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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

'oH SALE-HAVING MADE MY
 own matches, from date to end CT season, will sell eggs, setting of lo,s tvr Sl. Everyone knows Welrs ,. '. Buff Orpingtons. Geo. M. Welis, phones 121 and 42S. 3-lS-lot
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

FOR SALE - COTTAGE FIVE rooms and bath with sewer, light, water and gas; lot 73x30O feet;
 east front with good shade trees;
 see or phone Hollis Real Estate Co.,, 123h West Sesond avenue, phones ? and ll2. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21
20 R R E N T
 -BY-
 c. s. M c N E W REAL ESTATE AGENCY 1O6 PINE STREET PHONE WI

1127 E. Third, rooms, city water. 11O Olive, 5 rooms close to business
 soction ----$17.00 8O6 Main; rooms, city water--$!O.0o 1920 w. Fourteenth, rooms; strictly
 modern; hot water; vacant March
 10th 14O8 W. Sixth; rooms, lights, gas,
 bath: strictly modern -------SSo.OO ,o1o niiva q rooms .00
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

FUR SALE-SETTING EGGS STAND
 ara bred single comb Barrel Flymouth Rock cf'ckens; $1.5O per setting; guaranteed 75 per cent match. Will sell several young ! cockerels. A. A. Brenke, 1O2 W. vnlo street, phone 1855. 3-l4-6s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

FOR SALE-FIFTY ACRES UNIM- proved land at Dexter, Ark, almost on Dollarway. Terms if desired. Address "A. H." care Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

WANTED - TO BUY A SECOND
 hand small size iron safe. Phone Adams Printing Go. 1-17d-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

FOR SALE--GENUINE EXPRESS Triumph planting cotton seed; carefully selected and ginned. |
 Phone 9532F2, T. N. Burlys. 2-23-1m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21
REPORT OF
 THE CONDITION OF BANK OF ALTHEIMER

Jefferson County, Ark. at the Close of Business March i, 1917.
 Resources.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21
FO R s A l. E

Four 6Ox154-foot lots, lying be- tween Beach and Laurel on Sixteenth street. Terms if desired.
 A 11-room. modern house; lot 70x154;
 six blocks from Main and Fourta;
 west side; can give terms --$3,50o
 1918 Poplar St., rooms two-story residence; strictly modern; hardwood floors: large lot; one block or car line: 1-2 cash, balance monthly IT de- sired. Price $3,650.O0.
 Nice we'll improved 80 acre farm. close to good pike. $1,25o.0O; can ave terms. ss
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21

FUR SALE-FINE YOUNG JERSEY COW, with young calf. For intor- nation phone 1536. 3-lS-St
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-21
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

3-14-21-28-4-4-11.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

Early in October the manager Of the
New York Clearing House Association,
Mr.. Gilpin. will probably be able to
report that the aggregate clearings
for the year ending October l will be
far up in the billions. When II is re-
mcmbered that on several occasions
since January l the days clearings
were IN excess of 81, 600 10000 and early
in FEBRUARY amounted TO l,219, ,O0O, 900,
rot | numbers, for a single day, and
that upon many days the clearings
have aggregated approximately 500
0lo,CO0, then 1t will be understood why
Mr.. Gilpin will be able to report clear
lngs for the year, which in the aEgre-
gate, will probably be in excess of
the estimated wealth OF the United
States.
OF course these large figures repre-
sent in no small measure unusual
financing. They may represent in part
the floating of the 5000, ,OOo, 900 loan.
And yet much the greater half of them
will tell story of business and COM
merCe in which the United States par
tiCipated in the twelve months begin
ming October 1, 1915, and ending OctO-
Der /, 1917.
Occasionally there have come reports
down business activity in some parts
Of the country. but no facts upon
which reports Of this kind can be
based are given. One record seems to
refute the statement for the bank
clearinEs throughout the United States
have been steadily maintained and in
many cases increased during the past
year.
There is no reason for surmising
that the top speed under which bust
ness is now carried on will be dimin-
ished for the next year, or possibly
two years. In fact some OF the bust
ness leaders are persuaded that the
recuperation, which will be entailed
after the war is ended, will inevitably
cause maintenance of industrial and
business activity throughout the
United States.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
presumably to offer to the American
people new loan of 5000, 900. 900, sub
scription to which may begin some
time in October. That offer will be
approximately equal to the entire
stock of money gold in the United
States. For official disclosures tell OF
our possession of gold money in the
aggregate of S3,os6, 100000. round num-
DSis' anu tllS is III excess OF tne gOlu
money we had a year ago by nearly
$500, ,0O0, 900.
In this statement is to be discovered
ono of the reasons why the Secretary
of the Treasury and the men of
finance with whom he has been in
consultation. believe that with prop
erly organized effort it will be easy
for the government to market, within
few weeks a loan of $1,000. 0OO, O'N.
For behind this gold stands credit
possibilities fully equal to the needs
OF the government and Of business
Notwithstanding the great scale upon
which business is now carried on.
From another point of view the con-
dition Of the country can be regarded
as fully equal to any demands which
may be made upon the people for
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
The British Labor Crisis.

