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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
Senator Obtains Delay for Defense from Interstate
 Commerce Commission.
MEMPHIS SHIPPERS
 PRESENTING CASE
Tell Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner Rates fr0m Memphis Into Arkansas Ire Discriminatory and
 Prohibitive Many Witnesses.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 21.--The Mem phis rate case was resumed this morning before Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner Edgar Watkins. Traffic Commissioners Taylor of
 Pine Bluff, Bragg of Little Rock and Mowen of Fort Smith were present, and Judge Joseph M. Hill of Fort Smith appeared fer the Arkansas wholesale grocers.
 Memphis wholesalers of hardware, bedding, bed springs, mops, packing house products, lime, cement, coal, ccttonseed, cotton and fertilizer, testi- fled that the rates exacted of them by the carriers from Memphis into Ar kansas points were very high and dis criminatory in favor of Arkansas job bers. Each witness took the position that the discrimination in favor of Arkansas was greater than the profit of his business and therefore it was prohibitory.
 MT. Hamilton, expert accountant for the Frisco, testified Rs to- the cost of operating his line in Arkansas, as we'll as of the entire Frisco system J. D. Watson, assistant traffic manager of the Cotton Belt, was on the stand this evening when Examiner Watkins adjourned until tomorrow morning. Mir. Wilson testified the intrastate rates carried in Arkansas distance tar if No. 3 were very low and nor-com- pensatory. When he resumes the witness stand tomorrow it is expected that he will
 give testimony tending to justify the
 present interstate rates from Memphis to Arkansas points.
 The Arkansas shippers will be heard as intervenors at some future date i which the examiner will fix before ad
 journing this hearing. Arkansas ship pers are asking that their side of tho
 case be heard at Little Rock.
 The announcement that Arkansas
 shippers would not Def breed to argue their interventions at this time, bu would be allowed further time to pre- pare their interventions, was made up i on receipt of telegrhms from Senator Joe Y. Robinson and from the inter state commerce commission.
 Senator Robinson personally tool
 up the matter with the interstate com 1 merce commission and early yester
 day succeeded in getting the commis
 sion to allow further time for the Ar
 kansas shippers to present their sld'
 of the case. The date for this presen
 tation has not yet been fixed, but 4Wil
 be decided upon and announced b!
 Examiner Watkins before the conclu sion of the hearing of the case a
 Memphis which is now we'll advanced
 Following the receipt of the new
 from Washington yesterday, most o
 the Arkansas shippers returned U
 their homes, leaving the several traf
 fic commissioners here to look arte
 their interests at the hdaring.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
InAW MUST G0
 BACK TO GOTHAM Supreme Court Rules That
 He Can Be Extraaited on Conspiracy Charge. TO BE TRIED AGAIN Jerome Says Thaw Will Be Tried for Conspiracy and, If Convicted, Serve q Term, After Which He'll Be Talk en to Matteawan.
TO BE TRIED AGAIN

New York, Zee. 21.-The state au- thorities had not made up their minds tonight in the case of Harry K. Thaw. A tentative plan of campaign has been laid out. Former District Attor- ney Jerome, who has conducted the long fight against Th.aw, said:
 "I expected nothing less, and l ex+ pect nothing less now than the ultl- mate return of Thaw to MatteawanJ
 twill Thaw be tried on the conspfr- acy indictment?" he was asked.
 "That is a matter for the attorney general to decide" he said. But assume that he will deem it wise that Thaw be tried, inasmuch as he has been extradited for the offense of con- spiracy."
 Mir. Jerome said Th!aw would ulti- mately be arraigned before a justice in the criminal branch of the supreme court of New York county, where he is under indictment.
 eff he is convicted, I presume he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
GINNING REPORT
 SHOWS NEW RECORD
Nearly 100000 Bales Gin ned to December 12, Says
 Census Bureau.

