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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
Be Careful in Using
 Soap on Your Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle.
 The best thing to use is just plain mul: sifed cocoanut oil, for it is pure and entirely ,greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps or any, thing else all, to pieces. You can get this;at any drug store, and few ounces will last the whole family for months. :
 Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it.in, about teaspoonful is all that is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy father, cleanses thor oughly, and rinses out easily. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wayy, and easy to handle. Besides, it: 1oosens and takes out every particle of dust. dirt and dandruf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06

The mammoth 15-inch gun with which some warships are equipped is capable of throwing a shell weighing one ton a distance of 2i miles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
L o CA L.

$1.00 will place Fiaosier Cabinet in your kitchen now. Join the Hoosier Club today. Reap & Crawford F'urni- ture Company. 19-tf
 If you are interested in . truck, call N. A. Anderson, telephone 1435 for a demonstration of Ameston truck.
 Kiddie-Coop. protects baby from Coop window. Reap & Crawford Fur niture Company. 19-tf
 Let us demonstrate a Brunswick Monograph in your home. It plays all records without an extra cent of cost. Reap & Crawford Furniture Company. 19-tf
 Get an imported willow rocker or two for your porch or salarium. There is none better, and they are cheap Reap & Crawford Furniture Compan! 1S-tf
 Awnings and upholster1ng. Call E. I. Toussaint, phone 1850 or leave orders at Kuox Walker Furn. Co.
 The Bruswick is the final touch in Monograph making. l.. plays all rec ords better. Let us demonstrate it in your home. Reap & Crawford Furnl. ture Company. 19-tf
 Cape Jasamines, Sweet Peas, Shas- ta Daisies. Floral designs made on short notice. Mrs. Mae Flowers, 1919 West Eeleyth. Phone 23S. 6-23-1m
 Anyone wishing to tdy yr sell Jefferson county script. call on Chas. Well Supply (.o. u
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06

Avoid payment of penalty by as sessing your taxes today. F. T. Ruck CT, Assessor. Advt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles. dissolves gravel
 cures diabetes weak and lame backs
 rheumatism, and irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder trouble in children. If not sold by your drug, gist, will be sent by mail on receipt of 31.U0. One small bottle Is two month"; treatment, and seldom fails to perfect . cure. Send for sworn testimonials pr. ID. w. Hall. 292e Olive street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by druRgists. (Advt.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06

The signal corps of the army form- erly conducted the weather bureau ser vice, which was inaugurated and, to a large extent, developed under this corps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06

rant to get Bruno, the bear, out of jail where he has been incarcerated for wrecking an apiary. he discovers blackmailiug plot against the local candidate for mayor, and also finds his daughter, for whom he has been searching for sixteen years. All this is brought about in a most unusual and appealing manner
 Mir. Beban in his story, does not attempt to preach any sermons, or point. out any morals, but with the unerring finger of the artist he is, he puts in all his productions won derful human touch and feeling that so many other artists strive for in vain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
EVEN IN PEACE TIME
 MUSIC IS NO LUXURY

The New York Eening Mail recently said in it's editorial column:
 "Even in peace tindt music is nc luxury. It is a comfort. In war times it becomes necessity. It is lndls- pensable to the creation and maln- tenance of martial spirit It is the consolation for absence and sorrow Armies cannot be recruited without music: without it they cannot march or fight. It is the universal voice that speaks the language of patriotism whict>is tn elanguage of war and vlc- tory.
 Buy your piano, Victor, Victrola Starr phonograph or musical instru- ments of any description from Barnes Music House, Pine Bluff, Ark, lar gest general music dealer in Arkan' sas.-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06

has had distinguished screen career, most of it under the Metro banner. Mrs. Allan Welker, seen as Mother komello, the gypsy crone, Hugh Jef- frey as the sheriff, and Helen Arnold as Mary Van Kleet are capable and well known players in this all-star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
POSTTPONE ICE CREAM SUPPER

The ice cream supper, which was to have been given at the Lakeside Meth
 odist church this evening by the IYoung Ladies' club, has been post
 poned, it was announced last night,
 until next Friday evening, June 13.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
cS MILES PER GALLON OF GAS.

