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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10
sermons both morning

soul-stiiring sermons both morning
and evening. "
The entertainment given by the
ladies Of the Baptist church Saturday
night was we'll attended and neat
sum was realized. .s.Ha.
Mrs. James Hamilton, who has been
seriously i'll at her home, is now at
the Iowa Industrial hospital at Des
Moines, where she will undergo an
operation. Her many friends wish
for her speedy recovery.
Mr.. VIM. Hill, who has been i'll for
several days, is doing nicely at this
writing. "
Much success to The Bystander.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10

waltz; Miss Alice Buckner, Mexi-
cana; Miss Ruth E. Bland, open hest
tation. The prize for the young lady
selling the most tickets was Won by
Ruth E. Bland. The out of town
guests were D. Taylor of Canton, NO.,
and Miss E. Williams and cousin,
Curtis, of Ottumwa, Iowa. One of
the prettiest features of the evening
was the blue moon. Mr.. johnson left
Friday for Quincy, Ill.,, and from there
tc his home in St. Louis, Mo. He en-
poets to return to Keokuk in the early
part Of May.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10
For Diseases of the Skin.

Nearly all diseases of the skin,
such as eczema, letter, salt rheum
and BARRIERS itch, are characterized
by an intense itching and smarting,
which often makes life a burden and
disturbs sleep and rest. Quick relief
may be had by applying Chamber
lain's Salve. It allays the itching and
smarting almost instantly. Many
cases have been cured by it's use. For
sale by all dealers.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10
The Court of Last Resort.

Around the stove of the crossroads
grocery is the real court Of last re-
sort, for it finally overrules all others.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been brought before this court in al
most every crossroads grocery in this
country, and has always received a
favorable verdict. It is in the coun-
try where man expects to receive full
value for his money that this remedy
l.; most appreciated. Obtainable
everywhere.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10
CARNEY, IOWA.
(Specail to Bystander.)

On last Sunday Rev. Crewsow
French delivered one of the most in
structive sermons the church has
heard for long while. Subject, "The
Heather King Converted" 9Th chap
ter of Daniel, % to 81 VS.. The church
prays for Rev. French continued
success.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10

We present to our readers a picture
Of Eskil C. Carlson, who is candi-
date for Judge of municipal court,
subject to primaries. Mr.. Carlson is
C. graduate of East High school and
Of Drake university law school. Hav-
ing received all his education in Des
Moines, in fact he was born in Dies
Moines thi1ty.one years ago. He is
at present city prosecutor and assist
ant solicitor four and one-haf years.
BY virtue of his experience and abil-
ity would make suitable judge. His
friends solicit your support.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-10
A Pleasant Physic.

When you want a pleasant physic
give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial.
They are mild and gentle in their &C
ton and always produce pleasant
cathartic effect. For sale by all deal
ers.
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scandal, IOWA.

Sunday was glorious day at the
Mt. Zion Baptist church. Rev. J. l..
Lucas of Des Moines preached two
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
COAL IN ARKANSAS IN 1915,

A large part of the coal produced
in ArkansaS is used for locomotive
fuel, so that retrenchments by the
railroad companies and competition
with fuel oil from nearby fields have
seriously interfered with the output
of coal in Arkansas. According to
C. E. Lesher, of the United States ge-
illogical survey. the production in
1915 was 1,652,106 short tons, val
ued at S2.950,456. as compared with
1,S36,540 tons, valued at $3,158,16S in
1914. and over 100000 tons, valued
at nearly 100000, in 1918.
Sebastian county, which produces
aboI 20 per cent of the total for the
state. decreased more than a quarter
of million tons, whereas all other
counties recorded increases. The
output of coal in 1915 in Sebastian
county, 1,153,294 tons, was the lowest
since 1900 and is 100000 tons less
than in 1907. the record year for that
field. The advance in the price OF
fuel oil late in 1915, if continued. will
probably have the effect of increas-
ing the use of Arkansas coal and as
sist that state to recover to some
extent the markets that have been
lost within late years.
There were 1851 men employed in
and about the coal mines of Arkan-
sas in 1915. who worked for an av-
,erage of 149 days. as compared with
4,339 men for 14S days in 1914
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
SOLDIERS AFTER THE WAR.

