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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02
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 REAL ESTATE AGENCY 1O6 PINE STREET PHONE 971

FOR RENT
 1412 w. Sixth; 6 rooms, hall; strictly modern; large lot ....------$30.0 121 Idaho; rooms, tank and we'll 221 E. Second; 8 rooms, hall, two story; modern conveniences; blocks from Second and Main; va cant January 1st 5000 S03 w. Second; 10 rooms; modern; furnished, $75; unfurnished, $50.
 FOR SALE.
 50 acres very nice bottom land; 1-2 mile of pike road: bargain for cash.
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ONCE, FOUR FOOT { pine cord wood. American Excel < sior Laundry company; phone 146.
 12-27-6l
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WANTED-TO RENT ABOUT FEB x ruarv or before:$ta 5-room cottage
 or bungalow. Call MT. Saunders,
 phone 663 12-28-3t
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REPORTS OF MARKET % s TTON-GRAIN-LIVESTOEK.
MARK FITS CLOSED.

Because of New Years being q hol= iday, all markets. except livestock, were closed Tuesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

WANTED-1o, ,ooo CORDS OF WOOD, } either cotton wood or willow Tor excelsior purposes. See Turner Bedding company, Pine Fluff, Ark. 11-27-lm
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BUY OLD SILVER,
 gold or diamonds, will pay cash or trade, Gottlieb 11'29-dtf
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CI. AS SHED W A N I .
Bring,Results--Try One

For quick sale address Northwest ern Business Agency, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1-lS-l0S
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FO E 5 A l. F

FOR SALE-FORTY OR EIGHTY acres fine bottom land eight miles
 from Pine Bluff none of this land in cultivation; timber all deadened
 two years ago. Will sell on easy
 terms. l have number of up . land farms for sale. J. r. Cary, 127 1-2 Mani street. tr.
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FOR RENT TWO FURNISHED and three unfurnished rooms; all modern conveniences; close in. Ap- ply 400 West Sixth avenue.
 12-23-3t
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BOY WANTED AT DAILY C,2APHIC to learn Printing trade and deliver
 \ packages. Fine opportunity for bright boy. Must be 16 years old. < Answer in person. tf.
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LOST AND FOUND

THRU MISTAKE from Fraternity hall, on Dec. 2S, one set Red Fox Furs. Liberal re- ward if returned to Graphic office.
 1-1-tf
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FOR SALE-ONE GOOD HORSE and delivery wagon; one pract1- cally new McCasky safe register 4 and one good as new bacon slicer. w. A. Tarver, S21 West Second
 avenue; phone 1743. l2-2S-tf
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FOR > SALE - A FINE SADDLE horse, nothing better in the coun- try; gentle and will work in harm ess. Cheap for quick sale. Apply
 Morgan Veneer company. 12-21-6t
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FOR sALE-iF YOU WANT TO
 sell your furniture for cash. High est prices paid. Ewing Furniture
 Company, S1s Pine street; phone 2 24S0. 11-7-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

WANTED TO BUY-OLD 5EWELRY, either gold or silver, diamonds, all kinds old broken false teeth and
 bridge work. Will pay market
 price. Address X x, care Graphic. 1011-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

FOR SALE ONE 1917 MODEL
 Y Ford touring car, and one 1916 # model Ford light delivery far with 30-inch frame extension. Bargain < tires for cash. See quick. Riley ! Auto-Tjre Co.,, 113 West Barraque. # 12-2S-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

FOR SALE-COMMON BUILDING brick, $5 per 1000 at the plant. Phone 1o64, G. J. Meyer, or Tracy Mills at 29, (office) or 6S2, (resi- s. dence). Address, Tracy Mills, Pine Bluff, Ark. 12-27-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

FOR SALE-PARTlES LEAVING
 city, offer their entire houseaold furniture for sale cheap for cash. Phone 1912 or call at HOO West 5ta
 ave. 12-21-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

vE CAN SELL YOUR REAL SST ATE 1 or business of any kind, anywhere 1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02

