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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
State Fuel Administrator Says Retail Price of
 Coal Soon Fixed.
MEETING OF BOARD
 ON NEXT TUESDAY
Any Retailer or Consumer Short of Coal Urged to Advise Ad. ministratOr at Boards
 Expense.

Little Rock, Nov. 17.-Bring. in news that the coal sup ply of Arkansas is in fair way to be provided, and that there shortly will be placed retail price upon this product for the benefit of the con sumer, H. G.. Couch of Pine Bluff, state fuel administrator, came to Lit tie Rock Saturday for the purpose of establishing state headquarters here.
 MT. Couch spent Friday in tho Dem ming field near Fort Smith, which gives to Arkansas its greatest supply of coal, and there found conditions most satisfactory. q was told" said MT. Couch, "that at Dodson's mine, which is one of the biggest there, full weeks work has been done for the first time in a year. There were D cars loaded there Friday night for Little Rock and connections, and Su- perintendent Moore of the Missouri Pacific assured me they would be sent to Little Rock by special train.
 "Mr. Moore informed me that there were 90 foreign cars on his division that could not be utilized for coal shipments, because of a ruling of the Car Service association that all foreign cars must be loaded only on routings toward home. immedi- ately wired National Fuel Adminis- trator Garfield to afford us relief by permission to use these cars tempOr arily."
 Headquarters to Be Here.
 Mv, N0,rah ', h~ ko suit with George Firmin, who is member of the state board, relative to a location for permanent state head quarters in Little Rock. It had been intended to have these querters at Pine Bluff, but after canvassing the situation it was decided that Little Rock would be the best location. These headquarters, when selected, will be occupied by MT. Couch and his staff next week.
 There will be a meeting of the state fuel administration board next Tues day or Wednesday, he said, at which a chairman for each of the 75 coun- ties in the state will be named. These chairmen will name their committees of three or five and report back to the state board. At this meeting the retailers, jobbers and traffic officials of the railroads will be invited, in order that the board may have the benefit of their suggestions. U. s. 10 Protect Public.
 "Any retailer or consumer in the state of Arkansas" said Mr. Couch, who is short of coal, is urged to ad- wise me of the fact at our expense. The government has announced that it will give 10 per cent of the output of any mine to the public in the case of an emergency, and therefore we are prepared to afford relief when asked.
 After the county chairmen have investigated and made their sugges- tions to the state fuel board, the en- tire question will be gone over,s and the state fuel administrator will then fix the price at which coal shall be sold at retail"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
CAMP PIKE MEASLES
 UNDER CONTROL.

: Little Rock, Nov. 7.-Col. Thorn burn, division surgeon at Camp Pike. today submitted the report stating that the medical department has the messles ., epidemic under control. Only 38 >new cases were admitted to the hospital Friday. which. Col. Thornbufy stated. was . decided te- ductiop over previous teporta. T to- tal of 571 cases Of rJeoolee weFe re- rolled al' Camp Ptke this svsnips
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18

Gunboat Smith has lost his mana ger, Jim Buckley. The genial James says he is through with managing scrappers and hencefOrth will devote his time to promoting bouts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
INJURED WHEN
 OLD HOUSE FAIsL8

Montreal, Nov 17.-Nine pera0ns are believed to have heen Killed toT3 night when an old h9peAs collapo41 Several were injured Sertouslys \ bodies Of man and nm q 1S An4>' been found in thG ruins. s s. <
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18

Bottle-washing. machinery and bot tie cases will be manufactured by the American Steel & Bottlers' Supply Manufacturing corporation, South Boston. Va, chartered with $75O, ,0O0 capital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18

Continued on page five,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
CAPITAL MEN NOT JAILED.

nAie Rock, Nov. 17.-Jesse M. M M. 0. Lynch. c. F. Carney, Err M OeVoe and H. 0. Storey, labor |t |sels convicted on charges of in sa as 2 riot, rioting or disturbing, the
 e; were not sentenced to serve 30 s an lail. Judge w. E. Woodruff yanced ss Saturday morning. despite
 " that such was his ruling late
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
TWO ARRESTED IN THE THEATRE
 BOMB AFFAIR

