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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
LITTLE ROCK SETS z STANDARD FOR ALI

Little Rock, Dec. 13.-After having !aaoe an extended inspection of the y1t:lIrn1tory y:Iny surrounding Camp Pike and nlttle Rock, Col. William c. Fucker, assistant as:s surgeon general of the .h uhted States public health service, "no mas been inspecting cantonment pn tCnes under direction of Surg. Gen. Ma rupert Blue, said Wednesday that he mas at liberty to say that this com t;nlty an.;ny has set the standard for the enqre country. Lieut.. Col. c. c. Pierce, who has ;ta.: Sssa m charge of the government. san oaaa ..a.lon work in this cantonment zone, teeu.ompanled teu Colonel Fucker on his tour of inspection.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
Federal Men Give Out No Statement but Optimism
 Prevails in the City.
COAT. MINES ARE
 NOW OPERATING
coal Shortage Averted by Resump- tion of Power PIant-ShutdOwn Caused Loss of Only
 l,500 Tons.

Fort Smith, Dec. 13.-Federal Me diators Heating and Crawford arc here conferring with employers and employees of the various labor crafts in arf endeavor to settle the differ ences which resulted in the general strike called here Saturday to enforc } demands of the 65 striking. telephone operators against the Southwestern Bell Telephone company, and while no announcements have been made today, feeling of optimism was prevalent, Except by the crafts which had al- ready resumed operations, there was no actual change in the situation to- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
Mines Operate.

Fort Smith, Dec. 13.-The return to work at the request of federal me diators of about dozen union men at the power plant allowed the resump- ton of operations of several coal mines in this vicinity today. It was stated that the actual loss in coal production daily since Monday has been about 1,500 tons. Had the power plant been suspended contin- uously, 400 tons per day would have been shut off. Of about HOO union men and women in this city approxi imately 900 were out: '
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

Palestine were by no means move ments of conquest The British had to defend the position in Egypt and often the. best defense was to attack as had been shown in this case. He was unable to give information of the future operations around Saloniki, but it was absolutely certain that but for the British forces at Salouiki the .Germans would have been in possess sion of Greece and the Balkan benin sula.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
HOLD HELMSMAN 0t IMO AS SPY SUSPECT
John Johnson im Hands of Authorities al Halifax for In-
 Ncstigation.

Halifax, Dec 13-.John John son. hclmSman on the Nor relief ship, whose collision with the steamer Mont Blanc led to the disaster here. was detained aS German spy suspect today. He was turned over to the mili- tary authorities by officials of the Massachusetts Relief Hos pital, where he has been under treatment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
MEMS BIBLE CLASS.

The mems Bible class held it's reg u,ar weekly meeting last night at the V M. c. A., and despite the cold weather the meeting was well at- tended. Judge w. R Sorrells pre- sided.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14
NOTICE TO SCHOOL. PATRONS.

All schools will be opened today. and regular thereafter.
 E. A. HOWELL, President;
 H. B. STRANGE. Secretary; School Board of Pine Bluff District.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

a,ard nord Nrthcliffe says Wilson's ad hnUs n1Ss was "bracing breeze" Any -oW' 1t wasn't hot air.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

We presume that ..an oyster is pacifist" because it is hard to open up. Ax M
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

This weather has seen the slaught- CT of the rOosters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

Look as if we did more speeding up of Germany than ourselyes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-12-14

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
NEW HOPE ITEMS

j. W. Wray has been baling hay
for j. T. johnson this week and part
Of last week. J. 7. is shipping it
out. = R. R. Dollins has just fin
ished a fine sled for James Wisdom.
One man said he would give $40 for
it. - James Wisdom sold Is hogs to
Hayes of Centralia at $50 per hun
dred. - Mrs Bernard Sellars is the
guest of homefolks, Harvey Stewart
and wife, for a few days. = Misses
ARA and Grace Dollins, of Mexico,
visited homefolks, 7. K. Dollins, and
Grandpa" Chick Saturday and Sum-
day. - Mrs. Fouts was the guest Of
W. T. Chick and family Saturday
night and Sunday night. = Mrs.
Fouts and W. T. Chick and wife and
Miss Effie Chick spent Sunday with
T. X. Dollins and family and "Grand-
pa" Chick. = Bingle Woolery and
wife were guests of C. D. Wilson and
wife Saturday night and Sunday
The writer was sorry to hear Of the
death of my old friend, Bro. R. R.
Arnold. l extend sympathy to the
bereaved family and friends. = Mrs.
R. B. Hooton, of Mexico, is the guest
of James Wisdom and wife for a few
days this week. - Lots of grippe, but
nothing serious.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
SHANNON's PROPOSED BILL

