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v'< L VII NO. 234 PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS
MOHS IW !
SENATE SESSIONS
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TEN republicans vote with
democrats on plan for
evening meetings.
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CURRENCY BILL THEIR TOPIC
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President Wilson, Recovering From
Recent Illness, Signs Some Com
missions and Goes Driving,
But Receives No Callers.
Washington, Dec. 8.—Democratic
senate leaders with the aid of TO Re
publican votes succeeded in forcing a
program of 10-hour-a-day sessions for
the currency bill.
Two hours' recess, from 6 to 8 in
the evening, will be the only break in
the daily work from 10 o'clock in the
morning until 11 o'clock at night.
Senators Borah, Brady, Brandegee,
Cummins, Gronna, Kenyon, La Fol
lette. Norris, I’erkins and Smoot voted
with the Democrats.
President is improved.
President Wilson’s cold was much
better. He dictated some letters at
the executive offices and signed some
commissions, but saw no callers.
Later the president took a drive
through Hook Creek park. It was the
first time he had been out of doors
since last Tuesday. He was accom
panii'd by Dr. Grayson, his physician.
The air was brisk and the weather
quite warm, and the president ap
peared to be looking better.
Ten Word Autobiography.
Senator Lane of Oregon, when he
turned in the copy of his autobiog
raphy to be printed in the new con
gressional directory, established a
new record for using the fewest possi
ble number of words He wrote:
"Harry Lane, Democrat, of Oregon.
Term expires March 3, 1919.”
46 DROWN WHEN SHIP SINKS
Steamer Left Norwegian Port for
Home Nov. 27 and Foundered
Off Bodo, Norway.
Stockholm, Dec. 8.—Forty-six lives
were lost by the foundering of the
Swedish steamer Malmberget, off
Bodo, Norway.
The steamer left Narvik, Norway,
Nov. 27, for Rotterdam. The Malm
berget was of 3.903 tons.
Bin Bi BLSIEB IHIS
ROYAL PROCLAMATION FORBIDS
SHIPPING ARMS TO PROVINCE.
The Premier, However, Is Conciliatory
and Extends Olive Branch to
Rebellious Citizens.
London, Dec. 8.—The British cabi
net, by a royal proclamation prohibit
ing the importation of arms and am
munition into Ireland, has grasped for
the first time the nettle of the revolu
tion in Ulster, which it has hitherto
ignored, although the followers of Sir
Edward Carson for months have been
advertising their military prepara
tions in every possible way and dar
ing interference.
Almost at the time of publication of
the proclamation Premier Asquith
made the longest step toward the
conciliation of the Ulsterites that the
government has taken by announcing
his acceptance of the principle for ?
basis of agreement which Sir Edward
Carson suggested in his last speech.
These principles are:
1. That the settlement mTist not be
humiliating or degrading to Ulster, i
2. Ulster's treatment must not be I
different or exceptional from that I
meted out to the other parts of the
United Kingdom.
3. Ulster must retain full protec-!
tion of the imperial parliament.
4. l ne nome rule bill must not be
such as to lead to ultimate separation
of Ulster from Great Uritain.
Thus the government extends to the
signers of the Ulster covenant the
olive branch.
The proclamation which King
George signed at a meeting of the
privy council was milder than rumors
had anticipated it would be. instead
of reviewing the Irish crimes act,
which prohibited the carrying of arms )
and gave drastic power of search for j
arms, it invoked the customs con
solidation act of 1876.
Explosives designed solely for mine j
or sporting uses are exempted in the
order.
Asquith Speaks at Dinner.
Premier Asquith's pronouncement
was made in an after-dinner speech.
The premier was the guest of honor
of the Reform club at Manchester.
Dealing with Carson’s basis of settle
ment categorically, Premier Asquith
said he was sure Sir Edward must
agree that the statement that there
could he no settlement worthy the
name that would be humiliating or
degrading to those for whom Sir Ed
ward spoke should apply to all sec
tions of the Irish people.
IDENTIFIES MIS PIDTUDE
PHOTOGRAPH OF DEFENDANT IS
PRESENTED BY DAUGHTER.
