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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04

The Little Rock Gazette carries a big story abOus rooster that is playing mother 10 lot of chicks. There's nothing strange about that We know a lot of old roosters who are fond of chicks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04

No person need hesitate to take Foley Kidney Pills on the ground that they know not what is in them. Foley X Co.. guarantee them to be a pure curatiey medicine, specially prepared for kidney and blader ailments and Irregularities. They do not contain habit forming drugs Try them. SeaWell's Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04

The Sherwin-W Williams Paints for all kinds of good painting. Ask us for color card. Claud Ciegg & Co. 9th and Main, If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04
They Will Stick Out.

The charity that is intended to cover a multitude of sins invariably leaves some of them exposed around the edges.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04

ouccess Matter of VIII Power.
 Don't finch. founder, fall over, nor fiddle, but grapple like 9 man. A man who wills it can go anywhere, and d. what he determines to do."-John Todd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04
Pine Bluff Bagga9s' and Transfer U@

The best, cheapest aaa ,o, O. reliable baggage transae.d aad ,n in the city. Baggage callN kinds of small packages s! ,a,! for and delivered to ans nssoadd of the city. We na'0 ot il uniform agents to mse' m trains at union sta.ior, r.,oyIpG < make sreciaIty; 2. aSinpltE packing, storing and sI Ips8SN house hold goods .r,s,sf II ing vans with pESttcsy white men in charge. S. or Y Union Station. Phone 2
 .A X[
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-04
Scotch.

SCotSn. T ken, Donald. we've had two fine days the month" Aye, mon, and one was snappet up by the Sawbath.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
NECK MAY BE BROKEN
AS RESULT OF DIVE
Edward Elwood of ATS n Street
Sustains Serious Injury at
Colonial Beach.

Suffering possibly from a broken neck
and in a precarious condition as a re-
suit Of an injury sustained at Colonial
Beach yesterday afternoon when he
dived into the river from springboard.
Edward Elwood, twenty-five years old. OF
475 II street northwest, is a patient al
Emergency Hospital.
An X-ray photograph was made Of his
neck this morning, but until the picture
is developed the extent Of his injury
will not be definitely known. He is
conscious. it was stated at the hospital
today. but symptoms Of paralysis sug-
gest that his condition is critical.
Accompanied by his brother and broth
er-in-iaw. MIR. Elwood yesterday morning
went to the river resort for the day. He
went on the spring ng uoard in the after.
noon and made several successful dives
Alter one OF his dives he was seen to
nuunder In the water, and his friends
had to assist him to the shore. A
physician rendered first aid. and q
trained nurse assisted in caring for him
on the way to the city.
AT the wharf last night an ambulance
was on hand. The injured man was
sent to his home. When the ambulance
reached the k.wood home, the family
physician found his condition was Sc
critical that he had him taken to the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
KAHN IS TO KEEP TRYING
Determined to Make Speech
Attacking Administration on
Oiggs White Slave Case.

All signs point toward another attempt
by Representative Kahn Of California to-
morrow to deliver his speech attacking
the administration and its dealings with
the Diggs-Caminetti white slave case In
California The republicans are sore be-
cause on the very day that the House
shut off Representative Kahn from max
ing his speech Representative Stevens OF
Texas. a democrat, succeeded in getting
printed I'm the Record a defense of the
administration on the very same case
Following that bit of strategy Represent
alive Stevens voted in favor OF not al
lowing Representative Kahn to talk.
This has not dampened the ardor OF
Representative Kahn. nor has 1t affected
Representative Mann. the republican
leader except to thoroughly arouse him
There is every prospect of a lively
skirmish tomorrow, and If the oppor-
tunity Is not presented to Mr.. Kahn
tomorrow. then on the next fair day
His speech is surely going to be deliv-
cred some time, he declares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
FOR VALU|NG RAILROADS
Final Day for Filing AppIica-
tons for Positions Under
New Board.

