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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Local Boy Writes Mother
 Of Experiences I'm Army

Addison Collins. a Pine Bluff boy
 who enlisted in the signal corps, the
 twentieth of April and was sent to
 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is new at
 Monterey. Calf. Young Collins, who
 was formerly associated with Hardin
 and Anderson Furniture company, wrote the following interesting letter
 to his mother on June 10:
 "At last we are here, in the most
 beautiful and pleasant country, and right on the ocean. We can stand on the porch and see right out into the
 bay, the barracks stand way up on 9
 hill, which could easily be called a mountain and it is about one-half mile
 down the hill to the ocean and about
 a mile from the town of Monterey,
 which is also on the ocean.
 Monterey is mighty pretty town
 a; much as I have seen of it, with
 wide straight streets and is as clean
 as a pin. The Post is beautiful with flowers and shrubery everywhere. l have not seen much of the town or Post either, but the barracks are one
 story frame buildings with 75 men to
 each. We have beds the same as we had in Leavcnworth except for mat tress. we have a sack of straw and TO linen, just two blankets but that
 isn't bad at all."
 "Now for our trip. we left Leaven- worth Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
 and went to Kansas City from there We came back through. the rolling plains of Kansas where they were harvesting wheat and every thing was pretty and we saw Jack Rabbits that looked as big as two month old calf with ears as long as donkey. We were still in Kansas when darkness sfcll, and next morning when we B.,woke we were in Texas with it's broad flat planes reaching for miles, with it's wind mills and pretty ranch houses but as we went farther North sinto New Mexico the soil got. sandier and sandier and there were nothing ELut two by four double huts, MeXi- cans, Indians, and desert. The little Esun dried huts with temperture 12O Edcgrees in the shade and no possible fmeans of eXistance, it is impossible to kpicturc those places until you see Ethem.
 "That evening at sundown we Epasscd Fort Bliss Texas and there Smust have been 100000 soldiers there, Ball living in tents and shacks in a &desert of sand. About g p. m., we Preached Fl Paso, Texas, that is a very Rprettv town. We then hit the hay kand during the night it got chilly and Eve awolSe about half way across kArizona It wasn't long before it was Ehot a 'blazes.' Here the mountains Endowed up between ten and fifty miles Euway but they were desert mountains kjust as bare as they could be and be- ftween us and them was nothing but ksand and cactus, some of the cactus Blocked to be 25 feet high. "For fifty miles at time there was
 not a village or nothing else but liz
 zards, gophers and sand rabbits. We
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
LOUI ISIANA MAY ABOLISH EVERY
 VICE DISTRICT
Bill Introduced At Special Session of Legislature, to
 Protect Troops.

Baton Rouge, July 19.-The Louis jana senate, in extra session, today finally passed the house bill providing for the creation of a state constbu- lark during the war, and for the ere ation of state council of defense.
 The house late today finally passed the sente bill which would amend the Louisiana widows dowry exemption law so as to remove obstacles to the operation of the federal farm loan bank law in this state. This bill also now goes to the governor for sigma ture.
 A bill prohibiting the operation of any immoral house or vice district within ten miles of any military camp, recruiting station or assembling place of soldiers in Louisiana, was intro duced in the house by Representative Douglass of Shreveport. If enacted the measure would abolish virtually every restricted district in the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Didn't Know Who Hit Him,

In the Harlem court it was no easy matter tor a negro porter to explain just what had hit kim, says the New York Sun. His head was neatly bound ill the gauZy whitcress of first aid and but for brace of dark and indignant eyes which tlashc;, from the front of the medical bundle and pair of large and dark ears protruding from either side, lie would have rcSembled a care fully molded, ulle.shaped snowfall. Through a slight slit in the sanitary headgear the negro explained that he had been hit from So directions while at work ir cafe. At the time he as serted he was engaged in "scolding the boss about his small wages, the class of persons who came to the cafe and lhe superiority of the negro race over the white in every detail except their gcnral color scheme. "Well, who hit you," asked the magistrate. "We-i-l," said the porter, "I don't know jes' who all took q slam at me, but what know is dis: In dat store at dat time they were about 8 men. an what do know is that 1 was walloped at least 35 times. Yer honor, jes' use your own judg mont"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Antonio stradivarl.

Antonio Stradivari was born in 1644, and died in 1737, ninety-three years of age. His early violin was made like his masters and signed with his name. In 1870 he first began to sign his own instruments with his own name. Dur ing the following 20. years he only made few. The year 1890 was one of tran sition in his career. but still he pre- served the tradition of the Amatis school, and his viOlins of this-period are commonly called Stradivarius Am- atis. His first instruments were con- structed from 17OO to 1725; during the subsequent five years to 1730 the work manship of them is not of so high an order, and in 173O.: or even little earlier. the impress of Stradivari is al- most entirely lost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
CaIome| Users! Listen To Me!
 Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone Your druggist gives back your money if it doesn't iven your liver and bowels and straighten
 you up without making you sick.