Dismissal of Charge Is to Be Asked
Because of Failure to Connect
Man With Crime.
Shelbyville, Ind., Dec. 8.—Whether
the trial of Dr. William B. Craig of
Indianapolis, charged with murdering
Dr. Helene Knabe, will fe continued
or the defendant be ordered dismissed
when the state finishes the presenta
tion of its evidence is yet to be be de
cided.
Counsel for the state announced
when court convened, after the cross
examination of Miss Katherine Mc
Pherson. who was office girl for Dr.
Knabe at the time of her death, only
one more witness would be called.
The last witness for the state will
be Miss Augusta Knabe, a cousin of
the woman physician. Miss Knabe
was the first person summoned to the
apartment after Miss McPherson
found Dr. Knabe's body.
Miss McPherson described the find
ing, the condition of the flat and her
employer's habits. She said that she
had seen Dr. Craig in Dr. Knabe’s
apartments twice and had seen the
former bring her employer in his
automobile to the house several
times. She also identified a photo
graph of Dr. Craig and his daughter
Marion, as one which Marion had
given Dr. Knabe.
Dr. Knabe’s kimono, which the
state attempted to get before the jury
and which was found in possession of
an Indianapolis undertaker. was
shown to Miss McPherson. She testi
fied that the last time she had seen
the garment was on the Saturday be
fore Dr. Knabe’s death, when it was
hanging in a closet of the room where
the doctor met death.
“Then it was a pretty navy blue,
with poppy flowers,” the witness ex
claimed, “and now it looks like a
faded rag.”
The state contends that the gar
ment was washed with chemicals to
take out blood stains, after it had
been carried away from Dr. Knabe’s
office.
Kentucky Jury Disagrees.
Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 8.—A mistrial
was declared in the case of Miss May
Copeland and her fiance, Lucian Turk
charged with the murder last July of
Hugh Atchison, brother-in-law of Miss
Copeland, a wealthy farmer of Bards
well, Ky. The widow of Atchison was
a witness, but gave no testimony that
was damaging to her sister.
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TIVES MAY ESCAPE WITH
OUT A BEATING.
ALL FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
Refugees From Chihuahua Are Also
to Be Relieved of Cash if They
Can Be Caught Before They
Reach the United States.
Juarez, Mexico. Dec. 8.—Gen. Fran
cisco Villa dispatched more troops in
pursuit of the 2.000 or more refugees
who fled from the city of Chihuahua
when the rebel leader approached the
city. The refugees, including Gen.
Salvador Mercado, deposed military
governor of Chihuahua, and membt rs
of several wealthy families who are
said to be carrying large amounts of
gold and treasure, are making their
way toward Ojinaga, opposite Pre
sidio, Tex., where there is a federal
garrison.
Gen. Villa has ordered his troops
not to permit the refugees to reach
the border or cross into the United
States without a fight. His purpose
is not only to capture the federal gar
rison at Ojinaga. numbering about
500, but to seize their arms and equip
ment .
Gen. Villa expressed his intention
to confiscate the money which the
fugitives were reported to have with
drawn from the banks before the
evacuation. He said he would protect
the noncombatants, except such as
were considered political offenders.
Members of the Terrazas family were
placed by him in the latter class.
Crowds of people with automobiles
camped at Presidio, in anticipation
that the refugees, including the fed
erals, would cross the river. Should
the federals. disheartened by their
long siege in Chihuahua and by the
decision of Gen. Mercado to flee he
cause of the bankrupt condition of his
army, decide to cross, they would giv*
up their arms on the American side.
The report reached Ojinaga that the
fugitives had been in great distress
since their route was across a water
less desert plateau, swept by cold
winds at night and sandstorms by
day.
Rebels reported that part of the fu
gitives had turned to the west and
were approaching Palomas, on the
border opposite Columbus, N. M. With
him wertj said to be Gen. Jose Salazar
and Pascual Orozco, both of whom
are under indictment in the United
States for violations of the neutrality
laws.
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