sunday. He
was born in 1885. In 1868 he married
Lady Cornelia Spencer Churchill,
daughter of the seventh duke of Mari.
borough.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Quarantine Against Fruit Fly

Washington Secretary Houston
has called a hearing here for March
19 to consider declaring additional
quarantine against Hawaiian fruit
and vegetables because of Mediterra-
mean fruit fly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Threatena Presldent Wilson.

Newark, N. George Bernhard,
cook, was arrested Friday in West
Orange. a suburb, charged with writ
ing threatening letters to President
Wilson. The letters were signed
Gods Son."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Woman Killed in Tent.

San Bernardino = Mrs. Grace
Sprague of VictorYille was killed
twenty miles north of there Friday
when the wind which is sweeping the
Moiave desert struck the tent in
which she was sleeping.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
AIIeeed Murderer Arreated

san Eugene Fruits. a
negro. who had been traced to Homo
iuiu and back to San Francisco. was
arrested at the Angel island immigra-
ton station here. charged with kin
ing George Murphy of Louisville
Ky
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
SENATE RATIFlEs TREATIES.
Renews for Five Years Arbitration
Agreement With Eight Nations.

Agreement With Eight Nations.
Washington. General arbitration
treaties ratified by the senate Satur-
day renewed for FIVE years agree
ments with Great Britain, Japan,
Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portu-
gal and Switzerland, and marked the
drst step in the policy OF President
Wilson to place the United States in
o more advantageous position in the
world of nations. Opponents of the
treaties made no effort to delay the
vote.
The treaties. briefly. provide for
reference to The Hague tribunal of
legal differences and questions relat-
ing to the Interpretation of other ex-
listing treaties which cannot be set.
tied by diplomacy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
coloradoana Ald STRANDED Actors.

Denyer.-Citizens OF Denver donated
81 900 to the members of the defunct
National Grand Opera company of
Canada, SO that they might be able
70 return to their homes In Chicago,
Montreal, New York and Italy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Revlews Parade In snowstorm.

Washington. - President Wilson
crossed the ice-jammed Potomac
Monday and from a glass-closed stand
reviewed civic and military parade
In Alexandria. Va, which marched
through a frigid snOwstorm.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Three Children DROWNED

Parkersburg. w. va.-Three chm.
dren, all under 16 years OF age, were
drowned when a boat containing nine
persons upset and sank in West Fort
river, in Roanoke county. The others
were rescued with difficulty
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
confessee TrlpIe Murder.

Hannibal Mo.-John Kidwell was
arrested here Saturday after he had
confessed to the murder of a family
Of three at Wellington. Kan, on Sep
tember "a. 1912.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
WOrkmen win by Arbitration.

Chicago.-Increases in wages APP
proximating 100000 annually were
granted 1000 trainmen of the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad by a
board of arbitration, which has been
sitting for three months.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Ee.r Killed In Wreck.

sharon, Pa.-Four passengers and
sralnmen were injured Sunday when a
Pennsylvania railroad train ran into
Ar open switch at Transfer. ten miles
from here. Several coaches were de-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27
Hawaiian Ex.oueen Honored.

Houolulu.-Former Queen Iniuo.
kaiah sat beside Brigadier General
montgomery NJ. Macomb. United
States army, Monday. as 1000 Amer.
can soldiers passed in review.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27

Since her husband became a mem.
Der OF President Wilson's cabinet. Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, wife Of the seere-
tary Of the navy, has made herself one
Of the best loved women In Washing
hon
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27

JasnsS Z. Gaffney, head Of . New
York construction company, 10 one Of
the chief fgurss In the graft Investloa,
tlon now being conducted by District
Attorney Whitman.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-02-27

The scrub" of any line of stock IA
Improbable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
PLANS TO HEAD OFF
FRAUD IN BANKRUPTCY

New York, Feb. ITO lessen the
possibilities of fraud and deception in
bankruptcy cases, Judge Hand, Sit
ting in the United States District
Court and with the approval of his
associates on the federal bench,
adopted new plaa today which pro-
vides that the creditors themselves
shall suggest the name of the receiv-
err.
Heretofore the attorney filing a
petition in bankruptcy has obtained
an order for the appointment for the
receiver, who in turn usually retain
ed the petitioning attorney.
Judge Hand will try his plan for a
month and if it proves effective it
will be adopted by other judges.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
People Will Attempt
Anything for Movies
Daredevil ROdman Law and Film
Actress Jump From New York
Bridge with Parachute.