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. %.
= A bill to increase the salary Of the
Pure Food and Drug Commissioner,
now F. H. Fricke, of st. Louis, from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year, and give him
three additional employees at $1,000 a
year, has been introduced by Repre-
sentative Shannon, of Audrain.
This bill creates the office of
weights and measures, the duties of
it to be assumed by the Pure Food
Commissioner for the $1,000 addi-
tional salary.
Two years ago Shannon introduced
a bill to raise the salary of Fricke, but
it was defeated on engrossment. Shan
mons weights and measure bill would
accomplish the same result.
This measure would increase the
operating cost of the Pure Food Com
m~issioner's office more than $4,000
annually, of which amount $500
would be for salaries alone. The
commissioner now appoints six dep
uties. Under the Shannon bill he
would appoint nine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
Mem. NOTES
(By Laurence DeMuth.)

The second semester opens at Nc
MILAN Tuesday morning. The subject
of economies will take the place of the
sociology course.
The new student government Off
GERS will take charge of their respec-
tive positions Tuesday morning.
President B. Davis will have suffi-
GENTLY recovered from the chicken
pox to be able to take charge of ap-
pointing the new sergeants. Mr..
Davis stated Saturday that he had not
decided upon a head sergeant as yet.
The reign of our present president,
Kenneth Davis, has been a successful
one for Mcmillan,
Miss India johnson, whose term as
Chief Justice expires Tuesday, has
been very capable in her position.
The fact that woman suffrage was
defeated in Mcmillan has given some
of the girls a stiff upper lip, but it is
expected that smiles will prevail
when the new administration has once
got under way and the singing defeat
has worn off and grown old.
The other newly elected officers
who will take their places with Mr..
Davis are: Paul Leake, vice-presi-
dent; Anna Wallace, secretary; Leo
Shire and Hazel Johnson, senior coun-
ell; holland Fry and Priscilla Same
beck, Junior council members; Rich
ard Mckinney and Gladys Kistler,
Sophomore members; Harold Rixey
and Ruth Bybee from the Freshman
class.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
2 TRAIN LOADS OF spUDs

Two trains of refrigerator cars,
loaded with potatoes from Oregon and
Washington, passed through Mexico
Sunday. They we're consigned to
Chicago.
Although the now invaluable tubers
were snugly packed in refrigerator
cars, a stove pipe peeped from the
door of each car. For the shippers
were taking no chances with their
priceless cargo and in each car a brisk
fire was kept up to prevent the pota-
toes freezing.
There were twenty three ears of
potatoes in the first train and about
the same number in the second, which
followed the first.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
GETTING SNAKE EGG EATER

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Jan. %. - An
inquiry recently received by the
poultry department Of the University
Of Missouri stated that the writer
had found a snake swallowing an egg
in the hen house and had killed 9TH
ers near, but that eggs continue to
disappear both at night and in the
daytime. And asked how to poison
eggs SO as to kill the snakes.
Prof. H. L. Kempster replied: an
sert a few grains of arsenic through
a small hole in the large end of each
egg or get your druggist to do it for
you. Be very careful that each egg
is SO marked that it can not possibly
be gathered up by mistake and sold
or used on the table.
"It must be placed where the snakes
can reach it readily, but where the
egg eating hen cannot touch it, even
by poking her head through a small
opening and reaching as far as she
can"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
BOOZE FOE TO BUSINESS.

]. Harry Tregoe's special duties
place him at the very foundation of
the Nations business.
whisky and lying are the greatest
evils of the day." Mr.. Tregoe said at
the Hotel Muelebach, says the Kan
sas City Star. "In the last analysis,
of course, it is whisky that does the
most harm, because booze makes Ii
ars. Business men recognize the
harm of drinking. Drinks are rare
now in the luncheon clubs of New
York. / know bankers and big men
in the business world who like to
drink who never have even a cocktail
with their luncheons. They have
learned there must be clear vision
for success in business"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
WHERE IS THIS $500,

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. %. = In the
safe Of some Omaha hotel reposes
$500 which may never be claimed. 1t
was left there by Dan Carey, steam
shovel engineer and mystery pa
tient" at st Johns Hospital, who was
identified by ]. E. Fleming as an old
friend.
And if 1t is not claimed It will be
for two simple reasons. One is that
Carey lost his memory and with it
his power of speech, And the other
reason is that Fleming, the only other
man in Omaha TO whom Carey men,
toned the incident, does not remem-
Der the name of the hotel.
Carey has no relatives in Omaha,
although he has lived here for the last
three years. He has a brother in
Kentucky, and so far as Fleming
knows this is Carey's only relative.
Carey has followed steam shovel
work for sometime and he recently
came in from a job with all his earn
ings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
ASLEEP ON GOOD ROADS"

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 10.
= Missouri has just two choices in
the road matter - continue under
the present system and surrender the
|2k million dollars the Federal Gov
eminent has a%pportioned to this State
or establish a State system of roads
and put up the money to build them.
l, for one, don't believe Missouri will
be the one and only State in this I'm
ion to say to the Federal Government
Keep your 2h millions you've Of
fered us. We don't care enough about
roads to supply the funds necessary
to accept your Offer"
In that statement to a Legislative
conference over the road bills last
night Representative Harry B.
Hawees epitomized the road ques-
ton as it is checked up to the present
Legislature. If the Legislature fails
to accept the offer of the Federal
Government and pledge the State to
comply with the terms upon which the
government money is offered, Missou-
ri will lose its five years. share for
all time.
The 2h million will simply be dis
tributed among the other states.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
HARRISON ITEMS

W. A. Afflick bought of F. H.
Pool a pen of snapped corn to be de-
livered the first part of May at 81
per bushel. - Col. j. A. Shuck is
skipping around only touching the
high places, because there is a
new eight pound boy at his
home, since January nineteenth. -
Frank Yedlek has finished delivering
about 1000 bushels of shucked corn to
Crump & Humphrey Of Centralia at
93hc a bushel. y James p. Ridge
way has several teams helping him
haul shucked corn to the Centralia
mill on Jan. 10th = Quite a number
of our farmers attended the Trussell
sale. H. D. Lloyd brought home a
fine $50 Jersey cow. = Weaver
POOLS family have all been IN the
sick list, but are now getting better.
- T. H. Marsh says he has a very
bad cold, caused by washing his feet
in the wrong time Of the moon. -
Homer Wigham has bought half inter
est in the W. P. Vance farm of 7. j.
Daniel, and will move to the farm in
the spring. - E. D. Toltz spent Fri
day and Saturday in Sturgeon. -
Mrs. John Vance is visiting Mrs. T.
Marck. - Gertie Lewis, of Halls
vile, gave a pleasant visit on Monday
to the school.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
ARMY OFFICER INsPECTs
MO. MILITARY ACADEMY
Major Charles w. Castle Much I'm.
pressed with Conditions of Mill
tary School Here.
MAY GET GOVERNMENT AID.
Officer Came as Result of Request Of
Colonel E. Y. Burton for Govern
nent Aid for School.

Major Charles W. Castle, of the
United States Army, made an in
spection Of the Missouri Military
Academy Thursday as the result of a
request made by Colonel E. Y. Burton
for Government aid for the school.
Major Castle came from Columbia,
Mo-, in response to an order issued by
Major General Barry, of the United
States Army, to investigate the
Academy and see whether or not it
was entitled to the Government aid
provided for by the Act Of Congress
passed June 3, 1916.
To obtain this Government aid
a Military Academy must have en-
rolled at least 100 boys over the age
of fourteen years. This is the first
year in the history of the Academy
when they have been able to meet this
requirement. At the inspection
Thursday there were 1870 boys over
fourteen years of age.
Under the provision of section Sc
of the act of Congress approved
June 3, 1916, the Missouri Military
Academy will be entitled to the fol-
lowing aid from the War Depart
ment:
For each student undergoing mill
tary training: l rifle (complete), 1
gun sling, l cartridge belt, 1 bayonet
scabbard, l haversack, 1 canteen, l
cup, 1 knife, 1 fork, 1 spoon, ! meat
can, 1 shelter half, 1 shelter tent
pole, 5 shelter tent pins.
For each three hundred sets of
fraction thereof of equipment issued
the issue of 1 ordinance property
stencil, cut with initial Of the insti-
tuition, and n number stencil for
stenciling numbers " inch high, is
authorized.
The cavalry saber and scabbard Of
old design and the non-commissioned
officers sword and scabbard with
necessary attachments may be issued
for the use Of student officers and
non-commissioned officers.
For every Is students participat-
ing in gallery practice one gallery
practice rifle, caliber %, and nee
essories, may be issued.
For every Is students participating
in range practice, one United States
Rifle, caliber 80, model 1908, COM
plete with gun sling, may be issued
in Ease the student body is not
equipped with this model.
Major Castle made a very flatter-
ing report to Col. Burton about the
military work in the Academy and
recommended that they ought, by all
means, to ask for a unit of "The Of
ficer's Training Corps" This will
be up to the student body but how
ver they intend to put in the Junior
training corps. AS all Army officers
do not say much about their inspec-
%tions,it could be told by the expression
of Major Castles face that he was
much pleased. The Academy hopes to
get new material as soon as the War
Department is able to issue it to them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
ARREST 2 DIVINE HEALERs."

Los ANGELES, Jan. %. "King'
Francis Schlatter and "Prince" Au-
gust Schrader, ~potentates of a cult of
divine healers, were arrested and TAX
en- to Los Angeles recently in the
custody of a United States deputy
marshal The men were ordered re-
moved to this jurisdiction by a Unit
ed States commissioner.
They are under indictment, charg-
ing a misuse of the mails in the sale
of blessed handkerchiefs.
Fearing that a delegation of wom-
en-, many of whom have been de-
frauded by the pair, would cause a
scene at the station, the exact time
of arrival was kept secret.
The men were arrested by a post
office inspector, who amassed evil
dence to show that the men preyed
upon the religiously susceptible and
profited greatly thereby
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
SOUTH LIBERTY ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs l.. A. Harris spent
Sunday with John Harris and family.
= Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Brown are
still visited with la grippe this week.
= John Hampton, wife and children
spent Sunday with J. R. Hampton and
family. - Miss Marie Harris is at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Addie Ow-
ems this week. = A. F. Horton and
son, Louis, visited with Gus Cluster
at Liberty Sunday. = Paul Barre is
out of school this week because Of a
bad cold. = Harvey Rhodes tisited
Frank Hagar Thursday. = A number
are having wood sawed. Claude Car
ter is doing the work. - George and
Clark Coil are numbered with the alb
sentees on account of illness. - Jim
Tate filled his ice house Wednesday.
Walter Douglas put up ice Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
M. M. A. DEFEATS wESTMIN-
STER Is TO 10 SATURDAY

The Missouri Military Academy de-
.feated the Westminster College bas-
ket ball five before a large crowd at
Hardin Gymnasium, Saturday night
in one of the fastest games ever
played here.
Ryland Rodes lead the scoring for
M. M. A. with nine free throws and
four field goals and Bryan Kelso, a
former Mcmillan High School star,
lead the visitors with nine free throws
and three field goals.
The soldiers started out strong and
at the end of the first half the score
stood at II to s in favor of the SOL
diers. In the second half they were
compelled to play more on the defens-
i've on account of the greater endur-
nee of the college men, but they sue
ceeded in tallying eight points while
the visitors rolled up eleven, making
the final score 25 to 10.
The M. M. A. lineup was:
Wyeth and Rodes, forwards;
Mayfield, center;
Sutphen and Payne, guards.
c. Anderson went in for Sutphen
in the last few minutes of the game.
The Westminster lineup was:
MCGEE and Kelso, forwards;
OttofY center,
McElwee and Mueller, guards.
MCGEE and Kelso are former Nc
MILAN stars and McElwee and Otto
fly were stars in the st. Louis High
School basket ball circles before they
entered Westminster.
The game Saturday night was the
first game played by Westminster
College, but that institution bids fair
to turn out a first class basket ball
team judging from the showing made
by the teams Saturday night.
Summary
M. M. A. - Free throws: Rodes, 8;
Field goals: Rodes 4, Wyeth, 2, May
field, 2.
Westminster: Free throws: Kelso,
o; Field Goals, Kelso, 8, Ottofy, 1,
1, Mueller, i.
Referee: Jim Tom Edmonston.
Timekeeper: Brickwell.
Scorer; Major Strock.
The basket bali schedule for the
so far arranged is:
January 26, Wentworth at Licking
ION.
Jan. 27, Sedalia Y. M. C. A., at Sc
lalia.
February 8, Wentworth at Mexico.
February 8 or 10, Christian U. at
Mexico.
February 16, Westminster College,
1T Fulton.
February "a of March 8, Bowling
Green High at Bowling Green.
March 8, Christian U. at Canton.
Negotiations are on for a game
With Columbia High at Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
CIRCUS TO TRAVEL BY
MOTOR TRUCK IN EAST
Large Eastern Amusement Concern
Orders 100 Trueks-Must Have
Good Roads
NO MORE RAILROAD DELAYS.
VIII Eliminate the Expense of Feed
ing Stock, Loading Trains and
Other Minor Worries.

NEW YORK, Jan. pa circus
corporation here has defied the rail-
roads and bought one hundred three
and one half ton motor trucks to
transport its show from town to town
next summer. It will be the first
circus to travel by motor.
The trucks, it is claimed by the
United States Circus Corporation, will
do away with the immense labor,
uncertainties, delays and inconvenien-
ce of the railroads. The circus will
pack its tents, animals and outfit or
the motor trucks after a night perfor-
nance and be able to exhibit in a
town one hundred miles away the next
night, it is claimed. The perform
ers will travel in trucks equipped
with special bodies containing berths
similar to a Pullman.
Opens a New Field.
This use of the motor points to a
new. field for the commercial truck,
provided the road conditions are i'm
poved to accommodate fast i~nter-city
service, according to the circus mana
ger. Some eastern states have rock
road systems that favor motor trucks.
1t is said that a time schedule might
be somewhat interrupted in a circuit
of Missouri towns, where very few
miles of road are hard surfaced and
a geat many miles not ever improv-
ed.
Truck dealers say that with a sys-
tenn of hard surfaced roads in this
country, the field of the motor truck
in interstate commerce is unlimited.
The scheme of sending produce from
town to town, in states that have i'm
proved road systems, has worked sue
cessfully, and the expense'of shipment
is said to be less than by railroad
Predicted by Cody
Buffalo Bill" Cody, ten years be-
fore his death, predicted the modern
circus in the futue would abandon the
railroad and travel by motor truck.
The United States Circus Corpora
ton is composed of several big cir
cuses and outdoor amusement COM
Its order for the one hun
red motor trucks is said to be the larg-
est single order received by a truck
manufacturer aside from the war or
ders.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
EASTERN D R AND
WESTERN PIKE.


James Eddleman and wife T bet
ter. = John Baz Lewellen, Of Van
dalia, who recently while on his trip
to Texas, submitted to an operation
in Kansas City, is in a critical con-
dition. - A Sunday School is now
regularly maintained at Boyd school
house. : Miss Erie Kirtley, Of Pleas
ant Plains school, has been confined
to her bed with grippe. Mrs. Warren
Lewellen will fill the vacancy caused
by Miss Kirtley's illness.-The dance
at Cleve McMillen's Friday night was
well attended. Virgie Darnell, Manu-
Ell Olebeare and Cleve Mcbride fur
nished the music. The dance lasted
until $3.50. - While milking, William
Moberly was recently damned into
the barn by his COW. He is improving
fast, however. - Samuel N. Atkinson,
a prospective teacher from Miss Ben
ME Stones Teacher Training Class of
B. C. High School, spent Wednesday
Thursday and Friday with A. B.
Shattuck in the Prairie Lane school
last week. Mr.. Atkinson for a be-
ginner manifested much interest. =
w. C. Shattuck, formerly of Western
Pike, now of Idaho, and past eighty
years old is with his wife guarding
1000 bushels Of wheat on their
homestead nine miles from Idaho
Falls. - Among those who put up
ice last week are Ezra Brasheares, j.
R. Maxwell and B. B. Moore. - Chas.
Shultz will farm again this year with
Charles Moore. - Joseph Koechling is
cutting hedge on the Irwin place and
is boarding with Charles Moore. =
Henry Springman and family r well
pleased with Oklahoma. Little Miss
Kathleen is, however, no better than
when here. - Many of those attend
ing the party at Mr.. Lotions Satur-
day night were compelled to stay all
night. 1t rained hard about going
home time. - Mrs. Pleas Branstetter,
of Kansas City, is nursing her sister,
Mrs. Bundurant, Of Carroll, a suburb
Of Vandalia. = Less Williams & Co.,
sawers in the W. s. Waters woods,
east of Vandalia, have a tent stable
for their horses, and are numbering in
a whole-soul way. = Mrs. Joe Biggs
not long since visited her mother,
Mrs. Irvine in Pike county. While
her mother is advanced in years, Mrs.
Biggs reports her as having good
health. - Terrell Featherstone has
had his sale, and will locate in Han
nibal soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-01-25
FOX SCHOOL T
(By an Eigth Grade Pupil

w ~ 1A6Nt ANA ARbHJ
Mr.. Milt Householder, who was Sc
riously hurt recently by being thrown
from his horse, is recovering very
slowly. = Miss Georgia Vanhorn was
a victim of the grippe last week. =
Cecil Tanner entertained a number
of his school friends at his home
Saturday night. = Many of the farm
ers have been taking advantage Of
the good roads this week and are haul
ing corn to market. - Jim 0'Brien
visited at John Simcoe's last week. =
Most all Of the young people are en-
joying the ice this fine weather. =
The honor roll for this week is as
follows: Zelma Murphy, Andra Lit
trell, Ray Copenhaver, Ernest Mil
Ter and Kathryn Wisdom.