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The Little River news., 1917-01-06
GEN. ASSEMBLY
 MEETS MONDAY
Ihe F0rty-First Session Will Convene in Little Rock Monday! Great In- tcrest in Gov. BrOugh5s AdireSS.
 Much Work to Be Done.

Special to the News.
 Little Rock, Jan. 5.-The forty-first session of the General Assembly of Arkansas is upon us. It will convene at 12 o'clock noon here next Monday. In view of the large amount of i'm portant business to be considered, much regret is is expressed that the session is restricted to sixty days. While it cannot be denied that much time is wasted with local legislation, it is admitted that sixty days does not give sufficient time for the careful and de iberate consideration of necessary eg.Slation. In consequence, there was more of that character of legisla- tion which may be called half baked" in the recent session than ever before. And it will require the exercise of the greates. care to prevent a rcurrence of similar conditions this time.
 Legislative politics has the right of way this week. The members are be- tO dI1lNS,-lu ldCI llle guard came last week. The numerous aspirants for gavel honors are open ing up headquarters in the Capital and Marion, where they are receiving their friends and making and re-mak- ing their states. There is large number of candidates for all the offic- es as usual, and the applicants for clerical jobs are as numerous as ever. It is too early to make prognostica- tions about the Presidency and the Speakership, with any degree of cer- tainty. The indications are the field for President of the Senate will mar TOW down to about three, and for the Speakershp to less than half of the original ten. While Dr. Brough is not taking any hand in the organization, his influence is nevertheless being
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II CHILDREN WERE VICTIMS
SchGOlhOAse Near McAleSter. OkIa., Is Wrecked by storm; Others Hurt.

MuskCgee, Okla. Jan. 4.-Eleven bably fata ly hurt and eight seriously injured when a tornado wrecked the Vireton rural schoolhouse 13 miles northwest of McAlester, shortly be- fore noon today.
 The school building, Baptist h. dian mission quarter of a mile away and four farm houses were wrecked and half dozen ether farm houses the storm which swept narrow path for distance of six miles,
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Wm. Meridith of DeQueen was in the city Thursday. Mr. Meridith said that while he was at Broken Bow, We'd nesday night aerop'ane passed over that place travelling in a northwest erly direction. It flew low enough to show it's lights. and the propellers could be plainly heard.
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Married at Foreman.

Miss Bettie Taffee and Fred Can't both popular young people of Fore man were married at that place Thu rsday. They were here Thursday ev- ening enroute to various points in Ar kansas for a few days visit, after which time they will return to Fore man to make their home.
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W. I. Joyner, one of the proprietors of the Henry-Joyner Hardware came in this week from Richmond to be ac- lively associated in the busness We are glad to have MT. Joyner become a citizen of the town.
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Former Ashiown Teacher Weds.

Prof. Mack R. Phillips and Miss Bess Rodgers were married this week at Romania, Okla, according to a paper at Idabel. MT. Phillips is prin- cipal of the Idabel schools.
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INDICTED FOR
 ROBBERY, ,RAPEE; ];
Three White Men to Stand Trial on Serious Charges-BOWden 1ndict- ed For First Degree Murder.
 Other Civil Cases Tried.

Three white men, Willie Roberts,
 R. E. Edwards and Charley James,
 must stand trial on the serious charg- es of robbery and rape. The grand jury has returned indictments against these young men jointly in two charg- es each of rape and five each for rob bery. The men are in jail where they have been since their capture, which was made by Sheriff w. D. Waldrop almost immediately after the crimes of which they stand charged were committed early in November when twenty or more negroes were held up mile west of Ashdown and robbed as they were returning from the car nival. It is also alleged that two of the negro girls were brutally assault
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First Degree Murder.

The grand jury returned an indict- ment against Reese Bowden, chargin g
 him with first degree murder. Bow
 den is the Geaf-mute young man, who is alleged to have shot and killed Os- car Cooke on the streets of Foreman on Saturday, December the 2nd. The trouble is reported to have been caus-
 ed over Oscar Cook wife.
 Indicted for Grand Larceny.
 Frank Patton has been indicted for grand larceny Patton will be remcm- bored as the tramp who was found by Mrs. H. G. Sanderscn ransacking her home. She detained him until he ap> pcaled to her sympa hies by claiming that te was furnishing with hunger. The next day he was arrested at Tex IT JNTy
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Grand Jury Adjourned.

