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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
Would Be No Match for ANY
of the Great Powers in
Land Conflict.
ARMY TOTALS 100000
Size Fighting Strength Seems Pitiful-
Nv Small When Compared With
Millions of Russia and
Germany.
(Ry Sidney ESpey.)


Washington, Sept 12.-With all
Europe locked in the most titanic
struggle of all time, the situation IN
our own military world looms blacKef
than ever before us.
If the United States had been forced
to enter a war Of this nature, what
would become OF us?
If this country were forced to OBEY
the ultimatum of hostile nation OIL
the first rank, what would we DO
except submit? r..
That Providence which, according
to the elder Pitt, is accustomed 10
guard children, imbeciles and the
United States, would have to get busy
to save us, for, Providence, as Ma
poleon once said, is in the habit OF
heing on the side with the heaviest
artillery.
Examination of the official figu%es
now on file at the Army War college,
shows that the United States army
stands a very bad eighth in the mill
tary world.
Russia, with her 100000 fighting
men. stands first with Germany second
with 100000. France carries $780,
600 soldiers and Austria supports o.
O29 900. Italy follows with 1,771,OOo,
and Japan has 1854 900. Great Brit
ain is seventh with only 100000, but
the United States scarcely measured
up the other powers at all-her pitt
full 100000 fighters being almost Who'll
ly lost in the great hordes of soldiers
in other parts of the world.
;e,f IF that tho United
States does not have the same geo.
graphical disadvantages with which
these other nations are burdened.
With the exception of Canada, we
have no possible hostile nation within
immediate striking distance. Mexico
threatens every now and then, but the
war department claims that war
with Mexico would only be pleasant
outing for the boys in blue, a taste
of what real war would be, a good
bracer for the army. 1t is the foreign
armies, the armies of the other con-
tinent that some fear.
The three thousand miles Of ocean
which must be traversed by the enc
my before hostile force could land
on the shores Of the United States
form a vast natural barrier to inva-
sion But it must be remembered that
our navy is fourth among the navies
of tn eworld, and that, before the
end Of the year it will be fifth, unless
some great naval battle completely
disarranges the present standing on
the sea.
Could Sweep Country.
Once on American soil it is admit
ted that foreign army would meet
with little organized resistance. Our
standing army of 100000 men would
be swept aside and our vast CONNER
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1.

AS we have been greatly imposed
upon we will deliver all work strict
ly cash on delivery, parties not
wishing to pay C. 0. D. will please
not ring for our deliveryman, as they
have strict orders to return all work
which they are unable to collect for.
Fank Dietrick's Clothing Hospital,
go IL Main street, over Goldberg's
Shoe store. Phone 1926. 8-S-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
Don't be Bothered with Coughing

STOP It With FOIey's Honey and Tai
Compound. 1t spreads soothing
healing coating as it glides down the
throat, and tickling. hoarseness. and
nervous hacking, are quickly healed
Children love it-tastes good and nc
opiates. A man in Texas walked Il
miles to a drug store to get bottle
Best you can buy for Group and
bronchial coughs. Try it. Mann
Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
A Lame Back-kidney Iroublo
Causes II.

And it will give you even worse II
not checked. Mrs. H. T. Straynge'
GAINESVILLE, Ca, was fairly down on
her back with kidney trouble and In
famed bladder. She says: Il tooH
Foley Kidney pills and now my bacf
is stronger than in years, and botf
kidney and bladder troubles are en-
tirely gone" Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13

-EENRy ROBERTS & &C. fire IN.
surance. t2S Ia W. Ind Ave. Phone
VS. a-26 tt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-13
Mrs. R. E. Glascock Will reopen 1 4e7
piano Studio Tuesday morning a. le g.
,p in .treet. Phone 1918. 9-o-ot

TS the Ladies:
we have a separate stand for the
iao'e | Who Want their shoes shlhea.
Inc Best Service i'm the City.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
Justice Richter and Four Aides
Fail In Assault On Mobile Rabbit

