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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
RAINS EXTINGUISH
 THE FOREST FIRES
Reports From Michigan In dicate That Fires Are
 Abating.

Escanaba, Mich., May 20. - The forest fire situation was cons1dera- bly, improved ill all sections today. Iii this vicinity the wind abated and the fires are diminishing Ram is predicted. The village of Curley, west of here, is thought to have been de- stroyed today, but detailed informa- tion cannot be had because of il- terrupted wire service. The town of Nadeau, to the sCath, was, badly dam aged today but was saved from com plete destruction by the Marionette fire department.
 In the Calumet region the fires were halted by rain. Dense smoke overhangs the entire district, and all reports were to the effect that the flames were abating The long drouth left the woods dry as finder and the flames swept through the forests with great velocity, only concentrated efforts saving several settlements. The moisture has chang ed this situation, and it is predicted that little more damage will be done.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
OPEN BASE BALL
 SEASON LATER
President Tener of National F'avors Delaying Begin
 ming of Play
By Frank G. Menkc6

New York, May 21,-lohn k Tencr proxy of the National league comes cut in opposition to the plan for a later opening date for the big leagues We'll, tn fans aren't kaDibbling much The baseball powers that be can ope nthe season in January if they want. There's nothing 10 compel the fans to watch the doings either in January CT i'll April
 However, it would seom 10 us that Organized Baseball would make a master stroke fer itseHf by shifting the opening date to abGat May 1, as previously suggested. @ae weather starts to take on respectable as pect just about that time, whereas, from the middle of April until May time Jupe Fluvius and even Jack Frost are quite regularly on the job forcing postponements that mean big money losses for the person who in ance the clubs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
CLEGGS WIN IN
 IT, INNING GAME Electrics Lead Until Eighth, But Lose Out by Score
 of 7-G. CONTEST A SURPRISE Electrics, With Gallagher en Mound, Prove Stronger Than Was Thought, Large Crowd of Ladies Gut.
CONTEST A SURPRISE;

In an eleven-inning game replete with fast plays, and many thrills the Claud Clegg team managed to score on an error yesterday against the Electrics and won, [ to (.
 The Electrics took the lead early in the game, and until the ninth held the long end of the score. In this inning the score was tied up by the Cleggs, and TOT TWO innings the teams battled without result. In the eleventh, with two men doWn, Thlrd-Bsseman Mcdonald of the Electrlcs, Ill fielding a SLOW ground CT, was forced to throw low to First Baseman Powell who dropped the peg when Culpepper sid Into the base. lhls enueu the fastest game of the season as we'll ds the nrst eXtra-in1ing game.
 The Electrlcs proved a big sur prise to the fans. They nave some good ball players OH their line up and ii their showing yesterday against the fast Clegg Duncn can be taken as a criteron they Wlll prove strong conuenoers TOT the flag.
 Both pitchers worked well. Galli- gher, the smoke artist flr 1ile Eiec- tries yielded twelve hits, put ne kept them scattered. This was his Ilrst work on the mound in several years and for a man who has been out ot the game for so long a time he looks remarkably well as a come back who will stay. Bell, tor the CIegGs pitched d good game. fie allowed ten
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
LABOR NEWS AND NOTES

Ohio is one of the foremost oI the
 Eastern wool growing States.
 A mail carrier will frequently walk
 twenty miles a day fJ the perform
 ance of his duty
 According to the highway commits
 soner of Colorado the employment or
 convict labor in the building of roads has proved very successful. Panama sends about five million cocoanuts to the United States yearly and they are said to be of finer quail ty than those from any other country. Next years sugar crop in Cuba is estimated at 2,400,000 tons, slightly less than thisb year, when record was established.
 The high cost of living problem has been solved ill some parts of MeXlco by breeding rats for food. A large
 white variety is raised, which, It IS asserted by the market women who offer them for sale daily, are young, tender and delicious and make line
 sandwiches.
 The city of Dixon, H., has passed an ordinance that every saloon snail be closed by 10 o'clock at night and the door key given to the policeman
 ol that beat.
 Out of 170,000,000 acres planted to corn each year in all parts or the world, 10A000,000 are in the United States. Three-quarters of the World greatest crop of this great cereal IS grown under the American flag. A plan agreed upon by the officials and attorneys of the St. Louis United
 Railway Company and the city law department, whereby the railways company will issue universal trans fers. has been submitted to Judge | Grimm of the Circuit Court. Cleveland Jewish bakers demand an eight-hour day for journeymen Ill | the shops, $20 and $24 week for | over and second hands, al increase of $2 and $4 overtime at 6O cents an l hour: ninehour day and $16 week | for auxiliary workers and S4 ana D 1 day for substitute second and oven | hands.
 More than 1000 newsboys, under | the oversight of the State Industrial 1 Commission and the Milwaukee com | mission of street trades from whom | they get their licenses, have organiz- l cd republic that has it's executive it's legislative and it's judicial branch
 They have the city into congressRnal districts and have all the maciihery of nominations and elections George. w. Crossett, the 7S-year- honorary president of the Young-Old ] Mems Association of Cleveland, ono | tells of an organization started by
 several elderly weathy men of tha' I city to help old and gray-headed men
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
Gan Combs Come Back