Washington, Dec 2l,.--cotton gin nings up to the peffod ending De- ccmber 12 made a new record exceed Ing that established in 1911.. the year of previous record cotton production by more than 100000 bales.
 That was indicated today in the census bureaus report showing 13,- 9777,1S9 bales had been ginned prior to December 13. In the last two years approximately 92 per cent of the en- tire crop had been ginned prior to December 13. Calculating this years crop on that basis, it would exceed 1G,270000 bales. The department oi agriculture in its preliminary esti- mates of the crop, placed it at 15,966,- eco bales. Last year the depart ment's preliminary estimate was 13,- 677,O00 bales, while the final produc- tion was 14,156,000 300 pound bales.
 Oklahoma to December 13 had giEred 1,06S,S9S bales, or more than produced there in any year hereto fore. h Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Texas, ginnings to December F were greater than last years entire pI oduction there.
 Ginning during the period amount ell to 1882 bales-more than ginned in the same period in any year except 1911.
 Included in the ginnings were 42.- 796 round bales, compared with 91.- 6e6 last year, 75,772 in 1912 and 92,- 75O in 1911.
 Sea Island cotton included number cd 71,4SS bales, compared with 69, 5f0 bale slast year, 60,445 bales 1T 1912, and 98,035 bales in 1911. Ginnings prior to December 13, 1T Arkansas with comparisons for thu pas three years are and percentage O 1 the entire crop ginned prior to tha date in the same year, follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
COTTON BELT MEN
 WILL NOT STRIKE
Tillman Must Withdraw and Road Refrain from Discip-
 lining Employees.

The controversy between officials of the Cotton Belt Railway and some of it's employees over the dismissal of Conductor J. R. Tillman was brought to an end Sunday night, when Judge w. l.. Chambers, chairman of the mediation board, announced at St. Louis the decision that Tillmsn must withdraw internationally" and that the railroad must not discipline any of it's employees for particirhting in the strike voting. Both sides had previously agreed to abide by the me- diation boards ruling.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
IT. S. A. HERMAN DROWNS.
Lieut. Goerstener Loses Life Whel
 Machine Pluges Into Sea.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 21.-Lieut' Frederick J. Goerstener, observer, was drowned when United States aero nI1ne No. 29 plunged into the ocean near here this morning on his flight from San Diego to Los Angeles. Capt Hollis G. Miller, pilot or the cra1t' managed to cling to the wrecked ma chine until rescuers reached hlm rom the shore.
 Aeroplane No. 29, together with five other military planes. left San Diego early today to compete for the Mckay trophy. The machines will leave Los Angeles early in the morning to seoul for 15.OOC troops which will leave San Diego at the same time. The trophy will be given to the airmen who art first to sight and report the troops.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
NORTH FRANCE STORM CENTER.
Furious Fighting Occurs at Points
 North of Arras.

Paris, Dec. 21.--Northern France to- day is the storm center of the great battle on the western front. Though the allies continue their activities from Nieuport to the south of Ypres in Belgium, the most furious en- counters are occurring in the district from point just north of Arras, south to the region of Noyon, where the and the Indian ccntingents, are again at grips with their old time foes, von Kluck and von Buelow.
 Appreciable progress is reported by the French war office, which declares that the most desperate efforts of the Germans to regain their lost positions resulted in failure.
 In their advance upon Lens the French have arrived within five miles of the town on the west and within two and one-half miles on the nor invest by series of drives ags inst the Bavarlans and the Grown Prince Rupprecht. The French oc- curied the forest near the road be- tween Noulettes an. Scuchev and captured all the first line German u enches between this highway and Notre Dame de Loretta, to the south 1 west of Loos, which is northwest of Lens.
 British troops, attacking with great dash and vigor today. retook most of the trenches they lost in the fighting be fore Lihon, southwest of Perunne. Four successive attacks of the Ger ans in an attempt to recapture tren- ctes previously taken by the allies were repulsed.
 1 German Guns Smashed.
 Arras is again under bombardment l by the German guns, but the reply
 of the French batteries has percepti- bly weakened the attack. Several of the German guns have been silenced. North of Cornay, five miles to the esst of Albert, the French guns over whelmed the invaders batteries on several occasions, delivering such an accurate cannonade against their gun positions that the batteries, a num-
 her of times were forced out of ac- !tien.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
ricarl Army Officers Fire |ro, Woman and Her Brother in Mexico City.
IrsTDENT WILSON 1 DEMANDS INQUIRY
Robert OlIinger Finds Refuge in
 Llhodist Church After Brother, (L,rles Seibert, Knocks Down Greaser Who AccOSted Them.