Justice OF Peace Richter and Ho-
mer Carr. clerk I'm Judge Van Tiles
court, have returned from a hunting
trip TO Ortonville, and report a har-
rowing experience with full-grown
rabbit,
The Judge and the clerk had been
moving over the Genessee county
acreage for long time. They came
to dead stop. There, stone 3
throw away, sat this living. breathing
rabbit. IL was looking into the clouds,
In an attitude of meditation.
After all this search. they had come
upon their quarry, and then they
looked at each OTHER In awe.
Let's shoot" murmured Carr.
The judicial attitude asserted it.
self. mo" said Richter. lets call
in the farmers and see what they'd
advise"
The farmers we're summoned. three
of them. The rabbit continued 10
gaze into the heavens. The farmers
came, and advised an immediate as
sault. Five strong men started after
the rabbit. which scampered on into
4 clump OF underbfush.
The judge, the clerk and the farm.
lers beat the brush with their rins
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

r. NJ. Newman. the popular travel
lecturer, closed his 1914 series OF trav-
eltalks In the Detroit opera house, Sun
day. with a talk on Berlin, the war
center" In the afternoon. and The
war capitals OF Europe" In the even
ing.
"Perlin, the war center" was a repi-
tition OF Mr.. Newman's lecture OF the
week previous, given the second time
I'm response 10 many requests from
those who attended the first lecture
and rot only wanted 10 hear II again
but had told their friends about II,
too. Mr.. Newman, In story and pic
ture. presented the German capital 10
his audience before and since the
war He was In Berlin when mobiliza-
ton began and was detained there nm
der military espionage until he could
give satisfactory proof OF his identity
IA n trayel-lecturer. and that his ex
tensive photcgraphing outfit was per-
fectly Innocent and harmless and not
the paraphenalia OF a spy. The pic
lures shown included views OF Ber-
Inns beautiful avenues and buildings.
intimate pictures Of the kaiser and his
family. and, through the work OF Mr..
Newman's camera assistant now In
Europe, an unusual record OF happen
ings since the war began.
In, the evening. the capitals of En-
rope we're revealed In all their beauty
Of architecture as photographed by
Mr.. Newman before the war" and
shown i'm their present condition of
sombreness and anxiety and flushed
galety OF the Inhabitants.
Mr.. Newman promises 20 return
next season with new topics and new
picturps
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
POLICE ARE SATISFIED
WASILEWSKI is SUICIDE

Although the police are satisfied
that Anthony WasilewskI, 21 years
old, took his own life with a shotgun.
In his room at No. 149 Leland-st., Sat.
urday night, Coroner Rothacher Is not
entirely satisfied with the self-de-
struction theory, and will make a
thorough investigation Of the case.
Six roomers In the house were de-
tained by the police, Saturday night,
but were later released. when they
stated that Wasilewski went to visit
his sweetheart in Grand Rapids. last
week, found that she had married an
other and came home. moody and
Respondent.
He was found lying between two
beds In his room, with shotgun
wounds in his temple and chest. Cor
oner Rothacher's suspicious were
aroused by the absence OF powder
marks, but police point to the fact
that the man placed coat over his
head before pulling the trigger OF
the shotgun with HIS toe.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
MISTAKEN FOR THIEF,
WOMAN GETS BULLET

Mrs. Stella Siget. 20 years old. Of
No. 467 Thirty-second-st., narrowly
escaped death from a bullet fred by
Walter Machajski. OF the same ad-
dress. Sunday, when she went to the
rescue Of chicken that had been
caught In the door OF the coop. and
was squawking loudly to be released
Both Machajski and Mrs. Siget had
suffered from visits Of chicken
thieves, and when Machajski heard
the cries OF the chicken, he fred
point-blank at the object In the door
way. thinking II was someone trying
to steal the fowl. The bullet struck
Mrs. Siget above the right eye, but
did not penetrate her skull. following
the contour OF her head. and lodging
near the right ear The wound Is not
serious.
Machajski was locked up, pending
investigation. charge Of felonious
assault being registered against him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
BODINE AGAIN HEADS
EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE

