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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-09
New York Spot.

New York, Aug. S.-Spot cotton quiet; middling, 2715c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-09

YOU WILL FIND MOST ANY PIECE of furniture you need at 316 and SIS
 Pine street. Pine Bluff Furniture
 CO. 6-6-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-09

R SALE-ONE 1917 F1VE-PAS- enger Ford car; good shape; one nan top. TOM KING, 917 Main; phone 1879. S-5-6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-09

h SALE-ONE 1917 FORD DELIV- " truck. TOM KING. 917 Main; phone 1879. S-5-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-09

SALE - MODERN COTTAGE, pur rooms and bath; new, near car ns and paved street. See or phone
 ollos Real Estate company, 123k
 est Second avenue; phones 2 and
 Y. 6-13-tf
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
The Break With Germany

The expected, the inevitable has happened The United States has broken with Germany and that means that every loyal American has broken with Germany. Many in this country were in sympathy with Germany in the world war, and as between that country and it's European enemies sentiment may still be cherished but the trouble between Germany and this country is a separate and distinct matter.
 Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations" said Decatur may she be always in the right; but our country right wrong
 In this case there is doubt to be submerged in blind loyalty for we know that country is right
 We have sought peace from the beginning We have surrendered one international right after other and we have at last retired a point beyond which we could not go. President Wilson has strven in vain to preserve peace for this country and store peace in Europe.
 Every condition precedent has been full filled. Actual war. though it may be declared it almost certainly will be, will not mean actual contact with the enemy on land and perhaps not on the sea. It is unlikely that the man power of the allies will be increased that the United States will an ally in the that Japan is, though part in the will be similar to the part taken by Japan since the capture of Kiao Chow.
 At this stage of the European war distinct from any between the United States and Ger many, such naval endorsements could make
  in fighting trim, not only not invading German waters but are kept within the security of more dis tant and least accessible British ports
 The people of this country will probably feel effect of war with Germany than interference, more or less serious with our commerce, and that may be felt in every line and in every part of the country the German blockade should be effective. We would then feel it because of the shortage of tonnage which the Germans have announced they expect reduce the rate of million tons month unless American neutral nations keep out of the bockaded
 We rather expect all neutral nations to follow our course In all probability those this side of the Atlantic will do so, but it is certain that those of northern Europe will do Holland and Denmark. though in sympathy with the allies. would hesitate to expose themselves attack by Germany Norway and Sweden. though they have suffered much from German operations have deeper grievance against England and inherited hatred and fear of Russia.
 But within week the things at which all the world guessing will be made clear.
 But whatever comes the American people are united standing for their country and behind their president trusting in the wisdom of his and his to pursue it. Never before in the history of the republic has there been such call upon national unity.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
SCRIPTURE
James 3:11-18

For whosoever shall keep the whole law. and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
 For he that said. Do not commit adultery. said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery. yet if thou kill. thou art become a trans- gressor of the law
 So speak ye. and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty
 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judg- ment.
 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith. and have not works? can faith save him?
 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food.
 And one of you say unto them, De part in peace, be ye warned and filled: notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needed to the body; what doth it profit?
 Even so faith, if t hath not works, is read. being alone.
 Yea, q man may say, Thou hast faith, and l have works; shew me thy faith without thy works. and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble
 But wilt thou know, O vain man. that faith without works is dead2
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
Mir. Bolling's Partner

MT F. A. Connolly. the broker at whom the ing finger in the "leak' investigation points more directly than any other man, is unfortunate circumstances One is that President Wilson's broth flaw is his partner and the other the fatal ac- curacy of his judgment of the things he heard about Washington, that enabled him predict that peace be sent and that it would be sent certain day It is almost equally unfor- tunate that of superior perspicacity cannot invest his explanation of his sources of information with greater perspicuty.
 MT Connolly may succeed in preventing the par ticular line of investigation which has led to him. going beyond him to other persons. He may be a cul de but there will always be suspicion that there is an opening some place panel door, for instance, if only the secret spring could be dis covered.
 There will remain this: The president was pre- pairing a supposedly without the knowledge of any outside the secretary of state and presum- ably his close mouthed friend Colonel House. With out Teak" there could have been no knowledge of the existence of the much less the character of it and the time of it's transmission. But hours before the transmission MT Connolly broker knew all about it, and the partner of MT Connolly is the presidents brother n-law Mr. Connoly's explan- aon of the of his information is rather worse than at all. He guessed at it. He had heard
 
 say what remember where and when he heard them that pointed to the preparation of the note, and gave him idea of it's He was a guest at the dinner of the Gridron Club and the presidents speech that occasion confirmed all he had heard
 There hundreds of other guests that dinner who heard the presidents speech and of them except the partner of the presidents brotherin law heard anything that furnished hint of the preparation of the peace which was so soon to disturb the market causing the loss of millions and the gain of millions to others.
 The suspicious confirmed of MT Connolly were withheld by him until time when they would do the most good-or the harm and then they given out in the form Of first reliable nation and then, confidential information" to preferred brokers and spectators. MT. Bolingt presidents brother in law is to be congratulated on having president partner as Mir Connolly.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

