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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
CROSS, ftVER|SA, CHILD IS BILIOUS
 OR CONST|PA1fD
Look, Mother! If Tongue Is Coated Give "CaliiOrnia Syrup of
 Figs.''

Every mother realizes, after giving her children "CaliforEia Syrup of Figs" that this is their ideal laX.t tive, because they love it's pleasant taste and # thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, lver and bow els without griping.
 When cross, irritab feverish or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue mother! If coated gi 'e a teaspoonful of this harmless fruit laxative" and in 9 few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile an'l rndigested food passes out of the bowels, and you have well, playful child again When it's httle system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach ache, diarrhoea. indigestion, colic-- remember, a good inside cleansing" should always be the first treatment given.
 Millions of mothers keep "Cal- fornia Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your drug gist for 50-cent bottle of Cali fornia Syrup of Figs which has di- rections for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of commercials sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company."-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
MANY CHATTANOOGA
 HOMES ARE FLOODED
High Water in Tennessee Drives Sev- eral Thousand, Persons From.
 Homes Into City.

Chattanooga, March 6-With the Tennessee river at stage of 46.7 feet, and the prediction that the crest of 46.9 feet would be reached by a. m. the water at midnight had reached the Highland Park residence section of Chattanooga and the backwater from two creeks had pflooded base ments in hundreds of home on East Main street. :.
 Street car traffic continued today on all but two lines. launches and row boats being used to transfer the passengers. The Central of Georgia and the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia railroads suspended service into Chattanooga today. All other roads are operating, but in some in- stances are forced to detour trains.
 It is estimated that approximately 5000 persons, mostly negroes, driven from their homes in the lowlands, are chartered here tonight in school buildings and factory warehouses.
 A fund of $14,000 was subscribed tonight by citizens to provide for the refugeees, and t is stated that out side aid will not be needed.
 The water is expected to begin falling by 8 o'clock in the morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
LONG-BELL PARTY
 DUE HERE TODAY

High officials of the Long Bell Lumber company will be here today in their special train of special cars, and are expected to spend two days here and in this immediate section, inspecting the properties of the com- pany and particularly the timber and other property recently purchased by the comany from the Chicago Land & Timber company.
 The personnel of the party could not be learned last night nor could the hour of the arrival of the party be ascertained.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
PINE BLUFF BOY WAS
 KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Son of MT. and Mrs. J. R. Young, Met Death and Companion Blinded
 By Dynamite Blast.

Blown to death by an explosion of dynamite. was the fate of Hobart Young, 20 year old Pine Bluff boy. who entered into the employ of the United States Reclamation service on January II, at Phoenix. AriZ., accord ing to information which has been received here by his parents, MT. and Mrs J. R. Young. and brother, Ray mond Young who live at 2O10 East Sixth avenue.
 The body is expected to reach here within the next two or three days, and t is probably the funeral will be held here. or at Roe. Members of the family expect also to get more de- tailed reports of the deplorable affair.
 According 10 a statement issued by the reclamation service, Young and companion, of about the same age. whose name is not given, were off duty at the time of the explosion, and had gone to a point about two miles from the great reclamation work which is in progress in the hills west of Globe, Ariz., where big dam s being constructed by the federal gov ernment The statement said that the explosion of dynamite killed Young and blinded his companion who lost both eyes and suffered other terrible injuries, which may yet re- suit in his death. How the dynamite was caused to explode. is not known
 The accident occurred March 1, and a brief account of Young's death was printed in The Graphic of March 3.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
VARDAMAN GETS DRUbblNG FROM
 HIS COLLEAGUE
John Sharp Williams Bitter in Denunciation of
 "Willful Group"

Washington, March G. Senators Vardaman of Mississippi. Democrat, and Kenyon of Iowa, Republican, two of the 12 senators who did not sign the senate manifesto in favor of armed neutrality, and who are includ- ed in the reference by President Will son to "the little group of men" who had rendered the country helpless and contemptible" before the world explained to the senate today that they had not been in complicity to prevent vote on that measure.
 Senator John sharp Williams, re- plying particularly to his colleague, declared emphatically that President Wilson was right in his criticism of the few senators who made legislation by an overwhelming majority impos- sible in the nations crisis. and what ever might have been the motive, they, and not, congress, were re- sponsble for the United States being helpless and contemptible' before the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
MO. P..T. M. SALE CONFIRMED.

