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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
White River Is Pouring Through Crevasse 15O
 Feet Wide.
ANOTHER BREAK
 AT COTTON PLANT
Mayor Evan of Clarendon Says NO Lives Lost, and His City Can Handle Situation Cotton Belt Trains
 Must Be DetOurpd.

Our levee has broken, and the town is filling with water" said May or Parker c. Evan of Clarendon to The Graphic at 10 o'clock last night. but there should be no loss of life. because everybody was warned in ample time. We can handle the situ- ation without help, believe.
 We have plenty of boats, many people have already left the city, relief train from Brinkley is now on it's way here, the Cotton Belt is us- ing every effort to move out all those who want to go, and there will be at least twenty or thirty acres of land in the town that we expect will remain high and dry, SO there is It, tie likelihood of loss of life.
 Because of having been warned in ample time, our people have prepar- ed, and the property loss should be reduced to a minimum Our business men and merchants have moved their goods to high places, out of the reach of the two feet more water we ex- pected to experience, once the entire town is flooded. Many people have moved into the second stories with their stuff, and thus the property damage. while it will of course be heavy, will be nothing compared with what 1t might have been if nobody had received warning"
 Loss of Life Was RumOred.
 Mayor Evans statement set at rest ruWors that were in circulation here. that tiiorc liad been heavy loss Of life through the flooding of Claren- don. Pine Bluff people who have relatives and friends at Clarendon heard these rumors and besieged the office of The Graphic for information.
 MT. Ewan reported that the break extends about 150 feet in one place, and that the water is flowing over the levee at many other places, 50 that further breaks were expected during last night or this morning.
 MT. Evan stated that the stage of the river now is not higher than 1t was in the previous record flood of May, 1890, and he expressed the be- lief that unless the river rose still more. the city of Clarendon can with stand the present conditions with safety, because it Is in better posi- tion now to stand such . flood than it was in years past.
 Break Near Cotton Plant.
 A break in the levee near Cotton Plant also occurred early last night, and considerable country in that sev- tion is already under water as a re- suit. The water flowing through that break is moving eastward and south ward, and 1t is expected there will De heavy loss as a result, while many thousands of acres will be inundated.
 The Cotton Plant levee broke earl fer than did the levee at Clarendon. and when the Clarendon report was first received. being somewhat indefl- nlte. it was believed the two reports
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
Contends, However, That as Eetaliatory Act, It Was
 Not Illegal.
ACKN OWLEDGFS HER
 OBLIGATION TO PAY
Vnestion for President Wilson and tounseliors to Decide Is Whether Confession Sufficient 10 Meet
 |. $. Demands,

Washington Feb 5.-1t was possi- bie today, for the first time, to obtain definite and reasonably complete in- formation on Gcrmany's answer in the LIsitania cases, delivered to the state department yesterday.
 Germany maintains the sinking ot the Lusitania was an act of retalia- tion against Great Britain: that as such it was legal, but she acknowl- edges that an act of retaliation is not justified when it imperils the safety of neutrals.
 Germany makes an explicit admis- sion of her obligation to pay indem- nity for the American lives lost with the Lusitania
 TEe demands of the United States were that Germany should acknowl- edge that the killing of Americans vas illegal" and that she should ad- init her obligation to pay indemnity.
 The first of Germany's admissions, therefore. falls short to certain eX- t-llt Ol tllt dSoQl dECcS uSAGu lilC United States: the second complies with the American demand. The lat ter. at least. is a concession on Ger many's part. Heretofore, her posi- ton has been that she was willing to pay indemnity as a matter of grace, not as an obligation.
 The question to be decided by President Wilson is whether the Ger man admission that an act of retalia- tion, as the sinking of the Lusitana, is not justified when it imperils the lives of neutrals, is. in purpose and effect. sufficiently like an admission of the illegalty of the killing of Americans to be satisfactory to this government.
 The German reply on this proposi- ton, it has heen established definitely, does not contain the word illegal"
 The German reply, it is believed. is an effort to strike compromise which recognizes the merit of each governments contention and at the same time has tho effect of granting the point insisted upon by the United States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
SIX OF FLOOD
 COMMITTEE ARE
 NAMED BY DENIS,

