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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-14
Movement Regarded as Be- ing Preliminary to March
 on Petrograd.
RUSSIANS OFFERED
 STOUT RESISTANCE
IIaig Still In Undisputrd Possession of His Captured Ground. French Stop Violent German Attack
 Between Hurtebise- -ChevrOuX.
Associated Press Summary.)

(ASSOclated Press Summary.)
 Germany's most striking military move since the attack which resulted inthecapture of Riga was started Fri day on this same front when Ger man troops were landed on Oesel and Dago isles at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga. Units of the same German battle fleets were brought up to as- sist some of the dreadnaughts appear ing off the coast and covering the landing of troops with their guns, sil- encing the Russian shore batteries.
 The Russians hampered the process in every way possible, but consider able numbers of the Germans appear to have obtained a footing on the northwestern coast of Oeselisland, and on the southern shores of Dago island. Ir Oeselisland, where the Russians have extensive aviation bases, the gar rison engaged the invaders. Petro- grad alludes to the German movement as stubborn effort to clear the en- trance of the Gulf of Riga near the Courland mainlands.
 Winter May Stop Huns. The imminence of the early Rus- )lsian winter lends color to the assump- tion that even if the German com Pr1and is taking these steps as prelim- mary to a march on Petrograd, it will hardly essay the campaign this year. It is pointed out, however, that the demoralized state of the Russian army might make the operation compara- lively short and easy now in compari- son with the task next spring, if Rus sian governmental plans for regener- ation of the army are carried through.
 The more conservative view seems to be that the German effort is aimed at gaining complete control of the Gulf of Riga so as to realize in full the advantage gained last month by the capture of the City of Riga.
 British Hold Positions.
 The heavy rain in Flanders has turn ed the plains into such sea of mud that neither of the hostile armies seem able to move. Whether the weather and condition of the ground were the sole reasons which impelled the Germans to refrain from meeting the British advance with counter att tacks, however, is considered doubt ful in view of the British corroborative reports of the lowered state of the German army morale.
 Field Marshal Maig, in any event, was left on the night of his advance in undisputed possession of the valu- able ground won, which the German statement admits was three-fourths of mile in depth at points.
 French Stop Germans.
 On the French front, the Germans ccntented themselves with lombard ments in the Verdun region, where there has been heavy infantry fighting recently. Turning their main atten- tion to the Aisne front and landing a series of attacks along the eastern end of the Chemin-des-Dam
 Between Hurtebise and Chevroux, the effort was violent one, but was checked by the French.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-14
The Weather

sunday, fair and warmer; Monday. fair. colder.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
PhilsdeIphta Star

The President is working in the sam,
old groove which has been so un.atisfsc-
tory in the past
His latest pronunciamento concernipr
the international situation 1, th.t y. 4.
about TO try once more to MAKE wsr With
out making war
He tried this in Mexico with eminent
unsuccess
He has tried II with Germany ever
since the first cause for dfsarreennent
arose between us-which was, by the vav.
tie same cause Of diss sreement which Is
now between us, the declaration by Ger
many OF a war zone In the oceans into
which ships might penetrate at their
peril
Now, we are told. the President does
rot intend TO 80 TO Congress. when that
overt act for which he is waiting occurs
and ask Congress to declare war. Not
a bit OF H. He intends TO ask Congress
10 give him free hand TO use force 10
protect American rights on the seas
- II is incoPceivsble that We
should follow such a course in the pres
ent situation, yet there is unfnistaksble
evident that we are TO dc precisely that
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
New York World.

The German announcement oI sc .
,ossnass an unfriendlv act tendihg 10
no. I'd war. was prom tly met by the sew
erjng of diplomatic relations. fraetlcAI I
o,,estions remained. IL our shlps mug
,,ort the German purpose Is accoiiIP
ijsbed and to that extent American com.
,,,arca is dead. Not munitions alone OUT
n,,r wheat, meat. cotton. oil, machiher!'
will fail of a lawful market IN American
hottoms. This cannot be.
Two Of our ships sailed SATURDAY.
vas their right, toward the proscrioeu
aonc Their American owners. Uie'r
American commanders. their men near
iv all Americans. are Sallantiy tulhlIns
the American duty and desire to MAINTAIN
and use American rights. Their names
viii those of the good ships Rochester
and Orleans. may be and should be MS
toric. I,.
They did not sail for Balmouth out
Bordeaux. They bore, painted on thei,
stout sides, alternate stripes OF req ana
white-not vertical. covering their ennre
length. as Berlin directs. but horizontal,
and combined with forty-eisht stars ana
q blue field in design of our own wnicn
TO our eyes looks good. That little color
scheme and the ships that bear It ana
the men that sail with IT and by II are
10 1On.cOa.CO0 Of people the objects OF
very keen and special attention.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Today's Events.

