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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
RELIEF EEIGnT
CAR SHORTAGE
NOW IN sight

bushels of onions were exported last
Year, as We're ,943.li0 bushels of
rease and beans. Beans. which sold
at ) cents a pound last year, are
bringing IL cents now.
Live hogs yesterday sold al $1295
per hundred pounds here, the high
est price in thc history Of the coun-
try, including the civil war days. The
top price today was $3.50.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
ARMY BILL PASSES.

Washington, Feb. 22.-The amy
appropriation bill, carrying about
$3.50 100000, was passed by the house
late today, with a record vote. An at
tempt to eliminate universal train
ing was defeated on a Loint ct order.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23

Bee keepers should take particular
spraying the fruit trees when they are
in full bloom not only poisons many
of the bees, but it is not the time TO
get the codling moth. Better still,
get in touch with the horticultural in
spectors, and ask them to give the
proper information about the best
time to spray.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
Indiana Women Win.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 22.-The
woman suffrage bill passed in the
lower branch of the Indiana legis-
lature today. 1t had previously
passed the senate, and now goes to
Gov. Goodrich for his signature.
The bill gives women the right 10
vote for presidential electors and
virtually al state officers except gov
ernor and secretary of state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
WORKING on REVENUE BILL.

Washington, Feb. 22.-After three
days of debate on the emergency rev.
enue bill, the senate tonight sat down
TO detailed consideration OF the
amendments. No votes were taken.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
Mans Availability.

It's funny how a man whose health
Is SO poor that his wife has to carry
Inc baby when they go out anywhere
can wolk Is miles around a lodge
room with GO pounds of robes and
xnlcknacks on him-Puck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23

You only need Sanol Eczema Cure
to get rid Of those Black Heads, Pim-
pies, rough bumpy skin. Leaves skin
smooth Cures any case of Eczema.
Is pleasant to use. A trial will con-
vince you. 35c, at the drug store.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
ACUTE %TtGE PASSED.
Officials New EXDrct Steady Improve
ment In Conditions.

Washington. Feb. 20. Many empty
railroad freight cars rolled west at
passenger train speed day, from the
congcsted yards of the east, accord
ing to interstate commerce commits
sion advice5 from its field invcstigat-
ing forces
Fair weather and the holiday.
combined. gave the roads their first
real opportunity in many weeks to
exert their maximum energies to re
lieve the car shortage that has treat
cned famine in some sections of the
country.
Officials of both the railroads and
the commission expressed the con-
viction that the acute stage of the
shortage had passed, AID that steady
Improvement in the situation would
continue. AT no time, il was sail,
had conditions reached the extent Of
the tie Up of a year ago. At the same
time, the number of cas- involved, &C
cording to reports to the commission
from virtually every rod in the coun.
try, increased by more than one
third in the two-week period between
Jan. 81 and Feb. 10, and on the lat
OF 1924.
Situation General.
The situation at Chicago, while
causing some concern to government
and railroad officials was not re
garded here as desperate. Officials
said similar conditions prevailed to 4
great extent at other cities, and that
the situation was national in it's
scope.
Every city in the east has plenty
Of food for immediata requirements
and rising prices could not be at
tributed justly to the car shortage,
it was said. Reserves had almost been
wiped out, in the case of flour, in the
New England states, put that situa-
ton was reported to have been meas
ureably improved.
The 1924 cars involved in the
general tie~up are distributed in every
section of the country, and include
all classes, loaded and empty, which,
for reasons due to congestion, are
temporarily withdrawn from trans
portation service.
Corners California Crop.
San Francisco, Calf, Feb. 22-That
100000 sacks of potatoes are being
held in California for higher prices,
was the statement made here today
by G. w. Hunt, member of a large
wholesale produce house.
George Shima of Berkeley, known
as the "potato king" denied having
a corner on the potatoes in California.
OF am sending all the potatoes |
can to relieve the food shortage in
the east" said Mr.. Shima tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
m ade True.

They used to talk loosely about
deadly night air" Now that your
neighbor has photograph. it is true!
Buffalo Express.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
SIM FEINERS ARRESTED.

