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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-04-12

Mr.. Wood advocated an adequate
naval policy for the United States He
said that Germany. Japan. and Russia
are sea-power nations with whom the
United States might become involved In
war.
Great Britain. France. Italy, and Aus
tria. he said, formed a passive GROUP
which. In normal times. would have nc
conflict of policies with the United
States. The proper naval policy, there
fore. would be to maintain a fleet In the
Atlantic superior to that of Germany
and one in the Pacific superior to that
of Japan.
This afternoon the speakers ar,
President Edmund ]. James. of the Uni
Nerslty OF lllinoisl Henry III. Ward, g
Stanwood Menken. DR., Joseph Marshall
Flint and Herbert j.. Satterlee.
This evenings banquet will be at the
Willard. George Won l.. Meyer. former
Secrentary of the Navy. and John
Temple Graves Will speak.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
COTTON
CROP OF STATE
100000 BALES

Little Rock, Sept. S.-Cotton ex-
perts are estimating the. Arkansas
crop this wear at 100000 bales. The
government report on August q
showed a CONDITION of II, being de-
terioraticn Of ID points, for the pre-
ceding thirty days. There has been
a further decline of at least ten
points, it is estimated, since that re-
port was made up. The crop will lie
smaller than last years, notWitn'
standing an increase of 10 per cent
in the acreage. This is due tC
drouth, rust, blight, weevil, boil
worms, premature opening and other
causes. The infestation of weevil
was earlier and heavier this season
than ever before, covering about &C
per cent OF the producing area. The
farmers are selling as rapidly as they
can reach the market, and there is
no disposition to hold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
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the male and female together lumber
ing along on the surface of the water
and feeding on the smaller fishes that
may come into their wide open
mouths. Sometimes school of half
a dozen are found together. Their
teeth are unlike those Of the man.
eating shark, being blunt and very
small covering their jaws in hun
dreds. They are easily harpooned,
having no speed and lacking the in
stinct of self preservation of the other
species. When once beached the liver
is taken out and tried for oil, often
Welding as much as a small whale.
Various Species.
Another species of shark is known
as the hammer head" due to the
fact that his head is exactly the shape
of a hammer-very broad, very short
and with big eye on each end Of
the hammer. This fish has a bae
reputation, which it does not deserve
for there Is no record of its evel
injuring a human being.
The most dainty shark frequents
the waters of Japan-a small blacl
fish about eighteen inches in length
It lives down in the depths in abso'
lutte darkness, but the remarkable
thing about it is that it carries it
own lanterns and makes its own wa.
in the dark. On each side of the bell!
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
sEMANDS EXPRESS
COMPANIES REFUND

Oklahoma City. Okla, Sept. SIN
letter to Jack Love, chairman Of
G corporation commission, Attor-
ey-General Freezing recommends
at Judgment be entered by The COM
ission against express companies
,erstting III Oklahoma for a refund
S42a,OO0, the amount alleged to be
shippers in sovercharges on ex-
ess rates.
An agreement has been reached by
encouragement and the repre-
natives of the carriers for a settle
SS'ent on this basis. The express
Ute litigation has existed since 1903
hen the corporation commission
FIRST promulgated its rates for ex-
press service.
Chairman Love would make no
statement as to the action the COM
would take. The figures
agreed upon by the attorney general
are $4,000 less than the commission
figures and, it is understood, Mr.. Love
is opposed to settlement on figure
less than that compiled by the cor
POI alton commission.
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The D;yorce Record.

