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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
five PACKING HOUSES
PAY fines $4,000 EACH
BY Agreement With Missouri Attor-
ney-General, Packers Get OFF
on Promises to Obey Law.

jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 16.-Five
packing companies each paid $4,000
into the state treasury here today, it
was announced, in settlement of the
fines of $4,000 imposed upon them
by the Missouri supreme court for
vioaltion of the state antitrust laws.
The payment was made under an
agreement with John T. Barker, at
torney general, that but half of the
fines should be paid.
Under the agreement the compan-
les dismissed their appeal to the Unit
ed States supreme court, according
to the announcement, and paid all the
costs of the prosecution. Each has sub
mitted, it was said, statement to the
supreme court promising to obey the
laws of the state. In case of failure to
do so, it is understood the entire fines
would be collected and the companies
ousted from the state.
The companies are Armour e COM
pany, Swift & company, the Ham
mond Packing company. Nelson Nor
ris & company, and the st. Louis
Dressed Beef & Provision company
They were fined in February, 1915.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
ACCUSED OF MURDER;
GIVES BIRTH To BOY
Mrs. Matte Stokes Adams. Awaiting
Trial for Killing Militia Captain,
Becomes Mother.

Macon. Ga, Dec. 16.-Mrs. Matte
Stokes Adams of Atlanta, who has
been in jail here since ear " in Sep
TENDER, accused Of the murder OF Cap
tain Edgar J. Sprating, of the Fifth
infantry, National guard of Georgia,
in his tent at the mobilization camp
at Macon, has just given birth to a
baby boy. The trial Of Mrs. Adams
has been set for February.
Mrs. Adams charged that Captain
Spratling, who was her physician, had
taken advantage Of her, and that she
was desperate because her husband
had upbraided her after her confess
sion, and she went to Macon and shot
the officer after her confession to her
husband. She was held in jail until
month ago, when her condition be-
came such that she was ordered re-
moved to hospital in order that her
child might not be born with the stig-
ma of jail upon him.
Mrs. Maud Monk, a nurse, declared
that Captain Spratling had shown her
a letter from Mrs. Adams in which the
woman begged him to bring her to
Macon and install her in a boarding
house, and threatened to put his
lights out" if he didn't do it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
TOUCHES TO DINING TABLES.

Very pretty effects in luncheon or
dinner table decorations may be had
by fastoons of tiny lamps or baskets
filled with electrically lighted roses
Concealed from direct view by fern
leaves and real flowers these midget
electric lamps glow pleasingl,y an; and
add brilliance to the entire table. The
glassware takes on new sparkle
The silver CLEANS with rare richness
and the napery seems endowed with
additional snowiness.
Instead of the oldtime wax candle
with it's ever present menace OF fire
risk, there are now beautiful electric
table candles that are original in de-
sign and safe as decorations. The
shades are novel and may be made to
match the color of the Illuminated
roses.
The clever hostess is known through
her ability to offer the unexpected
The element of surprise is the basis
of all her planning. To avoid the OBJ
vious and the commonplace, is her
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
LINKS THE HOPE
DIAMOND With
THE HAPSbURGS

London, Dec. 13.-An extraordinary
narrative, linking the misfortunes OF
the house Hapsburg with the tragic
history of the Hope diamond, and trac-
ing both to the looting of temple IN
Burma, acquires special interest by
reason of the death of the Austrian
emperor. It has been communicated
to the Daily Express by soldier now
on active service, and says the TX
press, is presented to students OF the
occult for what it may, be worth.
"The story" says the author, who
SIGNS himself "W. b." "was told me
by a Buddhist priest when ! was IN
Cevlon. He was man of high re-
mute in the native community there,
and he assured me that every word
of his narrative was strictly and alb
solutelv true. Personally | hold no
brief for the occult and will not ven
ture to express any opinion on the
extraordinary series of events re-
counted to me by the Buddhist priest.
] transcribe his strange story for the
benefit of those who understand more
than | do of these mysterious mat
tiers.
"'Many years ago. said the priest,
a member of the house of Haps5urg,
one Count Hermann, in conjunction
with a Duke of Braganza and num-
Der of followers, set out on an ex-
pedition to Burma with the ostensi-
BILE purpose of converting the ma
tives.
"'They sailed from Lisbon, and IN
due course reached Mandalay, and in
which town they speedily became m
volved in a religious controversy ,whicn
ended in the death Of more than
thousand Burmese worshinpers. >,
"The Count and the Duke and
their followers then made for the great
temple of Rama and Sta, which was
known to contain gold and jewels IN
enormous abundance and of priceless
value. They slaughtered the priests
and all the guardians OF the temple,
and looted it's treasures. The temple
walls were inlaid with gold and inset
in almost every inch with precious
gems. Every stone that could be
wrenched from its place was stolen
bv the marauders, each of whom had
his share of the booty.
1.-TWO of the finest stones in the
temple formed the eyes of the golden
statue of Rama. One Ito be known
later as the Blue Hope Diamondo was
appropriated by Count Hermann and
the other fell later into the possession
of the late King Leopold.
"Rama," continued the priest, "call-
ed down up the thieves the vengeance
of the gods, and more tina fifty per
sons of high degree have already fall
en- under Rama's curse and lost their
lives by violent means. With their
death the curse came to an end, but
in the case of the house OF Hapsburg
it goes on for ever"
Whatever may be thought of the
Buddhist priests weird story, it is
known that the looted jewels were
scattered by marriage and inheritance
through most of the royal houses OF
Europe, with the exception of those OF
England and Denmark, and strangely
tragic is the record of many of these
regal families.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
PROGRESSIvES NOT DEAD.