TOR SALE - MODERN COTTAGE, four rooms and bath; new, near car line and paved street. See or phone Hollos Real Estate company, 123h
 West Second avenue; phones 2 and
 112. 6-13-tf
Evening star., 1918-07-14
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cued her from her mother. And when
this accursed war;
He stopped short.
why did they do it? She was SO
gentle! When she smiled-ah! the as
sassins! You will help me, won't you?
If had yielded to my instincts I
should have had her with me long ago.
1 don't want to think about it. I
want
A last remnant of his pride as a
philosopher forbade his saying that
he wished to avenge her. But he let
me understand that he wanted me to
take him to the ministry Of war where
he grew frritated when he was re-
cetved with somewhat ironical smiles.
In vain he sought to support his re-
quest with the weight Of his distin-
guished name. They told him. with
an air of difference, that it was i'm
possible to send him Immediately to
sthe front. that the profession of a
soldier must be learned and that he
would have to go to the reserve depot
of some regiment and that, also, when
he got there, he would have to have
patience.
What is your age?"
He Strengthened up:
Il am still vigorous"
He looked like he might blow away.
Monsieur Lecoultre, we will speak
to the minister. Come back two days
from now"
INJURED:
"They don't want me. I shall go
alone"
tried to calm him. I told him that
he could serve France better with his
mind than with his arms. He ex-
claimed:
France, care nothing for France.
They have killed my child"
Then attempted to show him that
the union of all paternal hatreds in a
single tight-bound bundle formed that
sublime image of nation-of a
fatherland-which at this moment it
was necessary to serve humbIy with
out pride, with patience. in order to
avenge the dead. He had become-he
more than 1.-The man of the cave
dwellers' period. He wanted his ven
geance at once-to taste the blood Of
his hated enemy. He didn't UNDER
stand, this savant, that in order to
conquer there must be science of
warfare. Shaken out of his customary
thoughts. he yielded to the most prim-
tive emotions, for the cultivation of
idealogical speculation leaves the
heart virgin and permits it to react
with extraordinary intensity. They
had slain his daughter; he wished also
to slay.
1T isn't easy. my dear master. I
and don't know for sure that have
ever killed a German"
He left me. I have mot had leisure
to look him up again. I am going
back to the front where one does his
duty without cholera. But the last
paciflst if there is one left in Paris)
ought to think the matter over. When
shell kills his wife or his daughter
he will find it long time before he
will hold In his eager hands, all warm,
that beautiful vengeance with which
France has charged her soldiers.
Sears, vice Sergt. Cough, transferred;
ski; corporal, Pilarski
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posed that Germany would stand an
equal chance with other countries In
getting wool, but this Is not true.
the Argentine Republic and Uruguay.
after the war. might see no reason
for refusing to let Germany buy wool,
the German market has ceased to
interest the Argentine and Uruguayan
wool growers since the United States
has absorbed their crop and trade re-
lations have been established which
will last after the war.
Germany IN her desperation might
turn to Russia and hope to terrorize
the wool growers there into supply
ing her. But wool growing in Russia
is only minor agricultural industry.
It has been diminishing during the
last few years, and before the war
Russian statesmen and economists
were considering whether 1t would be
possible to transfer sheep raising
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of raw cotton and Of raw wool reduced
to the vanishing point as a conse-
Quence of the economic boycott pol
icy of the colonies. the German textile
industry may well view with appre-
hension the hostile conclusions of the
British imperial war conference in
London.
Some of the German writer's, while
admitting that the textile outlook is
bad, have been more hopeful over the
prospect for the iron and steel indus
try. because Germany is not depend
ent on either England or her colonies
for the basic raw material of this in
dustry., In the past she imported some
coal and some iron ore from England
because of geographical convenience,
but her iron and steel industries were
not dependent on these importations.
Germany has ample coal deposits,
mostly in the Westphaiian fields, to
supply this source of fuel for her
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money out of them, yet he lives like
a monk. They say that his wife ran
away from him years ago and that
he cherishes. grudge against des-
tiny-a grudge which he transforms;
through pride. into a naughty and
scornful commiseration. On every
page of his writings he speaks Of
generosity. Every act Of his life be-
trays egotism.
these explorers of our thought the
human Individual is everything. 1t is
not Lecoultre who wrote the cele-
brated letter in which he said that
our epoch resembled the deluge and
that it was necessary that an elite
should climb into another Noah's
ark? The last time I had met him he
had apostrophized me thus:
Here you are. taking pride in your
combats! My poor fellow. you are
returning to, the age OF the cave
dwellers!'
And when I answered him with a
phrase which had heard, what does
that matter to me? The cave which
I defend contains the treasures Of my
race" He had shrugged his narrow
shoulders:
your racer
He raised simultaneously his blond
only in the race Of Aryans. And more
than that He wanted to save civ
ilized man. And all the pacifists in
voked the authority of his glory.
what is 1t, my dear mastere"
We were walking along the avenue
II want"-he hesitated-@1 want to
enlist. and right away. you know. So
that can fight at once and not have
to linger in training camp"
You. master? You?" G
Then he told me story freighted
with human interest. You see, he was