Mr. and Ms. John Temple, and two children, accompanied by Mrs. Temples sister, Miss Hattie Buc- hanan, and Mrs. Mccall, made a 72- mile trip on the Fourth in the Tenn pie Briscoe automobile, visiting Star City, Grady and Round Lake. Mr. Temple says the car consumed less than three gallons of gasoline in cov- ering the 72 miles, equivalent to 24 miles per gallon, or 1-i of cent per mile per person, which is cheap transportation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-06
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
 Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Taste1ess chill Tonic is equally valuable as 9 General Tonic because it contains the we'll known tonic properties ofQUININE and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives put Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16

starred in the title role In the great re-
of the play at the New Amster-
dam Theater. in New York, during the
Dicken Centenary in 1s12-neverthe-
less the reality of the authors descrip-
tons of the character depended upon
the readers imaginative powers. the
Cruikshank drawings limned only the
nigh lights a the story. and the stage
productions ceased with the fall of the
curtain With h motion picture er-
sion OF the story the characters are
rough to life and experience a new
immortality, for nce enacted before
the camera they are Interchangeable.
Sincerely approaching the RESPONSE
bility which devolved upon them 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16
SYNOPSIS.

Frank Mcintyre, celebrated comedL
an, makes his first appearance on the
motion picture screen in the Famous
Players adaptation OF his greatest
stage success The Travelling Sales
man which is lie Paramount Pic
ture at the Alta Friday and Saturday
eject him from his berth in tine morn
eject him from his perah in the morn
ing, Bob Blake, a travelling salesman,
Is carried past his station on Chris
mas morning and finds himself in
Grand Crossing-whatever or wher-
ever hat is. The most interesting
sight in that town is the pretty face
that smiles al Blake through the
station. Blake Is rOtund, jovial and
trustworthy in appearance n it is
not long before he melts the natural
reserve of Beth Elliott.
During the course of an impromptu
luncheon in the station. Blake learns
that Beth's old home is to be sold for
taxes on the following day. He later
gathers the information, from Beth's
friend. Mrs. Babbitt, that the girl has
been allowing a Mrs. Stratton to live
in the house without paying her
rent ever since the woman had her
little store sold over her head by Mar
tin Drury. the local capitalist.
BY this time Blake has become vi
olently interested in Beth and through
the medium of a poker game and
many applications of Scotch tea,
learns that Royce, a henchman OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16

the title role. and that the Cruikshank
drawings have been used as the models
in building the backgrounds for the ac-
ton of the play. Going still further
In their determination to preserve as
far as possible the spirit Of the original,
the producers have actually reproduced
on h screen exact replieas of some
Of the situations which were depicted
in the original Illustrations. and every
player in the cast In making up for
his or her role has approached as
nearly as possible the exact lines OF
the drawings.
Though "Oliver Twist" will live eter-
nally as a story and has been a sue
cess as a play-Marie Doro herself
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16

arose at the time of Dickens death.
when Cruikshank declared that II was
his drawings OF the characters for the
original story, THE Adventures Of Oil
yer Twist" which inspired Dickens to
complete the novel in its present form.
This claim was Indignantly denied by
the admirers and supporters OF the au-
thor.
whether the claims OF Cruikshank
were true or not is of little concern to
us today. but the controversy itself is
OF interest in view of the a c hat
"oliver Twist has beer adapted a. a
motion picture by the Jesse L Lasky
Feature Play Company for the Para
mount Program, with Marie Doro in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16

making a permanent motion picture
record of the Dickens characters, the
Lasky Company before filming one foot
Of this Paramount Picture made a
painstaking study of authoritative data
on London al the time of which Dick
ems wrote n of 9th the Cruikshank
drawings and Of the earliest available
editions of the story itself. In addition
to starring Miss Doro. who had already
created a sensation in the stage YER
sion Of the play. h producers engaged
two OF the best known character actors
in the country for the important roles
Of Fagin and Bill Skies in the persons
OF Tully Marshall and Hobart Bos-
worth. respectively.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16

