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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-08

without making another sound Of any
kind. Kings ears are part Of the
equipment for his exactfng business,
but he could not hear the door click
shut again.
For about i've minutes, while the
train swayed headlong into Indian
darkness, the man stood listening and
watching Kings face. He stood 20
near that King recognized him for the
one who had nccosted him on Rawal-
Pindi plntform. And he could see the
outline Of the knife-hilt TINT the mans
fingers ciutched underneath his shirt.
He feigned sleep 70 successfully that
tho native turusd away at last
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-08

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29
PRINCE OF JAPAN CREATES INQUIRY
 ON CHINESE VISIT

Nanking. China, June 29.-The vis- it of Lieutenant General Tanaka, Vice Chief of the Japanese General Staff. to China has caused much omment, He went to Tsing-tau and other points in, Shantung province where the Jap anese have been charged by the Chi nese with helping revolutionists and in other ways undermining Chinese authority. Chinese officials extended General Tanaka every courtesy at Tsinanfau and other places of impor- tance visited by him. He was enter tained at many dinners, before he reached Ranking.
 Chinese newspapers have comment ed widely on the visit of General Tan aka at a time when internal affairs are so unsettled in the republic and the anti-Japanese press has made many bitter attacks on the mission which was denounced as one designed to cause further ,uneasiness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29
WOMEN STEP FORWARD
 IN JAPANESE EMPIRE

Tokio, June 29-That Japanese women constantly are taking larger part in the activities of the Empire is shown by recent investigations. As in Europe, so in Japan women are filling positions formerly exclusively Eeld by men.
 There are 4,00O women working under the Railway Bureau; most of them ticket sellers, cashiers and ac- countants, and 5000 women find em- ployment in the cigar and cigarette factories of the government tobacco monopoly. Their wages range from ten to twenty-five cents a day. t-' Male clerks in banks and mercan- tile houses constantly are being re- placed by women, who receive $5 to $15 a month. Actresses receive the highest wages paid to women in Japan, but their clothes are expensive and so they are financially in no better position than the more humble workers. The low est salary among them is $25 Or $30 a month, and the highest about $50 | In journalism women in Japan get
 from $10 to $25 a month, according to experience. As yet the number ot
 women doctors is not large, but they
 enjoy large and lucrative practice
 The number of women employed in such capacities as nurses, gover.
 nesses, in drug stores, or as models dancers, guides, ushers, barmaids teahouse waitresses, hairdressers an( lflowermakers is increasingly large, tt
 say nothing of the more than 125,00( employed in cotton and other factor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

picions toward Cocchi several hours before he disappeared on Feb. 15. Requests that Cocchrs motorcycle lrepair shop be searched were made by MT. Cruger to Detective sergeant Lagarenne on the same day. Detectives insisted Cocchi was re- putable business man and said, we can't arrest All
 Records of the detectives fail to | show any report of complaint made i by MI. Brown on midnight of Feb l 13.. when he requested that genera alarm be sent out for Ruth Cruger | Letter of introduction to Inspector Joseph Faurot of the detective bureau | which former Police Commissionel Douglas I. Mckay had given Miss Helen Cruger, apparently failed tt
 urge on the search.
 | Police apparently took for granted
 that mysterious girl seen getting 1ntt l taxicab on the afternoon Ruth Crugel
 disappeared was missing girl. N
 I Asked why Cocchi had been allow
 ed to escape detectives informed Hel
 | en Cruger there was mo reason wh.
 he should have been watched ant .l that he had probably just gone ava. for a few days.s
 The upper picture shows Henry p
 Cruger, father of the murdered girl
 in the witness chair. The lower pic :, ture is Detective Sergeant Johl
 lLAgarenne, one of the accused polio ; officers, telling of his work in tracin missing persons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

