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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09


and gas coal districts are interested
IN the Garfield order allowing 90 cents
ton premium Oh cleaned coal 1t
appears tha2 the Uilicinl view Is that
coal shall not be considered cleaned.
In an official sense which will carry the
20 cents "A ton allowance, unless IL Is
run over picking tables. Local opera
tors hold to the argument that picking
tables are used only in the case Of coal
much dirter than the average coal OF
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and
that in ordinary Pennsylvania mining
practice the coal is cleaned by inspection
in the mine as loading goes on, and by
supplementary inspection at the tipple
where the railroad cars are loaded. In
particular, operators putting out coal
under a trade name. as many of the pro-
ducers OF good gas and steam Goals do,
spend considerable money seeing that the
product is up to par, and the feeling is
that they should get the allowance. It
Is understood that this matter has been
taken up with the Washington authori-
ties by several local firms.
There is little satisfaction over the
fuel outlook to be gained from the latest
report Of the United STAGES Geological
Survey. covering the week ended March
80 Production of all bituminous coal
and Ignite fell to 1O,s32,OOO tons, or
100000 tons per working day against
l,S33,OOO for the week ended March
23, and 100000 for the week ended
March 16. Beehive coke production fell
to 622,O0 tons, or 10000 tons per day
against 1ll,0O0 tons per day for the
week ended March 20. By-product coke
showed a gain. rising to 474,6l0 tons
against 469,59l tons for the week ended
March %.
Car statistics have been completed by
the survey for the week ended March
%, and ;he comparative figures show
that in spite Of good weather conditions
car supply sagged considerably right
after the middle of March, at least so
far as concerns the coal fields supply
ing this territory. Percentage Of ton
mage losses due to lack Of cars during
The weeks Of March 16 and March %
in those coal fields were:
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Churchmen Take
Up Vice Report
Continued from Pase Ono

Continued from PaEs Ono
dependent force here authorized by tne
next Legislature will act as a checK 0i'
that sort Of thing.
Rotan Wants Detectives
"I am in favor Of thorough cleanup
Of the city and will give every assist
arce to the Government the police or
any committee or commission that wants
to tackle this vice situation honestly. l
have not the proper equipment. but the
next Legislature will be asked to pro-
vide me with a detective force. do
not think there is any more vice In
the city now than usual.
II have received reports, however, In
dicating that the police have connived
with keepers OF dsorderly houses, boot
leggers, gamblers, motor thieves and
other criminals. know Of one instance
where an automobile loaded with goods
was stolen from in front OF store ap-
parently with the aid Of the police. Tho
entire contents were sold at auction
within an hour. and right in this city
too know OF other cases where there
vas every proof that the police aided in
the theft of automobile trucks loaded
with goods, which were sent to New
Yurls and other cities"
In line with the Mayors policy. two
lieutenants will be asked today to ex-
plain the existence IN their districts OF
ssut t,,h1 NFhtah Ara rotHad
terday.
They are Samuel Little, of the Nine
teenth and oxford streets station, In
whose district an alleged gambling
house, said to be conducted by James
Ford. at Twcnty-nrst street and Colum-
bia avenue, was operating full blast
and William Dinlocker. OF the Fourth
and York streets station, in whose dis
trict Dave" Flraver was arrested for
conducting an alleged gambling house
on York street between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
Mayor Smith also announced that he
has ordered an inquiry into the state.
ment alleged to have been made by
Lieutenant Benjamin +. Savage that he
would lick Blake McCaughn, politically
or otherwise"
John +. Collins engineer on the police
boat Reyburn. was yesterday discharged
according to Secretary Harry NJ. Dick
erson, of the Patrolmen's Benevolent
and Protective Association, who says
Collins was punished on trumped-ur
charges of shooting crap" on the po-
lice boat with Pilot Granville jefferson
who was suspended.
Collins, who is a trustee of the Pa
trolmen's Association, and n delegate
from that body to the United Business
Mems Association, was fired" by the
Director without even being ordered
up for trial before the Police Board
to which all policemen are entitled by
law, according to Dickerson. This ac'
tion had no sooner become known than
group of prominent business men
called upon Dickerson and rendered
their assistance in employing legal de-
fense for the dismissed policeman.
Collins had been on the police force
for nearly twenty years.
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U. S. HITS STRIDE, SAYS FORD

