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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
WITH THE NAVAL RESERVES

David Cameron of New York City
has been visiting his parents at 200
Pine street. He has enrolled in the
United States Naval Reserve Force
and is subject to call at any time.
the immediate future.
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HARE-FLoYD MARRIAGE

The marriage of Miss Geneva
Pearl Floyd to William Thomas
Hare. of this city. was quiet event
of Saturday, June ., at the parson-
age of the st. Paufs Methodist
Episcopal Church, 116 Vine street,
with the pastor, the Rev. William
Moses, officiating. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hare will make their home in town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

of Baltimore. will play for dancing
at Summerdale Park, Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings, June 5 and 6.
Peerless singers and dance musi-
clans Admission, 25c and soc.
Wednesday society evening.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

VIM. REUBEN SIIISSLEW
William Reuben Shissler celebrated
his twenty-first birthday Sunday,
June 5, at his home, 436 Crescent
street. He was born in Steelton.
June 3, 1896, and is Il graduate of
Technical high school, class OF 1916.
He is employed by the Bethlehem
Steel Company. Steelton. in the
bridge and construction Office. A host
of friends are congratulating him on
becoming a voter
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
JUNE 4, 10Y.

gagement of their daughter. Miss
Mildred Ritter to Raymond S. Cation,
of this city. The marriage is planned
for the early fall. The bride-elect
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04

is a graduate of the Central High
school, class of 1908 and Mr.. Cation
is clerk for the Bell Telephone
Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
TOWER CITY VISITORS

Charles Snyder, Russell Shade, Ar
thur Hoffman and l.. Roy Erdman,
all of Tower City. came TO Harris
burg for a little visit yesterday with
Mr.. Snyder's mother. Mrs. Ella Sny-
der, 1S49 Derry street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Ritter, of
1S40 State street, announce the en-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
MISS EYsTER TO MARRY

Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Eyster, of
1916 Green street, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss T..
Claire Eyster to Earl NJ. Wheeler,
of Rochester, n. Y. Miss Eyster
has just returned home from San
Francisco, Cal, where she spent the
past two years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-04
The Palm Beach Orchestra

[Other Personals on Page 81
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
Fight TO CLOSE
Mails TO BOOZE
ADS PROGRESSES
Postoffice Committee OF
Senate to Incorporate
Provision in Bill.

washington, Feb. 9.--Thc fight of
the prohibition forces to prohibit
liquor advertising in dry territory adj
vanced a step today, when the senate
postoffice subcommittee decided to in
corporate into the postoffice appro-
priation bill Senator Bankheads
amendment to shutOut that class of
matter from mails to prohibition
states.
The subcommittee also recon-
mended to the whole committee that
second-class mail rates be increased
one-half cent per pound Immediately
and an additional half cent pound
next year. This provision would at
feet newspapers, and magazines prin-
cipally, and has already brought forth
strong protest.
James Cannon of Richmond ap-
peared before the committee to urge
the adoption of the Bankhead amend
ment. He recounted the progress Of
the dry movement and told the COM
mittee drinking in public by women
had increased in recent years. He
spoke for the legislative committee OF
the anti-saloon league, of which he is
national chairman.
The senate previously had passed
bill closing the mails to liquor ad-
vertising in prohibition states, but to
facilitate action through the cOngested
calendar of the house it was decided
to attach similar measure into post
office bill, which will receive prompt
consideration in the lower body. Mr..
Bankhead said the bill is not aimed
,at newspapers particularly, but is
against wholesalers. 1t bars liquor
advertising, however, in newspapers
or otherwise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
MUNICIPAL COURT
NEEDED

Inc PINE Bluff Bar association yes
terday adopted a resolution endors-
lng the Magee bill to substitute a
municipal court for the justice of the
peace system in Pine Bluff. placing
the officers on salaries and providing
that the fees be paid into the county
and city treasures. The attorneys
are in better position than any other
class to know of the shortcomings of
The present system, and of advantages
OF the municipal court. The fact that
they unanimously voted for the change
should be sufficient justification for
the enactment of the Magee measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
LABOR AGITAT0R
FOUND GUILTY
OF BOMB PLOT
Frisco Jury Convicts T. j.
Mooney for Part in Out
rage Costing 10 Lives.