New York, Dec. 15.-"Reincarna-
ton" of the Progressive party, with a
"new sense of party independence,
based upon "the new liberal spirit"
was agreed upon at conference of
prominent Progressives from several
states held here today.
Funds were subscribed to open ma
tional Progressive headquarters in this
city. until the national committee
meets in st. Louis. Permission for
chose leading Progressives who have
made party mistakes" to render the
party discussed, but no action was
taken.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
CHICAGO FACES COAL FAMINE

Chicago, Dec. 16.-With the mer-
curry lowering around the zero mark,
Chicago householders face a coal fam
inc within the next ten days, accord
ing to George H. CUSHING. editor of
the Black Diamond, the organ of
the local coal dealers. Mr.. Cushing as
serted today that the shortage in do
nestle coal supply is due primarily to
shortage in coal cars.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

Rev. J. P. Knox, chaplain of the
South Carolina house of representa-
tiyes, dropped dead from heart failure
while cranking his car at Columbia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

An electric train crossing Bernina
pass was buried under an avalanche.
A rescue party dug out the passen'
gers, two of whom had died.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

aim. Electricity offers many divers
ions for such hostess. -
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

New York is to have a new hotel K
cost S15,000.000.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
IDAHO DELEGATION At
GRAND LODGE SESSION

That Idaho is we'll represented at the
Sovereign Grand Lodge session of the
Independent Order of odd Fellows now
in session at Chattanooga, Tenn. and
has let the people of southern city
know something of the state, is shown
by a recent issue Daily Times of that
city. which gives the personnel of the
Idaho visitors as follows:
Idahos delegation, representing the
different branches of odd Fellowship,
arrived by different routes, and are
quartered at Hotel Patten.
The personnel of the delegation is:
Monte b. Gwinn. of Boise, promin-
ent capitalist of the state, and one of
the veteran members of the Sovereign
, lodge General Frank Martin, of Boise.
| former attorney general of Idaho, and
a leading lawyer; A. E. Gipson, of
Caldwell, editor of the Idaho Odd Fell
publishing company, also editor of
The Gem State Rural and Idaho Farm
er; Senator p. w. johnson, of Occur
Va Alene; Presley ]. F. Horne. grand
! secretary, of Caldwell, former bank
or and register of the United States
land office; Mrs. Augusta Johnson.
president of the Idaho Rebekah assem-
| bly,; Mrs. Frances Crosson. secretary
of the Idaho Rebekah assembly. and
Mrs. Martin, wife of General Martin.
who Is also a past president of the Re-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

dences of push and prosperity in the
city.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

1t is reported the Second Idaho has
been named, by General Plummer. as
ready and fit for any duty. This is
the status of the Idaho troops at Cen
eral Funston's headquarters.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

when they heard the border yelling
wolff"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

will have behind him all the scattered
soldiers of the new revolution--giving
him force sufficient to quickly con-
quer the defacto government.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

This week the Second Connecticut is
doing part of the guard duty at No
gales. The Idaho regiment furnishes
guard for the pumping station and pro-
vost duty down town. but the Connecti-
cut lads are covering the government
warehouses, Paradise Gulch,' the
later just below the Idaho camp and
enormously reported to have been
cleaned out"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

son is the accredited delegate to the
Association of Rebekah Assemblies.
and Mesdames Martin and Johnson will
likewise attend that association by
virtue of their official positions.
The Idahoans are all wide awake,
and while very loyal to their own
state. say they are delighted to be in
Chattanooga, and to see the many evil
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24

Wolf"
There is getting to be a regular col
ony of 'econd Idaho officers wives at
Nogales, Mrs. Clark. wife of Lieuten =
ant Clark of the machine gun company
was first to join her husband on the
border. Now Mrs. Olsen, wife of Ma
jor c. Olsen of the Second battalion
Mrs. Jeffries, whose husband is cap
tain of the machine gun company, Mrs
Jones, wife of Captain Jones of Com
pany f, Mrs. Jeeters, wife of Captain
Jeeters, commanding officer of Com
pany c, have all come to Nogales TO be
with their husbands.
1t makes things mighty pleasant for
the Idaho officers to have their fami-
lies here and more will arrange to es-
tablish temporary homes on the bor-
der if the regiment is held much longer
at Camp stephen Little.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
bekah assembly of Idaho.

