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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
SEE AMERICA FIRST.

(Womans National Weekly
In short time it will be in order
for those who can afford the luxury
to take a summer trip. Thousands
will go to Europe and spluage and
spend millions of dollars which they
had better keep in this country If
they have it's welfare at heart. There
is just as beautiful scenery in the
United States as one cold wish. In
every state there are to be found
numerous places of historic interest.
Perhaps the roads are not as good IN
some parts of this country as In
Europe, but the people who live along
the American highways are as socl-
able as foreigners. Everywhere there
is complaint about the high cost OF
living, yet much cash now being
spent in trips to Europe could be
made to do duty at home and add to
our own prosperity. Besides, the
cash spent by Americans in, touring
Europe, the Europeans who come to
this country to work for the great in
dustrial plants or to live in citles
send millions of dollars back to the
countries from which they came. This
should stimulate their patriotism OF
the Americans and induce them to
spend their vacations in the United
States and keep money circulating at
home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
~ INE BLUFF
RoGRESS
ROSPERITY
SPEEDING ON THE PIKE

People residing on the Pine Bluff
Little Rock pike complain OF the
danger to which they, their children
and their stock are subjected by auto
speed maniacs who make race
course of the highway. The only
way to handle these reckless auto
ists,i who disregard the safety OF
Others as well as their own. is &c
have. them before court and Impose
the maximum penalty every tine
they are convicted. "They take a
fine as a joke" it is explained, but
il they are given a Jail term occas-
sionally, the reckless ones will soon
perceive there is no humor in the
situation from their standpoint.
The auto speed maniac is an
obstacle in the good roads movement
for he antagonizes the farmer ana
the land owner residing in the cou1-
try. Auto owners should exert their
influences to repress the RECKLESS
ones, and when the waiting policy
fails. Woodrow's way should be fol-
lowed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

Compound to me and 1 tried it at once
and found much relief. After that l
had no pains at all and could do my
homework and shopping the same
as always. For years 1 have praised
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for what it has done for me,
and shall always recommend it as wo-
mans friend. You are at liberty to use
my letter in any way" Mrs. THOMSON,
649 w. Russell ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
carry women so successfully through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med.
icine Co. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
PRESS OPINIONS
MAKING AN ASS OF THE LAW
(Shreveport Times)


One E. j. McCackey was arrested
ing that he held UP one G. G. Burton
with firearms and robbed the said
Burton of one dime. McCackey was
placed On trial and the evidence was
adduced. Burton testified as to the
facts Of the robbery, stating incide 1T
ally that the only money secured
from him by McCackey was two
nickles. Before verdict was render
ed as to McCaskey's guilt or :nno-
cence, McCackeys attorney raised the
point that the indictment charged his
client with robbing Burton of dime
whereas the evidence showed that
Burton was robbed of two nickles.
Accordingly, he moved that the in
dictment be squashed, since the evil
dence was at variance with the IN
dictment. The court sustained the
motion and quashed the indictment.
McCackey's attorney now contends
that his client has been placed in
jeopardy and cannot be re-indicted.
Commenting on this case, The
Fort Worth Record puts it badly and
succinctly: qE--
1--WE do not pretend to know wha-
the statutes require Or the decisions
hold but every man OF common sense
knows that dime is 10 cents, that
two lickles equals 10 cents, and that
two things that are equal to the
same thing are equal to each other;
he knows that the silver coin known
as dime and two nickels coins of
3 cents each represent the same value
as money; he knows that the man
who steals either is a thief, and he
knows that. when the law makes
such distinction the law is an ass
Perhaps lawyers and judges can
see such distinction as these, but
to the layman they seem the quintes-
sence vi folly. If man steals one
tenth of a dollar, what difference
does it make how the charge against
him is expressed, so long as it is
proven that that was the sum he
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

