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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16
(IX7H AVENUE
| SCHOOL WINNER
tskes First Place in Inter-
school Meet With 81
Points.
rarl Shelby captures Individual
Championship With 20 Points.
Medals to Be Presented at
End of Term.

The Sixth Avenue school won the
grammer school track meet yesterday
afternoon with 81 points while the
lakeside school won second place
with AZ points.
Carl Shelby of the Sixth Avenue
school won individual championship
with 20 points and Rueol Graves Of
Lakeside ran a close second with II
points to his credit.
In the High school division the
| sophmores won the meet with a
| points. while the freshmen came sec
ond with the junior trailing third.
SmiZer of the Junior class won the
Individual championship with 20
points.
In the reading contest which was
held last night at the High school
auditorium number OF contestants
entered and competed for the medals
The building was filled to its capacity
and from every corner if the large
auditorium, yells of the different
schools could be heard.
The contestants in the spellin@
contest tied and will have to be
spelled off next week. Winners in
the track meet and various events
will be awarded medals at the close
of the school year.
The following is a list of winners
and subjects in the Grammar school
reading contest held last night:
Imogene Griffin, Sixth avenue, Tit
for Tat Lena Beaver, 1.-THE Stump
ed Toe" Lakeside. Leland keintZ
Bringing In the Wood Lakeside
Herbert Tolson, Liberty or Death
Lakeside.
High School Winners.
Hammer throw-Schlimer, first, sc
feet, inches;' Mcintyre, second
Loosely, third; Hamlin, fourth.
Mile-McGaughy, first. minutes, "A
seconds; Bays, second; Toney, third
Sheppard, fourth.
High jump-Burks, first, 5 feet.
inches; Howell, second; Loosely
third; Malloch, fourth
Broad jump-Smizer, first, IS feet
IL inch; Howell, second; Burks
third; Dansby, fourth.
Low hurdle-Smizer, first, 80 g.;
seconds; Howell, second; Adams
third; Dansby, fourth.
$50 yard dash-Burks, first,
minutes, 20 seconds; Seabrook, sec
ond; McGaughy, third; Malloch
fourth.
44O yard dash-Dansby. first 5;
seconds; Smizer, second; Adams
third; Toney fourth.
Discus throw-Schlemer, first s!
1eet, 2 inches; Mcintyre, second
Bays, third; Hamlil, fourth.
Shot Put-McIntyre, first, sc feet
inches; Hamlin, second; Collins
thlrd; Schlemel, fourth.
Pole Vault-Lake, first 9 feet,
inches; Toney and Smart, second
Burks, third.
HlgE Hurdle-Burks, first. IS sec.
onds; smizer, second; Seabrook
tnlrd; Howell, fourth, but is disquali-
fled.
22o yard dash-smizer, first, % l.!
seconds; Dansby, second; Adams
thlrd; Toney, fourth.
1oo yard dash-Smizer, first, II
seconds; Dansby, second; Adams
thlrd Hamlin, fourth.
Primary and Grammar Winners
The winners in the various con.
tests who competed for honors from
the primary and grammar grades
are.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16
Suits. Shrek When Sentenced.

London, May 15.-Sentences of a
months Imprisonment each were pro-
nounced today on General Mrs.
Flora Drummond and Mrs. Dacre Fox,
two militant suffragette leaders. They
were charged with disturbing the
peace.
They jeered the magistrate while he
was pronouncing sentence. Eight po-
licemen dragged them out of court
screaming and shrieking.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16
San DomingO's Revolution.

Washington, May 15.-The SITUATION
at Puerto Plata, San Domingo, now
held by the revolutionists, and where
the government has proclaimed BLOCK
ade. is reported quiet in a dispatch
received at the navy department early
today from Commander Eberle OF the
United States cruiser Washington.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16
HUERTA'S CONDITIONS FOR
MEDIATION.

