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ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY
 EXPENSE.

In the countrywide movement, inau- gurated by the economy board of the council of national defense to elim- mate waste and, unnecessary expense by reducing deliveries of department and other retail stores and cut down the abuse of the returned goods priv ilege, great progress is being made, according to reports of the board. The Official Bulletin, issued by the government. says:
 within the few weeks which have elapsed since the board made it's first request to merchants to economize in their delivery systems to aid in commercial readjustment for war pur- roses it's recommendations have been carried out in whole or in part in 80 different cities with combined pop ulation of about 14,000000 people. This means that more than thlrd of the total urban population of the country is already affected by the boards work
 These figures, the board stated cover only such outstanding instanc. es as have been reported directly to the board. The state councils of de fense have been chiefly in charge of local campaigns and. only few have made detailed reports. The effects of the national campaign have been much wider than the quoted figures indicate.
 "Such records as arc available show that the merchants of g cities, with a total population of 6.929,S4l. have reduced the number of regular retail deliveries in accordance with the boards suggestions. In many of them, in place of the usual four or five deliveries. the number has been cut to one.
 "The campaign to reduce waste due to the abuse of the returned goods privilege has affected so far 2s cities, with combined population of 13,57S,' 3s7."
 Pine Bluff merchants are ccoperat' ing in this movement, and consumers can help greatly by making their pur;
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FRISCO TO OWN RAILWAYS.

San Francisco, Sept. 25.-A plan for the immediate purchase of the United railroads, street car property, by the city of San Francisco, was presented to Mayor Rolfa by officials of the road. The plan was evolved by a committee of bankers named to handle the financial reorganization of the road, and presented to conference of civic. financial and labor interests. It was unanimously approved. Details of the plan have not been made pub- 1ic
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WHERE TYPHOID COMES FROM.

What is responsible for typhoid epidemic?
 Many cities have them. And then strenuous efforts are mads to purify the water supply, oversee the milk supply and regulate the bread sup ply.
 Usually everything is done except getting at the root of the trouble which would be the elimination of outhouses.
 In g city with sewer system not a single outhouse should be permit ted to exist.
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NEW Y. M. C. A.. WORKER.

T. c. Roberts has arrivel from Col umbia, $. C., and has taken on his new work as secretary of the boys work department of the Y. M. C. A. He is being introduced and advised by General Secretary Goodwin. MT. Roberts is an experienced Y. M. c. A. worker, having been formerly boys work secretary at Columbia, and was in the work for five years in Memphis. His family will soon arrive in Pine Bluff and make their home here.
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The word "boche." used by the French poilus to denote the Germans, is French slang. It is an abDreviation of the French caboche. which means a short nail with large head. As ap- piled to the Teutons it means an Ob- stinate, pig-headed person.
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Steel trust workers arc to receive another ten per cent boost in their wages. Probably Judge Gary thinks the government will get the excess profits anyhow and some of it may as we'll be used where it will pur- chase good will.
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WILL BE REPAID FOR WOFK.

Women everywhere suffer from kid ney trouble-backaehe rheumatic pains, swollen and tender muscles, stiff joints. Mrs. C.. J. Ellis, sos Sth Ave-, Sioux Falls, S. D.. writes: q feel sure if anyone is bothered as was will give Foley's Kidney Pills a fair trial they will be repaid for their work. "- Mann's Pharmacy.-Advt.
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chases with care, thus avoiding re-

chases with care, thus avoiding re- turns; carrying as many of their pur- chases as possible, and by refrain ing from requesting special deliv- cries." By paying cash, too, the con- sumer can help fight unnecessary ex- pense. and in so doing effect direct saving. In the end. all will benefit, from the success of the movement. Be- cause as the cost of doing business is reduced, the stores will be enabled to reduce prices.
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One Hundred Years Ago Today. 1817-A law school was opened in con- nection with Harvard college Seventy five Years Ago Today. 1S42-George F. Baer, for many years president of the Philadelphia and Reading railway, born in Somerset county, Pa. Died, April 2. 1914.
 Fifty Years Ago Today. 1867-John M. Lowrie, noted clergy man writer, died at Fort Wayne, Ind. Born in Pittsburgh, July 16, 1877.
 Twenty-Five Years Aso Today. 1g92--GSover Cleveland accepted the Democratic nomination for the
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In casually looking over the figures in the governments war revenue bill we come to the conclusion that some where in the. world there will be enough ciphers to print it, but not in this shop.
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ROBERTS BROTHER
 LOSES LEG IN FRANCE