Today was the final day for the receipt
of applications for positions on the new
railways valuation board of the Interstate
commerce commission. These positions
do not require examination, but the
civil service commission makes invee-
LEGATIONS and rates the applicant upon
his education and experience.
The positions for which the time for
sending in applications closed today
were: Senior mechanical engineers. ap-
pointments to be made in two grades.
with salaries ranging from $1,000 TO
$1,000 and from $500 to $500: for SEN
Tor architect two grades. with the same
salaries as mechanical engineers; for
senior railway signal engineers
same grades and salaries; for SEN
Tor civil engineer. same grades and
salaries; for senior inspector OF
motive power, one grade o. salaries
ranging from $500 to $500; senior
structural engineer. two grades. and
salaries the same as other engineers
senior electrical engineers. same
grades and salaries.
Next Wednesday there viii be exanli
nations to fill other vacancies made BY
the establishment of the board and
July IS there will be examinations for
the positions OF examiners OF accounts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21

TO Tar on the committee list and made
MI. Parker OF the 7th New Jersey
chairman OF the committee. He said
Parker was not satisfactory to him.
but might have been TO the others.
The first time visited him he showed
q great deal OF Independence. ! made
several visits later and found him more
submissive to requests made"
In the same letter Mulhail spoke OF o
visit TO Chicago in the interests OF Sem
ator Foraker. where he was TO cover his
tracks completely. so that we will not
give any offense to the friends OF Mr..
Charles p. Taft. who IS seeking the sen.
atorship in that state also"
Relating to the Foraker campaign. Mui.
hall wrote Schwedtman. December 10,
1908. that he had seen the senator and
that George Cox, the Cincinnati boss -
was convinced that Mr.. Taft could not he
ected senator. that he intended to adj
wise Mr.. Taft 10 withdraw. Foraker
seemed certain, Mulhall wrote. that with
the aid OF Cox he would win out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
PASSENGERS IN PANIC.
Hudson River Steamer, With Hole in
Bottom, Races to Shore.

POUGHKEEPSIB. N. Y, July 21-The
steamer Tremper. loaded with panic
stricken passengers. was beached on the
west side of the Hudson here today with
the water pouring through a big hole
in her bottom.
The Temper. bound from Newburg to
Albany, ran on a reef on Esopus Island.
The boat had settled very low before
she reached the mainland after an ex-
citing two-mile race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
TALKS TO CHILDREN
AT CAMP GOOD WILL

The children at Camp Good Will this
afternoon listened to an address by As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt OF the Navy
Department. His address was 10 have
been delivered last Monday, but he was
unable TO be there.
Today was a busy one at the camp.
The children were the guests OF the en-
p.oyes of the Washington navy yard.
There will be many games all during the
afternoon and evening. and two band
concerts, one in the afternoon and an
other in the evening.
Another tent is also to be added to
those at the camp. Ii will be called the
endowed by the employees OF the yard
Acting Secretary Roosevelt sad:
81 hope that you little people who are
old enough to read the story OF the
United States have had a chance to learn
about the wonderful l.Iings Americans
have done on the seas. And l trust that
your fathers and mothers and teachers
will tell you about some or the great men
who made the American flag respected All
over the world and did the brave things
that you and ! like to think about today.
Every American boy and girl ought
to know how Capt. Nicholas bidole sac
rificed himself and his ship from Deing
captured by the enemy; and how capt
Sterrett fought and captured great snip
full of pi. ates who were injur!ng peace
full American traders; and how capt
Lawrence, after he was fata ly WOUNDED.
did not think of himself, but about MS
ship and his flag and spoke his last words:
Don't give up the ship. And ABOUT
other men in the navy who did great
things i'm time Of peace like Commodore
Perry, who opened up Japan TO trade
and commerce. and Like the many OF
ficers who time and time again have
prevented lighting and bloooshed AL
yer the word.
IT always think IL il better and
pleasanter to re ID about peop.e VINO
have really lived and done g. eat things
than ABOUT ina gInative heroes.
And many of the things our navy
has done are just as interesting ana
wonderful as IL somebody had invent
ed them For IL We knew that the
heroes really lived, and that not so
very long ago, and that the things
they did actually happened, IL is going
to make ii easier for US 70 try TO 40
splendid acts. too.
do not forget that you children have
even a better chance today to accomplish
great things than children did 100 years
ago. They had their heroes and You
should have your heroes. too. Keep learn.
ing and thinking about the men and the
women of whom the country Is proud
Remember that the same flag waved
over them as waves over you-try 10
follow their example OF unselfish devo.
ton to that flag: for in so doing you viii
help to keep that flag unspotted: you wiz
be better Americans and your country
win some day think OF you as heroes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
UNION OF OCEANS OCTOBER 10
Col. Cocktails Ssts Date for Dynamit-
i11 Gatun Barrier Dixie.

