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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
Attacks On Protocol,

Mexico City, Jan. 5.-Posters issued by La Defensa and headed "The Ignominy which the United States Seeks to Impose Upon Mexico,' were posted and sold through the city to- night. The posters attacked tho terms of the proposed protocol. de- claring Mexico never could have agreed to them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
R. AND H. BILL READY.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The annual rivers and harbors bill, carrying $29.- 001.G0O for continuing old projects, and $10,000,000 as initial appropria- tions for new work. was completed in the committee today and is ready. to be reported to the house.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
NORWAY LOSES 242 SHIPS.

Christiania, Jan. 5.-Norway had lost PAP vessels from the beginning of the war to the end of November this year, of which 1892 were steam ships and 60 were sailing vessels Their total tonnage was 335,415 reg ister tons, and the insurance on them amounted to 145, 100000 crowns (about $41, ,00O,000).
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

Mrs. Kate Dwyer, the leader of the Labor Women of New South Wales, has heen appointed to seat on the senate of the University of Sydney. This is the first time that n woman has been calledNupon to fill sudh a position in the British DominiOns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
ArrpdOndo Goes Home,

Laredo, Tex, Jan. 5.-Elliseo Ar redondo, ambassador resignate from the de facto government to the United States, arrived here late today and will leave tomorrow fo: Queretaro % confer with General Csrranza.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
DECLARES: COTTON CROP FAR BELOW
 W0RLD'S NEEDS
Congressman Heflin Says Spinners in Combine to
 Hold Down Price.

Washington, Jan. 5-An agreement between American and foreign spln- ners to divide the Southern territory was charged by Representative lief lin of Alabama in speech on the cotton situation in the house today.
 MT. HefIin painted a gloomy pie ture of boil weevil conditions, and said that the 1916 crop would show the supply to be 3,500,0O0 bales short of the demand. He urged Southern producers, merchants and bankers to stand together and hold the remain der of this crop for higher prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
NOTICE!
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS!

AUTOMOBILE OWNERS! Your Automobile License is due ana nayable from January 1st to 10th. Three dollar penalty attaches after last named date.
 R. H. WILLIAMS. -e1.1Ot Collector.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

Brazil supplies coffee enough tc make 119,000, 0,OO0,O0O cups of coffee a day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

An American automatic telephone system has been established in Simea, the summer capital of India.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

California's entire egg output for Deohmber was sent to the London market.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

Tn some quarters it is held that Russia is the greatest single field in the world for new business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

Toronto is to have public bath house with accommodation for 4,500 bathers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06

Italy is enforcing a series of regu- 1ations governing the width of wheel rims allowed on highways.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
Success Suffers.

Success, Jan. 5.-At least one per son was injured and damage to the extent of probably $5O,C0O was caused in .windstorm of considerable vio lende which struck Success. 10 miles north of Corning, about o'clock yes terday evening. Several business houses and homes were blown down. As far as could be learned last night. the storm was local, and the damage is confined to limited area in the immediate vicinity of Success.
 Ben Legate, an empioye of the Fa- nous store, owned by Carl Fix, was the only person injured by the tor nado, and his injuries a.e not serious. Legate was injured just as he was leaving the store, when the storm struck and demolished the building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
EARTHQUAKE ON
 F0RM0SA ISLAND
 TAKES 300 LIVES
Many Injured and Thous- ands of Homes Wrecked
 on Japanese Possession.

Tokyo, Jan. 6 (Friday)-Three hun d,ed persons have been killed and many injured in an earthquake in Central Formosa, according to dis patches received from Taihoku, the capital of Formosa. It is estimated that 1000 houses have been destroy cd
 The city of Nanto has been damag- ed extensively by fire.
 The island of Formosa lies between the Philippine islands and Japan, and Is owned by Japan. The city of Nanto is situated in the central part of the island.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
Kissing and Dealing Out Death and Destruction,
 TWister Hit School.
INJURED TEACHER
 TELLS OF SCENE
Miss Vera Carter Was Hearing Class When Tornado Hit ViretOn School. Throwing Building Down Hill and
 Killing and Manning Children.
McAlester, Okla, Jan. 5.-Lying on