Himself under the advisory super
vision of the court. He arranges to
pay certain amount of his wages
into court; portion is returned to
him and a portion paid to the wife.
Where we consider it desirable he
is required to render an account of
all his expenditures and his wife to
do likewise. When she comes for
her second allowance, she must
render an itemized statement of every
thing she has expended out of the
first allowance. She is willing to
do this, because she wants support
for herself and children.
"The result of the family account
ing department is wonderful and it is
exceedingly popular with the hush
ands us we'll as the wives. The
money passing through this depart
ment now amounts to about $1,000 a
week. 1t checks intemperance, ex-
travagance, improvidence, and en-
courages thrift, economy and bust
ness methods. We educate wives in
buying.
''By a sliding scale or graduated al
lowance, dependent on conduct, we
are able il measure to control the
conduct of the wives and interfering
relatives. The better they act the
more they get"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

Thre may be an omlnous s4Shlll-
canoe in the fact that all the wars IN
which the United States has been en-
gagged have begun in the month OF
April.
The revolution began with the bat
tie of Lexington, April 10, ITO.
While the formal declaration OF
war against Great Britain in 1877 did
not come until June, the presldent
signed the bill authorizing the war
loan in April and the people supplied
the sinews of war by taking up the
loan in that month.
War against Mexico was declared
April 24,1s46.
The bombardment and fall OF Fort
Sumpter, which marked the beginning
of the war between the states, took
place in April, 1861
War against Spain was declared
on April Il, 1898.
1t was in April, 1853. that Commo-
dore Decatur was ordered to proceed
to Algiers to punish the Barbary
pirate commerce.
1t will! be noted that the declara-
lions OF war against Spain and Next
co were not only made in April, but
about the same time of the month In
which the Mexican crisis has come
to head.
If an astrologer We're to cast the
horoscope of the ruler OF Mexico he
would probably make it read some
think like this:
Avoid getting gay in April, and
particularly during the last third OF
the month, with a tall, light-complect-
ed party with long hair and goatee
dressed in the stars and stripes and
answering to the name of Uncle Sam
Stay at home most of the time, OF
hide out in the bush.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

1t is to be regretted that Carranza
and Villa will join hands with Huerta
in the present embroglio, but such
action was not unexpected. 1t will
make Uncle Sans task more difficult,
will cost more lives and dollars and
can end only in the United States
annexing Mexico or exercising over
the country such a protectorate as
to make it practically part of this
couatry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
DIVORCE COURT TEACHES
THRIFT.

A compulsory school of thrift in
Detroit, in the system devised by
Judge Arthur j. Lacy of the domestic
relations court, has proved thai the
rndiments of thrift can be taught
although, in the public schools, they
are not.
Writing to President Simon W.
Straus of the American Society Tor
Thrift, Judge Lacy said:
THE husband in order to ssold ar
rest is willing voluntarily to place
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
WARNING ORDER

In the Chancery Court of Jefferson
County, Arkansas.
John Porter, plaintiff VS.. Sarah
Porter, defendant.
The defendant, Sarah Porter, is
warned to appear in this court within
thirty days and answer the com
plant of plaintiff, John Porter.
Given under my hand and the Seal
of said Court this Sth day of April
A. D. 1914.
~, G. E. LYLE, Clerk,
,, 49,. G. c. LYLE, D. G.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

The people who have Pine Bluffs
welfare at heart should see to it
that the thousands to visit this eli y
within the next few weeks are treat
ed fairly in every way. No gouging
should be permitted. The strangers
money should buy just as much as the
home mans. Pine Bluff cannot af-
ford to have it said that it ill-treated
it's guests. tr~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

If Admiral. Fletcher had se.zed
Vera Cruz last week, HuertaT would
not have been dilatory in agreeing
to salute the stars and stripes. He
wanted that shipment of 200
machine guns, 10000 rifles and TO-
100000 rounds of ammunition. but he
might have known he could not slip
anything like that over the yankees
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

took? When the law is made to
observe such distinctions, it becomes
catch-penny devise, the sport OF
clubbing fee-seekers and the despair
of people endowed with plain, ordl-
nary common sense. This Hous -on
case IS referred to as "ten cents
Justice" 1t ought TO be marked
down
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

Speaking of dairying, the nine
creameries of King county, Cal, paid
$4,000 for February deliveries, and
February is not a particularly good
month for cream at that. In addl-
ton to the $4,000 the owners of
the cream factories also obtained
hundreds of tons of fertilizer free.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
MRS, THOMSON
TELLS WOMEN
How She Was Helped During
Change of Life by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Philadelphia, Pal am just 52years
of age and during Change of Life SUI

= ~ W. = Va
terribly. I tried sew
eral doctors but none
seemed to give me
any relief. Every
month the painswere
intense in both sides,
and ad e m e so
weak that I had to
go to bed. At last
a friend recommen-
ded Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege ia lie
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

The back-to-the-farm movement
ca1 be made effective by making farm
life more attractive, and the one best
means of doing this is to build good
roads to the farm
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
White Flag Was Black.

