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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
ATLANTIC STEAMER
 RAMS TRANSPORT OFF ATLANTIC PORT
Captain Holds the Steamer Against Transport Until
 Men are Taken Off.

An Atlantic Port, U. s. A., July 30. The transport Saratoga waiting sailing orders, was rammed by the inbound American steamer Panama here today. The ship headed toward the beach in a sinking condition.
 Meanwhile those on board were stafely taken off in the boats or by tugs and other craft in the harbor, which responded to distress signals. So far as is known no one was i'm jured.
 A deep hole in the transports port Iquarter extending from below the water line to the rail resulted from the collision. The captain of the Panama held the bow of his ship tight against the transport, effectual- ly blocking the wound. In this po- sition he kept his vessel until all on board the transport were taken off.
 More than a dozen vessels, includ- ing an American cruiser. were in the rescuing fleet. A number of them surrounded the transport after the other ships drew away and supported her until she reached shallow water, two miles distant.
 The Saratoga is f"rmer Ward line steamer. The Panama belongs to the Panama railroad steamship line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
Conferees Agree to Elimi- nate Provision for Board
 of Three Members,
CONFERENCE HELD
 IN WHITE HOUSE
Within An Hour After Reconvenine the Senate MOnferees Agreed t0 Adopt Original Provision for
 Individual Administrators.

Washington. July 30.-Yielding to 1ood control Dill, again eliminated urgent request of President Wilson, the provision for the food board of thre members, instead of a single ad- ministrator, and consented to make one more effort to agree regarding a war expenditures dommittee by
 passe on the two proposals when the congress.
 The cOnferees had reached an im- president intervened and there have been indications of final disagree ment. Tonight the war committee section written into the bill by the senate, and strenuously opposed by the president was the only remaining problem.
 The committee will meet tomorrow and the prospects are very strong that they will yield to the presidents views. Before tOday's meeting the president conferred at the white house, with Representative Lever, head of the house committee and Sen-
 ator Chamberlain, representing the administration spokesman. and ear | nestly insisted upon one man food
 
 creating the war expenditures com i mittee.
 Within an hour after reconvening the senate conferees adopted the orig inal house provision for appointment by the president of sn individual ad- ministrator. The agreement was reached by bare majority of one. [
 The house conferees. Republicans and Democrats alike stood solid)y for one man control and also are unit ed on striking out the supervising
 committee. The presidents inter. vention was largely instrumental in breaking the food administration deadlock His course was criticised by some members and some sharp tilts in conference were reported. Senator Gore said tonight that con. ferees had been denied full and free conference" >t ss
 Success of the food administration. President Wilson said, largely de- bends upon it's management by one man. There was persistent, but u1' confirmed reports that the president felt retention of either of the three member boards or tee congressional committee would be sufficient cause for veto. Senator Chamberlain de- clared that the president gave no animation to that effect. '
 Acceptance by the senate of the provision for individual food admin istration is uncertain altho Demo cratic leaders expect the conference report will be adopted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
MANY SLACKERS TO BE ASSIGNED
 EARLY NUMBERS
Thousands Failed to Regis ter, and Federal Attorneys
 are to Get Them.

Washington, July 30.-Prompt and efficient work by exemption boards is expected as the result of stripping all red tape from the procedure of the tribunals. President Wilson's order outlining the principles to govern, coupled with instructions from Gen. eral Crowder. are regarded here as setting in motion the vast scheme of the selective project with momen- tum that will cause minimum of confusion and delay.
 The object of instructions is to im- press the board with the view that their primary purpose is to select the personnel for the national army in the shortest possible time. They have been informed that no legal precedent binds them and that there need be no apparent technicalities.
 Attorney General Gregory set in motion to increase the size of the reg istration reservoir from which 6S7,000 men are to be drawn. Thousands of men failed to register, it has been found.
 Through district attorneys the de- partment of justice is rounding up these men and when found they will be assigned numbers which will in- sure their being called for examina- tion at an early date. They will be given the serial numbers of men near the top of the list already discharged for physical reasons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
FOLLOWING MEN
 TO REPORT JULY 31