Washington, Feb. 5.--A caucus of house Democrats was called today to meet Monday evening to select the majority members of the house com mittee on flood control, recently au- thorized.
 The ways and means committee has already selected six of the nine Democratic members-Rcpresen Humphreys of Mississippi, chairman, and Representatives Garrett, Russell of Mississippi Vincent of Georgia, Wilson of Louisiana and McLemore of Texas, members.
 The new committee will have charge of all legislation looking to the relief of flood conditions, particu- larly on the Mississippi river.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
 STARVING TO DEATH

Paris. Feb. 5.-A dispatch to the Temps from Geneva quotes repre- sentative of the Rockefeller founda- tion who has just returned from Po- land, as saying that conditions there are the worst imaginable.
 "The entire country he says. "is on the verge of famine. Thousands oi women and children will starve to death if help is not sent immediately. The rations of the majority of peas ants consist of bowl of soup and a piece of bread day. There is neither coal nor wood with which to keep warm. Fortunately. the winter has not been severe one, otherwise thousands would have frozen.
 "Typhus is raging everywhere among the poorer classes"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
Discovery Made That Otta- wa Bremen Unwittingly
 Aided Flames.
TWO MYSTERIOUS
 EXPLOSIONS OCCUR
Plants Working on War Orders Total. ly Destroyed Yesterday-Ottawa Suspects All Strangers, and Mili-
 tary Rule Grows More Strict.

Ottawa, Ont, Can., Feb. 5-Gasolne instead of the usual fluid filled the hand eNtinguishers firemen used il the fire at parliament house.
 The eXtinguishers had been tempered with before the blaze began. When the firemen tore the extin- suishers from the walls and slammed down the plungers, the liquid that spurted out merely added fresh fuel to the fire. The fire chief and others all agree the flames grew furiously the mcment they used the extinguish- CTS.
 Early this IT orning the plant Of the Grant, Holden & Graham company war contracts, was destroyed by a mysterious explosion and subsequent fire.
 Threats that the royal mint was in dire danger came to the authorities by an underground source about noon. The guard about the building was immediately doubled.
 About the same time came the news that the Fardin works, which manu- facture shells at Hesteler, small village in Western Ontario, had been blown up, reached Gen. Sam Hughes, the minister of militia. Appeals were made for authority to call out troops. The neighborhood of Hesteler is pecpled largely by Europeans.
 Ottawa is worried. Military ruis has become even stricter than ever. All trains coming intot the city are accompanied by secret service men who give a searching glance at all passengers.
 The list of victims still numbers seven in the parliament house fire. The body of J. B. R. Paplant, assis- that clerk of the house of commons, was found frozen to window sill to- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
W0MEN MURDERED;
 CHILD BADLY HURT
RaiIroad Man of Mingus, Texas, Greeted with GruesOme Sight
 When He Returns Home.

Mingus, Texas, Feb. 5.-Two per so-ns were killed and third serl- ously injured, in a mysterious assault in the home of G. w. St. Clalr, a rail road worker of this place, early to- day. .,, ,.,
 Mrs. st. Clair and Mrs. Will Will l,ins visitor, were beaten to death, and st. Clair's three-year-old dauGh- ter was left unconscious, by bloWs from a steel bar which was found Ill the yard, bearing blood stains.
 St. Clair returned from work th:s ,norning and found the bodies of his wife and Mrs. Wilkins and the injured child lying on the floor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
RUSSIA DRIVES OUT
 RED CROSS WORKERS

Berlin, Feb. 1.-Rusia has refus- ed permission for American Red Cross nurses to visit any prison camps or to do any relief work.
 Miss Kochert of Wheeling and Miss Warracka of Hartford, Conn.,, advance Red Cross nurses, sent with money and supplies for sick prisoners in Servian prison camps, reported to Ambassador Gerard that the Russian government ordered them out of Rus sia, refusing to permit either Red Cross doctors or nurses to visit any concentration or prison camps.
 The entire Red Cross work in Rus sia will, therefore, be abandoned
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
TAXES CHAIR TO SON;
 BREAKS OWN NECK

Poteau, Okla, Feb. 5.-Mrs. Fannie Holburn. 46 years of age, broke her neck in striking at her 1s year old son with chair, according to a de- cision reached in the juvenile court today, when Judge Golger discharged the boy: who was accused of killing his mother.
 First reports stated the boy broka his mothers neck by striking her with a shoe, but the evidence showed that after she struck at him with a chair, she staggered against a door striking her head terrific blow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
RRANDEIS' ENEMIES
 MUST FIGHT IN OPEN