Jack Combs, the oncc-time wonder ful Athletic pitcher, hopes to gel back into harness again within a month or six weeks, after a lay-off Of nearly two years because of illness His doctors have assured him that he will be able physically to stand the strain of pitching.
 The return of Coombs will create many questions. Foremost will be one that Coombs work alone car answer-"can he come back?" Ii Big Jack" can turn the trick, can skid back into his winning ways, il will lift a great weight from the mind of Connie Mack, who just now is rather worried becausa of the trratic work of his pitching staff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
HUERTA PREPARED
 FOR TASTY FLIGHT
Continued from Page D

land and are in pitiable condition, wan with hunger and unneryed by the horror of their experiences. The refugees are k. F.. Anderson, wife and baby, of Beaumont Texas; w. T. Kennedy. wife and two children, of CartersviIle, H.; A. R. Blankenship and two sons of Comanche county Texas. and J. w. Grim, Jr., of San Antonio.
 The women and children in the party reached TuXpam 6 fortnight ago, on their way to Vera Cruz They knew nothing of the whereabouts of their husbands. but the men who were jailed in Saltillo, managed to secure their freedom and made fer Tuxpam and were reunited with thei; families.
 The men who were ia jail tell hor- rfying stories of federal cruelties.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
JOKE,
 LIKE BOOMERANG
College Boys Who "Swiped' Porch Furniture Penalzed by
 University.

Bloomington, ind, May 20. - sus- pension fHom the University of h. diana until the winter term of 1915 was the penalty meted out today by the university authorities to Fred Durham of Eunice, kiliam Cohiltree Of Connersville, George Bigley of Al derson, and William kunkle of Bluff ton for "sWiping" porcn furniture from Bloomington residences last Halloween night. In addition every member of the fraternity was penal ized seven and one-half hours credit, and social privileges for the entire fraternity were withdrawn until the fall term of 1915.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
Wants Facts Printed,

Certain kinds of statistics collected by the United States census office have a way of not getting printed For instance, the figures relative to children in occupation under the age of 10 years have been collected, but never given to the public. "Economy'' is Che of the pet excuses. Now, Dave Lewis, chairman of the house com mittee on labor, which is considering Mitchell Palmer's child labor bill, has called on the census bureau to furnish the, imprinted statistics to his commiteee, and they may see the light of day after all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
GRADE SCHOOL TEAMS
 PLAY AGAIN TODAY

good game of ball can be eA- pected this ofternoon when the Lake Side and the Sixth avenue schools meet on the new Athletic field at 3:4o O'Clock. Should sixth avenue win tue contest, the United States flag when IS being played for by the schoois Will be assured them. If Lakeslue Wlns the game the two teams VIII nave won three games each and all extra game will be required to de- tefmine the championship. .,, An admission fee of 10 cents Will De charged this afternoon The money VIII be used to buy the flag TOT Which the teams are fighting. Wlln tne following batteries, the game bids fair to be good one: For slAth avenue, Graves and Henslee; Lake Side, Shelby and Byrd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
UNDERWOOD "AGIN"
 WOMAN SUFFRAGE
House Leader So Informs Delegation of Suffragettes Who Want
 Biil Reported.