Lecture The Psychology OF Color, Its Effect on
Mind Health and Finances" Miss Louise Cults
Powell. the Portland 9 p. m.
Meeting Of Parent Teachers Association Grover
Cleveland School, 2-6 p. m.
Election of officers BY board Of gorernors, Retail
Merchants Association. in clubrooms. Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue. p IN.
Meeting Of archaeology section. Twentieth Century
Club, home Of Ms. John Lowe 2s2 WoodIey
place. 2I5 p. m
Election OF officers Of Walter Reed Garrison, No.
10 Army and Navy Union. Flynn's Hall 8 r. m.
Meeting Of Indiana Society Of Washington, thu
New Ebbtt, s D. m
Moving pictures. Joan the Woman featuring
Geraldine Farar. for benefit d Noel Settlement
House, home Of Mrs. Hdson Bradley. 80 O'Clock
Reception by Capt. Molly Pitcher Chapter D. A.
r.. in honor Of Mrs. C. W Hanger. the Rocham-
beau. 4 to p. m.
Meeting Of Langdon- Wcodridge Home and School
Association Twentieth and Franklin streets north
cast. D. m.
Community conference. Wilson Normal School.
80 p. m.
Monthly meeting Short Story Club W. G. I. o
parlors. p. m.
Musicale for the blind, Library Of Congress. Sis
p. m.
Annual meeting and election Of officers Four
tcenth Street Business Mems Association, Cochran
Hotel, p. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
Mail Rates.

In the consideration of the amend
ment to raise the rate on second
class mail, ultimately 100 per cent,
the Senate should consider that there
are two distributors of the printed
word vitality affected, but vitality apart
when the matter of handling and
hauling the mail and cost is con-
sidered.
Senator Bryan has made an in
innate study of the question of the
cost to the government of handling
second-class mail, but neither he, nor
the Postoffice Department has au-
thoritative figures to show that the
transportation and handling of the
daily newspapers is done at a loss
to the government.
There is vast distinction between
periodicals and newspapers and the
cost to the Postoffice Department in
handling such second-class mail
should be expressed in the amend
ment now pending before the Senate,
in distinctive clauses.
Newspapers handled by railroads
are carried over an average route
that does not equal rs per cent
of the average haul required by
periodicals.
Newspapers are delivered in bulk
in the majority of cases to the rail-
roads by the private trucks of the
publishers, placed upon the trains and
the only handling involved is the de-
posit on the platform of the station
to which they are consigned. In most
cases the agent does the distribution
at no expense to the government. The
main cost is hauling.
The. newspapers are not seeking
any subsidy from the government
and the question of whether or not
they are educational or OF service
to the community, docs not enter into
the argument, contrary TO the
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
New York Times.

From the dark backward and sbysm
of time memory recalls an artless play
of the Widest West wherein the stars
were Texas Jack" (Mr. ]. B. Omohun-
dro) and Mile Morlacchi, beautiful in
lace petticoats, her fingers afire with dia-
monds as became a simple daughter
of the frontier. There were perhaps a
half dozen of real or titular Indians,
Pawness or what not, in the company.
They had to work for their money. Time
after time they ran from left to right of
the stage. shooting, shot; and stumbling
behind the scenes. killed and falling
again and again until their repeated anc
visible re-entrances stirred the laughter
of the gallery gods.
The men and women now so oustllns
and multivocal in pacifism, the interlock-
ing directors of peace-at-any-price So
cieties of many names. are familiar hG-
ures, continually reappearing, the same
old bunch of uplifters," as Mr.. James
p. Holland, president of the New York
Federation of Labor. says rudely but
cra raphically. They cross the stage, shrek
and re-enter, exactly like Texas Jacks
six Pawnee hostiles.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
New York Tribune.

