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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
VERY-0NE-GET-0NE"
CAMPAIGN ENDS TODAY
Many New Y. W. C. A. Members
Received in Effort to Double
the Enrollments.

Many new members have joined the
Y. W. c. A. today. This is the last
day of the Every One-Get-One" cam
paign to double the enrolment. This
campaign closes with rally in Epiph-
any Hall tonight. when the result of
the campaign will be announced The
figures on new members have been
carefully guarded thus far.
On account of the recent death of
Mrs. William J. Flather. president of
the Women's Christian Association,
the senior organization which con-
ducts a boarding home on 18th street,
the lat home" which was to have been
held tomorrow afternoon has been
canseled. Mrs. Nathaniel Freeman,
the fourth vice president. has con-
scented to occupy the chair for the
senior organization until the annual
meeting in April.
The Woman's Christian Association
summer of 1863 and received it's char
ter the following year. This associa 4
ton was the second in the United
States to take up this work for women,
ganizers made no distinction as to age
or creed. and from the beginning to
the present have extended their efforts
over all the different fields of charita-
Die ana phllanthrop1c work. For near
ly half century hundreds of self-sup-
porting women have found at 1913 18th
street "a happy home where their sur
roundings and inuences conduce to
right living and wholesomeness Of
life
This elder organization issued a
statement today. showing it's co-opera-
ton in the jubilee program of the
Y. W. c. A. now in progress, as fol-
lows:
Associated as charter members with
the Y; W. G. A.: the w. C. A. joins
heartily in the jubilee now in progress,
remembering the noble names thai
have made their record illustrious. and.
with new blood in their veins, it looks
forward to earnest and continuous
work in the different directions which
now appeal to all women"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
RURAL CREDITS BILL
Representative Glass, in White
House Conference. Objects to
Feature of Senate Measure.

The rural credits bill. now before
the Senate. was discussed at con-
ference today between President Will
son and Chairman Glass Of the House
banking and currency committee,
which plans to report out a bill on
the same subject next week
Representative Glass objected to a
feature of the Senate bill which would
authorize the Treasury Department to
advance to the land banks provided
for III the proposed legislation money
when needed at interest of per cent
This feature, supported by Senator
Hollis and Representative Lever. was
voted down by the joint congressional
committee on rural credits. the report
of which forms the basis of both the
Senate and House bills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
Suing Street Railway
mo Business" for Him

Sirius Thurst0n. col0red. OF
Fairmont Heights, Prince Georges
county, Md, evidently thinks
that damage suits against COM
mon carriers are mo business"
Judging from his actions about
8 O'Clock last night.
Sirius fell while boarding q street
car near 18th and G streets north
west, but was not seriously hurt.
When the conductor approached
him. as II customary. to get his
name. he started ON q run to get
away. The conductor. bound not
to be derelict in his specified
duties, started in pursuit and the
sprintinE contest ended when
Thurston fell a second time on
the slippery street. was knocked
unconscious and had to be re-
moved to the Casualty Hospital.
The conductor was not to be
baked. however. He obtained
the name OF the injured man
when the latter reEafned con-
sciousncss after reaching the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
MAN BLOWN TO ATOMS
When 800 Quarts of Nitroglycerir
Explodes Near Cleveland

CLEVELAND. February is. - Charles
Baker. local manager for the Washing
ton Torpedo Company of Washington,
Pa. was blown to bits today when he
entered the company's storehouse in
Olmstead Falls, a suburb, to get a load
OF nltrogycerin. Three minutes after
he went into the building 500 quarts
of the explosive kept there blew up.
The detonation shook the countryside
for miles, breaking windows, telling
trees and damaging furniture. The au-
tomobile m which Baker expected to
carry the explosive. and which stood in
front of the storehouse when he en-
tered was destroyed. The building.
too. was reduced to splinters. Reuben
Hall, a farmer, was injured when
thrown to the ground by the blast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
MEXICO
GOING TO SENATE
Will Be Examined Before Nom
ination of Ambassador
Is Confirmed.