William l.. Bodine, OF Chicago, was
reelected president Of the National
League Of Compulsory Education on
cials In the closing session OF the
fourth annual convention Of the organ
ization in Central high school, Satur.
day afternoon. Other officers are:
First-vice president, II. r. Pestalozzi,
Milwaukee; second vice-president,
Henry J. Gideon, Philadelphia; secre-
tary, John b. Quinn, st. Louis: treas
urer, Templeton p. Twiggs, Detroit.
The executive committee will de-
eide where the 1915 convention will
be held. The league has received In
vitations from Buffalo, San Francisco,
Washington, ID. c.. and Cincinnati.
The league adopted resolutions fav-
oring the passage OF uniform marriage
and divorce laws, and laws prohibiting
the mentally and physically unfit from
marrying.
Herschel II. Jones. OF New York:
Paul Krenzointer, of Altoona, Pa: II.
r. Pestalozzi. OF Milwaukee, and B. r.
Comfort. principal OF Cass Technical
high school. Detroit, were the speak
ers at the closing banquet In the Ho-
tel Cadillac Saturday night. Temple
ton p. Twiggs. superintendent OF the
compulsory education department OF
Detroit, was POSTMASTER.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
new YORK POLICE
DECLARE WAR ON
BLACKHANDERS
Latest Fires, i'm Which Eight
People Perish, Rouse Authori-
ties To Action
SUSPECTS ALREADY
BEING ROUNDED UP
determination of Terrorist Or
ganization is Resolved
Upon

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Roused as
they have not been since the bomb
outrages al Union-sq. years ago. New
York police officials today declared
war Of determination against the
greater city's blac ISLANDERS. With a
record OF two bombsetting and two
incendiary fires within three weeks,
and the perpetrators stil unknown,
the power OF the entire police force
centered on running down the men
who set two fires yesterday, one OF
which resulted In the death OF eight
persons.
Six members OF a family or seven
were trapped in the flaming Railways
OF the tenement at No. 405 East TWEEN
ty-ninth-st.. and burned to death. Po-
lice officials declared today they have
conclusive evidence that the building
was fired by blackhanders whose de
mands for protection money" were
refused by Gaetano Shsmbri, ten
ant. The eighth victim, a woman.
escaped, but died few hours later
from shock and exposure. A score
or more tenants were burned and In
jured when they jumped from win
dows and fire escapes.
Less than 10 hours after the Twer.
ty-ninth-st. tenement had been Quilted
and while detectives swarmed through
the neighborhood. second fire was
set last night tat No. 144 West TWEEN
ty-eighth-st The tenants were res
cued with difficulty.
AS the first step today in the black.
hand hunt, Inspector Of Detectives
Faurot began an investigation today
In the municipal building. Tenants
who escaped from the Twenty-ninth.
st. tenement and who are able, are
TO be questioned. number of sus-
poets rounded up in the early hours
today also are to appear In an effort
10 learn IL they were seen near the
house when the fire was set.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23

butts. and when they thought the rab-
DIT had been given ample time and
good and sufficient reason to expire.
they ceased. Out jumped the rabbit.
He was badly indented and otherwise
"punctuated." but he still retained
that well-known rabbit characteristic
OF running. He covered about FIVE fur
longs in long, graceful jumps, and
then sat down again.
The farmers decided IL would be
best to open fire. Five shots were
discharged In quick order.
The rabbit. by this time. had be-
come suspicious. The Judge thinks
II acted as though Il felt someone
wanted TO do 1T great bodily harm,
less than the crime OF homicide.
IL hoped out OF sight. into some
more brush. and there. says the Judge,
that rabbit Is probably sitting today.
looking towards the clouds and cogi.
tating upon the problems OF the uni
verse.
ut was a meditatIve beast" said
Richter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
THE STAGE
LYcEuM.