New York, Feb. 5.-Rodman Law.
"human fly" jumped from the Will
liamsburg bridge this afternoon with
a parachute and Miss Constance Ben
nett, moving picture actress. They
vert picked up wet, but happ any tri-
umphant. It was moving picture
stunt.
Law and Miss Bennett climbed on
the rail with what looked like gil
gantic umbrella between them. Be-
fore policemen and other would-be
rescuers could reach them. the pair
had leaped.
The parachute spread out beauti-
fully, Law hanging with seeming nom
chalance, looked after the safety Of
Miss Bennett as they dropped into the
river. He is used to doing daredevil
stunts. A tugboat which had been ly-
ing in wait, steamed toward them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
Editor of Sheridan Head
light Made Defendant in
Libel Suit.
ARTICLE CAUSES IT.
Plaintiff Claims That Terms Used in
Reference to Him Were Defam.
atOry to His Character.

The result of an editorial appear
ing recently in The Sheridan Head
light, and which it is claimed was
not only caustic, but cast many re-
Elections, 1. S. Mcclellan, an attorn-
ey and at present county judge of
Grant county, yesterday through his
attorney, T. Havis Nixon, filed suit
against Editor r. r. Adams, of The
Headlight, for $4,000. The basis of
the action is that the editorial appear
ing in the paper reflected upon the
character of the plaintiff and served
to be defamatory to his character.
At the election held few days ago,
McClendon was defeated for the
county judgeship by j. l.. West, by
a margin of 46 votes. This was a
turn OF the tables in that respect,
as Mcclellan two years ago defeated
West for, the judgeship.
r. R. Adams, the man sued for the
heavy damage, was a former member
of the Arkansas State Senate, and
was expelled from that body, after
the fellow members had refused to
accept his resignation.
The article which appeared in the
Headlight, which was quite lengthy
and which was the cause or the action
being taken, denounced McClendon in
no uncertain terms, and at intervals
through it terms aything save COM
plimentary to the plaintiff were used.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
SANDERS SUES FOR
MONEY DUE FOR MATERIAL

J. w. Sanders, local lumberman
and manufacturer, yesterday, through
Attorneys Coleman and Can't, filed
suit in the Jefferson circuit court
against G. B. iProbst, the Aetna Acct
dent and Liability Company and
Louis Hart, the latter a silent partner
OF Probst, in which he seeks to col
lect "a debt of $1,6OS.96, alleged to be
due him for material furnished
Probst. The latter had contractors
bond in the Liability Company. It is
stated that the material was furnish
ed Probst while he was building the
High School at McGehee in Septem-
Der. October and November, 1913.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
BRYAN BLOCKING
EXCLUSION LAWS
Tells House Committee Ash
~ : sl ,::e-..e yes,C:sIs.sYEns
attic Measures Hinder Dip
lomatic Affairs.
MEASURES DROPPED.
Secretary Declares Japanese and Mex
lean Relations Are Delicate and
He Wants to Preserve Peace.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Secretary Bry-
an set off all Asiatic exclusion legis-
lation at the present session of Con-
gress, today, with a statement to the
House immigration Committee that
any agitation of the subject would in
volve present diplomatic relations be-
tween this country and Japan and
Mexico.
AS an indication that the Japanese
and Mexican problems are directly re-
lated and extremely acute, the secre-
tary Of state pledged members Of the
committee to secrecy before he start
ed to tell of the Japanese complica-
tons and the work of the State De-
partment to preserve peace. The
committees stenographer was exclud-
ed from the room.
Mr.. Bryan made a personal plea to
Representative Raker, of California,
not to press his Japanese exclusion
bill at this time because it would EN-
barrass the administration in it's eff
forts to allay ,anti-American sentiment
in Japan.
The committee through Chairman
Burnett told Mr.. Bryan action on the
Raker bill and on all Asiatic exclu-
sion legislation propositions would
be suspended until recommendations
shall be received from the State De-
partment.
Our international negotiations
concerning the question of immigra-
ton exclusion are world WIDE" the
secretary is reported to have said.
1--WE cannot move in the matter of
Asiatic exclusion without affecting all
our treaties. BY offending the Asiat-
les with special legislation, opposed
to them, this country may run into
trouble with other nations. l speak
specifically Of Mexico. We want
peace with that troubled republic and
we are not inviting complications
Secretary Bryan said he could not
tell the committee the extent of the
Japanese influence in Mexico. This
government, he said, watched with
concern the recent reception in Mexi-
CO City of naval and diplomatic rep
resentatives of the Japanese empire.
"There is no serious trouble in our
relations with Japan at this time,
Secretary Bryan assured the commit
tee. "Our negotiations are moving
along smooth diplomatic channels.
ask that nothing be done by this COM
mittee to disturb the diplomatic rela-
tions."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
WOMAN POLITICIAN
SAYS .BOSS" STRUCK HER

