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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
 WANT TO SEE PARIS

Pairs, Nov. 30.-OCorrespondenc of The Associated Press )-Probably the biggest problem that the Young Mems Christian Association has to face in the city of Paris is the hous- ing of soldiers who flock to this city in thousands for twenty-four to forty eight hours leave Every American boy who comes to France is eager to see the city of Paris, and the prices of accommodations at the French ho- tels is beyond the possibilities of their slender purses. The Y. NJ. c. A. has several hotels where they can go and for one franc a night can get bed and a shower. Meals are served at cost.
 The Pavilion is the largest of these hotels, and as an illustration the crowd that flocked ill there the other night is good one to be guided by. The hotel was full to overflOwing. The other hotels in the neighborhOOd on the overflow list were also crowded to the limit. The office also has long list of rooms which French families will rent to soldiers. The list was eX- hausted. Yet the men kept pouring in. Seventy six men took off their coats. rolled them up, made them into pill lows and slept on the floor of the Lounge Room" At eleven all lights were out.
 At eleven thirty, P. M. Miss Eliza beth Gilman, of Baltimore, Md, who has charge of the canteen service at the Pavilion thought she would call it days work and go to bed. But just as she was starting up stars,
 she heard a pounding on the door and 1 went to see what it was.
 l She opened the door to find twenty
 four enlisted men who had travelled eighteen hours on railroad train
 They wanted cover for the night, and flor tho love of Uncle Sam, sister, food of some sort" She let them in, went upstairs and called another can teen worker. Together they went into the the kitchen and stole the
 bread that was hidden in the closets
 for morning. They found key to
 the storeroom and dragged out can ned meat to make into sandwiches.
 They started fire in the stove and
 made hot chocolate, and the thirty 1 four boys were fed.
 1 Then the two women went into the dining room with the tables all set and ready for breakfast and cleared away those tables, and the men were
 only too glod to roll up on them and
 on the floor and sleep, the sleep that
 only tired, war-weary soldiers can sleep
 This is situation that the Y. M. c. A. meets from day to day, in spite
 of the fact that it is renting every available vacant hotel i nthe city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22
FOR SALE Bv c. s. McNEW

FOR SALE
 By c. s. McNEW 1O6 Pine Phone 971 BROOM HOUSE; ALL MODERN
 conveniences; West 14th: $1 900 cash, balance and 2 years, 89o. 5-ROOM NEW BUNGALOW, West 22nd. Sell small payment down and monthly payments. ONE BLOCK, 8 LOTS OF GROUND between 30 and 31 and Pop. end Elm. Beautiful block and proper ty coming into city fast.-$2,75000. 40 ACRES, RICH BAYOU COTTON land, 5 1-2 miles from city oa Princeton road. Money to loan on city property or Liberty bonds. Will buy Liberty bonds.
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have gone into the service from Pine Bluff there are in this edition over two hundred cuts of the soldiers who answered their County's call. The pictures of the men contained in this edition are the sons and brothers of your intimate friends, as we'll as that of your own son and brother, to- gether with short sketch of their enlistment and service.
 Beyond question this is the most valuable souvenir edition of news raper ever published in Pine Bluff and is one which will be kept longer and more highly treasured than any historical publication ever issued.
 When the actors in this tragedy of the world, in which the American Union contributed so materially, and Arkansas and Pine Bluff played such conspicuous part, have grown old, and many have been gathered to their fathers, these pictures of Pine Bluffs heroes, with their military records, will remain as enduring as the rocks of Gibraltar. The soldie .s' edition of the Pine Bluff Graphic will be care- fully preserved, and these records therein contained will become more valuable, and be more highly prized as the years pass,
 The supply of course is limited, but sufficient for all interested to procure what they need. No family with a sold fer or relative can afford to pass up this souvenir edition. Orders should be filled early as possible, as the is- sue will soon be exhausted. There is nothing nicer than to send one of this issue to some friend or relative in a distant city as holiday remembrance. Perhaps nothing would please your absent friend so much. They knew your boy, and will be pleased to see his picture and read his record.
 The soldiers edition contains AS pages, 336 columns or 6, 70 inches. It is in itself volume, and an edition in which the management is justly proud. It is tribute to our soldiers that we are glad to make. Two and one half tons of white paper was consumed in completing this edition alone, and a large staff of writers, and others have been busy in pregaEing tlsa, attsr, iwhi izass ! sslas s'ssak l 1mq Is ana operators have been .Aprkl F bie shifts in'Aorderito have the n ready before the Christmas tid6ls e end that all could reach their lffa : toins in time for Christmas day.
 Yes, we are proud of the soldiers edition, and the compliments received assures the management that Pine Bluff is appreciative.
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WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE?