IrSGS".
The Roundup" the seemingly per-
ennial popularity OF which has given
it the position OF a classic of melo-
drama, opened q weeks engagement
In the Lyceum theater, Sunday even
ing. This Is the sixth consecutive
season I'm which this play has been
seen In Detroit, and judging from the
audience which greeted Sunday
nights opening. II Is az popular as
ever. The whooping cowboys, paint
ed Indians, and spotted horses are
still there, and Shep Camp makes
Slim Hoover who Is bigger and bet
ter than ever. The Calling gun barks
as fiercely as ever, and Apaches bite
the dust with amazing frequency.
AS indicated In the foregoing, the
chief appeal Of the Roundup" lies
In its merit as spectacle rather than
I'm any intrinsic dramatic value. al
though there is a sweet and whole
some love story running throughout
the three acts. The battle scene in
which q force OF United States
soldiers. led by an Arizona sheriff,
rout a war party of Apaches II one OF
TIC u1OSt duUlblOu5 ohA A0ohbtAS
scenes ever produced on the stage.
For noise. enthusiasm and strr1ng
qualities, IL would do credit to wiid
west show. The Apache braves,
mounted on ponies, winging their way
slowly down a rocky defile, Is espe-
cially impressive and IL carried out
with startling realism.
Shep Camp az Slim Hoover. $40
pound sheriff OF Pinal county, Is an
actor OF ability. and moreover can
roll a cigarette with one hand In
way which brought rounds OF APP
plause. He Is the man who smooths
out the difficulties OF Jack .Payson,
rancher, and Echo Allen, daughter OF
the southwest. Echo marries JACK,
and Dick Lane, her old sweetheart,
returns on the wedding day, Jack
conceals the fact of Dicks return.
and Bud Mckee, half-breed, with q
grievance against Jack. accuses the
latter Of the killing and robbery OF
an express messenger, knowing that
Jack, In order to prove his innocence.
must reveal the fact Of Lanes return.
Echo learns that Lane IL alive and
sends Jack into the desert TO ind
him. Jack finds Lane dying OF thirst
and both are beset by a band or
Apaches, when Sheriff Hoover arrives
at the head OF detachment OF
soldiers. That's all, except for the
conventional happy ending with a re-
Cancellation between Jack and Echo.
Gertrude Perry plays Echo Allen.
and John b. Mack makes an accept
able Jack Payson. The nameless In
dian who hangs head downward from
a jutting rock for 10 minutes after
having been shot by Lane, also de-
serves commentator.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
MRS. BRAGDON, CHARITY
WORKER, LAID TO REST

MONROE, Mich, Nov. 23.-(spe-
cial. Funeral services for Mrs.
Agnes II. Bragdon. wife OF A. b. Brag.
don. city attorney and dean of the
Monroe County Bar association, were
held from the home Monday afternoon,
the Rev. Charles O'Meara, pastor OF
the Episcopal church officiating, assist.
ed by the Rev. Otway Colvin. OF Ale
gan. close friend Of the Bragdon fam.
lily. Interment was In Woodland
cemetery.
Besides her husband Mrs. Bragdon
Is survived by three children, A. B.
Bragdon. Jr.. manager OF the Record
Publishing company Of this city. Miss
Bessie Bragdon Of Toledo and Mrs.
Florence Utter, OF Lansing.
Mrs. Bragdon was great friend of
the poor and recognized no dividing
lines of creed or race In her work for
charity.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
JULIET WOUND
INFLICTED In
BRAWL, KILLS
Angelo Aiullo is Victim Of Fatal
Shooting in House on
MonrOe-ave.
INSPECT, ARRESTED,
ADMITS HE'S SLAYER
Drinking Bout by Party of Ital-
ians is Precursor of the
Crime

Angelo Aiullo, "a years old. OF No.
SIS Monroe-ave., died In st. Mary's
, hospital, at ) o'clock, Monday morn
ing. from bullet wound in his aldo.
men, the shot having been. fred sun
day afternoon during fight which
followed drinking bout in the Mon.
roe-ave. house, according 10 the de-
tecfiyes. s'-
Shortly after 3 o'clock. Monday
morning, Detectives Rogers, Kolb
and Grove removed all mystery from
the crime when they arrested four
men in the house at No. TIC st. An
ftoine-st., and one of the prisoners,
dominica Bono, "a years old. living
a. that address, confessed to the
ehooting according TO the police,
when they found his clothing stained
With blood. The missing revolver,
which had caused much speculation
BY the police, was found in the house,
Bono telling the officers where he mad
hidden IL. they say. The detectives
went home, after their hord days
work. somewhat astonished at their
euccess. The ordinary Italian holni-
eide works out much differently, as n
usual rule. Bono has set a precedent
By his alleged confession.
After the shooting, the detectives
who rushed TO the Monroe-aye. house
found every symptom of the regular
Italian crime. Everybody who
might possibly know anything about
the affair had had business elsewhere
Just when the shot was fired.
Sam Aiullo. brother OF the wounded
man. was out caring for his horse.
His wife was in the kitchen. Three
men who were arrested as witnesses,
'6eclared that two men had rushed In,
Ghot Aiullo, and departed They
1idn't know the men, they said.
The wounded man was asked who
|6hot him. He said he didn't know. (!
later. as Aiullo lay dying in the hos.
bital, the detectives learned that some |
|1en In the ST. Antoine-st. house |
light know something about the |
rhine. They went there and rounded |
M Bono and three others, who we're |
MI locked up. The other prisoners
ave their names as Salvador Orlan- i
re, Giuseppe Beratta, and James
|Beratta.
IA Bono told the police that when he |
uttered the Monroe-ave. house after |
Dcing out for q walk. he found his |
1lher-in-law there. The latter was
liking about having received threat
ming letters and the other Italians
Eote menacing him. Thinking his
other-in-law was in danger OF being
1jured. Bono says he drew his rel
[|o1ver and fired.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
CADILLAC.