Washington, Feb. 5.-The corpora tions and individuals who have in arenrated a fight against the con fir nation of Louis D. Brandeis as associate justice of the supreme cour' ct the limited states will not be per n,itted to conduct their assaults be- hind closed doors: , .,,.
 The sub committee to which the ncmination was referred today order ei inc hearings on MT. Brandeis' lit ness for the post to be held puDliciy
 The committee will meet for tne bearing next Wednesday morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
ARMED MEN GUARDING.
 GAS MAINS TO CITY
Sheriff JaGkson of Lafayette Reports Red River Flooding Large
 Areas.

w. S. A. Jackson, sheriff of Lafayette county, is in the city en route to his home in Lewisville, from Little Rock. MT. Jackson says that the Red river is overflowing large areas in his county, but that the people and stock are safe. He states that constant watch is being kept on the gas mains at Garland City and that it is believed that no break will occur at this time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
WOMAN N. D. HELD.
Clarksville Physician Accused of Sell.
 ing Liquor.

Clarksville. Feb. 5.-Dr. Annie Hayes. for 20 years practising phy. sician here, was held to the grand jury on two charges of violating the Newberry prohibition law. She was indicted a year ago for selling liquor, and this charge is still pending.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
For Repeal of Free Sugar Clause.

Washington. Feb. 5.-Representa- tive Claud Kitchen, Democratic lead CT of the house, announced today he will introduce bill providing for the repeal of the free sugar clause in the Underwood tariff law. He pre- dicted that the bill will pass Febru- ary IS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
Rob POetOifica Safe.

Moultrie, Ga, Feb. 5.--Yeggmen last night dynamited the safe of the post office at Douerun, securing $1,ooO in stamps and considerable sum oi money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
GLASS WORKERS QUIT.
s;x Hundred Men at KOkOmO, Ind.,
 Demand 6 Gents More an Hour.

kokomo, Ind, Feb. 5.-Six hundred vorkmen of the local plant Of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company to- day threw down their tools to en. . force a demand for per cent raise ,ar M bour The entire plant is shu' down with the exception of two de' partments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06

The Lakeside Missionary society will meet in regular session Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. w. Blackburn, at her home in East Eighteenth ave- nue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
Cotton Mills Work Overtime.

Lyerly, Ga, Feb. 5.-The Somervllie cotton mills are now running night and day, in an attempt to catch up with large number of unfllied or ders.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
RELIEF FUND FOR
 FLOOD SUFFERERS

Two out of town points are men toned in the list of donors yesterday to The Graphic's flood relief fund.
 From England, Ark. there came a money order for $1, with little note showing the donor to be appreciative of the serious conditions which exist down the river.
 From A. G. Noblin, at Palestine, Texas, came a money order for $5. MT. Noblin says with perfect truth t:
 T realize that this amount though small, will be worth more now than later on."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-06
The Weather

Sunday, rain or snow; Monday cloudy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
LOCAL GUARDSMEN
WILL Be INSPECTED
Major Wallace to Represent
War Department at
# Both G Ceremonies.

The annual inspection Of the local
companies /. and H. OF the West. Vir'
glnia National Guard will take place
tomorrow Friday, February II, and
Monday, February IA.
Major William Wallace! of the Uni
ted States Army and Major John Fl,
Charnock, of the office Of .adjutant
general John G. Bond, Of Charleston,
will arrive here this morning.
. The inspection OF the proqerty9of OF
CompanyrI. +. will he made tomorrow
afternoon, beginning about two o'clock
and the inspection OF. Company II. will
take place tomorrow evening at $50
Drills. army maneuvering, etc, will
be Inspected
y Monday afternoon the property Of
Company H. will be inspected and
Monday night Company /. will be in
spected
The two local companies are com
posed OF about 60 members each and
do 'excellentswork underline direction
of thir captains Captain E. B. Carska-
don of Company I. and Captain Francis
Thralls. of Company H. The companies
are in excellent shape and are expected
to make a good showing before nat
tonal and state officials.
The inspection work will be done in
the Armory which is in readiness for
the event. te5
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
Christian End deaVors'
Social Side Tonight
7f7-'4sT q y "a 7T- : -
YOUNG PEEiWIEL GATHER AT
THEM. r.. TEMPLE FOR
p sTRAINFRiDE i