{.
 ! The Hog Island Ship Ward has been under investigation for some time, and notwithstanding there is difference in the cost above the original estf- mates, of forty million dollars, tne investigators say there is nothing to base criminal proceedings, and that mo fraud or secret profits has been established" but suggests that an action for payment of the excesses might be demanded by the govern- ment.
 Perhaps the fault has been with tho system. Government contracts are usually let for certain per cent of the total cost. It is no secret to those who have lived near where these gov ernment jobs have been performed that the utmost extravaganza has been the rule-not the exception. Men who neer handled carpenters tool have been employed at highest wages. and instead of securing maximum service the bosses have rather required the men to do as little labor as possible.
 On one cantonment an instance oc- cured which illustrates the condi- tions that have prevailed on most contracts: "A man was carryinga two by four piece of timber, when he was told to get another man to help him carry that lumber. Always take two men to handle piece of lumber. The contractor does not want this job to be complete too quick" This came from a ''straw boss" and while it is insignificant, yet it illustrates the spirit of extravaganza that was no secret in communities where canton ments were built. If little eXtravag- ances were encouraged, it is reason able to presume the higher up they are the larger they grow.
 Other instances of extravaganza are numerous. Many instances are told by workmen where car loads of valuable luIuUSI udo UCCh uuhPSu thO oNio ol heap and sold for fuel; doors have been hung upside down and then talk en off and rehung, just for the sake of killing time.
 It is not known how far the invcsti- cations will be continued, but it is perhaps no exaggeration to say that the government has been flecccd to the queens taste on army contracts. It is likely that the cost of construct ion to the government has been at leas double that which it would have been had the contracts been honestly executed.
 Just how far these investigations will go, is not stated, but if honestly conducted and conscientiously inves- tigated, the harvest will likely be a large increase ill the population of government prison communities, un less it is found there lis nothing tt base criminal proceedings"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22

When the attention of The Graphic is called to any mis-statement of facts, or to any error concerning any maa or thing, correction will cheerfully be made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22
THE GRAPHIC'S SOLDIER EDITION.

Welcoming the return of many of Pine Bluffs soldiery back to their homes, as well as a. tribute to the patriotic sacrifices made by those from this city who have contributed to their country's deefnse in offeriIg themselves to make the supreme sac rifice, the Graphic issued it's man. moth edition yesterday.
 Of the twenty-five hundred who
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22
HUpp DIVORCED.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 21.-Elmer Hupp, wealthy oil man, acquitted last spring of murder for the killing of Charles L. Joyce, whom he found in the Hupp home, was granted di- vorce in common office court todap on the grounds of extreme cruelty.
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LADIES

When irregular or delayed use Tri- umph Pills. Safe and always depend able. Not sold at drug stores. Do not experiment with others, save dis appointment Write for Relief" and particulars is free. Address: Ma tiona! Medical Institute, Milwaukee, Wis. 10-27-stf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22

McEwen's Special Sale of Millinery at 1.9 price-MOnday-Every trim med hat goes-buy your hat now.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22

Ladies' Dress Shoes in black, tan, and gray kid. High and low heels. Prices $39S to $9.9S.-Leavitt's Cut Price Store 12-6tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22

Boys Pants in Serge, Corduroy and Khaki, sizes from to 20. Price 69c to $3.4S.-Leavitt's Cut Price Store. 12:6tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22
Daily Grapbic.
Entered at Postoffice at Pine Bluff, Ark, as Second-class Mail Matter.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all uews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited r. this paper and also the local news published here ic,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22

Special Prices on Girls Coats, sizes Up to II yrs. Price s2.9S up.- Leavitt's Cut Price Store. 12-6tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-22
DOyMS; DOLLS: DOLLS!

