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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
DEMAND
CITY AID
Carrying Babes,
Angry w iV e S
Protest Hi gh
Food Prices.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. -
Crying I'VE want bread! We
want bread!" more than 800
women, bareheaded, scantily
clad-their warmest garment
being a shawl thrown about
their shoulders-stOrmed up
the steps of the city hall here
today, demanding relief from
Mayor Mitchell from the high
cost of food.
Some declared their fam
lilies were starving.
Most of the women carried ba-
bies, their faces showing the pinch
of hunger, in their arms.
The women were headed by
Mrs. Ida Harris, president OF the
Mothers Vigilance league, and
Marie CAM, known as Sweet
Marie"
They came from the Rutgers
Square tenement district, where
pushcart peddlers have been stead
lily raising the prices until the
women declared they are now ut
terly unable to feed their families.
Walking quietly across the city
hall park, the women were at the
very steps of the building before
they were noticed. They swept
up the steps en- masse. The doors
were banged shut in their faces
and wild cries and imprecations
followed.
A swarm of police reserves and
plain-clothes men appeared. They
drove the women down from the
steps. Marie GAM then mounted
the steps and addressed the wom-
en-.
She urged the women to remain
in the street and especially to do
nothing that would give the police
an excuse to arrest them. With
this, the crowd quieted and Sweet
Marie" and Mrs. Harris were ad-
mitted to the building as a repre-
sentative of the protesting wom-
en-.
Mayor to See Her.
Mrs. Harris declared she repre-
sented no political organization of
any kind.
II represent no one but moth
ers," she said. 'My husband is
a matchmaker. l have three chill
dren and we just manage to get
along. But other mothers who
can't get along come to me with
tears in their eyes and ask me
what to do.
1--WE were promised a public
school in which to hold a protest
meeting next Tuesday BY that
time, though, hundreds would be
starving, SO we determined to
march down here to see the may
or"
Mrs. Harris was told that Mayor
Mitchell was not in his office, but
promised that he would meet them
later today or tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20

more tea than
any other man
in the United
States!
During the first
six months of
the present fiscal
year, 2S,76S,59 5
pounds of tea en-
tered this coun-
at the port of
Tacoma.
Only IS, 225,-
995 pounds en-
tered at New
York, the next
| a r & e S t point,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
JUST LISTEN HOW
OUR LAWYERS ACT

IL wonder why it is that law
yers can always collect other peo-
pies. bills. and then try to get out
of their own" said Roy Hanson,
a collector for Crane G. Co. II
had fine fight with one of Ia
coma's prominent lawyers just
now over his BILL"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
SWEDEN DEMANDS
GERMANY PAY HER

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20.-The
Swedish minister at Berlin has
been instructed to make a formal
protest to Germany with demand
for compensation for the loss by
torpedoing of the Swedish steamer
Varing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
AT LEAST, TAFT Is
THOUGHTFUL MAN

tUuited Press Leased Wfre.D
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 20.
Former President Taft said he
could ride horse, but "it would
be hard on the horse" when he
was enrolled here in the Connect
cut Military Census.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
DUKE OF ALAGONA
TO BECOME u. S. CIT

(Uhited Press Leased Wire.J
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Francis
Tagliavia, Duke of Alagona, Sicily,
renowned allegiance to Victor
Emmanuel and his title to become
an American citizen. The duke is
a shipping clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
USE PHONOGRAPH
FOR THIS FUNERAL

BUCYRUS, o., Feb. 20.-Evan
Williams sang Tennyson's Gross
ing the Bar" at the funeral of
Antoine Zalesky--but the funeral
was at the county's expense and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
ALLEGED SPY OUT
ON $4,000 BONDS

NOGALES, Ariz., Feb. 20. -
Furnishing $4,000 bonds, Fred
erich Kaiser today is at liberty,
a preliminary hearing on
a charge of espionage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
ELKS ASKED TO BE
AT STATION AT 8