Chicago, Nov. 17.--With the arrest of two men one of them German named Mueller, employed as scene painter at the Auditorium theatre. federal authorities thought they were on the trail of the persons who con spired to create panic during the operatic performance last night by the explosion of a bomb. The analy- sis of the bomb, which revealed a number of buckshot together with powder, contradicted today those who were inclined to scoff at the serious ness of the plot. The fact that the bomb contained explosives to throw the whole audience into panic con ,vinced officials of both government and city that it's prescense in the Au- ditorium was conceived by desperate persons.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19

actual purchase price Of the partic-
ular goods sold, without regard to the
market or replacement value ct the
time of such sale.
Special rules and regulations govern
ing wholesale dealers in sugar:
Rule /. No Wholesale dealer in re
fined sugar who purchases such
sugar from the producer or refiner,
direct or through a broker, shall sell
such sugar at an advance over the
refiner's list-price at which he pur-
chased such sugar greater than the
normal margin charged by wholesale
dealers in refined sugar in the same
locality or such margin as may here
after be established by the Food Ad
ministration.
Rule g. 1t will be considered an
unreasonable practise If two or more
wholesale dealers handle the same
sugar at a greater total margin than
that prescribed by Rule l. No whole
sale dealer or other lieensee shall
sell refined sugar to a retailer or to
a person using such sugar in manu-.
featuring at a price representing an
advance over the producers or refin-
er's list-price On the day of such sale
greater than the advance allowed by
the preceding rule TO wholesale
dealer In the, locality where such
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
MONUMENT UNVEILED
TO DEPARTED ELKS
IN Aasociated Pfasal

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. S.-The
II o'clock toast Of the Elks lodge was
given here last night under ctreum'
stances said to be unique in the his.
tory Of the fraternity, when Los An
geles B. P. o. E. No. SO unveiled a
great monument to departed Elks at
its plot in Inglewood cemetery.
The Elks of the local lodge and
many visiting brethren gathered at the
plot a few minutes before II o'clock,
and when that hour arrived it was
heralded by the striking of a gong.
The monument was then unveiled with
the usual ceremonies, augmented by
the II O'Clock toast to absent brothers.
The new monument 10 a bronze elk,
standing on a huge rock, left in natu-
raj formation. which is IN turn sup
ported by a granite base 20 feet square
and feet high, the whole measuring
80 feet from the tip Of the elk's ant.
lers to the ground.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19

sale occurs.
Special rules and regulations gov.
erning licensees who deal in sugar
At retail:
Rule l. The Heensee shall sell
sugar at not more than a reasopaL.
advance over the actual pdrchass
price OF the particular goods sold,
without regard to the market or re.
placement value at the time of such
sale.
Special regulations governing
wholesale dealers in plantation,
washed, clarified and open-kettls
sugars:
Rule l. No licensee purchasing
plantation washed, clarified, or open.
kettle sugar from the producer there.
OF shall sell such sugar except to a
person engaged in the business OF
selling such sugar at retail, or Of us.
ing such sugar In manufactures, c.
for the purpose Of consumption.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19

England will reduce her wheat
consumption during the coming year
to less than half the normal figures
before the war
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
Economy FOOD

Apples. $50 per box, Come and
get them. Geo. A. Belayeff, 926 Ma
unakea street Phone 3722.-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19

Glue McInerny Merchandise Xmas Order
prefer let friend gift abo
satisfaction his Mclnsny
obtained covering amount You simply
disc kind covering the
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07