Despite the action Of the British
sailors. despite the disapprovaI of
the British government. the labor
leaders of England persist in the
idea that they would like to be
represented at the Stockholm con-
ference.
1t is quite possible that they may
yet win their point. As the Wash
ington Herald has previously
pointed out, the Stockholm con-
ference presents a great oppor-
tunity for the allies. If they re-
ject the POpe's peace message, as
they undoubtedly will. they may be
forced into an unfavorable diplo-
matte position. Germany may
claim that her enemies are mere
obstructionists, unable to change
the military situation, but unwilling
to end the bloodshed. The answer
to such a vicious propaganda might
be found in Stockholm conference.
The entente does not at present
take this view, regarding any inter-
national conference of socialists
and laborites as merely another
German, stratagem. But it is clear
that there is a reaction in Britain
in favor Of Arthur Henderson, the
labor member of the British cab
met who was forced to resign
through a storm of public criticism.
The reaction has come, apparently,
because it is seen now that Russia
has not refused to send represen-
tatives TO Stockholm, as it was at
first announced, because IL is seen
that the German Foreign Office will
not be able to attach puppet strings
to majority of the delegates that
are to attend. They are beginning
TO see more in the assembly as a
great opportunity for an exchange
Of popular viewpoints. 1t is now
accepted almost as an axiom that
only in such a method will the al
lies be able to rid the German peo-
pie OF the incubus of the mill
tarism that has fastened itself upon
them
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Only One Scandal.

The nation has seen only one draft
scandal so far, and that of so mild
and incidental a nature that it has
not caused more than local attention.
In the east side OF New York City
two members Of exemption board 90
Cherey and Bernfeld by name-have
been found guilty of accepting bribes.
They have been sentenced to two
years in Atlanta Penitentiary. This
is the limit prescribed by law for this
offense, and although it may seem tou
short, 1t undoubtedly will prove et-
fective in preventing any tendency
to favoritism in other communities.
When the draft bill was passed by
Congress, predictions were freely
made that it would provide the great
est traffic in corruption and pull"
the United States had seen in a gen.
Grafton. How completely this cynical
and hollow viewpoint has been re-
futed is seen by the conditions that
prevail today. Throughout the entire
country the charges that have been
brought against any exemption boards
can be counted on the fingers OF a
single hand. Ninety-nine per cent Of
them have been above suspicion. The
business has been difficult and
delicate. and some Of them have had
a ticklish Stacker problem on their
hands. The rulings Of Provost
Marshal General Crowder have not
tended in the direction Of softness or
laxity, or to make the road Of the
exemption boards any easier. So
drastic have they been that President
Wilson may see fit to modify them.
Under these circumstances, the
American people may feel proud OF
the way In which they have faced the
draft, and the way in which the most
onerous burden of the present genera
tion has been discharged. 1t has been
great experiment. and we have gone
through It as any true Democratic
people should. The formation of the
first increment Of the national army
is only a few weeks of, marking not
only a milestone in the evolution OF
the United States. but also Of dem
ocratIc institutions the world over.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Mr.. Gompers Protests.

