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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
Democratic State Commit tee Decides for Election by
 Vote of 22 to ,.
WOMEN'S PLEA FOR
 LATER DATE FAILS
Suiiragists Who Sought to Have Pri- mary in June That Women Might Vote, Sit Thru Session Endur-
 ing Smoke Clouds.

Little Rock, March 1i.-A primary ] on Saturday, April 14, for the purpose
 of selecting nominees for the cOnsti tutional convention, and no candidate shall pay more than $5 to get his name on the ticket. This was decid ed at a lengthy session of the state central committee this afternoon at the Hotel Marion. The committee de- clined to listen to the plea of the committee from the suffragists who
 sought to have the primary postponed until June 6, by which time they ex-
 pect to be participating in primary elections. N'4a
 The committee was divided on the primary question. Many of the dele gates thought it was placing tho constitution to be adopted by the con- vention in jeopardy by holding pri- mary, and a resolution was offereI to leave the matter to tre county con- tral committees. This was a subst;- tute for a resolution calling for pri- i maries. The substitute lost 22 to 5. It was argued that there was not time for a primary, tH.A the expense of a primary would be too great to tenn ot the best men to make the race, anl
 that it would create dissension in the ranks. It was finally agreed to pledge | the nominees, and to let the defeate ones withdraw. The county commit | tees are expected to secure election officials who will serve without cos; The &E iC fn Fnr ;r4; 1 tickets.
 The committeeman who forced the ] primary this time, were largely tn , same who at the last meeting of the committee refused to permit a pri- | mary to select 9 United States sena- 1 tor. This was frequently referred 70 in the speeches, and in questions put | to the speakers One even referre | to the change of attitude to the voice of the people, and the dissatisfactiol I which has resulted over the selection. eff 9 primary is good now, why was it not good for the people in selecting a United States senator?" Committeeman Hawthorne of Jones' boro, asked of Capt R. R. Rice who had just completed a patriotic Demo- cratic speech in favor of letting the people rule.
 "Shut up and sit down." was the answer, accompanied by a wave of the hand as though to force his con- mand.
 A half dozen women, led by Mrs Frank Gibb. head of the suffrag, party of Pulaski county, sat through the entire meeting. They were force l to endure tobacco smoke which hung in clouds, the men evidently accept ing the women as their equals in things other than political.
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Steamer Algonquin Was Shelled Without Warning
 by German Submarine.
U-BOAT COMMANDER
 REFUSED GIVE AID
After Sinking the Vessel With Bombs, Captain of Submarine Said He Was ''TOO Busy to Give TOw," and Sur
 YiyOrS Spent p Hours in Boats.

Plymouth. Eng. via London, March
 14.-Captain A. Nordberg of the Amer ican steamship Algonquin, sunk by German submarine on March 12, is
 now at Penzance. He will arrive with
 his crew in Plymouth tomorrow morn
 ing.
 In an interview, Captain Nordberg said the Algonquin was bound from
 New York to London with foodstuffs.
 "On Monday morning." he said, just after daylight, I was on the bridge.
 It was the mates watch. I saw two
 steamers, apparently colliers, steam
 ing west, one on the starboard the other on the port side. Two minutes
 later the mate called my attention to
 another object, and I at once said, I think that is submarine.' The submarine was about three miles dis tant, as also were the steamers. "I immediately saw the flash of a
 gun and the shell fell short. At once I stopped the engine, and then went full speed astern, indicating this by three blasts of the whistle. The sub-
 marine kept on firing, the fourth shot throwing up water which drenched
 me and the man at the wheel. Tt was close singe. The fifth shot struck the ships side and the next went aft. The submarine was using two guns,
 and about 20 shots were fired at us. "I ordered the crew to the boats and we pulled away two ship lenghts. All this time the submarine was fir- ing at us, some of the shots coming very close to us. Once we were on the boats the German ceased firing and the submarine dived Later we ] saw the periscope. which circled the
 Algonquin half a dozen times. Find ing her abandoned, the submarine
 came to the surface and the steamer was boarded The first thing done
 was to lower the American flag. Then I concluded they were going 10 sink
 my ship. Ten minutes later l heard the crackle of an explosion and saw smoke They had blown up the ship
 with bombs. In 15 minutes the An
 gonquin had sunk.
 "The submarine was flying the Ger
 man ensign. Her commander asked
 me my name, nationality, destination and cargo of the ship, which had the American colors painted on her sides and flew the American flag day and night.
 q asked him to tow us toward land. but he refused, saying: I'm too busy. I expect couple of other ships After being 27 hours in the boats we reach
 ed Scilly without seeing any vessel of any kind"
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GERMAN IN ARMY E SUSPECTED OF
 PART IN PLOT
Sergeant Frucher Thought to Have Committed Trea-
 son Against U. S.

