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Junior U. D. c. Chapter Has Delightful Session,

., Miss Leila Coles was hostess to the
 Ella K. Newsome Trader chapter, U. D. C., Saturday afternoon at he, home in West Fifth avenue. < Ther~ was large attendance, land. an inter. sestlng program was rendered, which was followed by a delicious salad course course. The program was. as fol-. E Piano solo, Miss Allie Norris. Reading Miss Vashti King.
 TITO, piano, violin and voice, Miss kErnestine Norris, Miss Eunice Norris and Miss Allie Norris. Ihe hostess was assisted by Miss |lMartha Whelan, in receiving her
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.sOne Dozen" Club
 In Pleasant Session.

Miss Elizabeth Dammill enter tained the One Dozen" club Satu:- day afternoon. at her home in Pine street. Delightful progressive games were played, the prize being award ed Miss Edith Patterson. Only mem- bers of the club were present. 4 delicious luncheon was served dur ing the afternoon, and the meeting ladjourned to meet next with Miss Frances Hall.
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yisiter Will Hold
 iBhke Glasses Here.

@ Mrs; H. N. Street of Little Rock
 Bible student of more than ordi.
 y talents. will give lectures here sn the shape of Bible studies, at the lrst Presbyterian church, under the rsplces Of the Lydia Bible class.
 N Ihe first of the lectures will he |lVen at 7:30 o'clock this evening. ao tnls will be followed by lectures eonesoay at~3 p. m. and 7:30 D. m. |1nd Thursday at p. m. and 7:30 D.
 .t IS expected there will be large nmDers Of persons at each of the actures. 'e
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LITTLE ROCK AUTO SPILLS.

Morris Tannenbaum and Philip Pfeifer of Little Rock suffered minor contusions Sunday, when an automo- bile in which they were coming to Pine Bluff, turned over near Kearney. The machine was righted and they completed their journey without fur ther incident.sc l..
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GERMANY WANTS PORTUGAL,

Berlin, Feb. 2S.-The German gov- ernment has directed sharp note to the government of Portugal, express ing the hope that Portugal will cancel her orders of the seizures of German steamers interned in her ports.
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Propose on the
 goth of Fcbru:t4

factions are not otherwise engaged. at her feet in an hour.
 Especially is this true of the wtd- over, who is the most impression able of creatures, so the attention of the leap year girl at this psycho- logical moment is hcre@ith expressly directed toward him as a potential victim of her machinations.
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VIOLATED TRAFFIC LAW.

James Holmes, arrested by Police man Tom Meeks several days ago at the union station. was fined $5 by Police Judge J. R, Stewart yesterday, after trial on charge of riding his bicycle over the brick walk extension of the depot shed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
TALKS 0N'PARABLE.

General Secretary B. M. Goodwin of the Y. M. c. A. was the speaker Sun day evening at the weekly Fellowship luncheon at the Y building. taking as his subject Annis Ford Eastman's parable on "The Parable of Have and Give" Despite the very indictment weather. there was good attendance at the luncheon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Fred Clay left Sunday for Grape. vine, having accepted position with the Butler Lumber company
 Miss Grace Steed returned Sunday afternoon from Pine Bluff, where she visited h2r mother.
 Leroy Culpepper made trip to the city Saturday, .-.
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MILLINERY.

Al the same location with the same prices. Also with a full line of gool- looking millinery. Re-blockings, re- trimming, and the making of new hats, the most up-to-date models, all in our line. Telephone 2O53. Mrs. Nell Trotter. 1405 Main street. 2-1S-tf
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DIR. FLETCHER IS ILL.

Dr. Philip Cone Fletcher is i'll and will not lecture at the Hawley Me. m0rial church this evening. Notice of the new date will be given later.
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eoIlyana Club Has
 Mghaul Session.

Miss Thelma Daniels was hostess eturday afternoon to the Pollyanna nb, at her. home in West Fifteenth senue: There was a large attend ace ol members of this jolly organi- tion of girls. and the afternoon was 1oyaDiy spent at 500. The prize
 won by Miss Emily Russell. De- 2Aous refreshments were served king the afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Chief Deputy Circuit Clerk S. F. Vaulx spent Sunday at Fordyce. where his wife and little son, Sam Vaulx Jr.. are visiting relatives. !
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Need Not Propose Outri6ht