25S-Emil Weilbacher, 215 E. Eighth. 4oS-Harold John Larsen, 1000 Olive 1436-Virginius Wilkins Alexander,
 S02 w. Sixth. S54-Frank Wm. Tidwell, 1901 w.
 Sixth. 1O95-Howard E. Allen, 117 w. Eigh-
 teenth. 1455-Barney Bryant, 903 w. Second. 7S3-Edgar Earl Richardson, R. F.
 D. No. 4. 1S13-Banks Moseley, R. F. D. No. 8. 1752-Joe Gasby, 117 N. Hickory. 1117-Clifford l.. Barnes, 4O3 E. Sec
 ond. 1572-Felix Pink Elmore, Baughman
 Cab. Shop. 174S-Willie Green, 26O9 w. Tenth. S37-Fred Thomas, 22'6 w. Sixth. 337-Jesse Hill, 1908 E. Tenth. 676-Clarence Pend.eton Lee, 1902
 Poplar. 275-Jeff West, 404 Louisiana. 5O9-Dessie Cornel Newton, 307 w.
 Sixth. 11S5-Thos. A. Cooper, 1919 E. Sec
 ond. 564-George E. stringfellow, 114 E..
 Fifth. 945-William Hopkins, 2OO5 West
 Ninth. 596-James Charles White, Jr, Hotel
 Pines. 1267-Andrew Danley, S14 E. Fifth. 536-James Carroll Renfrow, POS w..
 Seventh. 1dQ5-Stovn Rurfor s17 IJ;oLor,, 548-Everett Leon Ramsey, 18th and
 Olive. 126-Charlie Pinkey Raywick, 913 E..
 Second. 1679-sterling Clay, 1214 W. Fourth. 1237-Robert James Dempsey, i621
 Texas. 7S4-John F. Rutherford, 1172 E..
 Second. 1732-William Fleming, S11 Oak. .755-Myro Frederick Otte, 901 w. Third. 107-Charles c. Pilant. 1O4 Penn.
 sylvania. 1546-Dean Westley Davis, 1912 w.
 Ninth. 1563-George c. Dennison, w. Sixth. 1369-Henry Cleveland Burbank, 1901
 s. Olive. 616-Robert Henry Harris, 1616 W.
 Seventh. 373-Robert Lee Jones. 105 Virginia 1676-Ford Campbell, 2323 W. Thir-
 teenth. 1266-Isaac Dunn. 507 Virginia. T75-Isaac Purifoy, Thirteenth and
 Hazel. 
 4S6-Robert Harmon Moseley, no ad-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
Men Return to Work With out Prejudice or Loss of
 Seniority.
CLOSED SHOP NO
 LONGER AN ISSUE
Settlement Brought to Switclmen of Nineteen Roads Preferential Treat. mcnt for Union Men in the
 Employment of New Men.

Chicago, July 30.--The movement of freight into and cut of Chicago, impeded since Saturday by the strike of switchmen affiliated with the B. of R. IT,, was resumed on q normal basis today with the settlement of the strike. Potatoes dropped from $3.75 and $4 to 8 and $4 in carload lots as a result of the settlement of the strike.
 The settlement brought to the switchmen of the 19 roads the chief tsnding, preferential Treatment in employment on union men in the em ployment of new swjtchmen Pref ercntial treatment in employment of yardmasters is to be settled by a joint board. The men return to work at once without prejudice or loss of seniorority.
 The report here that the threats of military drafting of strikers had been a powerful factor in ending the strike was ridiculed tonight both by rail road men and employees.
 The strike was settled at 5:30 this morning, and ali strikers were ordered to return to work.
 hC otdISlIlCHI lollON Cu 1 ol conferences which lasted throughout the night, the last of which being meeting of the confel ence committee of managers of the roads affected and committee of seven grand off cers representing the Order of Rail- way Conductors. Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers and the Broth erhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen, the latter representing the B. o. R. T.
 The conference lasted for two hours after which vital questions at issue were disposed of and the agreement was taken to James Murdock, vice. president of the B. of R. T., who act ed for the strikers. He assented to the agreement and the word was inn mediately sent out for the men to pro- ceed to their work "without prejudice or loss of seniority"
 According to joint statement made by the conferees the "closed shop, which was claimed by the railroad managers to have been a primary cause for the calling of the strikA ceases to be an issue, it being stated that matters at issue are to be Set tied without the adoption of closed shop rule or of any rule that might fairly be considered as equivalent to such"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
FOLLOWING MEN
 TO REPORT AUGUST ,