Vera Cruz, May 15.-hecordlng
ST to plausible report n Will
" retire and consent to I media
& ton of the ditferenc etWeen
" Mexico and the United o,utes UNI
4 der four conditions:
" First, that Carranaza, the head
Il of the constitutionalists, shall not
4 be made president.
* Second, that he (Huerta) shall
y be consulted in the choosing OF
4 his immediate successor.
# Third. that he (Huerta) shall be
81 permitted to become a candidate
* for the presidency at the regular
!" election In July.
4 Fourth, the United States troops
Il withdraw from Vera Cruz.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16

Collapsible water towers used by
the Berlin fire department are but
five feet long when closed, but can
be extended to throw a level stream
of water into the eighth floor of a
building.
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Alleged Confession of Murder.

Chicago, May 15.-Harley Beard, 49,
year-old, arrested here this after
noon, confessed to the murder of
three persons on a farm near IrontOn,
Ohio, last Thursday, according to the
police.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16
BRIDEGROOM "a: Bride IS.

Marshall, May 15.-License to wed
was issued Thursday to Jefferson
Lane, "a years old, of Leslie, and
Mrs. Josephine Mills, So years old, OF
Alec.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16

Assistant Postmaster c. E. Duvall
will spend Sunday at his old home at
Tull, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-16
May Terminate Mediation.

Continued on Page 81
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Continued on Page a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
IVORY NUT FINDS A MARKET
Once Thought Useless, IL Now Ia
Adding Materially to the
Wealth of Ecuador.

Once considered useless, the ivory
nut has become an important product
and now adds considerably to Ecua-
doris export trade. Something like
10000 tons are shipped from that
country each year, worth about ST.
100000, while Colombia and Panama
are both increasing their output The
tree Is a stunted palm fern with
short thick trunk which grows slowly
to height of ten to twenty feet,
marked by spiral lines or scars left by
fallen leaves and fruit stems. The
leaves resemble large gorgeous green
feathers and are like those Of the
cocoanut palm, while the blossoms
are of pure white and very fragrant.
The seeds or kernels resulting from
these are first In the form Of sacks Of
sweet, refreshing liquid that changes
into soft, delicious, edible pulp, and
finally becomes the hard nut OF COM
uerce. The nuts mature very slowly,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
Rather unloue. at Least,

Among seven noted men who we're
to speak at the opening exercises of
a new school was a professor well
known for his lapses Of memory. But
his speech was clear that night and
as he seated himself his loving wife
felt that he had fully earned the burst
Of applause that followed, and she
capped her little hands enthusiastical-
" Then her cheeks crimsoned. did
you see anything amusing about the
close of my address. my dear?" asked
the professor as they started for home.
1T seemed as II / heard sounds sux.
gesttsa OF merriment about me-"
Well dear" said she, "of all the peo-
pie who spplauded yeur address, you
capped the loudsst and longest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
HAD ADVERTISED THEIR DADS
Strange to Say, Fathers Were by No
Means Pleased With the Young
sters' Work.

Two youthful. suburban aspirants
who belonged to families where little
brothers and sisters had been donated
by the family physician, decided to en-
ter little side line Of business one
afternoon.
One of the youths was the son Of q
well-known doctor while the other was
the son Of a prominent tailor.
The two lads were very chummy,
and this afternoon they decided to
launch upon little advertising expe-
dition. A paint brush was the means
devised to accomplish the advertising
and the lettering was quickly but
plainly traced over any smooth sur
face of wood or stone encountered on
the way.
After Office hours in the evening the
doctor was having his customary chat
with his son and during the time hs
asked: And what have you been do
Ing today, William"
Advertising" he announced
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
Safest Place for Jewels.

Z Jew years ago one often heard
that women who possessed jewels of
value were becoming afraid" to wear
them owing to the risks which ac-
companied displaying their property
in public 1t became the custom to
seek some place Of security where the
more precious possessions could be
deposited. Jewels were banked" or
committed to the protection Of safes
and strong rooms. But gradually the
sense of security has in some degree
departed. The modern woman has 10
capacity for matching the resourceful
ingenuity of the modern thief. The
most astounding cases of jewel rob
berry show that no precaution is be-
yond being intelligently anticipated.
After all, it is not surprising that those
who possess jewels of value are begin
ming to realize again that their safest
place is that for which they were In
tended and are wearing them more
than ever
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
GRAFT WORKED BY CASHIERS
New Workers Said to Be Victimized
Out of Large Sums Annually
in That Way.