The voluminous mass of reports, dis
patches and other information on the
Mexican situation collected by the
State Department during the last three
years of revolution has been sent to
the White House for transmission to
the Senate, in accordance with the
resolution of Senator Fall. The for
eign relations committee is delaying
action on the nomination of Henry
Prather Fletcher as ambassador to
Mexico City until it gets the docu-
ments.
President Wilson feels that much of
the correspondence is confidential and
that publicity would injure the for
eign relations of the United States, so
probably not all of it may be given out
in the Senate.
Opposition to Confirmation.
Senators who oppose the confirma-
ton of an ambassador to Mexico at this
time contend the documents show there
is no responsible government there and
they want to know of the negotiations
which ended with the recognition of
Gen. Carranza-
American Consul Silliman. replying
to request from the State Department
for information regarding the shipment
of cotton into Mexico from Alabama,
said that while no import duty had yet
been placed on cotton the government
would not guarantee the arrival of con-
signments at destinations because OF
the interruption of railway service be-
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
Hide Embargo Lifted.
The decree prohibiting expectation of
hides from Mexico will be suspended
until March 81, the State Department
is advised.
Mexican embassy advices announce
the arrival of Gen. Carranza and his
party at Guadalajara. where Gen. Obre-
gon. commander of the Carranza forces.
publicly denied reports of breach be-
tween himself and Carranza, and de-
clared that he would be ever at the
side of our first chief"
The extensive railroad shops at
Aguascalientes were said to be run
ming at capacity. Health conditions at
Tampico, the State Department was
advised. continue bad. Several Amer
leans were said to be destitute there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
Fund to Plan National Highways.

Senator Shields of Tennessee has in
troduced bill in the Senate appro-
priating S250.000 for a plan for sys-
tenn of national highways. The bill
proposes determination of a plan of
highways by the engineers of the War
to promote the general
welfare; accommodating the postal
service, facilitating interstate and for
eiRn commerce; aiding education and
the needs of the army for the
of troops and equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
PARK MEN WANT MORE PAY
Employees of Public Buildings and
Grounds Urge Passage of Bill.

Park employees of the Office of pub
lie buildings and grounds are urging
the passage of a bill. now in the hands
of Senator Martin OF Virginia. for an
increase Of the salaries OF the United
states park employees from $50 to 81
per day.
Their interests are in the hands of
a labor committee consisting of T. E.
MCGOWAN, J. F. Essig and II. S. Reese
1t is asserted that the park employees
in the District are the poorest paid
park employees in any of the large
cities of the country. While their pay
is s16O a day, the minimum scale in
New York is $3.50 per day; Richmond
Va. s2.25 per day, Baltimore, Md, $3.50
per day; Chicago, Ill. s2.2o per day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
Mrs. Munger Awarded Divorce.

Lethia z. Munger has been awarded
an absolute divorce from Frederick
Munger. The decree signed by JUS
tice Mccoy gives her permission to
resume her maiden name, Lethia Z.
Castle. Mrs. Munger filed her petition
April II. 1915. through Attorney Ed
mund Darlington. Court costs and
counsel fees are assessed by the order
sGainst the husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
Twentieth Century Club Meeting.

The civic section OF the Twentieth
Century Club is to meet in the lecture
room Of All Souls Church tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock The speakers
will be Miss Falk. who will talk on
the Minimum Wage" and Lieut..
Streeter. who will give an address on
military training. Reports on the
work Of the committees will follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
Chairman Glass Position.

Mr.. Glass took the position that out
side of this provision there were no ir-
reconciliable differences between the
Senate bill and the measure which the
House committee plans to report.
The Senate bill provides for the
management of the proposed rural
credits system by bureau in the
Treasury Department and several COM
missoners. while the House committee
bill will provide for it's MANAGEMENT
simply by three commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-16
MEASURE
LIKELY TO BECOME LAW
Senator Newlands' View of Bill Re-
lating to Products Of
Child Labor.