Arrangements have been completed for a free public lecture, next Sunday evening at o'clock in the Women's club auditorium. F. D. Sexton of Lon don, England will speak on the sub ject, "The World on Fire" The doors will be open free to all and since the work of the International Bible Stud ents' association, under whose auspices the lecture will be given, is purely of philanthropic 9ature, no collection will be taken.
 The lecturer is a deep student of the bible and accepts it as his only creed or doctrine He was for many years greatly confused by the many differ ent theories as to what lies beyond the grave, and what will be the out come of all the distress and turmoil of this present evil world. Some said heaven and eternal torment; others said paradise restored: others said purgatory, and still others claim that there is no hereafter at all, that death ends everything. He determined to find out if possible the true scriptural teachings upon this important subject. After many years of careful searching he believes he has succeeded in har- monizing every verse in the bible per taining to the hereafter, and he now travels throughout the United States and Canada, presenting to the public what many consider to be the most beautiful plan of salvation ever heard. He quotes the scriptures for every point he presents, and none, it is said who believe in the good book, need leave his audience without better conception of what is meant by "TB. World m Fire
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
CHRIST IN FLANDERS
The Poem Comes from a Soldier in tn
 Trenches

The Poem Comes from Soldier in the
 Trenches We regret that we do not know the name of the author of these striking verses. A correspondent sends them to us with the statement that they were originally published in the Lon don Spectator" We have searched our file of the Spectator as far back as last December without finding the date of the poems first publication. It may have first appeared carly in 1915 The Editors. We had forgotten You or very nearly, You did not seem to ouch us very
 nearly; Of course we though about You now
 and then, Especially in any time of trouble We knew that You were good in time of trouble, But we are very ordinary men. And there were always other things to
 think of; There's lots of things a man has got
 to think of His work his home his pleasure, and
 his wife; And so we only thought of You on
 Sunday, Sometimes, perhaps, not even on Sun
 day
 Because there's always lots to fill
 ones life. And all the while, in street or lane CT
 byway, In country lane. in city street or bv-
 way, You walked among us, and we did
 not see. Your feet were bleeding as You
 walked our pavements How did we miss Your footprints on
 our pavements? Can there be other folk as blind as
 we? Now we remember over here in
 Flanders Gt isn't strange to think of You in
 Flanders): This hideous warfare seems to make
 things clear We never thought about You much in
 England We have no doubts, we know that
 You are here. You helped us pass the jest along the
 trenches, Where in cold blood we waited in the
 trenches You touched it's ribaldry and made
 it fine You stood beside us in our pain and
 weakness, We're glad to think You understand
 our weakness, Somehow it seems to help us not to
 whine. We think about You kneeling in the
 garden, An. God! the agony of that dread
 garden; We know You prayed for us upon
 the Cross; If anything could make us glad to bear
 it. 'TWould be the knowledge that You
 willed to bear it, Paln-death-the uttermost of hu-
 man loss. Though we forget You, You will not
 forget us; We feel so sure that You will not for
 get us,
 But stay with us until this dream is past; And so we ask for courage, strength
 and pardon, And that You'll stand beside us to
 the last
 The Outlook
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
A Pack of Cards

There is danger sometimes in making law too definite and not sufficiently comprehensive, by the process of enumeration Lawmakers therefore. gem eraly avoid that when they do The error of enumeration committed in the framing of our present anti gambling law an attempt to amend which is being made. A substitute bill in which the feature of enumeration is restored and extended has also been offered There is, too clause which appears to embrace future games which may be de- vised by the ingenious.
 We would perhaps not think much of this but for having just read a humorous story in which a new card game called Red Dog" was introduced It so that seasoned sporting gentlemen to whom it was presented had never heard of it. The game itself well the "easy mark" who introduced it, seemed simple and devoid of remuneratve results that they sneered at it nursery pastime. Yet in a sitting of less than hour many hundreds dol lars had passed from the pockets of the sneerers those of the "easy mark"
 There is something wonderful that it is almost uncanny about pack of cards The things that be done with those fifty-two rectangular bits If
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
The First Phase