Unless the Board OF Labor Adjust
ment, recently organized, gives labor
more than a mere one-third represen-
tation. as is now proposed, support
will not be given it by Samuel Com
pers as president of the American
Federation OF Labor.
Labor is not accustomed TO being
bound by a hard and fast agreement
to the findings OF a board in which it
has so small a voice. There is danger
in the precedent were it to be estab-
lished- The plan involves a board of
nine men, the membership of which
would represent equally the govern
ment, capital and labor. in all disputes
arising from work on government con-
tracts by private firms. Decisions of
this board are to be binding on all
parties in controversy during the
period of the war and all contracts
are to contain a clause to this effect.
Mr.. GOmpers has carried his pro-
AESN " AGoAAthN W llCtll- lit ull-
doubtedly will be upheld. Mr.. Com
pers insists that a board of adjustment
like this, with six nonlabor represen-
tatives and only three directly repre-
senting labor, would throw the bal
ance of interest strongly against the
interest Of the workingman. even
though three Of the nonlabor members
nominally represented the govern
ment.
There may be some doubt about this
contention, but there is no doubt that
labor would be establishing a bad
precedent if it allowed itself to be
bound by the findings Of a commission
Of whose members only one-third di-
rectly represented it. Mr.. Gompers'
suggestion is that the main board be
evenly divided between capital and
labor representatives. with possibly an
odd member directly representing the
government in any dispute resulting
in a deadlock between the members of
the board proper.
This compromise on the present
deadlock doubtless will be accepted.
The Council of National Defense
should have no hesitation on the pro-
posal. since it involves no retreat from
the principle it would like to estab-
lish. Most officials believe that. with
Mr.. Gompers' adherence to a no-strike
policy for the period OF the war, and
with board that is buttressed again,t
deadlock, there will be no difficulty in
reaching an understanding.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Army and Navy News
MAJOR BENJAMIN ID. F0ULoIs,
Junior Military Aviator.
Best Service Column in City.


Born in Connecticut, November .,
and after serving as an enlisted man
in the United States Army for a
number Of years, was appointed sec
ccnd lieutenant in 1901 and assigned
to the Seventeenth Infantry. be
graduated from the Infantry and
Cavalry School in 1906 and graduated
from the Army Signal School in lsOS.
1905.
Ordnance experts have concluded
that the machine-gun motor car is i'm
practicable for US under present con-
ditions OF warfare and no increase
will be recommended in the number
already in service. This decision COW
ers both the motorcycle, carrying a
machine gun mounted on the side car,
and the armored automobiles armed
with 3-inch guns or even larger. Dur
ing the early part of the war a great
deal OF reliance was placed upon both
types. The failure of the mOtor-borne
machlne-gun may be traced directly
to the present system Of trench fight
ing, with the attendant absence Of
skirmishing or open-held work Of any
sort.
The Army and Navy Journal an
nounces that 1t is reported in a trade
publication" that the American Brake
Shoe and Foundry Company has been
awarded a contract for 5000 field guns
"at a price which assures the manu-
facturer a reasonable profit and
under an arrangement whereby the
government furnishes all the material
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
PRESIDENT DIRECTED
TO SAVE COAL SUPPLY

Following his recent letter ask
ing the President to save coal for
this country rather than for the al
lies, Representative Lundeen. OF
Minnesota, yesterday introduced a
joint resolution directing" the
President to follow this course.
The resolution directs the Chief
Executive ''to seize sufficient sup
plies of coal and TO hold the same
within the continental and insular
areas of the United States, and to
give the necessary orders TO ship
coal Immediately into such of our
States in which there is now a lack
Of supply, thus to avoid dire dis
tress"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
OUSLEY TAKES OATH
AS AID TO HOUSTON

Following the creation of two new
assistant secretaryships In the De-
partment of Agriculture, by the re-
Gently passed food production bill,
Col. Clarence Ousley. former director
of agricultural extension for the State
of Texas, was late yesterday after
neon sworn in as assistant secretary
of agriculture, of the United States.
The oath of office was administered
by the chief clerk of the department.
Reese, in the presence of Assistant
Secretary Carl Vrooman.
DR.. Raymond A. Pierson, who was
to have been inaugurated into the
other newly-made Office was I'M
avoidahly absent on account of his
lecture tour of the country in con-
nection with the nationwide wheat
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