Detroit, April 9.-"Despite rumors to
the contrary, America is working and
producing at topnotch speed for VIC
tory which will give the world democ-
racy."
Henry Ford. i'm company with Secre-
tary Of the Navy Daniels, made this
statement following a complete tour Of
war-producng plants.
ssAII this talk about the aircraft d.
vision OF the Government falling down
on it's work is all wrong" he said. THE
chief trouble has been with proper or
Ranization l have endeavored TO aid
tire Washington authorities in this mat
fer and ] now believe that we have
worked out plan which will roll out
any little wrinkle that might appear.
AYou can tell the people for me that
the ali craft department Will live up TO
people"
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Washington, April Q.

An official dispatch from Frncc
says the German general staff is In
structing the military correspondents
to rassure the public and with over.
emphasized explanations is betrayins
the dlsmay of the public at the pros.
pect of a check Of the great offensive.
The dispatch follows:
Among the descriptions of the war
and the notices In the newspapers
the different currents Of German opin.
ion produced i'm Germany by the OF.
fesive can be defined. There is, first,
the anxiety caused by the extent OF
the losses. The general staff charges
the Wolff Bureau and the military
correspondents to reassure the public
and TO put them on guard against the
enemy communicates.
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menloa al coioseo, In occasions del n,l,..
ann!yersarlo dclrentr,ta deEli staii.s
no'la guerra. Autorl;n' goveraa.,y.
c;ttad.uo. iapprcsentanse dl tuttl -
gimenti al fronte cd una immensa s.,,.
che comprcndevs tutte 10 class, s.,,.,.
del popolc d! Roma, assiste' ALA rr.,,'
manifestations verso rAmerlca o v,...
Ia Croce Rosa Americana che ts.l-
opera umanitaria svolge in italia -.
cialmente ira I profughl dellc terra (,
vase dagli Unnl. Era anche presen,. A
Duca di Connaught, di passarrio =.
Roma. pT
II Ministro della Pubblica Istru,i..
on Berenini, in nome del Presldsn,a -,
Consiglio, on. Orlando, presento' atrI
basciatore Americana Page una s,s,as
rahlgurante Ia "Nittorla," recenteras,AA
scoperta ncgli scavi del Foro Romsso
II discorso del Mlnlstro BerenIni :.
salutato da indlmenticabili oyn,lo.s
alrindirizzo dellAmerica. ParlarNn.
anche H. =. Dawson, charmnin SD'
concilio di guerra della Croce pos'D
Americana ed IL Capltano Fiorso
H. La Guardia.
II colmo dellentuiasmo fu rasrb,,.
quanta lAmbasCiatore Americana p.ao
| annunzio' che aveva allora
vuto un dlspaccio da washinRton w, y,
quale 81 partecipava che II DlpartImss.s
della Guerra aveva data ordlna "
| trasferire al servizio delrItalia ,r.,,u.
sezioni dl ambulance con 30 uflrIs,1
| 1850 uomini.
II Generate Zuppelli Minis,ro d,,.
Guerra, ALA sera offri' un pran,o ~
onore di Mr.. Dawson. Ira glI In,,,.,,
erano compresi rAmbasciatore Ar,sr,,.
no Page, II generate Meomartini so,ss
iScgretaric di state ALA Guerra. II s,s
atore Conte della Somaglia. Rohar, y
Perkins, capo della missione della CO..
| Rossa Americana in Italia. wv ~
della Croce Rosa Americana,
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Siberia Intervention
Urqed by Toxic Press
Confined from Page One