We accept the judgment of the voters with respect to the Center Street school property which they yes terday decreed should pass into the hands of private owners, for what purpose do not know. It is too late now to complain that the price which will be sold in consequence of the is entirely inade- quate and it is useless to regret that civic center site, the best the most suitable that could have been chosen has been voted to destruction.
 It was in the property civic center site that The Republican has been chiefly interested in this controversy during period of five years The inade- quacy of the price proposed to be paid for the property was a minor matter The loss of s5OOOO would not be irretrevable disaster.
 While We seriously regret the result of yesterday we believe in considering it with good philosophy. We did our best for civic and have lost in the first skirmsh We hope and believe. however, that the civic center idea is dead because of the result of yesterdays election.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
AN ARTIST AT WHITTLINc

Scissors primarily used to with, but the News received pair recently that it would pity to use. They made from solid block of wood by J. ". Coleman of city and are truly work of art They absolutely without rivet nail and yet work as freely and accurately steel pair. MT Coleman had with him q jointed penholder also made with his hands barlow which was marvel of ingenuity. The Yankee and his jacklnife a matter of history, but if hey have anything MT. Coleman well. we are from Missouri-you will have show us-From the Somerset tky) News.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

"The Americanization of the alien Is the very cornerstone of industrial preparedness" says John H. Fahey, former president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and recognized at the leading authority on the melting pot" question. Tt is one of the most important problems which face the American people, but, like many other vital issues affect ing our country, we have allowed it @ grow to its present proportions ? hout doing anything"
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
RECRUIT FOR CANADA HERE?

Complaint has been made 10 John F. Kinnane, United States district attorney that attempts have been made to obtain recruits for the Canadian army at Fort Wayne. This is penal offense.
 Soliciting to join the Dominion forces is said to have been carried within the post several mem bers of the headquarters company of the Thirty first including three sergeants. having made such reports to Capt. Warren F. Bowe
 Captain Rowe, after listening to the reports of the and, obtaining list of those approached decided to place the matter before the department of jUstice.-From the Detroit News
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
CARRYING IT TOO FAR

MT. Curran and Mir. McManus spent their Saturday half holiday in artistic pursuits. Among the objects exam ined was a new public building. The feature of this building that appealed most strongly to MT. Curran was an inscription cut into huge stone.
 "MDCCCXCVIII," he read aloud. What does them letters mane, Tim?"
 That replied the cultured Mir Me Manus." stands for 1S9S.'
 "Oh," MT Curran replied. Then. af- ter thoughtful pause. he added
 Don't yez think. Tim. that they're overdoln this spellin' reform a bit?'- New York Times.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
WARNED BY PREMONITION
Banker Removed "a Million Dollars and Building Caught Fire That Night

T have a premontion that some thing is going to happen during the night" said the cashier of the bank ing firm of C. B. Richards and cam pany, agents of the Lloyd Italiano Steamship line, at 31-33 Broadway, one recent afternoon.
 So the firm immediately moved one-fourth mollion dollars in cash and securities to the vaults of the Equit able Trust company.
 Something cid happen. Fire started in the building, and early the next day firemen were fighting a stubborn blaze forty feet beneath the street.
 Dense volumes of suffocating smoke poured out of the building permeat- ing the pressrooms of the Journal of Commerce, which also occupied the building. The loss was $20, ,000.-From the New York Telegram.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

Captain-What arrangements have you made in case Zeppelins come?
 N. C. Off any bombs are dropped on the 'uts. sir, the camp will be reused by three blasts on a whistle-Punch
 He-I love you better than my life.
 Considering the life YOU lead. am not surprised.-Boston Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

Now that the election is suppose there is no reason why the identity of intending purchaser should be concealed from us, why the details n- cluding the floor plans and elevations of that five story building should be withheld from us
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

Professor Margarethe Zelenka, re- nowned scientist of Munich, Ger many, is in the United States to at- tend the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and to continue her search for the anthropoid ape, or missing link" She is regarded as one of the worlds leading authorities on an- thropoids.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

Hire a little salesman at The Re- publican office. A Want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

pasteboard pass understanding. games are shrv- eled up in the fire of reform legislation new and stranger ones Phoenix like spring from the ashes
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
HIS INDIFFERENCE

Have your neck shaved. sir?" asked the barber. "Nope!' replied MT. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. Ark. T can't see it. and nobody else cares
Arizona republican., 1917-02-04

Hons rush in where angels fear to tread.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-17
AMEN TO THIS.

Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, an intensely
anti-German, in the New York Even
ing Post: There are perhaps 100000
900 people in the world who speak
German. They constitute an intelli-
gent, highly organized, and powerful
group, and they will continue to do so
even when defeated. It will certainly
be the hope and the purpose of the
American people to live in peace and
concord with them when they shall
have admitted their wrong-doing in
fomenting and in carrying on this
war, and when they shall have accept
ed those ideas and ideals of political
life and social progress which animate
the rest of the world. Moreover,
should Germany. again go wrong, we
must be prepared to appeal from the
materialistic and force-worshiping
Germany of today to the Germany Of
Herder and of Kant, OF Goethe and Of
Schiller. We must be able to appeal
from the modern German barbarism
to earlier German poetry, and from
modern German hymns of hate to the
beautiful music of her masters of
song.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-17

the seventh federal reserve district,
thus expressed himself when the re-
cent campaign in the interest Of war
bonds was at it's height. Mr.. Streck-
mans was born in this country, but his
parents came from Belgium.
1.-THE war will mean the permanent
passing Of the hyphen," he went on.
There will be no more hyphenated
Americans; there will be no more
divided allegiance, although the natu-
raj motherland sentiment may burn
as brightly as ever before. But Amer
lea will be the land Of Americans,
America will be as hospitable as in
the past, as wholesome in her desires
to extend the helping hand, but it will
be a more united American Amer
lea whose flag can have but one mean
ing to all. War is great leveler of
caste and the time is not far distant
when there will be but one class in
this great land of ours-and that class
will be known by one word-'Ameri-
can"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-17
THE NATIONS SOUL.

mo matter how great the cost may
be, this country's participation in the
world war will bring reward i'm
measurably greater When the smoke
of battle clears away and the prayed
for peace is established, that great,
intangible, but mighty, thing, which
may aptly be called the American soul,
will have assumed the strength and
flawless proportions to which it was
destined. 1t has been great and strong
and virile, but it has lacked much of
the. element of oneness. War will
weld the vagrant, shifting ingredients
into great single unit, and when the
great American soul comes fully into
it's own, the dreams of the forefathers
the founders of this nation-will be
realized"
Felix j. Streckmans, chairman of
the foreign-language division of the
Liberty Loan executive committee of
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-17

States and Washington, who helped
establish our independence, represent
true patriotism.
This volume is just story Of i'm
pressions by one who visited Mount
Vernon one day-the things he
thought; the things you thought, if
you had been there-just pretty SEN
timent and patriotic thought from
cover to cover.
Printed in the colonial colors, bum
and blue, illustrated by sketches made
especially by our artists at Mount
Vernon.
This is book endorsed by the
highest authorities.
81 copy, postpaid. With a years
subscription to ACHIEVEMENTS, Mr..
Jones individualistic Washington
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-17

ties by pretending that they served
upon the French front They invari-
ably succeed in drawing good
house and lin some instances are
good speakers and tell plausible
story But it finally leaks out they
WERE imposters, then when real,
sure enough veteran of the French
trenches appears in. those communities
he is discredited before he arrives
and is chagrined to find that the
people will not believe he is what he
represents himself. The Capital is
certainly right in insisting that pub
lie speakers, that is strangers, who
claim to tell the story of the war
from actual experience and observa-
ton, should be required to present
acceptable credentials.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-12-17
THE GREATEST EFFORT.

The situation in Russia and Rou-
mania has revived the spirits of the
military leaders Of Germany and it is
quite evident now from preparations
going on in the massing Of troops on
the western front that they are soon
to launch the greatest offensive OF the
war. Since the opening of hostilities
by Germany she and ria-Hungary
have been required to maintain an
army of from 100000 to 100000 men
along the eastern front and much OF
the time these men have been busy,
having all they could attend to to keep
back the Russians, but since Lenlne
and Trotsky secured possession OF
the Russian government, the Russian
army has been gradually crumbling to
pieces and now what is left of it is
rendered useless by the armistice
recently agreed upon with Germany.
Roumania was forced to follow the
action of Russia and now the eastern
front is causing little concern to the
central powers. This situatiOs will
enable Germany to withdraw a large
percentage of her vast armies from
the eastern to the western arena, to-
gether with her large supplies of
ammunition and ordnance. That Ger
many will make the most of the situa-
ton may be certain. According to
news reports she is now massing the
greatest armies of the war along the
fronts in France, Belgium and Italy
and as soon as she can get ready every
effort will be made to break through
the lines now firmly held by our allies.
Germany would not hesitate to sac
rifice two or three million men to
crush France, thus gaining access to
the English channel And it may be
believed that France and Great Britain
will not hesitate at any sacrifice in
men and treasure to prevent the Ger
mans from gaining this vantage point.
Hence the offensive about to be
launched by the German hordes is the