Doctor Severence quickly and careful
ly and with wonderful skill, consider
ing his long withdrawal from practice,
examined.
"What is it?" asked the colonel as
the vice president looked up presently.
"My daughter is engaged to be married
to him'-and he was rewarded by the
thrill and quiver that shot through his
daughters being which he felt as he
pressed her to his side-''we can't let
him die nOW."
Hes in Gods hands," answered
Severence gravely. "He's been terribly
pounded everywhere. His breastbone
is shattered, some Of his ribs are brok-
en-. don't know"
"That awful cut on his forehead?'
"That's nothing"
"And the other bruisesY
"They count but little, but the blow
on the chest''-he shook his gray head
sadly, ominously.
"Do you think anything has pene-
trated his lungs?" asked Helen Hing
WOILL, DIS SuS pO1AICO W ACA AONCA .
lips, to little bloody froth that came
therefrOm.
The old man NODDED. ts
Perhaps" he said.
ooh, he can't die, he can't, he can't -
walled the woman, sinking down on her
knees by the bed.
"Not If any power on earth can keep
him from it, my dear child" said the
colonel tenderly, bending over her.
"Send me the porter of the car"
said Severance, "and take Miss Hing
worth away. I want to get him I'M
dressed and"
"You will call me back the minute
I can come"
"Certainly, my dear girl" said the
vice president, who had known the
young woman from childhood.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07

ions, of the desperate assault on the
hog-back, of the success that had met
their efforts to open the imprOvised
spillway, and then the final disaster.
The recital lost nothing in his graphic
relation.
ut was fine, it was magnificent"
said the colonel, patting his daughters
shoulder. "Where are the two who
went with him?"
They're outside there" said Win
ters.
The old colonel went to the door of
the car and called the two men into the
car.
'In the bank down in Coronado
there's a thousand dollars of mine for
each of you," he said promptly.
'We didn't do it for money, sor,"
said the big Irishman, although twill
be welcome enough, but how is Mr..
Roberts?"
''You mean that man who blew up
the hog-back?"
Isl, signore, a greata man he ees,"
SCllO I11C 11LLlC 1Ld11due
II wish could say he was all right,
but there's a doctor with him and we
have sent for the best physician in
town. He's horribly hurt"
"But plaise God, he may pull through,
sor. The Holy Virgin an the Saints
presarve him." said the Irishman, max
ing the sign Of the cross.
And in his own language little Fun
aro breathed a similar prayer and with
his grimy, toil-stained hand he made
the same gesture.
Murphy" shouted a voice from the
pines on the side Of the hill between
the car and the mesa.
"That1l be Mr.. Vandeventer, the
resident engineer" said Murphy.
Colonel Illingworth turned to the
door again.
where's Roberts?" cried Vandeven-
ter, stumbling down the hill. He was
haggard and worn and weary to the
point of exhaustion, but as soon as he
had been assured of the safety of the
dam-and before he left the water was
visibly receding-he had started out to
seek the engineer whom he had, in his
mind in the excitement of the moment,
accused of desertian.
Hes here in my car, sir" said Colo
mel Illingworth.
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07

~But the Internatlon,.l bridge and its
failure?"
Unbeknown to the two the colonel
had stood in the doorway.
1--WE know the truth now, my Doy,"
said the old man, coming into the room,
"It was your fathers fault, not yours"
It was characteristic of Meade's tenn
per and temperament that his white
lips closed in a straight line at this.
"Where's Shurtliff?" he asked, after
a silent communing with himself.
The old man had come in and out Of
the room like ghost during his slow
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07

crushed chest. Winters and Rodney
were both men of action, accustomed
to quick thinking and prompt decision
In emergencies; while Helen Hing
worth could only stand with clenched
hands staring in mental anguish that
paralleled the physical suffering Of
the man she loved, the engineer and
the rancher Immediately made prep
arations to get the wounded man to the
car.
Murphy wore in his belt short
woodman's ak. With it they cut down
two young saplings, trimmed them an d
thrusting them through the sleeves Of
their raincoats they made fairly prac-
ncable litter. Using the utmost care,
they laid the unconscious man upon it
and Winters and Murphy, the twU big
gest naen took the handles at either
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07
CHAPTER XXI.
At Last to the Stars.