PANAMA, July 2l.-Coi. q. W. Gos-
thAls. chief engineer In charge of tho
construction Of the Panama canal. has
modified Lieut. Col. David Du 3. Gaillard.
chief Of the central division Of the canal.
that steam shovel work In the Cuiebra
cut section viii hereafter be conducted
on the assumption that GAMBIA dixie win
be dynamited October 10. While II had
previously been announced that this
dynamiting would take place otter Ocfo-
Der /. this is the first time the actual
date has been named.
The destruction OF the dixie will allow
Gatun lake to food the cut. thereby prac-
tically connecting the Atlantic and Pa
cihc. although actual navigation Of the
canal probably viii not be attempted for
some time thereafter.
Excavation In the cut henceforth will
lie confined mainly to removing the re-
manning hard rock section bet1oSn Gu
caracha slide and Empire. a distance OF
one mile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
PREVENT NATURAL GAS WASTE
Oil Experts From Bureau Of Mines
Find Remedy.

system for preventing the enormous
waste OF natural gas annually has been
erected by A. J. Pollard of Bakersfield.
Cal.,' and A. G. Heggem of Pittsburgh.
Pa. Oil experts In the bureau Of mines.
The waste annually in Oklahoma amount
ed to approximately S23,OOO.OoO The
method used in preventing the waste is
a new system of drilling and pumping a
mud-laden liquid into the oil wells to
prevent the flow Of gas.
While the two government experts met
with opposition when they first entered
the field IN Oklahoma, the onerators are
now asking the government tor their re-
tention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
FIELDER NOW A CANDIDATE.
Seeks Democratic Nomination fol
Governor of New Jersey.

TRENTON. N. j.. July 20.-Gov. Field
ed today filed with the secretary of
state nominating petitions placing him
self before the people at the September
primary as a candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor. The
governor asked that the words pro
gressive democrat" be printed opposite
his name in the primary ballot. He is
the first gubernatOrial candidate to file
nominating petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
SPY SYSTEM EXTENSIVE.
Arrest of Italian Follows Suicide Of
Austrian Army Officer.

BOLOGNA. Italy. July 21.-The arrest
yesterday OF Morozzo Della Rocca Of the
Italian war Office, who is accused Of sell
ing military secrets to Austria. Ia likely
to prove a more complicate. affair than
was originally expected. His arrest fol-
lowed disclosures made at the Inquiry
into the suicide last May of Col Alfred
Kedl. chief of the general stan Of the
9Th Army Corps of the Austrian army.
Redl killed himself when 1t was dis
covered that he had been selling Austrian
military secrets to Russia According
to the Italian authorities Morozzo Della
Rocca was involved in the spy system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
PROF. HOPPER DIES.
Believed He Taught More Boys Than
ANY Other Person in Country.

PHILADELPHIA. July 21.-Prof. Ze-
phaniah Hopper. for sixty-nine years a
teacher In the 1 ...,adelp hia High School.
and who Is believed to have taught more
boys than any other person in the United
States, died at his home today. Al
though eighty-eig years old Prof. Hop
per attended to his work at the school
until the end Of the last term In June.
Death was due to his age and the heat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
PHOTOGRAPHERS MEET.
Monster Studio and Darkroom for
Gathering at Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 21.-Photog-
raphers from every state in the Union
are in Kansas City today for the open
ing meeting Of the Photographers AS
ISOLATION of America.
Convention Hall has been done over
for the visitors. A monster studio and
darkroom have been built and all of
the arena floor Is cut into little booths,
each displaying a new camera. q photo
graphic invention or a better way of
developing and printing pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
FATAL LONDON POLO MIsHAP.
First Case of the Kind in Game Re.
garde6 Dangerous.