The grand jury adjourned Friday af- ternoon a o'clock. In thoir report they stated that tEey had found @ J J;o+
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Evening star., 1917-10-07

cents for the days work. / followed
them into the little church for the YES
per service, and. as I looked at the pa
tient, tired faces of these girls. I under
stood why it was that they could not
start for America until letters had come
bringing them tickets from the Galician
village to the city in the United States
where a brother or sister or friend is
already established. 1 understood, too,
why, when the tickets came, they would
start, without hesitating at the dan
gers they might meet on the journey or
the possibility that failure might await
them at the other end"
does. Miss Abbott has been able to hu-
solve the problems which confronted
them here and to adjust themselves to
a new life. She has studied and investi
gated the conditions under which the
little children of America labor, has at
tended them to the Juvenile courts,
helped them to solve the definition of
liberty and to understand why the land
did not literally flow with milk and
honey Good citizenship to her knows
neither creed nor nationality. It Is just
American.
In assuming the difficult task which
confronts her in the enforcement of
the federal child labor law she brings
a knowledge and experience in consti-
tutional and administrative law, in
which she was graduated from the law
school of the Chicago University. She
also has masters degree from that
university in social economics, and .
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COPPER MINES NEAR CAPT. AL

they are used the bases Of mining ventures
it is a matter of considerable interest to know
whether there Is any reasonable hope for the
ultimate return Of money invested from year to
year in more or less unsatisfactory attempts to
develop them.
There are three copper belts in Mary
land, which were of considerable inn
portance before the Lake Superior
mines were exploited. The first belt
extends from New London in Frederick
county northeastward to Union Bridge
The second extends from Sykesvilie
through Carroll county to and beyond
Finksburg. The third is in Bare Hills,
north of Baltimore. Copper ores are
widely distributed throughout Virginia
in the crystalline rocks OF the Pied
mont and Blue Ridge areas, though
there are few producing mines.
Some of the older copper mines in this
region are near Frederick. Among
these are the New London. Liberty,
Dolly Hyde and Union mines. which
once were extensively worked. The
Liberty mine. in the Linganore range
of hills. has been the most productive
of the Maryland copper mines and has
been operated for many years. The
report of the geological survey says:
The deposit lies in a narrow limestone band.
The body seen in the new workings Is COM
posed of white and pink marble. which in places
is broken. the spaces filed by bornite, glance
and less commonly by chalcopyrite. The ore II
easily mined and cheaply crushed and concen-
trated, as the gangue is either marble coarse-
1y crystallized calcite The upper surface Of the
with deposits of black oxide Of manganese upon
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~ OPPER mining, like gold mining.
II was once carried on extensively
in Maryland, at no great distance
from Washington, and was also car
ried on in Virginia. at a little greater
distance from the capital. The industry
was abandoned. or fell away to small
proportions. upon the discovery and
development of much richer bodies of
copper ore in the west.
The processes for the recovery of cop
per from the earth have been remark
ably improved and cheapened. and cop
per ores of so low a grade that they
once could not be operated excepting
at loss are now being worked with
large profit. The extent of the deposit
and the conditions under which the ore
may be taken out are factors of prime
Importance in determining how low
grade propositions may be made to
pay. 1t would be reckless to prophesy
that copper mining may ever again be-
come active and prosperous in the
region near Washington, but it is in
profitably operated here. that copper
ores are quite plentiful in this region
still, and that in Maryland and Vir-
ginia, not far from Washington, the
of copper excitement" just as they
have also had serious attacks of gold
fever"
One of the numerous authorities on
copper mining, in writing of deposit
of grade copper ore of large extent.
which has been made to pay by reason
of new mining extraction methods.
says:
Success has now crowned the venture-not
merely material or financial success, but success
of deeper significance. We have here the turn
ing point between the mining of the past and the
mining of the future. The bonanza type Of
mine, in which rich values are gotten from the
earth with little effort. are fast becoming obso-
lete. even In the undeveloped regions Of the
globe. The world must turn more and more to
low-grade for its essential metals.
Walter H. Weed of the United States
geological survey, in a late report on
the copper deposits of the Appalachian
states. says that copper ores occur and
copper mining has at some time been
carried on in many localities of the
mountainous region of eastern North