"One form Of honest graft a hotel
keeper has to fight the hardest in the
town Is accidental short changing,
says the manager Of very popular
hotel in New York city, famous for its
oyster bar. The same sort of honest
graft obtains at almost every cash
changing place in the city where there
Is a netting on the cashiers desk to
protect the cash, and a lower bar Of
wood to hold up the netting or glass
screen. This bar of wood or metal runs
across the hand-hole for change. The
cashiers have figured out the angle of
vision OF all men. short and tall. and
the distance they stand from the desk
to receive their change. Say a dollar
Is changed to take out so cents: the &C
cidental short-change artist will push
forward the 10 cents in coin. but his
hand will hold one dime that Ia hidden
from the angle Of vision Of the man
getting change by the line OF the bar
ovsr the cash hand hois. II the man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
CHAPTER II.

Inspector Martin MCGEE, the middle
aged solid executive of the New York
detectives, sat in his buslnesslike of
fee running over the reports on the
Hanska murder. now less than a cal
eudar day old but already the subject
of those innumerable extras which the
Eewsboys were shouting under his
windows Nothing in the formal doc
uments before him served to give him
any new light Lawrence Wade-that
looked like the man. Wade was miss
ing from the Curfew Club when the
police arrived; however, through the
good memories of a taxicab driver and
a ticket seller he had been traced to
Boston and there arrested in the very
act of engaging European passage.
The formal documents in the Han
ska case interested Inspector MCGEE
less, a great deal less, than an infor-
nal verbal report made that morning
by the sergeant in command of the
reserves
I'VE didn't know nothing about her.
Chief" he said, except that she had
an order from you telling US to keep
our hooks of her Forgot the name
something French with a lie behind
1t. 1t was all right, wasn't it?"
Inspector MCGEE understood at
once; and the information brought a
little thrill He had given only two
such papers in his career; and the
other was held by man. So Rosalie
lie Grange had bobbed up again-Rosa-
lie lie Grange. trance, test and clair
voyant medium. follower of a small
half-criminal trade but friend of So
ciety against larger criminals How
curiously that woman had glanced in
and out of his life, and what luck she
had brought!
As he bent over his desk IN unac.
customed meditation. the doorman
brought a card-''Mme Rosalie lie
Grange"-and behind him she ap
peared.
Well. WE'LL" exclaimed Martin Nc.
Gee. rising as though to some great
parsonage. back again! Say, you
just couldn't keep out Of big doings
could you? And how pretty you look
-prettier and prettier all the time!
What hauled you into the Hansks
case?"
Il amt in the Hanska case at all,
responded Rosalie lie Grange, answer
ing his second question first, at least
not deep, Martin MCGEE" She flashed
upon him her dimples. snapped al
him her great gray eyes.
Nearly everybody that's lived long
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
Ewes Costume for Women.

The Sandwich Island costume for
street wear for women in Chicago is
advocated by Alexander 4. McCor-
mick, president of the county board,
who believes that the entire aboli-
ton of clothes would greatly better
the morals OF the community. "Imas-
nation and curiosity" he says, "ac-
count for much vicious thought.
Clothes are designed to excite the
Imagination, rather than to subdue 1t.
II clothes were abolished there would
be no such stimulus to the magma
ton. Morals could not be much
worse, SO almost anything in the way
OF dress changes would have to work
an improvement. Muddy street cross
ings and bathing beaches are exciters
of the Imagination. Much better than
the gaping crowds would be absolute
nudity svsryvhsrA"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
TELLS PRESENCE OF POISON
pharnacoIoolst of Southern UniVer-
sity Reports Invention of Vaiu-
able Appliance.

