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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-25
FOR R E N T
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 REAL ESTATE AGENCY lOg PINE STREET PHONE o7l

IF l.. Seventeenth, three rooms. barn. gas, city water, on paved street, Thirtieth and Elm, two large lots,
 three room house, fine garden spot 1521 Beach, five rooms, strictly mod
 ern. large lot --------------$15 1000 E. Sixth, store and five living rooms, water. lights and gas; fine location for grocery and butcher shop xZO.UO Three room 7O9 Main, light and gas
 furnished has bath, close in, $15.00 1115 West Fifteenth, six-rooms. light, gas and bath 1412 ". Sixth, strictly modern. all im- proyements, nice neighborhood 119 East Seventeenth, three rooms.
 city water ----------$S.OO 1908 W. Third: rooms. lights, gas,
 bath; new house ----$15.eO l110 Laurel, 6 rooms. hall: mod 1901 w. 12th. 15 rooms --Z-----$S0.00
 F 0 R $ AZ E
 1918 Poplar St.. 8 rooms two-story residence; strictly modern: hardwood floors: large lot: one Esock Of car line: 1-2 cash. balance monthly if de- sired. Price 3s.c5o.0o.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
$s4,7ss.26,
 1,800.00
 86.626.28 32.7E9.08 s.7e5.2s

are above the a8e of twenty years and nine months. are eligible for places i'm the first training camp group. All such men who are willing to go, and thaE| will undoubtedly include practicallyl every junior and senior in the corpe are asked to sign their names to regis- tration blanks. More than 200 had signed last night They will be as- signed to their camps on the basis of the states In which they live. Cap tain Danford advises the men to 70 to the camps nearest home. This plan will have tho double ada vantage of having tho mon near their friends and relatives and of giving them better opportunity of obtains Ing commissions in the field artillery, the branch of che service in which Yale is best suited to render servicS to the United States reserve army. q
 Yale Is almost alone in the field ar. tfllery training of her students. Very few of tho colleges having the reserve officers organization have chosen the field artillery. Many have chosen the infantry and the cavalry, but so. few men will have had any training in training in field artillery that Yale men will find little competition for commissions in that branch of the service. pf
 Fourteen training camps. each hay. ing capacity. of 2.50O men, win be filed at the first call.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
Prayer for America.

sWe pray Thee, ;O, Lord, to Eguide the president and those to whom Thou hast committed the government of tho z United States. Grant them -spAeSaIa wis adom and understanding that they may fulfill Thy divine purposes. We thank Thee for the abundant blessings Thou has bestowed upon the people of the United States. We pray they may labor always to advance Thy kingdom on earth, that peace. happiness, truth and Justice may everywhere flourish and abound. We com fades in the common cause have come together. like sturdy Judas Macca baeus ana his feApW paA triots in the ahcidR a r to commit our decisiSn.- to. the Lord and to place ourselves in His hands before we pitch our camp and SO forth to battle. It were m unworthy cause that we could not commit to God with complete iconfidence. Today we have this This is not merely the beginning of new eTa but of Il new. epoch.
 REV. c. H. BRENT. Bishop of, the Philippines
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
Our Fighting Men.
(Ncwark News)


 Ladies and gentlemen, meet Tony Banasta. He walked into 8 Newark recruiting station the other day and announced that he was ready to- fight for Aznerica and what she Is fighting for. Being healthy specimen, he is now wearing khaki. We may read 1Ater of TonY's carrying the Stars and Stripes up ridge harder to take than vin,y. Perhaps if we traced him back we would find that Tony was descend- ed from the family of Julius Caesar. But never mind about his ancestry he IS an American now.
 Meet also some of Tony's compan- ions in arms who have just stepped to the front-Anthony Kolawfck, Peter NIalinoska, Stanley Palazewsky-real names of real men in real life, taken from the lists of the newest soldiers of the republic in the Newark re- cruiting places.
 We want you to know also Feliciano Spinclli. Max Levine, Michael Lobak. Louis Kamorca. Louis Cirino, Antonio sanseverini, Blazey Filla-what a fighting name-and Peter Hvasta, all of whom, and many more like them for these are characteristic enlist ments, not exceptions-have just of. fered themselves to fight the battles of America.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
YESTERDAY AND41tyB

