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KEENLY CONCERNED OVER
 POSSIBLE RESULTS

Washington, May 7.-The sink ing of the Lusitania by a torpedo. shocked official circles in Wash ington. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan preserved an outward calm. but it was plain they were greatly concerned.
 The sending of the great liner to the bottom was regarded as actual notice that Germany was determined to disregard the rules of international law in her sub- marine warfare.
 The first concern of the presi- dent and Secretary Bryan, of course, was over the possible loss of American lives. They were apprehensive over the effect any great loss of American lives might have on American feeling. Their next concern was the seri- ous effect this unprecedented war fare of Germany would have on American commerce.
 The news startled President Wilson. He received it just after lunch, and although he had en- agreements, he remained in the white house until the news indi- cated with reasonable certainty that the passengers of the great steamship had been saved.
 The bulletin announcing the sinking of the liner arrived after the cabinet meeting, but was communicated in a very few mo- ments. to all the cabinet officers during the luncheon hour.
 The only official statement to the state department came from Ambassador Page. times 3:O5 D.. m. here. Mir. Pages cablegram was:
 "Lusitania was torpedoed on Irish coast and sank in a half hour. No news yet of passen- gers"
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Germans Warned Passengers.


 New York, May 7.-When the liner Lusitania sailed from this port last Saturday she had aboard 1910 pas sengers. Some nervousness had been caused because of the publication III Saturday morning papers of an ad- vertisement warning intending traV- elers that the zone of war included the waters adjacent to the brltisn isles; that in accordance with notice given by the German government yes sells flying the flag of Great Britain were liable to destruction in those waters, and that travellers sailing Tn the war zone on ships of Great Brit ain or her allies did so at their own risk. The advertisement was signed |"Imperial German Embassy" This warning apparently dld no' cause many cancellations. Just De- fore the steamers departure a num- Der of passengers received telegrams at the pier signed by names unknown ! to them and presumed to be ncti. tious advising them not to sail, as t9e l liner was to be torpedoed by suoma' rines.
 Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was ons of,,tAe passengers who received sucl 1 a message. He destroyed It Witnou lcomment. :. \ Charles P. Sumner, general agent Q
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EAGLES INVITE'
 THEIR FRIENDS

rine Bluff Lodge No. 2O9, Fraternal lloer of Eagles, extends a cordial in l'allon to the public, and especially V 'ne B P. O. Elks, to attend the .ale convention of Eagles at Hot Pnlngs, Wednesday, Thursday and rlaay, May|12, 13 and IA. A special am will leave the union depot at clock Wednesday morning, arriving not Springs via the Rock Island Il O'Clock. The fare will be $3.0S or the round trip, tickets, good re- lsnlns aa,s on any regular train over the vK Island and Cotton Belt ;Merts band will accompany the ,me m Bluff delegation.
 me Aerie will meet next Tuesday snt' instead of Thursday. the regu. meeting night. at which a large rss ,ass will he initiated and the fina1 .ahsements for the convention dis. '. A. GOsHORN, Worthy president c' McBRYDE, Secretary. .
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New York, May 7.-At the Cunard offices in this city, it was impossible tonight to obtain a reliable estimate of the number of persons saved from the Lusitania.
 The following cable message re- ceived at 10 D. m. from the company's offices at Liverpool contained the on- lv authoritative information which the officials of the line had received: Queenstown wires: First Officer Jones thinks about 300 to 600 were saved. This includes passengers and crew. and is the only estimate we are able to make. In the meantime, we are going through the hotels and lodging houses tonight, and will wire tomorrow the fullest possible list. Meanwhile, the injured and dead are taking all our attention" The belief prevailed at the Cunard offices that the dead would eventually prove to be 1000. This belief was based on the fact that IA hours had elapsed since the sinking of the Lusi- tania and that practically all of the boats had had plenty of time to come ashore and be heard from.
 Assuming that 700 had been landed at Clonakilty, 500 at Queenstown and
 possibly 100 at Kinsale, this would Ileave 800 still to be accounted for. All the reports indicate that many injured and some dead have been brought ashore. .~
 There were 1S7 Americans on board the Lusitania. The other passengers included 963 British, 72 Russians. It IPersians, six French, five Greek and 1.-two, Mexicans.
 l Tn the list of first-cabin passengers was John w. Mcconnell of Memphis
 Tenn.
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.GRfAT RUSSIAN ARMY ENTRAPPED IN CARPA7nIANS Austro German Reports In dicate Retreatings Slavs Cannot Escape. |GERMANS GAINING GROUND IN WEST British Fail in Attempt to Retake Hill No. 60, and Fighting Continues.
 Allied Forces Resume Attack on
 Dardanelles Forts.

