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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
NOTABLES BORN THIS DATE.

Captain Allen J. Greer, member of the general staff of the United States army born in Tennessee, 39 years ago today.
 Benjamin R. Tillman. United States senator from South Carolina, born in Edgefield county, s. G., 70 years ago today.
 General Sir David Henderson. di- rector general of military aeronau' tics for Great Britain, born D years ago today.
 Hale Holden. president of the Chi caGo, Burlington & Quincy Railway company. born in Kansas City, 4S years ago today. Hon. Albert E. Kemp, minister of militia in the Dominion government born in Quebec. 59 years ago today.
 Joseph Weber. prominent actor and theatrical manager, (formerly Weber and Fields), born in New York city 50 years ago today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
Physical Courage in War.

Nearly always physical courage re- suits from comparative lack of per ception. It leaves out many consid- erations, some of them important In wartime it finds justification in its generosity. To the cause it is work ing for it freely gives all that 1t has behind it, including love of life itself. It actually seems to court death. With joy it takes the road of sacrifice. For this reason it must always be beautiful. And with it there must go marvellous eXhilaration. like a spir- itual intoxication. When it reveals itself in mass courage. multitudeS of men exposing themselves for the same cause, it must open up the pro- foundest depths of emotion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
One.hundred-pound Thank Offering.

What will Folkestone do with Sir Charles Wakefeld's f10O thank offer- ing for escape from death In the recent raid? One of Sir Charles predeces- sors in office, while in the Arabian des- crt, came face to face Ntth lion of parts. Down or. his knees went the worldly knight in fervent prayer. The lion understood-or did not-and re- treated suppeiess. Thereupon the pilgrim came home and gave f2O0 te the church of St. Katherine Gree, Lead enhau street, where the Lion sermon IS still preached on each anniversary of the escape. October 16.-London Daily Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
One Hundred Years Ago Today.

1S17-Rt. Rev. William H. Odenheim- CT, third Episcopal bishop of New Jersey, born in Philadel- phia. Died at Burlington, N. d., Aug. IA, 1879. .
 Scyenty.fiye Years Ago Today. 1S42-The Duke of Wellington was reinstated as commander-ln- chief of the British army.
 Fifty Years Ago Today. 1S67--British parliament passed an act authorizing the Queen to proclaim propagation of parlia- bneut during recess.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

One Pine Bluff man who communi- cated to the board of exemption that he did not have the money to travel here to appear for physical exam ination virtually signed the order that places him in the new national army. The law provides that the man who fails to appear for eXamina' tion must be reported as not exempt ed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
To XIII the Cock:oach,

The daily use of rosemary or citronel- la, eucalyptus. wood paphtha, creosote placed near the haunts of cockroaches for two or three weeks is believed to effectively disperse them. If the odor of these is distasteful, an odorless dusting powder may be used. Of these sodium f1uoride has been found to be most effective; it is cheap and it keeps for long time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

inefficiency of other procedures, are always used to excuse uurpation Of power
 Senator Borah and Senator John Son have been the most staunch op- ponents of an unreasonable censor ship that would prevent legitimate discussions of war problems. y
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
What Father Does.

There is nothing in the theory ., vanced by the funny papers, to th. i' e. .. feet that indignant fathers k,oh % <. .s jectionable suitors down tho t,s, sy steps. All a father does wben ''ti N, daughter entertains a young man gh, 1 IS objectionable to him is to erovl if, n his wife.-Topeka Capital
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
One Year Ago Today in the War.

August II, 1916.-French troops on Somme captured German third line trenches over front of four miles; Italians advanced along 15-mile front extending from Goriiza to Adriatlc Sea; Turkish forces drove Russians from Hamadan, Persia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
A Safe Duel.

'I read an account of two duelists who fought all day until both were ex- hausted and yet neither had scratch upon him at the finish" Say, those fellows need little target practice" ooh, 1t wasn't that. They fought with swords at fifty feet apart"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
Their First SiQht of Cows.

Two little boys from New York city were spending two weeks with my par ents. They had never seen COW and were greatly interested at seeing the COWS chewing their cud. They asked the neighbor that owned the COWS how he could afford to buy gum for all these COWS to chew. = Cleveland Leader.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
OniQue School Idea.