San Francisco, Feb. 9-Thos. J..
Mooney, labor agitator, was convicted
of murder in the first degree by a
jury in the superior court here to-
night for a bomb explosion, costing
10 lives, during the preparedness pa
rade July %, 1916.
When the jury announced the ver-
dict, MONEYS mother began to
scream and the courtroom was thrown
into violent confusion. Miss Emma
Mooney, sister, collapsed. The
mother then became so violent that
the Judge ordered her removed.
Mooney received the verdict I'M
moved His wife was not in the
courtroom.
Mooney, his wife, Israel Weisberg,
Warren X. Billings and Edward Nolan
were arrested within week after the
bomb explosion at Seward and Market
streets the afternoon of July % last.
All were indicted for murder. Bill
ings, the first brought to trial was
found guilty and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
The case against Mooney hinged on
his whereabouts Immediately prior to
the explosion. The prosecution sought
to prove that the bomb was contained
in suit case taken there by Mooney
and his associates in an automobile.
The defense sought to establish that
Mooney and others were far away
from the scene just before and at the
time the bomb exploded. Mooney was
known as labor agitator for several
years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
VATICAN BEGINS
TO FEAR GERMANS
HOLD CARDINAL
Nothing Heard From Catho-
lie Prelate Who Denounc-
ed Belgian Deportations.

Paris, Feb. ga dispatch to the
Temps from Rome says:
"Vatican circles have been virtually
without news of Cardinal MERCER for
some time, and ecclesiastical circles
are beginning TO have the impression
that the prelate is being forcibly iso-
lated by the German authorities to an
extent that might be real captivity.
The latest cable dispatch concern
ing Cardinal MERCER, primate of Bel
GUM, or his activity. was received
from London January II. 1t said that
he chad made representations to the
German government concerning Bel
gian deportations in letter to Cardi-
nal Gasparri."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10

Two grand juries have recon-
mended the establishment of a NUM-
cipal court in Pine Bluff, the Bar as
ISOLATION endorsed the Magee bill, the
circuit judge and the chancellor and
practically every official who has
knowledge Of the working of the pres
Ont system hold the opinion that the
OF a municipal court, with
salaried officials, will work to the
good of the county and city. This tes-
timony is worth considering, because
these bodies and men have had good
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
INDIANA "BONE DRY"
ON APRIL 2, 1913

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 9.-Goyer-
nor Goodrich today signed the state
wide prohibition bill, making Indiana
dry on and after April 2, 1918. The
law prohibits the sale, manufacture,
giving away or advertisement Of all
alcoholic liquors, except pure grain
alcohol for chemical and medicinal
purposes, and wine for sacramento
uses. Supporters of the bill say it is
one of the most stringent prohibition
measures enacted in any state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
BANK CLERKS BUY
MILLER BUILDINGS

Circuit Clerk F. NJ. Reeves, commits
sioner in the case of Nancy Miller ct
al. VS.. Bank Clerks Investment COM
pany ct al, in which judgment fol-
the defendant on a cross complaint
was rendered, yesterday reported the
sale of the miller hotel and Miller
theater properties to the Bank Clerks
Investment company on bids aggre-
eating $4,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
Germany Regretful.

