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The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
Big Dam is Washed Aw.v.

Asheville, N. C.-The Southern rail
way agent at Lake Toxaway reported
Sunday that the big dam there had bro
ken and that flood Of water was rae
ing down the valley. Messages have
been sent from Asheville warning
Greenville, Anderson, Seneca and other
Southern Carolina points of the dan
ger. Later the Lake Toxaway Inn at
Lake Toxaway reported that the whole
dam had been washed away, and that
the lake was practically drained.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

the absolute oblivion of a mind who's
whole force has swept suddenly In on
deep channel. He followed her to tn
open door and stood there, silent an,
forgotten. watching her.
| Corporal Goetz bowed as shes en-
tered. He looked at her narrowly,
little curiously.
! II heard your name." he said In hi
careful French 'I have a message 70
you-from my comrade."
| From Richard Farquhar?"
| II know him as Richard Nameless
He gave me the message out there II
the desert-a simple sentence that
have retained word for word. Tel
her. he said that truth was more beau
| tiful than the mirage"
! There was brief silence. She
stood in the full red glow Of the eve.
ming as It poured In through the win.
dow, and Stephen saw her face. II
seemed to him inspired, almost beau
tiful-a miracle of great happiness.
"And the sentence?" 1t was Pres
ton who spoke. and for all his self
restraint his voice had lost its steadi-
ness.
ITO be shot at daybreak"
1T Is mpossible-absurd-" Pres
ton muttered.
She turned to him then as though
waking from dream. The brief mo-
ment of serene triumphant happiness
had passed. She was face to face with
life again. and the strength and beauty
were alight with the old fiery resolu-
ton.
ut Is impossible" she said. "But
we have one hope before all others
Madame Arnaud has influence, and she
has given me her word to use it.r
MADAME Arnaud Is dead" They
stared at Goetz In stricken horrified
silence, and he added grimly: "Sbe
was murdered by a Jewish flower
seller this afternoon. 1t was Colonel
Destinn who found her. There is no
hope from that quarter"
''rhen there are other means" Pres
ton said. Corporal. I'll stop at moth.
Ing to free him. I'm rich man. You
understand?"
'oShcu up ut nlm With q
faintly arrogant amusement.
Gabrielle turned suddenly from the
window. Her eyes flashed into the To-
gIonary's face.
Perhaps understand" she said
quietly. "You too are Richard Farou-
har's friend-you will help me?"
In that single impulsive appeal for
herself. and for herself alone. she had |
revealed all that Lowe had waited for
he left his place at the door OF tbs
inner room. Throughout that brief m.
terview he had watched her steadfast.
" when he spoke his voice sounded
supdued and yet firm, like that of
man. already weary to exhaustion. who
noards all his remaining force for .
last purpose.
And II had help to ofrer would you
accept 1t now. GabrIeIle?"
Thankfully. Stephen"
Richard Farquhar's life ia .a,s.I
ne said simply. Even Colone, n.
Inn Will not murder his own son
1T is useless"
uselessf What do you meanw
This much"-the leRionarv,s
ures were shadowed with faint
80 your Information, wonder.
VI as IL Is. has come too late. Colopo,
'es''nn rode out Of sidi-bel- Abba
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
Ohio Nominations Made.

Columbus. O.-Myron T. Herrick, of
Cleveland. former American ambassa-
dor to France, for United States SEN
ator. and Frank B. Willis. incumbent
for governor on the republican ticket;
Atlee Pomerene. incumbent. for SEN
ator. and Ex-Governor James M. Cox,
for governor, on the democratic tick
ct, will be the rival party standard
bearers in the Ohio campaign as q re-
suit OF the statewide primaries.
All four were nominated by majori-
ties so decisive as to leave no doubt.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

San Francisco - The Danish ship
Chile. said to be the largest motor
ship afioat, arrived here Sunday 40
days from Copenhagen and 81 days
from Christiana. Actual running time,
according to the captain, was 81 days.
This he said. was record for 4
freighter. The Chile brought 1000
tons Of cargo for this port and $500
tons for the Orient. She is one Of 21
new vessels ordered by the East Ash
attic company for tramping trade. The
Chile Is 450 feet long and, with 10. 900
tons OF cargo on board. draws ~ feet.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
Berg Sinks cannsry Boz.