Attendance at Rumford (Ms.) school is encouraged by peculiar method: Each room is permitted to choose favorite model of automo. sent or tardy reduces the speed at which the car is running. In this way rivalry in attendance has been devel. oped.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

Several days ago a lady lost her uuJse. She searched without success. Next day she inserted lost ad m The Graphic. She has her purse' ana it's contents intact
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

i The aim of the authorities of the British museum is to have a copy of every book published. There are in that vast library T125,000 books.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

Congress might hasten the closing of the war by adiourning. Certainly. the kaiser must obtain hope from the success of his friends in that body.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

Pine Bluff police arc jailinS va grants. That's right. This is no time for idling and Pine Bluff is no place wonder the editor was arrested.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

Every county of Michigan is soon 10 have a volunteer woman shop in- spector to look after the welfare and interests of the women workers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

The Graphic has received a copy ot the Little Rock Staats Zeitung. NO for the idler.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
Lets Them Pass Er..I..

It has been noticed that th. - at the door has no appetite for s.' ''a St. Louis Globe-Democrat "''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

The drafted man who suicides is saving Prussian bullets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today.

lS92-U. s. protected cruiser Marble
 head was launched at Boston.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11
WORTH REM'EM BERlNG.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks, for it kills the giant despair.
 Douglas Jerrold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-11

Telephones. Business and Circulation Depts.-- II News and Editorial Rooms--- SC
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
FIRST BIG SMASH
At FOOD PRICES
Retail Price Boosting is Going
to Become Very Unpopu-
lar Game in United
States.
LICENSE FOR DEALERS
Government Control Over Twenty
Basic Food Products, Will
Keep Prices Within
Reason.
LICENSE FOR DEALERS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servlce.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The gov
ernment will take its first big smash
at retail food prices when 1t assumes
absolute control of twenty basic food
products Thursday.
This control will take the form OF
a licensing system under the food
administration. Food Administrator
Hoover expects to effect material re-
ductfons in the retail prices of the
foods involved by the first Of the
wear. He hopes to do this by elim1n-
ating waste and excess profits IN tne
import, manufacture, storage ana
distribution of the twenty products
His plan is to see that these 1oods
reach the small retailer at reason
able prices, tell the public what the
dealers paid for the goods and de-
pend on the public to prevent retail
ers charging more than a fair pront.
The retailer charging excessive
profits will find himself unable to
buy from the wholesalers.
This. the food administration
pointed out today, is the only way
the problem can be met, as the food
control law does not give the gov
ernment jurisdiction over retailers
doing less than 100000 worth OF
business annually. Retailers doing
that much business will be licensed
and controlled. All meat packers,
cold storage men, millers, Gamers,
grain dealers, will have to get gov
ernment license between now and
November 1st or quit business.
The food administration will see
that all producers have free out
let and a ready market for their pro-
ducts. that all manipulation and
speculation in these foods is stopped
at once, that there is no boarding or
supplies. that there are no unfair or
unreasonable profits anywhere along
the line. Wholesale grocers, in con-
ference here last week agreed to aid!
Hoover
Licensed men or firms caught con-
spring to prevent enforcement OF
the food control law will be subject
to $4,000 fine or Imprisonment for
two years or both.
Licensed men or firms caught
manipulating the market, speculat-
ing. boarding or profieering, will be
subject to $4,000 fine or two years in
prison or both. =.
A special legal department has
been organized by the food admins
tration to make these measures effec-
tive Those licensed must make re-
norts to the government on certain
forms every so often. telling just
what they have been doing If the
facts do not tally with their reports,
thev will be called on to explain.
The commodities affected include
wheat, barley, oats. CO.. - rice
and all their by-products; beans.
meas. cottonseed. peanuts, soybeans
and their by-products; oleomarsarine
and all dAry products, and eggs,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
IN DEFENSE OF THE FARMER
WHO BOUGHT NO BONDS