London, Feb. 9.-Dr. William yon
Stumm, German under secretary for
foreign affairs. in an interview print
ed in the Amsterdam Handeslsblatt,
says Germany regrets she was COM
PEELED to take the measures she adopt
ed against Ambassador Gerard, but
that the United States had prevented
Count Won Bernstorff, the retiring
German ambassador to the United
States, from telegraphing Berlin that
he had received his passports.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
TWO MORE VICTIMS
EXPLOSION DEAD

Fort Smith, Feb. 9.-As result OF
the explosion at the press house OF
the Equitable Powder Manufacturing
company here Wednesday of this
week two more workmen have added
to the death toll. Roy Pipk!n, 26,
married, and Henry Sanderson, Fl,
not married, who were both badly
burned, died yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
BAR ASSOCIATION
ENDORSES MAGEE
CITY COURT BILL
Rush of Men at Meeting
Last Night to Sign Peti-
ton for New Tribunal.
MAGEE TO SPEAK
AT SHOPS TODAY

Representative Magee, spon-
sor for the municipal court bill
at the request of citizens, ar
rived from Little Rock last
night, and will endeavor to
ascertain just what is the senti-
ment in regard to the proposed
court. Mr.. Magee will explain
his bill in an address at the
Cotton Belt shops at noon to-
day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10

The Duke of Ulrich Of Nuremberg
owns perhaps the largest corset fac
tory in the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10

The Magee municipal court bill was
endorsed by the Pine Bluff bar as
ISOLATION, at a meeting in the cir
cult court room yesterday forenoon.
The opinion among the lawyers is
that the proposed court will prove a
great improvement over the present
justice of the peace system, and
should be established. Judge w. r.
Woodbridge presided at the meeting,
which was enlivened by sharp COL
1oquy between T. Havis Nixon and A.
H. Rowell, and A. R. Cooper served
as secretary.
The resolution endorsing the bill
was signed by Circuit Judge w. B.
Sorrells, and the following practicing
attorneys: w. T. Woodbridge, A. R.
Cooper, Armstrong Barrow, Harry T.
Woodbridge, r. Havis Nixon, Coy M.
Nixon, B. F. Ashcraft, F. G. Bridges,
A. F. Triplett, E. J. Kerwin, S. 7.
Hunt, c. B. Foster, T. M. Hooker. Ben
Harvey, A. H. Rowell, w. B. Alex
ander, Dan Taylor, Irving Reinberger,
N. J. Can't, Jr., M. Danaher, L. j.
Moore, Earl S. Wood, J. M. Shaw. s.
w. Trimble, Sam M. Levine, E. w.
Brockman, deputy prosecuting at
torney, and S. A. Miller.
The attorneys adopted another
resolution, suggesting that the sal
aries of the municipal court Officials
be made: Judge $4,000 per annum;
constable $2,4OO one deputy constable
at $1,000, and another ct 5000.
Elliott for Change.
Judge John NJ. Elliott, chancellor 'f
this district, was not at the meeting
but stated last night that, while nc
had not seen copy of the bill, he
strongly favored the establishment OF
a municipal court as planned. Judge
Elliott aso approved as adequate thu
salaries named in the Magee bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
% Lost on PedamOre.

London, Feb. 9.-TWenty-five of the
crew of the torpedoed British steamer
Pedamore persisted with the sinking of
the vessel, according to the Press as
ISOLATION. Survivors have been
landed.
The sinking of the Pedamore was
reported yesterday. She was from
Baltimore to Liverpool.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
Saws Sinh. Guns Swept Deck.

London, Feb. 9.-The Norwegian
steamship Ida, of LIZ tons, has been
sunk by German submarine. The
CAPTAIN stated that the chief mate
and the steward were killed while on
deck bv gunfire, the submarine firing
continuously without warning until
the vessel sank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
1O0 Ont of 1S4 for Bill.

A rush Of men to sign a pet1t1On
urging the assage of the municial
court bill by the general assembly.
was experienced last night, just prior
to the opening of the mass meeting of
citizens at the courthouse, after At
torney Ben Harvey explained that he
would like to have signatures to the
petition from all men present who
favored the measure.
For about 20 minutes, one man
after another affixed his name to the
petition, and including those who said
they had previously signed the same
sort of petition. it was estimated that
about 100 men of the 1874 in attend
ance at the mass meeting, are known
to be in favor of the municipal court
bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
The Mea:her

,,;s .urday fair and warmer; Sunday
sno colder in east portion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10

Continued on page four.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10
Immense Fleet of Merchant
men Assembling to Be
Conveyed by Warships.
SUBMARINES SHOW
LESS ACTIVITY
UHIy One British Ship Among the Six
Vessels Sent to Bottom Yesterday
Four Norwegian and One
Spanish Ship Victims.