w. H. Roberts, local photog- rapher, has received advices from rel atives in Detroit that cable message announced the wounding of his broth
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eh, Ted, in battle somewhere in France. The wound necessitated the amputation of the left leg just below the knee. The young soldier is now in hospital at Liverpool.
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presidency.

One Year Ago Today. in the War. Sept. 26, 1916-British completed the capture of Thiepval; New York bankers announced $50,0OO,OOO loan to Paris for alleviation of, suffering caused by the war.
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A pacifist may suffer from cold in the head, but more likely he will suf' fer from two in the feet.
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WORTH REMEMBERING.

Nothing in life is more re markable than tae unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves.
 -Bcaconsfield.
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MORE TREASURY NOTES.

Washington, Sept. 25.-The fourth series of short term terasury certifi- cates was offered to the public by the treasury department yesterday. The issue, $40O, 100000, is, larger than any yet offered by the department, and bears interest at higher rate, 4 per cent, as authorized in the war bin, signed yesterday. Previous issues have not borne higher than 1-2 per cent.
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PEl LAGRI
 s ~ ~ IS guarantsl k| one bottle te " ~ any case of h6| - O gra, RheuniiI
 Srrnfnle c-ts

Eczema or any blood, liver or f disease, or your dollar returu4i S z Why suffer or pay big bilI, i! Ss1 expensive trips or buy a remsdr s no assurance, if not benetited. 4 " ting your money refunded iSI built m ytrade with a merjtorioa, ' edy and fair dealing; 2, trial l 1l| ask you to give G. s.
 Sold in Pine Bluff by V.LR| woody & Co.,, and Mann. Is,kl Drug Co.,, and others at one dolpn| bottle or 6 for $500, prepaid af1 ceipt of price, call on your du for G. s. before you order fps I write to me for testimoni,h | mention this paper.
 L. M. Mo4l 721 Spring St. Little 2st H|
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When the attention of Tue Graphic Is called to any mis-statemcnt of facts. or to any error concerning any men O. thing. correction will cheerfv.iy bc made.
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Lack of opportunity saves many
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A new clamp to hold a co,s. milk bottle also serves as ,', ~. ' ! to carry the bottle ns
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not otner- wlse credited in this paper an daaso the local news published herein All rights of republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved.
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THIS. DATE IN HISTORY.

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-02
Yrs KathTll lT6tant0n

Mrs. Stanton of Hot Springs, Ark,
has offered the United States gov
eminent a powderless gun, based on
the principle of a slingshot, for
whose development she spent a for
tune. She is the millionaire widow
of Frank Stanton, whose $30,OOO,0O0
estate she inherited Mrs. Stanton
says the gun is so easy to operate it
does not need an experienced gun
neE.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-02

days under the shadow of the mailed
fist; to be regulated, watched and
commanded like a raw recruit in the
awkward squad; to never feel for a
moment free from the hand of the
government; to have the superhuman
origin and divine warrant of the kali
ser dinned eteTnally in your ears; to
walk in hourly dread of the lurking
police agent and eavesdTOpping spy;
to be in danger Of persecution for the
least remark offensive to the ruler;
to be seized at your cradle and mold
ed all your days for the greater glory
of the HOhenzOllerns?
Americans could no more live in
such an atmosphere than they could
thrive in a vacuum. They would suf-
fOcate in it. Yet that is the Prus-
sian idea.
It is time to have done with fooIing
and dreaming. This world is to be
autocratic or democratic, Just as this
war turns out. If Germany wins there
will be an alignment of all the autoc-
racies against what remains of the
democracies until the democratic
idea is permanently down and out.
Whether Germany wins on land or
wins by her U-boat campaign, the re-
suit is exactly the same for democra-
cy and for US.
We live or die with the democra-
cies of Europe.
Thelonly choice we have is wheth-
er we shall let them fight our battle
and perhaps lose it, or whether we
shall take our place with them and
in this final struggle between free
dom and monarchy play the part of a
nation of men.
But if we are going to crawl on our
bellies let's make a good job of it and
not pretend to do anything else. One
thing or the other Crawl or walk
straight and go through to the end.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-02
NIECE OF PITTE OFFERS TO
GIVE UP HER DOWRY