'Bucephalus." venerable and very
thin horse with a hne appreciation OF
humor, Is assisting Sam Howe and
his Heart Charmers." who opened u
weeks engagement In the Cadillac,
Sunday afternoon. Besides having to
parade around the circuit with q
name like "Bucephalus," this horse
has to stand for great deal OF fool
ishness OF a kind that would make
most humans feel very much Offend
ed. For instance, "Bucephalus" Is
programmed TO win a race at Cheeps-
head Bay In fact, he does win---on
the stage. If "Bucephalus" were a
sensitive beast. he probably would
consider the part given hims rs per-
sonal affront, shaft of sarcasm di.
rected at his old age and general lack
OF animation.
Sam Howe is seen to good advant-
sge In both. burlettas. Niagara Falls"
and "A Day at the Races" He has
with him lively and well-trained
chorus. Lillian West offers most OF
the melody in the show, and Is wen
received. A, novelty tank act rounds
out program which Is somewhat
above the burlesque average.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
MASON-DIXON Line
BEGUN Isl YRS. ago
To Mark the Boundary Between
Original States of Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland

In 1863, little over ISL years ago,
two English surveyors, Charles Mason
and jeremiah Dixon. began the sur
yeying OF what came to be known as
the Mason and Dixon line between
the states OF Pennsylvania and Mary
land. This line afterward became Ia
nous as the supposed boundary be
tween the north and the south. or be-
tween the free or slave holding states.
The line was surveyed at the In
stance of William Penn and Lord
Baltimore. The surveyors were three
years In making the survey from the
northeast corner to the foot OF Savage
mountain. In 1867 the work was fin;
ished from the latter point to vir-
ginia. now West Virginia. The line
Is said TO have cost 100000 and the
surveyors employed an army OF 100
axmen and q road 80 feet wide was
cut through the dense forest.
A mixture OF sand and lime stones
OF light brown-grayish color was
brought over from England to mark
the line and these stones were set
up at intervals OF a mile wherever
II was possible to erect them. They
4 1.2 feet high. On some parts of the
line the country was so rugged that
mounds OF dirt and rock had to be
substituted for these stones.
Today the Mason and Dixon line
has been resurveyed and remarked
and Invested OF its chief erroneous
traditions. In 1S49 q revision of the
line was made by q joint commission
from Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware, and II was then found that
the change involved by the correction
amounted TO less than two acres.
which were added to Maryland. In
1903 Pennsylvania and Maryland each
appropriated $4,000 for the restora.
ton of the line.
Many OF the peculiar English stones
had disappeared, and the commission
made an exhaustive search for them.
The Identification was an easy task.
for on breaking them the stones emit.
ted sulphurous odor. SO thorough
was the search that some were found
in the cprbing Of streets and In peo.
pies cellars. One was taken from
the wall OF an old stone church.
where Il had done service for many
years. IN the places or those that
could not be found new stones or
marble were set up.
On every fifth stone the coat OF
arms Of William Penn was cut on the
Pennsylvania side and on the Mary
land side the escutcheon OF Lord Bal.
timore was placed. On the others the
monogram p. and NJ. was cut. The
stones are now set so near ole an.
other even In the mountain regions,
that the traveller may stand at o stone
and see the next one.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-23
FATHER STAYS
son WITH CLUB
Youth, Struck Over Head With
Stick of Wood, Dies Two
Hours Later

GAYLORD. Mich, Nov. 23.--(Spe-
ciaD-William Sides, an Elmira farm
er. is alleged to have killed his eldest
son. John. 20 years OF age. early Sat
urday evening. by striking him over
the head with a club. The only pro-
vocation. 30 far as known, was the
young mans action In striking his
father Light blow upon the chest in
a playful spirit. which SO an red
Sides that he hit the boy with stick
OF wood. The young man died an
hour later in the village of Elmira. to
which place he had walked following
the deed. Sides hearing Is set for
today.