Norfolk, Va. Feb. 9.-1he allied
merchant fleet reported assembling
off the Virginia capcs for several days,
awaiting convoy. was reported tonight
to have been augmented during the
day and to now number % vessels,
all heavily laden for ports in the war
zone.
Stories brought here were to the
effect that the fleet will sail tOmOr-
row night, guarded by three cruisers,
and before it enters the danger zone
a squadron of destroycrs and cruisers
will join them.
TWO ships left Hampton Roads to-
day for ports in the war zone. They
were the British steamer Santa
Amalia for Glasgow and the Italian
steamer Fert for Genoa. Neither car
ried American citizens.
Washington, Feb 9.-Five neutral
vessels and one British steamer have
been added to the list of victims Of
the German submarine campaign, ac-
cordng to latest dispatches from
London
-Four of the neutrals were of Nor
We2ian registry ana the other was
the Spanish steamer NuevO Montana.
Total tonnage lost, according to esti-
mates, was 10,424.
The Norwegian vessels were the
Hanskinck, Storskog, Idcr and Odin.
Sailors on the Ider and the Odin were
killed by shcll-fire. All but two sail
ors on the Storskog were lost when
the submarine, which they had re-
sisted, submerged suddenly on the
approach of steamer and left them
to their fate in the water.
The one British steamer was the
Hanna Larsen, of 1910 tons. Her
captain and chief engineer were taken
prisoner on the submarine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10

continued on page four.l
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-10

Continued on page five.)
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
HOME CIRCLE MAGAZINE SECTION

charge already busily arranging his
first supply of morning papers In glare
of the arc light. Behind him was an
all-night drug store open for business,
and two doors away a restaurant, one
of its tables occupied by three men who
had evidently been making a night of
it. Out In front was a taxi-eab. the
chauffeur nodding sleepily IN one cor
ner of his seat. Beyond few stores
exhibited lighted windows, although
the doors were closed. A street car
tangled past, containing q few pas
sengers, pausing at the corner to let
off fellow In bedraggled evening dress,
half seas over, and then went noisily
on again. The policeman watched the
belated ones uncertain progress up a
side steret with professional solicit
tude.
"Lives in the third house." he ex-
planned gravely. He'll make 1t all
right. Your phone is there IN tn
drugstore, lady. It's tn other corner
for me-"
He started across, but I noticed
glanced back to be sure of what we
were doing. There was no car in
sight approaching the corner, and we
could not vanish on foot In the brief
time required to pull his box Besides
he merely vaguely suspiciOned US,
without any thought that we were act
ually wanted. I turned with her into
the drugstore door, dimly wondering
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IIIUdy3 IVIdIOII AOIU

what possible means of escape from this
predicament had occurred to her. 1
had no scheme, no plan. The thought
of that policeman approaching the
box dominated my brain. Would he
come rushing back to put US under
arrest?
"Stay here" she murmured, with
out venturing to glance aside. "PH
step within, so he can feel safe. Be
ready TO crank that taxi, and handle
the chauffeur. You understand"
"Yes"
1t viii all have to be done In a min
ute. Run the instant the officer turns
to insert his key IN the box
She slipped away, and 1 stood there,
every nerve strained, watching. The
burly figure was plainly visible, and
l could discern each movement. On
the opposite curb he stopped and
stared back through the gloom toward
the lights What he saw was suffi-
GENTLY reassuring, for she was leaning
bending over the telephone book, and
I was leaning carelessly against the
frame of the window, apparently idly
waiting for the lady to reappear. No
doubt with that glance the fellow dis
missed his last vague suspicion of US
to all appearance we were exactly what
we had claimed to be He turned to
the box, and dragged out his key, his
broad back toward the drugstore; then
bent forward to fit the key into the
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The ath Master
Continued from page g.

