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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
By ANNETTE KELLERMANN.

I wish to write today about how to prevent drowning. Therefore l am delaying replies told you yesterday I would make in this article.
 I will first speak to the person who is to be saved, for it is he that can do more than the rescuer. That IS, if the drowning person keeps his wits about him or her and does not go mad with fright.
 am now talking to all of you. l consider this article and tomorroW's, the most important of them all. l want you all to read and remember them, so that should you find your- selves in like position you will know what to do.
 The reason why I attach so much importance to the person who Is drowning is this In nine cases out of ten person struggling in the wat CT can and does drag down to wat ery grave his would-be rescuer, no matter how good swimmer the latter may be.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
Some Truth i.1 It.

"Have you ever noticed" said the nervous young man, striving to make conversation at the tea table, "that- er-Dachelors, as rule, are-er- much richer than married men?" "Yes,' replied the notwithstanding lady, wearing the colors of the mill. tants, q have" "Ah! And-er-how do you account for it?" every simply. Poor men marry and rich men don't. Men are always readier to divide noth- Ing with a woman than something!"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

their cooperation, success is assured.
 It is necessary for those who con- template making the investment here to know with fair degree of certain ty what amount of milk and butter fat can be secured daily, and in order that this information can be secured as quickly as possible, you are asked to fill in the following blank, cut 1t out and mail to E. B. Bloom, secre- tary, Pine Bluff, Ark Give the infor- nation complete.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
Creamery and MILK Depot
 May Be Established Here

Secretary E.. B. Bloom of the cham Der of commerce is very much encour- aged over the prospects of securing for the city a creamery with pasteuri- zation equipment.
 This much needed facility for Pine Bluff has been under consideration by the agricultural committee of the chamber of commerce for many months, and is now believed that if the housewives and farmers will lend
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

Barbre of Pine Bluff and J, T. Ben nett of Warren. The Misses Ben nett, were the Youngest children in the family
 All the children will accompany the body to Star City today where they will be joined by Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Meroney, and proceed to the Jones cemetery The party will leave in automobiles for the funeral.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
Baptist Society Ladies Picnic.

Instead of the usual monthly meet ing the ladies of Circle No. ), Ladies' Missionary Society of the First Bap- list church, yesterday enjoyed pie nic at Charles Dunningtons place at Sulphur Springs. About 50 ladies par ticipated, and they were joined at din her time by the husbands of number of the members of the society The outing proved a most delightful one, according to those who took part.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
OBITUARY
MISS MABEL BRYANT.

The funeral of Miss Mabel Bryant. who died Monday, will be held this forenoon at g o'clock. with solemn high mass, at St. Joseph's Catholic chufch. lnterment will be in the Calhollc cemetery, and the followine. will serve as pallbearers:
 Judge E. J. Kerwin, Frank King, frank Franey, Ben Sylvester. Jules Bofreson, Willie Miller and Lee Hark- ness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
Woman's Ability to DissembIe.

When married woman feels un. happy and forlorn and catches some woman, who tried to but didn't get her husband, looking at her she perks up Wonderfully and assumes joyous look which would fool her own mother. -Atchison Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
SOCIETY

Mr. and Mrs, Moorehead Seymour and children are in I Tennessee attend ing 6 reunion of the Powell family. Mf. and Mrs. Dan Mcdonald and sis ters, Misses Nellie and Margaret. who motored to Dallas q short time ago returned Sunday.
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 Miss Blanche TomaszeWski, who re- gently submitted to serious opera ton, has shown such satisfactory pro- gress toward recovery that she has been taken from the Davis hospital to her home on Laurel street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
T, i. ETTRAIT.

: Marlanna, July SIT. A. Futrall. pioneer educator of Arkansas and tennessee, and former president of the National Education association. dled here today. He was a Confed- crate veteran, and was a brother of John C. Futrall, president of the Uni- Nersity of Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

The only corps of the navy consist ing exclusively of Annapolis grad uates is the corps of naval construc tors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

Mrs. A. B. Martin has returned af- ter visit of a week with her broth CT. Dr. B. l.. Watson, at Camden.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

Lawns that are frequently watercd need more fertilizers than those that are not, as the water washes away much plant food.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

A memorial to Betsy Ross, maker of the first United States flag, has been erected in one of the public parks in San Francisco
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

Mrs. Clay B. Voc, who has been wis iting her sister, Mrs. Griswell at Camden has returned home, and was accompanied by Mrs. Griswell, who will be her guest for a few days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01
Destroying Bad Eqas.