McAlester, Okla., Jan. 3.-Lying on Vera Carter, teacher of the Vireton school, which was destroyed yester- day by tornado in which l. school children lost their lives, related her narrowing experience.
 q was hearing the primary class when the storm broke" said Miss Carter. Tt had been raining but we hadn't thought much about it, until above the noise of the rain We could hear different sound. l went to the door, and looked out l saw a big black cloud moving awfully fast. As 1 watched l saw pieces of timber flying in the air, and l knew it was the Indian mission. Above the roar {, peculiar hissing sound.
 Away to the south the sky was Il ghastly green that covered everything with an unearthly glow. 1 grew dizzy with fright as 1 saw the big black cloud which rose and dipped as it swept up thru the little valley in which the school house stood.
 q closed the door, and placed my back against it. I still had my hand on the knob when the storm struck. thought it was the end of every thing. And then we were being twisted thru the air. and battered against pieces of flying timber, with the wind roaring about us. I dan't de- scribe the awful moments in the air. It was awful. I knew what was hap pening, but l couldn't think It seed as if I were being drawn into 8 mighty whirlpool.
 Half unconscious. I saw dark forms being hurtled thru the air. Some of them my poor little pupils = my poor children. Then I found my self lying on the hillside, with the school children scattered about The dark clouds were gone; rain was gently falling. There on the hillside were my little pHils. I could hear their moans, and see their clothing covered with blood. l can remember little else"
 Four of Injured Die.
 Four more names were added Q the list of dead of the Blocker tor nado this morning. Elsie Perry, aged IA, and Raymond Perry, aged s, died in the hospital at McAlester. and Flor enc e Rose, aged 15, and Jessie Rose, aged 8, died during the night at their home near Vireton.
 This brings the total number of dead to 15, and leaves the number of seriously injured at eight
 The twister dipped down on farm ing community near/Quinton, and de- stroyed four farm houses. Barkley Satterfield, farmer, received injuries from which he is expected to die Mrs. Val Stewart had an arm broken, and a child of Charles Quinn is badly hurt
 Miss Carter, teacher of the school destroyed, suffered a double fracture of the jaw and a broken arm. She probably will recover.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-06
The Weather

saturday, fair, warmer; Sunday F'ir' warmer in eastern portion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
A MENTAL MARVEL.
Mary Lyon Learned the Whole Latin
Grammar Over Sunday.

Studying was never hard work to
Mary Lyon, the well loved founder of
Mount Holyoke seminary, now Mount
Holyoke college. Her busy childhood
in a frugal New England home had
taught her to attack a task at once,
while others frequently were spending
their time thinking and talking about
it. In st. Nicholas. Mary Parkman tells
how in Ashland tradition long kept the
memory of her first recitation.
"On Friday she had been given the
first lesson Of Adams Latin grammar
to commit to memory. When she was
called up early Monday afternoon she
began to recite fluently declensions and
conjugations without pause until as the
daylight waned the whole of the Latin
grammar passed in review before the
speechless teacher and dazzled admir-
ing pupils.
"'How did you ever do It? How
could your head hold it alp demanded
Amanda, with gasp, as they walked
home together.
"'Well, really, I'll have to own up
said Mary, with some reluctance; I
studied all day Sunday. 1t wasn't SO
very hard, though. l soon saw where
the changes in the conjugations came
in, and the syntax rules are much like
English grammar"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
ODDLY IDENTIFIES
HIS CHUM BY RADIO
Story ExempIifies Traditionary Sea
Caution on American Destroyer.