DV15IS1 UU1I11Ss VVHUOe Best American make now on dis play. Buy early. S5c to $500 Brasher Drug Co.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
Luke McLuke Says

Luke McLuke says
 When you are coming out of church you have often heard man com plaining that he sermon was too short haven't you. Neither have we.
 You don't know why it should make you feel good to hear that a millionaire has. to live on crackers and milk and doesn't get any fun out of his money. But it does, does mt it?
 When you feel like gambling bet on a sure thing. Bet the first man you meet $10 that he cant repeat the Ten Commandments and you'll win
 The Lost column of New York newspaper contains an advertise ment for "a closedface lady's watch" But there ain't no such animal, my dear Watson, there ain't no such animal.
 A married woman doesn't know much. But she does know that it isn't Astronomy that keeps her hus- band out until midnight.
 Of course it is none of our dog gone business But the average Club woman should stay at home and club her kids.
 All women are efficient to a de gree But a good housekeeper could take a hammer, a hairpin and a few tacks and build a house.
 If man has collar button that doesn't turn green he thinks that he is pretty well supplied with jew elry But it is different with wo- man.
 They cause her worry and trouble and sleepless nights. But a mother dreads the time when the children will get big and begin to scatter.
 About the only time some men nev- CT overrate themselves is when the Tax Assessor raps at the door.
 Life has it's ups and downs. And the ups require decades and the downs minutes.
 Once in a while a girl marries the light of her life only to discover that he is always lit up.
 No, Agnes, Just because a man wears a moustache is not sign that he has a hare lip.
 The only time when man isn't liable to be disappointed is when he is hunting for trouble.
 Every time a mosquito lights on Corn Fed girl he realizes that he is living on the fat of the land.
 A henpecked husband is always minding something. If he isn't minding his wife he is minding the baby.
 It is different with a man. But a woman never gets so angry with
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
An Italian Mother.
Louisville Courier-JournalD

Louisville Courier -Journa)
 The Spartan mothers stoic courage and patrloth pride did not surpass that of the mothers of the sol diers from the begerent countries today.
 An Italian mother dictated to a Captain rom whol she had received the of her son death deat' the following letter which is published In the Rec Cross Magazines:
 I do not know how to write, Signor Captain. for when was girl there were no schools. My grandson is writing for l the mother of Itao your orderly. It destined that h" should die It better that he should die for his country than that he should end in some other way, perhaps badly. We thank God that Italo has had honor. He has been buried by his companions. The priest has given him absolution.
 Was it you Sgnor, who gave> my name to those gentlemen who with money because Italo is dead? It not from pride, to mortify anyone, but 1 could not take it. You see, for to take that money would be like having sold my have given my son.
 Giuseppe Garibaldi, of the most indefatigabl' enemies of oppression of whom the history of th' world holds record, hero of freedom under severa flags, persistent decliner of profits and resigner honors, devoted to his farm upon the tiny island 0 Caprera George Washington devoted to hi farm upon the Potomac, born in fisherman hut Such mother the mother of the orderly ltao gave him birth. Such spirit perhaps mad cheer at the home hearthstone when the absent sol was in battle, and that would have expressed itsel simply but heroically if he had fallen.
 The red shirts of Garibadi's symbolized tn red blood of their wearers, and little of the ret blood of finds its way into the veins of me, unless they are born of courageous mothers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
THE WAR AND FINANCIERS.