Destroying Bad Eggs. Millions of bad eggs are seized every year in London, and the way they are destroyed is to tip them out of their cases and run a steam roller over them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

The flag of the secretary of the navy is of scarlet bunting and bears upo nit an eagle With outstretched wings
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

There will be a subscription dance this evening at the Doris park.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

The New York City police report over 300 girls a year disappear in that city, and are never found.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

The regular monthly meeting of the executive board of the Day Nursery will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. J. w. Wilkins, on West Fourth street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

The regular monthly meeting of the executive board of the Day Nursery will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. J. w. Wilkins, on West Fourth street.
 Mines. H. K. Moseley and J. H. Han kins will be hostess to the w. c. T. U. 1909 Main street.
 Mrs. w. S. Shaw and Miss Ethel Shaw left Monday for their home in Dallas, Texas. after most delightful visit with Mrs. Felix Smart and rela- tives in Pine Bluff.
 !. Mrs. Mayfield and granddaughter. Mildred Mayfield, Ky, who have been visiting the formers son, pr. C. U. Mayfield, left yesterday, having spent most enjoyable visit in the city.
 Miss Helen Harlan, who has been visiting Misses Jamie and Mamie Bel lingrath, left Monday for Atlanta, Ga, accompanied by the Misses Bellin- grath, who will be her guests for sev- eral days.
 Mrs. C. N. Nixon left yesterday morning for Little Rock to visit her mother.
 Mrs. D. H. Saunders left yesterday for Little Rock and will spend several days there visiting relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. H. w. Coles, Mir. and Mrs. Walter .Teter Wilkins, who made an automobile tMp to Alabama, have returned.
 Mir. and Mrs. John Graves and daughter, Lucy, who have been visit Ing friends in Pine Bluff, left yester- day for their home at Bigelow.
 MT. and Mrs. Moorehead s. Clegg left Monday for Colorado Springs, Denver and other points in Colorado. Miss Julia Houston has returned rom stay at Little Rock, and is pre- pairing to leave for Colorado, to spend her vacation in the Rocky Mountain country
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

Mines. H. K Moseley and J. H. Han kins will be hostess to the w. c. T. U. tomorrow afternoon at o'clock, at 1909 Main street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-01

Mrs. w. S. Shaw and Miss Ethel Shaw left Monday for their home in Dallas, Texas, after a most delightful visit with Mrs. Felix Smart and rela- tives in Pine Bluff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
BILL TO STOP DRIVE DOORS
LIKELY TO BE AMENDED
Attorney General May Have Initiative
in Starting Action

Albany, Feb. 2O.-The ottinger bill,
designed to relieve Riverside Drive
residents from unpleasant doors from
New Jersey factories, is likely to De
amended so as to put the initiative in
starting court action up TO the Attor-
ney General. The measure now pro-
vides that on being declared nuisance
by the State Commissioner of Health
the license Of any foreign corporation
to do business in this state or the
charter Of any New York State corpora
ton shall be revoked.
After a hearing this afternoon j.
Henry Walters, chairman Of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, suggested that
as any corporation declared to De a
nuisance would carry its case to the
Supreme Court through certiorar pro-
ceedings anyway, the Attorney General
might better have power to start the
court action upon the petition OF resi-
dents. The suggestion was not opposed
by other members of the committee or
by those who appeared for the bill in
Guiding representatives of the Citizens
Union, West Side Improvement AssocIa-
ton and the West Side Taxpayers ,
Realty and Real Estate Dealers or
CARNATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
DEVERY AND CASSIDY
HEAD RoCKAwAY REBELS
Mills Tells Delegation That Section
Must Make Agreement with City
IBy Telegraph to The Tnbune.I