By means of an appliance devised
by Prof. w. w. Abel, head Of the de-
partment of pharmacology Of the
Johns Hopkins university, 1t has been
made possible, it is declared, to deter
mine whether persons thought to be
suffering from the effects of poisons
are really under the influence of drugs,
and to be able to discover almost I'M
mediately the poison they have taken,
The continuance consists Of series
of coils and tubes which are sub
merged in saline solution and its &C
ton is said to be the same as that OF
the kidney.
In making the test for poison 1t is
necessary to have the blood stream
flow through the tubes. This is done
by connecting the tubes with the iugu-
lar vein and the carotid artery.
The blood passes through the tubes,
which are then immersed in pan con-
tanning a warm solution. By means of
porous substance connecting the
glass tubes the foreign and poisonous
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
Fair AICerIennes

In Algiers, and indeed In all Mo-
hammedan cities, says the National
Magazine. the High Society" ladies OF
the harem never go outside the harem
walls, save yelled in closed carriages.
and attended by trusty servants. 1t is
the middle class and the serving peo-
pie one meets on the streets, ano in
the shops and cemeteries.
The Mohammedan men are intense
ly jealous and suspicious of women.
Keeping them in utter ignorance. as
they do, they know that the women
have no guiding principles to save
them from being foolish and indis-
Greet; and the men know. too, that
their women are governed by their ap-
petttea, vanitiss and passions. and 20
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
cAAPrER I-Cnntinued.

While Resale lie Grange was pre-
pairing TO move the invalid on the top
floor. the police and the Coroner
Strengthened cut affairs little. There
was much man in Tommy North. II
he had played the craven in the first
rush of his gruesome discovery, Il was
because he had wakened 10 that state
OF tense depression which comes with
the sudden departure of drunkenness.
He became defiant now; whereupon
the police began to bully. While they
were trying to make Mrs. Moore ad-
nit that she had not seen Tommy
North come up the stairs, a detective
sergeant put a sneering question to
her
Well, who else could have done It?
Who else has been here?"
And the thrush of memory brought
a little shrek from Mrs. Moore.
Mr. Wade-the gentleman who
called tonight" she cried. All at
once her suspicious left the branded
Mr. North. Mr.. Wade had come late
in the evening-and that, in the doc
tors opinion, was just about the time
WuCl captain AAoAiSFAeL LAibob nave O4Ch.
Mr. Wade had called two or three
times before, always at night. Trem-
bling, she found his card, Lawrence
Wade, Curfew Club" in the plated
tray at the hall door. Suddenly Miss
Harding who had been refusing all
light on the events of the evening.
gave a little shrek.
Why, they were quarreling when I
went" she cried. Then she stopped,
as though fearful of her own words.
The police turned on her In a tumble
of words and emotions, she told what
she knew. Mr.. Wade's late call, the
high words, the fact that none had
heard a sound from Captain Hanskas
room after Wade left the house-that
was enough for the Coroner and the
detectives. They packed Tommy
North-sober, pale, but now thorough
y collected-into the patrol wagon,
sent the hue and cry to the Curfew
Club after Mr.. Wade. put the house
under guard, and called their days
work done
And the rest of the Moore establish
ment. having first received dreadful
warning concerning the fate of alb
sconding witnesses, finished that I'M
easy night under the ministrations of
Resale lie Grange at 442
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02

the end He was a brilliant man. He
might have made good living in any
one Of a variety Of ways. But he
simply would not work. He preferred
to live by his wits Cards mainly. II
was long before l realized that. He
was very clever at concealment, and it
never occurred to me to doubt his
word. In fact, I did not realize it all
until after our marriage. We were in
New York" she hesitated again
Shall l tell you the details?"
had been sitting in unaccustomed 81
lence. spoke for the first time.
You'll excuse me, Inspector" she
said with an asperity so well assumed
that Martin MCGEE wondered for a
moment whether she was really offend
ed, but Mrs. Hanska don't seem to
know her rights. She hasn't seen any
lawyer A person don't knock around
this world for forty years without
gettin' line on what her rights are.
I've learned. An I'm goin' to be your
lawyer here, Mrs. Hanska. Now as
long as you tell the truth which OF
course you will. it don't matter about
details What the Inspector is after
is who done this murder, an anythin
touchin' on the facts. 1t don't matter
how you learned it, but you did learn
that Captain Hanska was a crook.
Mrs Hanska WINGED visibly at the
ugly word which finished Rosalies
charge. But she managed nod Of as
sent
Thank you, Mrs. LIE Grange. Yes,
learned that he was a-not entirely
honorable. In time l realized that he
was using me as lure for his opera
lions in cards-and other things. We
we're on our way around the world.
Wherever we went, he made me en-
terrain men that they might play cards
afterward- be swindled. The end
came at Shanghai stopped here
and made a little effort before she
went ONT was q young Australian
foolish, and with a great deal Of
money. Shall I go into that?" she
paused here, and her gaze Travelled
with another appeal to the face of
Resale LIE Grange.
Now, Inspector" said Resale, Il
don't see why this lady has to tell all
that. It's enough that the game was
crooked. You left him, of course.
CTO BE CCNTINUEDD
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02