Commenting upon the security of American bank ing and the stability of American securities a re- suit of the concentration of the banking power of the country the Cincinnati Enquirer asks:
 Where would the banks of this
 try have finished after the maelstrom of August,
 1914, had it not been for the intervention of the
 strong hand at Washington? How, too, it may be
 queried, would the hggledy piggledy bank system
 of the old days have stood the strain of the tre
 mendous financial operations of the War Admin
 istration?"
 The answer is obvious of course. And equally as obvious would be the questions as to how would we have financed the furiously paced war preparations of the last year. and what of the con- ditions of the country had been called upon to furnish the snews of to Allies under condi- tons that obtainied before the days of the reserve banking and currency law.
 The obvious to these questions addi- tiona those critics who occasionally de- clare that United States should have entered the war at the beginning of the conflict. The United States was not prepared the in 1914 from a military standpoint, public sentiment not educated the point where it would support the necessary preparations for entrance to and the issues had not been developed clearly that a successful war at that time would have meant much more than a rcmaking of the map of Europe and the laying aside all these things the American nation had not mobized her banking and her wealth as a basis of credit that she could have withstood the financial strain that has been met with SO much ease. We have only to think of the dicultes that encountered in financing the three billion dollar Civil War to realize what this twenty
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
TO WHOM CREDIT.

When The Empire gave Gov. Riggs and Food Administrator Bradley credit for getting the order permitting Canadian vessels to carry fish from Alas ka to American ports in the States 1t did not mean to dscredt the work along the same line that had been done by others. Others who have urged that this privilege be granted the Canadians are also en- titled to credit. Notable among these influences las been organized labor in Alaska. The Juneau Labor Union has frequently urged it, and has been in almost constant communication with Secretary of Commerce Redhed the subject. The readers this paper familiar with it's efforts in that di- rection, because they have been chronicled from time to time. For it's work in this and other mat ters The Empire has given organized labor credit. along many constructive linesthis others.
 However, the action of the Department of Com merce in direct response to the request of Gov. Riggs and Food Administrator Bradley, and, in commenting upon the immediate action, The Elm pire gave them credit The others had already been credited for their work.
 There has been no opposition from any source to the Canadian vessels carrying fish from Alaska to Puget Sound far The Empire has discovered It had been thought by many, and the managers of the Canadian lines themselves had fostered the be- lief, that the Canadian lines would not avail them selves of the opportunity if the privilege grant freight Tn Grand Trunk has agreed to take fish when other vessels not available for that pur- pose solely from patriotic It is doing it, not for the revenue the tonnage, but to aid the United States in making the food fish available k ~
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
PACKING CONCERN WILL SHIP FISH
 SOUTH SHORTLY

The Northern Packing Company will ship 2,000 cases of canned fish South next week, according to w. A. Estus, manager of the company.
 The company began canning little over half month ago, just about two months after MT. Estus arrived here and began the con struction of the building on Will loughby Avenue. Since beginning to can, MT. Estus and J. T. Hansen, his partner have experienced difficulty which other. ,cannerymen had in se- curing sufficient fish to keep them running regularly but now they are receiving fish and canning them at rate that keeps the whole crew working overtime, night and day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
Where the Boys Fight.
(St. Louis Republic. ]

The other day in the British Parliament mem Der inquired of the Government whether or not ar engagements could be made to keep British boy; 19 years and under out of the battle line il France He thought that might be done without in justice to the other Allies, because French boys that class not yet called and the American age limit is 21.
 He told that such arrangement seemed possible, and that ended the discussion.
 The incident is significant to Americans, be cause it calls attention to the sacrifices which tht British people making in order to render theit utmost service in the Just the American Army is being celebrated for it's size, it's virtuet and its valor in half dozen European languages while the fine qualities of associates in the Wa are taken a matter of course
 It must not be forgotten that America still ha: long way go and heavy burden to carry be fore all the debt of duty is paid. America is nof within bailing distance of the point where boys oi 9 and less will be drafted for service in battle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
Barefoot Days in Germany.
(Omaha Bce.)