At Last to the Stars.
All the men except Curtiss and Win
ters had discreetly withdrawn from
the car and had gone over to the mesa
to look at the lake and the outlet. In
deed the water was roaring down be-
meath the steel arch bridge, filling for
the first time in generations the chan
mel Of the Kicking Horse. Fortunate
ly it could flow that way without dan
ger to the town or the viaduct below.
The colonel led his daughter to a
chair and then turned to Winters.
"You were there" he began. "Tell
me about it."
Graphically the big cattle rancher
told the story Of Meade's mad rush
over the rocks with his two compan-
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07
CHAPTER XXI.
The Testimony of the Dead.
Is

The Testimony Of the Dead.
!. Just as Helen nlingworth and Win
ters reached the lower level at the foot
Of the mesa, they were joined by Rod
ney.
"What has happened?" c-:ed the en-
gineer.
Winters answered as the three hur-
ried along without stopping:
MEADE blew up the hogback."
"Was that he?"
EYES,"
81 thought there was something fa-
miliar about him, but did not dare"
81 recognized him instantly" said
Helen Illingworth.
"That atones for the International" !"
continued Rodney.
"What does?" asked his friend.
"The dam is safe; the water has
stopped rising. believe it's beginning
to fall little. I saw someone jump
up on the palisade and wave his hand,
and then I saw them all gather. around,
evidently cheering"
'T should think the water would be
lowered" said Winters; "it's pouring
out of hole in the hogback as big
as a church."
''It was fine thing in Meade. Let's
hurry and tell him so," answered Rod
ney.
'Tm afraid it's too late," said Win
ters.
ooh, don't say that" cried the girl.
'Why, what's happened?"
'aThe second blast was slow in going
off, said Winters; ''he went back to
look at it, and got knocked over. 1t
looked pretty bad from the top of the
mesa"
Rodney would not have been human
: If he had not felt leap in his breast
at the possibility, but he was too loyal
q friend and too genuinely fond OF
Meade for more than a passing emo
ton, for which he was more than a
little ashamed.
''Let US press on," he urged.
In a few moments they stopped by
the three men. Meade was still un-
conscious. The big Irishman sat on
the grass with the engineers head on
his knee. The deft-fngered little Ital-
: ian was trying to wash the blood away
from the unconscious mans forehead
with sodden, ragged piece of cloth.
Meade was unconscious, he was breath
ing heavily. There was catch in his
respiration. His breath came at irreg-
ular intervals and was labored as if
painful.
A huge rock had struck him in the
breast. The two men had torn open
his shirt and undershirt. The engi-
neer's chest was bruised and bloody.
Evidently bones had been broken, and
probably serious internal injuries had
resulted. Every breath was an appar-
ent agony, and that the exquisite pain
did not arouse him to consciousness
was evidence Of Sze terrible nature Of
the injury. A smaller, sharper rock
had cut him across the forehead and
cheek, just missing his right eye, and
they found out afterward that he had
been struck by several other pieces
dislodged by the explosion, and that
his body was covered with bruises.
But there was nothing, not even in
the cut on the forehead, to cause any
great alarm had it not been for the
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07

~ Saw You," Helen Whispered.
recovery. Colonel Illingworth turne
away and summoned the secretar.
Rodney and Winters came, too.
"Shurtliff," said Meade family Dn
firmly, "tell them again who is re-
sponsible for the failure of the inter-
national"
Forgive me, Mr.. Meade" said Shurt-
lift, "but it was your brave old fathers
fault"
"You see," said the colonel.
"We knew it all the time," said Rod
ney.
"But Mr.. Shurtliff bravely gave US
the final proof" said Winters.
"Those papers?" said Meade.
Shurtliff nodded.
"And your fathers own letter that
he wrote the papers before his heart
broke" said Rodney; I'll read it to
you presently"
"Why did you do it, Shurtliff?"
''To right a great wrong, sir. I saw
that we were mistaken to try to spare
the dead at the expense Of the living,
to wreck your life and the future, and
the happiness of Miss Illingworth. God
bless her for her kindness to a lonely
old man. And so when you were
brought here dead I told them the
truth and gave them the papers,"
Gentlemen" said Meade, making s
last try, "it is useless to deny IT now
but for the sake Of my fathers fame
you won't let anyone known
"Old man." said Rodney, sit was on
the wires an hour afterward and the
whole United States knows it now,
Your father made the mistake; his
letter admitted it bravely. The world
honors him, it honors you."
Rodney" said Meade, II wish yoL
hadn't done it."
"It was for Miss Tlingworth's happl-
ness and yours that did it," said Rod
ney. "And how much that cost me-,
he added, the confession being wrung
from him, mo one can ever know"
He turned and left the room. Winters
followed him full Of sympathy and
comprehension.
'Let me go out alone, old man."
said Rodney. "I'll be back presently.
This is the last fight I've got to make"
Winters watched him from the steps
of the car as he disappeared in the
pine trees EN- route to the mesa to fight
it out under the open sky alone. The
others left the room also, last of all
Shurtliff.
'You forgive me, Meade. I've been
through hell ITSELF" said the old man,
in these last six months"
Freely" said Meade.
And Shurtliff went away with q
lighter heart than he had borne for
many long day.
The two lovers were alone again.
"You see," said Helen, there's moth
ing can keep us apart nOw."
Nothing, thank God," whispered the
man.
"But I am sorry that it all came out
this way. I'm sorry not only because
of your suffering, but for other reasons
Rodney for one. He-it's too bad
IL was AOL ACSCoSdlJ 1OA JOO W SCI
yourself almost killed to win me,
mean, for wherever and whenever ]
found you was resolved to marry you,
willy-nilly."
Sand is it true that poor old Rod
had grown to care?" he asked, putting
by the academic discussion.
The woman nodded.
"Im very sorry. can't help it. We
were always together, talking about
you" she said.
"And he couldn't help it, either" said
Meade. Somehow I believe he was
the better man for you to have taken"
But he looked at her wistfully and
anxiously as he spoke.
II won't argue with yOu," said the
girl, bending close to him. I'll only
say that 1 know have the best man
in all the world, but if he were the
worst, would rejoice to have him just
the same"
The Benson signal., 1917-07-07
(THE END.)
AttainmentR.
the same.

