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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03
MANY STATES ID
 VOTE ON LIQUOR
 QUESTION NOV. {
Determined Fights on Booze Being Waged in States
 West of Mississippi.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The country goes next Tuesday to the tiffest test which has been made up to date be- tween the liquor interests and the anti-saloon forces. AS 2 result of the states may be added to the dry column, which will mean that the dawn of the new year will find the saloons busted from more than half the commonwealths that make up the union Of the remaining states, those that still may be dlassed as "wet." large "dry" areas, in some eases amounting to considerably more than half the state, will exist as result of the county or local option laws.
 The states in which the straight out question of statewide prohibition is to be decided Tuesday are all west of the Mississippi river, with tho single exception of the state of Michi- gan. The Southern states will not figure in the contest for the reason ready barred the saloons. The Ques- tion is live issue in some of the eastern states and is expected to de- eide the fate of more than one q an- didate for public office. although the main question of statewide prohib- tion will not be voted Gn.
 The main strength of the liquor interests and of the dry forces has been brought to bear on Michigan where the question of statewide pro hibition is to be submitted to the voters. Roth sides. of course. claim victory but to the analytical the out come of the referendum is in doubt. Detroit is the center of the dontest, both factions having l headquarters in that city from which the state has been covered with literature. In their state platforms neither the Republi- cans nor the Democrats made men tion of the issue. A large part of the state is already dry as result of local option.
 California will vote on two amend ments to the constitution. one pro- viding for partial prohibition in 1918 and the other for total prohibition in 1920. Both measures Lave been put forward and indorsed hv the Prohi- bition forces. Heretofore the vast producing interests of Cali fornia have been the chief stumbling block in the way of prohibition in that state. Now it is claimed satisfac- tory solution of this problem has been found and that ground no longer exists for objection to prohibition be- cause it might wipe out one of the chief industries of the state, the campaign in behalf of the prohibition amendment is being pushed vigorous ly and the leaders appear confident of suoness.
 The law to be submitted to the voters in Montana prohibits the sale, manufacture or introduction into the state of any intoxicating liquors. but eXempts denatured alcohol, wine for sacramental purposes and alcohol in- tended for scientific or manufactur- ing purposes. In event it carries the law submitted to the legislature Will become effective Dec. 31. 1918.
 In no state has the fight over the liquor question been waged With greater intensity than in Nebraska. where a prohibition constitutional amendment has been submitted to the voters. The question has split the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

Lieut.. Virgil V. Enyart, First Unit ed States infantry, has died from in- juries sustained by being thrown from his horse while returning from re- view at Schofield barracks, Hono- lulu.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03
FOIL AGAIN TO LEAD INDIANS

Cleveland. Nov. 2.-President James C. Dunn of tho Cleveland American league ball team last night announc- cd that he had reappointed Lee Fohl 10 continue as manager of the team for 1ql1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

Wm. H. c. Walker, of Bingham Mass, attache to the American am- bulance field service, has been wound ed in the leg while serving near Yer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03
BIG SHIP MERGER IN EFFECT.

a score of the largest passenger and freight steamers engaged in the Pa cific coastwise trade. having total value of more than S12,OO0.000. come under the flag of the new Pacific Steamship comuany which begin busi- nes stoday. The new company was formed by the merger of the Pacific Coast Steamship company. owned in New York, and the Pacific Alaska Navigation comnany. with headuuart- CTS in Tacoma. The new company will be virtually supreme in the Pacific coastwise trade, it's service extending from San Diego. Cal. to as far north as Nome, Alaska.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

The crown princess of Sweden has given birth to a son. The crown prince, Gustaf Adolf, was married in 1905 to Princess Margaret Victoria, daughter of Prince Arthur, duke of Connaught.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03
SOLDIERS IN GOOD HEALTH.

Little Rock. Nov. 2.-Arkansas Soldiers returning from the border are in excellent health. and report that the climate agrees with them wonderfully we'll Most of them have gained from ten to twenty pounds ill weight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

A Lisbon dispatch says a German submarine has, sunk three Norwegian and British ships. Twenty-seven Nor wegians and 29 Italians have been landed at various ports.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03
VILLA CAPTURES PARRAL, STATE
 OF CHIHUAHUA Bandit Chieftain Is Believ- ed to Hold Rich Mining
 Territory. ANXIETY FOR US.
 CITIZENS THERE Attack Upon German Doctor, Mistaken for American by Bandits, Indicates What May Happen to Americans
 Falling Aioul Villistas.