cts possess both.
 The portion of space occupied by the material forming the comet is of ten enormous; the diameter of the head may be as great as a million, miles, i. e., twice the diameter of the moons orbit about the earth. Yet in spite of this vast bulk, the actual amount of material which makes up the comet is very small. for even the comparatively close approach of the comet to one of the bodies of the solar system seems to produce no gray itational disturbance, or perturbation, as the astronomers call 1t. On the other hand it is the orbit of the com ct itself which is entirely changed by the effect of the planets gravitational attraction.
 The Number of Comets
 Comets have been objects of admir- ation, fear and worship since long be- fore the written history of man be gan; we can easily imagine the effect upon our prehistoric ancestor of the | appearance in the heavens of such | a brilliant, flaming object among the stars, whose configurations were fa- miliar. References to comets are | found in great numbers in all early records, and it is estimated that about 400 different comets are mentioned | in records before real modern astrono- my began with the invention of the telescope (about 1600.) Since then ap- proximately an equal number has been added, most of which are telescopie comets, whose discovery was possible only by the use of the instrument. Comet Families
 l In attempting to classify comets we l find that groupings can be made 1T two distinct ways. In the first place there is a. large number of comets which rotate about the sun in an or bit and furthermore have the pecu 1 liarity that points of their respective orbits which lie furthest away from | the sun (the 'aphelion' points in as l tronomical languge) are all very clos ! to the orbit of Jupiter, for example l From this. it is argued that Jupiter played great part in the determine | ton of the comets orbits around tn I sum- These comets are therefore call ed Jupiter's family of comets. All tn outlying planets of the system haEs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29
FABULOUS AMOUNTS
 BROUGHT BY OXEN
 AT BELGIUM SALES

Havre. June 2s.-The price of a pair of oxen in Brussels is now the equivalent of $1,60O, according to in- formation received in Belgian official circles here Besides a few donkeys oxen are about the only means the Belgian population has for the trans portation of goods and merchandise. Even these are being requisitioned by the Germans.
 Food continues to grow scarce. Flour is made of 97 per cent. of the whole wheat and the rations of the Royal Dutch Relief Committee are being reduced.
 Industry is practically suppressed, the Germans having ordered that all factories employing more than g doz- en men must work for the German ary or close their doors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29
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advised by Helen Cruber of her sus- before Commissioner Wallstein. who has been designated by Mayor Mitchell to investigate alleged laxity on the part of the police department in find ing the missing girl or permitting Cocchi- now charged with the murder of Ruth Cruger-to escape. <
 The examination of these two wit nesses and Alfred M. Brown, MT. Cruger's business associate brought out, among other things, the follow ing important facts:
 Members of the detective force were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

Unless several members of the New York detective bureau show excellent reasons why the suspicious of mur- dered Ruth Cruger's relatives toward Alfred Coccli were not needed, and why he was not placed under close surveillance, Commissioner of Ac- counts Leonard M. Wallstein an- nounced he would recommend that charges be brought against all respon- sible.
 This assertion was made after Miss Helen C<uger and her father. Henry D. Cruger. had appeared as witnesses
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

such families; Jupiter's is by far the | most numerous, containing about I thirty Neptune, Uranus and Saturn have six, three and two respectively. The second kind of grouping is of families in each of which the different members have entered the system of the sun along the same orbits. The most famous of these families is one of which all the members came from the direction of Sirius.
 The Comet Tails
 Tn some ways the. most interesting single thing about the comet is it's tail, if it has one This consists of the most tenuous of matter and sticks out from the head a distance eff many millions of miles-some metimes as much as a hundred million. When 8 comet is first discovered it is usually far from
 the sun and without a tail. but as it. approaches the sun the tail seems to
 be formed and to grow larger.
 Another very curious phefomenon
 is that the tail does not merely lag behind the head of the comet in its flight through space, but always points in a direction away from the sun, even preceding the comet when necessary. This acts just as if some repulsive force emanated from the sun and pushed away the tiny particles of which the tail is composed, overcom- ing even the more attractive force of gravitation. Astronomers sought for such a force as the simplest explana- tion of the tails actions, and many suggested electric force, for it is known 1 that bodies charged with like kinds | (positive or negatiye) of electricity strongly repel one another.
 A more probable source of the re- pulsion is found in the pressure ex-4 erted by light when it falls upon a material body. Of course, with or ] ldinary means it is impossible to sense l this minute repulsive force of light, | but it has been shown to exist by ex- periments with the most delicate kind I of apparatus. The existence of this ! light pressure had been shown theor- T etica11y before, these experiments were I made It seems that in the case of l such very minute particles as compose the tail of the comet the light pres sure is greater, than the tgrayitational pull by the sun, and these are forced out of the comets head, never to re- turn.
 NOTE: Since the time the above
 was written Comet B 1916 has very curiously failed to live up to the ex- T pectations of the astronomers as re- gards it's brilhancy. Though it is doubtful now whether the comet will be a very brilliant naked-eye object ! it will no doubt be worth the readers while to watch for7it in the place in. dicated above.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