not a hermit; he never had been one.
The eaters of locusts had commu-
MON with God; they had His real
presence and could boast of the dis
courses which they held with Him.
Our savants have only the facade OF
solitude; and their very egoism makes
them the more sensitive when they
are wounded through one of the be-
ings whom they have admitted to
share the love they feel for them
selves.
They have killed her." Lecoultre
said to me. They have killed my
child Yes, you didn't know that my
wife had carried her away and
that worse things had come from that
bad beginning. She no longer bore
my name And didn't want to take
her back. because the life of the poor
little creature had become demoral-
ized by her mothers influence. But
ollCh sd w uCE anu / 1Ouuu ludI she
had lovable nature. I expected to
take her to live with me in a short
time. waited too long; was toe
slow in making up my mind. defied
my instincts. And now they have
killed her. There, in that house, ]
recognized her, although she wa.
crushed under the beams. I love6
her; I pitied her. But no, 1t isn't that
SO much. She was my daughter, you
understanding daughter"
He leaned heavily on my arm.
ut was my youth. my souvenirs m,
revenge, perhaps. I would have res
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tered cathedrals and many tottering
clock towers. made q pilgrimage last
week to the quarters in Paris visited
by the long distance German shells.
I stood in vast court, inclosed by
dingy walls with all their widows
broken: for the projectile had burst
in a mansard roof and the force Of the
explosion had been felt in every room
in the house.
1t was not very distressing spec
tacle. The sun shone and one could
hear laughter. The tenants had re-
sumed their ordinary life-a little
on parade before visitors. One could
see children in rooms, where privacy
had been abolished. The firemen, with
their beautiful helmets. went about
their business. Women with spring
flowers in their hair told how the
thing had happened. Curious stran-
gers fumbled with their canes among
the heaps of plaster and old papers.
Have you noticed how scraps of news
papers and old letters abound in the
rubbish Of all unfortunates. 1t seems
that the fran substance to which we
commit our IRAN HAS q
strange power of survival.
was thinking of that-of that per-
sistence and that wealth Of printed
and written matter, when hand was
placed on my shoulder.
"The bandits"
I recognized at once the man who
spoke thus in a voice choked with
emotion, although the war had sepa-
rated us. Denis Lecultre was stand
ing alongside me. His unpleasantly
thin face wSs drawn and livid. His
little eyes, with their redeemed lids,
had lost their brilliancy and become
clouded His tall and spare figure
tottered, and there was suffering in
the expression of his pinched lips,
ordinarily too spiritual and effemi-
nate. Badly dressed. ungroomed. he
looked, that morning, even more
pathetic than he did neglected.
Bandits, my dear master? They
are fools. There Is neither rhyme
nor reason in this bombardment."
ten two big volumes of philosophy,
on the memory and the Imagination.
Nevertheless, since 1914 1 had lost
track of Lecoultre. He didn't go to
the front. He held himself apart
from the melee-above it, as he
thought.
He bent over and whispered in my
ear:
"I need your assistance; you must
aid me-"
And taking me by the arm, he led
me away.
He Is a peculiar mantle type OF
the hermit His books have attracted
the public. He makes a good deal OF
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across and beyond the Ural mountains.
They did not find much encourage
ment from the Russian farmers. 1t is
likely that Germany would receive
less encouragement
Sheep raising throughout the world,
either for the production OF wool or
for the production of mutton. does
not keep pace with the advance of
other agricultural industries. In some
parts 1t has decreased alarmingly.
There is little probability that arti-
fetal stimulation will revfvify it
With a continuous world shortage
In sheep, and with the British Colo
mics the most productive areas. the
possibility Of the German wooden
mills getting raw material after the
war is not bright. With the supplies
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In some of the affiliated metal in
dustries the position of the British
colonies is a dominating one. Canada
is the principal source of nickel, and
Canada has vowed that hereafter not
a pound of nickel shall find its way
to Germany. Canada also produces
lead, but that lead Is not for Germany.
Australia has zinc that formerly
was an important element in the
German metal industries. After the
to their dismay that their zinc and
other minerals had been a potent fac
tor In the control of the worlds
metals by the great German metal
syndicate which had its headquarters
at Frankfort. The Australians took
only to end the continuance Of the
German control, which was sought
through indirect methods. during the
war. but to stop it for an indefinite
period after the war.
There is no doubt that the premfers
from the colonies sitting in the inn
perial war conference at London have
fortified the measures then taken.
The great German metal syndicate
before the war worked in devious
ways. When the war began its ways
were crooked. After the war ends it
is certain that they will be equally
crooked. Yet a general conclusion
may be drawn from the action OF the
imperial war conference. This Is.
that after the war neither the Frank
fort metal syndicate nor the German
iron and steel industries will be able
to look to the British colonies and
possessions for raw material, and the
same is true Of the textile industries.
as has been shown in the statements
regarding raw cotton and wool. So
it is natural that Berlin should view
with apprehension the discussions by
this imperial war conference Of
economic measures for the control OF
the raw materials within the British
empire after. the war
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THE PACIFIST WaW
(TRANSLATED