El Paso, Texas, March 14.-Serg- cant Alex Frucher of Company K, Seventeenth United States cavalry, is being detained at the Fort Bliss guardhouse on charge of desertion, it was stated by military authorities tonight.
 Frucher is of German birth, and an investigation following his arrest is said to have resulted in the finding of number of German letters and ether papers in his effects.
 One army officer said some of the letters appear to be only friendly let .ers from relatives and friends. but they were closely examined by ex- perts.
 4 German civilian friend of Frucher has been under surveillance here by government agents for more than a week, and an effort is being made to connect him with the alleged German plot on the border and in Mexico.
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EXPLOSION AND FIRE
 IN POWDER FACTORY
Six Men Killed by Blast in Solvent Department of Aetna
 Company.

Clean, N. Y, March 14-Six men were killed in an explosion which de- molished the solvent factory Of the Howard plant of the Aetna Explosive company at Emporium, Pa., today, ac- cording to a telephone message re ceived here. Simultaneously with the explosion in the solvent department. fire was discovered ill the cotton storage building, half a mile away. hui the blaze was extinguished before serious damage was caused.
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WALKER V. POWELL ARRESTED ON TWO
 NEW INDICTMENTS
These Accuse Former Rail- road Man With Perjury
 and Offering Bribe.

Little Rock, March 14.-Walker " Powell, former industrial commis sioner of the Cotton Belt railway, was again arrested this morning on war rants based on indictments returned by the grand jury yesterday, charg- ing perjury and offering a bribe. He was released under bonds aggregar- ing $5,000 Powell was already under bond to appear for trial on q charge of conspiracy in connection with the alleged boodlirg of Senators Burgess and Sims, also under indict- ment.
 The last two indictments against Powell charge that he swore falsely before the grand jury relative to h.; connection with the intr oduction of a trading stamp bill in the general as sembly, and that he offered a bribe of $1OO to Senator l. c. Burgess for the introduction of another tradina stamp measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
DISCOVER PLOT
 TO FLOOD BIG
 POWDER PLANTS
Alleged German Scheme Contemplated Destruction
 of Immense Reservoir.

Jersey City, N J.. March 14-Act- ing on rumors of plots to dynamite the 10000 ,000,000gallon reservoir al Booneton, thereby flooding the Pas saic valley, where many large muni- tions plants are located, the city com missioners late today passed a resolu- ton calling upon Governor Edge to provide military guard for the res ervoir.
 Meantime, 30 policemen, all of whom have served in the United States regular army, were hurried to the reservoir tonight, under command of Major Joseph D. Norton of the Fourth New Jersey regiment. The policemen were supplied with rifles and ammunition.
 Mayor Sagan, in a telephonic con- versaticn with the governor, declared the destruction of the reservoir not only would cut off the supply of water to this city, but would endanger thou sands of lives and cause untold prop erty damage.
 The resolution passed by the city commissioners asserts that the in formation relative to the plot to dyna- mite the reservoir had come from "sources which appear to be credible. Persons desirous of injuring the re sources of the government in the even of hostilities with Germany, it was said, were under suspicion.
 Two men, one said to have been al officer in the German army at tht seize of Antwerp, and the other form erly in the employ of a German steam ship line, recently have been making observations and taking photograph: of the reservoir, according to wort which reached the police. It is alleged they were here to study the feasibilit! of injury to the government in thu event of war by blowing up the res ervoir and flooding the Passaic val ley, thus putting out of commission big munitions plants of the DuPon company and other large concerns. At Milburn, near here, Edwin Black, IT years old, was detained b. ] the authorities, pending an investiga ton by agents of the department O justice, of charges that he had in hi possession maps of the New Yorl navy yard and of bridges, tunnels ant railroad terminals in New York city Bayonne and Jersey City. The boy , it is said, told the police he used th' maps as all aid in getting about Nev York and New Jersey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
PASTOR CONVICTED
 DESIGNATING FLAG

New York, March 15 (Thursday).-- Bouck White, pastor of the Church of Social Revolution, and members of the congregation, were found guilty early this morning by jury of hay ing desecrated the American flag, which they burned in melting pot" in the back yard of the church. Eight other defendants, charged with the same offense, were acquitted. The jury recommended clemency for White and his parishioners.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
MINERS TO DEMAND MORE PAY.