Columpia, South .CarolfTs. saw the 6frit of Secession born and nurtured. \ was, also in on the death. There *sre men and women in that city still living who know what the wounds - the Civil War are, who know how hong it took to heal them. There are |naen there who worksd th utmost |fp bring about a divided nation. Tome of these very people helped to |5work up the enthusiasm that brought zbout the fight for Secession. Many
 them paraded the streets of Colum-
 in the early sixties just as the 1o1a and women of New Britain, par- Sed Thursday. Then the parades
 Sre against and not for the Stars and
 dues of America. Just as New Bri-
 S1 held it's Wake Up, America"
 Taxation, 50 Columbia, South Caro- SIa. Joined the patriotic cities of the ountry. Commenting on the parade Gn that city. the Columbia Record re- |marks:-
 .sWhat . great change has come |nver our dreams. A little more than Mfty-seven years ago there were a&riotice demonstrations i4 Columbia.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

and the declared intent of the people was to leave the union of the states and form Confederation of Southern states. Feeling ran high and men wore cockades expressing loyalty to
 the sovereign State, as opposed to na- tionalism. The women of the South wore the bonnie blue and were as en- Enthusiastically for States rights as were the men whom afterward they sent
 into battlt. and for whom they carried on the affairs of the home and the
 farm with courage and skill which
 permitted the South to stay in the
 war until overwhelmed by numbers.
 There is the picture of what hap
 pcned flfty-scven years ago. Drawing
 the contrast between the demonstra-
 tions of other days and what is hap
 pening now, the Record continues:-
 Columbia awoke to another sight on
 Thursday night when thousands of
 men, women and children paraded
 the streets of the State Capital, wav- ing in honor and adulation the flag of the country which now they love almost as devotedly as they did the old Soutli' It is Your flag and My flag was the spirit of the hour, and while the full impressiveness and awe of the nations moment of trial was borne in upon them, the people of Col umbia, where Secession was cradled. proved themselves to be true to the Stars and Stripes, and the manifesto tion of loyalty and patriotism will be followed. when the time may come, by acts of abnegation and sacrifice. even to the giving of our sons to the cause of the honor of our country and the freedom of the people of the world".
 Thus does the "Old South" pledge itself to the cause of the Union. The sentiment of Columbia is the. senti- mcnt of the entire South. There is not a village, town or city there that will not>send forth its men and boys to answer the call of the country. The women of the South will prove as loyal today as did the women of the South fifty odd years ago wiien their fathers, and brothers, and husbands, and sons. and sweethearts went forth to fight the flag they now hold to be the one and only hag. With such as this. with the "old South" joining hands with the North. and the East and the West, there need be no fear for the future of the nation. In the war of '9S the boys from the South rallied round the flag. They will do it again in 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
To the President.

We have fought you. MT. Wilson, Just
 as hard as e'er we could; We have lined our pens against you.
 and we've told you where we
 stood:
 We have criticised your actions, and
 we've tied a lot of hay For to strip you, and to grip you, as
 you've run along your way; We've opposed your reelection. and
 we've tested now and then On the subject of your doings and the
 products of your pen; But we want to tell you now, sir, in
 this moment full of dole, z We are with you-yes, we're with you! We are with you heart and soul And the past, sir, is forgotten. just as
 though 1t hadn't been Just as 'twere bit of writing on 2
 slate washed wholly clean; All the things we deprecated. all the
 things we didn't like, They have vanished from our vision
 like a pacifist on strike; All remembrance of your waiting
 and it's brother "watchfulness' Has gone tumbling to the discard in
 this moment of your stress; And we want to tell you now. sir, when you come to call the roll, You will find that we are with you yes. we're with you heart and soul!
 There's no Elephant or Donkey on the Yankee pike today, And the Bull Moose stops his pulling on the broad and starry way; All the animals of party in our over- varied zoo
 Are united, MT. Wilson, and are stand ing back of you; . From the sands of San Diego to the rocky cliffs of Maine, + From Atlantic to Pacific, out and back and back again: l So here's to you. Proxy Wilson, may God speed you to the goal! We are with you---yes, we're with you!
 We are with you heart and soul! | John Kendrick Bangs, 1 '83. in the Columbia Rambler.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
TRY ID BEAU7IFY
 fAIRy|EW CEMETERY
Monuments Must Be Erected in
 Uniform Manner

