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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16
Towns Are Burning Others in Danger

St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 15.--Reports received at the Adiutant Generals office here tonight stated that the town of McGrath, in Aitkin county, was burning.
 Lawler and Aitkin, further north, are threatened, according to the re- ports, which added that high wind has sprung up in that section.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16
TOBACCO USERS SAVE YOURSELF

from 75 per cent of your ailments, and many of your hard earned dollars by using NO-BAC-O, a simple mouth wash that destroys the taste for to- bacco. Nothing to swallow. No re- lief no pay. Price $1.
 BRASHED'S DRUG STORE
 Pine Bluff. Ark. 3dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16
BURTON ELECTED HEAD OF
 STANDARD OIL COMPANY

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Dr. William M Burton was elected president of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana at meeting of the board of directors today.
 Dr. Burton, who was recently aw- arded the Walter Gibbs medal of the American Chemical Society. succeeds the late Lauren J. Drake. He has grown up in the service of the com pany, the last position he held being that of general manager and vice president A new office of chairman of the board of directors was created also, Robert w. Stewart, ormerly gen. eral counsel of the company being elected to the place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE getting the kind of meat or choice cuts drive out to 1914 West Barraque street, as we keep as good meat as any market and have supply of choice cuts,-D. "A. Caldwell, 1914 West Barraque, phone 123. 1O-13-tf*
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

DIR. A. H. sEILARs. OsTEOPATH,
 CITIZENS .. BANK BLDG., THE TREATMENT YOU WILL EVENT
 UALLY'TAKE. S-S-dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

,.str mrs. Betty Hardin of; Grady spent I 'sSssfoay in the city with friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16
OBITUARY
Herchel Orton.

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

,.t,, .mrs. J.s B: Gulledge and children vss4s .asneo to their home in Little Rock ;ysssserday, having been called here by
 V ueatn of Miss Vesta Burchfield.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

h,s MSS Margarette Harrison is i'll at ger nome, lO6 Indiana street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

vhn %rs. E. F. E. Leatherman, of Gould ter' y Mns MAS been the guest ;pf her daugh-
 F;ttaa; las mrs. Il. l.. Oldaker at SIS West retSrea rsngn ag avenue the past few days,
 ee.urned to her homo yesterdav
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16

!. Mrs. G. A. Oaks, 121o Alabama |ssreet went to Little Rock Tuesday
 s pc with her daughter Mrs. H. L.
 bowman who is all.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
THAT'S MOTHER

Twenty years ago the Telegraph
printed an original poem by Charles
Gingrich, of the P. r. r. station
force in this city, which has just
been reprinted from the Atlanta
Constitution in the Mothers Day
number of Camp and Trench, a
paper published in the interest of
the soldiers at Camp Hancock. The
poem follows:
"a little woman, no longer young,
With halting steps and faltering
tongue,
Thin hair with streaks of gray
among,
That's Motheri
Hands once dimpled. soft and
white,
Now lean and brown and shriveled
quite,
With battles of life she's had to
fight,
That's Motheri
"Yet she is the star of hearth and
home,
In pride or shame to her we come
For none can ympathize-not one
Like Mother.
"If ever I enter the heavenly sphere
My mothers prayer will have helped
me there.
And I know shall say. as 1 say il
here:
Where's Mother?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
"HEARTS ARE TOUCHING"

which the Greeks derived from the
word which We pronounce harass
which they pronounce charass, but
which had the same meaning then
as now. They spoke then of a coin
in the mint, which was hammered
and tortured by the sharp edges OF
the die, as being stamped upon, in
deed, as a poor charassed thing-as
bearing a character. Its character
came to it because it was beaten
pounded by this tremendous ham
mer. The more 1t was beaten the
more distinct character it had.
believe all our words of similar inn
port have a similar derivation. Thus
when we say that a man has this
type" of manhood, or that type
of manhood, the original meaning
is that he has been beaten into that
shape by the blows of experience
that have passed over him.
Burns says "the rank is but the
guinea stamp" This means, at bot
tom, that pound" is metal which
has been pounded. And there are
metals which improve in quality all
the time you stamp and hammer
them. Just the same is true of q
man, If he have the true heart, the
true life, and makes himself matter
of the circumstances instead of the
slave. And the hammer
ing is no unimportant part of the
process.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
NEW SLANT ON "Y" WORK
BY ROBERT FREEMAN