From the social standpoint the most
important event of Christian Endeayor
week, which the societies. OF Fairmont,
in common with. Endeayorers all over
the country have been celebrating this
week, wills take place tonight in the
social rooms OF the N. P. Temple on
Monroe street ,sg
E 1T is expected that ! q large num-
Der Of the members Of the society
In this. city will attend. First there
will be a train ride, which the young
men and young women will take to-
'getheriund circumstances which will
emphasize the social feature Of the
evenings entertainment, and then
there will be a parcel post sale. AT
this packages which have been con
tributed by the members and their
friends, will be sold for twenty-five
cents each. The tickets for the train
ride will be sold for ten cents.
/ Endeavora societies exist In these
Fairmont congregations: First Pres
byterian church, First Methodist Pro.
testant, Methodist Protestant Tenn.
pie, Christian, Lutheran, Fleming
Chapel, Hickman Run, and all of them
have been taking great deal OF in
terest, in. the observance OF Chris.
tian Endeavor Week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
Did Shoot Wife, Mother-in-
Law And Brother-in-
Law.
none Fatally Injured
Train Grew Turned Gun
man Over to Police at
West Brownsville.

BROWNSVILLE, Pa. Feb. 10:-
Boarding Pennsylvania train at Cen
tcrv!lle, near here, this morning. Ed.
ward Ryan walked into the car in
which were seated his wife, Mrs. Lulu
Ryan, Mrs. Jane Shaneyfelt and John
ShaneyEelt, and shot each OF them. He
then tried to kill himself. but was over
powered by, tho train crew, who turned
him over to the police at West Browns
vile.
Ryan. who had been separated from
his wife for several weeks, shouted
he would kill the whole family and
pressed the revolver against his
wife's bosom. The shot went high and
she received the bullet in his shoul.
der.
He then pressed the revolver against
Mrs. Shaneyfelt's head, hut she
grasped the barrel and pushed the
weapon aside. Her finger was blown
of.
John Shaneyfelt, sitting near, was
next shot, two other shots being sent
after him Nas he ran from the car.
The women were taken to Union
town hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
REPUBLICANS BALK
. ON WILSON'S | ! 0. ARMY M
Tell President that They Be
lieve in Strengthening
Nations Guard.
fRv AaaocIatea Prlessl


WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-Preside
Wilson was told fatty today by Repub.
licans Of the House military committee
that they believed the committee was
practically unanimously apposed to the
continental army plaTT1s cred by the
war department. E-sss1s.std they be.
lieved the committee favored the
STRENGTHENING OF the National Guard
and empowering the President to draft
it into the regular army in time Of
war.
The Republicans left the White
house with the impression that the
President still believed the continental
army plan the best SO far devised.
He showed no disposition, they said.
10 attempt to force adoption Of any par
ticular plan, ,sbut expressed conviction
that the committee will bring out a bill
for an adequate army reserve. - isSs'
The President told them that while
he did not believe it feasible to sub:
stitute the National Guard for the con:
tinental army, he favored strengthen;
ing the National Guard.
Under the Constitution the President
contended the guard Is distinctly a
state force. The Repub ublicans contend-
ed THAT this could be overcome by, a
law allowing the President to draft
the organization in time OF war! Il
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
County's Dairy Farms
Is Lecture Subject

Oliver sshurtlefft and County Agricul:
tural agent H. =. Smith, Z left this. ats
iternoon for Laurel Run, where they
will put on "a series Of stereoptican
views in the school houses at both up.
per Laurel Run and Lower Laurel
Run. VI 4 &. +, (, 3 ,,5%.S
The visitors to the school houses
will be treated to several lectures by
both Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Shurt1etf con.
corning the methods used in farming
and stock breeding in Marion county.
The views to be placed onit the screen
by Mr.. Smith are ionesst that have been
taken in y Marion county and show.
dafrSing In sitsS most up to the minute
aspects. Pictures of ffarms and orchards
will be displayed all Of which were
taken in Marion county. Il a ,,,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
Unusual Ending
To Ohio Romance
MAN DROPS SUIT AGAINST Wo.
MAN TO ESCAPE BREACH OF
PROMISE ORDEAL
lRy Aesoclatcd Prcssl