The summer sky of 1917 is greatly enriched by. the presence of the tenn porary ornament, Comet B 1916 (Wolf). It does no happen very of ten during one mans lifetime that a comet of brilliancy great enough to make it marked object for naked eye observation appears in the heav- ems. We were exceptionally fortunate in having one such comet not many years ago: Halley's famous comet which visited us in 1910. This years comet was discovered by pr. Max Wolf of the Heidelberg Observatory toward the end of April 1916. Hence its designation: for B 1916 means that ! it was the second comet discovered in the year 1916- It had then come l just inside of Jupiter's orbit, and, be-
 cause of this great distance at the time of discovery, it was even then ex- !, pected to become a very bright ob- I ject upon closer approach to the sun | and earth. It seems to be justifying this hope, for at the time of writing kit is very brilliant, indeed. Its closest approach to the sun was about June I16. The calculated positions for July place it approximately. as shown or | the map, just west of the Great Square of Pegasus. which at the time of the map Is just beginning to show above the horizon During the month ii will move slowly eastward into the
 area occupied by the Square. We should have no difficulty in picking
 it out from the stars, and even ar \ opera glass will soon settle any doubts as to the objects nature.
 What Is Comet?
 The thing which distinguishes com [ cts at once from other heavenly bod les Is the difference in appearance. ' typical comet has head moreyor lesl spherical in form which looks fuzzy and a tail. It is this indistinctness O outline of the head which made ths ancients say that the star looked hairy, and the name comet is derived from the Latin word coma, meaning hair. Very often the center of thu coma, or head. shows a distinct yer!
 bright condensation and. is called th' nucleus. The tail is not an absolutel. necessary adjunct, but is certainly { usual thing Neither is the nucleus
 aIWayB present Sometimes both ar'
 absent: but the larger naked-eye com
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

After wondering why a destroyer can't spot submarine hiding in 1000 square miles of sea water, some of our men have to get their wives help them locate their Sunday shirt in the bureau drawer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

| Seventy-three owners of dogs in New York were hailed into court as the re-. suit of having their dogs unInuzzleds
 Each was fined one dollar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

The mayor of Havre read a. procla- fnation calling upon the people of the city to celebrate the Fourth of July in honor of the United States
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

Tugs of wrecking concerns at New London, Conn.,, are working desper- ately to pull the American vessel Olym- pia into deep water.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-29

FLOWER AND VEGET aEI.E
 SEEDS JOHN EECK &.6ON
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15
FAITH NEWS NOTES.

Mrs. Ida Green of Saline county, MT. and Mrs. Joe Ballaeuw and chil- dren of Chiffon, Tex, arrived here Monday for few days visit with pr. T. l.. Adams, brother of Mrs. Green and Mrs. Ballaeuw. Mrs. Bal leuw returned to her home Thursday accompanied by Dr. T. L. Adams and family.
 Jewel Simmons of Lily, was here visiting relatives for a few days.
 Leslie Helire was a visitor in Pine Bluff, Monday.
 H. E. Helire made business trip to Pine Bluff, Wednesday.
 Mrs. Olive Clay and son, Howard returned Wednesday from a visit to relatives in Hugo, Okla.
 Mrs. George Blackwell and chil- dren of Pine Bluff, are visiting MT. and Mrs. John Hamilton and family.
 Henry Herr left Sunday for a weeks vacation at Hot Springs.
 MT. and Mrs. Edgar Blackwell and daughter, Miss Owen Rachel of Pine Bluff, motored here Sunday and were the guests of Mrs. Georgie Sims and family.
 Misses Amy Herr and lola Berry. John Hughes and Jiffy Jones of Pine, Bluff. were here Sunday, visiting MT. and Mrs. J. T. Herr.
 Butler Andrews went to Hot Springs Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15
A CHANGE TO ENLIST.