You can get any opinion you want
c. A. in France.
1t is overdone, it is underdone, 1t
isn't done at all; it is narrow, it is
bigoted, it is>~too generously broad
it is stiff, it is highty-tighty, it isn't
churchlike; there is no singing worth
speaking of, and why don't you have
something besides hymns? And any
one of these opinions can be defend
ed, first by the character of the per-
son voicing it, and, second, by refer
ence to the place visited by the
critic.
But here's a little incident thai
happened the other day which tells
the whole story of the religious work
of the Y. M. c. A. in France:
An American lad with nerves
shattered by what he had seen at the
front, was going out of his mind
He had had the experience before
and was In an agony of anticipation
He was Catholic. and. as such, mos
anxious to confess. He could no
speak French and the only available
priest could not speak English.
rs there anyone here who car
speak French?" inquired the priest.
The Y. NJ. C. A. woman running
the hOtel knew the language. So the
three retired into a quiet room, anC
the American soldier confessed hi
sins, through Protestant woman t
Catholic priest, in a Y. M. C. A. hu
in France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
THE STATE PRESS

We have an idea that the Germans
are to experience very shortly some
thing shat will strike terror to their
hearts; that they are going to be
treated to a bit of surprise that will
set some of them thinking. If the
horrors of warfare once reach Ger
man soil. we fancy that the Prussian
war maniacs will have a job on
their hands to quiet the stricken
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The root of the health subject as
affecting the future of the nation
seems to lie in the care of the chill
dren, and instilling into youthful
mind the fall value of a sound body.
Much money should be spent on the
present youthful generation to pro-
mote health and the health of the
next generation will be largely as
sured.-Bethlehem Globe.
It is predicted that the Kaiser will
die before the war ends. If this is
to prove true it is to be hoped that
he will not die of old age.-Hagers-
town Mail.
President Wilson's choice of Charles
Evans Hughes to assist Attorney
General Gregory in investigating the
aircraft situation. Mr. Hughes, as
was certain to be the case, has ac-
cepted the appointment and will
enter upon his new duties without
delay. That means the whole sub
ject of aircraft program and produc-
tion will be thoroughly Investigated
No other American surpasses Mr.
Hughes in work of this sort: nc
other could have been called to the
assistance of the government at this
time who would add so much tc
public confidence in the thorough.
ness and impartiality of performance
of a disagreeable ask.-Pittsburgh
Gazette Times.
From mud to dust is a mere ster
which must be eliminated once the
war is ended. Dustless roads and
mudless roads will be the future re.
quirements of highway construction
-Pottsville Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
RED CROSS A BULWARK
kansas City Star1

When Italy was faltering in the
fight. and its battle line was break
ing under the attack of German
arms in front and German propa-
ganda within it's army, it was the
Red Cross that overcame German
lies, strengthened the arm OF the
discouraged nation and inspired the
Italian troops to hurl back the IN
vading Huns and Austrians.
When France, suffering and stag
gering under the burden OF war
needed relief for it's civilian popula-
ton, it was the Red Cross that
brought the relief.
OF the work of the Red Cross upon
the battlefields, behind the pattl'
lines. in hospitals, and in its direct
service of healing the wounds OF
war. every one is. familiar. But OF
its great field of useful and vita
work aside from it's service on the
battlefield, the average American
does not form the proper conceptior
until the picture is brought before
him.
In The Star of wednesday there
appeared a letter from Henry Allen
now in France. in which he gave
another picture of the work of th'
organization through the Home
Communication Service. of which ~
is in charge. Recreation for sol
diers, the search for missing ant
for prisoners, the supplying of chap
Iains for hospitals, the building o
huts for comfort stations. and final
/ ly, the photographing of the graves
the resting place of the boys +wh'
fall over there, to be sent 10 TN
parents at home.
The wonderful opportunity t
have a part in such a service by con
tributing to the Red Cross Is al
that need be presented to the pa
triots of America. 1t goes beyon'
duty and becomes one of the great
est of privileges.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
BLUFFING THE NEUTRALS