America; that the deposits are interest
ing scientifically and historically and
their availability as source of cop
per is frequently discussed. and that
at present, while there are few pro-
ducing mines, mining development is
going on at several places and the
openings AFFORD sufficient data for an
estimate Of the productive capacity Of
particular properties. In this report
Mr.. Weed wrote:
The deposits are not great producers. but as
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to be employed in establishments speci-
fed in the first provision for more than
eight hours in any day. or more than
six days in any week. or between pm.
and s am; third, no child under sixteen
to be employed at any tin in any mine
or quarry.
The Attorney General. the Secretary of
Commerce, and the. Secretary OF Labor
constitute board to make regulations
for carrying out, the provisions of this
act. The problem of enforcement is
complicated and inadequate: provisions
in many states have had tendency TO
frustrate the very purpose for which
child legislation has been willingly passed
In SIX states child labor laws have
been passed which do not call for the
appointment of an enforcing official.
the law. While some states recognize
the need of such enforcement to the
extent Of providing one official. with a
clerk. to administer the labor law, to
collect and publish manufacturing and
agricultural statistics and to perform
other varied and numerous duties
which render 1t impossible to do JUS
tice to the work, the result is that
neither the spirit nor the letter of the
law is fulfilled.
In South Carolina. for instance. the
sections Of the law setting forth the
qualifications of the commissioner of
labor are SO varied and complicated
that 1t would not only take a person
Of superhuman strength physically to
carry them out. but person of encyclo-
pedic learning condensed to the limit.
This officer must have a competent
knowledge of agriculture. manufacture
ing and general industries. commerce,
chemistry and publicity. He is also
charged with the work of looking to
the promotion of agriculture. manufac-
turing and other industries, cattle rais-
ing and all matters tending to indus
trial development of the state: with
the collection and publication OF In
formation in regard to localities, char
acter and accessibility. cost and modes
of utilization Of soils. and more specif-
caliy to the inducement- Of capital by
the dissemination OF information rela-
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are not usually prudes. And on the
following morning he spruced up as
much as possible. and started off to the
cafe. after making sure the lieutenant
was engrossed in a bulky company re-
port.
At the door he was accosted by the
rural postman.
"If you are going in. mon vieux, give
them these letters for me-"
Justin glanced at the addresses. 1t
would not hurt to know the name of the
.'poule.'' He looked again. No. he had
not read wrong! The letters We're ad-
dressed to Nine. Charles Grandjean, care
of Nine. Fournier. Cafe du Chat Noir.
Cressy, Ain.
Like a flash, Justin caught on. He re-
membered having heard that the lieu
tenant had been married but recently
during a leave of absence
The pretty "cantiniere" must be his
bride,
He had brought her in. disguise to the
army zone, where she sold groceries and
wine to the soldiers. passing herself off
as "paysanne." 1t was a very smart
trick. but very dangerous one, because
strictly forbidden by the regulations.
Justin, furious at being cheated OF his
revenge and of his love affair threw
down the letters on the bar and walked
out of the cafe for the second time with
out sampling his vintage. He was doubly
angry at the lieutenant, who talked so
sternly about discipline, while he himself
right did Grandjean have to a wife at
the front. when better men like Justin
had to do without. If the lieutenant
could speak to the colonel about Justin.
SO could Justin speak to the general
about the lieutenant. And in the heat
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ant as to himself. He also had other
plans for the evening, but it was neces-
sary to know as soon as possible just
what the men lacked, in order to supply
their needs before they returned to the
front line. and the lieutenant conscien-
tiously performed his duty before 60
ing to keep his appointment.
Justin. shamed before the entire com
pany, swoye he would get even. He
swore it in a loud voice, in order to
save his face. but with little intention
of fulfilling his threats. .-.
On the following evening Justin
strolled into a little cafe on side
street to get a glass of wine. There
was no one in the bar, so, hearing
voices in the back room, he pushed the
door open and entered. thinking to find
some congenial companions to help
him empty bottle.
'Bonsoir. Elessieurs. DANES" he sa-
luted as he swung the door open
"Excusez-moi, mon lieutenant" he
apologiZed as he hastily backed out and
swung the door closed. For in the in
ner room was Lieut.. Grandjean. and in
the lieutenants arms was. the prettiest
little "cantiniere" that Justin had ever
seen.
Justin. jubilant, retired to another
cafe. and thought the situation over.
the lieutenant. He would cut him out
with the "cantiniere." In matters of
the heart he would show himtha Jus