Tacoma Elks are especially
urged TO be at the union station
in uniform at 3 O'Clock Thursday
afternoon to participate In the
Troop b parade
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
PORTO RICO BILL
PASSES IN SENATE

tUhIfed PreNs Lensed WIreD
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 20.
The Porto Rico bill providing
civil reorganization for the islands,
passed the senate today without
a rollcall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
BY Mabel Abbott

l.. G. FentOn, u. $. tea
examiner at Tacoma, tastes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20
Oh, see the soldiers!, This is
Troop b coming home:
o. Of Of OF
O O. O o
Il II II II

Funny l.. +. Hart, -l--i-,
couldn't have found some new
way to kick his home town i'm
the face, when the senate
passed on the mountain me-
mortal yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20


We note by the current Yacolt,
Wash, News that:
Bert Gillett traded hacks with
Frank Windle the first of the
week. Also:
Milo Allen has started spring
blowing" And:
Mrs. NJ. S. Allen sold a canary
bird to Mrs. Geo. Mckee this
week."
Hen Ford seems to he one
man to put the fist in pacifist.
What has become of the old
fashioned grocer who used to give
a spud on the spout of the kero-
sene can?
Also, the old-fashioned grocer
who used to sell kerosene?
The well known amenities of
journalism" are prettily revived
by the esteemed New Haven
Union, which alludes to a neighbor
in the following polished manner:
THE Boston Evening Tran
script, the Bible of Back Bay, the
daily intellectual wet blanket
which spreads itself over the blue
blood section of the Hub, the edi-
torial heckler-in-chief of President
Wilson, and one of the leading or
gans engaged In the systematic
campaign to discredit and malfgn
Secretary Daniels of the navy"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20

Tacoma: Rain or snow
tonight and Wednesday.
Washington: Same west,
snow I'm east portion, colder
tonight east portion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-20

"A Tabloid History
of Germany" It begins
today on page 8; don't
miss it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
WRECK VICTIMS
 WIDOW COLLECTS
Mrs. Ben L. Owing is Paid Sl6,OOO Under Double Indemnity Clause
 of Life Insurance Policy.

The widow of Ben l.. Owing of Mem- phis, who met death in the wreck on the Rock Island, at Mounds. Ark, on January 27, was paid the first claim under the double compensation clause of life insurance policy. because of death by accident, when the Aetna Life Insurance company, represented in this section by John l.. Mills. paid to Mrs. Owing $16,O00.
 The policies on which Mrs. Owning received this practical evidence of her husbands love and thoughtfulness of her welfare were issued to Owing just % days before his tragic death. He took out three policies insuring his life, two for 5000 each, and one for S2,000. The face value of the policies were to be paid in the event of death in any manner, but a clause of this form of Aetna policy stipulates that twice the face of the policy will be paid in the event of death by acci- dent.
 Payment of the claims was made on February 10, within five days after proof of MT. Owning's death had been filed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
NEGROES ARE LOYAL.
 DECLARES. 'DR. BR0UGH
Arkansas Governor Asserts There Has Never Been Traitor Among
 Blacks of United States.

Little Rock, April 23.-Loyalty is essentially the predominating char. acteristic of the negro race, accord ing to Gov. c. H. Brough, and he has no fears, 'that the negroes of the United States will be excited into q rebellion by the German agents work ing in the south.
 "In' all the pages of history we have never heard of a negro traitor and am confident that we never will" states Governor Brough. "The neg 3 of the South stood by his owner dur ing the war, either going with him as servant or staying at home to pro- tect his family. Though the army of the north was fighting for his eman- cipation, he did not leave the people in whom he had such great confi- dence. There were negroes fighting in the United States army. but they were loyal to the cause. It does not take reassurance from the negroes that they will remain loyal to the United States. I don't think their loyalty has ever been questioned by any one familiar with the negroes, and the negro question:"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Lemons Beautify! Make Quarter Pint
 of Lotion, Cheap