St. Louis, March 6.-The sale Of the Missouri Pacific and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, at fore closure on February 21, was con- firmed here today by United States Circuit Judge Hook.
 The court referred to the special master the claims of several hundred shippers that the sale be set aside, on the ground that the railroads are indebted to them for overcharges dur ing the period the Missouri rate laws were in litigation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
OIL INVESTORS LOSE.

Washington, March 6.-An Okla homa Indian land title, similar to those in which investments amounting to $10,000.00O have been made, today was held invalid by the supreme court in a suit brought by E. E. Gan- non against D. R. Johnson, involving Jefferson county land. The court re- cided that "surpus'' Choctaw and Chickasaw land allottments cannot be sold by the heirs immediately upon the death of the Indian allottee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
DEADLY FORM OF
 PNEUMONIA IN N. V

New York, March 6.-What is de- scribed by the department of health as a peculiarly virulent form of pneu- monia has caused 3,277 deaths in the city during the last nine weeks, or 534 more than during the cores pond ing period a year ago, it was an- nounced tonight. The department says there is little indication that the infection is abating. and repeats it's warning against alcohol as one of the most powerful allies of the pneumonia germ.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
WALSH LEAVES MAJORS.

Chicago, March 5.-3ig Ed Walsh, veteran pitcher of the Chicag go Ameri- can league club, will not be taken to the spring training camp. Charles A.. Comiskey, owner of the club, said to- night. He said Walsh had been given permission to purchase and manage minor league club. Walsh, who is called the iron man of the American league, has been with the Chicago White Sox for IA years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
O,GOrman Denies.

New York, March 6.-Formal de- nial that he participated in the sen- ate filibuster 10 defeat the presidents armed neutrality bill was issued to- day by former United States Sena- tor James A. O'Gorman, who said he used only five minutes of the senate's time during the last days of the ses- sion to discuss the measure. He said he did not sign the manifesto be- cause the senate bill was different to the house measure. and he believed it violation of rights.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07

relief and six bottles have entirely trouble of any kind should try Lydia E. Mrs. ErrA DoRloN, Ogdensburg, Wis. Physicians undoubtedly did their best. battled with this case steadily and could do no more. but often the most scientific is f by the roots and herbs contained in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 1ts If any % cG%RefoPP nds Pefha exists it RaEs to Co.,, Lynn, Mass. for special free advice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
JURY DECIDES
 WILL IS THAT
 Of JOHN COBB
Judgment for Beneficiaries Given in Verdict in Cir
 cult Court.

That the instrument admitted to probate as the will of John Cobb, a well-to-do negro who died some years ago, is "the genuine will of John Cobb" was the verdict of a jury in the circuit court yesterday, the judg- ment being "in favor of beneficiaries of the will" The case was taken to the circuit court on appeal from the decision of the county court admit ting the will to probate by one of Cobb's daughters, who was not a beneficiary under the instrument.
 The jury in the suit of Westbrook Grain and Milling company vs. T. A. McNulty, over claim of an amount alleged to be due on account, was un- able to agree and mistrial was sen- tered.
 The case of J. F. McEntire & Sons, incorporated, vs. G. A. Thomas was continued for settlement to April 10, and that of Cincinnati Regalia com pany vs. D. I. Mills passed for settle ment to April 15.
 In the habeas corpus hearing on the petition of Charles Taylor. the court awarded custody of the children to Carrie Bowles.
 w. A. Scruggs was excused from service as petit juror and z. Carver empaneled in his stead.
 Among the cases set for trial today are the three suits of Mrs. Essie Will son against as many life insurance companies. Mrs. Wilson is seeking to recover amounts claimed on policies on the life of her husband, a well-known contractor, who disap- peared several years ago and is thought to be dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
SWEDISH MINISTRY RESIGNS.