IFrom the New York World.l
The nhrases their citizens use TO
describe the German menace to neu-
trails denote it's gravity. Denmark
fears becoming another Belgium.
Holland sees in German plans for
her commercial conquest the VIII 10
make her "a second Rumania.
Holland by land, Denmark by lana
and sea, are at the mercy of a mill
tarism grown desperate. DenmaTh
perhaps first Copenhagen could
soon he smashed by German guns,
JutIand overrun by German armies.
German seizure of Finland and the
AIand Islands has alarmed Denmark
no less than Sweden. In grasplng
the Baltic, Germany does not forget
its gate. Meanwhile she brags OF
generosity" in sending Denmark
coal stolen from France and petro-
leum filched from Rumania.
Upon Hollands toes Germany
treads heavily. with purpose. just
as Foreign Minister Douden issues
a statement in which can be read
Dutch gratitude to the entente for
sensing her delicate position, Ger
many makes new demands. Whether
she means attack or merely con-
slant threat and terrorism. who can
say?
Cyril Brown in his letter upon
Denmark in yesterdays World asks
SYM pathy for the neutrals in their
plight They should have it, in
word and act. Our decision to brave
the submarine to rush food to
Switzerland and our agreement to
supply as far as possible Norway's
| many needs speak louder than words.
Yet a word also is timely. And this
| II is:
Let menaced neutrals be of stout
heart Only a victorious Germany
can ensIave them. With the power
of the United States swiftly brought
into the field. Germany shall not bt
victorious; she may bluff; she
might invade; she cannot conquer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
WHERE TEUTON SLIPPED

X ATURDAY'S wonderful Red
~ Cross demonstration, which has
had it's counterpart in dozens
of other cities of the United States,
ought certainly to convince any OBJ
server, be he foreign or living among
US, but not of us, that about one of
the worst mistakes made by the Ger
man autocracy was in turning the
thoughts of the American nation to
war. From the very beginning of
the present German empire there
has been a tendency to sneer at the
American commercial spirit. Amer
lean business was what the Teuton
master minds wanted then and what
they want now. And. characteristic
ally, they sneered at what they
wanted.
Just as tn German autocrats
thought that Great Britain was too
much involved in trade to fight for
integrity of treaties which it had
signed and thereby turned the Brit
ish empire into a military machine,
the Potsdam clique has by it's dis
regard for human rights and human
ity changed the thought of the
United States from industry to fight
ing. 1t is a striking illustration of
the inability of the German mind to
realize than anyone else has brains.
Military work is now the order of
the day in this whole land where
half a decade ago industry, agricul-
ture, transportation, science, educa-
ton and amusement were the
thoughts.
A year ago Harrisburg gave evil
dence of its patriotism in a great
parade. 1t sent forth its sons in such
numbers as volunteers that it won
exemption from the draft. 1t has
met every call for financial assist
ance to the government. 1t has lined
up for the war charities. And with
the men united, the women have fur
nished by their parade some idea oi
the extent and enthusiasm of the
work they are doing to back then
up.
1t all goes to show that those who
think this country, this state, thi,
city are not bent on winning the wal
had better take notice and that yer.
i. promptly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

A. w. Mellon, Pittsburgh banker,
is head of the campaign committee
of the Red Cross in that city.
Congressman L. t. McFadden
spoke at the raising of the flag in
launching Bradford county's drive.
Joseph f. Guffey opened the an
nual convention of the Natural Gas
Association at Pittsburgh yesterday.
e. E. Ludlow, Lehigh coal Of
fetal, will speak at Philadelphia on
responsibilities of a coal operator at
this time.
Mayor Lewis FRANKIE, of Johns
town, has forbidden fireworks in his
town on July 4.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
ARE WE SEEING 1T?
kansas City starI