What girl or woman hasn't heard of lemon juice to remove complexion blemishes; to bleach the skin and to bring out the roses, the freshness and the hidden beauty? But lemon juice alone is acid, therefore irritating, and should be mixed with orchard white this way. Strain through a fine cloth the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle containing about three ounces Of orchard white, then shake we'll and you have a whole quarter pint of skin and complexion lotion at about the cost one usually pays for a small jar of ordinary cold cream. Be sure to strain the lemon juice so no pulp gets into the bottle then this lotion will remain pure and fresh for months. When an- piled daily to the face, neck, arms and hands it should he lp to bleach clear, smoother and beautify the skin
 Any druggist will supply three ounces of orchard white at very little cost and the grocer has. the lemons Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Now is your chance to be- gin buying at home. Phone us. Taylor & Co.,, Insurance and Real Estate.
HOSPITAL BOARD
 WILL CONFER TODAY

Little Rock. April 2"".-The Gener- al State Hospital board will hold it's first meeting Tuesday with Gov. c. H. Brough, and perfec. the organiza tiop, and elect secretary. The board will then begin to plan for the sale of large tract of state land in the city limits, the proceeds from which sale will be applied toward the erection of the building.
 c. T. Abeles and J. B. Dickinson of Little Rock, and w. r. Fletcher of Lonoke, are the members of the com mission.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
GOVERNOR PRACTISING
 HIS OWN PREACHMEN7
Diligently Cultiyating Back.Yard Ga-. den Tract, While Urging Other
 Residents to Do Likewise.

Little Rock, April 23,-Out on Arch street. at Twenty-firs. street, thers is little garden, about 20 square feet Radishes and lettuce, and here and there bean, have broken through the new ground, and just yet it does not look really like garden but it has hopes of being a regular garden some day-at least it's tender has, for it is the garden of the governor of Arkansas.
 This tiny plat has been planted, and cultivated by Governor Brough, and early in the morning he is to be seen with hoe and rake, making his crop. Mrs. Brough is chief adviser, but all the neighbors are agricultural experts, and none are 10th to give advice, None, however, has advised
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
MUCH PUBLIC WORK
 IS IN PROGRESS IN THIS VICINITY
Paving Streets and Building Good Raods Continues
 to Show Expansion.

Street paving, road building ard the construction of big sewerage system, in Pine Bluff and in Jeffer- son county, during the present year, promise to bring about the beginning of larger expenditure for such pub :. lie improvements this year, than has been had for many years past, and what is true of this city and county apparently is true also of all south east Arkansas.
 In the city, petitions are being well received and numerously signed by property owners, for the organization of an improvement district for the construction of a system of sanitary sewers to embrace all that section of the southeast portion of the city, which is not so served at this time Whether or not majority will favor the proposition, has not been deter mined yet, but from the manner in which they are signing the petitions, it is believed the district will be formed.
 Work is progressing in most satis- factory manner, on the parking and paving of West Sixteenth avenue, be- tween Main and Olive streets, and the plans of the commissiC ners to make that the most attractive stretch of street in the city, already are bear ing fruit. All wires in the street will be underground, and the parked plots are so nicely shaped as to add not only to the attractiveness of the street, but to provide easy turns for 0rftT oOhS n1 Nfh E The work of paving West Fifteenth avenue and other streets in that sec tion, to provide the lir k of modern good streets between the city's paved streets and the Sulphur Springs turn pike, also is progressing in satisfac. tory manner.
 Assessors of the benefits are all ready conducting their work, prelim- mary to the paving of Alabama street and something like two miles of other streets in the southeast section of the city, and when the city council meets in it's next regular session, the asses sors will have a report to present, l the adoption of which will mean that the commissioners will be able 70 | proceed with the plans for paving the SCtSCto III tAC NloIl lCl. HIS WOIk .S expected to be completed before the opening of next winter.
 Outside of the city. the big road districts fro mthe free bridge to va rious points in the northern end of the county, are the most important undertakings which have been start ed. Work on these propositions vii be under way within a short time, and will be rushed to completion with all the speed compatible with good work
 The construction of the Arkansas
 Louisiana highway, from Grady ( the Louisiana line at two different places, and with laterals reaching te a number of important towns an
 communities, will add somewhat like
 150 miles of modern turnpikes to tn. already big mileage in southeast Ar
 kansas. The commissioners for. this
 big district already having started their labors and the work of construc
 tion, the road is expected to be und ,1 headway in sixty days or there abouts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled into the foot bath. II relieves painful swollen, smartine feet and takes the sting out of the corns and bunions. Nothing gives such quick and permanent relief for sweating, callous, tired, aching feet as Aliens FootEase. the standard rem edy for 2S years. Sold by druggists everywhere, 25c. Always use it to break in new shoes. Trial package FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Advt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