Chicago, Feb. 5.-Joseph McDon-
ough, a Fifth ward politician, who.
Miss May Walsh, one Of the women
election clerks who served at Tues
days registration. charged attacked
and beat her last night while she
was canvassing the ward in her ofiir
cial capacity, surrendered to the p0-s
lice today. VI
Miss Walsh declared that Mcpons
ough struck and injured her after Q1
dering her from his house. McDOa-s
ough denied that he struck the Nos
man. Friends Of Miss Walsh belisx
that the attack was prompted AZ
Donough's resentmtnt Of the entFsnCe
of women into politics.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06

of existing civic financial conditions
A large portion of the briefs, is
taken up with specific TESTIMONY
given by Witnesses, called for by
either sides. On the whole, however.
the briefs by reason of their not
being of extreme length, will be the
more easy for Judge Philpot 10 quickly
examine and pass upon, and. the fact
that they are not lengthy as briefs
in important matters usually go, is
one of the reasons why an early
decision is expected in the matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
Murdered Anna Aumuller
and Threw Body in Hudson
Goes to Electric Chair.
SHOWED UNCONCERN.
Crime Was One OF the Most CHASTITY
Recorded in Metropolis in
Recent Years.

New York, Feb. 5.-hans Schmidt,
the former priest, who murdered
Anna Aumuller and cast her dis
membered body into the Hudson, was
found guilty of murder in the first
degree tonight.
This verdict will send the murderer
to the electric chair.
When the jury filed into the court
room, Schmidt showed the same ul-
concern that characterized him
throughout both his trials.
The murder was committed on
September 2, 1918. Three days later
the upper part of the body of Anna
Aumuller was found floating in the
river off Woodcliff, New Jersey.
Other parts of the body were found
by fishermen on September Z, and
for a time the police were confronted
with "a mystery.
Just one week from that day In
spector Faurot confronted Schmidt,
accused him of the murder and the
priest Immediately confessed.
He declared his act was due to an
order he had received from st. Eli
zabeth, of Hungary, directing him to
offer a blood sacrifice.
Schmidt told the inspector, that,
before numbering ts,e& girl he had
married her, performing the cerel
moly himself.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
New Operation Saves y
Girl from Insanity
Surgeons Remove Abnormal Growth,
from Miss Margaret McGOvern's
Skull, at Baltimore.

Baltimore, Feb. 5.-Resorting to a
newly discovered method, surgeons of
the Mercy Hospital here today saved
Miss Margaret McGovern from in
sanity and probable death when they
pried apart the front and parietal
section of her skull, and released the
pressure of an abnormal growth
against her brain. Later, they drew
the sections apart sufficiently to al
low them to take out the growth. Had
not the operation been performed
promptly the person would have died
from paralysis or become hopelessly
insane.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
Atty. Gen. Moose Renders
Decision on Question of
State Wide Interest.
INQUIRY FROM JUDGE.
Only Those Who Paid Tax in 1912
Entitled to Vote in the State
Primary.

