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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27
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emburg, Alsace, Lorraine and strll
 of northern Italy. It was peopled b1
 many different nationalities. IL could not be easily defended because the Alps broke it into two parts, ana the narrow strip along the Rhine from the Alps to the North Sea, which kept the possession of Louis from touching those of Charles, was too great a prize not to be coveted by both the stronger brothers and they soon began to fight one another about it, each to take it away from Lothair. Thus the troubles of the buffer states began.
 The mountaneers of Switzerland wrested themselves free from Loth- airs kingdom in the thirteenth cen tury and have been republic ever since. The people of Holland gained their independence under the leader ship of William of Orange in 164S, but the successors of Charles the Bold, ruling in France, conquered them later and it was not until 1915 that they were free again. Belgium then formed part of Holland but the combined countries were too big and powerful for a buffer state, in the eyes of the great powers and Belgium was separated from Holland in 1863.
 Luxemburg was promised to France by Prussia if France would stay out of the Prussia-Austrian war of 1866. but when the war was over, the descendants of Louis the German refused to give the state to the de- scendants of Charles the Bold. Lux emburg accordingly was made inde- pendent and the guns of her forts taken away that she might not fight on either side. The small strip of northern Italy which belong to the kingdom of Lothair was after many vicissitudes, incorporated in the union of Italian states under Victor Elm manuel H. J
 AlsaCe and Lorraine have alone re- mainer of Lothair's kingdom to be fought over by the two great nations on either side. Together they cover an area of 5,6O1 miles.
 During the Franco-P -Prussian war of 1870 when Germany was the victor, almost all the great battles were fought in Alsace and Lorraine. At the commencement of the present war, France immediately invaded Alsace ito wipe out the disgrace of 1S70."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

cept those holding a chauffeur's license, and these should be granted only after a rigid examination as to skill and mental capacity. This would not make accidents impossible, but t would serve to minimize the danger. Children and negroes may know well enough how to handle a car when there is a clear road and everything is working smoothly, but they may fail in a crisis-a failure that eXperi- ence shows usually costs one or more lives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

The eyes of every mother of Hungarian soldier are, figuratively speaking, focused on Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth Kohanyi, little blackeyed Cleveland woman, who has under taken to raise an immense relief fund among Hungarians of the United States.
 Mrs. Kohanyi, now only 24 years old, is using the nationally known Hungarian newspaper, The Szabad- sag (meaning liberty) to help accom- plish her great task of giving im- mediate and permanent relief to the widows, orphans and cripples of the Austro- Servian war.
 Every morning now Mrs. Kofanyi hurries down to the Szabadsag office in Cleveland, where she keeps close tab on all war news, scans the edit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27
MILL MANGLES STUDENT.
University Student Badly Maimed
 While Earning School Money.

Newark Aug. While working i'll slave mill at Jacksonport, ten miles southeast of here, Ben Will Hams was caught in belt and thrown against a rapidly revolving saw, with the result that one arm was sawed entirely off at the shoulder, the other arm was broken in two places, three ribs were broken and he was injured internally. Physicians believe the young man will recover.
 Williams IS member of one of the most prominent families in Jack sonport, ant was working at the mill to defray the expense of attending the state university at Fayetteville, where he expected to graduate next year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

There are just a few idlers, hangers on about the pool rooms, saloons and red light resorts, that Pine Bluff could well get along without, and i is to be regretted that these canno! be shipped to the scene of the Euro pean war to take the places of mea called to, arms from labor. For Inc Pine Bluff loa1ers alluded to seem tc work not, neither do they spin, and yet they appear to live as we'll ana good citizens who sweat for every dollar they obtain.
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Plans to Get Lost Baggage.

New York, Aug. 26.-General Mana ger Berry of the foreifn department of the American Express company
 has cabled the Paris office of the company to see whether it would be possible for the company to take charge of all the baggage that has been left behind by Americans flee ing from the war zone. According to reports, piles of baggage are stor- ed at the railroad station, hotels and other places where the panic stricken passengers deserted it. Manager Berry plans to get possession of the belongings of the Americans and have it forwarded to this country, where the owners could claim it by
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PRESS OPINIONS
THE GREAT PEACE PRESIDENT,
Beaumont EnterpriSe.)