lFOh ahb "hN
the Russian volunteer fleet and the
occupation OF postoffices and telegraph
Offices In spite Of the general feel.
ing Of insecurity, John X. Caldwell,
American consul in this city; Mrs.
Caldwell and Mrs. Stryker. Of New
Jersey, with number of other
Americans, have remained here.
The population is friendly TO for
eigners, but the Bolshevik press is
printing critical articles relative to
consuls. The Bolshevikl are levying
large sums of money from Russian
firms and threaten conflscation. A
large number Of Russians and some
British are arriving, and 1000 are
ClamOring for passage on the Hozan-
Maru. the only steamship sailing for
Japan. Advices from Irkutsk state
that a train of armed German pris-
oners, with machine guns, has ar
rived there.
Toxic, April 9.---The British marines
were landed Friday for the protection
of the consulate in Vladivostok. Early
reports Of barbarities by the Bolshe.
Wiki at observation-disclosures have been
confirmed, by a Japanese officer who
has returned from Hardin. He as,
serts that 2000 were killed and
wounded on March 70. that hundreds
Of civilians were butchered and that
wounded japanese volunteers in a hos
pital were riddled with bullets and
bayOnets.
Moscow, April 9.-Great excitement
has been caused in Moscow by news
Of the Japanese landing at Vladivos.
tok. The peoples commissioners held
a session which lasted throughout
Friday night, considering the situa-
ton.
NJ Tchtcherin, the acting Commits.
sioner Of Foreign Affairs, summoned
the French, British and American dip
lomatlc representatives to the Foreign
Office for a conference. Colonel Ray.
mond Robins, head of the permanent
American Red Cross mission to Rus
sia, attended unofiicially. Consul Gre
nard acted for France and r. Lock-
hart, of the British embassy, for Great
Britain.
NJ Tchitcherin made an emphatic
protest against the entry of foreign
troops into Russia, and expressed re-
gret that the Entente permitted such
action. He said the only solution was
immediate withdrawal of the troops.
Although without advices from their
Governments concerning the situation
al Nladivistok, the representatives of
the three countries expressed the opin-
ion that the situation was purely a
local one, requiring temporary policing,
and not a general movement OF Allied
troops into Siberia, as the commits
sioners seem to believe.
The Russian papers OF all parties
generally express fear that the Vladi-
vostok movement is the first step in
the Japanese OCCUPATION OF Siberia,
an idea that has been prevalent in
the Russian press constantly for many
months.
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SI25 10000 MARK
PASSED IN NEW YORK

New York, April 9.~-Uuonicial reports
show that New York passed the S125,-
600, 900 mark i'm the first two days cam
paign for subscriptions to the third
Liberty Loan.
A new feature was added today when
the schools Of New York and New Jer-
sey opened competitive selling cam
paign.
The program for the day included eX-
ercises in every part Of the city in the
interest OF the sale
Ministers of Greater New York met
at 1880. Marie DresSler sang at the
Subtreasury and Thomas w Lamont
spoke and Louise Homer sang at the
Produce Exchange The Liberty coach
and Liberty ball were scheduled to leaYe
Mumford, Monroe County, at a. m
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CLEVELAND HAS
S35, 900, 900 SUBSCRIBED

Cleveland. April 9.--The Fourth Fed
eral Reserve District, of which Cleve-
land is the headquarters, started It's
third day of the loan drive with total
sale Of Liberty Bonds amounting to
$35,0000OO. The districts quota is
5000, 900, 600.
90, has already passed Sl7,5OO, 600. ac-
cording to estimates of loan committee
men and bankers, or approximately one
third Of the total quota. First days
sales in the present campaign amounted
to as much as the first eight days in
the last campaign.
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Who can use this
experienced advertising
or sales manager

There is some small manufacturing concern or pub
caton that can capitalize on my fifteen years expert
ence in advertising-either manager of sales
advertising manager
Or some large concern whose advertising director
wants an assistant to relieve him of of detail
some one like myself who has been through the MILL
can see what needs to be done and do it.
At thirty-six find have great fund of adver-
Using and sales knowledge that cannot be used in my
present position. Maybe you use It, Why not ask
me to cali and talk it over?
Address B "a, Ledger Office
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GAS MASKS MADE USELESS

New Britain, Conn, April 9.-Dis-
covery that small tubes which are sup
posed to have contained cement TO be
used In finishing gas masks, and which
selves, have been empty, has led to an
inquiry. At rst II was thought the
empty tubes were due to carelessness on
the part of some employe who had the
duty of filling the tubes.
The conditions as revealed by COM
plants led officials to believe that per-
sons with Interior motives have been
responsible,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09
GERMANS EXPECTED
DASH TROUGH FRANCE

Washington, April 9.--FrenCh mill.
tary critics are Convincei the real
objective Of the great German often.
sive was Paris and that so far from
expecting checks which would make
Amiens the goal OF bloody and inde.
cisive battles the TeutoniC high com.
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Foes Told Peace
NOlU Up to Them
Continued from Page One