Bellaire, O., March 14.-A demand for a substantial wage increase is ex- pected to be framed by the 10000 members of the United Mine Workers of the Hooking district at the annual convention to be held tomorrow in the town of Glouster.
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NEW JERSEY PREPARES.

Trenton, N. :, JMarch IA bill designed to give Governor Edge full military authority after the adjourn ment of the legislature, to use the states resources. in case of war, was passed today by the state senate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
(COntinued on page five.l CLEVELAND STRIKE
 TIES UP BUILDING

Cleveland, Ohio, Mareh 14.-A com- plete tie up of building operations in Cleveland, affecting 10000 men, is ex- pected tomorrow afternoon, as a re- suit of the failure of the officials of the Building Trades council and the Building Trades Employers associa- tion to agree on terms oi peace today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
NOTICE!-NOTICE!

All persons are hereby notified that the public dumping ground is To- cated at the foot of Texas street. and that all refuse and waste materials must be dumped at this place. Dump ing on vacant lots or public property at any other location is a violation of the law and such violations will hereafter be rlgidly prosecuted.
 s. BLOOM, 2-97-1m Mayor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
WILSON BECOMES DEPUTY LABOR
 COMMISSIONER
Former Pine Bluff Man Will Serve Under D. ID. Brick
 house, Commissioner.

Little Rock, March 14-D. D. Brick house, prominent Little Rock at torney and former Iron Mountain machinist, was appointed by Gov. < H. Brough late Wednesday as labor commissioner, succeeding J. c. Clary on April 1. Thos. A. Wilson, presi- dent of the Arkansas Federation of Labor, was named deputy commits sioner. Both appointments we.e sought by the labor leaders of Ar kansas.
 Chas. F. Martin was also appointed state oil inspector, effective immed!- ately. Ei+ Ns
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
BABY DROWNS IN TUB.

Philadelphia, March 4.-Falling off the porch into tub of water, the H. months-old child of Walter Nichols of DeRoche was drowned before the par ents even knew of the accident.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
OWNER WANTS ACTION. Believes Sinking of Algonquin Cause
 for War.

Albany, N. Y., March 14.-John B. Stephanidis of New York owner of the steamship Algonquin, when he heard of the sinking of his ship today. said:
 "If this does not constitute an overt act, I do not know what does. expect to go to Washington tomor-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
Formerly Resided Here.

Thomas A. Wilson, appointed deputy labor commissioner of Arkan- sas, resided here until few months ago, when he removed to Little RocK. He has long been prominent in labor circles, and is now serving his second term as president of the Arkansas Federation of Labor. At the time of his removal from Pine Bluff he was serving as secretary of the Centr Il Trades council and of the Pine Bluff Typographical union. MT. Wilson was one of the representatives from this county in the 10th general as- sembly, and in the last gubernatorial campaign was one of Governor Brough's supporters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
TAXPAYERS NOTICE.

On and after March 18th, 1917, the Tax Collectors Office will be open
 at 7:30 p. m. for the convenience Of those who cannot pay during the day R. H. WILLIAMS. 3-11-1Ot. Collector.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
BRITISH TROOPS NOW KNOCKING ON
 BAPAUMf GATES Advance Yesterday Puts English in Outskirts of
 the Town. RUSSIANS CLOSING
 IN UPON OTTOMANS Germans Storm Russian Positions in Galicia, Capturing Prisoners and Stores--French Attacks in
 Macedonia Fail.
Associated Press Summary ]