'1543-Henry Horace Cook, 1922 w
 Second 704-Hugh H. McGaughy, TOP w
 Third.
 72-sWill Morgan, 824 E. Fifth. 1709-Wesley Alexander billiard, 10S
 s. Ash. 356-Edwin Inder, FOG Missouri. 112-Arthur J. Peterson, 114 Tennes-
 see. 1067-Grover Cleveland Shepherd,
 1221 w. Second. 12S-Robert Samuel Russell, 1001
 Pennsylvania. 679-Clarence Dinman Lee, 114 N.
 Ohio. S05-John Cowan Suffield, 121 Beech. 11-William Keeth Lane, 1116 East
 Fifth. 9o0-Fred Chester Williams, South
 Cherry. 1617-Tull Goodwin, S21 W. Second. 363-Alfred Halbrook Johnson, 1517
 E. Sixth. 12S7-Chas. w. Easley, S05 F. Eigh-
 teenth. 1142-Henry Joseph Brenke, 1O1 Ohio 1765-Jim Steel, 116 N. Hickory. . Civilian Lawton, 2006 E.. Eighth 327-Roy F. Hammond. 100 Florida 664-Victor w. Inzer, S03 w. Second 93-Joseph Ferdinand PeDotti
 Brookhill hotel. 144S-Walter Arnold, BIO N. Cedar. 1722-Albert Eek, Mulberry, between
 Barraque' and Pullen. 957-Andrew B. Jackson Jimmison
 Eleventh and Fir. 1557-Ernest DeFevre, 613 Hickory. 1744-Robert Mckay Gatlin, 2408 w.
 Fifteenth. 1112-Edwin Boyce, 1903 E. Sixth. 345-James Peyton Hamiel, 615 E.
 Third. 1595-Burton Finch, West Thirteenth. 1355-Frank R. Allen, 1909 Main. 103-Don Pierce, 30S E. Second 15S5-Charles P. Flanagan, 2318 w.
 Eleventh. 1221-Fred Cox, 3O9 B. Ninth. 1102-Sam Armstrong, 1917 Indiana. 1625-Minor Gaston, 1916 w. Fourth. 556-Renwick Orto Stewart, SIS
 Walnut. 1565-Harry Duncan, West End Sta
 tion.
 154-Jesse C. Smith, 521 E. Second. 1281-Harvie Jackson Everett, 205 E. Sixth 51-G. E. Matthews, 1918 E. Eighth. 717-Stanley Louis Maas, 1908 West
 Second. 1057-Willie Roberts, 405 Cedar. 1256-Lewis Donelson. 1418 Scull. 1073LErnest Maynard Simpson, 619
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
Senate Committee Resumes Consideration to Bring
 Total to $2,000, 100000.
JONES' AMENDMENT
 TO BE MODIFIED
In Its Present Form it Levies l5 Per Cent On Corporations Undisturbed Surplus.-HOuse Leaders On.
 pose Increased Estimates.

Washington, July 30.-Revision O1 the war tax bill to increase the total from $1,67G,000, ,006 to about $2,0OO,- ate finance committee, while house leaders informally discussed measures to still provide against the increased estimates of this years wa rexpendi- lures.
 Final action was postponed by the senate committee but Chairman Sim mons said tonight that the present consensus of opinion is the commit tee indicates the following changes will be made:
 Imposition of most of increases on corporations and individuals having incomes of $2O,0O0sor more.
 Material modification of the so-call- ed Jones amendment, which in it's present form levies 15 per cent on corporations undisturbed surplus.
 No increase of normal income tax on individuals, but increase probably to per cent of that on corporations.
 Additional taxes on intoxicating beverages.
 Increase of some of the consump- tlon taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa, and possible addition of a few new consumption taxes.
 Addition of a few new small taxes.
 The exact divisions of the new tax. burden have not been decided but in- creased corporation income taxes probably will raise about $17O,OOO ,OO0 of the S300,O0O,00C to be added to the bill. The normal rate will probably be made six per cent. It is two per cent at present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
First Call for Drafted Men of Pine Bluff is Issued examinations by Boards Will be Started Tuesday;
 Notices Will be Mailed to 338 Men on Thursday

Local selective boards, working under authority of the selective army draft measure, yesterday opened their headquarters in the courthouse, the city board oh the second floor of the building and the county board on the first floor, at the extreme rear, and the work of preparing for the physi- cal examination of the men drafted from this city and county was started.
 Both boards had clerical forces at work, preparing the summons that are to be mailed to the men holding the numbers that head the master list, so far as those numbers include this city and county. The actual examina-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
FOLLOWING MEN
 TO REPORT AUGUST