GIVE UP HER DOWRY
Olga Vrana, niece Of the aged and
broken banker, ROb't Pitte, on the
stand before Federal Judge Lands
yesterday offered to give the credit
OTs of the Pitte bank real estate val
Ued at $1,000 and diamonds worth
$500, which were given to her by her
uncle as a dowry. Lands took the
real estate, but indicated that he
might give back the jewelry.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-03
southward toward those far purple

southwark toward those far purple
hills.
Behind 1t the Morgan homestead
roared with flames a funeral pyIe for
the body of the murdered mother.
The girl would not let herself think
of that. She understood now that she
had been taken alive for a purpose.
She must defeat that purpose, either
by escaping or by bringing her own
death about In attempting to escape
She dared not think of the horror that
lay behind, lest it unnerye her and
make her fail.
Leaving the open country, the raid
ers took to the highroad. If they had
eluded the patrols, they did not hope
for long to go unpursued. Their safest
course lay in open flight by the fastest
practicable route to the hills. They
spared neither their horses nor them
selves.
1t so happened that the animal rid
den by Bess Morgan was one of the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-03

In that presence the clustering, val
liant Zelaya diminished to his right
stature, that of a rowdyish braggart,
not lacking in courage and initiative,
conspicuously deficient in education,
wisdom, judgment.
Only less dwarfed was the repre-
sentative of the Carranza interests,
General Torreon, trim and inteili-
gent Mexican. well grounded in the
fundamentals of his trade-which was
simply and exclusively war.
Baron Huroki alone seemed able to
address NOgi in terms of equality-if
without once suggesting any reluc-
lance to accord the commander In
chief the Difference that was his due.
This. perhaps. was quite natural, In
view OF the authority with which
Baron Huroki had been clothed by the
imperial government at Tokyo-an au-
thGrity only second to that of General
NOgi, who was Hurokl's only ranking
officer in the allied camp.
The occasion which had brought
of the Mexican system of espionage
10 secure any accurate information as
10 conditions Immediately north of the
border.
This was due to the uncommonly
thOroughgoing and tireless system Of
patrols organized by Donald Parr and
maintained by Patria and her neigh
bors.
For several weeks spy after spy had
sought to penetrate the lines-and in
variably had been obliged to give up
the attemp'. NJ less than three,
through unchronicled mischance, had
vanished utterly and inexplicably. And
no information of any real value had
been reported back to headquarters by
those who, acting under instruction,
had confined their efforts to long-dis-
lance observation with the aid of
powerful binoculars. They saw Pa
trials biplanes hanging in the skies or
swiftly coursing through them; but
that was all
And hour by hour 1t was believed by
diA luOSC ptEScliL Ut ltliS tOuIcEtutcs
the moment drew nearer when the
word to advance would be given out by
Tokyo.
ut is not only humlliating," HUI
roki was declaring, ut is madness,
downright madness, to contemplate
movement Ia force without first-hand
Information as to what this accursed
girl is up to. 1t is insensate folly to
underestimate her ability and anxiety
to hinder and embarrass US. It is all
very well for you conference.-the adj
dressed himself specifically to Ze-
1aya and Torreon-'to point to our
forces and say the United States can
muster nothing to withstand it. That
is true-as FAR as we know. But you
make the mistake Of thinking you
have only the regular army and the
National Guard to reckon with. You
have something else-this puny slip
of a girl, this Insignificant Patria
Claiming. / know her, as you do not;
and l tell you she Is like q living
flame of patriotism; she is intelligent,
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TRADE BRIEFS or INTEREST