Associated Press Summary.)
 The British forces fighting in France are knocking hard at the gates of Bapaume, and also continue to bring their left wing forward in the llne-straightening maneuvre which has the flanking of Bapaume on the northeast as it's object.
 Again, this time over a front of Tiff miles southwest and west of Bapaume, the British have advanced their front against the Germans hold ing the town against them, according to the latest British official communi- cation.
 With Tuesdays capture of the vil- lage of Gravillers and the Loupart wood, the gain of the British Wednes- day in this region seemingly puts them virtually on the outskirts of Bapaume.
 The advance of the left wing of the British was on a front of more than 1000 yards, south of Anchiet le Petit, which lies northwest of Bapaume, and the capture near Essarts of 1000 yards of trenches.
 
 northeast of Arras failed, says the London statement, while British troops were successful in raiding German trenches east of Armentierres.
 On the remainder of the front ar- tillery duels have predominated, ex- cept in the Champagne, where the French troops made further progress in the region of Maison de Cham pagne.
 Turks Hike for Samara.
 The British forces operating along the Tigris river, at last reports, had reached 30 miles above Bagdad, and still were pursuing the retreatlng Turks.
 Constantinople admits the evacua- tion of Bagdad and the retreat of the Turks toward Samara, 75 miles to the north.
 Some 90 miles east of Samara, in Persia, the Russian forces are report ed to have captured the important town of Kermenshah, in their drive westward in an endeavor to form function wit hthe British troops operating in Mesopotamia. The cap ture of Kermenshah would show th' Russians, in the short time since the, began their offensive, have driver back the Turks from Hamadan to point 80 miles west of that line.
 Again, along the Narayuvka river in Galicia, the Germans have .stormet Russian positions and taken prison CTS and stores, according to Berlin. In Macedonia, according to tho German war office, further attacks by the French between Lakes Ochrlds and Preba, have been repulsed, witt heavy casualties.
 In the Austro-Italian theater thu usual bombardments and small in fantry attacks continued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
EAGLES BALL.

Eagles hall Thursday, March B, auspices F. O. E. Ashford's orches- tra. Dancing at 9 p. m. 3-lS-9t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
ST. PATRICK'S DANCE.

ST, PATRICK'S DANCEs
 Shriners' Temple, Saturday, March d7. 1917, under the auspices Of the Order of links. Ashford's seven piece orchestra. Dancing starts at ; - aharn 3-11-6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
iFrench War Minister Resigns.

French War Minister Res1gnS.
 Parish, France, March 14.-Gen. Louis Houbert Gonzalve 'Lyautey, minister of war of the French cabl- net, has resigned, as the result of incidents in the chamber Of depu- ties.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-15
Tho Measher

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-03-08
P0pery Establishes a Marriage
BROKERAGE.

TT you want to wed Catholic woman, and
4 have a bachelor priest closer to her than
you can ever be, send $500 to Edward Keena,
Grand Rapids, Mich, and join the Catholic
Correspondence Club
Guided by the blank application, which
Keena kindly furnished to a friend of mine,
[ advise you to give Keena the following in
formation about yourself:
Name, age, height, weight, color of hair,
and ditto of eyes.
| don't know why he wants to know your
weight, for if you are of age and need wife,
the scales ought not to interfere.
It's nobody's business how much, or how
little you weigh; and it doesn't make bit
of difference to the woman, provided she is
otherwise pleased with you.
Some of the biggest, tallest men I ever
knew had mighty small wives, and amazingly
fine children; whereas, some of the smallest
men add to the gaiety Of nations by marry
ing giantesses whose children may, or may
not, be giants.
You never can tell you can't breed humans
like you do cattle.
In Keena's blank he blandly inquiries
Shall we give your description, name and ad-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-03-08
THE eJEFFERSONEAN