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's horrible! Take dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose days work.
 ,Calon,el is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, <when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, break ing it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping If you are sluggish and Gall knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels consti- pated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour. just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone to- night.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store and get 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take spoon
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
By May Manton

THIS is one of the newest
 and smartest of the one-
 piece gowns. As it is shown here, it ise made of a summer weight serge with a soutached material used as trimming, but it is susceptible of great variation. There is a plain princess gown and over that princess the over portions that are buttoned into place are arranged. To get the trim ming effect the plain gown is faced and as a matter of course you can use a contrasting ma terial for these facings or you can use braid or embroider the material of the gown itself. It is very new and very smart and, for a simpler gown, you could use it without the over portions. You will find that any material that can be made in simple severe style is appropriate. The round neck and long sleeves combine to make an interesting feature of the Spring fashions.
 For the med1um size will be needed, 6H yards of material 3o inches wide, 4 yards A with lR yards 3o or A inches wide for the facings, 4to make as illustrated. a..r.s
 The pattern No. o396 is cut in sizes from 36 to 46 inches bust measure. It will be mailed tc any address by the Fashion De- partment of this paper, on re. ceipt of fifteen cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
TO TRY NEGRO FOR MURDER.

Mobile, Ala, July 19.-The case of Albert Sanders, one of the two negroes accused of the murder of Mrs. Julia May Hess on the night of May 21, was called in court today for trial. Mrs. Hess, wife of locomotive engin- ger, was on her way to Florida, where she formerly resided, to visit relatives. She engaged Fisher Brooks. a negro taxicab driver, to take her to the sta tion. Several days later the woman's body was found in a creek. etaoi dead body was found in a creek. Brooks was tried, convicted and sen- tenced to death for the crime. Follow ing his conviction he is said to have made confession in which he alleged that Sanders had done the actual kill ing. Robbery was the motive of the murder
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20

full and if it doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous 1 want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medi- cine; entirely vegetable, therefore it can not salivate or make you sick.
 guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and consti- pated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miser- able. I guarantee that bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give it to your children. It is harm less; doesn't gripe and they like its pleasant taste.-Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Otters' FavorIte Game.

The favorite game of otters seems to be that of sliding down hill. They climb to the top of a high snow ridge, lie fiat upon the stomach, with the forefeet bent backward, and giving themselves an impulse with the hind legs, glide down the hill head foremost. In summer they selecr sloping river bank which has clayey soil, and where the water at its base is of con. siderable depth. Climbing this bank, they start from the top, slip swiftly over the sloping ground, and plunge into the water.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Change Government Seat.

Petrograd, July 19.-An extraordi- nary cabinet council is discussing the proposal to transfer the seat of the provisional governmen to Moscow
 M. Tseretclli, minister of posts and telegrarhs and member of the Council of Workmcn's and Soldiers Delegates, said yesterday the general assembly of workn,en and soldiers and peas ants would be held at Moscow to prevent the interference from an jr- responsible section of the Petrograd garrison.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
WELCOME MRS. ROOSEVELT.

Paris, July 19.-Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, IT,, arrived from New York today and was greeted by ahe prefect of the department in behalf of the French government. American na- val and medical missions and a num- Der of ambuAnce workers also arrived on the same steamer. |
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
ACQUITTED OF MURDER.

Greenwood, July 19.-Joe Romano was acquitted by jury in the circuit court here today of charge of mur- der. Romano was charged with hav- ing caused the death of Moro Colo, who was shot by a trap gun which had been set by Romano to catch chicken thieves. The killing occurred at the Romano home at Prairie Creek.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
TO BUILD CANTONMENT.

Hattiesburg, Miss, July 19.-Repre- sentativcs of the Chattanooga con- tractors who will build the structures for the contonment here where the Kentucky and Indiana guardsmen will be trained, arrived today and be- gan plans for actal work on the camp. Army officers yesterday laid out the exact site for the camp.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Peace in A Hours

for Stomach Sufferers who take Mayr' s Wonderful Remedy. Don't neglect your appears to he only minor stomach disorders may often br symptoms of Cancer and Ulcers of the Stomach and lntcstincs, Gall Stones Acute Indigestion, Gastritis. Auto Intoxication. Yellow Jaundicc. and other dangerous ailments, of which the sufferer is not aware until too late. An ideal prescription for overcoming quickly Stomach. Liver and Intestinal Trouble is Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Millions of peo- pie have been restored by it. One dose will PROVE that it will help you. Mayrs Wonderful Remedy is for sale by Mann g Pharmacy and druggists cverywherc.- Adv
 Vertigo.
 As the Washington, Post says, love nlakes the world go round, only we wish 1t wouldn't make it go round sc fast that some of us get dizzy.-But- falo Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Grown aa Edible Nut.