enough in New York has had a murder
or a burglary or something in the
same block. It was bound to happen
to ne in time. It happened; and in
stead Of minding my own business like
the rest, I butted straight in. When
the reasons for thing get too tangled
up for you and me to follow, we stick
a label on it an call it luck But
there" she checked herself, this is
just one of my platform inspirationaI
talks ike I used to give the sitters in
my test seances. Only then I laid it
TO the spirits. Now l lay it to Resale
lie Grange"
Used to-" echoed Inspector MCGEE.
Does that mean you've cut it out?"
Well Go these clothes and this five
dollar an-hour massage on my poor old
face look like I got EN- from sitters
at two dollars a throw?" inquired Ros-
allie lie Grange. Say. ask me about
it, please. I'm dying to tell"
All right; I've asked" responded
Martin MCGEE, a kind of dull fire ilIu-
minating his clean-shaven jowly police
countenance.
Now" said Rosalie lie Grange, I'm
going to astonish you. Marty MCGEE.
got it from Robert H. Norcross-the
railroad king"
McGee's sace fell. This mascot of
his, this curious good fairy who had
skipped in and out of his career, scat
tering golden successes, was kind
of an ideal That she should "wOrk"
a doddering millionaire-as Norcross
had been in his last years-for the
tainted coin of aged folly, was a blow
TO what idealism an Inspector of de-
tectives may hope still to cherish.
Resale. skilled from youth to catch
and interpret the unconsidered ex-
preston of the human countenance,
read his emotion at once.
Now, l don't mean at all what you
mean, Martin MCGEE" she said. List
en-. 1t don't matter what l did, or how
| did it-but | saved this Robert H.
NorcroSs from maxim about the big
gest kind of a fool out of himself. Do
you remember" she asked suddenly.
that they probated the Norcross will
secret? Nobody ever knew exactly
what he did with his money, except
his nephew got most of it,
81 remember" said Inspector Nc
Gee. And then, on a sudden burst Of
laughter, Gee! Wouldn't the news
papers give a heap to get this story
you're going to tell"
They would" responded Rosalie LIE
Grange, "and that's why you'll never
breathe a word to a soul. But there!
| always knew who l could tristan
you're one Of EN-. The reason was
a codicu or whatever you call it. He
left me-'in token of service and
friendship" it said--an old house he
owned over by North River, an
stocks-weIl six thousand a year to
make one bite of it,"
Good Lord! He did," cried Mar,
tin MCGEE.
Rosalie nodded solemnly, but her
eyes shone.
Now l played that medium game
on the square, you understand" she
said, again and again. l passed up
chances to hook just such old dopes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02

substances in the blood filter through
into the saline solution.
The solution being of the same tenn
perature and consistency as the lymph
in the blood, the natural ingredients
which make up the blood are not TAX
en- I'D by the solution Of salt
After allowing the blood to flow
through the tubes for a given time a
specimen of the saline solution is TAX
en-, and then it is but simple matter
of chemical analysis to find what poi
son or foreign substance Is present In
the system of the patient
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-02
Atlantic Flight Plans.

London is tremendously interested
in the Glenn Curtiss plan for a fight
across the Atlantic by hydro-aero-
plane. Lieut. ]. C. Porte Of the British
naval submarine service will be one
of the Curtiss pilots. He describes the
attempt as "a jolly adventure" II
success is achieved Mr.. Curttss and
Rodman Wanamaker, his hacker, will
win the $4,000 prize offered by the
London Daily mail for a transatlantic
flight.