Chairman Newlands of the Senate in
terstate commerce committee declared
today to opponents of the Overwhelming
interstate commerce that there was every
assurance from Congress and the public
that such a law was wanted and that il
was sure of passage. 1t already has pass
ed the House.
You might bebtter direct your efforts
to seeking some amendments to relieve
you of any injustice than toward try
ing to defeat it," he said.
Members Invited to Visit Mills.
S. F. Patterson of North Carolina
chairman of the executive committee
of the Southern Cotton Manufacturers
Association, today invited members of
the committee to visit the mills of the
south to see for themselves how happy
the children were at their work in the
factories.
He told the committee that both liv-
ing and working conditions in the fac
tory towns made the lot of their en-
ployes much better and healthier than
that of the children Of the small tenant
farmers of the south.
The passage of the pending bill. he
declared, would either put the southern
mills on an eight-hour basis or a six
teen years employment scale.
Predicts the Effects.
The first alternative would lower the
wages of the workers, he said and the
second would cut from their only
means of livelihood many children. who.
he said. were the sole support of
widowed mothers.
Mr.. Patterson declared that one-third
of the population of the town in which
his mill was located were the families
OF widows, due, he said, to the need
of women from the farms seeking a
living in the factories when their
breadwinners died.
He declared the cotton factories of
New England enjoyed an advantage of
transportation rates, which could ONLY
be equalized by the employment of chill
dren and longer working hours.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
MARTIAL IDEALS.

A big city paper has been conduct
ing an inquiry intended to determine
what sort of wife the young man of
today wants, and what sort of husband
the girl wants.
The expressions elected from inter-
ested persons of both sexes are curl
Gus. Most of the men complain that
girls nowadays are SO silly, frivolous
and over-dressed that they are I'M
desirable as wives. And most of the
girls complain that the men won't
have anything to do with girl who
doesn't overdress and behave frivol-
ously. The prevalent ideal of the men,
according to their sober testimony, is
the quiet, home-loving girl, who can
enjoy a good time but whose chief
charms are of the old-fashioned sort.
And the prevalent ideal of the girls
seems to be the man of similarly quiet
and solid qualities.
Then why all the fuss, feathers and
foolishness that seem inseparable
from association of the sexes now
adays, whether in fun or courtship?
Goodness knows.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13

If the American code of honor
stands for anything, it stands for far
play. An American father, figura-
lively at least, spanks his bad boy
and then shakes hands with him. "You
did wrong" he says, "but you take
your licking, and then we'll call t
quits"
But as people We have not learned
to do this with the members of So
ciety who have sinned against the
state. We send them to prison in orde.
that they may pay the penalty. Then
after the law has called it even, We
still refuse to consider that they have
paid up.
A convict now in Sing Sing prison
for the second time points this out
forceibly in recently published let
ter, written to the Independent.
"Once he has paid the laws award
of sentence, he merits another chance
Don't give him aims, religious tract
and a freezing stare. Give him work
Ninety-nine times out of hundred he
will respond Grant him not only the
right to work, but a place to work
Work is a remarkable therapeutic
He needs such treatment. Work is 4
fine moral prophylaxis. Any man
fresh from prison sorely needs cleans
ing
If hundred other great factories
in the country would follow the eX.
ample set by Henry Ford of Detroit
of offering work to men who come
fresh from prison, thus re-instating
them in their own self-respect and the
respect of society, we should be able
to 60 long way in solving this prob
lem.
However much a dreamer Mr.. Fore
may seem to have been in his schemes
for world peace, it is probable that
time will show him to have led the
way toward square deal for the mar
who has done wrong and paid up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
AIDS TO VICE.

Citizens of Arkansas are from time
to time shocked by newspaper ac-
counts CT the doings Of so-called joy
riders.
Thus the automobile, blessing to
humanity, is made to cater to the kind
of life certain misguided individuals
adopt. The gasoline buggy enables
them to canter far from the restrain
ing influence of the home town; and
everyone knows that in such cases the
incentive to be good lessons accord
ing to the number of miles that lie
between home and the automobile.
Another modern invention that is a
boon to; mankind is also used for the
furtherance of vice. This is the tele-
phone.
Police in the big cities declare that
the telephone has made it many times
harder to keep the lid on immortality
Liaisons are arranged over The tele-
phone secretly and quickly, circum-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
PRESS COMMENT.
THE SANDWICH.