Fl Paso, Texas, Nov. 2.--Parral, in Chihuahua state, has been taken by Villa troops, according to a message received today by Americans from Chihuahua City. The report, also re- ceived by United States agents and forwarded to Washington, said the today. There has been no confirma- tion of the message from Mexican sources.
 American mining men who have in- terests in Parral are concerned over the fate of nine Americans known to be in the city. This anxiety was in- creased tonight by news from Chi huahua City that bandits who held up a Mexican Central passenger train Monday evening at Lagune assaulted Dr. Steven Haffner, a German subject, because they thought he was an Am erican. This, they said, was an indi- cation of what may happen to the Americans in Parral mining district.
 Mining men and ore freighters here who are familiar with the country in the vicinity of Parral declare that Villa probably advanced on Parral from Santa Rosalie. following the Conchas river to Pillar de Conchas, a distance of 40 miles from Santa Ros- allie, and then marched south 45 miles against Parral, entering the town from the north, which is the most accessible way, they say. They said that the re- port of Villas capture of Parral veri- fled another report that Villa and his command had been in possession of Santa Rosahe, as it was announced the bandit chief would move on Par ral from Santa Rosalie.
 Villa is said to bear grudge against Gen. Luis Herrera, Carranza com- mander in Parral, and to have declared that when he captured the town he would kill Herrera with his own hands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

With care there is timber enough in the United States to last 444 years, ac-
 cording to a government expert.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03
Carranzistas Cut to Pieces.

Fl Paso, Texas, Nov. 2.-Informa- tion received today by representatives of the United States government here from Eagle Pass. Texas, stated that General Maycotte's command had been cut to pieces by Villa troops south of Chihuahua City. The report said that General Maycotte had reached Torreon with a small band. and had ar ranged to send his family to Eagle Pass by special train. Semi official re- ports stated that General Maycotte and his main column were at Jiminez.
 A freight train left Juarez today for the south, and a passenger train is expected to arrive from Chihuahua City tonight. This will be the first passenger train from the state cap ital since Sunday night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

Elting A. Fowler. 37 chief of the New York Suns Washington bureau. died in Rochester, N. Y., after brief illness
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-03

The Norwegian steamers Falkefjell and Tordal have been sunk, says Lloyd's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
COMIC MEDALS

From the Boston Herald.
 Leigh Hunt once said it was not credit able to a thinking people that the two things which they most thanked the Lord for were eating and fighting. We say grace when we are going to cut up lamb and chicken and offer up our best praises to the Creator for having blown and sa- bred his images, our fellow creatures to atoms. and drenched them in blood and dirt" He might have enlarged the sub feet by inquring into the reasons why medals are struck A greater poet than he told in faultless verse how the coin and the bust survive when the Emperor has for centuries been handful of dust.
 There are medals awarded in this war for heroic deds. It seems there are also comic medals. One showing Neptune scramblng on submarine and shaking his fist at someone who had thrown him overboard is fair; 1t will have historic interest, if it does not excite uproarious laughter But what is to be said of the humor exhibited in medal representing Count Zeppelin flying over Tower bridge, exulting at the spectacle of London in flames? Or of another picturing death sitting in the Cunard office. after the sinking of the Lusitania, selling tickets to neutrals, with this inscription on the medals. Business as usual'?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
Few Passengers Killed

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, Southern Railway company carried nearly 17,000,000 passengers, among whom there were four fatal injuries two in a rear-end collision at Salisbury, N C., on November "A, 1915. due to a human failure, the disgrace of which the mana agement feels keenly; one Jamestown, N. C., on March 19, 1916, when a truck failed under a freight car passing a passenger train on double track, causing damage to the passenger train and one at Git ico, Tenn. on May S. 1916, when a pas senger in violation of the rules made for his safety was leaning out from the steps of a passenger car and was struck by the truss of bridge" said President Fairfax Harrison in state ment issued yesterday.
 Ut may be reported also that, de- spite the greatly increased volume of business done this past year as com pared with the previous year, there was a decrease of Is fatal injuries to employees While this record is far from perfection, the management is encour- aged to believe that its earnest and organized effort to promote the safety of railway travel and to reduce the risk of casualty in railroad employ ment is showing results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
From Age-Herald Files