Judge John NJ. Elliott is expected
to conduct today or Monday a hearing
on motion by Edward p. Hawkins
fer modification CT decree entered
in September. 1914, in the divorce suit
of Edward P. Hawkins VS.. frankie
NJ. Hawkins. The decree granted
plaintiff divorce aud gave CUSTODY
Of son to defendant The plaintiff
was given right to have the child two
weeks each month Hawkins has
filed motion to be given custody 0,
the child, affirming that defendant
has remarked, is the mother Of
child hv her present husband, and al
leges that plaintiff is IN POSITION 70
give the son better care than defend
ant Defendant, who is now Mrs
frankie NJ. Bumpass, filed answer TO
the motion, denying that the birth OF
another child has any difference IN
her lcve for her first born son. ahu
asserting that the hoy is better carea
for than he would be if given into
custody of the father.
In the case of Jim Ford VS., Lucy
Ford a citation issued for plaintll
10 anpear and show cause whv nc
should not he adjudged in contemp'
for failure to obey a court ofoef III
structing him to pay So to - "A
Miller counsel for defendant
Arthur Lvles was granted 4 divorce
from Anna lvles on the ground y
desertion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
,OLONfL taylor
home AFTER LONG
PERIOD OF DUTY
line Bluff Congressman
Never Once Left Washing
ton During Session.

Congressman Sam NJ. Taylor and his
IN. Chester w. Taylor, returned yes
rday afternoon from Washington,
here they have been since congress
,nvened last December Worn out
7 his long and steady attendance in
ongress, fatigued from his journey
ad anxious to be again with men,
ers OF his family from whom he had
cen separated for many months,
olonel Taylor went directly to his
ONE, where there was a reunion Of
lie Taylor family.
Congressman Taylor indicated
ratification over the achievements of
he Democrats in the session of con-
ress that closed yesterday, which set
D a record for the enactment of con
tructive legislation. The Pine Bluff
congressman. who is a great admirer
President Wilson, voted with the adj
Illustration on all the great measures
,acted into law since last December
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

ferocious Is shown by the fact -,
when a steamer was going ,n.o 'Aas
recently IAN old mattress was throS vu
overheard. Almost instantly sa
sharks appeared and began tea,,.
to pieces, and in few minutaa ;, "
bedding and sharks disappeared Wv A'
is told never to put a hand o,. oAS
of small boat while SAILING II =,
waters as a shark is likely to taks =
snap at it. q
OF Little Commercial Value.
The fact that these big fish aro =.
plentiful is because they are NJ w.r ~
use to mankind. They are so.;.a .e
nuisance to commercial fishing ons oa'
tons as in many places schools y.
them appear and drive awav ~.
smaller fish. making it Impossible ~
make a catch. The sharks will o,ss
attack the nets of fishes and FOO,
them to pieces in order to get .ss,.
prey. In this way the fish which a,1
not killed are released. The Bure.1
Of Fisheries has been trying to And
some commercial value to the shall
in the Hope of making its destructio1
profitable.
Shark skin has a limited conl
mercial value. When very rough unl
dry it can be used as :: substitute n
emery and sandpaper. AS it Is dul
able as we'll it is used In Eurore I'd
covering jewel boxes and for hill
and scabbards Of swords The liyI,
yields valuable Oil, while the fins al,
used for gelatine and finds favor will
the Chinese in making their rbl
gelatinous soup. Dried shark fins d,
an article Of import into China. Fl
the sake of the oil and fins shat
fishing is one Of the industries K
Ceylon. But shark fishing Cor thds
by-products will not pay In Amerit
There must be market for the whb
| fish before active warfare against vi
will be taken up. Today the sfh
in this part Of the world is huta
for sport alone and he continues
multiply and menace our edible fIM
How to rid the waters Of his prete1a
is problem.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
is a large patch which is luminous Ill
the night,
White Sllark-Man-eater.