Probably to Woodrow Wilson civil tzation owes the fact that there is still one of the great powers of the Chris tion world that is not at war. Only his adamantine determination to keep his country at peace has prevented the United States from being involved in war with Mexico. and if we were now at war with Mexico. who can tell what complications might follow? We would have won, of course, but there might have been chances of complications with any of the foreign powers that might have sought to drag us into the European contest.
 From the very beginning of the Mexican trouble there has been no lit-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27
~INE BLUFF
 O RoGRESs { PROSPERITY
ALsACE.LoRRAINE, BUFFER
 STATE OF EUROPE.

u;storv is but 'repeatings itseit o,oo more in the big conflict where the French and Germans are battilhs ins Alsace and. Lorraine, buffer state And prize of war for more than a the usand years. Almost times with out number. since ti1e year s4S A. D. the people of what is now Germany and trance have fought for the pos session of Alsace and Lorraine, that terri ory changing from one flag to another with astonishing frequency.
 The history of France and Ger many, as separate nations. begins Ill S43, one thousand and seventy-two years ago and the history of the woes and tribulations of Alsace and LOT raine as the bone of contention be- tween the two and as conquered first by the one and then by the other, began soon after that same year S43.|
 Tho present campaign that Franco is waging against the Germans ln Alsace IS therefore only the con- tinuation of struggle over one thousand years old. The facts Of geographic position have created the problem. It is problem which will remain unsolved and unsolvable as long as the Rhine flows and the Vosges mountains stand. France says that the Rhine is her true eastern frontier. Germany says that the frontier lies beside the mountains.
 It was in S43 that the three grand sons of Charlemagne. fighting amons themselves. decided to end the con troversy by dividing their grand fathers possessions among them selves. They acted on the ancient principle that the lands and tine peo- pie dwelling upon them. tilling the soil in peace and fighting the battles in war, were the private property of the sovereign, ruling by the divine right of kings Charlemagne had ruled the whole Europe as one united government, with the exception alone of the private possessions of the Pope of Italy. His capital was at Aachen-- the Ak la Chapelle af modern times. which is now possession of PraS- sia.
 Chalemagne's son, Louis le DebOn- air, was too weak to hold together such heterogeneous empire of peo- pies of different race and tempera- ment, and speaking different tongues. their oaiy bead being an official re- ligion, that of their sovereign, and a common government. He was too weak even to rule in his own family and long before his death, his three sons were aaarreiing over their pros pective inheritsnee. The one who was the strongest, called Louis. the Germaa, had the first choice in tae division. and he took aortheFn Europe and became King of the Germans The second brother, Charles the Bold took southwestern Europe and be- came King of the Franks. In the main the descendants ot the people oi these two kingdoms are the Germans and French of today.
 These two brothers took land which formed compact whole and which could easily be defended. The peo- pie of Louis all spoke one language and the people of Charles, now the French. all spoke another.
 s9lhe third brother, Rothair. the weakest. had to take what was left of his fathers empire. That included what is now Holland, Belgium. Lux
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

A cOiored couple who had lived to- entire years, thereby evincing the in tention of abiding by the spirit if not the letter of the law, are Serving out sentences for violation of the illegal Cchabitation law. Characters like those pictured in Elinor Glynn's
 notorious novel and in some of the French works depicting liaisons ap. pear to be immune from prosecu- tion. Negroes living together as husband and wife without the form ality of a nuptial contract do not constitute near the same menace tG society as bigamous whites.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

The imposition of fines on some offenders fails to bring aDout the de- sired result. There are some who regard the payment Of fine in police court as mark of distinction. They seem to. regard the payment of 'fiae in. the same light as the'istreet urchih into whose eye Fitzsimmons spat, and who became thereby a sort of hero among his companions. A few days on the chain gang would prove q better deterrent for individuals of this ilk, and in dealing with these the magistrates should temper their mercy with little severity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