SURGEONS argee that in cases Of
 Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, the FIRST TREATMENT is most impor- tant. When an EFFICIENT antisep- tic is applied promptly there is no danger of infection ard the wound begins to heal at once. For use on man or beast, BOROZONE is the IDEAL ANTISEPTIC and HEALING AGENT. Buy it now and be ready for an emergency. Price 25c. soc
 $1.0O and $1.50. Sold by Wewoody Ca. Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Meteorites,

Among the collection shown in the new building of the National museum at Washington is remarkably fine exhibit of lneteorites. It includes com plete meteorites ranging in size from the merest pebbles to, great boulder uke masses, and casts reproducing giant forms like that of Bacubirito which has been estimated to weigh 25 tons and still rests where it fell in Mexico.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

You only need Sanol Eczema Cure to get rid of those BlacS Heads, Pin- ples, rough bumpy skin. Leaves skln smooth. Cures any case of Eczema. Is pleasant to use. A rial will con- vince you. 35c, at the drug store.
 fAdytl t&s.f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

the governor to replace his lawn with cotton.
 Governor Brough asserts that he will work his garden faithfully, for he believes in practicing what he breaches, and he has advised every one to put in gardens.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Slap at College Professors.

Crawford-"You seem to think that a college education doesn't fit one for the problems of life." Crabshaw-"I judge by the mess the average college professor makes If 1t when he under takes to discuss public Questions."- Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

ringworm After using one cake ot Cutl' cura Soap and two boxeso of Ointment foi two weeks I was entirely healed v (Signed) Miss Mary Ruehl, 132 w. Cross St., Baltimore, Md, May 9, 1916.
 Cuticura Soap and Ointment arc not only most valuable for the treatment of pimples, blackheads, redness and rough. ness, dandruf and irritated scalps, but their great mission is to prevent such conditions. They are ideal for every toilet and nursery purpose. Besides, it is pleasure to use them.
 For Free Sample Each by Return Mail address post-card: ''Cuticura, Dept. H, Boston Sold everywhere.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
FIVE DIVORCE DEGREES.

Decrees of divorce were granted yesterday by Chancellor John M. Ell liott. in the following cases, for the causes stated: George Johnson vs Bessie Johnson, adultery; Frances Powell vs. Wm. Powell. Wm. H. Heao vs. Gertrude Head. Fleety Woolfork ys. Florence Woolfork and Mabel Col den ys, Will Golden, GesertiOn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

Lets Them Pass Freely. It has been noticed that the wolf nt the door has no appetite for storks. --St. Louis Globe,Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

got so bad that l was ashamed to go out. They were red and came to a head and festered causing terrible itching which kept me awake nearly all night. They lasted four months.
 My brother told me to useCuticuraSoapandOint- ment asthey healed him of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Those Pine Bluff People
 Who Buy Out of Town

Do so because they they obtain lower prices better selection
 rbov ,re wrong of course as the prices; instances where they do better selection they nov far more than the price which they could obtain the goods by ordering through the Pine Bluff merchant But human nature is nature And the only way or p,o R1uT merchants to get that go inc out of town is to convince their demands can he best supplied by Pine Bluff merchants. Tear leaf from experience of the mailorder and out-otown hous getting their trade Tell the peo- pie you've got; the prices you can sell for the vice you can give them
 Impress Upon people the advantage of inspection be- fore purchaslng the of charges; the ability buy before paying
 Out-or-town houses get Pine Bluff through advertising saesmanshp They catalogs and out-of town costly and less satisfactory than the method offered Pine merchants by the Pine Bluff Yet they make it The Pine Bluff merchant who his prices service in The Graphic and give his advertising and thus attracted that out of town houses accord will find that Graphs salesmanship pays big profit bigger profit than any sale sman staff
 You, Mr. Merchant reach 10000 buyers in the Pine Bluff country through The Graphic. Each of these 10000 is potential of yours. Do want their business? Of you Then submit them proposition Sell through Graphic your volume trade; cut your selling costs Others doing it; you can
 If you want more business Telephone
 Graphic Salesmanship Department Phone IA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Cultivate With Care,