The Indian peanut originally was grown as an edible nut, but the great importance of the crop in South In- dia now is due entirely to the growth of the seed-crushing industry both To- cally and abroad, and efforts are being made to improve tho stock, with the view of increasing Its oil-yielding value.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
M. Pereyiezeff Resigns.

Petrograd, July 19.-Another mem- Der of the Russian provisional gov ernment resigned today. The min ister who rendered his resignation was M. Pereveizeff, who held the portofolio of justice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
QUIET AT PETROGRAD AGAIN; MINISTER'S
 GET ASSURANCES
(Continued from page one.)

machine gan regiment. Shots were exchanged and some horses were killed A party of infantry stationed at Camp de Mars, scene of the mili- tary reviews, fired on the Cossacks from PavlOvsk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Much Smaller.

Much Smaller. Comparatively speaking, the aver- age miser's soul is smaller than boarding-house gas burner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-07-20
Well7

V People are more insiStent on the right of way than on the right.--Des eret News.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
ASK ENFORCEMENT OF
 THE VAGRANCY LAW

Little Rock, July 9.-The Arkansas State Council of Defense will this week send to all city authorities in Arkansas request that they rigidly enforce the laws pertaining to vag- rancy It is pointed out that there are many negroes about the city who are not working. These men work a day or so, and at the present high wages, they receive enough to keep them going for the balance of the week, and this time is spent lettering about pool rooms. With labor so scarce, and prospects for it being scarcer when the national army is called to the colors, every man who can work must work or be forced to work in places where he will receive no compensation.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
GERMANY FACES
 UPHEAVAL AND
 BALLOT REFORM
Realignment of Factions Indi-
 cated by Late Developments
 Kaiser to Confer With vOn Hindenburg and Chief of Staff

Berlin, Saturday, July ', via Lon don, July 8.-Unless indications fail, the German empire faces momen- tous parliamentary upheaval.
 Developments in the last IS hours point to significant realignment of factions in favor of sweeping cleo toral and parliamentary reforms.
 This has been a day of excitement and alarms" Following hard upon the heels of the mass of plain-spoken editorial comment based on the hair trigger tension in relations between the Reichstag and the government, comes the official news that Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Ludendorff, his chief of staff, have arrived in Berlin for a confer ence with the emperor.
 The identity of the member of the Reichstag who took the bull by the horns and launched forth in a candid exposition of conditions at home and abroad has now been established defi- ntely. The Tageblatt names Matthias l Erzberger leader of the clerical center, as the man who took the lid off the political kettle and paved the way for the discussion which resulted ] in a common meeting ground for all but the pan-German faction in Fri days session of the main committee. 1 Herr Erzberger's discussion of the ! internal situation is said to have been remarkable for it's lucidity and can 1 dor. 1t was augmented effectively l by the utterances of Social Democrats 1 who related the impressions they had gathered at the recent Stockholm con ! ference and in neutral countries. Their deduction is that affairs in Germany must be subjected forthwith to a thorough overhauling for the good of the German people and the German empire. The majority faction of the Social Democrats also is convinced 1 the government must make a positive declaration that it is opposed to all policies of annexation either in the east or west
 While all the sessions of the main committee are looked upon as confi- dential, the Tageblatt reveals enough of Fridays proceedings to warrant the conclusion that discussion covered the entire range of internal political reforms.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
STUDENT OFFICERS SPEND
 MONTH ON RIFLE RANGE

Little Rock, July 9-The student officers training at Fort Logan H. Roots in the Officers Reserve Corps, now on the last month of their three months strenuous labors, have this week a new routine set out for them. Then go upon the rife range and learn all the different ways in which a gun can be fored, and see what they can hit in firing from the different positions.
 The new 5000 yard range, back of the fort, has been completed, and one at time, the companies of the Re serve Corps will be given two days work on the range. They start with the 200 targets, and work up to the ones a greater distance away. Forty shots are fired from four positions, by each man, standing, standing with rest, kneeling and prone. This work is not so hard as the trench digging and long marches with heavy packs, and is more to the liking of the men.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09

a commission. There never was a time when promotions are so rapid as they are today, and the army is a fit career for high school boy to decide upon.
 Tn war, the company that gets to the front in the best shape is the company that is going to come out of the battle in the best condition. It is to be expected that the well trained regulars, under skilled officers, will get to the front in the best shape, so the boy who is going into the war ought to place himself in the hands of the man who will best fit him for the trying ofdeal ahead"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09

and other heavy work had to be done. Never before in Arkansas was so much grading and track laying done in a similar time.
 When work was ito start on this track, Gen. Mgr. J. w. Dean prom ised the government officials it would be done in three weeks. The govern ment delayed the railroad two days in starting, so the work could be com pleted by Saturday and fulfill the agreement, but MT. Dean valves this, and will run trains over the track Thursday.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
YOUNG MEN ASSIGNED AS
 SECOND LIEUTENANTS