Queenstown. American naval off,
GERS are highly amused over a recent
wireless romance" connected with an
American destroyer The story well
exemplifies traditional sea caution and
hangs on the fact that by reason of
two Americans having been roommateS
at st. Johns college at Annapolis years
ago information was confirmed at sea
that otherwise would have remained
doubtful.
One nan is civilian doctor, who has
taken an important post in Great Brit
ain; the other is a paymaster in the
navy. Two days before the destroy
ers sailed from the United States these
old friends ate a farewell dinner. The
doctor was to sail by liner, but was
ignorant of the ships name and date
of sailing. The paymaster was under
orders 10 join his destroyer.
When several days at sea the de-
stroyer got into distant connection one
night with a certain vessel and made
a code inquiry as to the vessels posi-
ton, course and speed. No direct re-
ply was made, the vessel fearing SUBJ
marine trick and the possibility OF a
stolen code book. Instead of answer
ing demand was made to the destroy
er, "Give the name of your ship in
CODE" The destroyer complied.
Even this was not enough. A second
wireless was sent out, What is the
name of your paymaster, who is the
friend of DR.. -, a passenger aboard
this ship?"
Then the paymaster of the destroyer
was called into the wireless cabin and
asked If he knew DIR. -. "Sure" he
replied. HE was my best pal. We
were roommates at college and had
dinner together two nights before I
sailed. Where is he?"
The destroyer sent out another radio,
saying, "Paymaster -, the doctors
oldest friend"
After this corroborative statement
the vessel at last gave her position,
course and speed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14

The vessel obtained is the steam sealer
Neptune, formerly known as the best
vessel in the Newfoundland fishing
fleet, but more recently carrying coal
for the British government.
The troubles of the Macmillan party
began shortly after their departure in
July, 1918, when their ship was wreck
ed off Barge Point, Labrador. The
party and supplies were transferred to
another vessel and reached Etah that
fall. In the summer Of 1915, after re-
ports had been received of the activi.
ties Of the party, DR.. Edmund Otis
Hovey, chairman of the committee in
charge of the expedition and curator
Of the department Of geology in the
American Museum of Natural History,
started out with relief party In the
ship George B. Cluett. DIR. Hovey
reached Etah and brought back all the
party except Mr.. Macmillan and two
companions, who had gone on hunt
ing trip, despairing Of any rescue party
that year. The Cluett was caught in
the ice herself that winter, although
several of the members of the party
got out by sledge. Meanwhile last
spring the steamer Denmark, with a
Danish complement, was chartered in
Greenland when word of DR.. Hovey's
plight was received, but she was last
heard of on Aug. 20 Of last year, fight
ing ice in Melville bay.
The Cluett returned to Newfound-
land last September, but DR.. Hovey
and Elmer Ekblaw of her party, to-
gether with George B. Conner, the ice
pilot, are presumably still in the neigh.
borhood Of Etah. Mr.. MacMillan's re-
naming companions are DR.. Harrison
]. Hunt and ]. G. Small.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
"Wronq Number

There Is no place where the disposi-
tion of a person is better shown than
at the telephone when one accidentally
or otherwise rings up the wrong num-
Der. Then the answer to the signal
tells the sort of person the respondent
is. Sometimes he gets very mad and
spitefully answers and then with a
bang hangs up the receiver, as if the
man who rings him up has done so
with malice prepense. But sometimes
the respondent answers with a fellow
feeling in his heart and, knowing it is
no fault of the person at the other end
Of the line, speaks gently and kindly
and really makes of the accident a
pleasant incident. How much we all
prefer to deal with the latter individ-
ual!-EXchange.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Old Time London Ruffians.

At the beginning Of the eighteenth
century number of ruffianly young
men Of the higher classes-cailed by
Swift "a race of rakes that play the
devil about the town every night
known as "Mohocks," infested London
sallying out drunk into the streets. car
rying short clubs loaded with lead at
both . ends and perpetrating shame
ful cruelties upon peaceable passersby
wantonly wounding and disfguring the
men and subjecting all alike to afro
cious insults. Lecky says that ma
irons inclosed in barrels were rolled
down the steep and stony Snow hill
Watchmen were numerically beaten
and their noses were slit. Coaches and
chairs were overturned ON rubbish
heaps, and country gentlemen visiting
the theaters had to be accompanied
by their armed retainers as if in time
of war.-Pearson' Weekly.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
COLORS IN SURNAMES.
Why the English Word "Red" Is Not
to Be Found Amona Them.