German Emperor crawled on hands and knees the Alps i'll winter to do penance tt the Pope for his offenses His sins had been much of the order those of which the present Kaiser is guilty However, William the Last makes his amends vicariously, and passes on to his de voted people the inestimabe privilege of endurnf privaton that their lord may prosper al least continue to carry out his plans for maxim" the world uncomfortable. That the blessed super men who make up the population of that submey efficient Empire of sweetness and light kultur and other unmentionabe things over which the ultima e Hohenzollern now holds his sway, may enjoy to the utmost 2" their manifold advantages his sub iects he extends to them the great boon of going barefoot that they may paper to make foot ering against another winter. Leather in Germany long been sacred to the soldier, and one great but unboasted, result of recent experiences is found in the fact that the German army has not so many feet to clothe as it contained in March This is practical economy doubtless much appre- cated by Herr von Ludendorh quarermaster general of the Empire, although not publicly referred to by him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Chicago News)

Chicago News)
 Sometimes a rich bachelor makes a poor husband.
 Invisible patches ought to be used in fixing up quarrels.
 No man ever surprised woman by telling her that he loved her. Tell a plump girl that she is get ting fat and she will have no further use for you:
 The man who jumps at conclusions is apt to meet with surprise when he lands.
 A woman's missing sense of humor has saved many man from making q fool of himself.
 If a man has plenty of change in his pockets when he goes to bed his wife may not have occasion to ask him for pin money.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05

her husband that she refuses to talk to him.
 Once in a while you meet hus- bzand who is so henpecked that you wonder what his name was before he got married.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
NEW ADMIRAL
 FOR HUN NAVY

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 3.-Admiral von Holtzendorff, chief of the Ger man Admiralty Staff, has been retir- ed owing to his state of health.
 Admiral Reinhardt Sheer, com mander of the fleet, will succeed him.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05

Down and Up I've hunted all around this town To buy cheap pillows" said Jane Aupp; q though perhaps down might be down,
 But l found that down was up"
 -Nuke McLuke.) Then madly homeward Jane Rupp tore;
 Gone from her face the puzzled frown; Her pillows she threw on the floor And gaily said, Now down is down."
 -(Newark Advocate.) About the time friends came from Jane Rupp was quite distracted then And all the down that had been Was up and in it's place again.
 -(Nebraska State Journal And then her little brother slit And shook the feathers over town On the winds to the skies they fit And now 1t is all up with down.
 -(Houston Post.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
Our Joe Miller Contest

Serk claims that the oldest joke is the one about the man who when on trip to another town invited a native to call on him any time he. the native, happened to visit the mans town. The native was rabid prohibitionist and imagined that the man was a teetoler or he would nev
 CT had associated with him. The native happened to be in the mans town one night, and. although it was midnight, he thought he would call on the man as requested. He took cab out to the mans house and rang the hcll. The mans wife an
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
George Knows Everything
 (HOutSOn POSt)

Lusc McLuke knows some idiot who pores over the dictionary oc- casionally to find out a mistake in it. It is not hard to do Luke. , For instance the dictionary says that a len sits, when as matter of fact every hen that incubates knows she sets, regardless of Jack Warwick, he dictionary or the late prophet Jeermiah. who spent so much time in lamentation he really had no 3hance to study tho habits of the honorable hen.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
A CORRECTION.

A typographical errora made The bmp"e u' match from Nome in Saturdays paper say that
 the substantial people are thorough.
 ouehIv in accord with the purpose or
 Judge Iolzheimer and the Depart
 ment to discontinue small politics The written word "discountenance ana ho "discontinue.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05

With Haig Diaz and Petain the bases, now expect Manager Foch to send Pinch filtter Pcrhsing in to bat out that long delayed nome run wallop-(New York Telegraph
 We'll he's off, still going and no ball in sisht
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-08-05
Nv Word, Old Top

English Judge-Why are you here? Cockney Chauffeur-Just it om- nibus.
 English Judge Jusita Omnibus? Certainly. That is the motto of this Court Justice To All"
 -CBall Crank)