LtA Aelck 70 luc 4fluuNt
Albany, Feb. 20.-"Big Bill" Devery,
former chief of police Of New York
City, and Joseph Cassidy. former Bor-
ough President of Queens County, who
was recently released from Comstock
prison and later restored to citizenship,
were conspicuous in a delegation Of res
idents of the Rockaways who came TO
Albany to-day TO urge the passage OF
the McWhinney bill to separate them
from greater New York.
The hearing was held before the Sem
ate's New York City and the Assem-
Dly's Cities Committee. The advocates
Of the measure declared that they are
no better off under the domination of
New York City than the Belgians under
Germany.
Senator Mills, chairman of the New
York City Committee, told the Rock
away people that they would have to
come 10 some financial agreement with
New York City or the bill would fail, as
II did before, when the Mayor vetoed it..
They promised to see the Mayor and
Controller Prendergast in an effort to
come 70 some such agreement next week.
Opponents of the bill declared that the
majority OF the people in the district
affected did not want to get out Of the
luri sdictiOn of the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21

Calvary Church into high class social
club" the pastor said. There will be
trouble here rs long as this effort con-
tinues. And there will likewise be
trouble as long as the present element
dominating the board of trustees re-
mains in power. Things will never be
in complete harmony here until certain
members of the board Of trustees have
been forced out, and their places taken
by members Of the younger generation,
More Christians Needed
What is true of Calvary Church |
believe is true of many other Protes-
tant churches in America; they are
dominated by men who are not Chris
tians in the fine meaning OF the WORD.
Professionalism in America, as matter
of fact. Is not living up 70 It's oppor-
tunities, which are the most splendid
ever offered a religious body.
Even when the quarrel over the pas
torate is ended, there Is plenty more
trouble in sight for Calvary Church.
The corporate body Monday night BY
action of the board OF trustees IN
abolishing the paid quartet, but that
did not erd the matter.
IL will not sign my name to any con-
tract for another quartet until the
$1,000 a wear that II takes 20 sustain
such a body is actually in my hands.
Mr.. Trabue said last night. NO one
can force me To sign such a paper.
From present indications, this money
will not be forthcoming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
White House Pickets
Have Stirred Nation,
Suffragists Assert
Wide Results Have Followed
Labor of Sentinels, Women
Declare
From The Tribune Buresui

Washington. Feb. 90 - The official
s.atistician at Congressional Union
headquarters tonight compiled table
Of facts and figures concerning the
White House pickets.
In the six weeks the suffrage senti-
nels have been on their job at the
White House gates, according TO
summary, they have focused the
attention Of some 20,O00,000 news
paper readers on the subject of woman
suffrage; diverted the momentary at
tention Of 25.000. 600 movie" fans from
the latest peril of Pauline; stirred up
S67 fiery editors to take their pens in
hand and indite scorching editorials
against such wanton radicallsm and
militancy as standing with banner
near the home Of the President; tempt
ed an equal number TO indorse the pick
citing; stimulated the President TO write
a letter commencing the suffragists for
their victory in North Dakota, and
aroused false hopes in the breasts, OF
every physician in Washington on the
DAYS when the picketing was conducted
with the thermometer lowering around
zero.
To maintain the picket line daily
since January 10 3S3 women, represent
ing every state in the Union, and in
Guiding members Of every profession,
from doctors and lawyers 20 biologists,
have offered their services at some time
or other Twelve colleges, including
Vassar, Smith, Wellesley and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, have sent rep
resentatives to the White House gates
Wage earners of all rank, from factory
girl 10 private secretary, have also had
their deputations in line.
To satisfy once and for all the insa
table curiosity of city editors as to the
youngest and prettiest" picket that
has been on duty, the official statisticisn
took vote tonight among the pickets
themselves, and Miss Beulah Amidon,
of North Dakota, was elected almost
unanimously. The only vote against
her was cast by the modest Miss Ami
don herself.
The Oldest picket will arrive on March
/ in the person Of the Rev. Olympia
Brown, Of kenosha, Wis, who worked
shoulder 20 shoulder with Susan b
Anthony In the trying days that fol
lowed the Civil War. Mrs. Brown, who
Is eighty-hve years old. viii Join the
picket line on March 4, as part Of the
huge suffrage Gordon that will COM
pletely surround the White House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
Plan for Roofing
West Side Yards
Urged at Hearing
R. p. Bottoms Riverside Drive
Suggestion Called Con-
structive by Mayor