Black, White and Brown are com.
mon surnames in English. but there is
no English family called Red. The for
mer names were given originally be-
cause Of the complexion of the persons
who received them. 1t seems strange
that in a people among whom red
heads were common none should have
acquired the name Red especially as
this is frequently bestowed as a nick
name. dictionary explains this as
follows:
Red like lead Qed). with which it is
phonetically parallel, had in Middle
English long vowel which has be-
come shortened. TLaf long vowel re-
mains, however, in tie surnames Read.
Reade, Reed, Reid, which represent old
forms of the adjective and the exist
ence of which as surnames explains the
almost total absence of the expected
surname Red, parallel to Black, Brown,
White, etc.
The equivalent of "red'' in foreign
languages is just as common a sur.
name as are the equivalents OF
black" white" and "brown," for the
reason that in them there has been no
tfodificalfon of the original word.-
New York World.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
TUTOR KEEPS HIS JOB.
This Girl Need Not Attend Public
School,


Kansas City. Mo.-Miss Elva Dies.
telhOrst, fourteen, several times in
juvenile court because of the refusal
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Diestelhorst, to permit her to attend
public school, need not go to public
school Judge Porterfield has decided
to permit the retention of John Ster-
ling, her twenty-two-year-old private
tutor.
The tutor will continue to give Miss
Diestelhorst lessons in arithmetic. ee-
ography, writing, spelling, Greek his.
tory, reading, hygiene and grammar.
He must report his pupils progress.
however, to the juvenile court the first
Friday Of each month, Judge Porter.
field ordered.
Neither Miss Diestelhorst nor her
mother nor her father appeared in
court, but Sterling did. Judge Porter
field looked him over, studied the cur-
riculum which he said constituted his
young pupils daily task and decided
the arrangement might stand.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Cardinals Stronqer,

Higgins in spite of many troubles
before Mrs Britton sold the Cardinals
managed to gather material which now
has been welded together so cleverly
year ago. The only veterans are Jack
Miller, the first baseman, and Bob
Bescher, who is playing finely in left
field. Hornsby, star, is the big man
in the infield. He is covering short
stop in brilliant fashion and is the
clean up hitter. Bethel, the second
baseman, is not much larger than Hug
gins, but he is playing the bag as well
as the Cards manager ever did, which
is saying lot.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
FRENCH GUN SCHOOL IS
READY FOR AMERICANS
Large Force of Instructors AS
semb!ed at Fontainebleau.
Special Facilities Offered.

Paris.-An American newspaper mar
who has been able to visit the artillery
training school at Fontainebleau de-
scribes the preparation the French mill
tary authorities are making in view Of
the training of American officers.
Whereas otherwise a very stiff exami-
nation is necessary to pass into the
school, in the case of Americans special
facilities will be made. Four months
will be required to fit the latter for the
grade of what is called here aspirant,
which is the grade preceding second
lieutenant. Sixteen hundred American
pupils are expected at Fontainebleau,
and special corps of English speaking
instructors has already been formed so
new arrivals can start work with a
scant knowledge Of trigonometry, ele-
mentary physics and chemistry.
The ordinary procedure is to be as
signed to regiment of artillery. At
the depot the men are equipped with
uniforms and everything necessary,
then sent to Fontainebleau as soon as
possible Men anxious to avail them
selves Of this opportunity might even
come to Europe on their own initiative,
for they would be looked after by the
American military attache and the min
istry of war and would only require a
very limited outfit, consisting of changes
Of summer and winter underwear and
riding boots; if possible, also sugar,
chocolate and canned beef.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Vegetables to Plant
otl1-
In the Late Garden

Don't be afraid to plant a garden be-
cause it is growing late in the season,
advises recent bulletin from the Ma
tional Emergency Food Garden Com
mission of Washington.
This year particularly, when a late
cold spring has held back the season,
new gardens will be planted well along
into the summer. In most localities
successful gardens may be planted as
late as July 15.
The only thing to avoid in late gar
dens is the planting of crops which
mature best in cool weather. Lettuce
and spinach, for instance, do not like
hot weather. But fortunately these
plants which do combat hot weather
are the ones which usually produce
vegetables which win store well. The
most valuable war gardens will be
those which do yield storable food.
The late garden will miss only a few
things. While it should not contain
leaf or head lettuce, it will grow the
satisfactory substitute, romaine let
tuce, especially with shading. It will
not produce good spinach, but the sub
stitutes Swiss chard or collards will do
well in hot weather.
Suitable vegetables for late gardens
are late cabbage and caulifower, beets
carrots, vegetable oyster, parsley, en-
dive, onions for storage, leeks, pota-
toes, Swiss chard, beans, corn, okra.
muskmelons and all vine crops, toma-
toes, eggplant. peppers and sweet DO
tatoes, the last four named requiring
transplanting.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
Fashions Chances,