Two recent contradictory reports
in the British army show how unre-
liable are broad congratulations based
concerning the attitude of young men
upon limited observation. On his re-
turn from abroad, the representative
of an American railway company,
Judging from what he saw and heard,
predicts large migration of English
soldiers after the war. "These young
men," he says, come largely from in
side employment, from stores and
shops, where they have been lorded
over by petty bosses. Now they are
at the front, where, in spite of mill
tary discipline, there is freedom to
which they have not been accustomed.
They have become men sure of them
selves for the first time On the
other hand, a London clergyman who
has spent some time with the army,
declares that the weary British
soldiers idealize not only their homes
but their former occupations. "The
life of the old days seems happy and
soft to them now" he says, land
they have no intention of taking to an
outdoor and active life when they re-
turn, but would be content with the
old office or the old counter where
they sold ribbon"
Doubtless both stories are true to
the extent of the limited experience
OF the two reporters, but neither ac-
count can be safely accepted as true
of the whole or any very great per-
centage of the British army. Soldiers
are as individual as civilians and as
varied in personal inclination. Nobody
can speak for them as a whole, for a
s:-g.e inquirer c.. interview AID
sound few only. Many soldiers nay
want to en,igrate after the war, but
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
TEXAN CAPTURES RAIDER.
Raneher Arrests Mexican Near San
Benito, Texas.

San Benito, Tex, June ga Mexi-
can later identified as having taken
part in the bandit raid near here last
week, was captured at l o'clock this
morning at the ranch of Texas Mex
lean near Yescos, 20 miles from San
Benito, where he had called for food,
saying he had lived on mesquite beans
for seven days.
The ranch owner, citizen of Texas,
overpowered his visitor, tied him to a
tree and notified S. A. Robertson,
president of the local law and order
league
Mr.. Robertson went to the scene
with detachment of the Twenty
sixth infantry and Antonio LULA, who
was kidnapped by Mexicans last week.
LULA identified the suspect.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

anti-conscription societies has COM
piled letters written to relatives and
friends by DIRECTORS reciting their ex-
periences.
One letter read:
Got here about $3.50 and was TAX
en- before the rmaster-sergeant,
who coaxed lot as we'll as other Of
ficers.
Il refused all particulars. I would
not move from the room, so was very
roughly handled. A corporal kicked
and punched me across the square in
an awful manner. The treat ment
made me cry. | am ashamed to say
but ! have nc enmity towards him. |
suppose he had to do it. A great
many do rot wish me to be kicked
about and advise me to give in to
save myself and others trouble
Another DIRECTORS letter ran:
This letter no doubt will cause
you and ali friends the greatest dis
appointment for I have been forced
to give in. 7 did 50 knowing | was
doing wrong. but my physical body
would not stand the treatment. This
morning refused to go on parade.
I was fetched by a corporal who rap
ped my hands. in which was my
Bible, with his stick. * [ did
nothing on parade so was taken to
quiet spot along with a sergeant
and a corporal. There I had the
toughest time you car imagine. I re-
fused to march or to turn. and [
was punched and slapped on the face
until 7 was nearly fainting could
do no other than what have done.
[ know | am absolutely wrong. Now
everyone. N. G C.s and officers, are
treating me like lord
Other directors have written of Sc
we're military punishments for refus
ing TO drill. such. as standing still
on parade for an hour. or being tied
up to trees. while others complain
of what in American colleges would
be considered as mere hazing, hav-
ing their blankets pulled off at night,
and ducked under pumps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
FivE-ACRE CORN CONTEST.