Can anyone imagine sensible business man putting money into all enterprise to be handled by others saying You needn't ever render ar account. I don't care how this money is spent, whether it is wasted or whether you collect more from m, than from others; whether you filct from the treasury or pay double fol inferior material or service. don, care about an accounting Just ea ahead and mismanage all you want to-" That's what the voters will do if they vote against act No. 8 the publicity bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

It would be hard for the historica painters to make an impressive scene out of the modern commander sitting in an office and telephonins his commands to 25O mile bait,a line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

If the foot ball season killed off a tenth as many young men as are drowned in bathing any pleasant sum- mers day. how the magazines and newspapers would resound with d. bate over the cruel game!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

The Davis tennis cup has been lost to Australia, but there is no reason for despairing of the republic while We are able to play a better game of baseball.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27
ScareerOw Not Needed,

ScareerOw Not Needed.
 Tourist-"YOu have an unusually large acreage of corn under cultiva- tion. Don't the crows annoy you a great deal?"
 Farmer-"Oh, not to any extent" Tourist-"That's peculiar. consider ing you have no Scarecrows.'
 Farmer-"Oh, we'll, you see I'm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

MRS. KOHANYI AND HER BOR-
 LAND ELECTRIC, DECORATED
 WITH HUNGARIAN COAT OF
 ARMS. orials and directs the work of the force, which she controls since the death of her wealth, husband, Ed ward T. Kohanyi, last March.
 Recently Mrs. Kohanyi purchased a fve-passenger Borland Electric from the American Electric Car Company which she uses daily to as- sist in the house solicitation work in connection with the relief fund.
 As Mrs. Kohanyi passes through the streets she is given frequent recognition. Her car, with the Hun garian coat of arms painted on both doors, is known to almost every Hungarian in Cleveland.
 Mrs. Kohanyi spends much time writing letters to prominent Hun garian women in all parts of the United States, seeking to interest them in her Hungarian relief plan, which is being carried out un- der the name of the American-Hun- garian Relief Society. Branches are being formed in two thousand one, hundred towns and cities in which the Szabadsag circufates. A big sum will eventually be raised, Mrs. Kohanyi says: s'<
 This is the first time in history that a woman has started a big movement for the relief or uplifting of the Hungarians. Mrs. Kohanyyi also has the distinction of being the first woman to be the permanent head of such an organization. It was her own idea and is being carried
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

Identification and by the payment of small charges sufficient to cover the cost of transportation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

Eome people are worried because they can't loan money to Europe and help the fighters hold up American commerce some months longer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

Modern Europe looks back with contempt on previous centuries. when the means of killing people were so very primitive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

Many people are doing their best to help the spectators make money by buying provisions away ahead O. present needs,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

The numerous automobile accidents serye to eonvinoei t1at' the present. plan of licensing ,le cars is defective
 There ought to bf laws prohibiting from driving an automobile any ex-
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SOME SENSE AND
 SOME NONSENSE
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, what became of the eight circuses of ancient Rome? Paw-They failed, my son. In those days they had no newspapers to ad- vertise the circuses.
 Another Million. Dollar Myster. Though war may bring us tales of
 woe
 And battles hold the world in awe; /; A lot of us would like to know What has become of Harry Thaw?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

Special prices on all base ball goods, bicycles and sundries. CLEVE- LAND MATTHEWS HARD WARE co.
 4=.z If
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Another MilIioa.Dollar Myster.
Speakinv of Paris.

Worth makes the man." quoted the Sage.
 Yes. and Worth makes the wo- man." replied the Fool.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27

out here a good part of the time my lf."-Sacred Heart Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-27
GIRLS BE BEAUTIFUL-send 50

IVY cents for. jar of Mrs. MaG0rmick's Beauty Cream, it promotes and per fleets that irresistible chafm beauti- ful complexion. Use i, and improve your complexion and oe charming. Lady agents wanted. BEHRENS DRUG CO.,, Waco, Texas.
The Glenwood post., 1914-02-14