Washington, May 20.--In an at tempt to have the suffrage resolution now shelyed by the rules committee of the house, reported on the house floor. delegation of suffrage work CTS today waited on Majority Leader Underwood and Chairman Henry oi the rules committee.
 Chairman Henry told the delega- ton that it was not in his power to have the bill reported out of com mittee. Congressman Underwood said the matter was entirely in the naAds of the committee, but added:
 "When the bill is brought up, shall not vote for it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21

in getting work. With between 200 and 800 names on their books, they have already found places for over sixty.
 The Union Cigar Manufacture rs' Home industry League held meet ing in san Francisco recently to pro mote the sale of home industry union made cigars. There were filty-siX concerns represented and officers were elected. This league will have the endorsement of the business men and union of San Francisco.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
CAT AND HEN FIRM QUITS

San Jose, Cal, May 2o--Without the formality of going 10 court, Will M. Beggs, San Jose attorney has dis solved a partnership which has had even the nature fakirs guessing of late. house cat and pet hen at the Beggs home started housekeeping on the partnership plan. When the cat wished to go out and make call on the back fence the hen would spread her wings over the litter of kittens.
 When Mrs. Hen had date it was the accepted thing to see the cat motherlng a brood of very young chickens
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
COXEY AT CAPITAL.
Secures Permission to Speak From
 ISteDs of Capitol.

Washington, May 20.-"GeneraP' Jacob X. Coxey, head of the army of unemployed" is now camped in Washington. He got permission today from Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark to speak at noon to- morrow from the east steps of the capital.
 General Coxey is leading an order ly "army" on his second march on the capital. He has caused no trouble since his start from Ohio.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
Nurse Given Medal.

Little Anna Olsen, young nurse at Ellis Island, has received from the president a silver medal of honor for saving life at the risk of her own. One of the patients in the delirlum attending scarlet fever jumped into the water from the dock, and the little nurse jumped after her and held her up until help came, not knowing how to swim well enough to get her out of the water.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21

Summary: Two-base hits: Franey, 2; Muffin, Sparks, Young; Three base hits: Ware, Franey; Stole bases: Culpepper, 2; Clayton, 7; Waymack, ?; Mullin, 2; Ware, Young, Mcdonnell, Bobbler, Sparks; Double plays Ware to Sparks; Base on balls: Gallagher, 3; Bell, 8; Struck out: Bell, 9; Gallagher, 4; Hit by pitcher: Young, }; Bobbler, Renfroe Umpire, Murphy; Scorer, I. A. Hill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
Relieves Bladder Distress and Weak N ness,

Irregular, painful bladder weak nesses,, disappear when the Kidneys are strong and healthfully actiVe: Take Foley Kidney Phills for that Durning,s scalding sensation-irregular; painful action-heavy, sore feeling anu M bladder distress. You will like tnei. ]. ionic restorative effect~the rellel from pain-quick good results. Con tain no harmful drugs. Try them. Sea wells Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
DREW FOR PEACE SHE WON
Woman and Man Had Tied for Posi-
 ton cf Town Clerk.

Waukegan, H., May 20.-it will not be necessary to hold a special elee- ton to fill the office Of town clerk al Fox Lake because the election re suited in q tie.
 Mrs. Lohira Rushmore the republi- can candidate, and William Jackson, her democratic opponent, each re- ceived 175 votes in Tuesdays ballot ing.
 Mrs. Rushmore aad Jackson, with other city officials, held conference and it was decided that the two candi- dates should draw lots for the office Mrs. Rushmore was the lucky one and Lake county now has it's first woman town officer.
 Cut Tooth at n.
 Findlay, Ohio, May 20.--Cutting teeth at the age of n is quite all un- usual thing, but that is what Nathan Wirebraugh, Fostoria janitor, has just accomplished.
 While suffering with typhoid pneu- monia, he felt sorenes around his gums for several days, and was sur prised to know that when he hecover- ed he had an extra tooth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21

Rldgeway, Yount, Conley and JACK 9lltsch; Henning and Brown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-21
BASEBALL
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

American League.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11
CYRIL MAuDE CAN'T THINK
BROTHERS. Wife ElOpEO
Doesn't Believe She Was in Nice,
From Where Report Said She
Fled Wit, BaSo.

