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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-05
P'll:'N||s!QlN ! ] ] ! !!l VARIANTS ]! ]! ! ] VI <. !. s.l 's..Nl0Xi BEING. MAILED
Boc:stlse@sUf Increase in Pensioners. .t%s, ;: TO bata is Only 62 Per lt<e44. Cent.

Little, Rock, s-pt. 4.-Warfants for Epnfederate pensions are now being i4sailed, but it is probable that. ten layy will..;elapse before5 the last of the warrants are addressed and for warded. Due to the increase in the number of pensioners, the pro rata is 6z per cent, compared With 70 per cent. last year. Many not heretofore eligible to pensions were granted the right to participate in the distribution by the, law. Of the last legislature
 There. will .be. 9,s45 pensioners in the state who will receive warrants for $62. In addition. 457 pensioners whose applications call for .$75 will gea $46.5O; 31 pensioners whose ap- plications call for $50 will get $31, and eight '$25 pensions the warrants for which will be for $15.5o.':' The amount of money available for pen sions this year was $e34,554.3O.
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Yhe Ccntlpedo.

Tao centipede was formerly @ res ident of the southern part of this country, but 1t hss gradually worAed It's way to the North. so that now they ara quite common 'i1 nearly every por' tion of the country. 1t thrives best ia damp and warm places aud has its sedeeming feature in that 1t catches and destroys many of the domestic pests wo arc we'll rid of. It's mathoa yf catching an insect seems to be to spring over 1t, incloslng and caging 1t with its many legs. The belief occa' sionally met with tl,st the cen:ipeda feeds on household goods and woolena or other clothing ss without founda. ton. On tho other hand. the D.te ot this creature ia undoubtedly more or less poisonous, the effect depending m tho susceptihilitv of the pat'ant
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STUDIO.

Miss Ida Baughman, recently re- turned from the Cincinnati Conserva- tory of Music, will open studio for Pianoforte and Harmony in Pine Bluff, September 1, at ZIG South Walnut. Miss Baughman's certificate speaks for itself:
 THIS IS TO. CERTIFY: That Miss Ida Baughman of Pine Bluff, Ark. has completed the course required for teache $ certificate at the Gin cinnati Cons vatory of Music.
 She pursue the study of her major, the pianoforte, under MT. George A. Leighton during period of four terms of ten weeks each, and proved herself an intelligent, industrious student, making highly satisfactory ment comprised in addition to thorough technical drill, the two and three-part inventions of Bach; etudes of Czerny, Mendelss ohn Meszhowski; sonatas of Mozart and Beethoven; and compositions of Men, delssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt Gade, Friml, Leighton, and other writers. She successfully completed the required course in theory, ap- piled harmony, history of music, sight-singing and normal work Pos sessing the enthusiasm of artistic natures, that ever strive for higher States of advancement, she will like. wise inspire her pupils and thus her course as a teacher will be marked with success. Miss Baughman is 3 young woman of refinement and ex- cellent character.
 (Signed) BERTHA BAUh,
 Directress. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2S, 1915.
 For hours, terms, and further par ticulars call phone 396. 8-18-1n
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Classi Hcatlon.

She found her dearest girl. chum h :ears. The situation was unexpected, being rather common and vulgar. But the patricjan girl was sympathetic enough to inquire, just as any ether girl might: Why, dear. what on earth is the matter?" "Men are all ,Iars!~ sobbed the broken hearted one. "Oh, don't say that," protested the other. That's toe bluad gancraliza' tion." Well, suppose there are somc rood, honest fellows whn are not But all the really n,ce men are'"
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Porcelain Bowl Cleaner.

1 Lad alwayr A~und 1t nearly impos, yible to keep an o,d and much used bowl clean until told by a friend, for merly plumber. this secret. Try 1t and you will be amazed at result witk labor and time expended: Make . sweb of an old cloth on the end of . stick, tic securely 50 1t will not work ofR: batl out the water with . small cup or covey so you can cleanse avay down; then purchass hse or ten cents' worth of muriatic lcid which is poison; turn little on An old saucer, dip the swab in and apply to all parts of the bowl, and in five min utes your work will be complete Great care must be taken not to touch tho acid. as 1t will burn quickly and 4oaply.-Exchanea.
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EVACUATION RIGA NOW CONSIDERED
 TO BE IMMINENT
(Continued from Page 1.)