COLORADO interested and will derive considerable benefit
~ by the of bills approprang for building
and for extension the various states Each
@ has passed branch of and both will become laws
bution of million dollars the various
conditional the dollar for received
from the national Colorado will
red thousand dollars by Of the proposition
laid will help greatly making Colorado roads all could be
desired
agricultural extension BILL which passed
opposition each will receive $4,000
the equal amount After the first
appropriation will be 100000 At the end of eight
appropriation becomes annual of 6OO0O0 to
intended bring agricultural information to farmers who
places information being
taught.
undoubtedly approved by every voting
Ito that received from the government
Money expended for agricultural far
valuable than that used for the of unmportan
Tor creeks.-Pueblo Star-Journal
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IF THE TOWN idle factories mills
half there abstanta value
Therefore the dwellings occupied
general good tone property values that give
home people entire support Pstronizng mail
les altogether limited people farmers people
do not know the hurt they doing the home but
practice certain weknown, welto-do be-
this the houghlesness and Of being mised
by embelhed and highly exaggerated descriptions and of being
nsd through spirit of anagonim the home merchant More
over firmly believe that when think this seriously
and carefully anayzng detail hereafter will give
your home merchant tradeModesto Ca Evening
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THERE'S MIGHTY strong flavor of in those meet
ngs which have held the this
former leaders who sought bring about municipal ownership
and failed that Ase good bring
about the end which they have kofoFe appeared favor
lFut estlsnea Don't be ehikA Dvs. did make
|sf yoa sAoald bsudss yssr Sl.wss their
The Glenwood post., 1914-02-14
ANENr THE BoorLEaaERs

0CASIONAIY Pasade and few other dry made
the subjects of by the of other towns which
themselves mOre fortunate by of having saloons
der regulations that bring of revenue
admitted that there times when this would have
awes appearance with licensed saloons doing
with present conditions with lot of people
trained only Offenes the laws
avoiding
There sensible for rational
has the good of heart the interest of
with all daily the
young people, for the sake little that FROM
saloon patrons On the other hand there
said legazd traffic
Of today along different lines than formerly however much the
attendant evils Of the bootgge and their pured supporters
disgust of a community.
The saloon and its influences going It has almost disappeared
Political factor and its social influence feeling
Indignation of outraged public sentiment that will ultimately
crush surely the rising of the This is inevitable and
when the moral sentiment of community placed higher
ground and the directed the whoesomene of better
and brighter life without the pale
solution is coming than before.
bootegger credit community, hunted
look in his face betrays his inmo thoughts this subject how
much he may try disguise them.
By Of the Of the project conuc
considerable business employed
with this business just what would be with widopen saloons
here would be difficult As merchants pleased
hv this business they also glad to cooperate with
looking tsward keeping things within lawabing
To at the laws enforced expeose
would tAe autAos would jasid taking any
rssssas 49, - eos ssssdss Il IL Isss'ss rAs h Ill
The Glenwood post., 1914-02-14
RRRoAOH OF u.LI1IRACY

of the most advanced nation the face of the
globe authorizing its commissioner of education begin
obtere and reproach of teracy would if
be ridiculous The thought that
erae that federal recognition be the matter
lis humiating isn't should be- and there those who
them And
this condition of this latter class
knowing and along in the old
groove of iliteracy.
The Of the commissioner Of education the number Of
lerates in the country reaches three millions 1t wonder
the commissioner national disgrace While undoubt
edy that large foreign population brings the matter the
shown in the rather peculiar
that the 29O 600 in
600 in Iowa In view of the startling large of teracy
the proportion the south is not surprising, but surprising
that should high in Iowa where there
blacks which the the neither should
there be found foreigners there which will for
larger proportion of literates in the larger cities
Our American citizen shoulder much Of the
for national dsgraca Too careless about
their education and those who
whereas they would exercise regard for themselves and
the unfOrunaes would profit
lesson Pueblo Chieftain
The Glenwood post., 1914-02-14
RAI.ARHS OF UNITED
lmGB W0RX11S' oYHICIALS
"a Communicat:on)