Juneau. Alaska-The csnnery tender
Agnes W.. belonging to the Hoonah
Packing company, was sunk by an ice
borg of the south end Of Douglas
Island Monday. Captain H. J. Alexan-
der. master Of the vessel. reported
upon his arrival here Monday night.
The crew of four men escaped in =
small boat.
Vessels arriving here report many
icebregs in the channels near Taku
inlet, the bergs having been carried
from the Aku glacier by recent East
winds.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

New York. - Mrs. Frank Copeland
Page, daughter-in-lsw of Walter Hines
Page, United States ambassador to
Great Britain, died Of infantile paral-
ysis late Saturday at her summer home
In South Garden City, Long Island.
She was 26 years old and had been i'll
only since Friday.
Mrs. Page, who was Katherine Sef-
ton, daughter Of Or. and Mrs. Fred
erick Sefton. Of Auburn, N. Y, was
married to the son Of the American
ambassador June last.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
surgeon Give. own aodx

Chicago-The last contribution to
science Of DR.. John b. Murphy, the
eminent surgeon who died at Mackinac
lsland. the gift of his body was made
Sunday. In obedience to DR.. Murphy's .
last wish that science establish the
cause Of the death which he knew was
coming, an autopsy was performed
here a. soon ~ the body was brought
from the Northern summer resort. 1t
established that death was due to heart
disease aggravated by throat trouble.
This confirmed the diagnosis that DR..
Murphy had made on his own condition.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
~ ibw n i Psssd y
Selais;; 01t II veis 0ypss1

Warrington. d. C.-The senate lat<
Tuesday paseed the bill to prevent IN.
terstats comnnercs In products Of child
labor. The vote wAs 62 to IL. The
measure, already passed by the house,
wes brought 70 vote In the senate
upon the insistsncs Of the President
after the Democratic senate caucus
once had decided to defer it, consider
aticn until next December.
Opposition to the measure had come
ehisfy from Southsrn cotton mill own
ses and the group Of Southern Demo
crata who voted against II and fought
In caucus and maintained their posi-
fion during the senate debate on the
ground that the regulation proposed
10 unconstitutional and would inter
fsre with the rights Of the states.
Eleven Democrats from the South
voted for It.
To expedite consideration of the
measure In conference, senate con-
ferees were appointed Immediately
after the original vote was taken. The
only amendment adopted would extend
Ehs bills provisions to bar all products
II establishments employing children
from interstate commerce. The house
was directed only against
hose on which child labor actually had |
'ssn employed.
Amendments to make tho prohibit |
Ion apply only to children under Ia
Who could not read or write, to make
{ apply to children on farms and to
'ostpons it, effective date for two
'sarr were voted down.
The bill ~ paused would prohibit in
erntnte commerce In the product Of
ny mine or quarry In which children
'ndsr 10 years Of age have been en-
'loysd, or In the product Of any mill.
annery. Workshop. factory or manu-
acturing establishment in which chill
rem under II have been employed. or
q which children between Ia and l6
ave been employed more than eight
ours day, more than six days
EEK, before 8 4. m. or after 7 in the
vening. 1t would take effect after
nactment.
In the closing hours Of debate Sena-
y Tillman denounced Southern cotton
ill owners opposing the bill said that. {
lille Ne believed II unconstitutional.
wss tempted to support II because
the selfisb interests fighting It. He
70 declared congress wss too much {
by the attitude Of labor in
rests. IA
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Washington. d. C.-Miss Emily G.
Balch. the remaining American dele
gate to the neutral conference for con-
tinuous mediation established by
Henry Ford. had a conference with
President Wilson and told him OF the
efforts OF the conference to arouse
peace sentiment among the belligerent
nations Of Europe. She was not opti.
mistic on the prospects. but said nego-
tiaions might be started this fall or
winter. Miss Balch said Mr.. Ford was
hopeful OF securing the services of
William Jennings Bryan at the con-
clusion Of the presidential campaign.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
PstroErad Rioters Slain.

Berlin-Twenty-eight persons were
killed and more than 100 wounded in
Petrograd during serious disorders
which took place there July 80 because
OF almost complete exhaustion of the
food supply, according to Stockholm
reports given out Wednesday by the
Overseas News agency.
Many houses and shops were looted
during the disturbances which were
finally repressed by the military, the
advices said.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
IDAHO STATE news


satisraction regarding the division OF
Bonner county, not only in that por-
tion which will remain Bonnsr. but
sror, tb~ -. vh,ch viii h.corne !.
.sts ts - S -. u uny u n
3 ~ MI Sl'' L.ns q s..s .ns s s Hts :
?. Ac y s ,ve1 :
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

thrse hours ago. His dsstinat hon !.
unknown, and when he returns II NAV
be that the sun will have sftesdy
rissn." uS
etepnen Lowe turned slowly. First
and last be saw the face Of q womsn
sion.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Paris-A squadron Of German aero
planes flew over the headquarters Of
Colonel - on the French front while
the King Of Montenegro was paying =
visit The machines drew q hot fire
from numerous special cannon and the
French artillery. The King. with
glasses, followed the evolutions Of the
war planes. noting with satifaction the
telling shots that put them to fight.
King Nicholas previously had pinned
the Montenegrin military medal on
Cen. Gourard. formerly commander Of
the French forces at the Dardanelles.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17
Crop Outlook Poorer.