BY WILLIAM L,
McPHERSON.)
a LTHOUGH I have seen In my
IN forty months of campaign
IN ing many cities wrecked by
German savagery many shat
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

n ported raw material to the
n 81 value Of s1,25o. .ooo.o0v annu-
~ ally. A large quantity Of It
vas obtained from the British colo
MES and possessions the worlo over.
That Is why the imperial British war
conference. sitting in London. has been
considering this question Of raw mate
rial and what shall be done with 1t after
the war.
The imperial war conference had
military measures before 1t for sew
eral reasons. but particularly because
war is the chief topic that it has to
consider. The susceptibilities of some
Of the old fogy British statesmen also
were respected in the designation
since they have been somewhat doubt
ful about the policy Of the home gov
ernment. They fully appreciated the
loyalty of the colonies and dependen-
cies and the part these were taking
In the fighting. but they were not
quite ready for a change in the gen.
eral policy of the British empire un-
der which, in the past, the determina-
ton Of imperial questions has been
made solely by the mother country.
Consequently they were soothed by
the statement that the colonies would
be called in consultation in order that
there might be more effective meas
rying ON hostilities with the Hun.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13
EXPERT CARPENTERS ARE
WANTED FOR SHIPYARDS

Senator M. E. Lewis, chairman of
the county board of defense is in re-
ceipt of a letter from the United
States shipping board asking for ex-
pert carpenters for work in shipyards.
ut is not mere numbers that count
it is the efficiency of the men en-
rolled" says the letter There is a
demand for the best carpenters at
high wages in the shipyards and the
local councils of defense are asked to
assist in getting them. Senator Lewis
is out of town temporarily but George
Creighton is vice president of the
county board and any carpenters seek
ing work can register with him and
secure information as to where they
will be needed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13
WE MUST INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION

The greatest problem before the people of this
tion, the farming district of the Inland Empire is how
to increase the production of stufs during 1913
Unless every section of the United States increases
production Of wheat that of 1917 there will be
food famine next that will make the present
condition like time of feasting.
The labor problem on the farms is going to be a
serious The farmer boys have responded to the
call to freely any other class, but more
of them have been taken than from the Cities be-
the rugged boys from the farms have been found
to be- better fitted physically than the from the
towns who spend much of their time indoors.
In Washington the people urging that the older
boys be released from the schools not later than April
in order that they may work the farms and help
to plant the crops A farmer who has had much
boy who drive six horses a plow, harrow
drill, prepare the ground and plant 80 Of
wheat conservative estimate would place this yield
90 bushels This will 1900 bushels of
wheat added the production this section every
school boy released That number of bushels of
wheat multiplied by the number of school boys who
could be released and able to handle sx-horse
team will hundreds of thousands, perhaps mil
lions bushels of wheat added to the production of
the Inland Empire
Let us not neglect the farmers If it is necessary
spring in order to the maximum acreage of
spring wheat it should be cheerfuy done Food
will win the war" is the slogan being taught
by the conservatonist and it applies readily to
production than to conservation
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13
RESIDENCE PROPERTY
AT PUBLIC AUCTION