Little Rock, July 9.-Fifteen young men from each of the companies in the Officers Reserve Corps, now raining at Fort Logan H. Roots, will }e given provisional commissions as second lieutenants in the regular United States Army. All these will be between the ages of 23 and 27 years. The other officers selected for duty will be assigned to the National Army.
 "The regular army is the place for recruits" states Capt. N. NJ. Cart mell, U. s. A., flor there the men are under officers who have spent years in caring for men. They know their business. They know how to keep them trim and always fit. They take a pride in having the best appearing body of men in their branch of ser vice, and the regular army, having nothing but specially schooled cooks there is never danger there.
 Any young man with brains, is q non-commissioned officer almost from the start, getting S30 as a private, and all necessities, and more as he is promoted If he applies himself he is soon in position for promotion to
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF
 SWITCH TO COMPONENT

Little Rock, July 9.-With two days to spare, the Missouri Pacific officials will on Thursday evening, barring ac- cidents, complete the switch track from Dalhoff to the cantonment site north of Little Rock. This is record for construction work in Arkansas. The track has been laid in noun tainous country, where much blasting
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
GERMAN ATTACK ON
 AISNE FRONT FAILS
Assault Delivered in Four Sec tors and Losses Heavy-The French Gain Brilliant Success, in Region of Verdun.

Paris, July 9th. The Germans launched another violent attack on the Aisne front last night as in the case of their recent attempt to recapture important positions along the Chemin Des Danes, met with determined re- sistance from the French and suffered very heavy losses. The attack was delivered in four sectors. Today's of ticial report says they were driven back except in the sector between Bo- vettes and Froidmont farm, where they were able to hold part of the first line French positions carried at the beginning of the battle.
 On the Verdun front, west of the Mouse, the French scored a brilliant success. Three strongly organized salients were captured and held against counter-attacks. The official announcement follows:
 "On the Asne front the night was marked by an intense bombardment directed at our positions from the north of Laffaux Mill as far as Froid- mont Farm. At dawn the Germans delivered violent attacks with strong contingents in four different sectors of this front. Our troops offered de- enemy forces which suffered very heavy losses.
 North and east of LaffauX Mill, near Mennijik Farm west of Pantheon We repulsed all enemy attacks and maintained our positions completely. Between Votes and Froidmont Farm the attack of the enemy developed on a front of three kilometers( nearly two miles.) After a struggle of sev- eral hours we succeeded in ejecting the enemy from part of elements on our first line which he was able to penetrate at the first shock.
 East of Cerny late yesterday we carried out successful operation which enabled us to enlarge appre- ciably the position near Allies, which we recaptured July 1. We took prisoners.
 "The artillery fighting was heavy all night. In the region of Sapig- neuil we dispersed enemy reconnoi- tering parties which attempted to ap- proach our lines.
 "On the left bank of the Mouse, aftre brief artillery preparation, our troops brilliantly captured three strongly organized salients, one west of Dead Man Hill and the other two southwest of Hill BOA German coun- ter attacks against the conquered po- sitions were repulsed.
 Several surprise attacks on our ad- vanced posts on the heights of the Mouse and in upper Alsace were re- pulsed by our fire"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-09
CHINESE RULERS
 REIGN VERY BRIEF
Young Emperor Abdicates Af- ter General Chang Hsun Re- signs--Republican Forces Oc- cupy Strategic Positions.

Washington, July S.-Official dis patches to the Chinese legation here tonight said the republic had been firmly re-established at Nanking with Feng Kuo Chang, the former vice president, as president of the new provisional government. Republican troops were reported converging to- ward Peking to drive out the Manchu forces remaining in possession there in the name of the imperialists.
 London, July 8-The dispatch from Peking early this morning announc- ing the abdication of Hsuan Tung, the young emperor, who was put back on the throne by Gen. Chang Hsun, is corroborated by cablegram received today from Reuters correspondent there. It appears that Gen. Chang Hsun, depressed by the failure of his attempt to restore the monarchy, ten dered his resignation to the emperor, who thereupon issued an edict an- nouncing his abdication.
 The republican forces occupy strat- egic positions in the southern and western outskirts of the city and there is every prospect of peaceful settlement.