In order that there may be some degree of uniformity in the way mon- uments are set up in F'airview ceme- tery, a new ruling has been estab- iished whereby the superintendent will pass upon the manner in which stones and monuments are erected. Previously these testimonials wore set up in any manner that pleased the whims of the owners, the result being that some were on an angle, others faced to the north. east, south and west. Uniformity in this will result in enhancing the appearance of the cemetery, it is thought. Hereaf- ter the superintendent of the come try will handle all deeds for burial plots and will make his report to tho city clerk monthly.
 Larger Plot for U. g. w. V.
 The annual report of the cemetery has been prepared and an urgent re- quest has been received from the Span ish War Veterans asking that their burial plot be enlarged. Through Ad- jutant Eugene F. Barnes the mem bers Of A. G. Hammond Camp, U. s. w. V. have asked that . triangular plot of land adjacent to their present burial lots be deeded to them. Owing to the many deaths within their ranks, the burial plots. are now almost filled. The cemetery committee voted to give the veterans the land they ask. It was also voted to grade, drain and pre- pare for use the cemetery tract east of the railroad and the layout will be in charge of the superintendent, The section just west of the cemetery office Is now ready for use.
 A Financial Report.
 The financial report showed a sgrat- flying gain of $3,765.2s in the per. manent fund. the total of which is | $36,525.28. The complete report is herewith presented:
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

the safety boards. They will miss them. but it will be good miss.
 Many people have commented upon, and asked the question: Is 1t an abuse of the colorS not to take them in at sundown? The best authority here states that there Is no desecration in permitting the flag to fly all night. In the army and navy 1t is hoisted in the morning and lowered in tho evening. It always flies during action, night or day. as at the historical battle of Fort McHenry.
 Spring must be. here. The. first robin was sighted weeks ago and now comes the report that the crocuses are be- ginning to croak. Also, automobile fatalities have begun. A sure, if deadly, sign.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
CONSERVING FOOD sruFFs.

Secretary of Agriculture Houston by requesting Congress for extraordinary powers to deal with the food situation may tread on the toes of a great many men who are making money because of the present methods of smanipulation; but his efforts will be hailed with glee by those who have suffered from extortionate prices of foodstuffs. Current prices of food have gone outside the bounds of reason. Speculation and manipulation have done much to bring about the high cost of living as experenced today. The case of the man on the Chicago Board of Trade who cornered 72,OOO,- 900 eggs is too recent to be forgotten. Such deals as this warrant an exten- sive crusade against the gamblers who prey on the public appetite.
 National control of food supplies is the aim of Secretary Houston. Be- lieving that an ounce of preventative is better than . pound of cure he
 would set about the work of conserv-
 ing the nations foodstuffs now, and
 not after a crisis may set in. At
 present We have enough foodstuffs to
 feed not only this nation but every
 nation at war against Germany. Ex-
 travagance and its side issues have done and are doing 8 great deal toward
 cutting down this supply. To uphold
 the prices of certain foodstuffs far
 mers have curtailed their supplies for
 the markets. Buyers have put these commodities in storage and held then, there until the demand forced up the prices. Everybody has profited at the benefit of the ultimate consumer.
 These are the evils Secretary Houston would do away with.
 The first step toward such scheme as that proposed by the Secretary. of Agriculture would be a thorough survey of the food situation in this country. Experts would be ordered to go over the field and find out just how much of each staple there could
 be commandeered at moments no- | tice from the government. By card index system. the authorities would then be able to determine just where , certain amount of foodstuffs might
 be gotten, who held ownership. and how much the stock might be worth.
 The idea, of course. is not new one. The countries abroad have put it into effect long ago. Connecticut, too, has started on the same road. The Gov eernor has appointed committee of nine citizens to safeguard the food supply of this state! What these men ] find out will be of material advantage to Secretary Houston and his corps of Federal agents.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
WHICH?