the night.
White Shark-Man-eater.
The great white shark, however -
the man-eater and the most dreaueo
fsb in the sea. 1t Is found III I'LL
warm seas, and is frequently hunted
T., tho caribbean Sea and in the waters
about the Hawaiian ISLANDS, Where
shark fishing is regarded as one OF
tho snorts. The writer took part IN
ono of these expeditions few years
ago. After steaming few miles out
~ 600 from Honolulu a piece of meat
,,-.s inf on a hook fastened to Y chain
and cast overheard. Half an hour
later the entire crew were pulling on
the chain and pretty soon Whlte
shark weighing about two hundred
pounds was pulled on board ana
sneared by the men. The fish was
cut IN and thrown overheard, the
teeth being saved for souvenirs, one
If which is now in the writer's cur1o
cabinet. The great danger from the
shark after he has been hauled aboard
is his swapping and the flashing OF MS
tail This danger was averted by
sailor who sprang forward with
Ratchet and deity cut off the tail.
Another favorite way to get shark
in the South Seas is a log of wood
SGT af1oat with a strong rope attached
to it at the end Of which is moose
and the sharks gathering about 1t
from curiosity one Of them may be
expected sooner or later to get his
head into the moose and is at last so
wearied out biting at the log that ne
may be drawn to the vessel.
Nets Spread.
In many places in the tropics nets
havI been spread to protect bathers
from sharks, and in parts OF CUBA
the bathing sections are enclosed IN
iron bars and no one would think OF
bathing outside.
At Colon, where the water Is de-
lightfully warm for bathing, tanks
were built for this purpose on account
Of the great number Of sharks in the
harbor. That they are hungry and
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

:ahama Islands have no particular
ear of the shark family as they have
cen known to swim out among these
readful inhabitants of the sea and
ctually Stay them with huge knives.
his is done by swimming under the
ig fish and sticking a knife IN its
aroat. The shark swims so rapidly
hat it will rip itself open before 1t
an stop.
Exist In The North.
It is a mistaken IDA that the shark
xists only in tropical waters as the
asking shark is found as far north
Alaska, where in summer 1t lives
f tho offal from the salmon can
cries. Its home Is in the north OF
,ch ocean. In the Pacific they come
,uth in the summer usually In pairs,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
SURGEONS sew Up
victim OF A Saw
Three Hundred Stitches Required tc
Close Wounds OF Youth, Whose
Ribs Severed.

Memphis, Sept. S.-Paul Koonodle
16 years old, of McCrory, Ark, is neal
death at ST. Joseph's hospital here
with 800 stitches in his side and arm
He has about an even chance for re
covery Koonodle fell on a buzz saw
at Kelly Handle company at Langdon
Ark, yesterday afternoon. Seven rib;
were sawed in two aad a long gasf
cut in his arm. The saw narrowly
missed his heart, which was left ex
posed After being driven ten miles
overland, Koonodle was placed on {
train and brought here. Fellow EN-
ployes probably saved his life by
bandaging his wounds, thereby stop
ping the flow of blood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
sues FOR $1,000;
WILLING To TAKE -
S400 FOR CLAIM


Judgment for $500 against B. f.
Bush; receiver for the Iron Mountain
railway, in favor OF Ed Hill admins
traitor of the estate, of Belton Hill,
deceased will probably be handed
down today by Circuit Judge W. l..
Sorrells. Suit for $4,000 was filed yes
terday, together with the draft of a
decree for $500, approved by at
torneys for plaintiff and de endant'
The amount was asked as damaSes
for the death of Beltan HILL who IS
alleged to have been elected from a
train, suffering injuries that caused
death. Defendant denies liability, dc
Claring that Hill attempted to leave
a moving train. and thus was. guilty Of
negligence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
MINERS VOTE TO STRIKE.

Huntington, Ark, Sept. S.-Ihree
hundred miners employed at the two
Central Coal & Coke company mines
here held meeting last night and
voted down proposition to call OFT
their strike and return to WORK.
At Hartford 400 men employed 10Y
the same company held a meeting iast
night and decided to strike septemoei
10 unless the company signed wage
contract by that time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
IT'S SURPRISING
That So Many Pine Bluff Pe,ek "A
Va Recognize Kidney WctEnesS

That SO Many Pine Bluff PeqEe YAH
Ia Recognize Kidney WEI kness
Are you a bad victim
Suffer twinses; hsadaohfs, dlI
Spells?
Go to bed tired i get up tfed?
It's surprising how few suspect "
kidneys. :,
It's surprising hew few k bow Th'
to do.
Kidney trouble needs kid iey trea
men,. -
Doan's Kidney Pills are II the n
neys only. :,
Have convinced Pine Bluff Peep
of their merit. =.
Here's a Pine Bluff case; I'D
Bluff testimony. g.,
Kidney sufferers hercabouts SnoD
read it. ..
Mrs. b. sylvester, 1116 W. Fou1
avenue, Pine Bluff, says: "A To,
tive was cured of kidney troupe !
Doan's Kidney pills. l have ~
taken them for backacne and W. I
kidney ailments. l am glad 70 "
others how greatly they helpFd p m
Price soc, at all dealers. W.
simply ask for a kidney remeasI 4
Dean's Kidney IPills-the SANE iI;,. -
Mrs. Sylvester had. Foster-M"''
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
No MORE STAMP TAX.