Fashion in earlier times" we are in
formed by student, Originated in
the royal courts, and most Of the ab-
surdities of fashion that we have in
herited began as efforts Of the design
ers of royal garb to conceal certain
royal deformities or blemishes. These
absurdities are being rapidly dis
carded."
Yes, it is now quite evident from the
styles that humanity thinks it has
nothing to hide.-Chicago News.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
THE SIZE OF ATOMS.
Far Smaller Than Anything We Can
See, feel, Taste or Smell.

SSSt TSib GS~S ~ C'
In ways too intricate to be described
here we have little by little got some
knowledge of the probable size of
atoms. They must indeed be exceed
ingly small. For example. in a tea
spoonful of water we have coed reason
to believe that there are very nearly
million million million million atoms
thus: 1.OO0,O00,0 100000, 0G0,0o0.000,0O0.
That number is so tremendously big
that it is beyond our ability to imagine
it, even though we can write it down.
1t means, of course. that the atom is
far smaller than anything we can see
or feel or taste or smell Indeed, the
atom must be so small that if we im-
agine tennis ball magnified to be
forty miles in diameter the atoms in it
would then be no larger than grains of
fine sand one one-hundredth of an inch
in diameter.
Only two or three of the kinds of
atoms that we now know on earth ap-
pear to be capable of splitting up into
smaller ones.
Of these atoms radium is the most
striking example. It's "atoms" seem to
be steadily going to pieces at such a
rate that of an ounce of radium only
half an ounce would be left after 1,670
years. So far as we know, the half
that was lost would have turned finally
into sort of lead, together with
strange gas called helium. Each
atom of radium perhaps yields one
atom of lead and five of helium. More
over, radium itself seems to be slowly
formed from another still heavier ele-
ment, uranium.-Theodore NJ. Richards
in Youths Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
CHATEAU FOR PERSHING.
One Hundred Motorcars Free For Use
of Staff.

of Staff.
Paris.-General Pershing's headquar-
ters in France already have been Sc
lected by the United States embassy
and the choice approved by the war
department at Washington, although
the exact location has not yet been
made public. The first American head
quarters will be in a chateau offered
free by titled Frenchman and will
accommodate General Pershing and
his staff. French and American auto
mobile owners already have offered the
United States ambassador more than
100 motorcars free for the use Of the
staff
A new field for American girls has
opened in France with the decision to
replace the chauffeurs of automobile
ambulances, except those at the front,
with women drivers. Since the great
proportion Of Frenchwomen are al
ready war workers, it is expected that
American girls will fill the positions.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
An$iouitv of Tennis

Tennis Is as old as the hills. basic
ally speaking, though it has undergone
many changes for the better. 1t was
played by the Greeks and Romans un-
der the names Of "sphairisis" and
"pila." AS ''paume" it is mentioned in
the Arthurian romances and in the
earlier records of the dark ages. In
the fifteenth century it enjoyed great
favor in France and in England from
the sixteenth century to the present
time
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14

Every ounce of skimmilk or whole
milk contains valuable nourishment
Use every drop of milk to drink or to
add nourishment to cereals. soups
sauces and other foods. Remember
too. that sour milk. buttermilk and
sour cream are valuable in cookery, Sc
do not waste any. Sour milk and but.
termilk can be used with soda in max
ing hot breaSs, Or sour milk can be
turned easily into cottage cheese
cream cheese or clabber. Sour cream
is good shortening in making cakes
and cookies and useful for salad dress
mgs and gravies for meat.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
He Was Desperate,

Mrs. Hubb-Oh. John. you say that
If you lost me you would take to drink.
ing, neglect your personal appearance
and 60 to the bad in every way. Hubb
(firmly) Yes, my dear: you can bet
I'd fix it so I'd never be an inducement
to woman again.-New Haven Reg
lister.