and it is considered likely that the town of Wilma, which the civilians all ready have left, will be evacuated shortly by the Russian garrison.
 Still another series of battles is being fought to the south of the Pri- tet marshes, along the Sereth and Stryr rivers. The Russians are stub bornly contesting the progress of the Austro- Germans, who have crossed the Serthe near the point where il empties into the Dneister.
 Their frontal attacks against Drob- no and Rovno failing, the Austrians are pressing to turning movement against these positions. from the south, and the troops under General Boehm- -Ermolli, according to Vienna today, succeeded in breaking through the Russian line at various points north of Zalosco and east of Brody
 Austrian reports detail the capture of large numbers of prisoners, both along the Serthe and on the front at tackled by Boehm Ermolll
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[llRNED. ON . /.
 RE AGAIN., ANU !0l., 7. 1 ALL ARE HAPPY
L;,js of Gas Company |sasnt !sis This Is Last !
 |.sv;ce Interruption. ,.

,;cs was resumed in Fne
 ts,,t s@s,sss s:so last evening, too late ?, 2
 n0s. . y to be prepared in the
 p2eE 2''Is coming in time for people l'3'7
 {. DM,s thst the old gas range will |S, N 1srs for use this morning. ;. ,,,. s " si,s M 'on the main, where it wa, was
 gosr ls Garland City were com
 ag'u Ijttle before 5 o'clock { l , 5,a and n
 was turned on: At ,Io b: :lz D. D.
 x @ ,ong, blasts of the trouble Ees' 2 | shs local lighting plant in 1. spine p Bluff people that the l.s a asain doing its work, and sp' z baIf hour the gas would be
 ;nto, The city mains. : z
 j, n'f the trouble whistle was tb,enhones were used most eN- |s,y for a while. almost J nos / every ~ ss.,,nr upon eyerybody@else to
 Tnoas about tho Tesr1pption
 a;E1ejsls,so ;sadias; of the fArkanisas Nat .sS " lSss,iapa1ny as are Of the: optnaion sno farth breaks@ in Iit IS .thought;th s,N! Nbefore |ss is fiiser can. ptIrieA eAce another an8 WaShs sla'- salaa'-wasy,1. v thes, present woik.w wi MI be completed on the |4,ip.aro,,nd," and on. another |tIossinig the river, so that there |Esfhfee different mains, at least is expected a1ways<tos be |NEe' & * <.
 iassesE a sgi'egating s$2W, 900 ast spring and summer, due to reaks ingthe mains, much of the heinz occasioned by the actual rel much by the cost of making X and much by the loss: of in- while the gas, was cut off. Ex- te work on :, the 9run-arou1d'' 1ithes thew crossing of the river us done, as a iguarante that such SFilf not be, suffered in the, fu- tsssIsf IFt slptas ,
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JImmIs's concIuslon.

little folk frequently manifest un expected powers of observation and AndlYsis, < Little Jimmie. for instance. Waasasked 5if . young lady whom hs dearly loved was pretty. sshs looks pretty to me" he announced, after 2 bxies period of consideration. "but l don't, a.pose she's really pretty no t,es Brother Ben don't sit hy her side sal aNlful lot when she cogss here
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Hard Drinking y-csaned Or

One can hardly ts,Ae up q 0'ssa dealinS with the sixteenth. seventeenth end eighteenth centuries and tho early part of the nineteenth which does not teem with a1lusions to the prevalencs and popularity of hard drinking, But within She past fifty or sixty years the attitude of the British people N avery rank and class hss changed. Ths Arunksrd is despised by high and lov -NxctanxA.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-05
l|HAAiGs I NEGRO WHO
 llDED W0MAN'S ROOM

esdeni, Tenn, Sept. 4.-Mallie bn, a negro, charged with having led a room occupied by a white
 Rpss, was hanged by a mob at |hiisM.
 |e negro was taken from jail ear- l in the night, and preparations bt0 lynch him. The husband of |Wonan, however, refused to act (Ncutioner, and Wilson was re- lea to jail. Later the mob reas- pkd secured the nsgro and hang [in.
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Sweetest Words.

English language" musipglg inquired Professor Swiggs. 'than ' love your {" Well" grimly remnrked the peSstmis- tic bearer, T understand that some authorities regard There's that mone! [ owe you. as abovt the options of satisfactory santa,,cea-"
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h COOPER DRIVES ||500 MILES IN 5:47.29

|lnneapolis, Sept. 4.-Earl Cooper Eeq astutz car to victory this
 FnoM in the first 500-mile auto Pile race on the new Minneapolis Paul two-Inile speedway. Gil An Pon was second
 Pcpsr's time was , hours, AZ min ad 2s seconds, an average speed l6.25 an hour.
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ehavks lr Scottlsl. Waters.