Continued iron rage One
Rundschau, great propaganda in favor
of international and economic peace is
being planned by Matthias Erzberger,
the Centrist leader. His scheme includes
agreements for the placing Of British and
American capital in German industries
so that at least half the money in
vested i'm German industries would be
Anglo-Americsn, while German money
would to a great extent, be invested
in England. lie advocates also that
the three countries should have iden-
teal labor legislation.
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NlOcknOlm, April y.
The German offensive on the west
front has shattered the peace by
agreement" resolution Of the Reichstag
majority bloc. The Centrist leader
Karl Trimborn, addressing the Rhenish
clerical delegates at a recent meeting,
declared that the clericals, now that
the efforts to attain peace in a friendly
manner failed. had absolutely a free
hand in respect TO future peace nego-
tlations.
Herr Ablass, Progressive, addressing
a party meeting in the Hirschburg cleo
tion district, declared that tlfe Reichstag
peace resolution had led to good results
In the east but that II. nevertheless,
could not be considered as an unchange-
able program which could bind the
Reichstag's hands for all time. Ger
many, he declared must require from
the enemy a reckoning for all sacrifices
and was no longer bound by previously
announced conditions.
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AZTOM DI ARTTGLTERIA
AL FRONTE ITALIAN0
La Pattuglie Inglesi Atti-
vissime sull'Altipiano
di Asiago

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. Sil .-, ,
Authorized hy the act pf Octohcr "
iniT ON file at the Postoffico Of Phila-
delphia, Pa.
4. s. BURLESON.
Postmaster General
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-24
TIA YsLo R & co. Day Phone ioa2. Might 1S44 or h'9.

IF YOU WUffLD LIKE A REAL good porterhpuse or loin steak or a choice rib roast, telephone 123. 1o-13-tf+
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MORE CELLARS AN ARKANSAS
 M s ' NEED. .fzs s

Every farm home needs a good eel lar. Few are found in the state, but they are coming to be a necessity. We tKust eliminate the great loss of dairy products, fruit and vegetables due to- the lack of good cellar at tkiS time. Ascellar properly construct sSd is cool, in summer and warm lin winter. when compared to the outside atmosphere. It is a good place to kael milk. and cream and affords good shelter during the winter months for tpt1toes, vegetables and fruit 1t fur nlshes' } good place for meat and pro tectioa for,,the incubator.
 Cellars aap. be made without a great deal Of expense. All of the Work 'caH be done by the hands on tkel place at such times as they are not needed in the field To get the most even temperature and water tight room; brick or cement, or both, should be. used in the construction of
 tho cellar. :. This also makes them skSier to keep p'clean. Suggestions for cellar building ean. be secured by writing to. the Extension Division. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-24
Toy Dog Answers Call.

A toy dog which, at the word of command, will rush from its kennel is one of the ingenious products of those whose business 1t is to please the children. A microphone is placed Inside the kennel. A sharp noise causes 1t to vibrate and come in con. tact with a piece of metal. This closes an electrical circuit, equipped with a small battery and connected with an electro-magnet. The pull of the latter on Its armature releases the catch of the spring snd out pops ths toy animal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-24
Learn When to Be Silent.

The union of good talker and. lis
 tener is irresistible. Tact should teach us when to be silent. We have made progress when we realize that 1t is un. necessary to continually be explaining everything in detail. We flee from the statistical fiend. and the tco per sonal ''I' in conversation, personally reiterating the q have done" and I have not doDe"--an attitude sign.f- cant perhaps of women's penchant for failing to grasp ideas in 6 large WAY.
 STOPPED HER BABY'S COUGH.
 No remedy is better known than Foley's Honey and Tar for giving quick relief from coughs colds and croup. Mrs. w. M. StevenG Vivian. w. Va, writes SMy baby hfd a terrible cough, and nothing did Aim any good. read about RQley's Honey and Tar the first dose helpsas him and in two days the cough stopped. Manns Pharmacy. Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-24
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 1S. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 1S.