Brazil will establish labor ex'
changes.
Laundry machinery is needed at
Drumright. Okla.
Cells and roofing for a Jail are in
demand at Princeton, W. Va.
There is a market for bathrooms sup
plies and fixtures at West Point, Va.
Prices Oh supplies for a plant max
ing coiled hoops are wanted at Greens
vile, Miss.
Addresses Of manufacturers of clay
working machinery are wanted by u
firm at Spartanburg, S. c.
DistilHng machinery to make alcohol
for the manufacture Of charcoal is
needed at Huntington, W. Va.
The big horn or Rocky mountain
sheep can travel as far over the noun
tain peaks in a few minutes as hun
ter can go in two hours.
Drug machinery. including pill-mak-
ing machines, capsule filters, ointment
and pomade mixers. powder and pre-
scripdon-papers cutters and cold strip
presses. is needed at Barranquilla, Co
lombia.
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not fool, is the happiest creature lIv-
ing.
Demophllus-With the wicked, as
with bad dog, silence is more formld-
able than noise.
South-No man ever offended his
conscience, but first or last 1t was re-
venged upon him for 1t.
Shakespeare feel within me a
peace above all earthly dIgnities,
still and quiet conscience.
Marcus Aurelius-Look well into thy
self; there is a source which will al
ways spring up If thou wilt always
search there.
Zimmermann-In all the sallies Of
badinage, a polite fool shines; but in
gravity he is as awkward as an ele-
plant disporting.
Charming God be thanked for
books. They are the voices of the dis
tant and the dead, and make US heirs
to the spiritual life of past ages. Books
are true Jewelers..
Shaftesbury-True courage is cool
and calm. The bravest of men have
the least Of brutal bullying insolence;
and in the very time of danger are
found the most serene and free.
Lavater-He who comes from the
kitchen, smells of its smoke; he who
adheres to a sect has something Of its
cant; the college air pursues the stu
dent, and dry inhumanity him who
herds with literary pedants.
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calls. Then he retired to well-earned
rest.
In the gray dusk of the next dawn
twenty mounted and armed Mexicans
rendezvoused with the Killer at a
point some two miles south of the
boundary line OF the Charming ranch,
and about twenty miles from its ha-
cienda.
He was well-informed as to the hab-
its Of the patrol-both that maintained
by the United States government and
that which Patria Claiming had or
ganized. Since 1t was the custom for
raidlng parties to cross the border by
night or in earliest dawn. Gomez re-
Trained from doing anything as COM
monplace. He recognized no necessity
for a clash with the patrols when it
could be avoided by the exercise of a
little patience.
Conducting his command to a point
where they could skulk under cover of
wooded ground, secure from spying
eyes, he secuted on afoot to a spot
whence, lying at length on the crest
of little hill, he could spy through
the underground that concealed him.
Below him, just beyond a shallow
arroyo, lay the Morgan homestead.
1t was Sunday morning, very quiet
and warm. The peace of unaccus-
toned Incidence enveloped The home
stead. BY convention it was morn
ing for late breakfast-late,t that is,
In the esteem Of folk in the habit of
rising with the sun. So it was all
of two hours after sun-up when the
smoke began to ascend from the Chin
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to imagine she Is taking no steps to
prepare trap for us? I tell
you, We must know Your spies have
thus far failed; we can employ none
of ours, for 1t would be fatal to have
japanese caught in an act of es-
pionage."
What would you suggest, then?"
Torreon asked thOughtfully.
Find some way to stimulate the eff
ficiency of your system. Get US some
trustworthy information-no matter
how"
IF may make a suggestion" Ze-
iaya ventured. At nod from NOgi
he proceeded. pulling at his mustache
to mask the smile of relish with which
he anticipated permission to commit
yet another atrocity on American soil.
sit is long time since we have
broken the peace of the border here
abOuts. And these Americans have
short memories. Let me send few
mere handful-of my men to exc
cute flying raid on the Claiming
ranch. 1 will guarantee results"
''How soF" Nogi demanded.
Zelaya bent over the map and with
the blunt end of greasy forefinger in
Dictated certain point.
"Here is a house fully twenty miles
from the hacienda" he said. st is the