Washington, ID. C.-Falling of In
crop prospects, amounting to many mil
lions Of dollars loss to farmers
OF the country were Indicated In the
Department Of Agriculture's August
report, which forecast declines In indi-
Gated production In almost every i'm
pcrtant crop from the forecasts report
I'd In July.
Wheat showed loss Of los, 900, 900
bushels, corn SO. 900. 900 bushels, bar
10y ii. o00, 600 bushels, and there were
decreases In rye. white and sweet po-
tstoes. max. apples and peaches. A
heavy reduction of the indicated pro-
duction OF cotton prevoiusly had been
reported.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Salt Lake City--A fivs-eent loaf of
bread Is an economic waste, In the
opinion Of c. N. Power. Of Pueblo.
Colo, who Wednesday addressed the
convention here Of the Master Bakers
OF the United States. He discussed the
"lo-esnt loaf and Why
Efficiency. declared Mr.. Power, de-
manded the baking OF l0-cent losves of
bread rather than the scent size. He
estimated the cost Of baking 1000
loaves OF bread At cents per loaf is
1856 more than the cost Of baking the
same flour into 500 l0-cent loaves.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Optimistic Thought.
He that labors IL tempted by one
devil; he that IL idle by . thousand
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Lewiston---An opinion was received
here by wire recently from Assistant
Attorney Genreal Herbert Wing, stat
ing that all nominations filed last Sat
urday by petition are illegal and can
not be placed on the primary ballot.
This ruling annuls the filings of all
progressive candidates with the excep-
tion of Fred H. Wood for assessor and
Frank Knapp. candidate for commits
sioher. second district The nomina-
tions Of Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Knapp
were fled in the regular way with the
payment Of the fling charges. while
in all the other filings no fee was paid.
The namee Of the candidates can be
written on the ballot at the primary
election by their supporters. or after
wardssplaced in nomination by cleo
tors or the county central committee.
Moscow-J. S. Heckathorn, C. s.
Clarke and j. l.. Corbett, a committee
representing Paradise lodge, A. F. and
A. NJ, have obtained from the city
council building permit 20 erect a
Masonic temple on Main street near
Sixth at = cost of $11. 900.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Occur d'Alene - Since an audit of
the county books has resulted in show
Ing many discrepancies, members of
the Kootenai County Taxpayers league
want more public records inspected.
The league met recently and COM
mittee was appointed to ask the school
board to have the district books audit
ed. The committee includes Robert
Muncey, H H. Barton and John How
ard.
c. A. DeSaussure, Edward Welch
and A. Cook were named on a commit
tee to urge the auditing of the city
books and to suggest an auditor.
Members Of the council were pres-
ent, including Mayor McEwen. They
said they favored the audit, and the
selection Of the auditor by the league.
The committee appointed to keep in
touch with the audit of the county
books being made by the L. F. Rein
hard company reported that the prog
ress made by the county attorney and
county commissioners was slow on the
information furnished by the auditing
company. The committee visited
County Attorney N. D. Wernette and
1t was found that on account of the
great amount Of work now on his
hands he was handicapped in making
use of the data furnished by the audi
tors. Mr.. Wernette promised the
committee to cooperate with it to the
best Of his ability.
The Parma herald., 1916-08-17

Boise - The Supreme court has re-
versed and sst aside the order Of the
First Judicial District court Of Sho-
shone county dissolying temporary
injunction IN the Wallace paving case,
and the cause IL remanded with in
structions to that court to reinstate
the restraining order and to continue it
In force until the case 10 finally heard
upon it, merits. The court reached
these conclusions and entered formal
order to that effect. The order Is
written by Justice Morgan. 1t was
recorded in the case entitled r. E.
Seysler, Oscar Nordquist, H. ]. Rossi
and Julian Bross versus Charles R.
Aowery, mayor Of Wallace, and the
city council.
On behalf of the taxpayers an ap-
peal was carried to the supreme tri-
bunal from the order and judgment of
the lower court dissolving an injunc-
tion issued against the city. The
mayor and council passed an ordinance
fixing date to receive bids for paving
in Wallace. Six bids were received.
The city officials are alleged to have
rejected all Of the low bids and ac-
cepted the highest. There was pointed
out difference of s22. 900 between
he lowest and highest bid. Work had
been started on the contract when the
;axpsyers appealed to the court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
Miller's Antiseptic Oil. known As
Snake Oil