LONDON. July 2l.-Althouph no,o Is
popuiariy regarded as a dangerous game
10 play the nrst fatality in connection
WIN the game mere, where 1t has been
played regularly since 1871. is just re-
corded.
Lieut. harmon died yesterday from in.
In Q match at Ranelagh THURSDAY There
have been only three other polo fatal
England. S e"A0 -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
GEN. WOODRUFF DIES.
Enlisted in Union Army Here il
1861-AWarded Medal

RALEIGH. y. c.. July 21.-Brig. Gen.
Carie ~ Woodruff, L. S. A. retired. died
mere yesterday. aged seventy-two years.
cen Woodruff was born IN Buffalo, n.
i, n August. 1911, and enlisted In the
;,rtiilery branch of the Union army from
- District n: Columbia III October.
, 'Ie rose dDrinr the war from Sec
4. ;ivtif.ount 10 lieutenant colonel and
-: --aS tied ith TIE rank OF
Y, ia. .<-ns:.
',:.-o-t,Nr. 80: -. re - bestowed
a IT,. s,.is,eesSicua.l medal OF
s.S.i >, Iisne,i gaiiaAtrss in ac-
% jys Cross Roads, Va. !gly
.t-,a. Uc4drGn ca.ise - I.,,irIgil
. f--.s, i,ert he had since led.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
On Last Lap Of Tour Of West.

sOKANE. wash. July 2I.-Twelve
of the directors of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce. who are on the
last lap of their tour Of eleven western
states to study their resources and pres
emit state Of development. arrived here
yesterday. The party win leave tonight
for MisSoula, Mont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
MERCHANTS TO PROTEST
AGAINST ISLE Of SAFETY
Special Committee to Go Be-
fore New District Commits
sioners Tomorrow. |

Members OF a special committee OF shs
Retail Merchants Association are 20 ap.
pear before the new board OF Commits.
sioners In the board room at the District
building at 1890 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing to enter a formal protest against the
size. shape and character OF the isle Of
safety" which has been established az
the intersection Of 18th and II streets
and New York avenue. This announce.
ment was made at the conclusion Of .
meeting OF the committee held in the
rooms Of the association az noon today.
President Andrews Of the Retail Mer.
chants Association. who Is chairman %
the special committee. told OF confer
ence which he and j. H. Small ST. had
recently with Maj. Sylvester. chief OF po-
lice. upon whose recommendation the isle
has been established. Mr.. Andrews told
the committeeman that Mai Sylvester 10
not In favor of the present shape. size
or character OF the isle. and that his
recommendation to the engineer depart
ment called for an isle formed by ropes
supported by heavy iron posts, which
can be moved from place to pace.
Agree With Maj. Sylvester.
The committee was unanimous in tho
belief that an isle such as suggested by
Maj. Sylvester is best suited for the in
tersection of the three streets. All We're
of the opinion that an isle OF some sort
should be established ut the point.
Mr.. Andrews said he believed the new
board of Commissioners will have the
character and size OF the present isle
changed when they learn OF MAJ Syi-
vester's plan and that il receives the ap-
prevail of the business men of the city.
The present isle was characterized as
impractical by several members of the
committee whose places of business are
but a short distance from IL. They de-
clared that instead Of simplifying II now
tends to impede traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
Begins Ejectment Suit.

Coming down to last month, the time
Of her arrest. Mrs. Pran explained tina,
law after she had become convinced tina
her rights could not be established in
equity.
Under this proceeding a demand TO,
the house 918 Avenue Of the Presic>A Is
and made demands for the rent o. q
Miss Virginia McFarlan, who was In
possession. She said she did not see
Mrs. Knorr, her sister law, on tina,
occasion. and not only did not utter
any threats against her there, but die
not even mention her name
Mrs. knorr threatened my life,'
she said. about eight years ago. tell
ing me at the point Of a pistol not
The witness said Miss Mcfarland
refused to see her and she sat on the
hall settee. announcing that she would
remain until she saw some one on
whom to make the demand for rent.
The maid that admitted her Their
called the police. witness said. and the
policeman who responded to the cal
declined to arrest her when she had
explained her mission. Her handbae
was searched on that occasion. but the
stated. as she never carried n pistol
The arrest later was made at her
boarding house. the jury was told, and
she was carried to the Washington Asy-
ness said she took along with her her
Bible and one book to read They re-
fused her paper. she stated. and a let
ter which brought friends to her aid
was written on a fly leaf torn from her
Bible.
The crowded courtroom rang with
laughter when Mrs Prall told of the men
tai examination which she said DR.. ID.
Percy Hickling made Of her. She said
.'He only held up a finger. told her to
close her eyes. then open them and look
at the finger"
Mrs. Prall criticised her surrounding
at the observation ward, saying that she
was placed in the room with a drunken
female vagrant, whose actions and APP
nearance would have sickened her If She
had not been especially strong. When
she had been taken to the Government
hospital for the Insane, the witness
said. she found better and much i'm
proved conditions.
The cross-examination was in prog
ress late this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
Senator Sm00t Asserts
Democrats Have Not Been
Fair in Framing Tariff