There are now needed lDne 5O0.O0O een. or more. to i'll the ranks of the. nitef States Army and the National hard. Since war has been declared
 Germany these men must be forth 1ning. sooner or later. At present ls recruiting is slow. The boys are o4 stepping up to the recruiting of Des as fast ag they should. As a re- 5f the country will soon have a taste
 w IT :sonae form or other.
 m do the work
 ffng system has llod to do.
 "A good illustration of the failure srxolunteeripg in this war is fur 2ished by one of~the local companies 5k the National Guard. For some <|1lae past the officers of this organi- 4fion have let 1t be known that from hteen to twenty-five men are need dTto i'll the ranks of the company war strAngth. In the parade of huraday there was an automobile an Souncing this fact. Fully thirty ousand people saw that appeal. Thong this number there must have Yen at least twenty-five young men Enable of doing military duty. Yet " have failed to respond to the call It has not dawned upon the Ameri- n people, up to this time, that the fion is actually at war. They have iied to realize the seriousness of it n Outside of the flying of flags and Se presence of soldiers on bridges nd other places that need guarding Slo internal conditions of the coun- Eysare approximately the same as be- sre the declaration of war. America aaleep. It must be awakened. <3ow Is the time to do it, and those kxho can and must set it out of the Hate of slumber- are, the young men vho' have no family responsibilities. here Is an excuse for the old mar Fed men. There is no excuse for tbe Youngsters who are physASAliy fit The ountry calls It is either anet thing or se otlier,-volunteer or 'be drafted. hich? x
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21


 The campaign which has just ended in Japan marked an important pointg in tho struggle for . more republican, form of government in which the vicSs tory has bsen apparently won by the opponents of such reforms. Count Okuma. leader of the movement for representative government, although having a majority in the house. was replaced last year as premier by Count Terauchi, one of the most uncompro. missing opponents of the new school which threatened to revolutiohixe the form of government. Count Ter4. auchi's avowed political slogan is ~ "no-party form of government
 The family of Count Okuma re-i stunned a sharp attack on the Terauchl. ministry on the ground that 1t wa3s not representative of the controlling elements in the house. Tho house wA4. dissolved last January and new elec3i tions were ordered. Opponents of the Terauchi regime attacked the premierl for disolving the house.
 Yukio Oxaki, the progresiHe lead- CT, in particular took up the constitt- tional issue. declaring that the abrupt dissolution of the house in the fa6e of majority was against the spirit &f the constitution. He urged the peoJ9e to prevent repetition of such an occtf- renee, saying: The present cabinSt believes that the national policsSs should be handled by, small gro6p of officials, and Is not respecting t1s public" 3
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

The British army has arrived. Its artillery beats all creation.-Spring- field Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
Current Fiction.
(Portland Express. )

(POrtIand EXpreSS.
 If I wasn't over age and hadn't fallen arches, I'd enlist quicker'n scat.''
 "I am going to have a garden and raise all my own vegetables this sea- son.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

If butter goes to 7S cents . pound. as predicted, there will be another epidemic of oleomargerine,-eith that or butterless bread.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
Practical Peace Plans.
(Washington Star.l

(WashingtOn Star.) Aren't you for peace?" asked Mr. Rafferty.
 I am," replied Mir. Dolan. That's why I want to get in as soon as pos- sible and finish up the fighting"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
FACTS AND RANCHES.

It is about time that Wisconsin cate into the United states.-Meriden Journal
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

the girls can lnX IL Wltn a nairp
 Boston Transcript.
 And some of the more enthusiastic gardeners are even planning to ralse vegetables on the roof. We'll, we should say that tin is just as fertile as most of the backyards we have seen.-Boston Transcript.
 Spring poets will take notice that s.farm'' may be rhymed with "harm' but not with "warm," and that 'har- den'' is preferable to Arden" as a rhyme for garden All the words in spring poems should be sowed in lines or rows two inches apart.-New York Sun.
 Rudolph Blankenburg-may his tribe increase-former mayor of Phil adelphia. German born, calls his com patriots to arms without apology or reservation. With a few more such declarations, military fashions for the spring months will not longer be in dispute dn the United States.-New York World.
 The price of coal is raised because of the increase in wages paid to the miners, tNe pFlCe OA o8SS poCduSo oI' the higher cost Of feeding hens. On that principle, why should Philadel- .phiaL fans protest if, because of the higher salary paid>-to Grover Cleve- land Alexander, the price of admission to the baseball park is also raised ?- New York World.
 You can't fool the newspapers twice in the same place. They fell Tor" the story of naval battle off Cape Cod and screamed the news across seven columns of expensive white paper. But New Hampshire's yarn Thursday about night-prowling aeroplane was tucked into inconspicu- ous corners, under little headlines. got to get hit before the presa makes another loud noise.-Wa- terbury< y<Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
YALE SOLDIERS TO
 LEAVE ABOUT MAY l
Members of Reserve Onsc1ss Trainin, Corps to Go Into Camp, Major Danford Announces.