\ shoal Of sharks. for some &ayo
 has Invaded the Firth Of Forth, and
 ane of the Dunbar line fishing feet IT, eorts that large stretch of tisnin2 gear. consisting particularly of lines. has been carried awayte While haul 1ng the remaining por%ions several rharka were observed to hover about.
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psvchoioolca, Fire,

My aunt told mo to go tell the maid to make a fire in the kitchen stove. as we had no fire in the other part of the house. I did. and few moments later went to the kitchen. Holding my hands over the stove, l.eaid. My, how nice and warm 1t is! It's heat ing up already" The maid lifted the pto1e lid and said, T haven't made he Ire yat"-Chicago Tribune
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Billiard Hall Changes Hands.

Earl Smith and Ernest WhitelaW
 yesterday purchased from M. D. Wat son the lease of the billiard hall in the basement of the Hotel Pines. Messrs. WhHelaw and Smith will re- tain their positions with the Pine Bluff company and the place will be in charge of Will Franey as manager
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.s There Any Dlffereneo9

'I have real th.s book" said ,tfS rate patron, sand t is tho Worst ever. It has the average pennydreads .,ul looking like Q Sunday school tract, ana yet you gave 1t to me when ! asked you for q historical romance. "Oh," gurgled the flair. librarian, ' thought you asked me sor hysters- sgl ropnr ce"si Nudge. #.
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Take |. as < la

Thou must conteEt myself to sec Inc world imperfect as 1t Is. Thou wilt never have any quiet If thou vex- est myself because < thou canst noe bring mankind to that exact notion of things and rule. of life which thou hast tormed h thy own mind. Tull1a
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1oO Tn .JeffersOn.

About 100 pensioners are on the rolls of this county for $100 per an- mum. Those allowed $10O will re- ceive warrants for s62.
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Only Real Proof.

The conduct of our lives is the only proof of the sincerity in our hearts, George Eliot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-05

York.S Serbian Serbia
   w. his sister Elizabeth Tarytown Y. andf whose unknown will rriculu o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21
Tomorrow's Program
IOWA SECTION N. E. |. A.

Morning.
promptly at $40 M Grand ops house
this connection Herbert
president Electric Chicago Ill
Safety First Light associa
picture films Including
the celebrated series, The Lneman'
Enroute on steamer dock promptly at
Pc
Question Open Refus E. chairman
OF committees. .
nominating committees
Selection officers.
Selection Of convention.
appointment standing committee.
- Adjournment of convention.
ELECTRIC Al CONTRACTORS
Morning.
other associations.
house.
lantern sdes)Herbert w Young.
ILL.,
with illustrated slides
ing picture including THE
STREET RAILWAY AND INTERuR1AN
Morning Session. 10 a.
Address of wecome-Mayor OF
ResponseMr F. j. Hanlon, Mason City
Address OF the president
Reading minutes
Report secretary-treasurer x
Schedules with View Provsfng
Service during the Evening Peak L. L. Sloss superintendent
Paper--Measures o Employees. Maurce A
Railway, Waterloo,
Paper-safey George. safety, United
Light and Railways Company. Grand Rapids Michigan:
Appointment committee nominations
Appointment of convention committees
business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21

ldepartment get away for the run TO
1.-THE Fifth street bridge Last year
when the travelling men and Eagles
were here. the delegate had to be COR
itent with visiting the stations AMI
seeing the horses put through their
Exhibition PAGES. Yesterday they saw
the real thing.
opportunity to make the trip TO
Warsaw and Hamilton is afforded by
the Keokuk Electric COMPANY, with
special cars which leave for the two
cities across the river at 40 each
AFTERNOON.
The request of the Industrial ASH
citation to make display OF flags has
met with success There were num-
Der of emblems displayed today The
Sixth street are station, which Is on
the way to the convention hall. was
lartistfcally decorated in the American
colors. The Elks club is displaying
flags, and many of the business houses
have unfuried their colors.
MANY compliments are being paid
Keokuk for the white way lighting
system, by the visitors. The street
locked particularly attractive last
night with nearly all the signs in oper-
alton.
OF course it is not real polite to
hrag about yourself, but then it's per
MISSILE TO pat oneself on the. back
once in awhile The delegates are al
plea ed with the brand OF KeokuE
hospitality which is being shown them.
They are all much taken with the en-
tertainment which has been provided
and credit should be given to the iocai
men who planned for this feature.
The registration of visitors con-
tinued all day today. There were
about three hundred signed up in the
booth at the hotel early this after
noon. Many more are expected to
arrive here tonight for the opening
of the street and interurba1 railway
convention tomorrow.
The men in charge of the convention
are delighted with the number of
delegates present and with the treat
ment everyone is receiving.
Here's one for Keokuk hospitality.
Several convention delegates walking
down the street this morning in q
slight rain. asked a local man pass
ing them. for the use of his umbrella
for a few moments. The l.. NJ toll
them to take it and keep it. .'Don'f
bother about bringing it back" he
said.
Maybe that's the way he got it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21
Visitors Register