According TO the lists provided by otn-
GERS in touch with the British admiralty.
eighty-nine vessels were destroyed IN the
first nine days of the intenslhed sno
unrestricted submarine blockade y,
these twenty-one were trawlers ahG
smacks of small tonnage. the total ton
mage of the remaining siXty-eisht amount
ing to l5S.O9O If this rate of destruction
can be maintained the tonnage ulsposeo
of by the end of the year would be aoous
G.0oC.O00
1t is not unlikely that the Ger-
man populace is disappointed at the re-
suits achieved SO far, for with lndisCtith-
mate attacks on neutrals 1t was oouut
less expected that greater damage "ou,u
he done. II may be noted parucuiaIiS
that the British ships sunk mum 'l Gu
less than one-third of the total. lheIe
Is no reason to believe that the iosses
exceed the expectations of the brltlsn
admiralty, and it may be hopeo inc,
before il is too late means Will De ioTno
to deal with the growing menace; N
fortunately. for the last two months |ne
daily rate of destruction has oeeh iI. hep,
I'M TO a dangerous height ana we uSN
no GOOD reason to hope for suooen
decrease.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
OUT OF THE NORTH.

out of the North, in the vast unknown
OF Its treasured secrets and midnight sun
Or its amber veil DER the summer land
Or@its -from death, at the wizard hard
OF spring, ifNslory. with winter gone,
Tossing its 1ower-starred face of dawn
Out Of the North. in its solemn drear,
Or Its sprtghtly grace and elin cheer,
Comes a call long, weird and wild
As the call Of a mother to a child
1t is heard far up where the mighty
sleeps
Are crowned with pines-where the precI-
pice leaps
And the wilderness forests round have
stood
Through the ages. or since the world
began
sentinels-waiting the coming of man
OF woman-as Adam and Eve
Waiting, waiting alone to conceive
Waiting a coming-wild, unknown,
Rugged, tninite-waitfng their own.
Out Of the North comes a far, far cry
'Tis the call OF the spirit of earth and sky
That, since the beginning, has brooded
alone,
Or laughed in the Titan mirth of its
zone
Midst the Northern lights and unlfaed
space,
Where the sweep of the North wind holds
a pace,
With the measureless reaches Of rock
and wild
Eternal, Again the call! But the
child
The child. too. is calling out of the
North
a ehild-h.ar it crying. in travail of
birthi
James Paxton Voorhees,. in Windsor
(ontsrio) Record.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
ARMY ORDERS

Mai Howard Fl. BaiIy relieved from duty in the
Southern Department station at The Army Service
Schools Fort Leayenworth, Kans., and assigned
TO duty with the American Embassy in the City Of
Mexico.
Mai Hanson e Ely, Seventh Infantry. is de-
tailed as inspector-instruetor with the National
Guard in Indiana.
First Lieut. Peter L. HarVie. Medical Reserve
Corps is relieved from duty in the Southern De
partment.
Capt. Hugh S. johnson is detailed acting
Judge advocate Of the general cowt-msrtial juris-
diction ct the Pacific Branch Of the United States
Disciplinary Barracks, Alcatraz Cal. Capt. John
son will remain on his present duties in the office
Of the Judge Advocate General Of the army.
First Lieut. John w. Turner, Medical Reserve
Corps Is ordered to active duty.
Lieut. Col. Charles A. VarnIm, retired, recruiting
officer. Is relieved from duty at Portland. Greg.
and will proceed to assume charge Of the Kansas
City Recruiting District, relieving Capt. Otis n.
Cole detached officers list. who will report to
Lieut. Col. vanum for duty as his assistant.
Cart George Z. Goodrich Thirtieth Infantry,
is transferred to the Twenty second Infantry.
Capt. Charles F. n. Howard, QuarteTmaster
Corps, is assigned to permanent duty at FL Psso,
Tex.
Majs William 4. Mitchell, Max c. Tyler and
Ulysses 3. Grant. ID, Corps of Engineers are
relieved from duty in the Southern Department.
They will report To the Chief Of Engineers for
assignment to duty.
Lieut. Col. Edward NJ. Lewis. detached officers
list. will return to his station at Springfield ILL.,.
as iuspsctoriRstructor with the National Guard in
Illinois
Leave Of absence for two davs is granted Capt
Otis r. Cole, detached officers list.
First Lieut. Richard y. Paddock. Coast ARTILLERY
Corps is detailed for service IN the Signal Corps
Lieut. Robert G. Kirkwood Third Field Artillery
is relieved from duty at Purdue University, La
fayCtte. Ind.
Capt. Eugene santschi. jr is placed on the
detached offcus'lSt, and Capt Sheldon W.
ADdng is removed therefrum
Capt. James W. Everington. detached officers
list is relieved from duty with the National Guard
in South Dakota ard is detailed INSPECTOR
Instructor with the National Guard in Nebraska.
Leave Of absence for one month is granted First
Lieut.. Douglass T. Greene. Twenty-irst- Infsntry.
Mai Harry H. Pattison. First Cavalry is placed
on the detached officers list, and Maj. Alexander
Greig. r, Coast Artillery Corps. is removed
therefrom.
Leave Of absence for one month i, granted Capt
Frederick f. Black. Twenty eighth Infantry
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
DIDN'T NATURALLY FOLLOW