~ EFT any woman who intends to
 propose to a gentleman at all
 during 1916 do so on the twen- A ty-ninth of February, for that is evidently. the psychological mo- rnent for this revolutionary act: If it were not for that why was February given twenty-nine days in leap year and in leap year only?
 It has been suggested that womda do not wait for these traditional pe- riods In order to ask men to marry them. Hardly a married man but will declare that his wife did the courtfng no matter whether or not the year in which the engagement took was di- visible by four. And there may be some truth in this; no sensible woman ever denies the charge violently.
 Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain is reported to have confessed that she proposed to MT. Boissevain and that when he proved reluctant she asked him again and again until his resist ance was worn away and he finally consented. Perhaps we will all fol- low her illustrious example once the world is properly feminized, but until then some dnesse should be used even in a leap year. It is easy for a clever woman t6 urge a man to matrimony without seeming to do so.
 There was the case, for instance, of Mary Brown, whose suitor was willing but too shy to utter the necessary words. Did Mary propose to him out right?
 Dear me. no. She was far too clever thus to Tighten him. Instead she invited him to supper one night when the moon was full. and fed him on
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29
Vixen Group Comes
 Treat Externally

4he old method of dosing delicate little tomach7 with nauSoouS drugs is wrong and harn'ful. Try the external treatment -NieE's "Nap-o-Rrlb' $alye. Just rub q little over the throat and chest. The va- DOTS, released by the body heat, loosen the choking phlcgm and ease the difcult treathlng. \ bcdtfss application insures sound sleep. .5c. 50e, or $l 90.
 v .as a ~ VAPoRNis ,,sA, A N '1E <
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

The fabled stork yesterday visite ] MT, and Mrs. Marion Marx of Port Gibson, Miss, who are visiting Mrs. Harry Rosenberg at 121 West Sixth avenue. The young mother and he: little daughter are doing nicely. Mrs. Marx was formerly Miss Florence Rosenbaum.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Mrs. Hunter Knox and Miss Rosa Riggin will leave Wednesday for New Orleans, to spend the Mardi Gras season as guests of MT. and Mrs. Avery Clark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

tho things which he most liked broiled lobster and sparkling bur- gundy and such delicacies. Then after supper she led him to the porch. placed herself where the moonlight would fall entrancingly over her white neck and golden hair, and told him that she wished to consult him upon a matter of first importance.
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treated at home. declared bitterly.

treated at home. Like a dog," she declared bitterly.
 The bachelor said 1t was an out rageous shame, and patted her hand. and wondered how anyone could ill., treat so lovely a girl. Then one night he called upon Victoria and found her just setting forth from her own door with a small bag in her hand.
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KOSHER SAUSAGE

Knockwurst. Weinerwurst, Frank furters. Ring Bologna, Thick Bologna. Hard Salami, Soft Sal ami, Braunzweiger Oliver Saus- age).
 Smoked White Fish, Smoked Sal mon (Lax) and Smoked Herring. Grated Horseradish. Horse Radish Salad.
 Lapgford's Grocery. GROCERIES OF QUALITY.
 1114-PHONES-l115
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$ . C IETY

A leap year dance to the members of the Harmony club will be given a.: the club quarters this evening, by the lady friends of the club.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Miss Mary Lindsey will be at home this afternoon, complimentary to Mrs. x. J. Can't, Jr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Miss Bethany Renfroy has returned from Little Rock, where she spent the week end with relatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Mrs. Julia Noel, of John McAlmont chapter, and Mrs. J. w. Withers and Mrs. w. c. Hudson of the Pine Bluff chapter, D. A. R., have returned from Batesville, where they attended the annual state session of that organi- ZatiCn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Mss Bessie Merle Wells has re- turned from a short stay with friends at Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Miss Virginia Walker of Pine Bluff is the guest of Miss Agnes Hallibur. ton.-Little Rock Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

A telegram was received late last evening from Texarkana, announcing the illness of Rev. Philip Cone Fletcher, pastor of the First Metho- dist church there, who will be ur- able to come to Pine Bluff for his lecture tonight at the Hawley Me morial church on Love, Courtship and Marriage" Mir. Fletcher wifi come later, on a date to be selected end announced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Mrs. J. D. Hammons, of Little Rock who is we'll remembered as Miss Ruth Scales, is expected here today fog visit with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. w. Scales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Miss Aletha Collier is reported quite ill at her home on the Sulphur Springs road. s@
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-29

Mrs Thomas T. Gotham of Litt.o Rock did not come to Pine Bluff yes terday as had been planned, for her meeting and lecture On universal suf- frage under the auspices. of the local Political Equality league. A confer ence over the long distance telephone yesterday resulted in the decision to Call off the meeting. because Of the very bad weather, and Mrs. Gotham then announced she would leave at once for Washington, to participate in he suffrage campaign in congress She will come to Pine Bluff at a later date, it is announced.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-04-13
TO THE WAR IN A TRUNK.
German Officer Tried Thus to Evade
the British Patrol Boats.