Lord Sandwich, who died, and the
ham sandwich, and the sandwich men
on the street, and Sandwich, Barn
stable county, Mass, are all bound up
together. Oueerhow it should be so.
The papers already have told how the
sandwich, an article OF food. got ITS
name from the fourth Earl Sandwich,
because he was such an lnveterate
card player that he could not take
time to eat his meals, and had his
bread brought to him with meat be-
tween the slices at the card table. But
Lord Sandwich was called Lord Sand
wieh because the first Earl Sandwich,
back in 1900, chose to take his title
from the ancient town of Sandwich.
in Kent. Fine old place-greatest
place for golf in England. When some
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
PAPER SHORTAGE
SITUATION ACUTE

Washington, Aug. 9.-The crisis If
the newsprint paper situation which
already has cut down newspaper
profits enormously. will not be
reached until late October when con-
tracts come up for renewal, according
to reports received from manv
sources by the federal trades commits
sion.
The presidential election, together
with the European war, is expected ID
increase an already unparalleled de
mand for news print paper. which
manufacturers tell the trades commits
sion they will hardly be able to meet.
The trades commissions report on its
investigation Of news print prices, it
was announced today, will be publish
ed not later than October l, regard
less Of whether congress still is in
session OF probably brief extract viii
be given out two weeks beforehand.
summarizing the findings.
The great question in deciding
whether there has been collision
among the manufacturers to increase
prices unduly, is said to be whether
the increased demand for paper mas
been entirely disproportionate to the
increase in production.
Manufacturers claim that publish
ers are using 20 per cent more paper
than ever before. None of the sub
stitutes Tor pulp is commercially
feasible. according to officials Of the
various bureau interested Cotton
stalks, lately mentioned, would be
prohioitively expensive to collect, they
say.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
A DANGEROUS" TAX.

The big powder manufacturers are
writing letters to newspapers sug-
gesting that they would appreciate it
if the editors would bring to the at
tention of the readers the dangerous
features of the proposed tax on mu-
nitions"
The only difficulty about this is
that few editors are able to perceive
those dangerous features" American
munition makers, and particularly
powder makers, have been making in
credible profits. They have been the
chief beneficiaries of the war. Under
the circumstances, it is natural to ex-
pect them to bear a considerable part
of the expenses to which the nation
has been put as direct result of that
war There's poetic Justice in it,
as well as economic justice.
It's natural enough that the makers
of guns and ammunition prefer 20
have our preparedness expenses borne
by taxes on the necessaries of life,
paid by the humble majority, instead
Of taxes on warstuff and Injuries,
paid out of the smollen incomes of d
minority. The munition aristocracy is
doubtless quite honest about it. It's
the nature of industrial aristocrats to
feel that way. But it's also natural
for the general public, and for the
newspapers that reflect the sentiment
of the public, to view such logical
measure as the munitions tax with
and satisfaction.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
Indications Are Jefferson
Produces Biggest in His
tory This Year.
PRICES OF LINT
AND SEED GOOD
With Prospects Tor Smaller Total
crop Than 1915, Conditions Presage
That Pine BLUM Will Enjoy
Unusual Prosperity.