Because of the action of congress
in eliminating the stamp tax in the
new general revenue measure, the
stamp taxes being. paid heretofore or
express and freight receipts. insur'
ance policies, and o'her3 such, docu-
ments, will not be necessary. R. III
NJ. Mills & Sons yesterday were ad-
vised to cease placing the stamps on
insurance policies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

and composing the reQulred Is1 lo1
the Reading circle, have been ordered
and will be placed on the shelves
with the next week:
I,incoln's everyday Pedagogy.
Pickard's "Educatlon."
Leiper's Language Work IN Eie~
mentary Schools .,o
Colerove's "The Teacher and the
School" o,, ),
phillips elementary Psychology.
Stamper's "The Teaching OF Arlth-
metic." a.. n,o
Strayer's "A Brief course III ''e
Teaching Process. nj.
Parker's "History OF Modern Eie
mentary Education"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
NURSES FINISH COURSE.

Miss Mallie Saint of Star City Miss
Ella Hopson OF Lockesburg and MISS
Mary Louise Greene of Stuttgart
nurses at the Florence sanitarium
have finished their course of study
and are now graduate nurses. nc
formal ceremonies attended the
graduation, as each of the nurses Is
caring for patients.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

The price of coal Is SAID 70 nav
reached $50 ton at Rome, ana steps
are being taken to BRING II IRON
lapan where the cost is Just one
tenth as great.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

New embroidery forms are maze "
felt compressed and starched, SO
that when articles on when 'hes az ~,
used are washed they expand ana nj
ont the slack in the empfoloeiy
threads.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

A lone masked robber entered the
Frisco ticket office at Muskogee
Okla, thrust revolver into the face
of the agent and rifled the cash draw
err of $500.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

why encounter fatigue and disap,
pointments hunting your wants Az
nerson. when The Graphic "classihea
ids will do the work better. u
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
{ Nw22CI5 "Z1GSI>I~<.|e<'
5%>Z2v2U<I5s<
How These "Tigers Of the
Sea" Live andHave Their
Being Remarkable Stor.
les Of Their Prowess --Of
Little Value CONNER
cially.
Copyright, 1916, by The International
0...aI IN
Copyright, 1916. by The International
Syndicate.

Syndicate.
>HE depredations Of man-eat1ng
sharks along the Atlantic Coast
have brought about special
- interest in these strange fish,
whose ancestry dates as far back IN
tho worlds history as the period
known as the Eocene, about 25O,OOO,-
900 years ago. At that time the shark
grew to length Of one hundred and
twenty feet and possessed Jaws from
twelve to eighteen feet across and
teeth capable of biting motorboat
in half. Scientists are Of the opinion
that such jaws and teeth were neces-
sary at that period as the fishes upon
which they fed had heavy armored
scales which only the sharpest teeth
could penetrate. Fossils of sharks are
numerous in the cretaceous deposits
where no less than sixty species have
been found.
Happily, this species passed away
thousands Of years ago and the pres
ent day "tiger of the sea" rarely at
tains length Of moro than thirty
feet. Sharks this large are not often
found, and the one that recently
killed and mangled the bathers on the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09
MODEL FARM EXHIBIT.

family about Sept. 20, and Will take
un his new duties Immediately a1'er
getting located.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

Two-thirds Of the worlds cores
rondence is in the English language.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

Germany's normal meat supply
GO per cent pork.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

Sudan grass Yields from one to
eight tons of cured hay an acre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

Mendoza, Argentine, has 10000 PEG
pie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

