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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10
82 Dead, 344 Wounded and 2l Captured Is War De
 par1ment's Report.
LISTS WILL I3T.
 PUBLISHED DAILY
Department RGceites InStru<a ions Prem Baker tO Release SESpenh- ct List and Resume Pub
 iicatiOn.

Washington, April 9.--Acting upon cabIed instructions from Secretary Baker. the war department tonight le- suned publication of the daily list of casualties among the American eX- pcditionary forces. lsts which had accumulated between April 2. when the practice was temporarily discontinued and April s were made public, and ; t was stated officially that the cas- uaitics would be announced regularly hereafter.
 Four hundred and forty American soldiers Were killed or wounded in action. died of various causes or Were captured by the enemy in the sixday period covered in the re- port issued tonight. The heaviest toll for a single day reported since the first American soldiers landed in France was shown by the list of April ,, which contained 124 names. Specific reference is made of 2 men having been captured by the Germans Twenty of these previously had been reported missing and one previously reported dead.
 The combined lists show: Killed in action, IS; died of wounds, II; died of accident 1; died of disease, 46; died, cause unknown, 3; severely wounded, 103; slightly wounded, 241; captured 21.
 During the past week correspond ents with the American forces have reported unusual activity by the Ger mans on the front where the Ameri- cans are in the trenches, the dis patches of Sunday referring to the heavy artillery bombardment of the trenches held by General Pershing's men.
 A number of the casualties reported are believed to have occurred among the engineer units that took part in the great battle of Picardy.
 Pressure is still being exerted in the attempt to have published the home address and next of kin of each man named in the casualty list This system was abandoned by the war de- partment after General Pershing had reported receipt of formal protest from the French government that it resulted in the enemy obtaining val uable information. 1t is believed here that the feature objected to by the French was the inclusion of the date on which the soldier was killed or wounded
 President Wilson understood to have this matter under consideration now, but he is expected to withhold final decision until he has discussed the matter with Secretary Baker upon the latter's return from Europe.
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M AOO0 ORDERS ALL UNNECESSARY
 OFFICES CLOSED
Railroads Told to Slose or Consolidate City Freght
 and Ticket Offices.

Washington, April 9.-Orders went to the railroads from Director General McAdoo to curtail expenses by discon- tinuing many city freight and passen- ger offices, or consolidating ticket of fees, abandoning passenger travel so- licitation and off line traffic offices, and by reducing publicity to the min imum needed for public information. The order says employees released as the result of the above order are to be assigned to other duties to the greatest extent possible. Some now employed in off line offices will be needed by local lines to strengthen traffic forces in order to properly care for the additional work which will result from the changes. It was explained than some lines which raached no farther east than Chicago, for instance, maintained traffic colici- tation offices in New York. These are called of line" offices.
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WOULD CONSCRIpI IRISH AND GIVE THEM HUME RULE Lloyd George Proposes Day ing Expedient to Raise
 Men to Parliament. FEAR ACTION WILL START OLD QUARREL Many See Country Plunged Into Fury of Strife 'lFer Uld Question:
 Government Supported
 Ill House.

l-3ndon. fpril 2. David I.loyl George, the British prime minister today made the boldest stroke of his career by cyulpine l,ane rule for Araland with the conscriptiol of lliShlnen. This interpretation lis closed in an address hy the premier in the h0nse If cOmmons iii present. ing the new eonacription til to par liamc.-t, sfe.t aside all interests in the details of the conScriE io IL cheeme. which already had been fore cast aE the newspapers.
 Ireland < the only subject talked of tonight. The 1nly question is how will the Irish parties and eneils British sympathisers take to the new policy. There was test cf strength in the house of commons when Joseph Devlia, Natianalis,, made & motion to adjourn. The government then moved and @ 1ied closure or his motion, after blief debate, by a vote of 31o to S5. and Mr. Devlin's motion was defeated by q vote of 323 10 S0 A few iPafiaists voted with the Nationalist
 This preliminary vote means little. Everything depends on the nature of the proposals for self government for Ireland to be adopted, as the pre- mier said without violent controy- ersy.' The first impression was skepticism as to whether the war cabinet could frame measure which would stand that test. and he fear that the country might be plunged again into the old fury of he Irish quarrel while figh:ine for it's life against enemies outside it's wall. It was because of this fear that the Asquith government shelved the cid home rule act and the NatiOnalists have blamed that shelving for the failure of more lrishmen to enlist. Mir. Lloyd George, however, is daring enough to attempt to balance both sets by granting home rule and en- forcing conscriptiCn.
 Situation Once Critical.
 In his speech LloydGeOrge said that in the recent German offensive the situation at one time was un- doubtdlv critical "The enemy broke thru between our third and firth armies, and Fhere was serious gap. but the situation was retrieved ow- ing to the magnificent conduct of our troops" he said. They retired in good order" he continued and re- established the junction.
 Dismiss General.
 He also revealed that General Cough in command of the fifth army, had been relieved of his command as the result of the retirement.
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New York Buys S5O,070, coo