The conversation in Washington club
the other night turned to the subject of
quick lunch restaurants. when John w.
Woods, the Texas political leader. re-
called little incident along that line.
One afternoon an esteemed citizen
rambled into a small restaurant, and Sc
iccting table to his liking. ordered
chicken pie. Eventually the order ar
rived. and eagerly the diner pried 1t open
out alas! no chicken met his expectant
eye
Look here. Rastus. called the diner.
addressing the colored waiter that had
served him. there isn't a particle of
chicken in this chicken pie"
Yes, sab. boss; yes. sah." responded
Rastus. without getting wildly excited
Dat jes' natchly follahs, sah,"
Just naturally follows"' wonderingly
exclaimed the diner What do you
mean?'
1T am jes' dis way, ssh," explained
the waiter IF yo' done went an oah-
1ahed dog biscuit yo' wouldn't 'spect to
find no dog in it, would you, sah?''-
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
ST. Louis star.

-. 1t is almost mira aculous that the
last restraining cord. which President
Wilson so clearly defined in his address
to Congress when he announced the break
i'm diplomatic relations. has not been
broken. The German submarines, oper-
ating in the prescribed danger zone, ap-
pear not to have followed any particular
line of discrimination in selecting ships
for the bottom of the sea. Ships Of other
neutrals have been sunk. Ships with
Americans aboard have been sunk. Yet,
under circumstances constituting viola
ton OF international rules. there has been
sacrifice neither of American ships nor
of American lives.
II is almost unbelievable that fortune
thus will continue to favor the cause of
peace. 1t seems that sooner or later
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
rhii.deIphis Public Leo.

- The issue Of 1917 is &, g.. r.
uaihehtals m the issue Of 1851 -. Iuh-
S,,I le map Of the world. Tbs r-n,,ss
81, - mas contended from the hesj,I,is'sS
vi tnS freedom Of the seas tJes 5s.,
.S.t.., history Is fun OF the record =, ~
stsI IONS IN which the right on a,,,o-tl.'-
snlps TO sail not only the bfSh go. 'Ca. ca,
sile straits connecting the smsIIe, ~. oI.
-, oie DAYS ndenting forefcn ross,.
"''ilout let or hindrance Is ass,r,'S a.
measured terms. We were a. -
WIN france for the last two -
ie eighteenth century because ~ -
~, with our chipping O. a.,
ne "ght with Tripoli WAS a sbipp,ns -
! ne war OF 1872 was fought IN go =.
oeieho our rights on the seas
we insist that the seas arc ,h. -.
ways OF the nations. free on eousI -,
70 an. While we admit with Other - ,i.-,
the flGht or belligerents to block, a. 80
snother ports, we stand on the r.co,-
hlzeo principle Of international I,v, a.,
blockade to be recognized INNS, - -,
tectife. IL is not sufficient for a heIHv,,-
ent to say that trade with a port is d.
terolcted. force sufficient 10 n-.v.,,
Taoe with that port must be Stationed
near Il. 4Se
Mr.. Wilson has stst.5 ~.
American position as clearly as IJnooIn
stated the position OF the believer. 4, a..
indtssoluble union.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

opinion of Senator Vardaman They
have the right to expect justice, how
ever, and considered apart from other
agencies who use the United States
mail to large extent in the distribu-
ton of their product.
If the I-cent-per-pound rate is too
small for second-class mailing privi-
lege for newspapers, determine it by
scientific study and report. Until
it is proven the amendment to in
crease the rate should be defeated
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
TO GUARD U. S. ENVOY.

Laredo, Texas Feb. PA military
train carrying number of troops ar.
rived at Neuevo Laredo today to convoy
the special which will carry American
Ambassador Fletcher to Mexico City
following his arrival here Wednesday
Extra precautions have been taken to
safeguard the train against attack by
rebels
Aboard the speciaI train that came to
the border were fifteen Mexican officials.
Of Gen. Carranza-
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
The Morning Telegraph.