Drury's. is going to buy I'm the Elliott
place because Drury has a tip that
the railroad is going to wan the
property and that it can be sold for
a high price. His antagonism to
Royce is heightened by a spice Of
jealousy-for Royce makes love TO
Beth very openly.
Discovering that Royce is to start
to drive for the county seat very early
in the morning, Blake has one of his
friends put him to bed and then gets
into the rig in his place. Royce,
awakening from the effects of too
much tea makes a violent dash for
the livery stable and finds a small a
there which he a~ppropriates and starts
pursuit of Blake. There fs a wild race
in which the car is overturned and
Blake succeeds in reaching the court
house in time to pay up the taxes in
Beth's name.
Beaten at this game Royce returns
at once and tels Beth that her drum
mer friend has attempted to steal
her property from her and then per-
for $4,000. The girl accepts the check
and hen Blake dashes in to explain
the whole affair. and tears up h
check. But Royce has N more
trump card-he gets Beth out to the
Elliott place alone and, locking the
doors, declares that he will not let
her go until she accepts the check.
After a desperate struggle with Royce
Lake succeeds in freeing the girl
and all end happily.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-16

TIME characters which Charles
Dickens described in his novels
have become immortal. Some
of them are used today as de-
scriptive adjectives. Fagin. the teacher
OF thieyery in "Oliver Twist" furnishes
an adjective to the English dictionaries.
1t viii be remembered that at the
time of the writing OF "Oliver Twist"
which first appeared In Bentley's Mag
azine I'm 1897 and 1888. George Cruik-
shank. the well known illustrator. made
his immortal drawings of the charac-
tiers which Dickens had so m~arvelously
described There are many who will
recall the great controversy which
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
WOMEN OUTNUMBE
, MEN 5 TINES IN
SEEKING DIVORCES

Divorce statistics for the District
of Columbia this year show that men
are in the majority of those having
sailed to fO5fll martial vows
Three tliles as many wives hled
suits for divorce as men.
Between January 1 and yesterday
PSI divorce suits have been fifed-212
by women and ssventy-nye by men,
Fifty men have applied for abb
solute divorces and seventy-One wom-
en-; nine OF the men applicants asked
fo~ limited divorces. while the num-
per of women petitioning for limited
divorce was eighty-six. Fifteen wom-
en- and nine men wanted their mar
riages annullled. and forty brought
their husbands into court for sepa-
rate maintenance.
The record for 1916 is similar to
that OF this year. with :T6 divorce
suits flied, OF which 141 were for alb
solue divorce. eighty-siX by wives
and Gfty-hVe by husbands Seventy
three suits for limited divorce were
filed by wctuen and-ive by men.
The court docket shows that in
1915 80 divorce suits were fled-I33
for absolute divorce. Seventyfive by
women and fifty-seven by men, The
records further seem to show that
men are more cruel than women.
Nearly twelve times as many women
charge cruelty than men.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
COAL AND OIL LANDS
TO BE GIVEN PUBLIC

new era Of develoDment in tho
West, by the unlocking OF natural re-
sources is predicted by Western mem
bers Of Congress in charge Of the coal
and. oil land leasing bills and the
water power bill. II
About 100000 acres Of csysI lands
in fourteen States, chiefly in. the West
-and Alaska. and msny water power
sources in navigabhe and nonnaviga,
BILE streams will he thrown omen to
private development In addition the
Government also Proposes 10 spend
millions OF dollars ITSELF in develop.
ing California oil resqalrces for naval
use.
Although the Legislation provides
that most Of the Development shall be
by private enterTrlBe except the Fed
eral developme IT lot the California
naval oil reserve 1T also provides for
Government receipts from sales and
rentals Of coal Ind oil lands. No direct
Government Development is planned.
according to Senators interested in
the legislaty n, except in the Cali
fornia oil ff4lds.
Liberal lG .sss Of tracts OF coal and
oil lands W to $500 acres are pro,
posed In II z pending bills.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
KEEL FOR FIRST
SHIP IN NEW j. S.
PROGRAM |SLAID
EVA TANGuAY