tin from Montmartre was not only his
equal. but his superior. He did not an
ticipate much difficulty. Cantinieres
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for Justin to congratulate him, but he
could not be found.
x x
On the following day Justin was ar
rested by the gendarmes in the streets
of Cressy. He could not give satis-
factory explanation of his presence
without leave in the rear. while his
company was at the front, and was
taken back to the trench and presented
as prisoner to his captain.
What, Justin a deserter?" exclaimed
the captain. only yesterday 1 was
looking for him to tell him 1 haye
recommended him for a war cross.
There must be some mistake Come, mon
enfant, explain"
Well. my captain, it was this way"
stammered Justin. L had to go to tell
the lieutenant's wife he was wounded.
Yes, his wife, he had brought her to
Cressy where she was disguised as a
cantiniere and sold wine to the SOL
diers. ] was angry at him and had
written to the general The poor thing
had received orders to leave and was
packing when / got there. / told her
to go to Lyon and enlist as nurse in
the American Hospital. There she will
be able to see him all the time.
II could not explain all this to the flies
that go to prison and lose my chances
for the cross, but do not care. I feel bet
ter than have for a week
The captain cross-questioned Justin and
got to the bottom OF his story.
A few days later the following cita-
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tive to the advantages of soil and cli-
mate, and the natural resources and in
dustrial opportunities offered in that
state. He must be an animated statisti-
cal bureau for collecting from farmers
and landowners of the state and listing
information as to lands, stating the
number of acres, location and the terms
upon which they may be bought. He
must keep a land registry. and in con-
nection Herewith, from time to time,
publication shall be made descriptive
Of such listed agricultural, mineral.
forest trucking lands and factory sites
as may be offered to the department for
sale or share. which publication shall
be in attractive form. setting forth the
county, township, number of acres.
names and addresses of owners-and
such other information as may be help
full in placing inquiring homeseekers
in communication with landowners.
Added to this officers duties Is the re-
sponsibility for the enforcement OF the
child labor law in something like 1000
manufacturing establishments. When
the exhaustive list Of duties has been
fulfilled it can readily be imagined
where the children will suffer.
The children's bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor has not only been far-
reaching in it's work for the woman
and child welfare of the present gem
Grafton. but has been farseeing in its
plans for resulting good to those who
will come later. The new child labor
division is the logical outcome of this
work. The young woman who has
been placed at the head of 1t is one
whose lfework has been spent along
the practical lines. knowledge of
which will go far toward making the
enforcement of the new federal law
This woman is Miss Grace Abbott of
Chicago. who brings to the work a
broad experience in industrial matters.
both in this country and abroad; ex-
ecutive ability of high order, and an
interested and compelling influence
over those with whom she comes in
contact. For a month or more before
the law went into effect she was at
work on the details of the administra-
tion Of the division. with stan of
temporary assistants, in order that
there might be no delay in enforcing
the law. The permanent assistants
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tion was read at roll call to every SOL
dier in the Nth Army:
Justin, Jean, soldier of the LIST For
eign Legion, saved his officer at the
risk of his life. and afterward behaved
in a way which upheld all the tradi-
tions for gallantry of the French army.
Awarded the war cross with palms.
Have you ever been caught in a mine
explosion? No? So much the better for
you, for. as 1 understand it, it is not an
experience to be desired.
A devil of a noise. loop the loop in
the air, and then a first-class burial
free of charge. For a second you see
stars, and then, perhaps forever, you
see nothing.
This is what happened to Fleury, Col
bert, Marquard and Corp. Jeannot one
August day. and it happened just in
time to cut short a lecture which the
corporal was reading the others for
having dared to eat their emergency
rations without his authorization
When the explosion came the cor
poral forgot all about canned beef and
biscuits, and gyrated around as help
lessiy and as undignifiedly as did Col
pert, who was raw recruit and the
clumsiest man in the regiment.
For while-was 1t an hour or a sec
ond-they thought themselves deAd and
did not trouble even to move Then
groan from Fleury, whose leg was
smashed; broke the silence, and the
three others, badly shaken but whole.
burst into profanity The corporal a
provident chap. flashed HIS pocket cleo
trio lamp about in an endeayor to dis
cover why they were not dead. The
pencil OF light strayed jerkily over the
walls and roof of their prison. a vaults
ed chamoer some six feet square and
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No Rest.