London, March 6.-The Swedish ministry resigned yesterday, accord ing to Reuter,s Stockholm correspond ent. At the request of King Gustav, however, the ministers consented to remain in office, in the hope of com posing the crisis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07

pains uko d knlIe
 through my back and side. 1 finally
 lost all my strength
 so 1 had to go to bed. The doctor advised an oper- ation but I would not listen to it. l thought of what l had read about Lydia B. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and tried it. The first
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
SHIP COMBINE MUST PAY.

Washington, March 6-The supreme court today sustained the judgment of the lower court in the suit of Thomaen & company, New York ship pers, against Charles Cayswer and other British ship-owners for treble damages under the sherman law for alleged combination in the South African trade in 1899.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
EXPLOSION IN FORD PLANT. Four Men Dead, Four Dying and Eight are Injured at Cincinnati,

Cincinnati, March 6.-Four men are dead. four are dying and eight others are suffering severe injuries as the result of an explosion in the Ford Motor company's plant here today Gas, formed in the electric enamel ing room on the fourth floor of the building is believed to have been the cause of the explosion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
CHAR SUES CONTRACTORS.

New York, March 6.-The Russian government seeks to obtain judgments totaling $1,36S,O0O from the Tennessee Copper company and the National Surety company in a suit filed in the federal court here yesterday for al- leged breach of contract to supply $4,65O,000 worth of trinitrotoluol.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07

MILITARY TRAINING FOR BOYS.
 Albany, N. Y., March 6.--Bills in- tended to provide military training for boys between 16 and 19 years of age, passed both the senate and the assembly tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07

Two bridges spanning the Cata- waba river, near Mount Holly. N. C., were swept away by the high water. One was used by the Seaboard Air Line and Piedmont & Northern In- terurban road, and the other was toll bridge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07

Nine Mexicans were executed in Agua Prieta. Six were cowbodys who three weeks ago engaged in a battle with part of the forces of Major PatriciO Gomez in western Chihuahua. The other three were Villa spies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
PAINS SHARP
 AND STAbB|NG
Woman Thought She Would Die. Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound.

Ogdensburg, Wis.-tI suffered from female troubles which caused piercing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
To France

All unforgotten. France, though years
overshadow and distance,
Thou vert a friend in our need, giving US
valorous aid.
Brother and sister thou vert, succoring US
with assistance,
Whom. in the stress ard the strain, hearts
were oppressed and dismayed.
Now we are eager, alert-scorn we all men,
ton of urging
Ready to come to thy side, armed for the
heat of the fray
Keen are our wits and our wills, steady our
strength for the scourging
Comrades, thy swords and our own are
one in their purpose to-day!
Where. on the meadow or plain, fiercest the
war fire is burning,
Where, in the grip Of despair, bravely tiny
warning ones stand,
There we will be, at thy hand, thrilled with
thy fervor and yearning-
Thralled with the vision OF peace safely
restored to thy land.
All unforgotten, o France, the skill OF thy
work and the measure;
LOYAL, we fly to thee now, bringing
promise divine.
Freedom shall come to thy shore, and bless
ings thy bosom will treasure;
Thus is our friendship, France, tested
and proverbs thine.
LURANA SHELDON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
More Pressure