London, May 9.-The Russian army in the Carpathian passes in the Dukla- Rymanov district is trapped between 1.-two Teutonic columns, according to' l tha Vienna official statement receiv- l ed last night. The statement asserts l that the escape of the Russian columns which are retreating to thS porthward along the roads in this district is barred by strong Austrian forces. while other columns are ad- yancing from the south across the psskids in pursuit of the Russians.
 Meanwhile, according to this of fcial statement, Austro-Hungarian lend German forces have crossed the Wisloka river and are now ill the dis- rct 10 the south of Pilsno and Jaslo, kothe east of the Wisloka river.
 Terrific fighting of the character pl rear guard action still is pro Bedding, the retreating Russians giv- Ing way only after the most stubborn resistance.
 Slays Give Way Slowly.
 Petrcgrad reports fighting by the Russians of the most desperate char better, and states that the action has hssumed the proportions of great battle. Arrival of several German corps of endorsements on this front s reported yy the Russian staff.
 Vienna states that the number of trisoners captured and the amount of booty falling into the hands Of the pursuing columns are increasing bourly.
 Success in repelling attacks and eounter cttacks are reported by both of the respective staffs. Neal Mezo-Laborcz, the Russians claim t' have driven back the lAustrians w1tf (he bayonet in six vigorous attacks @hile on the eastern sectors of the Carpathian front. according to Vien ha, the Austro-German forces claln have forced the Russians back
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CARGO WORTH $75O,OO0.

* The cargo of the Lusitania was * valued at $750,00O and was fully * covered by insurance. It contain * ed various munitions of war and * other supplies for the allies, in- * cluding 1S9 packages of military * goods" valued at $62221, and * 1,271 cases of ammunition ap- * praised at 47,624, both consigned
 to Liverpool, and 4,200 cases of * cartridges and ammunition valued ; at $152,4OO consigned to London.
 Among other valuable were pre-
 cious stones valued at $13,350.
 * * * 4 M * s \ A X a < n < t < h A
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London, May 8, "a. m.-The Cunard liner l.usitania was torpedoed by German submarine off the southeast coast of Ireland, near the entrance to St. Georges channel, yesterday after noon. According to reports, she re- ceived no warning, and sank in IS minutes.
 The Lusitania had on board 2,O67 souls, 1,251 of whom were passengers according to official figures from the Cunard office.
 It is known that more than 1900 of those on board have been saved. A message to the admiralty states that betA cen 300 and 600 passengers have been landed at Queenstown. At midnight, 700 survivors had been landed at Clonakilty, near Cork is- land, and three other boats with res cued passengers were reported mak- ing the harbor at that hour.
 Other passengers have been landed at Kinsale. The number arriving there was not reported. Great loss of life is feared, despite the hopeful statements issued by gov ernment and steamship company or ficers.
 The last official statement to be is- sued before midnight came from the lAmerican embassy. It read:
 "The embassy has just received 2 message stating that about half or the passengers of the Lusitapia have bene saved. The ship sank in lS minutes"
 The fact that more than half the messengers had been reported safe at l that hour, made the watchers wno surrounded the Cunard offices more hopeful still. F ''sl'
 The first ominous warning that the floss of life might be heavy, caho from the Cunard office in the foiiow- ling bulletin:
 "There is reason to hope that many passengers have been saved.
 Cablegrams flooded the offices ol the line, inquiring for the safety o' hundreds of prominent persons , aboard.
 Among the well-known persons or
 the list were Alfred G. VanderDi''
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LAPS MODIFY
 DEMANDS UPON
 THE CHINESE
Believed That Crisis Has Passed and That Japan
 Will Not Make War.