Saturday, July Is, 1s9S.-The Bir- mingham Traction company announces that it has about completed the electri- fication of the Gate City and East Bir- mingham dummy lines and expects to run the first cars over them next week The new electric cars are on display at the corner of Nineteenth street and Second avenue.
 Gen. Louis V. Clark Is appointed in- surance broker for the Southern Lum- Der Manufacturers association.
 James H. Hard is constructing summer home three miles from Bes- semer.
 Spain has decided to immediately sue for peace, offering to relinquish Cuba and make such other reasonable con- cessions' as the United States may de- mand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
PAYNE AS RICHARD III

for talent" and, meeting Payne, invite him to come down and see how the dealt with Shakespeare in Mancheste Payne was not altogether averse to little break in his routine, and he ac cepted. At the theatre in Manchester greatly to Ellistons chagrin, the actc who was to play the part of Richard II that night had failed to put in an ap pearance. Had Payne ever played it Yes, but long ago; could not recall dozen lines now. Would he repeat ea he could recall? Yes. he would oblig so far. Splendid! beautiful! grand Wh not be agreeable and take the part to night? Not to be thought of. Just go O and let us see what you can do
 Payne stumbled over some of the lines and when he finished he found himseI alone. Elliston had mysteriously disar peared. On his return, which was nd no means undertake to appear before Manchester audience in Richard" H did not know the lines. He had forgot ten the business. He would simply es pose himself to ridicule
 My dear fellow, you are not in cal nest" said Ellison, ''I am sure you a1 not You are all over town by this tint in large letters: For this night onlJ the part of Richard III by the America Roscius, John Howard Payne You mus play for us tonight
 Tt is totally impossible" replied Payr indignantly. T cannot and will not e3 pose myself. What could possess yo to do this when you saw-''
 My dear fellow, saw you going d with the part excellently, swimmingl] triumphantly. Come-come. The thin is done. Iris now too late to undo il play you must; nay, you shall. What Not oblige an old friend, an old ,ad mirer?" and so on.
 And how did you get on?" a friend Il whom Payne was telling the story ilI quired.
 Why" Payne replied, really bettd than I could have imagined. I studio all day, and at night gave as much q the part as I could recollect I spouteI something like Shakespeare, and to tel you the truth, the people seemed to thinI my imitation better than the original I roared it out twice as loud as til original text. and it drew down thurI ders of applause
 It is hard to think of the author q Home, Sweet Home'' with or witholI variations, doing anything like that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
Democrats United

Tn spite of the fact that the repub- licans are probably as strong in the Tenth district as in any other of the state, there will be no dangerous opposi- tion offered to the election of Will Bankhead, the democratic nominee for Congress" said Malcolm Kettles, a prominent attorney of Jasper, who was at the Morris yesterday. The republic ans have named a candidate for Con- gress in opposition to MT. Bankhead, but the nominee of the democratic party will win easily.
 The republicans control in local poli- tics in one or more of the seven coun- ties, but the heavy democratic major ities in other big counties will more than offset any lead they might have locally. Then the democratic party is probably stronger in the counties composing the Tenth district now than it has been at any time in the past decade. There have been times when, on account of local fights and splits within the democratic party, the republicans have been Very formidable, but none of these conditions exist now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
HORRORS INDEsCRIBABLE

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 The picture of the submarine sight ing ship through it's periscope, send ing torpedo through her bottom and sinking silently into the sea is an ugly picture of modern warfare. A ghastlier one than the spectacle of the sinking ship struck by the submarines torpedo is the picture of the submarine caught in net and smothered fathoms be- meath the surface
 War nowadays includes features which threaten to burst the brain with horrors" says an army physician who is quoted by a London correspondent More than 100 submarines have been caught in the nets which Great Britain has spread around every strategic chan mel. When submarine is once in the net its struggles entangle 1t more help lessly. The vessel striking the net flashes signal to destroyers which are waiting for just such happenings. The men on the destroyer then wait for death bubbles and oil to rise to the surface.
 The waiting men have mind pic-
  They can see the U-boat's crew fighting each other in insane fury, staggering back and forth in the poisonous air, eyes popping, hands clawing
 They know that men down in the depths are beginning to be shot. or beg ging for a weapon with which to end their own agony.
 Long before the naval cranes come to lift the captive raider the bubbles trickle to the surface and burst through the covering of oil.
 "Seamen who fought through the maelstrom of Skager Rac will tell you their story. but no sailor speaks of the sights seen in sunken submarine.
 Those sights make strong men weak, and drive sensitive men delirious with horror"
 Retributive justice visited upon deep sea assassions? But the victims are not criminals. They are mostly poor plain command.
 Dream on thy cousins smother'd in the Tower said the ghost to Richard III, and "cold fearful drops" stood on the royal murderer's trembling flesh.
 Has Wilhelm II any qualms of con- science when he thinks of the "cou- sins" he has sent down to the sea in submarines to be smothered in cir cumstances infinitely more horrible than those in which Richards victims met death in the Tower?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
Careless Pedestrians