The keel for the first fabricated
steel ship in the Submarine Boat
Corporations yards at Newark Bay,
n. J.. was laid today by Edward N.
Hurley, chairman of the Shipping
Board. The driving of the first rivet
in the keel for the 5,0O0-ton vessel
marked the beginning OF the big
drive by the Government for in
creased production in Atlantic coast
yards.
: The program now calls for the com
pIetion of $50 fabricated steel ships
in the Newark yard in the shortest
possible time. The Newark Bay plant
Is one Of the largest in the world,
and was over 30 per cent completed
in sixty-seven days The shipping
Board announced today that keels for
[wo other ships Of similar design viii
be laid before the end of December.
Additional keels will be laid before
the end OF December. Additional
keels will be laid in January. and
each month thereafter. 1t will be
possible, officials stated, TO lay
twenty eight keels and have twenty
eight ships under construction at one
time in the new yard.
More than 900 cities ana towns
are directly or indirectly interested
in supplying material, labor, and
equipment for the vessels being laid
at Newark bay yard. This shipyard
is an assembly point which will be
fed by forty-siN fabricating shops ac-
customed to manufacturing steel ma
terial for slSyserapers, bridges, and
gas plants. With the plant going
at full speed $4,000 workmen will be
required upon hull construction alone.
Ofacials estimate that fully 10000
more workmcn will be engaged at
Eastern industrial centers in the big
task OF fabricating the materials for
the new vessels. The Newark bay
shipyard will be the main assembly
point for hull material as well as tur-
bines, deck machinery, and other ma
terial that goes into the entire ship.
Workmen for building the ships
have been recruited from all parts OF
the country. The Shipping Board has
sanctioned the plan OF establishing
schools at the Newark plant, where
thousands OF men in the structural
building trades may be skilled in steel
ship building.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
WIFE FAILS AS VALET,
SO HUBBY GETS DIVORCE

DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 20.-Mainly
because his wife, Bridget. did not
take proper care OF his union suits
and one evening entirely ignored his
request to get his supper until late
in the night while she chatted with
friendly chap on their front stoop,
John Fitzgerald. sixty-seven years
old. got q divorce in Judge Hart's
court.
Fitzgerald's marriage venture late
in life lasted only a year. In that
time Fitzgerald handed over $500 to
his wife. he testified. and IS Of the
so weekly pay. But the fact that
Fitzgerald had to go to church Sun
days in soiled linen was his chief
cause OF complaint.
Fitzgerald, in answer to queries
by the judge, said he did not believe
he was going to marry again, or, II
he did. he would ponder over the
problem some time first.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
SCHEMES
TOST|R SED|TION
IN INDIA FAIL

LONDON. Dec. 2o.-Germany's ef-
fort to stir up sedition / India has
fallen fiat.
Advices received today, from Cal
cutta stated that the visit of E. S
Montagu, secretary of state for India.
has proved a great success and that
It has wiped out the feeling Of unrest
which the German agents were able to
create in some quarters by the lavish
display OF gold.
Mr.. MontaEu went to Calcutta from
Delhi. where he received visits from
the Conference OF Ruling Chiefs, all
OF whom pledged their loyalty to the
empire. He will spend Christmas in
Bombay.
Governmental reforms have been
promised the Indians. but there will
be no radical changes from the sys-
tenn now prevailing.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
400 ENGINEER CAMP
GRADUATES ASSIGNED

Four hundred commissioned officers
OF the engineer corps of the United
States army. who have been taking a
special course OF instruction in trench
warfare at Camp American Univer-
sity, today completed the work and
were assigned duty at the various
camps and cantonments where troops
are being trained.
The officers came to Camp Ameri-
can University about two months ago
and were placed under French and
English instructors and regular army
officers. They were given a special
course in defensive and offensive gas
attacks, use and construction OF gren-
ades and the construction Of modern
trenches. They are being sent to
camps where troops are being mobil-
lied. to instruct them in this branch
OF warfare.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
VICE PRESIDENTS
DINNER TO PAGES
OBEHOOVERIzED

Fierce will be.the onslaught on turkey.
Cranberry sauce. nince pie. and oysters.
not to mention other objectives Of the
appetite. when the Senate pages line
up Saturday for the annual Christmas
dinner given them by Vice President
Marshall.
The dinner will be served In one Of the
rooms Of the Senate restaurant, and
with all due Difference TO Mr.. Hoover
and with careful efforts to observe the
demands OF the war season. 1t will be
repast to make the mouth water.
The plans and specifications for the
Vice Presidents dinner have been looked
over by Mr.. Marshall personally and,
being a Hoosier. he knows what din
ner for a bunch OF boys at Christmas
time ought TO be.
II small amount Of meat is con
sumed in the mince pie. that fact viii
be overlooked. Otherwise. the affair
will be Hooverized.
Vice PRESIDENT p Marshall has made
II the rule since he has been i'm ms
present office to give a dinner just
beiore Christmas to the pages. He
called Col. Edward Halsey, assistant
on the floor on the Democratic side,
the other day. and told him to get
busy. J. c. Petty. head Of the SEN
ate restaurant, was directed TO get
up a real dinner and q special SOU
venir menu card.
In addition to taclling the food. the
boys will make speeches and viii
respond TO q series OF toasts. as fol
lows:
The Vice President of the United
States."-william Mckinley.
"The Patriotism Of q Page."-Tom
Cobb King.
my Impressions Of the War Con-
gress."-MaFk Trice.
"a Boy;S Part in Helping Uncle
Sam."-Jsck Darneille.
THE Virtues OF Mince Pie and
Plum Pudding."-william Dawson.
Col Edward Halsey will act as
toastmaster and Joseph E OToole.
assistant on the floor on the Repub-'
lican side. will address the pages.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
CHRISTMAS MAIL
DELIVERY BREAKS
ALL us. RECORDS