In narrowing corn or cotton after the plants are up the team should not be driven with the rows nor di- rectly across them. If the rows are followed harrow tooth is likely to plumb the center of the row and tear up all the plants. If the driving is done directly across the rows the whole top of the row may be pulled off if planted on a slight bed or roll as it should be. Drive diagonally across the rows each time. Always cross harrow after the first operation. Corn may be narrowed until 1t is so tall that it will break and cotton until it is chopped out.
 Try the harrow, MT Farmer. It is the speediest, best early cultivator you can use If you are afraid it will ruin your crop, try it on an acre or two and watch results.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
IRISH POTATO |S GOOD MONEY CROP Present Yield Is Entirely Too LoW- Caused By Insects and Improper
 Selection of Seed.
By w. H. Wicks, College of Agricul-
 ture, Fayetteville. Ark.

By w. H. Wicks, College of Agr1cul-
 ture, Fayetteville. Ark.
 According to the last annual census there were grown in Arkansas 1,500.- GOO bushels of Irish potatoes which were produced approximately on to- tai of 25,000 acres or at the rate of sixty bushels per acre. This yield is entirely too low and is due to such causes as improper selection of seed, planting diseased stock, improper cul- tivation and use of fertilizers, lack of fighting insect and disease pests, poor grading and unsuccessful marketing.
 Arkansas farmers can we'll afford to give the Irish potato serious con- sideration in making plans for the year because it is attracting more at- tention in the Southern States each year as a money making crop for the early market. Assuming that one- third of the entire yield of potatoes in 1914 for Arkansas were culls, and allowing 80 cents per bushel for the remainder of first-class marketable po- tatoes, the potato industry was worth to the State of Arkansas in 1914 the sum of $soo,o00.
 The States of New York, Maine and Wisconsin, for example, have become widely known through their potato production. Southern states occupy an entirely different field in the pro- duction of Irish potatoes and we should turn our attention to the pro- auction of early potatoes for market which are good early in the year when competition from the Northern potato growing sections will not be exper- fenced. All varieties are now classi he'd according to the following classi- f1cation by Professor Wm Stuart, Hor- ticulturist, U. S. Department of Agri- O4,1f,,ro.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
I;IIT|CURA HEALS
 ITCHING P|MPLES
Miss Rueh| Tells How Four Months
 of Suffering Were Entirely Ended by 1 Cake of Cuticura Soap and Z Boxes of Ointment. Cost SIPS.

"Pmples first began on my face and spread to my neck. They were very small at first but they grew larger and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24
Shun Incidence.

Labor is the divine law of our exist. ence; indolence is desertion and sui cide.-Mazzini.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-24

0AOuP I1CUlOu.
 Group 7-Burbank. Y iTI~l
 Group Screen Mountain. '":"}
 Group 9-Rural. Vst|
 Group 10-Pearl [, TF
 Group 11-Peachblow. VI
 Group 12-Up-to-date.
 The markets in the United States demand the following varieties which are given in order of their import ance:
 One-Rural
 Two-Green Mountain. ~,1'%
 Three-Early Ohio. T'.5Tti5
 FOur-Burbank. V .TjfHF
 Five-Irish Cobbler. viiF@.
 Six-Bliss Triumph.
 7-Peerless (PearD.
 For Southern growers, the early maturing red-skinned varieties such as Early Rose, Bliss Triumph, Stray Beauty, Irish Cobbler, Green Noun. tain and Rural New Yorker are the most highly desirable on account o1 their early maturity and the fact that early markets are accustomed to as. sociate such characteristics of these varieties with the early potato trade Bliss Triumph, Early Rose and Stray Beauty are red varieties, while the Irish Cobbler. Green Mountain and Rural New Yorker are white varieties. There are a number of varieties su. perlor in many ways to the ones just named, but the only guide the grower may safely use is to grow what his market demands and the shortcom lngs of the variety must be overcome by the grower by practieing the best cultural methods.