Eexico City, by courier. to ElPaso
 21.-Acting on emphatic orders m Washington, John R. Silliman, |bis capacity of personal represen- i've of President Wilson, has de- tded from Provisional President Ftterez a full investigation of the rderous attack of soldiers on Mrs. kert Ollinger, prominent Amer p woman, and her brother Charles bert.
 krs. Ollinger, the wife of the traffic tager of the Aguilar Oil company } passing through Gante stree; h ner 17-year-old brother on Sun
 They were on their way to a
 e at the American club and were
 sted by two officers, one a Tel and the other a captain of the
 of the north. The colonel. ad- Ing Mrs. Oliinger familiarly,
 10 embrace her. Young Seibert 1ptly knocked him down. Both
 Ms drew revolvers and fired at EAoy but the bullets went wild. 0llinger leaped in front of her Rher, whereupon both shot at Ee.', ] bullets passing through her hat. Dne of the officers tried to seize ! Ollinger just as the other fired the bullet struck him in the |d In the confusion that followed |yell of pain, Mrs. Ollinger and her |ther darted into the Union Metho-
 thufch and, with the help of the
 saswung a neavy door shut just Ae officers opened fire on them |h. The fusillade of shots against EchHfch door and through the win n brought an automobile load of 6 Meicers from the hotel 1turbide,
 y, and the two desperadoes were 1ptly whisked away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
F0RMER PINE BLUFF
 MAN FRATERNITY HEAD
M. F. Holderness, Nashville Banker, Presiding Over National Conyen- tiOn at Chicago of $. A. F.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-About 1000 mem- bers of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra ternity are here attending the national convention, which is being presided over by Eminent Supreme Archon M E. Holderness of Nashville, Tenn. The convention will end with a banquet Among the speakers on this occasion will be J. M. Dickinson, former secre- tary of war; United States senator Pittman of Nebraska and MT. Holder mess.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
COMPANY SPLITS l|CY CHRISTMAS MELON
D Subsidiary of s. Q. Distributes ! Stock Dividend at Rate of
 l3S 1.3 Per Cent.

Lima, Ohio, Dec. 21.-A Christmas Don amounting to 133 1-3 per cent E cut today for the benefit of the |ckholders of the Ohio Oil company, or the Standard Oil subsidiaries. LOOK the form of distribution among Ohio company's stockholders of
 K Of the Illinois Pipe Line com v The Ohio company is both an
 Md pipe line company, operat- an Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. It ?Mtalized for $15.0O0,000 with
 at par listed at $25. Last year ade $22,OOO,O00 profit, equal to
 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Roth the Treasury Department and tbs Arkansas Stste Banking Depart ment require five statements per an num Tn view of this fact the as er.c;ated banks of Pine Bluff. Arkan- sos will discontinue publishing semi arnual statements at the close or business December 31st and June 30tt. r,o,,eu
 ASSOCIATION,
 if. By M. E. BLOOM, Manager
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
CHARITY BOARD MEETS.
Approves Bond of Secretary Joe Fer-
 gus0n in Sum of $1O,OOO.

Little Rock, Dec. 21.--At a meeting of the new state board of charitable institutions today, the bond of Joe Ferguson of Magnolia as secretary, in the sum of $10,000 was approved, and MT. Ferguson entered upon the dis charge of his duties. All the mem- bers of the board were present, in cluding Judge Jeptha H. Evans, ot Bonneville, who was absent last week
 on account of the death of his father
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
DEPOSITORY LAW.

.iMee of Bankers Will Confer
 Hnh Governor on Subject.
 1tsle Rock, Dec. 31.-A committee @ me Arkansas Bankers assOcia- xAl confer With the governor, at aey-general, ,,ate auditor, and 'e banking department to draft a N s repository law that will meet sa .ae most ge leral approval, and ssue TOT a disoosition of public aus ln a manner that will give the nple the greatest benefit from the 'us paid in by tncm as taxes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
NOTICE.

All banks, members of the Pine Bluff Clearing House association, will he closed Friday, December 25th- Christmas Day, and Friday January 1st. 1915, New Year's-legal holidays. PINE BLUFF CLEARING HOUSE
 ASSOCIATION,
 12-1s-6t By M. E. MLooM, Manager.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
New York aHote. Sold.

New York. Dec 21.--The Hotel {. .o.ha, one of the most n tied hostelr- ies of the city, was sold today. It $ said the price was $3,0O0,00. Frank lin Petit was the purchaser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
Kaiser Returns to Front

Rotterdam. Dec. 21.-It is officially announced from Berlin that the kais- CT is now perfectly well and has re- turned to the western front, accom- panied by his ministers for war, ma rine and foreign affairs and the i'm perial chancellor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
UOI1erueSS Local Man.