Charles Homer, Cedar Rapids.
E. W. Lewis, Cedar Rapids.
Chas. T. Clark. st. Louis
D. ]. Phipps, West Branch.
C. II. Myers, Davenport.
R. ". Mossman, Davenport.
F. H. Guenther. Muscatine
VI. II. Schneider. Bradford.
NJ. Crawford, Clinton.
n. T. Wilcox, keokuk.
c. A. Sears, ,Keokuk.
P. R Williams, keokuk.
Harold J. Wilson, Burlington
Mrs. Bolster, Keokuk.
Myra Dodd, Charles City.
Mrs. Wilcox, Keokuk.
Mrs. Kellogg, keokuk.
Mrs. Ingie, Keokuk.
L. II. Knapp, Keokuk.
V. o. Stafford, Keokuk.
G. W. Carlson, Keokuk.
A. W. Kline. Cleveland, Ohio.
E. B. Hiliman, Quincy.
c. C. Buffum, Keokuk.
J. V. Montgomery, Keokuk.
A. H. r. Jackson, Oskaloosa-
J. H. BisselI. Keokuk.
VIM. Loeb, Pfttsburg, Pa.
Frank Sleoff Boone
". z. Byerts, Des Moines.
A. c. Anderson, Keokuk.
J. v Harding, New London
F. II. Brooks, Red Oak.
F. A. Warfeld. Peoria.
NJ. T. Anderson, Chicago.
A. j. McDonough, Colfa1.
NJ. Anderson, Mason City
l.. A.. Heitmeier, st. Louis.
W. G.. Leuhhardt, Chicago.
". 2. Blake, Burlington.
F. W. Marvel, Chicago.
F. s. Dewey. MHscatine.
F. J. Hanlon, Mason City.
F. e. Clark, Clinton.
H. 3. DeTeli. Clinton.
A. Frank Paul, Chicago.
J. /. 8. ScaddIng, Fort Madison.
E.. g. Callahan. Chicago.
Fl. l.. White. Traer, Iowa.
J. l.. Buchanan. schenectady.
austin Burt, Waterloo.
H. ". Netelthan. MINNEAPOLIS.
Louis Smith, Clinton.
z. P. Smith. Dubnque.
". V. Hoagisnd, Chicago.
4. A. Jeffrey, Cedar Rapids.
T. Vgn Schlegell. Chicago.
J. ID. Cross, Chicago.
G. W. Register. Chicago.
G. B.. Could, Chicago.
A. s. Morgan, Keokuk-
A. J. Cole, Omaha.
c. l.. Goidfn. Cedar Rapids.
r, z. Tedford, Gowrfe.
II. z. GuEtafson, Boone.
II. W. Polling, Ottumwa-
J. r. Polling, Ottuulwa-
Chas. Clark, 81. Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21
Electric spa'ks

| Dean Adclph Shane. in charge CT
twenty-five students of the engineering
class of Highland Park college of Das
Moines, arrived here at los this aft
ernoon on the Rock Island and pro-
ceeded at once from the station 20
{ the dam. They were conducted through
the power house and dam by officials
Of the Mississippi River Power coEu-
pany. Dr. G. Walter Barr accompar-
led the party and explained the fea-
lures of the Development. The partv
will remain here tonight and will leave
tomorrow for Burlington and Dsven-
sort, completing the annual trip I
the class.
Preparations for the Joyian rejuveu-
alton were started early today and
from all advance indications, the
meeting OF the secret society Of the
electrical men will be one Of the great
est in the history OF the organization.
Delegates were enthusiastic over
the prospect of making the excursion
to Burlington on the G. W. Hill tomor-
row afternoon. Many of the delegates
from inland cities say this viii be
their first river excursion.
There was nothing but praise for
keokuk and the Keokuk hosts from
convention delegates today. Every
thing is moving without a hitch and
everyone is being cared for In the best
possible manner
I've taken them all In, son, and
never saw better convention" was
the way one of the oid-timers express
ed himself today.
! Hotels here are being taxed to ca.
ipacity, there being an unusual num-
Der Of visitors here besides the dele
gates TO the conventions. Two base
ball teams, numbering twenty each,
twenty-five students from Des Moine6,
and several hundred delegates are Civ,
ing the hotels plenty to do.
The women delegates are being en-
fte-tained during their stay in the city.
4 tea vas given in their honor yes
} teTday, and this afternoon they were
taken TO the Country club for the
= afternoon. There will be a theatre
i. party tonight at the Grand.
:, Inc power house is still proving OF
interest to the delegates and the Wis
II lIoTs- Guides furnished by the pow
II "a company are on hand to conduct
If s ,ne VISITORS through the big plant
government lock is also growing
W interest TO those who are visiting
the power plant.
- s VI the delegates were given
:, = ~, III r,as nt Yesterday that was not
- 'ann' ihey watched the fire
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21
Controlled Rates