Although the government is using
every means to discourage the pro-
German conference at Stockholm,
there will be another little sedltious
gathering right here in our own
country. On September ?. the cop
perhead forces Of the land will
gathere at Minneapolis, La Toilette
will be there together with Vic
tor Berger, Morris Hillquit. Alger-
non Lee, David Starr Jordan and
Works, of California. All that is
needed to make the rotten little
meeting complete is to have William
Randolph Hearst to report the pro-
ceedings for his sheets.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Will Fly Jap Flag
Beside Old Glory

Following a suggestion made by
Col. Harris the William B. Cushing
Camp OF the Sons Of Veterans will
hoist a japanese flag in front OF the
Union Station on the east pole Of
the plaza and an American flag on
the west side. These flags will remain
during the entire stay of the Japan
csc mission In Washington. Hereto
fore the American flag has adorned
the center pole Of the plaza.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Ray Again Indorsed
For Commissioner

Charles W. Ray, president OF the
Brightwood Citizens Association,
was indorsed for the vacant Com
missionership at a special meeting
Of the Sixteenth Street Citizens As
sociation, held in its club rooms
last night. James B. Mcintyre pre-
sided at the meeting in the absence
of the president of the association.
AS the meeting was only called
for the purpose of giving support
to the candidacy of Mr.. Ray no
other business was transacted.
Many speeches extolling Mr.. Rays
qualifications were made.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
written especially for The Washington Herald
By John Rendrick Bangs.
DEFEAT.

Defeat? An ugly word indeed, and yet
1t thrills with other things than mere
regret,
For ofttimes out Of black defeat has
grown
The knowledge true that leads up to
the Throne
: OF Victory, and serves US in our need
With warnings Of mistakes that we
may heed,
And make our later winnings doubly
sure,
And Us in places hazardous secure.
Copyright, I9l7J
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Soldiers Struck by Lightning.

Framingham, Mass. Aug. 1.-Two
men of the Fighting Ninth" Regi-
ment were struck by lightning and
probably fatally injured late today.
Six other men were struck and badly
hurt. The men who were in the l.
Company both came from Natick.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

A passer-by. hearing screams COM
ing from Cameron House. rushes in to
investigate. and finds a "horrid rat"
the cause Of the commotion. Which
proves that suffs are women first and
sUrfs afterwards.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
FALLS TO DEATH.

A sixty-foot fall from the top Of
a gas tank at the Washington Gas
Company's plant at l22 NJ street
southeast. caused the death of
George Humphrey. % years OF age.
an employe OF the company. early
yesterday morning. His skull was
fractured.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

When the wheatless days and the
meatless days produce a real reduc-
ton in the price Of the necessities Of
life, then the American public will
consider Mr.. Hoover quite competent
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

and-So in our proposition. First of all, must have
who will inspire their confidence. Do either of you
boys know Mr.. and Mrs So-and-So2"
The first salesman said 81 see Mr.. So-and-So occa-
siOnaly the street and in the lunchrooms and
in fact had five minutes with him day, at which
time took occasion tell Mr. So-and-So what
city living in and how much better a town it
would be if it along the lines operate where
| came from, ETC..
Then the other salesman spoke up 81 meet MIR. and
Mrs Soand-So breakfast every morning and have been
doing for years. There not morning but what
they for information to the latest happen
ings both at home and abroad Their children run to
for entertainment and always supply them with the
funniest pictures of Americas greatest cartooniss
have allowed my entertaining of any member of
their family to take any chances with sensational state
ments of things not already founded fact and have
been the of correcting misinormaion which they
have obtained from other will see them again
at breakfast tomorrow morning
Is it not superfluous to add that the
second salesman given the message
carry Mr.. and Mrs. So-and-So?"
The Washington Herald is meeting growing
Der at breakfast every morning and delivering
an increasing number of messages from Washingtons
leading merchants in all lines.
PROOF
In 1914 The Washington Herald gained about quarter
OF million lines in paid advertising the
preceding year.
In 1915 The Washington Herald gained over half mil
lion lines in paid advertising the preced
ing year.
In 1916 The Washington Herald gained over million
lines in paid advertising the preceding
year. a
~ ha. gan gained d. nearly S'I"is a half u niIion ssas@S
lines in paid advertising over the sayyssass@ ~ ssss@
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
Tot Bitten by DOG.