1476-Guy E. Bynum, 14OO w. Fifth. 2S0-Gilbert Woods, PIP Missouri. 1292-Alexander Frangoulis, 319 E.
 Second. 972-Will Jones'. N. Palm. 9S3-Henry kernaghan, 23O7 w.
 Fourth. 757-Jiles Ernest Owens, 1904 West
 Sixteenth. 966-Julius Caesar Johnson, 310O w.
 Fourteenth. S6S--Fred Stanley Ussery, 1916 Ln-
 den
 332-William Augusta Hillman, 1901
 B. Second. &9-Esse Johnson, 721 Missouri l56O-John Vernon Dutton, 1921 s.
 Cherry. 542-Walter H. Riley 1916 Pine. 194-Lee Singleton, S11 E. Tenth 874-claud Melvin Willis, 1219 w |, Twelfth. 552-Daniel B. Sparks, 3OS w. Sixth, l300-O. P. Ferguson, 1908 B. Second 1673-Will Eugene Crosson, 1703 w.
 Pullen. 29S-William Paul Hollenbeck, 4O1
 Gs OAAIA 675-Thomas Witt Leach, 1AAl w.
 Eleventh. 1769-Fred Sangster, 503 Spruce 1294-Arthur LeRoy Faust, 20O1 E.
 Sixth. 114S-Edgar Boone Barrett, 61O Texas. 1647-Whitfield Byers, 321 w. Tenth. 1354-lWilliam CasWell Arnold. 116 w. 343-Wesley Harris, 1234 E. Thir-
 teenth. 1613-John Washington Graves, 1902
 w. Seventh. 9S2-Levi King, 21S Oak. 726-Richard Lamar Moseley, 1112
 Beech.
 15-Leonard l.. Laden, 51S E. Sec ond.
 9O5-Will Williams, West End. 933-Joel Benjamin Head, 290O w. Eleventh. 1531-Joseph Cinquemani, 313 Oak. 12S8-Dave Edmonds, 620 B. Four teenth.
 452-Timey Key, 92O B. Fifteenth. 355-Mose Hardson, 309 E. Ninth. 530-Marion R. Perry, 600 E. Sev- enteenth. SO9-Howard Boston Strauss, 1916 Linden. 1114-Claude A. Brown 1901 E. Third. 1470-Jesse Reed Bryan, 9O9 Linden. 645-Joseph Ernest Holloway, 1911 Plum.
 William Thomas Trantham, 112 Idaho.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
tions will be started next week.

tlons will be started next week.
 Alex H. Rowell, chairman of the city board, announced last night that the summons will be mailed Thursday to the 33S men whose draft numbers come at the beginning of the master list issued by the provost marshal general at Washington.
 we will mail the summons Thurs day." he declared. "The first batch of men, 112 in number, will be called for examination next Tuesday. The second batch, also 112 in number, will be called for examination next We'd nesday. and the third batch, IA in number, will be called for examina- tion next Thursday. We hope to ob- tain Pine Bluffs quota of 169 men out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
GE1I64h1 IS,X1<.
of those three patches"

of those three patches"
 The county board vii! follow the same procedure, although it will be necessary for this board to remain in session great number of days, owing to the far larger number of men it will have to examine. By the end of next week, however, it is expected this board will have completed it's labors.
 The following lists, checked up and corrected to agree with the official master list, show exactly what local men will be summoned for examina- tion on each of the three days next week, by the board, although other men will be summoned if the quota is not obtained from among the men named in these three lists:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
GERMAN SPIES IN MEXICO CITY
 TO BE SUPPRESSED
Ambassador Fletcher Will Call Carranza's Attention
 to Their Activities.

Washington. July 30.-So numerous have become the reports of German spy activities in Mexico that Ambas- sador Fletcher is prepared upon his arrival at Mexico City to call the att tention of the Mexican government to the matter.
 Officials of the state department do not call into question the integrity of the Mexican government, but the re- ports have left no room to doubt tho existence of a German organization in Mexico, whose machinations may be described as violation of Mexican neutrality. ,l
 General Carranza Is said to be die turbed and 1t is believed the time not far distant when certain, fer representatives in Mexico
 ficially tit:iaI questioned as Ix-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
LYMAN KILLS SELF.

Oakland, Cal, July 30.-D. G. Sco- field. president and director of the California Standard Oil company, was found dead today with a bullet wound in his head and revolver by his side. He had been ill some time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
Stand Was WiAks~: Unsuccessful on Accounf lit of Superior Num-
 ;. .nbers of the Enemy.
20 GERMAN SPIES
 CAUGHT AND SHOT
Disguised IS Russians, Attempted to Create DisaffectiOn Among Ruman- ians.-Germans Use Heaviest
 Guns to Check Forces,
Associated Press Summary)