The circumstances attending the
destruction of the Belgian Prince and her
crew are not so extraordinary as to cause
much surprise. Deliberate murder is
nothing new to German sailors, and since
the Lusitania we have no right to be aston
ished at anything. What we must admire
is the thoroughness with which the feat
was accomplished on this occasion.
"The Germans" as the chief engineer
relates, removed the life belts and the
outer clothing Of all except eight of u.s.
smashed the lifeboats with axes, and then
reentered the submarine and closed the
matches, leaving us on deck. The subma-
rine went about two miles and then sub
merged" 1t is pity that the conditions
made it impossible to secure cinemato-
graph record of the affair. How 1t would
have delighted the playgoers of Berlin!
A quality the Germans pride themselves
on is what they call their logical way OF
thinking, as opposed to the hypocritical
way of the foreigner. Ruthless submarine
warfare was logical development of the
kind of warfare formerly used against
commerce at sea; therefore it was legiti-
mate. The method used in the case OF
the Belgian Prince was merely logical
development of ruthlessness; hence it is
unreasonable and hypocritical to object to
IL as if it were ordinary murder.
1t is possible, indeed, that as a conces-
sion to the hypocrisy of other nations the
Germans may begin by denying the story,
as they have often done in other cases
Thus when the Lusitania was sunk the
accident was at first attributed to the eX-
rlosives on board, and Professor Oswald
Flamm. in the "Vossische Zeitung," went
so far as to show that the captain took
care to run at low speed in the danger
zone for fear the English plot should fan.
He insisted likewise that the ship was
bound to be sunk anyway, since the Brit
ish Admiralty had agents on board who
we're prepared to blow her up should the
torpedo fail.
But in the end it will doubtless be adj
mitted that the crew of the Belgian
Prince was drowned on purpose, and 1t
will be argued that though it was unpleas-
ant for the crew there was nothing unfair
in the work of the U-boat warriors. The
purpose, however, was not murder, but only
as was duly announced when the "un-
limited" submarine campaign began-to
exert pressure until enemy and neutral
seamen become afraid to go to sea-" A
perfectly logical development!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

this that all civilization is fighting; 1t is
this that will destroy all civilization, if it
prevails.
With this theory peace is impossible;
provinces, indemnities, colonies, these are
Of small Importance. The German is seek
ing in respect to these, as he has sought in
respect to all things, to confuse spiritual
and material values. But this war can
have but one value: all the misery, agony,
sacrifice will be vain if any portion of the
German doctrine Of force survives.
1t is monstrous thing-this German
terror that for three years has overhung
all mankind. And now, when the end is in
sight, when the defeat of force is at hand
now we must face the fact, see clearly the
real issue-go forward to the true victory
which is not conquest of provinces, not the
crushing of Germany, but the everlasting
defeat of the German doctrine. While the
Germans hold it, believe it, practise 1t, the
world must fight, whether it be at the
Marine, the Lys or the Rhine. When the
Germans renounce tin fact and not IN
phrase-then peace will come and must
come.
The Reformation gave US religious lib
erty. Our own and the French Revolutions
gave US equality in the eyes of the law
and in the conduct of government The
German war must give US ultimate Sc
curity from the doctrine that might makes
right and that the strong nation alone can
live.
This is the third great struggle OF
modern history. 1t, too, is war OF ideas
struggle between liberty and tyranny,
between spiritual and material forces
and IL must be fought out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Tommy Atkins as Linguist

IRON TIE Lopd0a Morainq Pos0
Even here his ingenuity comes 70 hs aid
Who but he could have translated Your
COW has broken loose" by the short but
quite easily comprehended phrase, MADAM,
lait proncnade?' Two men were bille.ea
on farmhouse where there was a good deal
of poultry Naturally, they wanted to Rave
chicken for their dinner, hut their voeaeu-
larry was limited, and the French word fo'
chicken wasn't in u. After deep con-
alteration one Of them had an inspiration.
Taking m cgg he said to ;he good woman Of
the house: "Oofs.' mamma" IL was hor
oughly understood. and they dined we'll ohs
could go on forever on this subject but
cfnnot miss this. A soldier had success
FULLY wooed French girl, and asked INV
chaplain to perform the marriage ceremony
Roman Catholic?" "0h, that's all rSs.
sir" said the man. whose French ran oeY
10 "Bon jour" and "Napoo." awe eonvsres
her"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Specially Schooled Detectives