have advanced to figures unheard Of
in farming communities, without
producing any additional labor supply
or even maintaining the previous
volume.
metropolitan editors who do not
know whether Holsteins are breed
of cattle or Of chicken, and lawyers,
doctors and merchants went through
the country last spring, preaching the
gospel of more acres, leaving the
Impression Intentionally that If the
farmer would only SOW the crops, an
army of city labor would be available
to harvest them. Farmers seeded
over their head, as result, but the
labor for cultivation and harvesting
did not appear.
"Farm work, as a result, is woe
fully backward, crops are not all
gathered. potatoes are freezing and
fall blowing is SO far behind that
unless the season holds open until
Christmas, the amount of land pre-
pared for next years crops will snow
a decrease instead Of the demanded
Increase.
not abuse"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
No Hired Help in Sight to
Gather Crops Even if They
Are High Priced.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, Oct Bob. w. Snow,
crop expert, today came to the de-
,ense of the farmer, whose loyalty
~ connection with the Liberty loan
was questioned and declared that the
.afmer, through shortage of labor, is
.ohfronted with more serious prob
'e,a than any faced by city dVellers.
belated returns are telling the
s,sy ss9ry OF liberal bond purchases out
a. 1.ue OF the cities" said Snow, "and
time to call attention to some
M ~ 'ne positive wrongs that are being
p.ed ,, up against the farmer.
:, while 1t is true that prices of
AN arm products are high. 1t is equally
~. ,aue mat there has been an equal If
~ ~. greater rise In the cost Of pro-
hug crops. Hired farm labor has
s'Sone almost extinct and wages
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
whole War Plan Of Allies May
be Changed as Result of
German War Machine
Success.
MUST STRIKE BLOW
duration OF War Continued by the
developments Of Past Few
Days on Borders Of
Italy.

fUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Oct. 30.-ItaIy's invasion
may change the whole war plan of
the allies. The tremendous success
gained by the Mackensen war ma
chine, Is squirting the allies to the
greatest efforts to help their ally, two
Of whose armies now seem to have
been broken by the blows of the Teu-
tonic forces.
AS evidencing Of the Italian de-
bacle on the general war plans of the
entente, the greatest significance was
Attachd today to al, article in the Pail
Mall Gazette which that newspaper
emphasized as from authoritative
sources.
AT this moment of the utmost
gravity to the whole allegiance" the
article declared, ''it is test Of
strength and ability to strike together.
1t is no longer a question of major
end minor fronts-the front is where
the danger is greatest and where the
advantages of "a speedy, definite
smashing return blow can produce the
best results.
THE whole war is in the balance.
The decisive moment should be seiZ-
w VithouI lSdi, uCLc1y VI ISSCl NhliOi.
General Cadorna is expected to
make his stand on the Tagliamenta
line. Until that front'is reached, Lon
don does not expect any other than
news of sweeping German successes.
Today military experts were prepar-
ed to hear Of the Italian evacuation Of
udine. The main apprehension here
was that If the Isonzo front has COM
pletely dissolved it will be an ex.
ceedingly difficult matter to delay
the German advance sufficiently to
prepare the Tagliamento line for the
tremendous blow 1t is certain this
'front.' must Withstand. Before the
last stand" is reached however, it
is likely the effect of strong allied re-
sstance may be felt.
Not one newspaper today minimized
the danger of the italian situation.
All agreed the German victory means
several months continuation of the
war. a
Best information from Italien as
| well as Swiss sources put the numher
o. Mackensen's invading troops at
hVe hundred thousand. Practically
every one Of these,-certain'y all Ger
man troops-were drawn fram the
russian front. So We're most Of the
thousands Of guns with which the
Ieutons literally blazed their way for,
ward
The German activity around Riga
Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
Lumber Mills in Washington
and Oregon Are Hampered
In Their Work by
German Agents.
DAILY ORANGES
Union Carde Passed About Logging
Camps Suggesting Driving
Spikes In the
Timbers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
TACOMA, Washn, Oct 30.-That
the federal government will have to
take over operation of all lumber
mills in Washington and Oregon by
reason Of an alleged plot by disloyal
persons to hamper the production of
the enormous amount of airplane fir
and spruce required by the allies, was
the belief expressed today by Ia
coma lumber men.
One of the most prominent local
producers charged that not only are
men refusing to work, but they are
actually interfering with the work OF
men in mills and camps where labor
troubles had been satisfactorily ad-
1usted.
"Such things as placing emery dust
in the machinery bearings, driving
spikes in logs to be sawed and open
ing taps to let water out of loco
motives and donkey engine boilers
with fires banked, are almost OF daily
occurrence" said this man today. IN
ion cards have been passed about in
logging camps and mills bearing such
significant words as these:
Against the law-don't drive cop
per tacks into fruit trees, as 1t kills
the trees: don't drive a spike in a log
as it isn't good for the log and is
liable to make trouble for the saw
that hits it; don't leave a dry log
buried in combustibie material near
the railroad track as a locomotive
might come along and set fire to it
and you would be 100 miles away"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
Strike Set for Tomorrow