German Officer Tried Thus to Evade
the British Patrol Boats.
The story of how a German engineer
crossed the Atlantic in his wife's trunk,
only to be captured by the British at
kirkwall, comes from Copenhagen.
According to the dispatch, Captain
Roewer, German engineer, who es-
capped from Kiauchau when the jap.
anese captured that stronghold, made
his way to New York with his wife.
DESTROYS of reaching Germany, he fit.
ted himself into his wife's trunk after
fixing ventilator in the trunk, and
she took passage on a liner for Copen-
hagen.
His wife had her meals sent to her
cabin, where the trunk was installed,
and the engineer was thus provided
with food. He left the trunk only at
night.
At Kirkwal when the British authori-
ties came aboard to examine all bag
gage he hid in the packing room, but
was discovered and detained. His wife
was permitted to proceed and landed
at Copenhagen, the dispatch says.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-04-13
MEXICAN WOMEN PATRIOTIC.
Will Burn Paper Money So That Gov
eminent Won't Have to Paw.


eminent Won't Have to Pay.
The. women of the republic Of Mex.
leo have issued an appeal through the
press for a supreme effort to lift the
interior debt, represented by the pres
ent issue of paper money.
Labor unions, government employees
and others are called on to make week
ly contributions in bills, which it is
proposed to burn in public squares in
stead Of turning them into the treas
ury. In addition, men, women and
children are asked to make contribu-
lions of jewelry, plate and metallic
money. According to this plan the
Guild of Leather Workers has agreed
to burn 10000 pesos.
The women in their nation wide ap-
peal cite the conduct of the French
after the war of 1870 and call on all
patriotic Mexicans to aid in the work
of reconstruction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-04-13
MANY MEN SHOW DESIRE
TO GO ON SUMMER CRUISE
Secretary Daniels Says That Navy
May Train 10000 Civilians.

Secretary Daniels is enthusiastic over
the navy's civilian cruise, which starts
Aug. Is and continues until Sept. II.
"Since the cruise has been an
nounced,' the secretary said the other
day, ''the department has received a
very large number of applications and
larger number of inquiries concern
ding the conditions under which it may
be made. We expect to take about
5000 men who have either a knowledge
Of the sea or of trade employed by
the navy and give them in a months
time pretty good insight into naval
life.
Judging by the interest which has
already been shown, I believe the sue
cess Of the project is already assured.
This year we intend to have all the
naval militias on either the Atlantic or
the Pacific. Heretofore the Great Lakes
militias and those located on inland
waterways have had their annual
cruises in their own locations. This
year we intend to put them aboard
great battleships and, with the other
civilians we intend to introduce to the
navy, we will probably have 10000
civilians on cruises during the sum-
mer."
These cruises are expected to do the
same good for the navy that the vari-
GUS training camps held last summer
did for the army. They will offer an
unexcelled opportunity for young men
to gain practical knowledge and expe-
rience in handling battleship, in op-
Grating the guns and in discipline.
The navy department has not doubt
ed for a moment that the civilians
would hesitate to volunteer. The prin-
cipal fear is that there will not be &C:
commodations on board the battleships
for all who make application to serve.
The enrollments will be closed on June
l, and no applicant will be considered
after that date.
The vessels are expected to sail from
Boston, New York, Norfolk, Newport,
Philadelphia and probably Charleston.
The volunteers will, Of course, have to
pay their fare to the seaport nearest
their home and will be required to pay
a deposit Of $50 to cover the expenses
of the trip.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-04-13
Older Than His Grandmother.

Tiemen Schepel Of Holland, Mich,
has the distinction of being one year
older than his grandmother. Schepers
grandfather, Thomas Vandenbosch,
took out a license to wed Miss Cert
rude Nyboer, and the ceremony was
solemnized in Grand Haven. Vanden-
bosch is seventy-two years of age and
his bride is only nineteen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-04-13
INCOME TAX $100,0O0,O00.

McAdoo's Estimates Show Increase Of
$15,ooo,ooo Over Last Year.
Income tax receipts of the United
States for the year will approximate
$1O0,OO0,0O0, or $15,OOO,OOO more than
the estimate, according to schedules
compiled in Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo's Office on telegraphic reports
received from throughout the country
If the collections come up to expecta.
tons the tax will yield the largest re-
turns in the history of the income tax.
Last year receipts appropriated $780,
100000. The $10o,0oO,0Oo estimate in
cludes some $19,4SO,O0O already collect.
ed. This includes taxes from corpora.
tons as we'll as individuals.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-04-13
Letter Lost Twice,