No! He is not the subject of any Ameri-
can State: he is the subject of the Italian
pope; and whenever there is a clash between
papal law and Georgia law, his loyalty bids
him obey papal law, in open defiance of
Georgia law.
He made this statement himself.
So eager was he 10 have it known that his
first and supreme allegiance is due to his
Italian sovereign, that he published cards"
in the papers; and these insolent cards were
jubilantly re-published by the pope's foot
kissing journals throughout the Union
These being the indisputable facts, why
did the Macon Catholics insist that Kelley be
made the Orator of the Day for April Goth?
Why are the sacred memories of Memorial
Day to be disturbed and desecrated, by the
officiating Of this Roman prelate whose very
presence necessarily reyives bitter recollec-
tons of his recent conduct, and infames the
patriotic passions Of true Americans who have
no use for these sworn subjects of the italian
pope?
Nobody has written more libellously against
the people of Georgia, than Benjamin Kelley
He has reyiled us in Catholic sheets all
over the United States.
He has painted us as horde of ignorant
barbarians, who have no regard for Law and
Order.
disappearing us, on the Frank case, as
John SlatOn was.
He was as eager to have the U. S. Govern
ment rape the State Of Georgia, and drag a
Georgian into distant Catholic community
for trial, as those rich Jews of the big cities
were.
And he is the only man in this State who
has ever stood up In the midst proclaiming
a foreign law as supreme over the Code Of
Georgia.
Such man ought not to be tolerated as the
Orator of our sacredest Memorial.
Such man is unfit to teach patriotism and
civic duty.
Such q mon deserre8 PUNISHMENT, as a bad
cltigen---> LAW-BREAKER!
The Macon Daughters were ill-advised
when they selected Bishop Kelley
The fact that it was put on over the Vets
in Atlanta, last year, shows the. evil force
of precedent.
He should not have been invited to make
the address in Atlanta; and if he persists in
coming to Macon, the Vets should hold a
separate Memorial.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-03-08
FORCING ROA1ANTSM AND IN.
CEPEENT TREASON UPON THE
CONFEDERATE VETS!
Withdraw that Invitation TO
the RebeEiiOus Papist,
Bishop Kelley!
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. J

would arrOgate to themselves the authority to
pass upon the validity of Legislative acts, and
thus these two Irish Jesuits would be Su-
preme Court IN themselves.
What they said, the Catholic laymen must
accept as the will Of the Italian potentate to
whom all good Romanists owe the blind
obedience expressed iqa the shameful formula
OF oddTe8Sjng the pope, 'PRosTRATE AT YOUR
FEET"
No man who uses that language of self
abasement and sevility, is fit to be an Ameri-
can citizen, who votes, serves on juries, and
helps elect the men that administer our pub
lie affairs
SUCH MAN IS, at heart, a TRAITOR.
Why did James Gibbons and BENJAMIN
Kelley publish those truculent defances of the
Civil Power?
What was the motive?
Did they wish to prepare the Catholic mind
for action, Oh the day when these Roman
prelates would be ordered by their Italian
sovereign to enforce has law, against ours?
In 1908, those orders from the Italian God
on-earth came to Gibbons and Kelley they
were commanded to break up mixed mar
riages, wherever the Protestant party thereto
would not repudiate the Civil law under
which the marriage had taken place, and
would not confess that such marriage was
no marriage at all.
The Protestant party was required to be-
come at heart traitor to the State, and to
confess that she had been living in legalized
prostitution.
This lawless, and humiliating condition be-
ing complied with, the marriage was to be
made q real one by the lecherous bachelor,
whose concublne "house- keeper" probably
would act as a witness to the ''Sacrament"
Ruthlessly, shamelessly, and pitiless1y, that
infamous popish law has been enforced upon
Southern women
Benjamin Kelley is guilty, before God and
man. Of the diabolical crime of causing Cath
Qlic husbands to desert their lawful wives,
leaving those poor women, stranded wrecked,
ruined.
He hos done this en- obedience to o7deys
from the Italian sovereign Of orhome he,
KELLEY, IS THE SWORN SUBJECT.
If he knows anything Of English law and
history, he knows that had he perpetrated
these outrages in the Mother Country, some
years ago, his head would have been chopped
off on Tower Hill.
It was treason, punished by death, under
the laws of the realm, and ought to be, AGAIN!
At this very time, Kelley has set up the
popes authority in Georgia, as superior to
the laws Of the State.
He defes the statute which provides for the
Inspection of converts.
He publicly declared, in advance that he
would defy it, and he has carried out his
threat.
Therefore, this Roman prelate, who is not
in reality a subject of our Government, be-
cause he IS the sir0rn subject Of foreign qor-
er,u,oent, is in state of rebellion against the
law Of the land!
He declares, in effect, that he owes no
obedience to Georgia law.
He declares, virtually, that the duties Of
citizenship do not call upon Aino.
The State is not a sovereign whose legally
EXPRESSED will binds him.