The Board of Estimate for three
hours yesterday heard opponents OF
the West Side improvement plans in a
session devoid of the sharp tits OF
Monday.
Representatives Of property owners
bordering Riverside Drive north OF
135th Street, near the proposed Man
hattanville railroad yards, offered nu-
merous objections to their establish
ment as provided under the contract.
Reginald P. Bolton. Of the Washing
ton Heights Taxpayers Association,
submitted a substitute plan for the
construction Of the yards, including
the proposed roofing over Of the tracks,
which. he contended. eliminated many
Objectionable features and offered bet
ter facilities TO the railroad.
Mayor Mitchell called especial atten-
ton to the fact that this was the hrst
constructive substitute plan offered.
Mr.. Bolton submitted report from
George 6. Rice, former chief engineer
of the Public Service Comml sslon, in
which the cost Of roofing over the
yards was estimated at s2,1O7,OOO. Con-
troller Prendergast had estimated this
at $4,000, 900. The Controller yester-
day called the Rice estimate absurd.
The new plan called for four-track
elevated structure from 1880 Street to
the yards, with the utilization Of the
space underneath for car storage.
Stanley NJ. Isaacs, representing prop
erty owners north Of l35th Street, in
sisted that the agreement should pro
vide for the immediate covering OF the
tracks at the Manhattanville yards.
instead of leaving it for the city TO do
at an uncertain date.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
HIGHER SALOON LICENSE
PLANNED BY LEGISLATORS
Specific Reforms Proposed to Stave OF
Demand for Prohibition
LBy Telegraph 10 me tribune

Albany, Feb. 20.--It is the plan OF
the legislative leaders, according to re-
liable authority, to attempt to pass the
statewide prohibition amendment at
this session and thereby sidetrack the
prohibition and local option advocates
for two years until the people get a
chance to express their opinion. The
leaders believe the people of the state
will register disapproval Of such an
amendment, and that that will be the
most effective way Of disposing Of the
Anti-Saloon League bills, the Hill
Wheeler local option bills and other
measures of the kind.
Meanwhile the Legislature is expected
to pass more radical excise tax measures,
designed to increase the states revenue
from the liquor industry and at the
same time reduce the number Of sa-
looms doing business. Measures of this
kind are favored by the hotel men OF
the state as the best means TO Offset
some OF the most potent arguments
against keeping New York State in the
wet column.
The legislative leaders contemplate a
tax on excess profits of the industry,
increase in license fees, raising the
ratio of population TO saloons and auc-
tioning of licenses to the highest bid
ders, thus eliminating, it is planned,
the holding Of licenses by brewers.
Legislators declare that if the man who
operates a license holds il and pays TO:
it instead OF the brewer, some Of the
evils of the industry would be over
emma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
Shortage of $1,000
Charged to Lawyer
After His Death
John c. R. Eckerson Took Funds
from Denham and Snyder
Estates, II Is Alleged

Claims based on charges of fraud
have ueen made in the Supreme Court
and Surrogates' Court against the es
tate Of John c. Eckerson, a lawyer.
The total of his alleged unlawful con-
versions of money or securities from
estates of which he was executor or
attorney is placed at 100000. IL -
asserted that the supposed shortage
was not discovered until after Ecker
sons death.
Eckerson was executor of the estate
of William Richard Denham, wealthy
clubman, who died in September, 1913.
In opposing the granting OF letters tes-
tamentary TO Mrs. Edith {. Ecserson,
widow of the lawyer, r. Oulany Whit
ing. co-executor of the Denham estate,
charged that Eckerson drew from the
estate SCI 900, which he used for ms
own purposes.
1t is alleged that Eckerson also cor
verted about S135. 900 from the estate
Of John II. Snyder. Surrogate Cohalsn
decided to issue letters to Mrs. Ecker
son on the estate Of her husband, but
ordered that she file bond Of $4,000
Mr. Whiting asked permission to in
snect securities Eckerson had deposited
with the Hudson Trust Company. This
request was denied by the widow. Her
refusal. according to Mr.. Whiting
aroused suspicion Of her Ingenious
ness"
Prior to Eckerson's death, the com
mittee of his mothers estate decided
70 him property valued at about $685.
600. The other children of Mrs. Ecker
son now are trying to have this trans
fer set aside. Mr.. Whiting is oppos-
ing this move to prevent depletion of
the Eckerson estate that would make
il insufficient TO meet the alleged short
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
Philanthropist's Son Is Ac-
cused of Trapping
Wild Birds
SHARES SEIZED ON
HIS L. /. ESTATE
Keeper on Wantagh Place
Also Caught in Game
Protector Raid