Oxford university had to send to
America three sets of papers for the
last Rhodes scholarship examinations.
The first set went down with the Ara
bic and the second set with the Hes
perian. The third set got across in
safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

derived from New York, where some
thing of the kind was done some years
ago. and where the paint has not beer
renewed. Lately the state of New
York has erected concrete posts and
placed on them conspicuous and easily
read guideboards.
New Hampshire has taken an ad-
vanced position in road-marking, and
in that state, at prominent intersec-
lions have been placed large boards
giving in order and with distance a
list of the towns through which routes
designated by bands of a stated color
lead. Massachusetts, in a law adopted
in 1894, delegated to the several towns
the duty of erecting and maintaining
guideboards at the intersections of
highways leading to adjoining tow ms.
A Massachusetts man. writing recently
in the Boston Transcript. said:
Many of the guideboards / have seen
in the remote parts of the state bear
every evidence of having been erected
in the eighteenth century. and not re-
painted since. Each town is and has
been a law unto itself in this matter.
and there is no pretense at Uniformity"
In California, certain touring associa-
tions have been permitted by the state
to erect and maintain guideboards of
an approved form and without any ad-
vertising matter, but activities of this
nature serve only to mark the main
through roads. 1t should be possible
to mark all country roads, especially In
a region as closely settled as is the
country tributary to the National
Capital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

7HHE signpost is one Of the needs
of country roads. In few sec
tons of tho United States are
roads adequately marked so that per-
sons unfamiliar with them may follow
a desired course with certainty. with
out loss Of time and without the need
Of asking wayside questions ana thus
accommodating much disturbing misin-
formation as to distances and other
things.
There are more city men travelling
over the roads of the country than
ever before. The automobile is one of
the causes Of this. Another cause is
the spirit of travel and desire for mild
adventure, which, taking possession of
men, keeps them on the move. Still
another cause is the increase of inter-
est in open air exercise and the spread
of the pleasurewalking habit. Proper
marking of roads in the country ada =
cent to the District of Columbia is a
subject that has often been discussed,
disagreement as to the desirability of
posting markers on the roads, nothing
practical has resulted from the dis
cussion.
In the rural sections OF the District
of Columbia posts at the intersections
of important roads give the names of
the roads, but not the places they lead
to or from. This is not a serious de-
linquency, because nearly everybody
knows about these roads. one is nearly
always within sight of a landmark he
knows, and as the distances are short
the danger of going far astray is
small. 1t Is when one gets outside of
the District that his trouble is apt to
begin if he is stranger. Every one
knows that there are many, many
roads, forks and crossroads in the
country AROUND Washington.
In early colonial times 1t was
Maryland law that all roads to a ferry,
courthouse, church, the city of Annap-
oils or the town of Oxford were to be
marked by two notches cut into the
trees at each side of the road. Where
one road left another it was the law
that distinguishing notches or brand
ings were to be placed. which told
whether the road led to a church, ferry,
courthouse, Annapolis or Oxford.
Where a road ran through "old fields
or a farm. posts bearing these marks
were to be erected near enough to-
gether to be seen one from the other.
There were many complaints that the
law was not observed J. D. Schoepf.
in his book, Travels in the Confeder-
ation." written In 17S3-17S4, complains
that the roads which were supposed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

the country are in remarkable accord
Their votes, commonly. are overwhelm
ingly for or against propositions sent
them for consideration. North and
south, east and west, business senti-
ment usually Is practically unanimous
1T was SO, for instance, on the mat
ter of a permanent non-partisan tariff
commission. The tariff. much as one
Of millennial days, will stay in
politics. 1t cannot be taken out OF
politics. Men have economic principles
they come together and create parties
or keep created parties alive. Thus
we have free traders, protectionists and
those who believe that all tariffs should
be for revenue only.
There is no way. SO far as I can see,
Of assembling these three classes of
thinkers into a single party. II free
traders control Congress they will en-
act free trade law. Protectiontsts
will give the country protection law
Revenue raisers will keep their eyes
the national Treasury and see little
else.
"A non partisan tariff commission
would be of invaluable service to any
sort of Congress. It would gather the
facts of the whole world. the cost Of
production at home and abroad and the
cost of placing domestic and foreign
goods on the American market. Such
facts cannot be obtained by committees
of Congress. The machinery is lacking
and the time Is too short.
Such is the view of the business men
of the nation. Democrats and republi-
cans, protectionists and revenue raisers,
are agreed that the only scientific
method of writing a tariff bill neces-
states thorough knowledge Of the
facts and that'the facts cannot be pro-
cured in any other way than by a
permanent commission of experts.
again, the business men of the coun-
try believe that the present method of
raising and appropriating money for
the support of the national government
and it's instrumentalities is wasteful,
obsolete and violation of all sensible
financial practices. A large number of
committees, working separately and as
rivals. it can almost be said, for favors
out of the nationa Treasury, bring in
money bills at each session of Congress
More thought is given to the ways of
spending the funds of the public than
to the ways in which the funds are to
be collected from the people. When
man devotes more of his time in
ing 1t. any one can foresee what will
happen to him. Economic laws are as
applicable to nations as they are to
persons.
THE Chamber of Commerce of the
United States has ascertained that the
business men, by a preponderance of
opinion, desire the budget system
adopted by Congress. Then the pros
pective expenses of the government