E. J. Roche, chief electrician, Unit ed States navy, who is in charge of the local navy recruiting station, yes- terday received instructions from the department at Washington, advising him that all men whose names have been drawn for the second, third and fourth drafts, can enlist in the ser vice of their choice, up to the time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15
\. o. r. W. To Have Hayride to Springs.

A nayride to Sulphur Springs is an outing being arranged for the mem- oers of Pine Bluff lodge, A. o. U. w. TOT Friday evening. The trip to the springs will be made in autos, which are to leave from the entrance to Fraternity hall at o'clock. Mrs. D. l.. Doty, Dr. R. c. Thompson and o. u. keeler compose the committee in
 charge of the arrangements. They request that those who plan to pa1ti- clpate give notice over phones Nos. 1. 115 or 2165
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In consequence of the heavy losses inflicted on the Austro- German forces and desperate resistance of the Rus sians, says telegram from Odessa the TeutOn offensive on the Rouman- ian front is diminishing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15

Thomas Woods Montgomery, cred tied with having invented the sul- phur machine used in purifying cane juice, along with other devices for making sugar, died at his home at New Orleans aged 70.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15

The captain and six members of the crew of the American schooner John Hays Hammond, victim of a an Atlantic port on an American stea nlship.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15
Gladys Marie HankinS

Funeral service Over the remains Of little Gladys Marie Hankins. who uleo af the h"me of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rankin on the Main street pike, Monday morning. were held yesterday morning, the service being conducted by Rev. J. P. May. The interment was had at New Home cemetery.
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they are called for examination.
 The men whose names were drawn in the first draft can not enlist as the statute of limitations in their cases became effective when they were call ed before the exemption board.
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Rear Admiral Salaun, commanding the naval division of the expedition ary corps of the army of the Cd ast, has been made director of submarine warfare. t.S'iS.&Ss
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SOCIETY
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Miss Marie Atkinson and Miss Sarah Hudson have returned from a stay of week at England, as guests of Miss Arys Carmical.
 Mrs.! F. B. Huntzinger and son, R. S, Russell and daughters, Miss Bessie Huntzinger, Mrs. D. B. Fulbright, left yesterday for Utah, to spend the sum- mer.
 Mrs. Hal Byrd and daughter Eliz- abeth of Pine Bluff are visiting in this city, guests at the James Larkin home.-Stuttgart Free Press.
 Mercer Leigh and family of Pine Bluff came over Saturday for 2 visit. MT. and Mrs. c. J. Sawyer of Pine Bluff, are here for few weeks stay. Mrs. P. P. Byrd and daughter, Miss Doris, of Pine Bluff are visiting in the cit y- Hot Springs New Era.
 Mrs. George P. Darby and daughter, Miss Darby, returned Saturday from a visit to relatives at Three Creeks.
 MT. and Mrs. T. S. James have re- turned from Baltimore, Md, where they went to visit their daughter, Mrs. Harry B. Howell and their grand children, Thomas and Harry B. How ell, Jr.
 MT. and Mrs. B. F. Hooker and daughters, Misses Ruby and Rosa Hooker. passed through the city yes terday on their way to Hot Springs, where they will remain for the next three weeks. Mrs. M. c. Ross, 2223 West Eff teenth street, was taken to the Davis hospital Monday morning for medi- cal treatment. The members of the s. P. Class of the First Baptist church will be en- tertained this afternoon by Mrs J. o. Evat tat her home 1401 Linden street. Mrs. Craig Turton of Berryville, was in the city yesterday. H. T. Clemmons of Monticello was in the city yesterday and registered at the Jefferson hotel. Prof. Junius Jordan went to Chica- go yesterday on business trip w C. Roundtree went to Tamo yesterday on matters of business. Mir. and Mrs. Walter Adams are l here from Little Rock, the guests of ] Mrs. Adams parents, Mr. and Mrs. l city editor of the Little Rock Gazette, l will return to the capitol today.
 MT. and Mrs. J. D. Staples, former ly of Texarkana, will make their home in Pine Bluff.
 Mrs. A. s. Rupe, of Star City, yes terday underwent an operation at Cfark sanitarium, and is doing Very nicely Mr. Rupe came to the city yesterday morning to be with her after the operation was performed. He was accompanied to the city by George H.. Atkinson and H. L. Fish.
 MI. anu MIS. M. OdudlcI lclC yes terday for Denver and Colorado Springs.
 MT. and Mrs. w. F. Hays and grand daughter left yesterday to visit their daughter, Mrs. Wallin, at Dermott. ~ f; --- M Mrs. R. B. Woods and Misses Will lie Newton and Alma Warrington left yesterday morning for Little Rock and will go from there to Hot Springs.
 MT, and Mrs. w. L. Carr, and the latter's sister, Mrs. Friar have re- turned from an automobile trip to Texas.
 -" -p- ? '7'Ts.' '7T:'" . Vt .9
 Mrs. Militant has returned from visit to her daughter in Des Moines, Iowa. !. :. D
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15
SPORT GOSSIP,