Four hundred and eight, of the farm
ers who entered in the 1915 Indiana
flve-acre corn contest completed the
work. Their average yield was 66.1
bushels per acre, at an average cost
of $14.S1, or 21.1 cents per bushel.
These contestants represented %
counties. The agent in each county
had immediate charge of the work,
but the state college furnished Judge
to assist in determining the yield and
cost. One contestant produced 1854
bushels per acre and 10 produced from
80 to 100 bushels. The II highest
contestants averaged 934 bushels per
acre, at an average cost of S15.23, or
1862 cents per bushel The yields were
determined on a basis of air-dried
corn, the weight being reduced to
moisture content of 15.5 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

Labor problems are discussed in the
monthly bulletin of the federal re-
serve board which states that "a large
class of wage earners become less
productive as wages are increased
and "the attitude of such wage earn
ers is disappointing as, instead of TAX
ing advantage of the present wonder
full opportunity to make large earn
ings, they are apparently not netting
much more than formerly, when
wages were much lower; the cost of
living for them, as for others, is much
higher, and the whole country is suf-
fering great economic loss through
the failure of our industrial estab-
lishments to produce the volume of
goods for which there is at present so
great demand
been common and employers are
more seriously handicapped by the
unwillingness of their employees to
work steadily than by the high wages
they are paying, says the New York
Commercial. Many years ago leading
contractors found that high pay in the
building trades decreased the eff
ficiency of the men who wanted time
to spend their money. This condi-
ton has become general and many
workmen are receiving less than they
did when they got half the wages now
paid Profits are uncertain because
labor is uncertain and manufacturers
do not know how to fix prices. Wage
earners in some trades are learning
that their expenses are greater be-
cause other workmen who make what
they use or consume are receiving
higher pay. The unrest of the coal
miners is directly traceable to this
cause. They have won their demands
for more pay and now claim that they
are worse off than before.
AS has been frequently pointed out
in these columns, declares the Com
mercial, the industrial world is trav-
cling in circle and increases in
wages no longer benefit the workmen.
Labor saving machines reduce costs of
production, but labor fights against
their introduction though the expert
ence of more than a century proves
conclusively that the working classes
are better off on account of their use.
Before the steam engine was in
vented production did not keep pace
with the demand and wages were low
while the cost of manufactured goods
was high. A modern spinning frame
does the work of thousand hand
spinrers. A rotary press prints more
papers than hundred to thousand
printers could turn out on hand pres
ses, but nboth trades wages are far
higher than they were before these
machines were invented and workmen
u6w buy cloth at fraction of the old
price and newspaper for q cent.
Union labor is like the Bourbons who
learned nothing from history.
Labor saving machinery las re-
Level !abos 0. grinding toll, yet .:oI
carriers protest against the use Of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
SUFFS. TO INVADE BALL PARK,

Little Rock. June 22-With a large
homemade chocolate cake as a prize
for the player making the most home
runs during the contest the equal
suffrage advocates of Arkansas will
have day all of their own at the
Little Rock baseball grounds next
Wednesday. To enliven things BIZ
speeches will be made from boxes
by leading suffra gettes. but as few
of the ball players have a vote in
Arkansas, the stands will receive
most of the attention.
Dave Fultz of New York. president
of the Players fraternity, will attend
the game, and will root for Little
Rock-that is, if he is a cautious man.
for the suttragettes are going 10 root
for the home team.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