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Oct 30
With the coast wide strike of tele-
phone company employees set for to-
morrow midnight, both sides and the
public waited the arrival of Kerner
q. Reed of Denver, representing Sec
retary Of Labor Wilson in efforts to
avert the strike.
A telegram from Secretary Wilson.
who is at Clifton, Arizona, announc-
ing that Reed had been delegated to
come to San Francisco, brought hope
that an agreement at least postponing
the strike might be reached. Secre-
tary Wilson acted on telegraphic re-
quests to Washington made by United
States Senator Phelan and Gavin
McNab. of this city.
In the meantime neither the com
pany nor the union has evidenced any
change of policy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
American Army Knee Deep IN
Freezing Water, is Taking
Active Part in
the War.
GUMS ARE CRASHING
Indiana Boy Pulls Trigger, While
keokuk Boy Is Preparing
Meal for tho
Company.
[By J. w. Pegler, United Press Stah
CorresnOndaDt

[By ]. W. Pegler, United Press STAFF
Correspondent
| WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
| SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Oct. 30.
Under terrible weather conditions.
the American army is exchanging
blow for blow with the boches, learn
| ing war by contact.
! France today is a vast stretch OF
icy rivulets and mud bogs Rain and
snow are beating down day after
day.
Through it all, the sammies are
manning their guns, perfecting their
Workmanship by shelling enemy en-
placements while the infantry in
some places stands knee deep In al
most freezing water.
The American infantry stand their
watches on the front lines and take
their regular turns at patrols into
the bleak, deadly waste that Is No
Mans Land. 1t is a desolate section
where the billiards. swirl Of snow
fakes or sheets of rain make it often
impossible to see more than few
yards.
Nearby merican engineers, con.
stantly alert, clustered around
feeble fire in half demolished farm
across an almost impossible terraine
to repair trenches.
Returning wet through and stupe-
fed with exhaustion, they throw
themselves on the floor, wrap up In
blankets and snatch wink-mostly
without an opportunity to change
their clothing.
Accredited American corresponds
ents on Sunday had their first oppor-
tunity to visit the sammtes at the
front-their gun pits, dugouts and
trenches.
We staggered single Ale across a
valley to see the gun that fred the
first shot of the war. A young lieu
tenant from Indiana told with boyish
enthusiasm how that first shot came
to be fired. He interspersed his run
ming narrative with cryptic COM
mands to his gunners, working under
ground.
With hardly perceptfb1e pause
the lieutenant lifted his voice abrupt
ly here to shout:
Ready to fire"
It must have been a command to
the gunners in the subterranean
chamber for almost instantly gun
crashed, followed by swishing shell
aimed at the enemy's entanglements.
The lieutenant didn't stop for the
noise. He resumed:
"The French officers told us 1t was
impossible to procure horses to haul
that particular gun here until day
break" the lieutenant explained.
He said if we wanted to drag 1t
up-by man power-we might beat
the others and thus have the oppor-
tunitv of firing the first shot.
"Our men knew 1t would be tough
iob-but they were anxious to shoot
that first she'll So they worked
through all that night in the rain
and mud And they got the gun in
position just before daybreak and
myself watched from an observation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
Another Smash Against Teu-
ton Lines in Flanders Moves
British Forward
Again.
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
French AvIators Great Team Work
Sunday Enabled Artillery to
AnnIhiIate German
Batteries.