Has perhaps relieved more suffer
crs than any other known remedy In
the same length of time. More than
100000 bottles sold in the past four
months under an absolute guarantee
to give satisfaction or money re-
funded, and only three bottle have
been returned. Many have testified
that they had been forced to give
up their work, because they could not
use their limbs. Some could not even
raise their arms above their heads,
have been restored and are now
praisng this wonderful oil that other
sufferers may be relieved. No wonder
this great oil treatment has sprung
into such treme ndous popularity in
so brief time, and so much praise
today by the thousands throughout
the lSouth. For rheumatism Neu-
ralgia, Lumbago, stiff and aching
joints or any kind Of an ache Or
pain, it is said to be without an equal.
For Sore Throat. Group, Diptheria
and Tonsilitis and for cuts and burns.
it has been found most effective. This
wonderful new oil remedy that is
producing such rema: liable results
throughout the country is now for
sale by all leading druggists. Ac-
cept no substitute, for there is moth
ing like it. Golden red color only.
Every bottle guaranteed; 25c and SOC
a bottle. or money refunded. Brashers'
Drug store.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
s. 4. REPUBLICS
ROW OVER LAND

Washington, July 10-Official dis
patches received today from Latin
American diplomatic quarters say
that an agreement has been made be
tween Peru and Venezuela, with the
object Of taking vast tracts Of land,
the rightful possession Of which they
dispute with Colombia and Ecuador
Grave fears for the peace of the ma
tons involved were expressed.
The boundary disputes involving
the four countries have been of long
standing, and at one time or another
some of them approached settlement.
It. had been reported that Colombia
and Peru had approached an under
standing of their differences, and that
an arbitration was in contemplation.
An award between Venezuela and
Colombia was made in 1891.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11

property and great danger to health
each spring and fall, the belief is held
that there will be no great difficulty
in carrying through the plans for the
organization of the district, although
it Is admitted that the details of the
plans will require extremely COM
petent engineering work and much
time and labor
Pumping Plan Discarded.
The meeting apparently wasted lit
tie time in discardlrG The one aiterna-
tive plan, that for a pumping plant at
the mouth Of the Mallory ditch, to
pumn the water from the lakebed into
the river. The installation of such
plant and service would cost approxi-
mately $500 DOC, it is estimated, and
then there would be heavy item each
year for operation and uplleep, making
that plan altogether too large fl
nancial burden to be seriously consid-
cred.
The report and recommendations Of
the Committee OF Fifteen will be put
in writing within the next day or two
by the subcommittee, composed of
Chairman j. e. Boyce, Secretary A. f.
Cooper and w. P. TONNE. Copies Of
the report will then be submitted each
OF the members of the committee, and
when finally the report is approved
which is expected to be by the end of
the week, Chairman Boyce will issue
the call for the mass meeting of citl-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
CELEBRATION Of
LABOR. DAY PLANS
WE'LL Under WAY
Will Kavanaugh Reaches
City to Take Charge Of
Publicity Work.