Every American is a steward of
American democracy. Soldier or
citizen 1T is his duty to help preserve
1t pure. Our soldiers are doing their
part to the last full measure. They
are dying for it. and it is for those
of us who are left at home to see
that their sacrifice is not made in
vain. Are we seeing to it?. Are
we keeping democracy a living
thing ready to occupy the new world
which our armies are making safe
for it? We cannot make good that
vaunted phrase while we allow self
seeking politicians and their crea-
lures to despoil the temple of our
liberties which we have looked upon
as our own shelter and which we
have offered as shelter to the peo-
Piles of all lands.
Let Americans see to 1t!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
TIME eloquently appreciative

V\HE eloquently appreciatiVe
words which follow are from
the pen of French schoolgirl.
They are quoted in the Earth (organ
of the Santa Fe Railroad, published
at Topeka, Kan.) by DR.. John II.
Finley.
"It was only a little river, almost
a brook; 1t was called the Yser. One
could talk from ono side to the other
without raising cne's voice, and the
birds could fly over it with one
sweep of their wings. And on the
two banks there were millions of
men, the one turned toward the
other, eye to eye. But the distance
which separated them was greater
than the stars in the sky; it was the
distance which separates right from
injustice.
THE ocean is SO vast that the sea-
! gulls do not dare to cross it. During
seven days and seven nights the
great steamships Of America, going
at full speed, drive through the deep
waters before the lighthouses of
France come into view; but from
one side to the other hearts are
touching.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
Winning the War

[From the New York Sum-
We can win the war, we are going
to win it; not because we can throw
into it indefinitely fifty billions or
forty billions, or as much as thirty
billions year; for We cannot. We
can win the war. we are going to
win it, because to back up our men
and the men of our allies we can
throw in enough resources to sur
pass, many times over, the resources
of the German Empire-to surpass
the resources of all the Teutonic
alliance put together, and to keep it
up forever.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HERE'S IT'S CHANCE

70 Ht EdIT0T OF INC eIegf0fH:
l noticed in the Telegraph RECENTLY
a letter by a Reading raiiroader nd-
vising the use of a balloon for .ad-
vertising the sale of Thrift Stamps
and War Savings Stamps. Evil
IDENTIFY the agents of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company have not
got in touch with this Reading rail-
roader, but we can assure you that it
is not the fault of the metropolitan
agents; they have been trying to
reach everybody and hope to do so
sooner or later. II this Reading rail-
roader wants to buy any stamps, If
he says so we will be on the Job to
deliver them. =. METROPOLITAN
AGENT,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
TELEGRAPH IN FRANoE

K5VIIIGW IIEIJ III r IdICG,
May 81, 1918.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The first piece of mail 1 received
in France was copy of the Harris
burg Telegraph dated March IL, and
1 can assure you that it was very
eagerly read by two boys of thai
papers town, Privates Egolf and
Cleckner.-
(Signed),
ALBERT L. .EGOLF,
Railroad Transportation Office, 4. P
o. No. 726.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
OUR DAILY LAUGH

BURNT INTO HIS MEMORY.
What time did the clock say
when you got home last night"
"I don't remember what the clock
said, but I'll never forget what my
wife said"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
TUESDAY, MAY Fl, 1918

The men the toorld calls lucky
VIII tell you, every one,
That success comes, not by t0ishin0,
But by hard cork, brdreIy done.
ANON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
OLD BUT EFFECTIVE

"RULY there is nothing new
under the SUM-" Even Liberty
Bread" and bread cards" are
ancient devices to stave off hunger
and fool the stomach with substitutes
for wheat. In the book of Ezekiel
we read:
Take thou also unto thee wheat
and barley and beans and lentils
and millet and fitches and put
them in vessel and make thee
bread thereof.
And they shall eat bread by
weight and with care.
They shall eat their bread with
carefulness, because of the vio-
lence of those that dwell in the
land.
The wonder is that somebody has
not dubbed Mr.. Hoover the Ezekiel
of America, or called Ezekiel the
Herbert Hoover of Israel.
Elsewhere we read in Numbers
anent conscription;
And the Lord spake unto
Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
saying: Take ye the sum of all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, after their families, by the
house of their fathers. with the
number of their names, every
male by their polls; from 20
years old and upward, all that are
able to go forth to war in Israel;
thou and Aaron shall number
them by their armies.
And if you don't believe a draft
army can fight continue on a little
and read what happened when Is
raeFs conscripted men met the
Huns" of those days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
LABOR NOTES