Dublin, Feb. pa number of Sim
Feiners, recently returned from in
Tenement in England, were arrested
today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23

lrregularity in care and feeding is
felt more by sheep than by any other
farm animal. A successful sheep man
says that he "feeds by the clock"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1917-02-23
INSURANCE RATE
BUREAU OBTAINS
LEASE ON LIFE

Continued from page one,
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EVENING STAR CLUB IS HOST.
Film Drama, Adventures of Buffalo
Bill" Given at Raleigh.

he first of a series of entertainments
under the auspices of The Evening
Star Club was held at the Raleigh
Hotel Friday night. when the great
western drama. 1.-THE Adventures in the
Lite of William F. Cody. Buffalo Bill
was presented to members of the club
and their guests through the courtesy
of Mr.. Berger, representative of the
kleine- dison-Selig -Essanay film COM
panies, and E. L. Weston, manager of
the Raleigh Hotel.
The picture presented Buffalo Bill
in historic scenes dealing with the
early history of the west, and showing
many of the important battles between
the Indians and United States troops,
in which Col. Cody played such an i'm
portant part.
In addition to the feature film there
were presented a comedy film. the
latest Pathe weekly" and a film show
ing Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle in a
number of dances.
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WILL WELCOME DELEGATES.
Speaker Clark to Address Woman's
Democratic League Tuesday,

Speaker Clark is to deliver greetings
at the opening of the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic League, which will
hold its fifth annual convention at the
Raleigh Hotel Tuesday and Wednes-
day Representatives Raker of Cali
fornia and Hef1in of Alabama also are
to address the convention Tuesday
morning at II o'clock.
Mrs. William A. Cullop. president of
the organization, will preside, and the
opening prayer of the session will be
made by Rev. DIR. Wallace Radcliffe,
pastor of New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church. The musical program of
the meeting will include numbers by
Mrs. Leonore Sherwood, Mrs. Charles
Bennett Smith and Miss Louise San
torelli In the afternoon from to 6
o'clock Mrs Marshall and the wives of
members of the cabinet will give a re-
ception to the delegates.
Representative Venable of Mississippi
will deliver the address at the session
Wednesday, when the annual election
of officers for the ensuing year will
take place. In the evening at 8 o'clock
there will be recital by Nine de
Varene Stock, soprano.
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FOR VICTORY AND PEACE.
InteIned German Sailors at Philadel
phia Offer Up Prayers.

PHILADELPHIA, January 81 -
Prayers for an early peace and a Ger
man victory were offered at the serv-
ices held by informed German sailors
at the Philadelphia navy yard today, in
observance of the birthday anniversary
of Emperor William.
The American and German flags were
displayed from the masts of the Ger
man auxiliary cruisers Prinz Eitel
Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm and
from American ships at the yard The
services were held aboard the PrinZ
Eitel Friedrich.
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SIDE LIGHT THROWN
ON MANILA BATTLE
Corporal James Tanner Re-
calls Story of Dewey Re-
lated by Fleet Captain.
RARE COURAGE DISPLAYED

The death Of Admiral Dewey has served
to recall to Corporal James Tanner. regis
ter of wills. some side lights on the battle
of Manila bay, furnished him by Admiral
Joseph Coghlan, who commanded one OF
the vessels of the famous fleet.
II do not recall the exact time when
Coghlan returned from the Philippines
after the battle of Manila bay. in which
he participated as commander of one of
Dewey's fieet-the Raleigh. 1 think-but
very soon after his return he came to
Washington and made a call on me at
my Office" said Corporal Tanner. q
was overjoyed to greet him. l had formed
a very pleasant acquaintance with him in
San Francisco in 'S6 and had one never
to-be forgotten most enjoyable night with
him when we were both guests of the
famous Bohemian Club When he came
into my office told my, chief clerk that l
was out TO everybody and shut the door
TO my room. but it happened that my wife
came in almost Immediately, and OF
course, she entered
Il asked Coghlan to tell us something
about the affair over there which had sent
a thrill of joy throughout the nation, and
he told us considerable about it. He said
that to all intents and purposes. except
for the firing of the guns, the battle OF
Manila bay was fought in the harbor Of
Hongkong on board Comnodore Dewey S
flagship. Dewey had received notice from
the port authorities that, representing
nation at war with a nation friendly to
them. his squadron would be obliged,
under international law, to leave the har-
Dor. and he. of course, was going out.
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going through his mail He greeted me
as heartily as ever, saying: Take
seat, captain. and excuse me for
few moments-there is something mere
particularly about" AS l sat waiting
; his convenience I noticed that there
were few of his letters which he had
laid aside by themselves. When he
finished reading his mail he said: Cap
tain, / have a new problem to meet
this morning. I have five letters here,
all of the same purport. l VIII read
you one. and that will give you the
sense of the whole thing" He. then
read me a letter which informed him
that at some point in the United states
there had been born male chiid,
whose proud parents had him christened
George Dewey Smith, or whatever their
name was. Now" he said, captain.
here's FIVE of them. I have never had
anything of this kind before. / sup
pose that it is up to me to send a
said to him: Commodore don't be
too hasty. 1t is my opinion that you
had better wait until the returns are
all in. Then I shall not be surprised
il you will have a mathematical prob
lem before you which will be to make
a computation so that you can form
an intelligent opinion as to whether
the stipend which our government pays
you for being commodore will be suf-
ficient to enable you to meet the sill
versmith's bill.
"."Besides. commodore" said, 'I have
something here which l received in the
mornings mail which / think has a
direct bearing upon the subject With
your permission l will read it to you.
He said, Go ahead" and l read him
the latest effusion of Mr.. Dooley.
Dooley's cousin Cargo"
"1t is the one where Hennessy enters
Dooley's restaurant. Greetings are
exchanged between them. Hennessy
says, you are looking serious, Mr..
Dooley. Might I ask if there is any
thing troubling your mind this morn
ing?" And Dooley says, ''Yis. me mind
is very much occupied this narnin'.
Hennessy says. Cousin Cargo who?"
why. Cousin Cargo Dooley. over in
Manila bay beyant." "Why. what are
you talking about? That is not George
Doo1ey. but George Dewey. The divil
a bit" he answered. That's only a lit
tie photographed mistake. He is Cou-
sin Cargo all the same, and do yer
him, with me minds eye 1ookin cross
the water into Manila bay beyant. there
1 see Cousin Cargo sittin' on the roof
of his boat in Manila bay. watchin' ex-
pansion expand and uSin up all his
mathematical ability a-tryin' to figure
out how many of the babies that is
being named for him now will be in the
penitentiary in fifteen years..
dewey greeted the climax with a
roar of laughter, the strenuousness of
thought was broken for that morning
as Dewey remarked. Il think. captain,
will take your advice and wait
spell"
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Consults With Captains.