It is reported that one of the
armies at Torreon hoisted a white
flag the other day, but it was SO
dirty the enemy thought it was a
black flag and kept on fighting,
Washington Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

The girl who would reach the heart
of some man through his stomach
should be regular attendant at The
Graphic's cooking school.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

1t is frequently said there can be
too much of a good thing, but it does
not seem there can be too much of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23


1t is natural we should be more
tolerant of our own than of others.
That's why Cole Blease of South
Carolina gels off with his insulting
way and Huerta does not.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
IS sANFoRD)'N
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IA -
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/ .; IL C0Xa1;S:!:;;:: !
z Goo. .. Ide Go Makers. Troy. NY 4
Goo. ?. lido & Co. Makers, Troy, NV.

the good things served by Mrs.
Vaughn at The Graphic's cooking
school this week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
She Weighed Enough.

81 hear your wife has abandoned
her idea of a European trip What
happened to make her change her
mind?"
"She overheard some one say to
a friend that travel broadened one
immensely"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
SOME SENSE AND
SOME NONSENSE
4 Diplomat in the Making

,"What do you name by writing me
that my Jimmie cant pass into the
next grader stormed an irate female,
bursting into the principals room.
AN after him dom such grand
work all the year"
"Why, Mrs. Flaherty," replied the
teacher, you must know better than
that. I've sent you his report cards
every month and you know that his
marks have been nearly all DIS"
"Indade they hov, and vie you say
he cans pass. l don't understand 1t,
num-" ..- ..-....
81 am afraid you don't understand
our system of marking. d means
deficient, you know"
"Sure | don't know PLAT that may
be, mum, but Jimmie told me all
about the letters. Sure d. is dandy,
Co is corking, 81 is bum, an "a is
awful-an' he's got &C an DIS livery
month. Harper Magazine.
A Life of Ease.
81 would like to lead a tranquil
existence, said the troubled man OF
affairs.
"About how tranquil" asked his
overworked secretary.
The other thought moment. "Oh"
he answered, "about as tranquil life
as germ leads on a oAe-thousand
dollar bill" -Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23
APRIL OUR WAR MONTH

Thre may be an ominous s4snlil-
canoe in the fact that all the wars III
which the United States has been en-
gagged have begun in the month OF
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-23

49, 16-2 -30-5-7.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
IRISH FOLK SONGSAT
GLEE CLUB RECITAL
Program Will Be Given as Fea-
ture in Connection With
Barry Exercises.

One of the features of the recital OF
the Glee Club of tho Friendly Son%
OF st. Patrick. to b. held at the New
Willard. Friday night. in connection
with the celebration ceremony of the
Commodore John Barry statue, is the
announcement that Miss Mary Jordan.
Irima donna contralto of the Century
Opera COMPANY. Of Kew York, will be
heard in several songs.
operate selections ami Irish folk
;ongs rendered by John Finne3an. Irish
tenor. we'll known here for his work in
St AloysiIs' Church. will strive for
popularity. Miss Jordan has won a
host of admirers in the East. while Mr..
Finnecan's clear and sympathetic tenor
has been heard TO advantage here be-
fore.
Musical Washington is lOo:ing for
ward with interest to this event, which
will mark new venture for the city.
I'rof Michael, an eminent authority
on Gaelic lore. SAYS: The fOrthcom-
ing concert is aage-lv awaited ~ me.
as | have !onEeI 10 So" something
Of this kind held in tn" Nations Cap
Ital. the seat Of lcavnin; and culture"
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
City Made Dumping Ground for
Hall Dead AnimaIs-"0op-
/ ed" to Effect Sales, Says W.
r S. HutchinS.
Cooperation of Police Asked to
Prevent Bringing in of Worn
Out Steeds With Attendant
Cruelty.