\ Canadians are discussing the ques-
ton of having aliens now in intern
ment camps in Canada employed on
the highways of Canada.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
EDITORIAL COMMENT

With forty .trainloads of wounded
Germans passing through Belgium
daily. it would seem that a consider
able. part of Hindenburg's army is
again engaged in strategic retire
ment"-New York World
An enemy alien who went to Wash
ington to be naturalized has been
arrested. Now. IL he had gone to
blow up the Capitol he might have
saved himself from being annoyed
by the authorities. = Philadelphia
North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
A NEW RIVER PARK
agreement between the

ment, River View. north of
wormleysburg, and the City Plan
ming Commission. to preserve all
the land between the river road and
low water mark in the Susquehanna
for park purposes is the first step
toward turning the whole stretch
from wormleysburg to Enola into
a park like that of which Harris.
burg is so proud on this side.
The Planning Commission has
been desirous of having the west
side of the river parked ever since
it began to study the local situation
and Mr.. Hershey's ready consent to
the proposal of the commission that
the land between the street and the
river be dedicated for park purposes
reflects breadth of vision in which
other property owners, once the ad-
vantages are shown them, should be
prepared to share. This agreement
procludes the possibility of build
ings being erected between Front
street, of the new development, and
the river. In other words, it will
prevent that section of the West
Shore ever being troubled by Hard
scrabble problem and will insure
for those who build houses along
Front street in River View an un-.
obstructed view of the stream.
So much for the West Shore; for
the parking of the west.
ern bank means a fringe of trees
and greenery forever along the bank
of the stream opposite the city. 1t
means that the present beautiful
frame around the Susquehanna river
basin at this point will be preserved
and enhanced. There will be no
factories, billboards or garages
showed out over the bank to ruin
it for the West Shore residents who
are entitled to its use as park or
to mar the beauties of. the stream
beginning having been made, the
Planning Commission no doubt will
proceed to interview other owners
along the West Shore with view
of similar concessions to the north.
Another admirable feature of the
Hershey development, worked out
through the far-sighted Planning
Commission, is the broad thorough
fare running from the river to the
railroad at a point where eventually
a subway will be constructed under
the railroad lines to meet a road
from Camp Hill that will run down
through the valley in the rear OF
the development, paralleling the
Carlisle Pike. The pike is becom.
ing almost as badly congested' as a
city street and as the West Shore
communities grow the traffic situa.
ton will have to be relieved by the
opening of the valley road outlined
by the commission. BY dedicatine
the street at this time much expense
for widening and setting bacl
houses and other buildings will bC
avoided.
The work of the Planning Com
mission is not so important for tn,
/ immediate present as it is for tn,
far future. It's members must lool
into the years a century hence anC
base their calculations upon growth
and development, in order that tn,
/ community may not have to fac
the results of such frightful error
as we're committed in the time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
anent CONSUMPTION:

How much can you give the Red
Cross? Why just about twice as much
as you think you can.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

Some 10000 or $4,000 typewritine
machines have been supplied to the
British government departments al
home and abroad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

The war has forced India to de-
pend upon her own supply of coal
and has drawn attention anew to her
large deposits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21
The Word Character"

The ward character" is true to its
derivation. 1t is a Greek word,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

What has become of the old-time
bonfire with which we used to cele-
brate election nights?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

Less than two in every 10000 fac
tory operatives meet death from ac-
eidents connected with their work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

The average wage of girls en-
ployed by the wives of Pennsylvania
farmers in 1917 was $4,000 per week
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

The Federal Bureau of Mines re-
ports that there were 2,696 fatalities
in the coal mines of this country last
year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

When 1000 men parade to show
their temDercnce principles the indi-
cations are that there are three or
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-21

If you haven't voted "dry" there is
still a little time left