Apparently the turn in the tide of retreat by the Russians in East Ga licia is beginning. On several sectors the loyal troops have halted and are now facing the Austro-Germans and offering resistance as best they can with their badly depleted forces.
 Although the stands they have made have as yet been unsuccessful in hold ing back to any extent the numerical ly superior Austro-German armies, they served to show the spirit of loy- alty is still alive in many of the men of General KornilOff's contingent and that it is not their purpose to surren- der more terrain without a contest.
 One of the main attempts of the Russians to hold back the enemy has been on the heights on the east of the river De Broct, which flows on the border between Galicia and Russia, but despite their resistance they have been compelled to leave ground to the Austro- Germans who crossed the stream. The Teutons also have crossed the Galicia frontier and are invading Bukowina by way of another valley their objective being the town of Saletyn, while the force which recent ly was successful in the region of Kirlibaba has reached territory east of the upper Moldavia valley.
 Notwithstanding the activity of Ger man spies trying to create disaffection in the Rumanian armies, the Ruman- ians and Russians continue to press forward in the Chain and Putna val leys, capturing six more villages and adding to the number of me nmade German spies, disguised as Russian soldiers, are reported to have been caught and shot.
 There has been falling off in the intensity of the British artillery fire on the Flanders front, due, according to Berlin, to ''the paralyzing Influence Of our offensive activity
 Here the Germans are said to have concentrated the greatest number of guns ever massed on any one sector and are using them to their full capacity, evidently in an endeavor to ward off any, contemplated infantry attack by Field Marshal Haig's forces. It cannot be said, however, even with this. that the artillery duel has fallen much below the stage of extreme vio- lence, for all along the front, from the coastal region south, the big guns continue to hurl tons upon tons of steel ill reciprocal bombardments.
 Aside from the eastern front, no operations of importance are in pro gress except in the Aisne. The crown princes; army had made several more lneffectual attempts to surprise Gen. eral Petain's forces here, while Ber- lln reports several French attacks re- pulsed, south of Allies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
FATAL FORES >. IN BRITISH iF mn

Fernie, B. C., Ju, provement in forest noted today accordiS Seven bodies of E Saturday have been, eral others unacco'
 heved to have lost
 flames have died in
 ched the green timl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
Cabinet Not Complete.

Petrograd, July 30.-Negotiations TOT the reconstruction of the cabinet are delayed owing to conditions raised by the non-Socialist parties and also by the departure of Premier and War Minister Kerensky for the front. The premier has decided that the new cabinet will be composed of fif- teen or sixteen members, all equal in power The constitutional demands which M. Astroff and M. Kishkin, both ministerial candidates have handed to tne premier include war besides the aliles until victory is gained; a defin- lte nome policy in the struggle against anarchy and postponement of social reforms until the constituent assembly Is convened.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31

Mayor J. B. Ketchum of Batesville, ,eports that some miscreant cut the uouy ana seats of his automobile, de- |s.ioying the seats beyond repair.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
SIX MONTHS FOR STACKER.

r,,; Oklahoma City. Okla, July sO.-Roy ls' arrested at Shawnee on a ouarge or failing to register for the seiectlVe draft, was arraigned today oeiore United States Judge Cotteral aa anu entered a plea of guilty. He was sentenced to serve six months in county jail and to register.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
AIR RAIDS KILL 966: SAME PERIOD. STREET
 ACCIDENTS GET 2,O12.

London, July 3O.-Since the beginning of hostiities, 366 per sons have been killed and 1902 injured by air raids in the Lon- don area, according to a state- ment by Sir Charles Cage in the house of commons today. Dur ing the same period 2,O12 per sons were killed and 7,067 in- jured in ordinary street acci- dents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31
The Weather

h;ah haesoay, Generally fair, continued
 6le fo;l oee;lmperature; Wednesday, proba-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-31

Women and girls form more than one-third of the wage earners In the eight largest cities of New York state.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
NORWAY WANTS ITS SHIPS
BUILT AT HOME YARDS

Norway has not passed any law FOR
bidding the placing Of contracts for
new tonnage in foreign countries, ac-
eording 20 Consul General Z. Halde-
man Dennison, at Christiania, but the
Norwegian Department Of Finance did
recently publish warning TO the Bank
Of Norway and other similar financial
Institutions, and especially TO the saw
ings banks. urging them not 10 assist
further shipbuilding enterprises in
foreign yards for Norwegian account
The appeal was the result Of a recon-
mendstion made at a meeting held In
Christisnia recently, presided over by
The Prime Minister. for the purpose OF
discussing what steps could be taken
10 put a stop TO the excessive building
abroad Of ships for Norwegian owners.
One person at this meeting expressed
The opinion that the value Of the ships
ordered amounted to SlG0,00o00O