Danford Announces.
 New Haven, April 21.-By far the greater part of the Yale junior and senior classes, the majority of whom are enrolled in the reserve officers training corps, will probably leave this city during the week of May 1 :, according to an announcement made to the corps by Captain Robert N Danford, at meeting held in Wool- sey hall last night at the close of the daily drill on the campus.
 Captain Dansford announced that all juniors and seniors who are mem- bers of the feserve officers' training
 corps or in fact men of any class ths
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

A man has enemies in proportion t. his importance and influence in tn community in which he lives.-aa1 per's Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21

There's another good thing about enlisting women in the navy. If an accident happens to a. big ,16-inch gun in the dread hour of battle one of the girls can fix it with a hairpin.- Boston Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
sad Hours.
(DAtroit Eree pr1

Detroit Free Press.)
 This is terrible time for mothers" Isn't it? Their boys are either get ing married or enlisting in the army.S
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21
REFORMERS LOSE: IN
 JAPANESE ELECTION
Early Reports Indicate Victory
 for Present Administration

Tokio. April 21.-The indications are that the administration has won the elections. The result will be close and many outlying districts are still to be heard from.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21


 corner of Main and Church streets therj down.
 The able manner inj which the po- lice. under Chief Rawlings and Cap tain Grace, handled the traffic on Thursday afternoon reflects great credit on the department They ham died the situation in true metropolitan style There was never any jostlfng and the traffic squad and other details succeeded in holding the vast crowd in check at all times. The department showed its efficiency.
 The action of the New Britain and Kensington bands in donatin- their services for the parade was coI lnend- able. No less so was the action of the supernumerary policemen in doing their duty ohs Thursday without charge.
 Another excellent health measure is the ordinance, which again goes into effect on May 1, providing that all food stores shall be screened and all foocs displayed for sale must be prop erly protected from both flies and dust. Dealers should be careful about this inasmucl1 as the health board. through its agents, is to conduct a rigid camp&ign to enforce these ordin- ances. And they should be enforced for the welfare of the community.
 They're at 1t again! Evidently the dove of peace cannot long finger over the heads Of the board of public safe- ty. When the safety board is split Dy charter and the present commisslon- CTS cease to be members of the com mission. then how the citizens Will miss reading of the historical wrangles of HoNNrd, Edward and FrAnk. The readiri sspsSbgic has nslgf flSA Educated to look Ffor these .p1rIodicA strtfes In
New Britain herald., 1917-04-21


 
 Never before have so many Ameri- can flags been displayed in New Brit ain as are seen every day. While those displaying the flag are doing it with a spirit of patriotism, those sell- ing them, both retailers and whole salers, are oftimes permitting Q spirit of commercialism to enter. The price of flags is said to have doubled and even little flags, which formerly cost a dime now sell for twenty and twen- tv-five cents. In local factory the employees of ono department sent out to buy a large number of these small flags, selling for ten cents. The deal- CT said the price had jumped to fifteen cents and when the order was given he refused to sell them at less than twenty cents. Another dealer is said to have taken two flags which former ly cost less than a dollar each from the top of his building and sold them for more than twice that amount.
 What is considered by many as one of the cheapest displays of alleged patriotism is having little flag stick CTS stuck onto linen collars. This in itself is crude. but not so very bad. It is the action of several young men in sticking these flags on collars and then collecting five cents from their "v1c- tims''. And victims is the word. for the scheme is nothing but cheap hold-up game. It is said on good au- thority that this practice may be cr1m-