If the pedestrians would pay more attention to where they are walking when the streets are crowded with va rious vehicles we would have fewer accidents" said Officer Ollie B. Null lins yesterday.
 "Of course, some of the accidents are unavoidable, but the majority of them are caused by carelessness on the part of the pedestrians. The other day l stood on a prominent corner and watched the people cross the street; and you have no idea the number who crossed without looking to see if au- tomobiles or street cars were coming their way. Some were reading news papers and did not look up when they crossed. I don't understand why we are so fortunate as to have the small number of accidents we do in view of the carelessness of many pedes- trians. The city commissioners ought to pass an ordinance against reckless walkers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
HOTEL LOBB1ES
World,s FinnncinI Center

The most significant event of the week was the rise of the Bank of England rate from to per cent" says Henry Clews in his financial letter This is the first advance since August, 1914, and was evil dently intended as protective measure against the possibility of higher interest rates and adverse sterling exchange in New York. Next in importance came the announcement of new $1O0,000,00o French loan on 515 per cent basis.
 Reserves of the New York banks de- clined from over $2OO,OO0,0OO since last au- tumn to about $35.OO00O0 last week; the lowest total since the new banking sys- tenn was ianugurated. This week the banks gained considerably through re- ceipts from the interest, the federal re- serve operations and sub-treasury pay ments.
 In view of the many prospective de- mands upon American banking resources the money market is in an interesting situation. The usual crop demands will soon assert themselves, but will be easily cared for and are of minor importance compared with other imminent de- mands. War has made New York the leading open money market of the world. It is the only market where all nation alities can freely come Hence the bel ligerents, and especially the allies, have done a considerable proportion of their financing here. The placing of huge mu- milton orders in this country has also contributed enormously to the financial prestige of New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
Sharks and "Sharks"

"As I was coming to town Satur- day morning the conversation among the passengers on the street car seelned to be on the topic of sharks" said T.. N. Cottrell, manager of Withington's pharmacy, yesterday.
 After listening for awhile I dis covered that nearly all of them were reading The Age-Herald. which car ried a story from the east coast about sharks, which had devoured two bath CTS and also maimed two others. One man expressed the opinion that some Of the countries at war had turned loose these man eaters. Another passenger said that the only sharks he had ever heard of were those that demanded a pound of flesh for the accommodation of small loan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
THE BELL OF KASKASKIA

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The old Bell of Kaskaskia having been ordered sent to diocesan headquar- ters at Belleville. residents near the site of the now vanished church of which it once formed a part-first of the five churches it has outlasted-have brought suit in court to prevent its re- moval
 What the Liberty Bell of Philadel- phia was to the 13 colonies and the Bell of Dolores which Father Hidalgo rang in 1910 was to the Mexicans, this Bell of Kaskaskia is to the Mississippi valley It was not the general practice of the ancient fabricators of bells to execute an order at their home foundry and then trust to the meager transpor- tation facilities of the time to deliver the weighty output at the place for which it was destined. They proceeded to the town from which the order had come. set up their furnaces. and cast the bell in the very locality which for long years would listen to its tones.
 It was rather impractical. however, to ask members of this important guild
 
 world. The bells installed in colonial churches were generally of European manufacture. Perhaps that is one reason why most of the colonial bells were rather small. At any rate, when Louis XIV wished to present bell to the "church in Illinois across the sea-" he directed that one should be cast at La Rochelle. That was in 1741. and in sub sequent months it reached Kaskaskia via New Orleans. It antedated by a full 10 years the arrival of the Liberty Bell at Philadelphia. It weighed 750 pounds. No locality can assert as perfect a title to this old bell as the locality with which it has been associated for |175 years and which has retained pos session of it. It's claim. which itAwould seem that only the heirs of old Louis could revoke, should be surrendered only on affirmative showing of neglect and failure to appreciate the value of an asset so worthy of being magnif1ed. New Kas < ; denies neglect and failure to appreciU-e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-17
DIR. cARREL,s ACHIEVEMENT
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Healing wounds by algebra has sensation sound, but this is what the eminent surgeon pr. Alexis Carrel is now doing in France. According to recent letter to the American Fund for French Wounded, he has discovered an antiseptic which will absolutely prevent gangrene. The wound is thoroughly cleaned and dressed and then an inn presson is taken on something that looks like the film of d kodak" This is taken to the laboratory and the number of microbes is counted. After a few days the record is plotted algebraically and an equation is worked out by which the exact day on which the wound will be healed can be determined. The lay man may have difficulty in regarding this as "a simple treatment" but no doubt it seems so to the eye of science. That it is possible shows once more how much modern surgery has accom- plished in the way of lessening the ravages of war. Thousands now recover who in former days would have had no chance at all.