-N.H4tE tBy AESQEtaLcQ #E'FcSSl s5. Na
FINDLAY, o., Feb. 10:-Just before
Miss Ada Warner, al, was to have been
placed on trial here today on charge
Of shooting her former lover, Norris
H. Powell, aged 43, November 10,
last, it was announced that the charge
had been dropped by Powell on con.
dition that Miss Warner drop her
breach OF promise action against him
for $4,000.
This settlement marks the end OF
one of the strangest cases ever
brought into the. Ohio courts. Miss
Warner was charged with thaving dom
ned mems clothes and entered Pow
ems home at! night. where be. lived
alone demanding that he marry her
and when he refused is said to have
Fshot him. He was found with bull.
let in his lung by neighbors and told
the story. Miss Warner was found
an hour later at her own home. one
mile away with knife wounds in her
throat, having, 1t was believed. tried
to take her own life. Both hovered
near death for weeks and finally re-
covered.
Miss Warmers suit. against Powell
charged that he promised to marry
her % years ago had failed to do
SO. She had waited 20 years for
him till his mother died and then dis
covered he had decided not to wed
her. 4Fn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
Case Against Morris
Disnliiss q soY Justice

The case OF DR.. d. 81. NeilI vs..
Frank E. Norris In SQUIRE Il. Leigh
Fleming's court was dismissed by
Squire Fleming on second tFiai yes
terday.
Morris was charged by 40r Netli with
fraudulently obtaining dental work. IN
a warrant sunder}w r}whi ichEM Morris, was tax
en- into custody few days agp Nor.
ris. represented by Harry Shaw was
tried before a Jury and the jury re-
turned saying that they could not
agree. The case was retried yesterday,
both Neill and Morris wnxing jury
trial, and left the decision TO Squire
Fleming.
The Justice stated That there was,
in his opinion. no evidence to show
that Morris did contract i debt OF
tried to. contract a debt under false
pretense; and sdismis issed the case, BY
this decision all charges thai have
been entered against Frank Morris
have been dismissed Neil Was repre-
sented by Sweeney F1emings
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
Many Good Takers
at Y. M. G. a.
PRESIDENT ROSTER WILL PRE-.
SIDE; DR.. e: WlLFLEY WILL
! MAKE EiPRiNclPAL ADDRESS

Secretary ]. Nv. fKight, Of the ~. NJ.
c. A. here. received ste1esram this
morning stating that DIR. Earle VIII
fley, Of the Rhode island avenue Chris
tfan church in Washington, will be
here tomorrow night to attend the
banquet to be given to the members.
DR.. Wiley is one OF the best-known
after-dinner speakers in the east and
his presence here will be greatly ap:
prectated by those who are fortunate
enough to hear him.
Also speaking at the dinner will be
superintendent M. Scott: Of the MO
nongah Division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. Mr.. Scott has spoken
here before and his ability to talk
straight from the shoulder is well es-
tablished in this section.
President Joseph Roster OF the Fair
mont State Normal school will be the
Toastmaster OF the evening.
The Gym, where the dinner will be
served, is to be decorated In red and
blue bunting, representing the colors
which compete in the race for mem
bers in the campaign shortly to be
started.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-10
Worlds Nerue Center Run by
Man Who Was in Union Army
Emil Frey, Ex-P President OF Of
Switzerland, i Learned En- II'
glish sinz iibbys flPl Prison. Il ;s''ls

BERNE, switzeria jan 5z572( Cor:
.rrIasontienic fotf Sthe g. Assoc lated EEress W.
;Emilg Frey, former Ereside ent OF S%it'
zerIand, is one OF, ,thesnotableSmen OF
the country who, since retiring from
the presidency suntons by which the tel
international 7uniion by which the tel.
egraph, cable and wire eless systems. 9 OF
The worlds are regula ted .;at this con
trals point. But while Mr. Frey has
risen to! the. highest. Office lin his eoun;
.try.s she feels that he is about half
j American for he was; In the American
civil war from. start to finish as q
member Of an Illinois egtment, was
captured at g Gettysburg and held as
prisoner for fifteen months at Ricn-
mond. met and knew such war figures
as Grant, Sheridan, Lee and Long
street, and later on returned to sWasht5s aa;t5
fngton as Swiss minister, where Ne
renewed the acquaintance with sher1'
dan and Others made in warsdays .
/ When a friend, remarke on the cor :
rectness OF his English, he said:
II took my, lessons under rather
novel conditions in Libby PRISON at
Hs fTon+fn1Ind nnf mage utne.)