New York. April 9.-Altho an ord CT from Washington prevented the local committee from issuing tonight a report on total subscriptions, it was reported officially that large sub scriptions today amounted to more than $50,000,000, to say nothing of the thousands of smaller cnes.
 The largest subscription was that of the United States Steel corporation for $30,000,000, of which S1O 0OO,00O will be sold on the installment plan to employees. Members of the produce exchange subscribed for more than 2,1O0,00O in half an hour.
 It was announced that the parade here last night of 25,000 members of the state guard, reinforced by 300 loan speakers, had resulted in sales of $3,600,000 worth of bonds
 Nearly 100000 parochial school children in this city have joined with 80O,000 public school pupils in a great loan drive, it was announced tonight.
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romlinson and His Lieuten ants Seem Disappointed
 at Small Subscriptions.
WAGE FARMERS ARE
 MORE. PATRIOTIC
Only One Q. ss1 Men al Cotton Belt shops Declines to Loan Nation Money, and He Is Idle-AIt- heircr Exceeds It's Quota,
 and Still Buying.

1 Altho subscrip ions in Jefferson county 10 the Third Liberty loan ex- ] ceeded $509,0U0 at mi3nigi, accord in.. tC the pointer on tae "Licerty !! loan clock ct the coUathouGe, all vas not serene with CoHrt.- Manager Frank E. Toml!nson and nis lieu tenants. It vast lack of confidence, for their manner was that of men determined to see it thru Rath- CT they seemed to have met with appointment, and the cause? This
 That some Clip patriots" are deli- quent when it comes to theil pocket looks.
 "I'll just tell you this," said Mr Tomlinson. and Publicity Director T. J. Collier nolded apDrovingiy. There are some men able to take from $11,- GOO to S40,000 worth of these bonds, who are subscribing for only $1,G00 worth.
 { Then. there are Ctlhers-e'alaried men who profess inability to subscribe for even one go bond Now what kind of Americans do you call them?" The reporter admitted hat he didn't hhc" tiiC ltuiiIC ol NuC SptClCS.
 Well, then, I'll tell you," interject- ed Mir. Collier. ''They're unpatriotic With men from this country ana town in the trenches, undergoing all sorts of hardships. taking all kinds of risks: these fellows, safe at home. comfortable, getting plenty to eat, and enjoying every blessing, are lay ing heck say such men are nor patriotic. We are going to give them another chance. And if they do not accord the government what is due; if they don't stand by those boys as they should. as thousands Of laboring men are doing, we'll see that the community knows abtu it.''
 All Cotton Belt Men Buy.
 But the little knot of workers, tired and somewhat disappointed, were not at all downcast. The action of wage-earners. particularly oi men at the Cotton Belt shops gave inspira- tion. The country seems to be do- ing all right. Because of the ruling by the treasury department. figures or names are not being issued just yet and for that reason the publi cation of the honor roll is deferred. )uC ANl. OlillliDoOH anu l.IS llCu- f tenants waxed enthusiastic when they recalled the record of the Cotton Belt men,
 They are making one hundred per cent record out there," declared the county manager, "and the patri- otism of these men ought to put to shame some of our lip patriotits' Here's what they did: of SIP men in vited to buy Liberty bonds of this issue, S11 bought. I understand the man who refused ito buy Liberty bond will seek another job.'
 J. W. Blackburn who is leading the volunteer salesmen at the shops, at tributes the response there 10 the na- tural patriotism of the men, and the aid accorded by officers and prorin- ent workers of the labor unions. "Without their help. we could not
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WALSH AND TAFT
 HEAD LABOR BOARD