M. E. Holderness. referred to in the above dispatch, is a former resident of Pine Bluff, and "a brother of H. l. and J. S. Holderness of this city. He is now cashier of the First Savings Bank X Trust company of Nashville, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22

Extra special-See the beautiful child's suite in our window, and the novel plan of selling it. See it quick if interested. Reap & Crawford.
 1. 12-16-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
(Contlnued on page 5.)

In the Radiator of your automobile use anti-freeze solution and avoid trouble. Mann Motor Car Co. u
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22

Paris. Dec. 21. II D. m.-Thc night e. ,cial statement says:
 "Thc British troops have attacked arG this morning they recapturcd reost of the trenches which they lost before Iih0ns.
 'The enemy has mad four sue acssve attacks to recaDture the trenches which we had previously taken in this region. All these at taGks were repul5ed
 we have attacked to the north vest of Pui5aleire t9outh of Noyon,) and we have gained foothold in the f:,s. line of the enerny's trenches. We a.so have progressed in tie woods o St Mard. "No other important news regard iia the days operations have been re eelVed.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22

A good Ford car for sale cheap Mann Motor car company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22
.SLAVS REPfL GERMANS.
 ALLIES RECORD GAINS
OFFICIAL REPORTS.

Petrograd. Dec. 21.-Thc German forces in North Poland, 75 miles hm mthwest of Warsaw. are rctreatng over the border iHtlo Germany. ac= curt,ine to an official statement made ivy the headquarters of th8 Russian general staff here tonight. The conl- nlt.nication follows.
 "ln the direction of MlaWa the c1emy is rctreating toward Lauteh hl1g and Niedenburg.
 "On tAe left bank of the NIStula tlCrc is no change.
 "In Galicia the advance of the Aus ,r;an army finally Las been stopped hy the Russian3, whose further ac- tivtics are proceeding saiisf lctorily.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-12-22

1coNTINUED ON PAGE sIxl
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-12-09
THE C0UNTRY'S WAR AGAINST
The FOOT and MOUTH DISEASE

ehe lime and partly TO remove any
'emptation to dig them up again and
sell them. The entire farm premises
are the thoroughly disinfected and no
STOCK allowed upon them for a period
OF approximately sixty days
Appraiser Values the Herd.
In order to compensate the owner
OF MS property thus condemned In the
interest or the public welfare. an ap-
pralser is appointed by the state au-
thorites to value the herd. The sum
mus liked is divided equally between
the state and the federal authorities.
In the last outbreak in 1908 in New
england II cost the federal govern
Inent. which was then paying two
thirds OF the appraised values. ap.
proximately 100000 for condsmna.
ton. slaughter and disinfection. The
present outbreak is regarded az much
more serious.
The inspectors engaged iI this
work are equipped with a complete
rubber outfit which can be thoroughly
oisintected after each exposure to in
tecton. Persons who have not the
advantage OF this equipment should
vigorously refrain from exposing them
selves to the least risk OF infection.
AS has already been said. the disease
Is frequently transmitted by human
beings, and II is really n crime for
any one to crafty his curiosity at
the expense OF his neighbors. In ad
dition to this danger there are also n
number OF cases on record In which
ooth children and adults have become
lhiected themselves. Ordinarily the
olsease is not serious in men, but
weakly children who drink contami-
mated milk suffer so severely that In
Few cases death has been known to
result. With adults the malady Gsu-
ally takes no more serious form than
slight eruption I'm the mouth similar
10 ieVer blisters and possibly SINH
lar eruption on the hands and fingers
Ihere may be also some fever and
nausea. but there Ia comparatively lit
tie danger. In countries where the
ulsease Is prevalent many authorities
believe that II is fairly general In
human beings but that the consequent
disturbances In health are SO slight
that they are not brought TO the at
tention OF physicians.
Started in Michigan.
The present outbreak originated in
southern Michigan but how the germ
| found its way there is not yet def
nitely known. IL seems probable that
some cattle became infected. that
their milk was sent to a creamery
and the skim milk then returned to
be fed to hogs A herd OF these in
fected hogs was then shipped to Chi
cago where they infected the stock
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Quite Stumble.