Will kavanaugh, publicity man for
the Southern Amusement company
arrived last night to take charge of
the publicity work for the Labor Day
celebration and weeks carnival to be
held here under the auspices of the
Pine Bluff Central Trades & Labor
council. Mr.. kavanaugh today Will
meet Secretary Bloom of the cham
Der of commerce.. Mayor Bloom and
other leaders to solicit their co-opera-
ticn in making the celebration the
greatest event Pine Bluff has held in
years.
We are going to attract more peo-
pie TO Pine Bluff on this Labor Day
than the town has ever before enter
tained," declared Mr.. Kavanaugh last
night, briefly outlining his plans for
entertaining the people and for ad-
vertising the event. 1--WE will popu-
larize the celebration within a radius
of 100 miles. and attract thousands
from all sections We expect to OBJ
tain very low railroad rates, and all
we ask is for Pine Bluff people, to
cooperate with us in entertaining the
crowds"
President T. A. Wilson of the Ar
kansas Federation Of Labor, who re-
turned Sunday night from Little Rock,
states that 1000 or more union men
and their families will come on a
special train from Little Rock. Com
mittee are now at work creating in
terest in Pine Bluffs celebration"
said Mr.. Wilson, "and it is assured
that more than thousand will come
from Little Rock to participate in
the Labor Day celebration here"
DR.. C. H. Brough, Democratic nomi-
nee for governor, will be the princi-
pal speaker on Labor Day, among the
attractions of which is to be a mon
ster parade and pageant.
There will be ten Or more attrac-
tons at the carnival grounds, off
Main street, near Tenth, and these
will operate here for one week
from September 4 TO September 9.
One of the big features in connec-
ton with the celebration is to be a
voting contest to elect g young wo-
man to be crowned queen Of the la
bor Day fete. In addition to the dis
tinction of being crowned queen, the
young woman who polls the largest
rumber of votes will also be present
ed with an automobile. Miss Ruby
Price was last night nominated by
the carpenters union as that organi-
zation's candidate in the contest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11

POGO tubes or guns of any description
visible aboard the vessel. They had
been told thai she mounted two small
calibcr riff : for defense, but cam
ashore convinced chat the visitor was
wholly uHarmcd.
Lake Compliments kOcnig.
Simon Lake, submarine inventor,
came here today from bridgeport,
Conn, and saw Captain KoeniG. He
refused to discuss the report that he
proposed 10 bring suit against the
Deutschland and her owners for al
legged intringcmcnts Of patents of the
axe Torpedo Boat company. He de-
cl&Gcd the purpose OF his visit was
to congratulate the Deutschland com
uanGnr for his exploit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
MISS RUBY PRICE
FOR LABOR QUEEN

Miss Ruby Price, well-known and
popular local girl and cashier at the
Hauber theater, was last night unani-
mously nominated by the Carpenters
union as candidate for queen CT the
Labor Day celebration to be held in
Pine Bluff Monday, September 5.
Although only routine business,
otherwise, was transacted at the meet
ing there was q large attendance and
much enthusiasm was shown over the
reorganization and regeneration Of the
union. 1t was announced that the
dispensation will come to an end with
the meeting of the union next Monday
night. All the new officers of the
union were present as follows:
G. E. Smith, president; l.. A. Will
cox, vice president; ". F: Monk, re-
corder; e. B. King, financial secre-
tary; J. 4. Brown, conductor, and w.
w. Greenwood, warden.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
PROHIBITION AND
PEACE" PRO SLOGAN

Chicago, July 10.-Daniel H. Pol
ing of Boston, who will act as tempo
rary chairman of the national Pro-
hibition convention at St. Paul July
10 to p, declared today that his party
will 90 on record as being opposed to
the armament program Of both the
Republican and Democratic parties.
He said the Prohibition party's
campaign slogan will be "Prohibition
and Peace"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11

ruling of the Arkansas railroad com
mission in the case of the jonesboro
Lake City e. eastern Railroad com
pany, which has asked for authority
to make a charge Of SIS per car for
moving logs off spurs. The commits
sion dismissed the petition, holding
that the only charge admissible is that
based upon a mileage basis, just as it
is upon the main line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11
GIVES s5o,ooo TO UNIVERSITY.

correspondence OF The ASS0ciHtcd Pressl
London June 26.-Sir James Rob-
erts of Saltaire, who has just made
a gift of 10000 pounds ($50,000) to
tho University of Leeds for the foun
dation and maintenance of profess
sorship Of Russian language and lit
erature, is the head of firm which
first introduced the coarse Russian
wool into English worsted manufac-
lures.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11

Columbus, N. M, July 10-Three
Mexican residents of this place were
arrested today, charged with conceal
ing dynamite and fuses about their
houses in violation of the law. The
Mexicans are being held pending fur
tier investigation, which nay have to
to with part they are. alleged to
have had in the Villa raid of March g.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11

Stings or bits of insects that arr
followed by swelings. pain Or itch
ing should be treated PROMPTLY as
they are poisonous. BILLIARDS.
SNOW LINtMENT counteracts tbs
poison. II is both antiseptic ard
healing. i'rice Csc. soc and 500 p:r
bottle. Sold by w. L. Dewoody &
CO. cod
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-07-11

If you feel "blue," "No account"
lazy, you need q good cleaning ouy
HERBINE is the right thing for that
purpose. Il stimulates the liver,
tones Up the stomach ard purie!es the
bowels. Price SOC Sold by w. L.
Dewoody & Co. cod