1 Washington, May 7.-Japan has modified her demands on China, ac. cording to official information con- veyed today to Secretary of State Bryan.
 MT. Bryan would not give out the particulars in which there had been modification. but it was the general feeling at the department that the crisis had passed, and that Japan would not have to make good her ultimatum by actual war on China. It is understood that the Japanese foreign office has agreed to with draw the part of the demand which exacted that China should submit to the advice of Japan as to finance and international affairs. By the original demands, China was to agree to hove Japanese advisers in most of her i'm portant executive departments.
 Japan has not withdrawn any of her demands relating to South Man churia, which she practically owns anS Inner Magnolia, which fell to her by agreement with Russia, which in turn established a protectorate over Outer Mongolia.
 Secretary Bryan said today that the question had not yet arisen whether Japan by securing these new rights in China had violated any treaty be- tween the United states and Japan He said that the present situation di5 not involve that question, and tha
 the statement of the departmen
 given out last night related only t. treaty obligations between the United l States and China.
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STIFF CALL TO ARMS. Conference os Leaders to Plan Fight
 Before Congress.

New York, May 6.-The National woman Suffrage associations nation al hoard today issued call for con: ference of suffrage leaders to be held in Chicago June to June 9. The object of the conference is to discuss plans for the suffrage fight before the 64th congfess.
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PLAYS WITH RIFLE;
 KILLS HIS C0MRADE

, Little Rock, May 7.-Ernest Lang Hammer, aged 4, was accidentally! shot and killed this morning by John
 Evin smith, aged 2, who was playing M,th a .22 caliber rifle at the Smith home. q just picked 1t uE and It
 snapped," said the grief-stricken lit
 tl., shootist, in explaining the acot- dent. The dead boy was son or k. |J. Langhammer, foreman of the ad department. on the Gazette. while tho
 Smith boy is the son Of H. P. Smitn. roadmaster's clerk in the Rocs |Island offices.
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topclorl and the Irish yesterday o'clock sinking nliueth the explosion The
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-08

Little Rock, May 7.-Governor
 George w. Hays went to Morrilton this afternoon to deliver the com mencement address to the high school.
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Be early Monday to get Wizard Mop for 49 with battle Of Ponsn Free. Knox Walker. O-o-o'
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5, Monday Only.
 A Famous Triangle Wizard Mop TOT Aqc with bottle of Wizard Polish 9oo 'WaIker 5-6-3t
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T1alheilner Buys Horse,

Abe Thalheimer has returned from a trip through the northern part or the state. during which he purchased 4 number Of horses for resale here.
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BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 LIVES BELIEVED LOST WHEN BIG LINER
 LuSTAhA IS T0RPEDED AND SUNK BY GERMANS OFF IRISH COAST
CREAT VESSEL SINKS IN IS MINUTES AFTER
 RECEIVING DEATH WOUND WITHOUT WARNING

Reports Indicate That Many of the 1900 Survivorsar Suffering from Wounds Caused by Explosion of
 Torpedo ' hat Sent to Bottom Ship with
 Cargo of Munitions Worth $750OO0 l87 AMERICANS WERE 0N BOARD VESSEL WHEN ATTACKED
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The Weather
bv bvsueraliy fair Saturday and Sun