Henry Carnegie Phipps, whose
father, Henry Phipps, widely known as
a philanthropist, was a partner of An
drew Carnegie, NAV have TO pay more
than $4,000 in fines for wild ducks
seized yesterday on hiy preserve at
wantagh, on the South Shore of Long
Island, and alleged to have been
trapped.
After the ducks had been taken,
cameras and motion picture cameras in
the hands of game protectors began to
click, and plates and reels showing the
operation of the trap were filed away
for evidence. Deputy Attorney Cen
erals Bates and Moore examined en-
ployes Of Mr. Phipps before Justice OF
the Peace Frank P. Neu, in Lynbrook,
in pursuance of a John Doe proceed
ing begun several days ago by the FL
ing Of an information.
Watch Kept on Preserve
For several weeks the preserve Of
Mr.. Phipps has been under the surveil-
lance of the Conservation Commission.
l.
raise and sell domesticated mallard
and black duck. Belmer Steenburgh, a
game protector, who was sent 10 Wan
tagh to investigate, asserted that Val
entine Van COpp. Mr.. Phipps's care
taker, not only showed him how the
trap worked, but suggested that Steen-
burgh build one and 90 into the duck
farming business.
-. al
and his bond of $500 was furnished by
Mr.. Phipps. Llewellyn Legge, chief
game protector, who descended upon
Wantagh yesterday with eight game
protectors to make the raid, said last
night that the case would be pushed 70
the limit and that Van Copp might not
only forfeit his bond, but be liable for
prosecution for malfeasance in Office
and liable to the same fine as ms en-
ployer.
The raiding party found, the chief pro-
tcetor said, 442 live wild black ducks.
TWEEN ty-five dead ones. five pitfalls and
one of that rarely seen species. the
wood duck Estimating on that basis,
theestsl fine would be S15,315.
Trap Built of Wire
The trap consisted of cage built OF
chicken wire almost fifty feet long and
about fifty feet wide, which straddled a
creek flowing through the Phipps pre-
serve just above a pond. The trap was
baited with grain, according to the
game protectors.
It's entrance was funnel shaped, like
that of a minnow trap, and was hinged
so that after sufficient ducks had en-
tered it could be dropped below the
water level, preventing exit. The land
end of the contrivance was V-shaped.
Into this V-shaped end, according TO
Steenburgh. the ducks were driven, and
when they were clustered together
there it was easy enough to pick them
I'D and rem"ve them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-21
FOUR CARPENTERS FALL
OFF SUNDAY TABERNACLE

Platform Collapses and Workmen Drop
Twenty feet-Two Seriously Hurt
Four carpenters at work on 9 scat
fold near the roof of the west end Of
the Billy Sunday Tabernacle. issth
Street and Broadway, were injured
yesterday. two of them seriously, when
the platform collapsed and fell twenty
four feet with them to the ground.
An ambulance surgeon from Knicker-
booker Hospital found that John Lin
sey. Of sos West i45th Street, had saf-
fered an injury to his spine and John
Rivers, of 500 West 1l2d Street, sus-
tanned a sprained left ankle. Both
were taken 70 the hospital. John
Brockenburg. of 500 West l42d Street.
and Cornelius Kivett, Of 257 West
Twenty Street, had their bruises
ard lacer7tions treated and went home.