A severe arraignment OF the tariff bill
- reported to the Senate from the finance
committee was made today ~ Senator
Smoot OF Utah. q leading republican
member OF the committee. He gave q
detailed criticism Of alleged incon-
xstence In the democratic measure, and
bitterly assailed the southern democrats
for seeing to II that products Of the
south. such as rice. peanuts. mica. etc.
are stu protected by duties. while those
products of tho north and west like
wheat cattle and manufactured ar
ticies arc placed on the free list
Senator Smoot called attention to the
fact that the imports for the last fiscal
year were x.Slx. tS2l.l6O. the largest In
the history Of the country. and $50. Nv. ~
greater than in lYU0. the last year OF the
ptngsey tariff law. aud yet with that
enormous increase In imports In four
years this proposed new law makes
sweeping reductions in duties. and trans
fers to the free list over = billion dollars
moro Of products.
Cites Walker Tariff Bill.
The senator said:
1T II amazing that any political party
In the face OF those statistics can pro-
pose such a revolutionary measure as
this tarin bill The percentage Of imports
free of duty was nearly 81 per cent Tor
the last fiscal year. In other words.
SyS7. 2SaJ4 In value of imports came in
free of duty. while $S2o. 1881. l66 were du-
table. In 1880 under the much Wanted
Walker tariff. after which the pending
measure is fashioned In some respects
only 9.32 per cent Of the imports were
| free. as compared with about 90 per cent
| at the present time. The average duty
on AL imports in 1870 under the Walker
i law was *. 16 per cent, whereas the rate
now is only q little over lS per cent. In
| 1908 the average rate of duty was q. 80
/ per cent showing = reduction since that
| time of nearly y per cent. That Is what
/ was accompl shed by the existing law,
| concerning which so many falsehoods
| have been ted. and much misrepre-
| sentauon made as to lead many persons
| 10 think that ii imposes even higher
rates than the old law, instead of this
| very large reduction. The imports under
| the. Walker tariff averaged ABOUT IS per
capita, as compared with over ST per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
Dearth of Signs on Roads.

There is a dearth Of signs on the
road to Mount Vernon from Washing
ton. 1 am told; and it seems almost
ludicrous to think Of good Americans get
ting lost on the road to the tomb of the
first President. / know a man who tried
to get to Mount Vernon in an auto
mobile. and according to his tale 1t took
him all day, simply because there are
not enough signposts. Also, the automo-
bile route book that l have does not
give enough Information about the char
acter of the roads. You cannot tell from
looking at it whether the road indicated
in the map is a good one or not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21
WANTS MORE S|CNPOSTS
Representative Walters Rides
in Auto From J0hnst0Wn
in Record Time.

More signposts on the roads around
Washington" Is a slogan which Repre-
sentative A. H. Walters Of Johnstown,
Pa. the only progressive on the House
District committee. adopted this morn
ing. Mr.. Walters came from Johns
town to Washington by automobile
yesterday in record time, making the
1870 miles between breakfast and sup
per, including a two-hour Iay-over at
Hagerstown.
What l missed most of all was a
sufficient number Of signposts," said
Mr.. Walters today. II believe that the
automobile people ought to take up the
question and arrange to have every
cross road and meeting place along the
roads equipped with big. iegible signs
which will tell the automobilist every
thing necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21

Questioned by Senator Nelson. Null
hall said the Speaker found 1alby down.