home of the man named Morgan,
ranch foreman. He lives there with
his son, his sister and his mOther-his
wife is dead. Both Morgan and his
sister are deep in the confidence of the
Senorita Claiming. Let my men
bring in either of these :"
He paused and showed his teeth in
smile of gruesome significance. sand
/ will promise to induce him--or her
to tell us everything we want to
know"
Eagerly Huroki's eyes sought the
face of his commander in chief. 1t
told him, however, nothing. Impas-
sively General NOgi deliberated; it
was nearly two minutes later when he
delivered his verdict.
"Let this thing be DONE" he said !,
and rose, ending the conference.
"PEAcE WITH HONOR"
Gomez was the name of the man
chosen by Zelaya to do the work he
had uggested-"GOmez the Killer"
was the sobriquet by which he was
known to his fellows; a qulet-man-
nered, sad-faced Mexican OF something
a little under the average build of his
breed.
Listening gravely to the instructions
of his superior, he nodded gentle COM
prehension, and sailed forth to exc
cute Zelaya's will with no more COM
passion in mis- heart than he would
have felt If ordered to exterminate
all but one or two of nest of rattle
snakes.
He journeyed northward that night
by motorcycle, and spent the following
day in what appeared to be desultory
riding about the country just south of
the border, pausing at the dwelling of
his friend and that to pass the time of
day.
IN all he made just twenty such
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resourceful, unafraid, and she controls
70 per cent of the arms and ammuni-
ton industries of the United States.
In addition, she has at her command
this immense treasure, this hundred
million-dollar trust, which she Inherit
ed and declares she will spend 1t To-
the sole purpose of defeating our
plans since. as IL appears, her
country Is too niggardly and shOr--
sighted to spend a dollar in its own
defensei
"And we sit here In ignorcuIe Of
her plans We must know them, and
we must know them without more de-
lay-Or we risk setback that ex-
plodes our entire scheme of invasion !"
"How car that beT Torreon in
quIred.
With grunt of impotence Huroki
pointed to great typographical map
spread out on the table between them.
"Have you forgotten that our chosen
line of march strikes directly through
the Claiming ranch property? And
what are we going to find there? What
Is this girl doing there. all this time
while we sit here twiddling our
thumbs? She isn't idle-I promise you
that. She can purchase, If need be,
the best military intelligence In the
United States. Is it sensible to sup
pose that her advisers have overlooked
the fact that via the Claiming ranch
is the shortest and quickest route
toward our goal?-that, If we strike at
all from this quarter, it will naturally
and surely be along that line2 And,
such being the probable case. is it wise
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Recently in the southeast part of the
city, Sanks overlook q woman. with
Il baby in her arms, half walking. half
running in the center OF the street,
and asked her whether she wished a
lift. She got into the machine, and at
once burst into tears.
ooh, sir" she cried. "catch that bug.
gy ahead. My husband is init and he
is running away from me. Oh, Obi"
Sanks was nonplused.
''0h, Oh" she cried again. "do catch
him; do. He's an awful bad man. and
as strong as three men, but l don't
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Quoted on his own estate, he iiseov-
cred that pins, ike human beings, go
their way and are resolved into dust.
Hairpins. which the experimenter OBJ
served for 154 days. disappeared ut
the end of that period. having been
converted into a ferrous oxide. a
brownish rust. which was blown away
by the winds.
Bright pins took nearly IS months
TO disappear; polished steel needles.
nearly two years and a half; brass
pins had but little endurance. At the
end Of IS months. steel pens were near
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want him to so. Maybe he'll kill me.
and maybe he'll kill us both, IL it
makes him mad for me TO follow him,
but I want him to come back"
Lady" said Sanks, you need a po-
iceman whole lot worse shan you
need me, and best les, ] just forgot,
but I've got to so back the other way.
I expect maybe you better get out"
mo. no, follow him"
please get outT'
NO. faster, faster -
His passenger continued to urge full
speed ahead. and SankS began to con-