tains and laid before them his plan of
procedure, stating that he desired the
utmost freedom of expression regard
ing any changes any of them could
suggest which they thought worthy of
consideration. His program involved
timing the arrival at Manila so as to
enter the channel at daybreak. His
plan in general was heartily Endorsed.
with one exception, by all of his Subor-
dinates. and Coghlan said he felt lit
tie proud of the fact that he suggested
the only change that was made in the
program and that was that. instead of
arriving SO as to enter the channel at
daybreak, they should time their ar
rival so as to enter and pass through
the channel during the night. They
knew there were batteries to pass, and
Coghlan argued that 1t was easier to
pass hostile batteries in darkness than
in daylight. All OF them, Dewey in
cluded. agreed to his suggestion and
that change, and that change only. was
made.
Il said to him: 1T must have caused
some queer thoughts on the part of you
men going through that channel in the
darkness. not knowing at what mo-
open against youH He answered: L
can assure you that it was mighty
queer feeling /, for one, had, pacing up
and down my deck as we went through
that channel, not knowing at what mo-
ment there might come an explosion
under us and the decks rise up. We
expected that anything might happen,
for we gave the Spaniards credit for
having done what we certainly would
have done had we been in their places
namely. mined the channel thoroughly
He said: 1t proved that they did have
mines planted. but, fortunately for us,
ago and were out of condition and did
us no harm.
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Serious Situation Develops.

Then developed a serious situation
We were 1000 miles from our base o.
supplies. The Spanish fort lay at our
mercy-we could have demolished it
in an hour The Spanish commander
knew II as well as we did. In fact, he
only wished to make enough of a show
of resistance to save his face, as the
expression goes. But the trouble was
that on the other side of the CITY Law
Aguinaldo's horde, crazed with the idea
OF looting the city. We had not force
enough to occupy the city and protect
IT from pillage; the only thing TO do
was to hold things in status quo until
the home government could be COM
municated with and a land force sent
out, which was done under Gen. Mer-
rift.
1.-The situation was accentuated NV
the action of the German Admiral Won
Diedrichs. who came sailing into the
harbor with some German war vessels
disregarding the usual international
rules where blockade Is in force until
Dewey became irritated and GENT his
aid over to the German flagship
instructed to put the direct question
to Won Diedrichs as to whether he
wished TO have Dewey consider him s a
belligerent That brought Won Died
richs to his senses, though Coghlan
said, 1t was well understood that Won
Diedrichs made a call upon Sir Edward
r..
in the course of his confab with Sir
Edward put the question up to him
what do you suppose would be Com
modore Dewey's course If should dis
regard his wishes and move my vessels
further forward" and it is reported
that Sir Edward answered That is
known only to Commodore Dewey and
myself. 1t was no trouble for Won Died
richs to understand that there was
some understanding between the Brit
ish and the American commanders. and
he subsidized.
The following days were DAYS of
suspense and strain Cogilian con-
tinued. We captains talked 1t over
recognizing the stress that was upon
the commodore, and we agreed that in
our daily conversation with him the
ATTITUDES of all of US must be of con-
tinued cheerfulness and unconcern
that we must try and divert his
thoughts from the mighty RESPONSE
bilities which crowded upon him. We
agreed that it would be we'll to Gull
over our fund of good stories and re-
Good Story 'for the Commodore
$50 il came to pass that in the mali
] received one morning 1 found some
thing which seemed to me would par
ticuiarly fit in on such a program, and
] said to myself: THAT is for the COM
modore." When l finished my mail /
went over to the flagship, and when l
reached the deck found the commo-
dOre seated on deck under an awning,
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Exhibits Chart of Bay.