Tho River Forecast.
 ket .. .ArSansas will rise to nearly o1 R fes. uardaLelle and Little Rock.
 kys a' rine Bluff in the next few
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LORE

lures by witnessing a dramatic por
trayal of ancient and modern knight
hood, also past and present life,
bright and sparkling with wit and
humor throughout the entire cere-
monial, when cancerous care and
gloomy thoughts are driven from you
by burts of gladstone laughter at
the commingling of the sublime with
the ridiculous. Its teachings make it
possible for knighthood to be more
friendly to ones fellow men, more
cautious in the affairs of life, brave
in defending right, crushing wrong
and protecting women, the sancticy
of home and the widow and orphan
Open to Knights of Pythias in good
standing. No Pythian has quite
reached the heighth he may obtain
until he has braved the dangers of
the desert, bearded the tiger in his
lair and finally found membership
in one of our Temples. There is
nothing to the ceremony that any
gentleman can object to. The ID. G.
X. X. numbers among its members
many of those who are leaders in
Pythianism. The object of the order
is to cement all good Pythians in
stronger bond of fraternity than is
possible in the lodges We IRE a
social organization, and believe all
men are more or less attracted by
an organization which has sociability
for one of its tenets. Man is a So
cial animal and goes where he can
crafty the social side of his nature
In this we draw together the mem
bers of all lodges. and further cement
the bond of fraternity between them
This order stands on higher
plane of social nature, affects no
antagonism to kindred organiza tons
nor demeans itself by baser inclna-
tions of degenerate men. 1t admon-
ishes men to think nobly of their
friends, to fill their lives with
sweetness and to speak approving,
cheering words while yet their ears
can hear and their hearts can thrill
with them, to brighten and perfume
their homes by flowers they would
lay on their graves, and to let those
flowers be love and Affection it
also reminds them that 'postmortem
kindness cheers no burdened spirit,
and roses on the coffin cast no frag-
rance on the lonely way
CLIFFORD L. MADDOX,
Royal Vizier.
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doubtedly effect not alone a certain
portion of our membership but of
that Of every similar organization in
existence.
Who attend every meeting-not just
now and then,
Who don't miss a meeting unless
they are sick
These are the men whom the crouch
calls The Clique"
Who don't make a farce of that
sacred word brother"
Who believe in the motto to help
one another
Who never resort to dishonest
These are the men that some men
call The Clique
The men who are seldom behind in
their dues,
And who from the meetings do not
carry news:
Who attend to their duties and visit
the sick
These are the men that the cranks
call The Clique"
We all should be proud of members
like these.
They can call them The Clique" or
whatever they please;
They never attempt any duties to
dodge;
These are The Cliques'' that run
most every lodge.
But there are some people who al
ways find fault.
And most of this kind are not worth
their salt;
They like to start trouble. but sell
dom will stick
They like to put all of the work on
The Clique
VAN.
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through a perfect haze of trials
until today it stands second to no
other similar organization in GU:
fair city or state. It's generous hos
every household wherein member
thereof has had the opportunity or
pleasure of participating in the many
and varied social events given at its
beautiful quarters "Moosehome" It's
basic principles are Purity, Aid and
Progress" and its chief aim and pur-
pose is to amalgamate the better
element of each and every community
into one great big universal broth
erhOod for the advancement and bet
terment of the whole human race
The personal of our membership
gives to us yet another distinction
and is undoubtedly but another reason
for our continued success. Upon our
rolls will be found many of the
leading citizens of our city and state.
that of our esteemed governor head
ing the list, senators, congressman
our own genial mayor, professional
and business men. the honored me-
chanic, and laboring man, all banded
| together for the PRONUNCIATION of the
one common cause, The Uplift of
Humanity" and each is doing his
| duty within the scope of his oppor-
tunity. 1t is the desire of our .licta-
tor that a representative membership
be present at our next meeting,
| TEnaGdnNr % at-Nf will
undoubtedly be several matters that
| vitality eject each and every member,
| up for discussion and if possible, for
final settlement. 1t is a duty that
every member owes to his order and
upon occasions of this kind the order
| expects every member will do his
duty. This evening, will also mark
! the third of our series of social
dances-these events are given for
the sole pleasure and benefit of the
membership and their friends and we
desire that any and all good citi-
zens who enjoy clean-cut. open and
above board amusement of this kind
to meet with us on this occasion A
special feature for this occasion will
be a prize waltz, for which a suita-
bic prize will be given by our good
friend and brother, Joyh Hyder
Write plainly on the calendar of
your memory the date, February
49, and be- prepared to answer
present
In a recent edition of the California
Call of the Moose | read an article
entitled The Clique" | am going to
give it to you verbatum, for there is
a good deal of truth in it and I be-
lieve it will prove interesting to
every member of our local and un-
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membership. Showing the canable
manner IN which our Interests were
handled by the officers.
our Royal Prince. Earl S. Curtis,
gave much time and hard labor to
the promotion of our princiEaiities
and as our Royal Nizier, we have had
rome better. The report Of our sec
reary. G. w. Raymond Kane shows
our rapid strides in the year just
passed.
On July 4. We journeyed to Je-
rome and initiated a class Of thirty
two tyros ON November &c, we We're
again in Jerome and took in thirty
five tyros Both these ceremonials
were highly successful and at no lime
in the history of orr temple were We
SO enthusiastically entertained as at
Jerome on these two occaions.
During the session Of >the Grand
Lodge knights of Pythias at Globe
last October we held a ceremonial
Mi isting thirty-five tyros. The Globe
boys treated us royalty and we hope
to make another trip over there in
the near future.
During fair week we held a. cerc-
u,onial in Phoenix. the home Of the
Temple. The success we attained al
this meeting is still fresh in oul
memories and was a fitting climax
to a prosperous year.
We now have a membership o!
500 our net gain last year being $50
The Imperial palace meets this yeai
| in Ashbery Park. n. J.. July y. Om
local Temple will be represented BIS
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latest dances, everyone can expect
the very best of treatment from him.
Good dance music, good floor, a jolly
crowd of good people and the small
admittance fee of fifty cents, coupled
with our recognized ability as good
entertainers are the things which go
to make our open night dances such
a huge success.
Two new members were added to
the ranks of our society and several
applications We're read last evening.
From the number of inquiries that
have been coming in during the past
week, it appears that many people
who are looking forward to becoming
members of good social order, are
intending to take advantage of that
special dispensation, now on.
The Fraternal Brotherhood extends
the hand of welcome to all good peo-
ple and harbors only such, any one
conforming to this simple rule may
obtain written invitation to our
dances by phoning our treasurer, Mrs.
C. J. Way, at phone No. 1894.
JOHNNY.
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IoXal Order of Moose.