limited Press Leased Wire Service]
LONDON, Oct. 30.-Field Marshal
Haig struck another powerful ground
gaining blow against the German line
in Flanders today.
North of the Ypres-Roulers rail
way we attacked at $40 this morn
ing he reported. Good progress
was made"
The Ypres-Roulers railway crosses
the Passchendaele ridge Just a little
tn the south of Passchendaele. Haig's
general direction of the drive today
would seem to indicate that the Brit
ish have struck forward out of Pass
chendaele directly toward Roulers,
which is only six miles distant from
where the British lines were ad-
yanced on the most recent British
drive last week.
The immediate objective of all the
recent British smashes In FLANDERS
has been this city Of Roulers. 1t IS
one of the railroad centers in the
main line of communications connect
ing the Hindenburg line with the
German submarine bases of Ostend
and Zeebrugge on the coast.
Aviation Team Work.
1Rv Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
FLANDERS, Oct 3O.-The most per
fectlv co-ordinated team work. in
the history of warfare brought
Frances veterans victory in their
latest bite forward in Flanders.
So perfect was the coordination
between aviators and French guns
that throughout the day Of this ad-
vance. no German battery fired more
than six shots before it was located
bv the French eagles of the air, ac-
cIrately ranged" the distance wire.
1essed or signaled back and French
Guns put 1t out of commission.
This was on Sunday. The day
bright, crisp and clear-the
air more clear than any time in two
months. The French had previously
concentrated a remarkable number
of nlanes and guns in this particular
sector of Flanders. They got on the
iob at once. French squadrillas took
to the air. They got the jump on
the enemy, assuming the initiative
and attaining complete mastery. Not
only that, but they kept this mastery
throughout the day. French fighting
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
7luo More are on List
of Kentucky White Caps
Secret Band Which Horse 81 pped Disloyal Preacher,
Warns Other ms to be Ready

re : ed Wi sanel
in
of
Bgow the
ura
all suspected dyab and whom the
live il Coington
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
FIRST BULLET
TO REACH MARK
German Landstrumer Shot
Down by Sammies WHO
We're Exploring No
Mans Land.
DIED IN THE HOSPITAL
Was the First Prisoner to be Taken
by American Soldiers at the
Front Since Men
Arrived.
DIED IN THE HOSPITAL
IBy ]. w. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent.1


Correspondent
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR-
TIERS, FRANCE, Oct 30-The first
verified death from an American bull
let fired by a sammy in trench war
fare was that Of g. nineteen year old
German landsturmer. He was the
first prisoner taken by American sol
diers In their first excursion over No
Mans Land and he died in an Ameri-
can hospital just behind the lines.
Two sammies were out "over the
top" under cover Of darkness and rain
one recent night when they sighted
two moving figures. The shadowy
forms fled. Both sammies fired. One
boche escaped, but the other fell. In
two jumps the Americans we're on
him, finding the surprised Teuton
nursing a badly shattered arm. He
was escorted back to the trenches.
An American ambulance stumbled
along the treacherous and slippery
road, under occasional shell fire. to
the dressing station. There the Ger
man had been temporarily bound up.
He was lifted aboard the ambulance,
by two sammies-one from El Paso,
Texas and the other from Oakland,
California.
The American ambulance slid and
scurried back to the field hospital
There a Texas surgeon operated at
once on the prisoner. For time he
seemed to be progressing nicely, but
the wound had been infected and
gangrene developed. American sur
geons did their utmost to save his
life, but in vain.
The prisoner said he was delivering
mail to his comrades and got mixed
up in taking a short cut across No
Mans Land.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
TOOK SECOND WIFE TWELVE
DAYS AFTER FIRST ONE DIED

days. was greeted with silence by
relatives of both bride and groom
here today.
Allan Ryan and John B. Ryan, sons
of the traction magnate, had nothing
to say.
1t was learned that no relatives
were present at the ceremony.
Ryan's first wife died at Suffren.
N Y, less than two weeks ago.
Mrs Cuyler, the bride, is a sister Of
Delaney Nicoll. She is fifty years
of age, Ryan is her third husband.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-30
Motor Bandit Movie.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
CHICAGO, Oct. 3o.-Today's motor
bandit story:
Henry Hunt, South side saloon
keeper.
Four men with revolvers.
Six hundred dollars.
Honk! Honk!