dewey had shown gus a chart of
Manila harbor on which was marked
the latest knowledge we had of the
location of the Spanish fleet We were
to proceed to a certain point in the
harbor-arriving there about daylight
halt for breakfast. and then go at
our work. When we arrived at the
point designated and daylight came we
found the enemy's fleet had changed
its position and was then some six
miles back of us. having taken up a
position where they could have the
benefit of the assistance of their bat
terfes- As 1 grasped the situation 1
was wishing most heartily that we
could go at 1t and finish the Job before
breakfast. when / saw the signal fla rs
commence to operate from the fagship
and. to my joy, it was an order to pre-
pare for action. What we did is his
tory.
As soon as it was over I ordered
out my launch and sped away for the
flagship When / came up on deck the
commodore called out to me at once:
what news. captain? What casualties? ?"
And | toyfully answered.: Not a man
injured. commodore" He exclaimed:
The hand of God is in it," One after
another the comma nders came on boa rd
and we certainly had a love feast.
The Denver star., 1917-06-30
now We CAN HELP THE SOUTH

While we. a. colored citi
zens. must keenIy appreciate
the sorrows and sufferings of
our brethren of the South ::
while we must ever protest
by word and deed against the
industrial, civic and political
persecution meted out to them
we must remember that we Of
the North can best help our
brethren of the South by help
ing ourselves, by making
friends and helpers of our
white neiehbors here. AS we
marshal our strength here. as
we are decent. quiet. orderly
citizens here, as we buy homes
and property. succeed in busi
ness and grow strong in the
faith in ourselves; as we get
united power here that is re
spected, as we win influence
by our worth and work. in
that measure we will be help
ing ourselves and those of the
South We can thus not only re
quest but demand that our
representatives from here at
Washington stop the meas
ures aimed at the race and
the cruel prescription of the
South. We in the North can
and must be the lever to
pry off the lid Of persecution
from the burdened backs OF
the race in Dixie. We in the
North must continue to &C
commodate the hundreds of
thousands Of black folk that
are going to continue to come
from the Southern States un
I'll lynchings and burnings
stop and justice reigns su
preme. We must be strong
here to help those who are
weak there IN. Y. News.
The Denver star., 1917-06-30
cOL0REO Men AID WOMEN
IN THE NORTH.

The demand Of certain lab
or leaders that Negroes be
prohibited from coming north
is demand for serfdom. The
federation wants the Negro
to be treated much as the
Russian sert was treated, com
PEELED to stay on the land.
That is what the thing would
amount to.
The south probably would
welcome the legislation. 1t
finds that its economics rely
upon the Negro labor. If the
Negro is tempted north the
south suffers. or will suffer la
Dor shortage. knowledge of
this is bettering the Negroes
lot in places where it has
been unenviable and economy
seems to be working toward a
solution Of the question.
Conditions of employment
are none too good for the Ne
gro in the north now. There
are forces superior to legisla
tive acts at work. Chicago
Tribune.
The Denver star., 1917-06-30

Directed by our southern
democratic controlled govern
mcnt Jim crow" stalks about
everywhere in the army and
navy. these days. 40 we'll as in
the departments at Washing
ton, p. G..
The Denver star., 1917-06-30

government officials could not
be determined to-day. When
asked if he thought the gov
ernment would step in and
take a hand in the matter,M
Emmons said he d d, not
know, and has hardly given
the matter a thought. All
other branches of work con-
tinued as usual after the ma
chinists walked out.
In a formal statement Mr..
Emmons expressed himself
as follows:
1T is contrary to the policy
of the company to take any
action detrimental to the best
interests of its employees. but
it will tolerate no discrimina-
tion against any worthy indi-
vidual on account of national
ity or color.
The management believes
that every person should be
given an opportunity to i'm
prove his condition which the
young man in question is try
ing to do" IN. Y. Age