Little, Rock, Feb. Only those
who paid their poll tax during the
tax-paying time for 1912 will be all
lowed to vote in the State primary
March %, according to Attorney
General William L. Moose, in an opin-
ion handed down to Judge J. B.
Thompson of Marion, Ark, today.
This means that poll tax paid after
January 1 of this year for 1913 does
not entitle the holder to vote at the
primary in March.
The attorney general said the SUI
preme court ruled that the voter
must have paid his poll tax during
the tax-paying time that had expired
next before the time of the election.
The tax-paying time for 1918 does not
expire until April 10, and consequent
ly the tax-paying time is not over UNI
til after the election, March 25.
The opinion follows:
The Attorney Generals Decision.
Judge J. B. Thompson,
Marion, Arkansas.
Dear Sir: l have just received
your letter of the 4th inst, asking
whether a person otherwise qualified
would be entitled to vote at the pri-
mary election in March, il he paid his
poll tax for 1913 between now ana
the date of the election.
I beg leave to state that the su-
have paid the poll tax during the tax
paying time that had expired next
before the time of the election In
other words, if the person had paid
his poll tax for 1912, he would be en-
titled to vote in the primary In
March. But the time for paying poll
taxes for 1913 will not expire until
April 10, 1914, so the person could
not say that he had paid his poll tax
at the time Of collecting taxes next
proceeding the election, becaust the
time for paying taxes for. this year
will not have expired on the date Or
the primary. At the general election
in September it would be sufficient
for a person to present his. tax res:
ceipt for the year 1913. because when
that election takes place, the tax-pay-'
ing time for 1918 will have expired.
Therefore it is my opinion that unless
the person shall have paid his poll
tax for 1912, he would not be qualified
to vote in the primary on March 25..
OF course, If the person has come
of age since the expiration Of the hst
tax-paying time, or If he paid his poll
tax in another county, and is other
wise qualified, he would be entitled
to vote at the primary election.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
CONSUMERS ASK
FOR INVESTIGATION.
Council Adopts Resolution
for Thorough Inquiry In
to Natural Gas Rates.
TT May REDUCE THEM.
No Budget for 1914 Because Saloon
Issue Has Not Been Def
nitely Settled.
IT May REDUCE THEM.

The City Council in adjourned ses-
sion yesterday afternoon took furth-
er action concerning the alleged
exorbitant gas rates being charged
domestic consumers, resulting in a
resolution being passed for Council
comma ttee to make an exhaustive
examination, and in the event it is
found that rates are entirely toe
high, to fix a rate deemed proper.
This resolution was passed after
complained had been read from q
number of citizens, asking that sucf
a step be taken.
Mayor Simon Bloom appointed fol
this committee, Ben B. We'll, w. B
Sorrells and J. Frank Franey, com
mittee which he had previously ap
pointed to look after this matter.
There will be no delay in getting
at the bottom of the situation, as tins
committee is to meet this morning al
9 o'colck in the office of Alderman W
B. Sorrells to map out a program and
enter actively into the investigation
Under the resolution, the powers
of the committee from the City Coun-
Gil are broad. 1t is within the power
of the committee to summon sucn
persons as are needed to gaInsil
adequate information, and it is also
within the power or the committee ~
cause books, presumably those q
the Pine Bluff Natural Gas Company
to be brought up for investigation.
While there has been no set outline
as to the action to be pursued, u u
believed that the committee Will
work continuously on the investl
cation until some definite result IS
obtained AS to the fixing OF reas-
enable rates, in the event it is founu
that the present ones are excessive
that will probably be the last matter
touched upon, and in the end THIS
may be productive of legal battle
The resolution passed by the City
Council concerning the gas rate m
vestigation, is as follows
Resolution.
"Whereas, a complaint has been
filed with the City Council signed by
more than five citizens Of the CITY OF
Pine Bluff, stating that the Pine
Bluff Natural Gas Company and c. r.
Bair, as manager of said company,
are charging an exorbitant rate for
the supply of gas furnished to domes-
tic consumers in the City Of Pine
Bluff, and petitioning this Council
70 make an examination to determine
whether or not the present charge
for gas is reasonable, now therefore
"Be it resolved, that the prayer of
the netitioners be granted, and the
Mayor is hereby instructed to appoint
committee as is provided by section
5445 of Kirby's Digest, whose duty it
sba,l be to make such investigation
90 will enable them to determine
whether or not the petitioners or any
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06
LAST MONITOR SURVIVOR
DIES nm NEW WORK