door quivered; the last echoes of the
shot died out; silence followed
Then the shattered door swung open
slowly, and McCloud reeled out, still
clutching his rifle. He tried to raise
1t; he could not, and it fell gathering.
gun, cuTsing him fiercely. Up with
them hands O. yournl" he snarled;
but McCiOud only muttered and began
to rock and sway In the doorway.
Tansey came up to him, shotgun
In hand "YeW hey done fur ByTam,"
he said; ''yew air bound TO set In
McCloud, leaning against the sill,
looked at him with heavy eyes
ITS well enough for you" he
muttered; "you are only a savage;
but ByTam went to college-and so
did land we are nothing but savages
like you, after aH-nothing but saw
ages"
He collapsed and slid to the ground,
lying hunched up across the threshold.
az want to see the path-masterl"
he cried, sharply.
A shadow fell across the shot-riddled
door snow-white IN the moonshine.
"She's here" said the game-warden,
soberly.
But McCloud had started talking
and muttering to himself
towards Midnight the WnippoorTIu
began a breathless calling from the
garden
McGloud opened his eyes.
"Who Is that2" he asked, irritably
"He's looney," whispered Tansey
she gabbles to hisself."
The little path-master knelt beside
him He stared at her stoniiy-
1t Is I" she whispered
Is it you, little path-master? he
xrofoo FT[ov.
thing came into his filmy eyes which
she knew was a smile.
al wanted to tell you" he began,
"I viii work out my taxes-sOme-
where-for you"
The path-master hid her white face
In her hands. Presently the collie dog
came and laid his head on her shoulder
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picket fence and lay close, hugging
his shotgun.
az tell you intend to pay my
taxes" cried McCloud, desperately.
Don't force me to shOoti"
The sullen rage was rising; he strOve
to crush it back, to think of the little
path-master.
e For Gods sake, go back" he plead
ed, hoarsely.
Suddenly Byram started running
towards the house, and McCloud
clapped his rifle to his cheek and
fired. Four flashes from the road
answered his shot. but Byram was
down in the grass screaming, and
McCloud had vanished into his house.
tore through the filmsy clapboards;
the moonlight was frightened by pale
flashes, and the timbered hills echoed
the cracking shots. After q while
no more shots were fired, and presently
a voice broke out in the stiffness:
Be yew layin' low, or be yew
dead, Dan McCloud?"
There was no answer.
Or be yew playin' foxy possum,"
continued the voice, with nasal rising
infection.
Byram began to groan and crawl
towards the road.
LET him alone" he moaned; '.Iet
him alone He's got grit, if he hain't
got nothin' else"
"Air yew done for2" demanded
Tansey, soberly.
s'No, no." groaned Byram, "Pm
Jest winged. He done it, an he was
right. Didn't he say he'd pay his
taxes? He's plumb right. Let him
alone, or he'll come out an murder
US ALI"
Byram's voice ceased; Tansey mount
ed the dark slope, peering among
the brambles, treading carefully.
"Whar be We, Byram?" he bawled.
But it was ten minutes before he
found the young man, quite dead, in
the long grass.
With an oath Tansey flung up his
gun and drove q charge of buekshot
crashing through the front door. The
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CHAPTER XIV.
HIGH SPEED FORWARD.

The fellow stared suspiciously into
our faces, and I felt the girls fingers
clasp my arm as If IN signal for me to
restrain myself. The scrutiny was
over in q moment, neither of US stir
ring, waiting for his first word to dis
close whether or not he knew we were
wanted by his superiors. My own
brain was blur; / could think of no
way to reasonably explain our presence
there at such an hour, That the police
man was also puzzled was evident by
the expression on his face. Our APP
pearance was not that of night providers,
of street waits.
"Whut's ther two ov'yer doing,
dodgin' round here In ther dark"
he questioned shortly. Il nevir saw
nuthin' ov yer till Just now Come
now, Whut's it mane2"
His eyes were upon me, but it was
the woman who, with quick wit, an
swered: