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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
CITY COMPLETES TRANSACTION TO
 GET $l50,000.00
Judge Gould Says Cleveland Firm Ready to Supply
 Money.

The city council last night, in ad- journed session, finally passed an ordinance concluding the negotiations whereby the city will obtain a loan of S15O.OOO from a Cleveland banking house. on terms equivalent to 6 per cent interest for the first year and Hs per cent interest for each of the two years following.
 The ordinance was given it's first and second reading Thursday night, but was not read the third tune pe- cause Mayor Simon Bloom had dl- rected the attention of the counch to the absence of definite arrange ments as to the payment to the city of the interest accruing between the date of the certificates of indebted ness, January 1, 1917, and the pres ent day, a matter of something ike $500 or $7O0. Judge James Gould, tne city's fiscal agent, was unavoldaDly detained at Little Rock and could not return to Pine Bluff until yesterday hence the matter was not cleared up nntil last night, when Judge Gould to1d inc council he had been ln- structed by the Cleveland banking house to pay the city the accrued ln- terest for the month of January. Mayor Blooms contention that the c;tv should draw interest at the rate of 4 ner cent on it's balances also was acceded to during the discussion oi the ordinance, and it was estlmateo last night that these two polnts hao meant to the city the saving of sum approximating $1,400 or $l,5Oo-qulte a considerable item. A certified copy of the ordinance and other necessary papers ana docu- ments will be forwarded to the Cleve- land banking house Monday by Judge James Gould and City Clerk w. A. Lee and it is announced that lmme- diately upon their receipt there the money will be credited to the city ana drafts can be drawn against it. The ordinance in full is printed in another column of The Graphic today. It is said that by the closing ol these negotiations, the city of Plne
 Rlnff has borrowed money under terms far more reasonable than have
 heen obtained by any other city in
 Inc state of Arkansas, excepting that
 the city of Little Rock made one loan
 at approximately the same terms. .Judge Gould took much pride in being able to carry through the negotiations
 so quickly and on such favorable terms, especially in view of the iac!
 that other firms and persons nao failed to arrange a loan for the clty on much higher rates of discount ana l interest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
WAR SUMMARY
Associated Press.)

British forces retained their hold on new positions east of Sailly-Saillesel, on the Somme front in France, de- spite German attacks. The latest of fensive of the Germans was preceded by heavy artillery bombardment, but the British maintained their line suc- cessfully.
 Artillery activity has been marked north of the Somme and along the Mouse in the Verdun sector.
 German artillery halted a French attack on Hill BOA, and minor attack by the French on Pepper ridge, north of Verdun, was repulsed.
 Artillery activity increased at sev- eral points on the Franco-Belgian front.
 South of Kut-el-Amara the British have taken additional trenches from the Turks.
 Only artillery engagements are re ported from the other war theaters
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
WANTS 10 AVERT WAR WITH l. S.
Germans Destroy 92 Ships in 3 Days

 Saturday increased the total loss of tonnage 222l  Ioat blockade Hhc British steamers lost the Mano
  Sobakhn ElaVorc HN&ard The largest
  HOO
 100 Ships Esale the February to g. in  ships sailed unhamcd the vessels, the Roe
  white the government had prescribed The American line announced that that omany ships the protect the vessels
  States
 
  his oud completed of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
HERE'S REASON KAISER
 WOULD AVERT CONFLICT

Picking, Feb. 9, (Delayed)-The Chinese cabinet has endorsed the American action against Germany on the submarine campaign.
 The cabinet has assured the Amerl- can minister that China associates herself with the United States.
 The Chinese government has ad- vised the German government that the Chinese government wilt break off diplomatic relations if the new measures for unrestricted submarine warfare are pursued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
ONE GERMAN U-BOAT
 SINKS TEN SHIPS

Berlin. Feb. 8, by wireless to Say vile, Feb. 1O.-A German submarine has returned from the Atlantic, where she sank 10 ships of an aggregate tonnage of 19,0O0, the Overseas News Agency says. In addition she sank in the North sea a British ship of about 5000 tons, the British trawlers Shamrock and Thistle and two other trawlers, one British and one French.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
DEATH RATE LOWER.

New York, Feb. 1O.-A lower baby death rate in proportion to the birth rate in this country's 10 largest cities is reported by the Babies Welfare association in comparative study of the records of 1916, with those of the previous year, made public today. The average rate for 1916 of the cities was 106.14 deaths per 100 babies born, as against 1O7.69 for the previous year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
SPAIN HEAVY LOSER.

Madrid, Feb. 10.-The Spanish mer- cantile marine which in July, 1914, consisted of GAO vessels with an ag- gregate tonnage of SAG, ,491 up to Jan. 31, had sustained losses of ships to the value of about 70,000,000 pesetas ($14,O00, ,000) by reason of the year. Seven steamships aggregating 18,O0O tons and 22 other ships have been sunk by mines or submarines. The losses represent about IF per cent of the merchant marine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
NEGRO HAD "BOOZE."

Jim Dukes, negro, just arrived from Louisiana, was arrested at the union passenger station yesterday by Con- stable Clint Green, Deputy Constable Jim Reidinger, Detective J. B. Hig- gins and Patrolman Mann, and was arrested on the charge of violating the "bone-dry' prohibition act. Sev- eral bottles of whiskey are alleged to have been found on the negro's person.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
PROBE PRINT PAPER PROBLEM.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-It was stated ooay at the department of justice v vaat the federal grand jury in New ,,, aprk IS about to begin Investigating whether there is a criminal conspiracy ,n restraint of trade in the news print paper situation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
PRESIDENT ORDERS
 FOOD COST INQUIRY

Washington, Feb. 10.-At the direc- tion of President Wilson, the federal trade commission and the depart ment of agriculture will begin an im- mediate investigation into the causes of advancing food prices in the United States, with special references to al- legged violations of the antitrust act. A special appropriation probably will be asked of congress for the enquiry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
FIRE IN BOSTON HOTEL.

Boston, Feb. 1O.-Fire, which start ed in guest room in the Hotel Lenox, in the Back Bay district, early today caused damage estimated at S6o0OO' and drove the 250 guests and em- ployes to the street in scanty clothing Several sustained minor injuries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
TELEGRAMS URGE PEACE.

Washington, Feb. 1O.-Hundreds of teiegrams from different parts of the country urging steps to maintain peace between the United States and germany reached the white house to- uay' Many of them were the same in language and evidenly were the re- suit of an organized movement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
GERMANS SELL INTERETS.

South Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 10.-An- nouncement is made here that the Le- high Coke Co.,. representing an invest ment of $15,000,000, has been sold to the Pittsburg By-Products Co. The German interests in this business, said to be 70 per cent and held by the Deutsches Bank, has been acquired by Americans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
PRAYERS FOR BELLIGERENTS.

New York, Feb. 10.-A call to "all Christian people" for the observance of Sunday, February IS, as day of prayer for the president and congress and all peoples engaged in war was sent out today by the executive and administrative committees of the Fed erated Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
,AIRPLANES ATTACK ZEEBRUGGE.

Amsterdam, Feb. 10, via London The Telegraaf says that fleet Of air planes at dusk yesterday attacked the Belgian coast of Zeebrugge. The Ger mans fired 300 shells from anti-a1r- craft guns in an attempt to drive off the attackers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
DIsPOSSESS PEACE DOVE.

Detroit, Mich. Feb. 1O.-Henry Ford's private secretary today con firmed the London dispatch which announced that the Ford peace buread at the Hague will be closed March l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
VlLL|STAS' GAIN
 FIRST VICTORY IN
 CLASH AT GUZMAN
De Facto Garrison Annihi- lated-Fletcher Starts for
 Mexican Capital.

Juarez, Mex, Feb. 10.-Villa troops won the first clash of the new cam paign for possession of Northern Chi huahua today, when Jose Ynez Salazer's command of 200 almost annihilated the Guzman garrison of de facto troops.
 The strength of the Guzman garri- son was estimated at A to B, and it was admitted unofficially that all but six had been killed or wounded.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
WEINERT TO BOX FULTON.

,o New York, Feb. 1O.--A ten-round T Tae.e between the heavyweights, w;,' Hu Fuiton and Charley Weinert, ;nn %m' pc the principal holiday offer na5 ns TOT INV York fight fans on Lin- Uins n,,m birthday. The bout is to be raa raiieo off in Madison Square Garden sa. unuer the direction of it's new mana eeF' Grant Hugh Browne.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
Fletcher Starts for Post.

Washington, Feb. 10.-Henry P. Fletcher left tonight for Mexico to present his credentials as ambassa- dor, accompanied by Capt Frank R.. Mccoy military attache of the em- bassy. He will enter Mexico at Laredo, travelling to Quaretaro, the new capital, over the National rail- way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11

' With the completion of the Hell Gate bridge, an all rail journey from Nova Scotia via New York to the South and West will be possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
6,627 TEUTONS TO
 BECOME CITIZENS

New York, Feb. 10.-A total of G. 627 persons here have renounced all legiance to the central powers since Sunday and declared their intention of becoming American citizens.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
Send Snpcia1 Train.

Quaretaro, Mex, Feb. 10.-A special train of five cars, with a guard of 100 troops, left here tonight for Laredo to meet Henry P. Fletcher, the Ameri- can ambassador to Mexico. It car ried also a reception committee from the Mexican foreign office.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11

The body of new electric stove for heating rooms or cooking on a limited scale is made of composition of soapstone and asbestos.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
UNABLE TO GET
 EVEN ONE SHIP
 CANNON IN U. 5,
American Line Will Dock Vessels Unless U. $. Furn-
 ishes Protection.

New York. Feb. 10.--Unless the United States government provides conveys or guns and gunners to pro- tect it's ships, the American line, own CTS of the steamships St. Louis. St. Paul and others, will not send them across the Atlantic, it was announced today by P. A. F. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Ma rine.
 This decision was announced after the failure of efforts to provide their own armament, MT. Franklin said. The only source of supply seems to be the United States government, and "our government seems indisposed to furn- ish this protection" he said
 The supply of guns made by private manufacturers, he pointed out, has been exhausted by the demand from European countries at war. He said the St. Louis would sail if only one gun could be obtained for her, but it seemed impossible to get even this.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11

In shape Mexica is like an enor- nous cornucopia, with it's opening to- ward the United States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11

+.a. me first lead pencils to be manu- tSs tSs'1erd 4, In Canada have been put on
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11

10Thc British the vessels reported sunk today had board 20 white Omran
  mixed horses The muleteer here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
Wants Congress to Act.

Washington, Feb. 10.--A resolution requesting the president to inform the house whether American ships en- gagged in trade with Great Britain, France or Italy are being held in United States ports 'in the face of threats of destruction by naval ves- sels of a foreign power, and what steps, if any, have been taken by the navy department to protect American shipping, following the precedent or 1798 by convoy or armament for de- fense," was introduced in the house today by MT. Platt of New York, Re publican.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11

WELL KNOWN ALIENIST DIES.
 New York, Feb. 10.-Dr. William Mabon, superintendent of the Manhat- tan State Hospital for the Insane since 1906, died here today from pneumonia. He was one of the best known alienists in this country and was chief alienist for the state in the Thaw case.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-11
The Weather

fair. M anu coider' Monuas
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06
Why We Are at War.
Now Work. ord


What is said Ia be aoino on in Rms
STA is what the Pmssia1 war m9cbiue
PLANNED also for the United states #
fllcd the country with spie,. bribe-oiy-
cfs and consui.ators. denied our riobt
to neutrality. bequiIeI an element Of
our citizenship from IFS tr1, a{leaiopca.
carried on scditiaus paIitiral ooita-
fiop AGAINST or1. Government. Ia7.iad
war upon our industry and commerce.
youuht to cmbroiI n. win AIaviro and
Tapan. and. Lccause these uudertaI,inns
failed. imprndcntIv warned us ofr the
seas ON main of dra+b
Conditions i'm Russia have baap nroro
favorable TO Germao rropaaoud, of tbis
kind. and we see the 1esDlf, IN omen
defiance of authority. military disalTcc-
tion and industrial and agravian re-
volt. 4 Russian democracy reduced 70
anarchy and eventually self slain would
be "a greater triumph fer Prussian auto
Ieracv than amy of which if boasts upon
the battlefield America stood the +cst
HUT we shall not know for some time
vet what the fate of the newest ra-
lpublie is TO be-.
In spite OF these treachcrias. which
are only rcuolition. of GUY own recent
/ Experience. there are Americans under
German influence who are asking even
Iuow why We are ut war and what
IWe hope to Gain bv war. Belgium. Ser
bia and Armenia have been forgotten
The pcrGdious disregard of treaties has
been forgotten. The massacre. of the
/ sea have been forgotten. The IavIcss
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06

lFrom the silent Partner.l


When I hear a man complain about
this country l feel that the poor fell
low Is tired Of life, for in this country
all forms of life can be found.
feel like sending such a man
straight to hell, but this would only
take him to bis friends.
1t is said that a cow is a very good
animal in the pasture, but we drive
her ont OF the cabbage patch. And so
it IS with certain class of uu-Ameeican,
Unpatriotic and unWantcd citizens of
this country. These individuals might
make taxpayers somewhere on the 9TH
cr side, but ] win be hanged if we
want to leave them here unhung.
America is the gasden spot of the
world. 1t is the open door to individ.
ual opportunity. Aud how a man can
live here, surrounded by all the bene-
fits and participating in most Of them
and then kick and complain. is beyond
my comprehension.
For two years aud more | have tact
fully held my tongue, because it was
considered best. But now it seems tc
me time that Americans wake M ane
brand this bunch Of grafters anc
grouches with the hot iron of con
tempt.
1t was Webster who said Goo
grants liberty to those who love il
and are always ready to guard and de
fcnd it.
To the un-American knockcr this
means less than a bleachcd-bloud bur
Ieslue lady wrapped in tha stars anC
stripes while standing in range Of III
electric fan and singing ~ Didn /
Raise Ny Boy to BE a Soldier. -
Ny suggestion is that we give t.
this bunch of born Americans or in
born ingrates a coat Of tar and feath
ers.
Nobody worth while wants war. No
body with human heart would see {
mother send her son as cannon fodder
And still there is something in war
You have the picture in Poland, i.
Belgium, in northern France and ii
!many places over there
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06

lantic coast, for an army Of German re
seryists to attack her from Mexico or
for agents provocateurs to stir in
ternal attacks upon American cities
The German warfare against Us has
not yet taken these expected forms. 1t
could not take effective military form.
il i would; and it Is, therefore, with
subtle cleverness, taking the form Of
making rs undo our own Efforts to fight
Violent or open assault would harm
this subversiTc propaganda Just as an
offensive against Russia would unite
the new republic in aggressive resist
anco TO foreign foe
Americas war is being hamstrung,
now, III stealth. If we don I wake up.
that same willy foe, if she beats Eng
and and France, will some day come
over here and hamstring Is with the
sword
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06
DADDY'S EVZNLN(
EAIRY 1AL.Z !
81
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER
STAMP TRAVELLER.

Il am very superior" said the Post
age Stamp. Il travel all over the
world. My family have always tray
eled. We don't stay in one place-of
course sometimes we debut more Of
ten we 90 away Now and again our
little one-cent brothers 90 about the
town, but we, the noble two-ccnt
stamps, how we travel"
'You don't travel any more than we
do" said the Envelope upon which the
stamp was stuck fast.
Il disagree with you," said the
Stamp.
THAT makes no difference to me-"
said the Envelope But if you dis
agree with me, why don't you leave
me-"
Il can't" said the Stamp.
"Of course You can't, you poor dear"
said the Ink which had made the adj
dress on the envelope. You're stuck
to the envelope, and no matter how
hard you quarrel you still have to
stick"
We'll. I'd like to know if you don't
have to ST on too" said the Stamp.
''Ah, but | have fun when I'm being
put on. Sometimes [ make nice
sntudsy spot. and then the Creature
who has been writing with me does not
know what to do.
The Creature win argue like this,
Now shall let the Envelope go as it
| is, CT SHALL l address fresh one?
/ There is something queer about this
Ink Then it is that l chuckle. No
| the Creature continues. I think | will
not notice the smudgy spot Maybe
| the person getting it viii think that the
rain has made II look so badly-rain
often gets at n letter.
And SO the Creature blames it on
the rain, and 90 off quite free"
That's not to your credit when
/ you're guilty said the Envelope. Il
don't like to he smudged. Its not kind.
and I'm made Of much TOO nice paper
To treat me like that
You wouldn't amount to much if /
hadn't been used on you" said the Ink.
How could you get anywhere by your
self?'
ia. ha, ha," laughed the Postage
| Stamp.
And now what's up?" asked the Ink
who had been getting the best of ev-
eryone.
You are abusing the poor Envel-
ope" said the Postage Stamp, +'by say
ing it couldn't get anywhere by itself
ana without you. Now what / would
like to know is how either of YOU
could get anywhere without me? That's
a pretty good question. Just answer
me. How could either of you move
any place at all without me? I'm tbs
one who makes travelling possible 70!
you. You'd I'LL be stay-at-homes anC
never SEQ the world or a new post
office if it weren't for me-" And the
Stamp was very happy.
well" said the fnk GROSSLY, you're
such an old sticker no one could get
rid Of YOU"
That's So" said the Envelope. "You
are a great sticker."
"But | stick for purpose" said the
Postage Stamp. Il stick to you boil
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06
Shall vermonters Raise Sheep?