New York, Feb. 5.-Dr. Daniel C.
Logue, former surgeon on the Moni-
tor and believed to be the last survi-
vor Of the famous battle with tho
Merrimac in the war between the
States, died yesterday at his home In
!Bellmore, L /. He was born in Otis
vile. Orange County. New York, in
1882.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06

TRANSCRIPT IN MURDER CASE
Little Rock, Feb. 5.--Allen Wick Of
Sebastian county, who was indicted
for first degree murder for the kill
ing of VIM. Conover, by stabbing
him, September 20, 1918, and convict
ed of manslaughter and sentenced to
three years Imprisonment, has filed
his transcript on appeal in Supreme
Court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06

(coptinued on page five'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-06

number of citizens of the City of
Pine Bluff are being charged an ex-
orbitaat rate for the supply of gas
bv the Pine Bluff Natural Gas Com
pany; said committee is hereby i'll
structed to summon all persons thai
they may deem proper, together with
their books, in making out said inves-
tigation; and are hereby instructed
when so appointed, and after having
made such examination to report
back to theCity Council the result of
their investigation as hereby provid-
ed"
Complaint is Read.
The complaint from citizens, read
by City Clerk Lee, previous to the
adoption Of the resolution, follows:
ITO theCity Council of the City of
Pine Bluff, Arkansas:
eve, the undersigned citizens of
the cityof Pine Bluff, do hereby most
respectfully represent and show unto
your honorable body that the Pine
Bluff Natural Gas Company and C.
E. Bar, as manager of said company,
are charging an exorbitant rate for
tho supply of gas furnished to do
mestic consumers in the City of Pine
Bluff; and we do most respectfully
petitien your honorable body to make
such examination as may be neces-
sary to determine whether or not the
present charge for gas is reasonable
and II, upon your examination, it
shall be determined that the citizens
Of this city are being charged an un-
reasonable price for gas, that you fix
such price to be paid for gas as you
may deem TO be a reasonable charge"
Respectfully submitted
|C. v. Ware, T. f. Griffin
Bob Burford, F. R. Ragland
Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Susie Levine
j. G. Alexander, H. A. Hampton
W E. Collier, w. o. Taggart
Ben B. We'll, Ziba Bennitt
sam Knox w. H. Taylor
James c. White.
Budget Is Deferred.
It had been known that there might
be some consideration of the budget
or this year, but on the, advice of
Mayor Simon Bloom action on this
was deferred until a later time. He
,aid in view of existing circum-
stances are whether or not the City
S to have the benefit of liquor license
revenue, amounting to over $4,000
which is yet to be decided
Dy County Judge C. NJ. Philpot-it
would be best to defer the matter.
At present there would be no ade-
luate method of determining the
budget.
Under the existing state of affairs,
receivedthe city employees and Of
ficials have not received scrip for
January pay, and will not receive
any until the budget question is settl-
ed.
An ordinance was passed for the
Pine Bluff Company to extend a
water main $50 feet on Locust street,
from the intersection of Fifteenth
avenue and Locust, and the main to
be not less than six inches in
diameter.
Manager Gives Side.
Charles E. Bair, Superintendent OF
The Pine Bluff Natural Gas Company,
returned Thursday afternoon from
Little Rock having made a special
trip there Thursday morning for the
purpose of obtaining an official
record of the temperature at Pine
Bluff for the periods covered by the
December and January gas bills; and
unon being interviewed, said:
81 was surprised at the charges
made by Councilmen, as, published III
the public prints, intimating that the
hills rendered for January were
excessive.
"Tn all statements I have heard