If there's tougher team than the Cleveland Indians for Babe Ruth to beat, the Red Sox twirler has never heard of it.
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OBITUARY.
Mrs. Matilda Ragl,y.

ihe remains of Mrs. Matilda Bagby, "le or C. A. Bagby, farmer, living at howell, Lincoln county, were taken to Van Buren yesterday morning. where interment was had. The fu- neral was held at Van Buren at 3 D. m.
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for the Giants, dropped into Pitts burg recently. Scouting for ball players in Pittsburg shows Germany in his latest comedy role. Evidently the day of slugging the way to pennant has passed. Witness the Kansas City Blues. The Kansas City American association outfit is loaded with heavy hitters, but the team doesn't get anywhere.
 Reb Russell, the White Sox heaver, shut out the champion Red Sox twice in ten days. Champions being soft for Reb he will most likely pitch the op- ener against the Giants in the worlds series. Get your tickets early. Word from Chicago has it that the Cubs will train in Florida next spring. What has Florida ever done that it should be compelled to witness the training of the Braves, the Athletics and now the Cubs.
 1 A Pittsburg rumor has the Pirates changing owenrship before the open ing of the 1918 season. 1
 Among the former big leaguers who are batting 300 or better, in the Pa cific Coast league are Rath. Miller, Pick, Ryan, Kenworthys and Fournier.
 "Gavyy" Cravath of the Phillies has a rival for the home run champion ship. Horsby of the Cardinals is giv- ling the Phil slugger chase for the honors.
 Frank Baker, of home run fame, is still a dangerous gent with the war club. His timely hitting has lifted the Tanks over many rough spots this season.
 Iris Speakers chance to win the batting championship this season is pretty lean, but the Cleveland star is putting up a great game at that. | Playing with a tail-end team does not bother Max Carey in base stealing. The Pirate gardener is the class among National league pilferers.
 With the exception of pitchers. neither the White Sox nor the Red Sox has a regular 300 bitter on it's roster. Pitchers Ruth and Bader of the Red Sox and Russell of the White Sox are in the 300 set. Give the Cincinnati Reds a little added pitching strength and they would just about clean up the Nation al league outfits. The Reds certainly ihave a nifty set of hitters and base stealers.
 Four persons were instantly killed and another probably fataly injured when an interurban car hit an auto mobile. five miles south of Blooming 1 ton. Ill.,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-15

The Cincinnati Reds are no longer Fourth of July pennant contenders Hereafter they must be reckoned witl up to July "A.