Last wcck the Washington Horse
Show. 7rith lis animals north Il
small fortune each, attended NTH
scrupulous care, treated with every
consideration, wdtched NTH deep
concern and interest," for their ply
sicdL Wcifdre-
This wcck, and epery week, the
sales here of decrepit, lame, halt,
half-dead animals, for prices as lon
as $40, S., cpen for 81 and So,
brought to Washington because
thcv would not be admitted to any
other CITY,. many of them so
"doped" that their buyers never get
them home, limpiHg through the
streets in pioIdtion of the ldW, and
suffering from the unchecked
cruelty of mercaess drivers
That is the contrast to which the
president of the Washington Hu-
name Society calls attention in this
oryirIo
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Whipped Up and Down.

"Crlc horse, with an affection Of
n Eho-lder that resembles neur-
N in human being. WAS whipped
20 AID down tire sawdust floor on
" last visit TO one OF these
eAl&ies ne said. The horse
&ecAaG under each stroke. re-
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
G DEAD, 4 INJURED IN
EXPLOSION ON BOAT
Bursting Boiler Tube on the Jef-
ferson Fills Compartment
With Live Steam.

NORFOLK, Va. May l2.-SiX men are
dead and four others arc in a serious
condition. as a result OF an explosion
OF the Old Dominion steamer jefferson
last night when the steamer was five
miles inside the Virginia capes.
The dead are all Eolpred and were
emplo, ed as coal passcrs and water
tenders. The injured are Engineer W.
q. Portlock. First Assistant Engineer
H. B. Smith, Oiler VI. Olsen and a
colored fireman named J. Loefy.
There were nine men in the after
starhoard boiler room at the time of
the explosion and every one of them
was injured or killed. A tube in the
boiler exploded, and escaping steam
caught the six men nearest the boiler
before they had a chance to move.
Engineer Portlock and his assistant,
despite their own b1rns made heroic
Efforts to save the six, but were over
come by the boiling water. Loefy ap-
pears to be the worst injured of the
four who escaped with their lives. and
Il not expected to recover.
The tug l. J. Merritt, with physicians
from this city, went to the assistance
OF the Jefferson at midnight. The
steamer returned to this port at o'clock
this morning and left for New York
at o'clock. Officers on the steamer
say the explosion caused little excite
ment among the ia passengers on the
Je fferson.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Seven Die When Boiler
On Steamship Explodes

NORFOLK. Va, May IA boiler
explosion on the steamship jefferson,
of the Old Dominion line. resulted in
the death Of seven members Of the
/, crew and the injury of several others
today. The jefferson reached Norfolk
under her own steam and two of the
! injured rushed to a hospital, are not
expected to live.
The explosion occurred off the Viz
sinia capes as the jefferson was en-
route TO New York. Passengers We're
terror stricken. as the ship was Jared
by the explosion. which filled the boiler
rooms with scaldng steam Chief En-
gineer Portlock and his assistant were
: among those scalded. After putting off
the dead and injured the jefferson again
started her trip TO New York.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

ported the matter to a humane Off
Ger. and he stopped that perform
ance. Eut there is but one such
officer for that entire district, and
he has to patrol the Center Market
section as we'll So many sucf: cases
go without attention unless they are
reported by private parties"
Mr.. Hutchins said that he had
visited personally each of the last
three boards of commissioners upon
their coming into office and each
time he had been promised a closer
supervision Of the horses by police
men.
But the order never has gone
forth,'s he said. And. as a result
six humane officers practically are
expected TO patrol the entire city.
This. manifestly, is Impossible.
Many of the most extreme cases of
cruelty occur in the outlying sec
tionS. We wer. comDellcd to sta
tion three men at the excavations
of one new building here to protect
horses. There are often such places
where 4 man should give his full
time for p period. or course. our
men go off dut.- at night Iall and
thus horses are left unprotected af-
ter dark. Theoretically policemen
are supposed 10 DC OH the lookout,
Lut records of police arrests in such
cases prove my statement that their
attention to horses is negligible"
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Asks Police Cooperation.