Washington, April 9.-Creation of a national war labor board to adjust all labor disputes during the period of the war was proclaimed today by Presi- dent Wilson, with it's members the same men who recently framed the la bor policy of the government for the war period. The board is headed by Former President Taft, selected by employers and Frank P. Walsh, se- leoted by employees, representing the public.
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BRING CHILD FoK UT GNA Ao1'

MT. and Mrs. J. C. Douglas of IJ Der r. mott were in the city yesterday. They brought their little baby here' where s it was operated on at the paws nos- pital. The operation was entlreiy sue cessful and they returned home yes- terday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10

In order to make more endurable the lot of the hundreds of thousands of German girls who are condemned to more or less permanent "single bless edness" because of the ravages wrought among the male population by war, German statisticians and public ists are discussing a plan of insurance against spinsterhood.
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MOB TAKES CHARGE
 OF DIELOYAIg EDITOR

Carlo, H., April 9.-Officers left here by motor car shortly after mid night for Mound, H., a small town eight miles north of Carlo in answer to information that a mob had taken possession of Norman M. Harris, form erly editor of the Mound Tribune, threatening to do him bodily violence. Harris is under indictment for mak- ing alleged disloyal utterances.
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More than one-third of all the prac- tising women physicians of the Unit ed States have registered for war service.
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Mrs. M. A. Wilson of Philadelphia, whose business it is to train cooks for the United States Navy, sometimes conducts her classes on board a sub merged submarine.
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The number of women employed by the Federal Government has increased bp more than 100000 since the com mencement of the war.
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Women postal clerks, who have re. re. gently been "tried out" in the NeM York postoffice, are said to be giving entire satisfaction.
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Mrs. w. l.. Dewoody and her bfother Judge w. B. Sorrells have returned from a visit at Hot Springs, where they spent a few days with their b,other. w. s. Sorrells.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-10

One hundred thousand women ana ls girls are employed by one German ra''' way company.
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Plans are reported under way to in- stall women in the distribution branch of the railway mail service.
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Detroit is considering the employ ment of women as manual training in structors in her public schools.
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At late hour the Associated Press had been unable to verify this re port fully.
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different times until the weapons were so hot as to be useless This handful of American soldiers who were not hadened to such terrific slaughter was sici>ened by the shamblea it created, but fought furiously for several days helping to hold the enemy All the way from St. Quentin to the vicinity of Noy0n.
 These were the Americans mention ed at the time in the official reports, but these details of their exploits, it has only now been possible to secure
 Pine Bluff Men iIi Battle.
 It is very probable that Pine Bluff men were in the battle described iu the foregoing dispatch. as many rail- road men from here are known to be in the units which have been at the front for some time. Letters from these axe anNi1nsly awaited by rela- tives amt friends in ihe city,
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Taxpayers,
 Notice!

Beginning Monday, March IS, the Tax Collectors office will be open at 7:30 p. m., for the convenience of those who can not pay during the day.
 APRIL 10th LAST DAY to pay without penalty.
 R. H. WILLIAMS, Collector
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New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
NEGRO SOLDIER IN FRANCE.

Netter from Rev. Henry WiIds Snlith)
 A day or two ago we had our first funeral It was not one of our boys but a colored boy from Alabama, who had been brought into our hospital For some days it was known that he could not live, and I had visited him several times. No cofhns had come 90 the boys made a pine box. We gave him 8 soldiers funeral; as good as a general would have. We wrapped him in the United States flag, half filled the grave with holly. then taps were sounded How shrfn it sounded over the chilly French fields and how white the boys faces looked in the fading light So that is the end of the col ored boy from Alabama Aye, not the end. but the beginning. He must have had spark of idealism or he would not have been here. Some how, 1t got hold of the hoys and me
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
ENDS OF OVERCOATS
 MAKE FINE KITTENS
ResourcefuI Americans Cover
 Cold Hands With Khaki
Correspondents of the Associated
 PreSS.)