Never before has this section Of the
state Of Arkansas had such promising
conditions to prevail, SO far as the cot
ton crop is concerned, according TO re-
ports from all directions, and from
men who are directly in touch with the
situation, in all its phases.
The arrival Of the first bale of JET
ferson county cotton, from the Glen
Lake plantation Of the Ziba Bennits
Planting company, marked an epoch
IN cotton production in this vicinity,
because Of the fact that it is the
earliest date at which home produced
cotton has ever appeared on the local
market, SO far as can be learned.
Many other communities in the
county-as well as in adjoining coU1-
ties-report that cotton picking will
be we'll under way within the next
week or ten days, and the general
trend Of all the reports is that only
long continued and very heavy rains
can interfere with the 1916-19f7 crop
in this section Of the state.
Our crop is already made" is the
statement uttered by number Of the
largest planters in Jefferson and ad-
jdCCHt CCuIILlES. -aCRCI OE1UEC Has
there been such heavy fruitage, nor
has there been q year in the past when
there were so many bolls on the
plants. from top TO bottom, and all so
far advanced toward fruition"
That there are boil Weevils in vari-
GUS places in the county, has been
known for some time, but it IS admit
ted that the insect has done virtually
no damage. For this fact, the credit
is given the very excellent weather
conditions which have prevailed, this
holding back the activities Of the
Weevil and at the same time allowing
Of the perfect cultivation of the fields
In all parts Of Jefferson county, one
can now see field after field. acre
after acre. Of cotton. the tops being as
level as a billiard table. and the green
and white making as pleasing and at
tTactive picture as ever was made by
a field Of rice or Of wheat or Of sugar
cane. Plantation after plantation IS
in the same fine condition. There are
no low spots on the top surface, no
yellow spots anywhere. The condition
has been noted by the many men who
have travelled over the country, to see
for themselves what the crop looks
like
Among the best posted men, the
opinion prevails that Jefferson coun-
ty will produce the largest crop in its
history this year, while the crop Of
the entire country will be smaller
than it was last year This will mean
better prices, in which the jefferson
county planters-and the planters Of
the entire Pine Bluff territory-will
reap the largest benefit.
The seed from the first bale of JEFF
ferson county cotton has been pur-
chased by the Pine Bluff Cotton Oil
being the first seed received
by that company this season. The
price Of cotton seed is still moving
between $40 and $50 per ton, and this
tenn again will also add vastly to the
wealth and prosperity Of the Pine
Bluff territory this year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13

Persons finding fault with the pres
ent high cost of envelopes will be
interested to learn Of the invention o.
a Seattle accountant, who has devised
q method Of folding stationary for
mailing so as to eliminate the en-
celope entirely. The invention is d
method of perforating letterheads
billheads, etc, fer transmission by
making only one fold in the paper. The
inventor claims that his device not
only eliminates. envelopes, but ais
makes the writing of a second address
unnecessary, renders the document i'm
possible TO open without detection and
requires that the postmark be i'm
printed on the back Of the sheet itself.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
One Hundred Years Ago.

VHt IfuNuItU tdTs -tWO.
1S16-Prof. Heinrich Won Gneist, cele-
brated German jurist, writer
and parliamentarian, born in
Berlin. Died there July p,
1895.
Seyenty-five Years Ago.
1S41-J. B. Jacksonville, principal
chief of the Miami nation, died
near Fort Wayne, Ind.
Fifty Years Ago.
1S66LPeace was concluded between
Prussia and Wurtemberg.
twenty-five Years Ago.
1891-The Cherokee Strip in Okla
homa was closed to the whites
by order of the president.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13

venting the police and making it near
~ impossible to control the situation.
The devil and all his satraps album
dainty take advantage of every in
vention. In many cases they are the
first to do so. This tendency is one
of the most marked evfs Of the age
in which we live.
If conditions in Pine Bluff are bet
ter than in most other places, it is
creditable. But the latent power to
misuse the automobile and telephone
exists everywhere, and parents and
the authorities should be watchful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
INNOCENTS ABROAD.

Little Rock, Aug 11.-Sharp Dun
away, well known all over Arkansas
ewspaper agent and member of the
state normal board Of trustees. will
leave Tuesday for Seattle, Wash, to
visit his brother, Julian G. Dunaway,
who has been practicing law there sew
eral years. He will be gone about six
weeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13

Just as we're getting used to the
modern notion that whisky isn't good
for snake bites, an osteopathic physi-
clan comes along and condemns the
use of quinine for malaria-says he
cures it with massage and a rare beef
diet. With all our old standards I'M
settled, no wonder we don't know what
to do about our health nowadays.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-13
One Year Ago in the War.

August 10, 1915-Thousands of Ar
menians reported to have been
slaughtered by the Kurds and Turk
ish Irregulars; Teutonic armies
penetrated to point nearly sew
enty-five miles east of Warsaw;
Petrograd reported repulse Of the
Germans in the Mitau region.