my dear major. want to ask you
question" remarked the modest mai.
den to her partner as they entered the
conservatory.
"A thousand II you like" replied the
gallant major.
What Is kiss?" The soldier was
taken aback. but quickly pulled him
self together. and firmly said. This
is
Sir" replied the indignant seeker
after higher culture. you mlsunder-
stand me. The Interrogation put TO
you was mathematical problem
which l thought might interest you"
ut does. II does" said the major,
but II It's conundrum l give 1t up"
The maiden's eyes sparkled, and
there was music in her voice as she
threw out the answer, why. it's moth.
ing divided by two"
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cattle ultimately eradicate the dis.
ease. The federal guarantees are &C.
companied by state and local auaran.
tines of individual infected farms.
From these no produce whatsoever
can be sent out. In many cases chill.
dren are not even permitted to go to
school, and the farmer cannot drive
his horses on the public highways.
Stock Raisers Should Help.
The chief obstacle in the way OF the
successful prosecution of this cam
paign OF isolation and determination
lies In the danger that there may be
concealed sources OF infection. Al
though the farmer receives the ap
praised value OF his herd. Il is in
evitable that the summary slaughter
OF all his stock should cause him con
siderable Inconvenience as well as In
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FIND PLEASURE IN POULTRY
Woman Mhy Find as Much Enjoyment
With Flock Of Birds az She Does
on Shopping Expedition.

The woman who finds herself pos
sessed for the first time of flock OF
poultry will soon learn that she may
spend an afternoon working with her
birds and DO just as much amused as
n she spent her time shopping. nor
will she be nearly 50 tired as II she
had been walking around on hard
sidewalks.
Instead OF being ont OF pocket--for
most every woman will buy things that
she does not need n she chances TO
see their she will find that she has
added to the possibilities for gain.
To be out in the open air and sun
chine IS 20 see more real life than
does the woman who Is always in the
house.
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SCORED ONE ON THE HOTEL
Simeon Ford Tells How He Once En-.
tertained Guest With Lively
Sense of Humor.

Simeon Ford. who accomplished the
extraordinary feat OF running the
Grand Union hotel and being q
humorist OF nationwide reputation at
the same time, and, now that the
hotel Is defunct, is presumably turn
Ing his whole attention to the con-
vulsing OF dinner guests over their
coffee. expressed himself with much
modesty In reply to n question of the
Boston Herald.
II never tell stories." wrote he,
nor can remember them" That
looked damaging. But presently Mr.
Ford frightened up amazingly and
finished his communication In this
way:
Here is a bit OF humor. however.
and true hotel happening.
Our steward had printed on the
bills OF fare the following notice:
All articles brought into the hotel
and used at the table will be charged
for as though furnished by the house
Some one mailed me one OF these
bills and under the notice he had
written:
Does this apply to false teeth?-
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EXCELLENT POINTS
CONCERNING SWINE
Alfalfa Recognized as of Greatest
Value in Hog Feeding
Care for SoWS.
(Ry G. S. MILLER)

II you intend to pillow your blue
grass and clover pastures next spring,
let the pigs have free range over them
until the snow falls.
No other feed for small pigs ranks
as high in value as skim milk. II
you do not have plenty of Il on your
own farm. better arrange to get some
from a neighbor. even II It takes
trouble to do it,
In the West alfalfa is now Tecog
nized as OF the greatest value in
hog feeding Give brood SOW plenty
OF cut alfalfa with a small ration OF
corn. say not more than two poundg
per day. and she will come through
the winter In fine condition.
A slop made OF shorts and hot wa
ter, fed every other day. Is an excel.
lent thing for brod sows.
A good many men will tear them
selves from close proximity to a hot
stove, dash out into the storm. shovel
a few bushels of corn on the ground
for their hogs. and then leave them
to SILVER and freeze without adequate
shelter during the night. These men
are the fellows who are always sure
there Is no money in hog raising.
Since Doctor Moore's discovery of
the hitherto unknown qualities of
copperas, 1t has been used with great
success to preserve the health of
hogs. A very small portion, say a
teaspoonful In barrel OF drinking wa
ter once or twice a week. is recon-
mended
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yards before they themselves revealed
any symptoms OF the disease Once
this had taken place, every shipment
OF stock from Chicago TO other parts
OF the country was likely 20 spread
the Infection. For this reason fed
eral inspectors have for some time
now been engaged IN tracing. by the
aid OF bills Of ladlng and other rail.
road records. each OF these Shipments
TO It's destination and inspecting the
stock there This accounts for the
discovery Of cases in states as far re-
moved from each other as Iowa and
Massachusetts. The various guaran.
tines already imposed have been de-
signed TO prevent the continued move.
ment OF cattle from infected or sus.
DiciOus places Once these move.
ments have been halted and all the
exposed cattle brought to a standstlT.
II will be possible for the federal an.
thorities to locate all suspicious cases
and BY the slaughter OF all exposed