Desiring to dispose OF all our Mos
COW property we will offer for sale to
the highest bidder on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 10, beginning at 1:30 p. M:
No. Lots and 6, block s, Noun
tain View addition, together with one
acre joining 1t on the south
No. 2.-North half of east half of lot
Moore and Harrison streets.
No. 3.-North half of lots 8 and 4,
block 4, Mountain View addition.
All have city water. Terms, 10 per
cent cash, balance upon receipt of
deed. ]. Franklin, executor and ad
Charles E. Walks, Auc-
tioneer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13
A COSMOPOLITAN ARMY

zone touch of nature makes all the world akin
wrote the poet, and the might be said of
All classes reduced elevated to level in
time of and the soldiers all become chums and
throw aside caste. young in the officers
training camps at Camp Lewis, where 1000 young
taking training for officers in the army writes:
1.-THE work is very interesting and throws in
contact with many types of men, In my squad
CHARTERED 80 men, divided follows: two
bankers three lawyers six college Students typical
soldier of fortune three regular army from AL
aska and two from Philippines two office clerks,
two miners, fig raiser from California, two civil
engineers, three farmers and newspaperman. Can
beat that combnation And the beauty of it is that
there is discord friction
Here gathered together from every walk
of life for one common cause, their countrys. They
have laid aside everything but their work for their
native land. Business has been put aside and it
wait their return. They have duty to perform and
going perform it. When that is done the farmer
will return his farm the newspaperman to his
the banker to his bank and each to the walk of
life in which he travelled before the called him.
But until this war they bankers or
yers farmers craftsmen of any kind. They
soldiers fighting for the country the to
which they allegiance. They taking training
and hopes to become officer in the great
army that will go the to fight for world
fighting for.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13
CHARITY Rim WILD

The Spokane Chamber of Commences refusal to
indorse campaign for a fund of $4,000 from
Spokane by the Salvation Army is the beginning of
movement reduce ,these drives for funds to
only those that have the Endorsement of the federal
government and the board. The generosity of the
American people is proverbia but this fund bust
ness is being overdone. The people have been called
upon bear expense for carrying on the
Increased income taxes revenue taxes of every
kind Liberty bonds, thrift stamps savings stamps,
the Red Cross, knights of Columbus the Y. NJ G. A.,
the Y W. c. A. all worthy causes Endorsed by the
government
But the line must be drawn somewhere and it is
time to draw it and make it tight The organizations
mentioned numerous enough and have broad
enough scope to cover every need. The government
is working for and urging consolidation conservation
and the avoidance of duplication in all lines and it
wishes to avoid duplication in relief work. If the
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13

Eggs, Oil, Sugar, Fish, Sausage
and Other Articles.

Amsterdam.-Ten thousand substi-
tute food articles have been introduces
into Germany since the war, according
newspapers by Professor Juckenack,
a prominent German food expert.
He mentions as the most striking ex-
amples of successful substitution the
following: Artificial butter. eggs, salad
oil, honey. milk, coffee, tea, sugar. to-
bacco, fish. sausage. cheese and caviar.
Some of the substitutes are directly
harmful, but others are so good that
they will ouHive the war and become
regular articles Of consumption, he
asserts.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-02-13
tur" and truly reveals the Teutonic

tur" and truly reveals the Teutonic
instinct.
Inasmuch as we are engaged in a
deadly war with the opponents of this
teaching and one has only to look
to the chaotic condition which exists
in Russia to realize what it would do
here if given a chance, may 1 not ap-
peal to all loyal patriotic citizens, who
love their country, to lend their aid
to stop this channel through which
this virus of disloyalty and treason
may be propagated? If anyone has
to say the language of the
United States is adequate for the pur-
pose. F.. A. BARBER.