Three hundred thousand mailmen
are toilins night and day to deliver
Americas holiday mRil-the biggest
in h:s.ory-by Christmas eve. Postal
authorities said today it looked as
though they would do. it.
"And IL they do." said Assistant
Postmaster General Otto Praeger to-
day, sit will be because America did
ite Christmas mailing early. There
are other reasons, but that is the
big CDe
Records Shattered.
Mail movement records have been
shattered throughout the country
ever since mid-November. Praeger
said. AS showing the enormity OF
the task accomplished. Praeger, de-
clared that Americas postonice has
handled every day, since November
Is, a volume OF mail equal to the
peak load of Christmas week last
year. witch was the greatest volume
of mail over handled by the depart
mf Mt.
To get away with this unprecedent-
ed job. the Government added 5000
men TO Its force OF lt'OVVr railway
mail clerks. 1t has used through mail
trains from coast to coast. 1t has re-
lieved congestion in transfer centers
by filling fast coastWtse ships with
mail, and shooting them from one
end OF the United States to the other
on both coasts.
Has Relieved Centers.
"The ships have relieved transfer
centers of two cars a day ever since
December L." said Praeger, ',and they
are now relieving them Of about
seven cars q day.
1--WE are in the midst of the final
squirt now. We will hit the heaviest
going about tomorrow, and unless
something goes amiss, all Americas
Christmas mail will be at its front
door by Christmas eve"
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
SINK II
BRITISH, lFRENCH
VESSEL IN. WEEK

LONDON. Dec. 2o.-German subma-
rines took a toll OF fourteen British YES
sells OF more than LOO tons and three
Of a smaller tonnage. according TO the
admiralty report for the past week. The
same number OF large vessels was sunk
during the previous week, but the sink
inFs of smaller craft show a decrease,
the previous weeks sinkings having
been seven
The weeks total-1T-is one below the
average for the first eighteen weeks Of
ruthless submarine warfare.
PARIS. Dec. aO-0nly one French ves-
sci was lost to submarines during the
past week. says the weekly report. 1t
was a small craft Of less than 1.6oo tons.
One was unsuccessfuIly attacked. No
fishing craft were sunk.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
Add Five Years to Life
By Fighting Germans;
Here Are Your Chances

Fritz-hghting adds Eve years to
your life and has its merits in
several other ways. according to
late Canadian statistics. Here are
some of the chances your boy
will take IL he goes to the front:
He has 20 chances OF coming
home to of being killed.
He has 9s chances OF recovering
from a wound to 2 OF dying.
He has only chance in 500 Of
losing a limb.
He will live i've years longer
because OF the physical training.
He win be freer from disease in
the army than in private life.
He has better medical care at
the front than at home.
Only 10 per cent of the men dis
abled for further military serv-
ice have been unit to resume
their former occupations
Less men die Of disease than In
any war is history.
The Washington times., 1917-12-20
MAN LOSES SUITCASE;
POLICELOOK FOR BOOZE

Police OF the Eighth Precinct today
are on "bcoze" hunt in dry"
Washington. 1t came about this way:
Charles Hunt. who lives at 1928
Tenth street northwest, had a suit
case, and inside of it seven quarts OF
liquor. Charles wanted a cup of
coffee also. and entered a lunch room
at Seventeenth street and Florida ave-
nue. northwest
Charles placed the suitcase On the
floor, ordered his coffe and got It;
but somebody got his liquor. He
asked the police to get cit" back for
him.