Daniel L. Cady in the Burlington
Free Press)
| see the Boston papers say
Vermont should tread the woollv way;
Their columns shout III accents deep
= Wake up And 90 to raising sheep;
With bleating focks your hills endot
And muttonize each vacant lot;
Time was, Vermont Merinos stood
Against the world, and so they should,
And then YOU ali went off to sleep
Wake up! And raise a million sheep.
1t : natural-and it does no harm
For them to tell us how to farm;
This raising sheep. like raising Cain,
Is easy for q city swain;
The Boston farmer knows what S best
For folks down East and folks out
West;
He's thought it through with special
Twixt Young : Hotel and Harvard
Square,
But still, he hash I had to keep
\ lantern lit for sickly sheep.
he hash t had to dodge and duck
Before a serious minded buck;
He's never shearcd : for twenty days
~ 80 az - ou, Pr anu p4ai9e
-, ,,t sI'2, 1eil''l i.oihS 81 '"iiS
~ ,,o,'o. - o;., IL
Be..,so III. fa,,a "l,i' ',l-lino' l1lo" l
~ no,'a,. ,,,,.lad -, /, 80, >a - ~
And r,asLaa aal ;na,,al I'm
.laa, "'''' 10y" nohNiea
7 1.no,,- far,.a. - ,-ara
WI s,,,a,.,laJ ~. ~ i'1Ss
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06
II Is Not
Too Late Yet.

For sowing SPRING
WHEAT. The sowing Of
SPRING WHEAT in Can
ada is not yet completed; the
season is much the same as
in New England.
We have received another
car Of CHOICE MINNIE
APOLIS SPRING WHEAT,
especially selected for SEED
which we offer at S3.75
per bu. f. o. b. Brattleboro.
Should suggest forwarding
by express.
This same grade Of
SPRING WHEAT is selling
freely in the Northwest,
through seed houses, at
$500 per bu.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06
All right, agreeu Ine rIn,u lvt,o.
VERY We'll" said the Ink.

49, - t-AAts 'tEitEtl illc
VERY well" said the Ink.
just at that moment a big thing was
put down on the Stamp.
THAT means I'm being marked from
where l start. They'll know just whore
/ came from. Isn't that Interestingly"
Some of that mark got on me, too, .
said the Envelope.
Don't quarrel said the Ink. None
Of the marking had touched the Ink.
That's right" said the Postage
Stamp. 1--WE mustn't quarrel. and now
We're off for a trip. The man is put
ting us in a lag. Then we so on q
traln-then to 4 new Post Office. an
other mark Is put on Us of another
town, we 90 into u different bag-and
at last we reach the place we started
for"
Yes" said the Ink, "the place ]
have marked with my ink."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-06
Wake Up. America }
Chicago Evening Post. J
Ike mn. Amcricqt

tthcago Evening Postl
Wake up, America!
Wake up to the fact that Won are at
wan with Germany and that Germany
Is making wa upon you iii all WasS
except military wavs-from which the
British fleet blockadcs her
Her weapons are subtle and indirect.
The Zimmerman aote b.ibing Mexico
against Us by the promise of Texas.
Arizona, New Mexico and California
was captured and made public by our
Government. The German plot to buy
up ships and cargo space to stir trouble
between US and orr allies was pub
hcly stated this week by Secretary
Lansing
Other weapons Of this kind may bo
read Of day by day in the American
press.
There is an effort TO block the sale
'of Liberty Loan bonds by whispering
about that they viii fall below par
There is the excitement and exploi-
.tation of shady organizations against
Registration for the draft.
There IS the constant stirring up Of
Iold prcjndicos against our ally, Eng
Hand
There is the fostering of the lie that
we have gone into the war not for our
own sake or that of humanity, but
merely to save England and France.
There is the easy dovetailing of pro-
Germanism, pacifsm or pro Social
ism.
These are the assaults that are be-
ing made, now, upon America by Ger
many.
America expected something else.
She looked for submarines off the At