II. T. Hughes, chief contract agent
for the Union Electric company az
Dubuque, read the following paper on
Controlled Flat Rates" at this morn
ning's session:
Due perhaps to the tact that Tue
central stations have only SO recent
ly rid themselves OF the much apuseo
and justly criticised, wide open. use
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21

! liUu lUOul VI Tue SoCils N-op -Ae~-'~
I Acting as hostesses were Mrs. c. "
kellogg, Mrs. J. P. Ingle. Mrs. n. T.
! Wilcox, Mrs Eugene Maxwell and
Mrs. ]. H Bissel. Mrs. Davis and
/ Miss Williams were also guests al
the club house
Entertainments Last Night.
I The entertainment program last
night consisted of banquet rendered
by commercial representatives pres
emit and an illustrated lecture on the
'Keokuk Dam Development, by DIR.
G. Walter Barr, of Highland Park
college, Des Moines.
The banquet was attended by prac-
ticalIy every delegate present at the
convention. Wives OF the visiting
delegates. as well as the wives OF the
local men connected with the asso-
Citations were present. The banquet
was held in the Masonic temple Sew
eraI hundred were present.
Banquet Big Success.
The banquet was an immense sue
cess, from every standpoint. The
dinner served was excellent and was
enjoyed TO the utmost The hearty
thanks of the guests were voted TO
the commercial representatives who
were hosts.
Following was the menu served:
Grab Cocktail
Olives Pickles Celery Radishes
Bouillon
Chicken Giblet Gravy
Green Lima Beans
Dreamed CaulifIower
Mashed Potatoes
Roman Punch
Electric Salad
Rolls
Ice Cream Cake
MINIS Sailed Nuts
Lecture by Barr.
DR. Bars Illustrated lecture on the
development OF the dam, followed the
banquet. The talk pro sed to be one
Of the most interesting features Of
fered thus far during the convention
The slides thrown on the screen IL
lustrated the various steps in the gi-
gantic undertaking that has made
the name Keokuk, world famous
The lecture proved of particular in
terest to the technical men present
who had already OF who expected to
make inspections of the dam before
leaving the city. Through the medium
of the slides. as well as through DR.
Bars talk, those present were able
to get much better understanding
Of the development than they could
otherwise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21
Possibilities In Ads.

To those OF you who are interested
in advertising, the possibilities to BE-
found in the controlled flat rate will at
cnce appeal. Think of the effect yod
get when you guarantee the amour.
OF each monthly bill! An ad, offering
to light the home with electric light
for three and one-third cents per day.
is bound to attract attention Think
of the impetus an announcement pf
this sort lends to an aggressive house
wiring campaign! 1t can't help bIt
get results.
Our records show that during the
twelve months Of 1914, slightly more
than eleven hundred new names were
put on our consumers fedgers. OF
this number approximately one-third,
or to be exact $50 were controlled fla.
rate customers originally: sixty OF
this number bought fiatirons, or othc-
appliances, before the year was ont
and had a meter installed Others
are changing right along. These ag-
ures show what valuable aid this
rate is in educating the customer to
the advantages of electricity, for 1
know that the great majority of these
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-21
Joint Meeting on Steamboat.

The association will hold joint
meeting with the other two associa.
lions tomorrow morning after which
all members will embark on the G.
W. Hill for the excursion to Burling-
ton.
The buffet supper anu smoker for
all delegates will De held at the EIks
club at o'clock this evening. The
Jovia1 regeneration follows this. The
delegates and ladies will attend a
theatre party at the Grand theatre at
O'Clock this evening. The party
will assemble at the Hotel Iowa he.
fore starting for the theatre and will
attend in a body.