Press.)
 With the American Army in France, Jan. 28.-American army truck drivers have found use for the strips of heavy khaki cloth cut from the bot toms Of soldiers overcoats. One of the drivers discovered that mittens of extra warmth could be made from the cloth and now nearly every driver of a motor truck or AutOm oblle is wearing a pair or has determined to make himself some the first time he has a spare ten minutes.
 Many units of the army in France discovered that the regulation over coats were too long when first they donned them. The bottomS becoming soaked with rain or caked with mud, Topped about the legs of the men and made the garment a burden. Some soldiers discarded their overcoats whenever it was possible for them to and many colds or other ailments re- suited:
 Then one entire division-a newly landed organization of former na- tional guardian men--suddenly appeared with coats that reached to the knee or an inch above it. The old long coats were exchanged by their owners 
 order signed by the general command ing About the same time soldiers in other divisions cut their coats off themselves or had them trimmed down. Some men who were among the first division to enter the trenches clipped the objectionable bottoms with knives.
 In a trench an overcoat that strikes the ankles, drags in the mud and water and is nearly as bad as no coat at all. The practice of cutting off overcoats now has become general through the zone of the American army and a garm ent of the length us- ually seen in the United States rapidly is coming to be regarded as d sort of d curiosity over here.
 All this shearing, of course, left as many strips of cloth as short coats. There was nothing to do with the pieces. Many a boot was polished with khaki. LILA.
 An army motor truck driver leada a cold life. For many hours a day he sits exposed on the front of his machine, often spinning along at q rate that would cause an epidemic of heart disease in the traffic squad of any Amerian police departm ent. The drivers manage to keep fairly con- eortable som etimeS wearing three suits of heavy Woolen underclothes.
 Their chief complaint has been that they could not keep their hands warm and many have been known to stop their machines in the road and toast their fingers at the exhaust pipe. Then a driver with a pair of scissors, needle, thread and a good imagination cut four shapes from an overcoat bot tom, sewed them together in pairs and found that by wearing the mittens over the regulation knitted gloves his hands remained warm even in the coldest weather. Overcoat bottoms are in demand now
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
KHAKI AND BLUE
 COL0RS AT YALE
Old Time FrOliCS Abandoned for
 Serious War Time Program

New Haven, Feb. 22.--W ashing- toms birthday, for two generations a play day at Yale university with it's snow ball fights and fence rushes, and in the past few years alumni day, took a new aspect today. It was not the holiday of peace times; every thing about it had the significance of war. Graduates came back for their reunion and to see the univer sity at work by visiting classroomS and the gymnasium, and to be greet ed by President Hadley and the pro- feSsors. But it was a gathering of serious-minded men in khaki and uni VersIty blue in service under the col OTIS, and their interest was less in the academic side than in that which emphasized the training of the under graduates for the art of war.
 The chief guest was Brig-Gen. w. G. McNair, of the 151st field artillery brigade at Camp Devens. With him came more than a hundred artillery officers, who are Yale men, many en- listed members, other officers from nearby camps, and Yale men who are in departmental and special service at various posts in this section Tn the early forenoon there were calls A ceum, President Had1ey gave the well come. Immediately followed a boat drill by the Freshman naval training unit at Mason laboratory. Before this ended bugles had called the Reserve Officers Training Corps with its bat tery of French 75s and the Yale Naval training unit for drill which closed with g. review by Brig-Ge McNair, Rear Admiral Chester, '. s. N. (retired), commandant of the naval unit, and all the officers who had returned. To the artillery officers the guns were the objects Of marked interest An incident of the review was the presentation of coIors to the naval unit and shortly there after the acceptance of the gift of a university service flag with 912 stars from Samuel P. Betts, by President Hadey, to be flown in Hewitt quad ransle. Meantime s. W. Skiddy ot Stamford had given to the Scientific School a flag with 284 stars on it.
 At the monday luncheon Pres ident Hadley and several of the fac ulty members spoke and brief re- sponses were made by guests and representatives of classes. The aft ernoon program included exercises at the Yale armory and military gym nasum.
 Knights of Columbus Observance
 As a part of the observance of Washington's birthday in the 31 can tOnments and army encampments ex- crciseS were held under direction of the patriotic section of the Knights of Columb bus, known as the fourth degree, according to an announce ment today from the supreme office of the order in this city. The pro- gram was almost identical. @ speaker of national prominence having been provided for each camp, from Aver, Mass, to San Diego, Cal, and from Jacksonville, Fla, to Am erican Lake, Wash. On each Knights of COlum- bus auditorium an "Everybody Vel come sign was displayed and every speaker had the life of Washington his main theme.
 All expenses incident to these par ticular celebrations of the day are tO be paid from the fourth degrec fund of the order and not from is war camp fund.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
Military Parade in Chicago