A cablcGram from Nice stating that
the wife Of Ralph Mauds. . brother
Of Cyril Nauds. the English actor.
had disappeared from there and was
supposed to be in the company Of
Enso Boxsano. an 1talian basso. was
shown to Cyril Maudo at the Hotel
Vanderbilt to-day. Mr.. Mauds was
astoundsd At the nows.
II REFUSE 70 believe IT," he said, "fos
several reasons. In the flrst place.
DO not believe my brother and his
wife are In Nice or have bssu theirs
recently.
my daughter had . letter from
Ralph'T wife only three weeks Ago.
She was In London then. with her
husband and their hvs-year.old son
Henri. Mrs. Maude has o fine voice
and has boon studying for grand
opera for some time under the dirsc-
ton Of signor Bossano.
AT the time Of the receipt Of the
letter Signor Bossano was also In
London. whore he has 4 studio. Ny
brother Ralph. who II . Journalist.
II devoted to his wife and ] refuse
10 believe she 10 not devoted to him.
This cabiesram states! that sisnor
Bossano and my brothers wife are
probably ON their way to New York
because Bossano has contract to
sing here. I feel safe Ia saying that
no has no contract 70 sing here. And
they would not csms to New York Il
Il were possible they had eaopsd.
knowing ] am here.
my brother and his wife formerly
lived In Nice. attribute this state
lment about his wife to malicious Sos.
Sip In that city"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11
BOY ROBBERS Fled
WITHOUT CASH AFTER
SHOOTING GROCER
Man in Hospital Counts Him.
self Lucky in Not Losing
$500 He Had on Hand.

Although Henry Pfsffer. q grocer OF
No. 81 Henry street. Long Island City
10 In IT. Johns Hospital to-day with
. bullet In his right breast. he counts
himself stili . lucky man. for the I'VE
youns ganssters. TO one Of whom he
owes hts injury. did not take . cent
OF the 800 they held him UP TO OBJ
tain.
The attempted robbery and shoot
Ing occurred In the grocery store last
night while Prefer was counting up
his cash.
Five youths. ranging in ase from
eighteen to twenty years. suddenly
entered. and ono OF them said:
give me ive cents' worth Of soda
crackers"
Pfeffer started for the cracker boz
when suddenly ono Of the youths
pointed revolver at him and ordered
him to throw up his hands.
Tho youth with the weapon APP
psarsd TO be nervous. II WAS dis
charged and Pfefyer fell with . bullet
In his right breast. The youths fed
to the street and escaped.
Tho police sent PfefRer to 81. Johns
Hospital. where Dr. St,eehan said his
injury was not mortal. Pfeffcr gave
the police a description Of the youths
and general alarm was sent out FOL
them.
Tho fact that they did not stop TO
take Pfsffer's money inter the shoot
Ing leads the police TO believe that
the Ave were not experienced robbers.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11

who had been summoned BY the Fire
DEPARTMENT to explain why he had not
installed fire sprinklcrs In his paper
warehouse ut No. 437 East Seventy.
seventh street.
Court Attendant Macdonald told
Iacobus t. give him the summons. but
the lawyer refused to do 40. Then he
refused TO sit down. There followed
the lawyer was ordered arrested by
Magistrate Corrigan.
When finally quoted down he argued
the case Of Stein and Rot a parole for
his client. Then beainingly he apollo
gized and eventually the Magistrate de.
Cided to parole him also.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11
STRIKE EARLY MISHAP
ON TRIP TO West
Two Boys Pelted With Snowbalis
Show Revolvers, Then Are
Seized BY Policeman.

The snow that covers the city In one
of the reasons why James Marion,
eighteen. Of No. "a West Ono Hun
cred and Teeth utreet. and Joseph
Powell. sixteen. Of No. q Manhattan
avenue were in tho West Side Court
to- day. Both were held in $500 bail.
Powell was bailed. Martin was sent
to the Tombs charged with carrying
weapons.
yesterday. feeling that fame and
fortune awaited them In tho wild
West. they resigned their positions,
collected their money. and wen. to
Hoboken. where they bought revolv-
ers, holsters, belts and cartridges.
Last night they started. Passing
though Forty-third street. they bad
neared Eleventh avenue whom they
wero attacked with snowballs by .
crowd of boys. Powell drew his re-
volver but the boys continued to pelt
Thorn, 20 Powell and his companion
ran. pursued by tho boys. who SUBJ
stttuted stones for snowballs.
At Forty second street and Twelfth
avenue the two youths were rescued
by. Policeman Monahan, who took
Thorn to the station house.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11
Me. EMILE JUNE WALKER

UWOS SsVSsS SSs'@ v"NSSSSs@
DR.. Harry Mortimer Archer. forty
eight years. of No. I. West Eighty
second street. and Miss Emile June
Walker. daughter OF Charles Ira
vsrs Walker Of No. 2ss Carroll street.
Brooklyn. have taken out q marriage
license.
DR.. Archer II m honorary surgeon OF
tho Fire Department. This In his
second marriage. His first wife died
suddenly In the lobby of the New
Theatre about four years ago.
The wedding ceremony will be per.
formed on the night of. Feb. II by the
Rev. Arthur Judge in st. Matthews
Church. EiEhty-fourth street and
Central Park Wesb Former Fire
Chief Edward Croker, Assistant Dis
trict-Attorney CharieS \. Bostwick.
H. J. Crawley. Joseph J. O'Reilly and
Harold X. Miller will act an ushers.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-11
LAWYER STORMS IN COURT.