Representatives. Martin and GIBSON
are from the grand lodge of Idaho,
and Representatives Gwinn and John
son represent the Grand Encampment:
Major Horne is representative to the
Grand Secretary's association, and al
so to the General Military Council Of
the Patriarchs Militant; Mrs. Cros-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-24
IDAHO FAIR DATES.

Canyon county-Idahos State
fair, Oct. 8. 4. 8. g. Nampa Har-
vest Festival, Sept. 10, 20, 81. %.
Custer county-County fair,
Oct. 4 to 6. at Challis; A. ].
Higgins. secretary.
Gem Sta fair, Boise. Sept
$3.50.
Other fairs for tt fall are:
Adams county-Indian Valley
fair at Cambridge. Blaine
county-County fair at HALEY
Clearwater county-County fair.
Lemhi county-County fair. Nez
Perez county-County fair.
Oneida county-County fair.
Washington county - County
fair. Teton county-County
fair.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
GO BACK TO OLD REMEDIES
War Brings Return to Medicines Used in the Days of Our
 Grandfathers.

l Physicians have been jumping from one drug or chemical to another ever since Lister found way to check or prevent the infection of wounds. Doc tors have tried friars balsam, carbolic acid, fodoform and dozens of other antiseptics, some of them very costly. and now seem to have gone back to old fashioned household dressings Of past years and even past centuries.
 On the battlefields of Europe sugar. salt, tincture of iodine and common garlic have superseded drugs and chemicals with high sounding names. the New York Commercial states. Su- gar Is used as dressing for wounds already infected. The British govern ment has found that wounded men on ships whose injuries have been washed with common sea water make better recoyeries than those treated in field hospitals, the conclusion being that the waters of the ocean are an ideal antiseptic. Tincture of iodine. a preparation as old as the hills, Is the favorite protection against lockjaw; and so 1t goes.
 Of all these reversions to grand. mothers specifies, however, the dis covery that garlic is almost a cureall Is the most striking. Doctors who prescribe and use only the most costly and new-fangled preparations im- ported from Germany will have to give respectful attention to garlic, for its efficacy is vouched for by the Lon- don Lancet on the testimony of two eminent London surgeons. Garlic ap- piled to wound stops the infection and heals quickly, whereas modern antiseptics used in fashionable prac- boon tested thoronghly at the Pad
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
B oys and Girls
 Club Work Eight Studies In Education Through Club Activities.
EDITORS NOTE.

The Extension Division of the Uni versity of Arkansas, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, will offer this year, ence course in Boys and Girls Club Work" consisting of eight lessons or articles. These lessons will appear in this paper at intervals of six weeks Those who wish to take this course should write to the Director of Exten- sion Work, University of Arkansas Fayetteville. stating name, age occu- patton, and stating that he Cor she) proposes to carry the work through for the eight lessons. A farmers bulletin will be sent to supplement lesson No l, and later for each lesson if the question blank be returned for the pre- ceding lesson. These blanks will be sent with each bulletin. Preceding les sons will be sent on request The next lesson will be Primary Rules of Cot ton Growing"
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
Finn Boy Escapes jail Sentence.

It may be true that there is noth- ing new under the sum- but Judge Towards daily experience in the mu- nicipal court of Rockland brings up lots of things that are new to him. Among the offenders who faced him the other day was a Finn boy who had been arrested for shooting a raccoon out of season. The boy did not deny the act, but asked the court to hear his defense, which he read from manu- script prepared by himself. It was an ingenious setting forth of the circum- stances which led to the coon's de- struction-a tale of how the glarlng eyes of strange animal had fright ened belated pedestrians in 8 West Rockford suburb; how a frightened woman had implored him to get a gun and shoot the creature The young Finn's brief was SO well pre- pared that Judge Howard suspended sentence.--Augusta tMe.) Kennebec Journal.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
THOUGHT SHE KNEW COFFEE
Young Lady, Testing Beverage Made of Refuse, Declared It Unmistak-
 ably the Right Thing.