Attacked by dog, 6-year-old Amelia
Weinberg, of 1415 G street northeast,
was bitten above the left eye yester-
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Ths dog was owned by Mamie Ling
ban, of 1919 Gales street northeast
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

ports and are welcomed by the
French.
As they march to their encamp-
ment ere they man the deadly
trench.
Now the boys are in the trenches
and a battle has begun
Making those seem only child's pIay
on the Somme and at Verdun
Bright blue skies are raining bomb
shells from our matchIess aero
fleet,
Moving down a human harvest as
the reapers NOV the wheat:
And ten thousand monster cannon
belch forth tons OF bursting
she'll.
Till it seems all life must perish
in that seething fire of hell.
Then the earth writhes with its
tortures, thrusting out the hid
den foe
From the bombproofs and the
trenches. as volcanoes burst be-
low.
Now the order Charge" is given,
and we grapple with the foe,
Valiant men who fight like demons,
boldly striking blow for blow.
But the Germans are but mortals,
made Of common human clay.
Not the supermen they fancy, and
they met their match this day;
For their hosts lie still and silent.
In great heaps. like garner'd
grain.
HeedinC not the crashing heavens.
nor the fury of the rain.
Both sides fought with greatest
yalor, not an inch would either
give,
Till the hosts of our own Pershing
set the pace where none could
live:
For five hundred thousand gray
coats fell before the day was
done.
And the Battle OF the Ages had been
fought snd we had won.
JOHN @. HERNDON.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

Santa Claus will visit all of Uncle
Sans troops abroad. Will he visit the
Kaiser's?
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
THE BATTLE OF THE AGES.

In the not far distant future, in
the time that soon shall be,
We shall smite the German Kaiser
for his deeds Of infamy:
Smite him for the Lusitania, Bel
gium, France, and all the rest,
Till his cruel heel of iron grinds
no more their bleeding breast.
Even now the war drums rattle
and the bugles call to arms
All the peopIe-men and women
from the cities, towns, and
farms.
Boys and girls are volunteering in
this fight for human rights,
And we'll never furl our banners
till we stand on Freedoms $
Look, the troops are now in motion
and the earth shakes with their
tread.
As they come from ev'ry hamlet,
fearing naught that lies ahead.
Now they board the army trans
ports. eager for the coming
fray.
Sons of those who wore the blue
coats-sOns of those who wore
the gray.
Then the boatmen hose the cables
and each vessel leaves its pier,
Making room for other troop ships,
waiting for the slips to clear.
Now the transports line the ocean
in their race the world to free,
Conveyed by a great armada of
wild hornets OF the sea-
As the vessels reach the waters
Of the sub-infested zone,
Where the U-boats plow the fur
rows, where the seeds of death
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
What They Say at The Washington Herald
THE STORY OF
TWO statesmen

Suppose you had an
important message to de-
liver to a certain family.
And you called in two of
your statesmen. And you
put the proposition up to
them something like this:
Now, boys, ! want to in
terest Mr.. and Mrs. So
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
SUMMER RESORTS.

ATLANTIC CITY. y. }.
THE KENDERT0NqqEFNESSEEsssEF sFP avr
Central 10 all attractionA Famous for e1csl
lent cuisine Lawn adjoining. Booklet Elcra.
tor 10 street leycl. A o. CHATHAM.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-22
VACATION HERALDs.
A LINE o. CHEER

WEDNESDAY. AUGUST y, 1911.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-12
CLOUDS
Seem CLEARING

With the sale few days ago of the
majority of the T. F. Farm herd. and
he subsequent taking of the animals
from the acre tract on the beach, the
,oard of agriculture and forestry is
Tow practically through with the prob
EN- that has troubled it to more or
ess extent since the outbreak Of an
thrax at the Farm dairy several
months ago. .:
A few animals are still at the cor.
al on the beach and will be kept
Until September 10, according to DR..
leonard. N. Case, acting territorial
eterinarian, after which it is not GER
tain what will be done with the cor
raj. 1t may be kept for further use,
though Just what use is not deter
mined. -.... ~:
On the outside islands the anthrax
trouble is clearing up in fine shape,
the authorities say. No, cases have
occurred on Maui in many weeks and
at Hanalei ranch, Kauai, the disease
seems to be entirely under control.
The quarantine is still in force there,
but has been lifted at Niumalu, Lihue
district. Mr.. Farm will present a
claim to the legislature for property
destroyed in Graduating anthrax on
his place.