Makes 0uits . Nsmpas aaa Wssis-
tfass Pets HSss Cnaer Arrest.
The proceedings In the yorkvi,e
Police Court were interrupted for al.
most an hour to-day while Ema nucl
Jacobus. lawyer, with offices at No.
132 Nassau street. ragged and fought
With the court attendents. The rumpus
started when Jacobus came into the
court with Joseph Stein. . client OF his,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-14
BEsT THOUGHT on AMERICA
Digest of the Magazines

| Cross. A recent speech of his at Princeton
created quite a stir. He begins his article
on Germany and the Powers" 90 with a
conservative recognition Of the case against
German, as far as she is held ultimately re-
sponsible for this war. He proceeds to build
up an alibi for Germany, shifting the blame
to "servia the mischief maker" and behind
her, encouraging and inspiring her provoca-
tion OF Austria Russia
In second most fattering and deter
minedly conciliatory article on "The Ties
That Bind America and Germany" CO, he
refers to our population
Next TO Germany herself no country on
earth, even not excepting Austria. has much
German blood Infused as the United States"
and he raises a nice distinction between the
German immigrants, whom he terms political
exlles," and the Irish-Americans who. accord
ing TO him, came here as the result Of potato
famine He refers to the Americanizatlon Of
German business" gives statistics on the large
holdings OF American securities In Germany.
their mutual and considerable trade relations
and even their exchange professors.
Bringing the War Home
The investigation and increase OF our ma
tlonal defense, which occupied so much OF the
Presidents message and Congress- time last
week, is discussed in "The Attack on New
York." S) consisting OF imaginary war bull
letins, dated from December 10 to g. The
article is Indorsed by Henry Stimson ex-
Secretary of War, as mot outside the bounds
of modern military possibility" 1t is. never
theless, reminiscent OF H. G. Wells war
of the Worlds" favored with q snack OF
made-in- America Jingoism.
Irwin Cobb has succeeded in giving a won-
derfully been there yourself sense Of a mode
ern battlefield in his "a Reserved Seat" (s).
He writes:
"The day had been Disappointing The
nearer we came to the actual hghting the less
we seemed to see OF II. Ten miles In the rear
or even 20, Is really better place. Back there.
you see the new troops going in, girding them.
selves for the grapple they 20; you see the
reinforcements coming up; you see the sup
piles hurrying forward and the spare guns and
extra equipment; you see. and can, after a
dim fashion, grasp mentally the thrustng on
ward movement Of this highly scientific and
unromantic industry which half the world is
practiclng today.
Finally you the finished product OF the
trade coming back, and by that I mean the
dribbllng streams of wounded, and in the fields
and woods through which you pass, the dead
lying In windrows, where they fell, At the
'front.' you see only for the main part men en-
gagged In the most tedious, most exaotlng and
seemingly the most futile form OF day labor
toiling in Nth and foulness and a desperate
driven haste a job that many OF them win
never live to see fnshed-if 1t is ever finished
WORKING under taslmasters who spare them not,
neither do they spare themselves putting
through dreary contract, whereof the chief
reward Is weariness and the common coinage
or payment-death outright, or death linger-
ing That is battle in these days; that is war"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-14
WILMINGTON

The Wilmington social season was formally
launched last week. when the nrst OF the VIII
mington Assemblies was held in the New Cen
tury Club auditorium. It was in all respects
= brilliant occasion, since about 200 suests, rep
resentlng all the prominent social families OF
this city and number from Philadelphia. Bal
timore and Washington, were in attendance, For
the past two or three seasons the Assemblies
have been held In the du Pont ball room. but
since the New Century Club has been enlarged
and rsdseorated It was decided to return TO
the former place OF meeting. Ths pstroneHsss
were Mrs. George p BisselI. Mrs. Henry b.
Thompson. Mrs. Eugene du POnt, Jr.. MB.
Henderson Weir, Mrs. Preston Lea.
The Assemblies Committee Is composed OF
Mrs. Henry b. Thompson. Miss Amy r. du
Pont, Mrs. A. Felix du Pont. Harry C. Haskell
and Harlan c. Scott, The patronesses received
In the annex Of the room within an enclosure
Of palms and Southern smilax.