hoists in building operations. The
steam hammer has relieved labor of
the terrific strain of welding sledge
hammers in making heavy forgings.
! The factory system has improved
home conditions and has practically
eliminated the sweat-shop and un-
healthy toll in the homes, except in
few trades. Workmen do not age or
break down as in the old days when
everything was done by hand. The
steam shovel, the power drill and
dynamite have made light work of
railroad and canal construction. All
this is a matter of record, yet labor
still fights against the extension of
the system which has elevated it to a
higher plane and has bestowed on it
what were luxuries for the rich a CEN
fury ago.
Lack of thrift causes the majority
Of the workers in this country to lose
the benefit of high wages. Up to a |
certain point generous wages are an
advance, but when the scale of pay ex-
ceeds the ordinary wants of workmen
it makes them unreliable. They spend |
the surplus foolishly and generally to
their own detriment. They drink too
much and waste their time, instead of
saving their money or buying homes
for themselves. There are exceptions.
of course, but, as a class, workmen
have gained little through the advance
in wages within the last eighteen
months. Their loss of efficiency has
made the necessaries of life which
they consume much dearer. When the
cotton mill operatives receive more
wages and produce less cotton all
work people have to pay more for cot
ton cloth. They are dependent on one
another but, they do not realize that
when wages go up and production
goes down the greater part of the
extra cost of goods has to be paid by
labor as class because labor is the
great consumer of what it produces.
demand for higher wages, but labor.
the miners, does not grasp
the idea expressed by the miners in
these words:
while the gain in wages was
5 per cent, higher rents,
greater cost of powder increase in
price of caps, etc, mulcts them Is per
cent, and the result for the miners is
loss instead of gain"
The chairman of the federal reserve
bank of Philadelphia says:
Both skilled and unskilled labor
has been scarce for some time, and in
many lines of industry wages have
been increased again and again until
they are abnormally high. There is
almost universal complaint, however,
that as wages are increased a large
class of wage earners become less pro-
ductive, and the failure of industrial
plants to make sufficient or reason
able output is preventing the realiza-
ton of much, if any, profit from
operations"
He took the Pittsburgh district into
account when making his report on
strikes. The ranks have
been forced to study the labor situa-
ton when asked to finance industries,
and lack of capital, frightened off by
such showing, NAV check the rapid
of the business of the Unit
I'd States. Labor cannot long remain
when employers cannot
make profits or borrow money, and
efforts to gain for labor all the profits
of capital are sure to end in disaster.
SOLDIERS AFTER THE WAR.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
One Hundred Years Ago.

One Hundred Years Ago.
1S16-The long struggle for South
American independence was
nearing a successful conclusion.
-. Seventy-five, Years Ago.
1871 -Etienne Joseph Louis GARNER
Pages, a. renowned Frenchs po-
litical orator, died Born at
Marseilles in 1901.
Fifty Years Ago.
1S66-The Italians commenced active
hostilities in the war with Aus
tria.
twenty-five Years Ago.
1S91-Rain- making experiments were
begun in Texas under the direc-
ton of the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
One Year Ago in the War.

ne ., 1915-LIoyd-George intro
duced the munitions of war bill
in the British parliament; Cen
eral Won Linsingen's army
crossed the Dniester and en-
gagged in fierce battle on the
northern bank; Emperor Mich
olas of Russia started for the
front; French storrned Turkish
lines and gained commanding
position near Dardanelles; Ger
mans retook part of positions
above Verdun and claimed
progress in Souchez.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

Danny Hoffman, formerly of the
st. Louis Browns, has quit the Bridge
port Eastern league team and retired
from the game. Playing with the
Browns was happy existence com
pared to pastiming with a tail-end
team in ten-club circuit, SO Dan
handed himself his release.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
What Pineapple
Juice Will DO

Pineapple juice and pepsln are now
extensively used in the treatment of
stomach and bowel troubles. They
give strength and tone to the diges-
tive organs. The right proportions
are found in Natol Pineapple Pepsin
Compound. This is new medicine
sold by all druggists and Brasher
Drug Co: over the manufacturers
guarantee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

To prevent the suspension of
schools in even one district in Arkan-
sas would be sufficient reason for
the adoption Of amendment No. r.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
FOR SCHOOL ADDITIoy.

Contract for the. erection of an adj
dition to the Wabbaseza school, 1t a
cost OF approximately $3.50, l.as bee.
awarded by the directors OF the schoo!
district 70 J. W. SWIM OF this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

We never could figure why they
call big gun "she," when it can be
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

probably many more will be glad to
return to their former homes and oc-
equations.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

What has become of the old fash
Toned kid who used to walk on stills?
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
WORTH REMEMBERING.