Commissioner Woods's proposed reor-
ganization of the Detective Bureau and de-
tective methods will not arrive before 1t
is needed. He says it was not dictated by
the disclosures of incompetence in the
Cruger case. That is undoubtedly true,
for probably the Commissioner and the
high officials at Police Headquarters knew
the inadequacy of the Detective Bureau
better than anybody else, and before the
public realized it. Yet the breakdown OF
the existing system in that case made
change and improvement imperative, and
perbaps has made betterment easier by
showing clearly how greatly it was re-
quired.
The Detective Bureau at present is the
weakest part Of the Police Department.
The street force has been modernized IN
personnel and methods, and does work OF
which its members have right to be
proud, and of which the city at large I'M
ouestionably is proud. Attempts to mod
ernie detective work have not been SO
successful. There are good men in the
bureau and 1t has done notably good work
in certain cases in recent years. In gen.
Eeral. however, it has not retained the
crude efficiency of the old rough-and-
ready Byrnes days, nor has it acquired the
ability to detect and apprehend criminals
by the highly scientific methods which
have been applied with eminent success IN
some European communities. The train
| ing school which Commissioner Woods mas
organized ought to remedy in time this de-
feet in the department. The men showing
ATTITUDE for detective work will be taken
| in hand and educated by experienced men,
experts in one line or another of their
business. They will attend lectures on
law and the rules of evidence and receive
the tutelage of scientists in crime detec,
| ton.
Crimes may be due now to the same mo-
tives as those which produced them
decade or two or three ago, but their at
tendant circumstances and methods are
constantly changing. Detective methods
must change, too, and must always be
adequate to meet those of the crooks
Commissioner Woods's trained men may
well be expected to do better work than
men schooled only in the old-fashionec
/ stool pigeon ways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Tino in Exile
lErn1r Pinch, London

From Punch, London
f1ino', actual opinion OF his imperial brothcr-in-
law &c probably not too amiable; it has to be dis
yu;sed in his letters which are likely 10 be GEN.
sored by his wifel
Thank you, dear william, am fairly well.
The climate suits me and the simple life
No diplomats to spoil the seenery's spell,
And only faintest echoes Of the strife;
Tho Aims are mirrored in lake of blue;
over my straw-crowncd poll the blue skies
laugh;
A waterfall (no charge completes view
Equal to any German telegraph.
There are no bugle blares to make me jump,
But lust the yoder calling to his kline;
few good Teuton toadies, loud and plump.
More than suffice me in the levee line;
And when poor Alexander. there in Greece,
Writes Of your agents rounded up and
sacked,
am content with privacy and peace.
Having, at worst, retained my head intact.
Sophie and have thought Of you lot
we have so very few distractions here;
We chat about the weather, which is hot,
And then we turn 10 talk of your career !;
For rumor says this bloody war will last
Until the HohenZollerns get the boot;
And through my brain the bright idea has
passed
That you had better do al carly scoot
Were it not wise, dear William, ere the day
When Revolution goes for crowns and
things.
To cut your loss betimes and come this way
And start coterie OF Exiled Kings
You might tthe choice Of safe retreats Is
poor
Do worse than join mo in this happy land.
And spend your last phase, careless, IL OBJ.
scure,
With your devoted Tino hand in hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Short Rations in Germany

1t is agreed by all observers who knew
Germany before the war and have lived
there until lately that the people generally
are much leaner than they used to be and
show plainly the results of short rations.
A more doubtful point is whether this con-
dition has really had an injurious effect
on the population as a whole or to what
degree it has reduced the vitality of the
nation. We have little but the impress
sions of various travellers to 60 by, and
.hese are often too emotional to be of any
value, many of them being obviously dis
torted and as untrustworthy as the fiction
formerly distributed by the celebrated DR..
Won Mach.
What we do know is that there has been
an enforced reduction Of food everywhere
and that it is more drastic than in the
other countries at war. Thus even the
field ration is reduced, according to the
latest reports, from 43ls OF. to ISL o.,
the supply of fresh meat having been cut
down one-sixth and of preserved meat one
quarter, while one meatless day week
has been enforced regularly for the last
two months. II the army is made to suffer
in this way, the civil population must I'M
| doubtedly be subject 70 restrictions still
more severe, and il is probably not unrea-
sonable To believe that some have suffered
| for want Of nourishment.
But people can thrive on less food than
many of them conceive TO be essential for
bare sustenance, and if some have been
hurt IL is not at all unlikely that others
have benefited by the reduction in their
food supply. Some months ago there was
an inquiry into the food supply Of Great
Britain, and among the warnings given by
committee Of PSYCHOLOGISTS was that III
the rising prices curtail for any class Of
the community It's accustomed supply Of