Na SOmmtAulCdt-OuD
To the Editor of the Glenwood Post,
Sir:-A leading article was publish
Cd in your valued paper, issue Of Jsa.
18th, giving = list Of salaries and ex-
penses of Officials and orgsnizers Of
the United Nine Workers. for nine
weeks Of the Colorado strike, purpor.,
ing to be taken from the report Of the
seeretary.tfeasurer Of the organization.
The naSaitude Of these figures tfcr
example, &1773.40 to job. Lawss. for
nine weeks salary is appalling; and
if the figures were correct they would
certainly call for a. expla.asies.
Deeming this . matter Of public i'm
portance, I wrote . man in whom !
have absolute confidence, not . unios
man, but having access to reports
which I could not eo.veaiently obtain.
He assures me that the published state
ment is not true.
Certain salaries are fixed by the
constitution, and cannot be changed
without . vote Of the convention. At
the last convention, according to news
paper despatches, President White =
salary was raised from $1,000 to &4,000
per year.
The report Of the secretary treasurer
for the period from August lst. 1913,
to New. 18th, 1919, shows the follow
ing fsc4s ~ 0ensisa . few Il IL
osse inpsstaaSD:
-. Z. J. 1ays lssssivsa - saaszy
The Glenwood post., 1914-02-14
&" Po0f'S PoGk1Jou

XXTHOUT regard personal
w of municipal ownership convinced the
the people Genwood the supply
They have spoken that effect and there indication
the sentiment has changed they
iect.
that reasonable and
will expect the council accomplish mpossi
5tes We within the week heard in positive
demand that the council the orders of the
the plant 100000 build
plant for 600 when that knows should know that
impossible for the council do either of these things
sentiment in favor of water plant for
strife and discord which would
uay from competing plants might be avoided This the Post
believes the and sensible view take Of the matter Moth
be gained from competition in utilities especially in small
only makes for turmoil and dscord and senseess plan
all times
A. singular a. may seem the people who few year. ago
demanding the purchase Of the plant whom by
Of their official position might have negotiated the purchae of
the plant failed though fear that
else might make good where failed This
view to take Of the matter and will not popular with the
people.
The city council is negoane Light
Water purchase present
will be equitable the
protect the people the against
enable price that might be placed upon the plant
To that end they have sought the bottom Of
thing that they might have the best understanding possible Of
which proposed purchase In this effort to acquaint
every of they claim that they
every courtesy atanc posi-
company this they fortu
than former councils probably for the that they went
the task reasonable and actf than tha:
pursued by the others
The Post greatly depores the efforts Of few to crce
council and mpugn their motives such criticism far
learn being entirely without .-s- .
We believe aldermen absolutely conscientious
this and believe further that they have the interests OF
III people heart and that they will drive the best bargain
POSSIBLE the interests of the whole people and surely they
the value of the of
than the of the Statesmen who have been
advising at the time they have been cricsing them
Now le confidence in officials by leaving
them alone and allowing work this without
and embarrassment and due time they will put the result
their abo before people proposition which the
of the will be liberty appeals
their judgment
The Glenwood post., 1914-02-14

for those four months ss33.2s-about
$500 per month.
Mr.. John McLennan president o.
District No. 15) received 800 pee
month.
"Mother" Jones is on the roll ~ IN
organizer At 400 per day. (Ths
statement referred to gave her a.
e6s.s2 for NINE WEEKS salary.)
Mr.. E. L. Doyle, secretary Of Dist.
No. Is, received 800 per month.
Mr.. John Lawson receives 800 psr
day for six days . week.
Ny informant adds that during 4
strike travelling expenses are often
high: there is much running assu,d
from place to place; automobiles are
hired II necessary; phones a.d tsls-
gFsphieh dispatches are frequent. Bu.
Mr.. LAwsons expenses, for example,
for the four months were only 4s0s.75.
I have not any information 1t hand -
to the other expenses.
Statements similar to those pub
lished in the Post have appeared IN
several other papers. 1t is evident
that they have come from some com
mon source.
But the facts which I have stated
above are fom the published report Of
the secretary treasurer, Mr.. VIM.
Green. Mr.. Green is = member Of the
Ohio state senate, and a man entitled
to credit. The accounts are audited s&
each period Of publication.
Very truly youfs,
BENJAMIN BREWSTER.