From the standpoint of actiOn-our
meeting of last Tuesday evening was
certainly a hum dinger in every re-
spect and looking back through the
records from the time of the incep-
ton of our local up to the present
time | can find not single instance
wherein the record set at our last
meeting had been even closely APP
preached, let alone equaled. From 4
fraternal viewpoint the achievements
Of this sterling local organization
have been wonderful indeed. Starting
with a membership of paltry few.
as do most organizations of its kind,
it has ever hued straight to the line
Of progress, time and again over
coming obstacles that doomed up in
it's pathway, labeled. insurmountablc
and not infrequently successfully
crossing deep. dark. bottomless
chasms, suspended by but single
tiny silken thread. Proud. indeed. is
70S, of its achievements, and we'll il
has the right to be for has it not.
in the short period of three years,
fought its way from obscurity-
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Woodmen of the World.

Phoenix camp No. 5. Woodmen of
the World of this city, meets each
Monday night at the X. p. hall, East
Washington st. 1t is getting an
old time move on itself the last few
moons. The attendance is much lar
ger than for some years. Each Mon
cay night new members are initiated
and fine class of men are being
indicted into the deep tangled wild
wood. and adding real life to the
order. Capt. Cook is putting on
some fancy work with the Degree
Team
Tomorrow. February Is. a new
feature will be sprung On the camp,