No one ever showed the grain
of generosity swho gathered not
up the harvest Of the desiresof
his heart. s-Saadi.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23

When the attention of The Graphic
Is called to any mis-statement OF
facts, or to any error concerning any
man or thing, correction will cheer
fully be made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-23
LABOR PROBLEMS.

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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-15
Peace RumOrs Sabside.

There has been noticeable diminu-
tion of late IN the rumors of peace
among the belligerent nations of Eu-
rope, for even the stoutest hearted
among the optimists are beginning to
feel that there is to be no peace till
one or the other of the contesting fore
es has won a decided advantage. And
as We have maintained from the very
outset of the war we still hold to the
belief that the final settlement OF the
struggle is to come along the line of
the western theater of war.
The warlike attitude just assumed
by Holland, the recent entry of Por-
augal into the war on the side of the
allies the events which are seemingly
leading to the entry of Spain into the
conflict against Germany. are such us
TO indicate that the prospects for
peace are long way off. In the
face Of such things as these it is not
matter of wonder that here is a
subsistence of peace lumors,
Added reasons for the belief that
there is to be no early peace is TO be
found in the fact that the belligerent
governments are busily engaged in
plans for raising more money, both by
taxation and by war loans, fact
which is significant Discussing va
fious factors which are necessarily TO
be considered as having part in amy
proceedings relating 10 peace propos
ais, the April circular OF the National
lCity bank OF Now York has The follow
ing "Rumors Of peace negotiations
are to be expected with increasing
frequency as the war wears on, but az
| yet there seems to be httlc reason
TO believe that tho holligorcnt govern
mCnts could meet with probability o
Preaching an agreement The allies
would entertain no proposal based up
Oh the present occupation Of tcrritor,
1 hN the German armies. as they hole
that their command Of the sea is q
} more Importance, as affecting the fin
al outcome OF the war. than the Gen
man successes on land a is improb
able tina, either side would be salts
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-15

fed 70 end the var now in a draw.
Russia is expectant OF substantial re-
suits from its advance on Constant
nopIe through Asia. and if the events
OF the coming summer on the western
front should be favorable to the allies,
the great coal and iron deposits of
Lorraine would probably become the
chief prize Of the contest. The condi-
lions are not favorable to early peace. -
This circular is issued by men who
keep in touch with events, men whose
fingers are on the sensitive pulse Of
the financial market. And when such
men hold that peace is not in sight
their judgment is pretty apt to be
right.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-04-15
Fiske, a Trouble Maker.


The impression may do injustice To
an able and patriotic officer but the
fact is, nevertheless. that an impress
sion exists that Rear Admiral Fiske
is trouble maker in the navy. Right
| ly or wrongly it has seemed to the
public that this officers conduct was
determined to large extent by pref
udice against Secretary Daniels and
| by a determination to do Mr.. Daniels
as much harm as possible. This i'm
preston was strengthened by the ad
miral's testimony before the house ma
val committee the other day and it is
| further strengthened by what Mr.
Daniels in his testimony before the
committee has said in reply to Ad-
miral Fiske.
II is not necessary, in order to ex-
plain Admiral Fishes disapproval of
the secretary, to fall back upon the
latters refusal to give Fiske command
of the Atlantic fleet--a post to which
Fletcher was clearly entitled. Fiske
has always been intensely profession.
al. He is Of the type of navy official
that most bitterly reseIis the author
ity which, under our system, is given
to the navy's civilian head; and be-
cause Mr.. Daniels made use of this
authority to carry out certain naval
reforms-reforms which have since
demonstrated their wisdom, by the
way-it was inevitable that Fiske and
the secretary should soon find them
selves at cross purposes If not actual
ly in conflict This was a pity because
Fiske's unusual accomplishments in
certain directions were of great value
to the navy. But it is certainly ina
possible to blaine Secretary Daniels
for the breach that occurred; and it
cannot be argued successfully that it
would have been better for the navy
had the secretary abandoned his poll
cies in order to keep the peace with
a recalcitrant officer.