Even the grasshopper becomes our.
den at times, and one finds the insect
annoying. Just now number OF persons
throughout the country are engaged IN
disturbing the President. Mr.. WILSON,
sensible persons know, is busy these
days. and should be let alone except ny
his chosen advisers, men who nave the
interests of America at heart we read
In the newspapers that flood or tele-
grarrs" are porring in on the President
protesting against his dragging the
country into war" We also read OF
lot of ranting. unwashed creatures calling
themselves Socialists holding a mass
meeting In Minneapolis and adopting res
olutions protesting against the President
severnC dipiomafic relations with Ger
manv These Socialists also declared by
Resolution that tney win not fight IL war
Is declared.
A meefiag or rar'Fsis was held at n
school in this CITY Saturday at which res
olutiops were adopted declaring it to be
tho purpose of those present to "asitais
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
WHAT LEADING NEWSPAPERS
SAY ON THE WAR SITUATION

for lasting peace" even after a declara-
ton of war.
Now, to these persons who are sending
messages to the President, and to the
Socialists who will not fight and the agi-
tators who will only night for peace"
when the country is engaged in war, we
offer few words OF advice. 1t is that
they keep silent speak not at all, and
IL the country should go to war that they
muzzle themselves. 1t is on record that
Americans grow ferociously impatient
when girding themselves up for combat
and wish not to hear the clamor Of peace
at-any-price folk. Women who cry for
peace when there is no peace will be
treated with indulgence, but il will not
do for a lot of noisy, croaking towards
of the male sex to assail soldiers and men
engaged in the national defense. Some
thing tells us they will have an immedi-
ate fight on their hands.
Chicago Evening Post.
Disguised as an effort merely
to hasten the end of the war. and thus
excused. we find il difficult to believe that
Germany would have risked hostilities
with the United States and the moral an
tagonism Of all neutrals merely to hasten
a victory OF which she already felt as
sured. II is not so long ago since Ger
many pinned her faith to the genius OF
Won Hindenburg. He was to redeem the
failure at Verdun by a mighty campaign
OF conquest in the east. Won Hindenburz
the Kaiser and the chancellor were said
to be opposed to the Won TirpitZ policy
of unrestricted war at sea. 1t is now evi-
dent that their opposition had no ethical
basis. They merely considered it impoli-
tic at the time.
The submarine campaign. doubt
less, is counted upon to have its effect
on the land warfare. II the allies can be
isolated from neutral commerce, the feed
ing and munitionment OF their armies IN
the field will be made exceedingly difficult
IL not impossible. The security Of tho
channel lane is essential to Britain's
forces 1t is Englsnd's line OF communi-
cation. And back of it are the ships OF
the high seas that carry England food and
munitions and raw materials for her in
dustrieS, II these be cut OF, the channel
lane itself loses its value. since it is OF
use only as long as there is abundance
"a carry across it.
Thus, for the allies, il is a matter OF
eXigent importance that the land cam
paign be pushed with all possible vigor
and the least possible delay. 1t is on land
that Germany fears them. II is on land
they must win their decision.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

When ono considers that England
is now paying S28,I77,o35 day to
maintain the war, the figures in the
latest army and navy bills to pro-
vide preparedness do not appear so
exorbitant.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
WOMAN LAWYERS TO BANQUET

Plans for the first banquet of woman
lawyers ever held in this city were for
mulated last night at the home of Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey. The women MEM
bers of the bar from all over the country
will meet and celebrate the first march
ever made up the Avenue-March 8, 1915.
The date has not been set, and all wom-
en- interested in the program should COM
municate with Mrs. Mussey. 1917 New
York avenue northwest.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

Representative Gardner believes
the German sub-sea warfare is hardly
a glittering success. Yet he firmly
believes in much larger submarine
fleet for the United States. The
patriotism of his argument can be
more highly commended than his con-
sistency.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

A PROTEST.
"A nasty day! A nasty day.
Twas thus heard a critic say
Because the skies were bleak and gray
And yet it somehow seemed to me
The day was all that it should be.
looked ii very closely DER.
It's hours still were twenty-four.
With sixty minutes each-no less
For deeds Of good and helpfulness;
And every second full of chance
To give the day significance;
And every hour full Of growth
For everybody but the sloth-
couldn't see 1t quite that way,
For though the skies were bleak and
gray
The day itself, it seemed to me,
Was all a day could rightly be.
Copyright, BIZ
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13

John Mccormack with his guaran-
tee of $4,000 and percentage for
each concert, not to mention royal
ties from his canned music on talk
ing machine records, demonstrates
that a grand opera voice can still
give Charlie Chaplin and the movie
stars a real fight for top notch saia-
ries.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-13
800 CHILDREN ESCAPE FIRE.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Feb 12.-True to their
training in case of fire. 500 pupils march
cd TO safety out of the Allison Street
school today when the building was dis
covered on fire
The corridors already were filed with
smoke, The school building was almost
totally destroyed.