Be It Resolved by the House of Rcp- resentatIves and the Senate of the State of Arkansas. the Majority of Both Houses Agreeing TheretOs
 That the following Is hereby pro posed as an amendment to the Consti- tuition of the State of Arkansas. ana the same being submitted to the elec- tors of the State for approval or re- lection at the next general election for Senators and Representatives. if 8 majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment. the same shall become a part or the con- stitution of the State of Arkansas. to- wit:
 itation contained in Section 1 of Arti- cle 16 of the Constitution. the e"credit of the State may be loaned. and Tn. debtedness incurred to an amount not ed valua ton of all the property in the State for the purpose of providing funds to be loaned upon the security of farm lands within the State subject to the Limitations herein contained. State and State Land Commissioner shall constitute the State Land Board which board is hereby authorized and directed to issue and sell or pledge bonds in the name of the State, to De Bonds" in an amount not to exceed two per cent of the assessed valuation of all the property in the State, and to place the proceeds in the State Arkansas Rural Credits Loan Fund. :.
 Sec. 3. Said bonds shall be issued tn denomina tions of $25.00. $100.00. s500.00 and $1.000.O0. and shall be is- sued in series of $i0000.00 or multi nnore than thirty-six years; nor shall said bonds be sold until applications from bona flde purchasers of land az gregating $10000.00 have been filed with and approved by the State Land at the rate of four per cent per an- num, and shall be exempt from tax ation by the State of Arkansas. or any If its subdivisions.
 horized and directed to loan the mon eys in said Arkansas Rural Credits .oan Fund to bona fide purchasers of 'arm lands in Arkansas. upon notes sc
 'ured by mortgages or deeds of trust
 constituting first liens on such farm
 lands in amounts which shall not eX-
 ,eed seventy-five per cent of the ap- praised value of such lands. The cred
 it of the State shall not be loaned to my person to purchase more than so ,cres of land, ncr land valued at more han $50. .00 per ucre. Nor shall a loan If less than $200.00 nor more than $3.- 10000 be made to any purchaser of and.
 Sec. D. SuCn IOanS Snatl not pc If1aue xcept to owrers who Operate" and occupy'' lands mortgaged. and shall made for the following purposes: a) The payment for lands purcha sed h) the purchase of live stock and oth- equipment. and the Aaking of tm- ,rover.cnts witch. in the judgment of aid board. will increase the produc- witty of such lands or add to their ] .ah,c ns farm home in a degree to
 sstify such expenditure; and (el fer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-24
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 14. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. 14.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 Nh. IA.

Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. IA.
 Be It Resolved by the senate and House of Representatives of the state of Arkansas, the Majority of Both Houses Agreeing Theretos
 That the following is hereby pro- posed as an amendment to the Con- stltution of the State of Arkansas. and the same being submitted to the cleo tors of the State for approval or re- for Senators and Representatives, if majority of tho electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part of the Con- wit:
 That Sections and , of Article ' or the Constitution of the State of Ar kansas be amended to read as follows:
 The Supreme Court shall be compos- ed of seven Judges. one of whom shall De styled Chief Justice and elected as such. In the consideration and decis- ion of cases, all Judges may sit or the Court may be divided into two divis-- ions. and the decision of each of said divisions shall be the decision of the Court. The Chief Justice shall assign chree of the Associate Justices to each division, and he may change such as- .ignments from time to time, and the with each other by agreement among themselves. The concurrence of three Judges shall be necessary to a decis- Pn in either division. When the Court is sitting in banc. the Chief Jus tice shall preside. and the concurrence of four shall be necessary to a decis- lon. The Chief Justice shall allot the cases to the divisions. and he may or der any case to be decided or recon sidered by the court in banc. The Chief Justice may sit in either division and shall preside when so sitting. The Judges of each division shall elect q presiding Judge for that division. who shall preside when the Chief Justice Is not sitting in that division. If the Chief Justice is absent from the Court. the senior Judge present shall perform his duties.
 The Governor shall appoint the two additional Judges provided for herein, one of whom shall hold office until his successor is elected at the general elec- tion for State officers in 1922. and qualities. and one of whom shall hold office until his successor Is elected at the general election for State officers in 1924, and qualities.
 Approved by the Governor. and n1ed In the office of the Secretary of State. January IT, 1917.
 Each elector may vote for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this. the 24th day of April. 1918.
 ISeal] TOM J. THERMAL, Secretary of State.