"How's your boy Josh getting on Ut
school?"
"I Dunno" replied Farmer Corntossh.
"But if he is really as smart as his
conversation sounds, he's maxim some
O. those professors hustle to keep up
with him."
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-23
ASSESS RAILROAD LOT
At Fourth ST. WHARF

Following a conference Yesterday OF
Levy Court Commissioners Burns and
Purks with representatives Of the
Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washing
ton Railroad Company, an assessment
OF 100000. or $50 a front foot, was
agreed upon as the valuation OF the
company's land az the foot of East
Fourth street. tract used as a public
park. The property has a wharf 'front.'
age of POS feet on the Christiana.
The tract wGs not assessed last
year for the reason that the company
leased IL to the city for the nominal
rental OF 81 a year, this sum being
agreed upon because the city per-
mitted the free use of its streets TO
the railroad company for the purpose
OF conveying water from Beaufort
Lake, near Newark, to the company S
reservoir at Riverview.
An assessment valuation of S11 600
was placed on the tract by the as
SCISSOR Of that district this year. on the
understanding that the Wilmington
Steamboat Company had offered $50,
900 for the property and that the Of
fer had been rejected.
Members of the Levy Court are nov
working on the assessments OF proper
ty in Brandywine hundred and New
Castle hundred adjoining the Edge
Moor Iron Company and the LObdel
/ Car Wheel Company on the assump
/ ton that the land in the vicinity o
these plants is as valuable for build
! ing purposes as that owned by th'
companies.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-23
Rv The limited Press.

By The United Press.
PARIS. March (By Mail) IA vast
army of German agents engaged IN
surveillance of Spanish ports ana
shipping" is condemned by the Span
ish press and demands made on the
government to take steps 10 get the
spies out of the country In papers ar
irving here today. German bomb plots
and intrigue In America are pointed
to as examples OF what the Spanish
government is confronted with.
Since SPANS refusal to openly
break with Germany as protest
against the submarine blockade, the
Spanish press. except the Germano-
phile organs. IS open in its criticism.
The Directing papers carry lengthy
and detailed revelations of the meth
DDS OF German agents working In con-
junction with the submarines. El LID
eral the great newspaper OF Madrid
leads in openly declaring that no snip
now leaves a Spanish port before It's
description, cargo, sea route, speed
armament against submarines, make
nm of its crew and its destination Is
known 10 the submarines lying In wall
off the Spanish coast.
This information Is transmitted tC
the submarines by signals or by wire
less and Il is so accurate that Ger
man agent can say 10 ship captain
"your vessel will be sunk at such an'
such a time" And these predictions