A great many people who flatter themselves that they are judges of coffee or other beverages may learn a lesson of caution from the expert ments carried on by Sir Hiram Maxim when he was trying to find a pala- table preparation of wheat and coffee.
 It occurred to me, says Sir Hiram in My Life," that very few people knew much about coffee. One Sunday I brought out from the Maxim Lamp works about thirty young men and women. My stenographer was also present; she was one of those young ladies that know all--from whose de- cisions there is no appeal.
 had cleared off a long bench and arranged on it large number of cups, milk, sugar, cream, much coffee, and plenty of apparatus for making coffee. l got from the army and navy stores various kinds of coffee that were sup posed to be the very best in the world, such as Mocha, Java, and so forth, and I also got from dealer in coffee some of the sweepings and siftings of his shop-small, imperfect. and broken kernels. These freed from dust and dirt, roasted and ground, and mixed with three times their weight of chic ory. I was ready for the test
 My shorthand writer came in, tasled the Mocha, the Java, the Costa Rica. and pronounced them all very bad. She then tried some of my wheat cof- fee, which she said, was also bad, but not so bad as the others. But when she reached the mixture of siftings and chicory she was delighted. That Is coffee!' she said, with an air of finality. That's 1t! That's the right stuff"
 In all probability the young lady had never tasted cup of genuine coffee in her life until that Sunday morning. Youths Companion.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
LODGE DIRECTORY.

ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A. M.meets every second and fourth Satur- day evenings at 7:30 o'clock Visiting Masons always welcome. Fl L. M. Despair, w. M. c. A. Berry, Sec'y.
 HOWARD CHAPTER, No. l22, R. A. M.-meets every first and third Thurs day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting companions welcome
 L. G. Gibson, H. P. D. F. Colett, Secy.
 HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 52o, Order of the Eastern Star, meets every first and third Friday evening at z:3o o'clock. Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
 Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M. Mas. L. G. GIBSON. Sec'y. HUTTIG LODGE No. 54sI. 0. OF. meets every Tuesday evening Visiting brethern cordially invited to attend.
 w. E. Chadwick, N. G. Harlan Sehon. Secy.
 HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66, meets every Monday night at z:5o o'clock Visitors are invited.
 Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. G. Miss Murray Pilkinton. Secy. SWEET BAY CAMP No. All W.O. w. meets every first and third Saturday eve nings. Visitors made welcome.
 c. A. Mccormick, c. C. J. c. BRIDGES. Clerk.
 Sweet Bay Circle No. l45, w. C.. meets every second and fourth Thursday night at z30 o'clock. Visitors are cor dially invited.
 Mrs. w. R. Dickerson, Guardian. Mrs. c. A. Mccormick. Clerk.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WORK
No. 6. Primary Rules of Cotton
 Growing.


 Growing.
 By w. c. Lassetter, Assistant Director of Extension, University of Arkan. sas, and U. s. Department of Agri- culture. Cooperating.
 Cotton responds more readily, more perceptibly and more profitably to a little good treatment than any other farm crop. It will seemingly do bet ter under adverse conditions than any other crop. Never year comes but that some money can be made from cotton. But since the crop responds so readily to good treatment, there is no reason for requiring that it grow without attention. Yield of cotton per acre can be materially increased through attention to variety to be grown. the preparation of the land, fertilization and cultivation.
 More than 300 varieties of cotton are being grown in the South, and these vary widely in their ability to yield. In tests conducted by the Ar kansas Experiment Station the aver age of the better varieties showed an increased return of from twelve to fifteen dollars per acre as compared with the average of the poorer varie- ties Repeated tests conducted by the Experiment Station show that for av- craze conditions the Mebane Fri umph, Cleveland Big Boil, Trice, Rub lee, Simpkins and King are reliable varieties from the standpoint of yield per acre.
 All cotton seed to be used for planting should be tested for germi- nation before planting. Use for this two plates and piece of absorbent cotton cloth as outlined for various farm seed tests. Do not use seed for planting purposes that show less than 70 per cent germination.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
Flameless Guns.
Airships equipped with

Airships equipped with machine guns run certain degree of risk from an explosion caused by the flame at the muzzle of the gun. Hence con. siderable study has been devoted to obviating this danger. This has now been accomplished by young F1oren. tine chemist named Guido Fei He Is said to have recently given demon stration before an Italian military commission of new powder invented by him which burns without either flame or smoke and does not flare up on detonation. While specially use. ful for the guns of aircraft. it will be of value in artillery and infantry en. gagements from the fact that 1t will not betray the firing line to the en- emy.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13

dington infirmary in London, as well as in field hospitals in France.

 as in field hospitals in France.
 The story of the rediscovery of gar lie possesses human interest. An old French peasant woman was found to have dressed tho sores and wounds of soldiers in the wa.- zone with remark able results. An army surgeon inves- tigated and garlic is sold by the ton where 1t was formerly sold by the ounce in England chemists shops. Garlic juice diluted with three or four parts of distilled water seems to be the standard dressing.
 Garlic is also found to be effective in preventing tuberculosis and in cur ing 1t in it's early stages. The com mon onion, cousin of the clove of gar lie, Is good for colds. Hindus have used plasters of garlic for ages. Just when spectators have cornered the drug and chemical market, army doc tors find substitutes in things that are cheap and plentiful.