NHAIRMAN TILLMAN of the Senate
" committee on naval affairs said at
a banquet:
The allied nayies must adopt a more
aggressive policy. They thought it was
enough to be the stronger. pen up Ger
many. and do nothing-and while they
did nothing the submarine danger grew
and grew. Today the seas are prac-
tically dominated by q thousand or 20
German murderers in eighty or ninety
submarines.
TT wasn't enough to pen up the Ger
man navy and then rest. War IL like
marriage. and there is no rest in either.
"A beautiful girl married brilliantly.
A friend of hers found her one even-
ing at Dark Harbor prowling the cool
hotel verandas with anxious mien.
what are you up tor her friend
asked.
"T'm looking for q husband the
young bride answered. -
But. my dear. you've got hub-
rYes. she answered. with q wsn.
smile. Yes. that's the one I'm Iooking
for" 4 &
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curacy.
After several of the men had been
wounded by she'll fragments, and most
of the parapet had been blown away
by a giant 210. the captain ordered the
post to be abandoned.
go back to the trench. men,, ordered
the lieutenant, himself in no hurry to
leave a spot where he could gather such
interesting data about the enemy. The
men started back. but had not gone a
dozen PAGES when the entire gallery
collapsed under the impact of a second
big she'll. Two of the men remained
motionless. killed by flying fragments.
Three others limped away in sorry
plight.
Justin alone did not try to get away,
but crouched in an angle of the boyau
waiting until the shower of rock and
earth subsided. Then he stared in hor-
ror at the place where the observation
post, had been, but which was now a
chaos of upheaved dirt. increasingly
changing shape under the explosions
of the shells that continued to drop
there with inexorable precision.
There was no sign of Lieut.. Grand
loose dirt until he uncovered an arm,
and then the rest was easy. He took
him back to the trench and hovered
around until he heard the surgeon say:
lone leg is broken. and there are other
minor injuries. However, there is a
concussion of the brain which necessi-
tates trepanation. l will send him to
the hospital at Lyon, where that Ameri-
can DIR. Henry Michel, is doing such
wonderful cranial surgery"
A few minutes later the captain sent
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New Division Created to Enforce Child La

b. A from the University of Nebraska.
labor law went into effect Miss Abbott
court, when Judge Boyd rendered his
the law. This decision will be the We
hicle for bringing the question before
the Supreme Court of the United States
AS an aid to the childrens bureau in
the enforcement of the child labor law
the women's committee of the Council
of National Defense has just issued an
appeal to all women who wish to help
American youth in war time, urging
them to see that all children under
fourteen are enrolled in school and ask
ing them to forward to the committee
information about their own COM
munity
Observations of labor conditions in
Colorado sugar beet fields during the sea-
son of 1915 showed that boys and girls of
seven or eight years and upward worked
steadily at the task Of thinning the beet
plants throughout the day, bending over
the plants, their nimble fingers enabling
them to keep pace with the adults. This
work begins in the spring. The next
process is the hoeing, not so tiring as
thinning because the posture Of the
worker is more erect, and, being heav
Ter kind Of labor, it cannot be performed
by the very young children. But another
very Objectionable form Of the work in
the beet fields is pulling. which was also