Chicago, Feb. 22.-Chicago today observed Washington's birthday with a military holiday, parade of 5000 men of the new Illinois reserve mili- tia being a feature of the celebration. Governors of seven states, in Chica go to attend the congress of national service, reviewed the parade.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22

explodes on the ground, the effect is not so great.
 Counter Battery Duel.
 A counter battery duel occurs when battery on one side is answered by a battery on the other side, Two methods of return" are used:
 l. When an enemy battery shells one of our batteries, if the enemy position is successfully located, we may answer shell for shell in an effort to silence it.
 2. The usual method, however, is for the battery which is the target of enemy shells to keep quiet, but get into communication with several heavy artillery batteries, which will direct a fierce return fire from big guns until the enemy is silenced.
 High Explosive Shell---A high eX- plosiVe shell contains no bullets. It does not explode until it hits the ground, but on explosion the shell bursts into fragments which are thrown in all directions.
 Bonn bardier-The lowest non-com- missioned officer attached to an artil- 1ery battery. He wears one stripe on
 
 a lance corporal in the infantry
 Ammunition Column-An ammuni ton column is a train of transports or wagons drawn usually by horses or mules engaged in carrying munitions from the railroads to the intuition dumps and from the dumps to the batteries.
 Dud Shell-A dud shell is a dead one; that is, one which does not ex- plode after being fired. Removing these unexploded shells is one of the dangers of reclaiming the waste land over which the armies have been fighting.
 Knife Rest-A wire entang1em ent made in sections behind the lines and carried forward at night to be set up in No Mans Land. This method is easier and quicker construction than out in No Mans Land exposed to en- emy fire.
 Concertina Wire-Coils Of wire like a concertina are one of the methods of wire entang1ement. These coils are linked together to form an ob- stacle more difficult for the Germans to get through than the ordinary tan gled wire protection.
 Patrol Parties-These are groups Of from three to 20 men usually accom- panied by an officer sent out into No Mans Land at night with some deti- nite object in view, either to report enemy movements in their trenches, condition of the barb-wire entangIe- mentS or 1oca ton of breaks through which attacking infantry may go. Small parties usually go out on this work and move by stealth, creepin s and crawling from Shell-hole to she'll hole to keep out of sight of the enc my when q rocket or "star shelI' makes No Mans Land as bright as | day. Large patrols armed with ma 1 chine guns are sometimes sent out to 1 attack and capture an enemy patrol and secure information from the | prisoners.
 Star Shell or Verry Light-This is 1 a rocket fired from a pistol. It bursts 1 in the air, with fireworks display l bright enough to illunine No Mans Land and reveal enemy scouts Col l orcd shells are used for signals. The very bright sos rocket is called by the soldiers "Save-Our-Souls." A scout l in No Mans Land caught upright in | the glare of an exploding rocket is 1 often entirely safe if he stands per- l fectly still.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-22
Louisville Sees New Army Men

Louisville, ky, Feb. 22.-SiN thou sand soldiers of fhe National Army from Camp Zachary Taylor occupied the place of honor in a Washington Birthday parade here today.
 The troops were reviewed by Brig. Gen. Wilbur F. Wilder and Gov. A. c. Stanley. Other army officers had places in the reviewing stand.