The only way to rid the city or
sLperannuated horses. Mr.. Hutch
ins stated. is to prevent their COM
ing here. After they once are sold
to owners the problem becomes
difficult one. The Humane Society
Can not take a horse away from an
owner and compel him TO pay the
veterinarians bills. II can punish
MIN for cruelty, but tSat does not
help the horse.
With but six officers. the Humane
Society can not begin to control all
the points Of entrance TO Washing
tCn," he explained. But the police
are in a position 10 stop these horses
as they are brought in here. They
nave ample authority by law for
doing so. Article :, section 8. OF
the Police Regulations specifically
states that no person shall bring in
In the District any animal not nit
for use, or which is not free from
l5meness, OF sores, o. any vice or
disease and 1t further states that
no person shall drive or work any
such animal in this city.
A prominent attorney, who Is
member of our society, noticed one
6ecrepit animal being takeE toward
the auction stables and asked the
driver how much he would take for
him. The owner accepted a dollar,
and seemed glad TO get it, Scores
.: horses are sold eacn week at the
various stables for IS and SO 1t
= true that there are many high
priced horses sold at auction here.
Old Horses Brought Here.
Dealers come here with their
horses that they could not take in
TO Baltimore Philadelphia or New
York. and they sell them here for
pittancc and then go 20 other stables
and buy frst-class ANIMALS TO take
hack with them"
John p. Heap. secretary of the
Humane Society. spoke OF the cruel
~ with which animals are treated
al the sales ables, and also de-
clared that man. Of the bu"ers
never even got their animals home
from the stables.
It have known Of at least mfty
Cascs since m! term here, Mr..
Heap stated. where horses have
collapsed ON their way to Their new
oWnTTS' homes. Any one VINO be-
Iievcs the days Of doping ANIMALS
20 sell them has passed does not
Enow what he is talking about. The
anim1ls are whipped up and down
the auction stable to give therc some
semblance OF life. Many OF them
are fed with some prepar ration
which me kcs them seem spirited
uutil they are sold; then generally
they collapse under the reaction"
One president OF large concern
th1t delivers goods also complained
Of The treatment Of horses he had
Witnessed at several sales staf.le-
lie would not permit his name 10 be
used : hc cause, he said. he was CON-
PEELED to buy and sell many horses
through these stables.
Whipped Up and Down.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Stumbled Over Tracks;
Killed by Pennsy Train

PITTSBURGH, May 12.-Dr. George
W. Goetz, twenty-eight. of Mckees
port, Ia, was instantly killed early to-
day when he became confused in the
heavy storm. stumbled blindly upon the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Haw-
kins, and was run down by a train
which he intended to take for home.
The storm, which broke about mid
night. did extensive damage. At New
Kensington, fifteen miles from here. a
tenement was blown down and took
fire. One man was killed and five 9TH
ers were believed to be fatally injured.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
CarOnia Afire at Sea;
Officers Prevent Panic

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Cunard
liner Caronia, in from Liverpool. mad
a fire in mold No ; on Saturday morn
ing, which destroyed several thousand
dollars worth of Oriental rugs. Sec
ond officer Hawkes. was overcome Ey
smoke.
The blaze was not eXtinguished until
the hold was flooded. Some of the
immigrants rushed about the decks
screaming for life preservers. Capt. \.
.. Smith had 20. threaten stern meas
Ures to prevent \ panic.
Francis Skinner. an invalid Eoston
MILL onaire, died of heart disease on
MAJ D.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Damage in F Street Fire
Is Estimated at $4,4OO

Damage estimated today at $4,000
was done by fire last night 10 the wom-
ens furnishing store of g. Zarouni. 1916
street northwest. OF this amount
81 600 damage was to the stock and
$4GC to the building. Insurance fully
covers the loss.
The cause of the blaze ha. not been
learned Just after the ircnlen ar
rived there was an explosion Of gases,
which blew out the show window, but
no one was injured. The building. is
Owned by the Willard estate
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Dickens Little NelP'
Is Dead at Age of 81

LONDON. May l2.-Mrs. Harriet Tice.
who said she was the original Of
Dickens Little Nell, in The Old Curl
osity Shop" is dead.
She was born in 1927 in a house
which. it has been asserted. was the
original of The Old Curiosity Shop"
Mrs. Tice said that her father, John
Pepperell, was the original of Little
NelrS grandfather