Sheep dogs are free from ''A
the United Kingdom.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-09

4 Policeman Ben Brannon brought
child and his father DO n 10 pos
Headquarters, where. Chief OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-10

so great that almost unheard-of sub
terfuges are used to obtain them and
on one occasion watchful door tenders
picked up admission tickets which
proved to be very clever forgeries.
The cabinet dinner which comes
first this year is a comparatively quiet
affair, participated in only by the
president and his wife, the cabinet
members and their wives, and posi-
bly, half dozen invited guests 1t
takes place in the State dining room
and. is elaborate.
fhe two diplomatic dinners follow
and the neutrality Of the White House
is concerned in having each no less
brilliant elaborate and attractive
than the other The neutral diplomats
by the fortune of war enjoy two din
ners instead of none at all, as they
would if the world were at peace.
The Congressional reception from
point of numbers is the largest event
of the year 1t is always crush
Every member of Congress, any con
stituents who happen in town, his
clerks and stenographers, and many
Others not connected with the govern
mcnt at all are sure to be there. The
guests come in street cars and afoot
as well as in automobiles and car
riages. It is the commoners' recep
ton from every point of view, but the
White House goes to no less pains
with H.
The Supreme Court dinner is a
quiet dignifed affair 1t will be noted
that this years program contains nc
reception TO the judiciary, which from
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the social point of view always was a
rather solemn affair, so much so, that
it was the only event for which the
demand for invitations did not exceed
the supply.
with the diplomatic reception out
of the way, the army and navy recep-
ton becomes the most colorful and
lively OF all Officers of the Army and
Navy and Marine Corps in full dress
uniforms Respondent with gold braids
and decorations give it an air Of bril-
lance that is described as eXhilarat-
ing.
The Speakers Gnncr, a compare
lively new institution in White House
social annals. winds up the list and
generally is attended by cabinet mem
bers. leaders in Congress and a few
others enjoying intimate relations
with the Speakers of the House Of
Representatives
The elimination of the time -honored
New Years reception marked the
passing of what actually was a phys
ical endurance test on the part of the
president In years gone by as many
as ten thousand persons had passed
through the White House in a few
hours on New Years Day to grasp the
presidents hand for brief moment.
The Marine Band always played its
liyeliest quicksteps and for four and
five hours the line would pour in one
door and out the other. President
Roosevelt and Taft set some hand
shaking records, meeting nine and
ten thousand people at a reception. II
is said that one president, long since
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-10

Gunsburg Forman in the southwest
of the northwest of 13-4-3 on the
Couch farm abandoned its Number
well at 1887 feet; same company No.
II on the Mccoy farm in 23-i-3 reached
the top of the first pay at $40 feet,
and the top of the second pay at 1880
feet This is a deeper sand than has
before been found in this particular
part of the field, ana the well is max
ing a showing for a production of
probably 400 bbls.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-10

J. ". Sullivan and c. o. Maddox,
both of this city with Kansas city
associates. are planning to drill well
five miles northeast of the town Of
Soper, where Mr.. Sullivan has recent
u blocked about 5000 acres of pros
pCctiye oil lands. These same gentle
men, together with New York asso-
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dead, solved the problem by standing
in front of a velvet curtain, through
slit in which a relay of aides
stretched their hands under the pres
idcnt's right arm, and, as the visitors
crushed the hands Of the aides tho
president bowed and smiled appro-
priatcly and kept his own hand un-
harmed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-10
Consultation Causes Bad skin.

A dull and pimply skin is due to a
sluggish bowel movement. Correct TINS
condition and clear your complexion
with DR. Kings New Life Pills. This
mild laxative taken at bedtime VIII
assure you a full, free, non-griping
movement in the morning. Drive out
the dull, listless feeling resulting from
overloaded intestines and sluggish
liver. Get bottle today. At all drug
gists. 25c
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-10

The Extension No. .. on the Lilly
Wilson lease in 23-4-3 is now making
about $50 barrels per day. This has
proved to be one of the best wells
in the new extension. At about 1850
they struck an oil bearing sand about
10 feet in thickness, when a break