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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
JEFFERSON GOES
 ''OVER THE TOP
(Continued from page one.)

low, a wonderful example of self sec rifice. take off my hat to Pine Bluff and Jefferson county"
 He also euologized France and the wonderful battle that nation is fight ing to overcome conquest-mad autoc- racy.
 Senator Robinson concluded his ad- dress with the following toast:
 "Here's to the blue of the wind
 swept North, As we meet on the fields of France May the spirit of Grant be with yol
 all,
 As the sons fthe South advance. Here's to the grey of the sun-kiss ed South, As we meet on the fields of France
 May the spirit of Lee be with you al As the sons of the flag advance. Here's to the blue and gray as one As we meet on the fields of France l May the spirit of God be with u |, all,
 Asthe sons of the flax advance, Praise For Jefferson County. Pine Bluff and Jefferson county al so were praised by Franklin w. Fort federal food administrator, who cam here to complete arrangements to shil to France all of the county's suppl. ] of wheat flour,' approximately 1000 barrels.
 "Pine Bluff and Jefferscn count have shown the greatest patriotism, he said. "Your sacrifice is an exam pie for the whole nation. l was amas ed to receive your offer when I wa here several weeks ago. z "Your contribution will feed $50
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
6. Gets Half hf Liberty Loan; |Huns Finish Sth
Loan Drive Must 60 Fastsr to "Go
 Over Top

.nipston, April 2o.-As the the ma, ma. N tonight completed hall oin' oi Us n;th n1th eeh sDtions ions of $1,S1 ,o55, ,3oe, or a.a lit O5snp isss than half the $8,ooo' 900, c ca
 le5, leeisnatsbes brought word that Ger
 ar,s eighth war loan was Just cps ! my with S fl7 s3,461 ,ooo,ooo in suoscrlo-
 ls ,iob,,s figures brought the total tun un'1 American n peoples contributions
 t" nar loans. including the hrst anu
 oond loans. in one year or war up 'o ,0oo, , corn,,,v has E,'d1 " '1" in a little more than three and eba,f 'sb" years of war about $2o'Soo', E E r"o @ Germans record as coh:2ared |th |tI' the United States was made the |hiect hi today of treasury appeal to p!e'l !e cerman's dollars and guns
 1a 1@' the 12 working days remalnlns Tho s third campaign. s1,629, 900, 900 l, ,st sI bo raised to pass the S3,ooo, ,ooo,- E1'' N which will require $195, ,UCo, ,ooo a !, Tn the past two weeks subscrlp- y. ns have heen reported at an average s114 900, ,000 a day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

No Report From Berlin
 Berlin, April 20.-"rhere is noth- ing ne wto report" says this eve ning's statement by the war office.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
,l90 MEN DRAFTED
 FOR SPECIAL WORK

Washington, April 20-A call for
 ,l9o draft registrants of grammar Ichoo education, with some technical [ralnlng, was made today by Provost
 Narshal General Crowder upon Ten pessee, Virginia, New Hampshire, New
 Feisey and New York The men will pc sent to technical schools for train IIEs along special lines, mobilizing on Nay !.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

Sergeant Carrierre of the French army, an instructor at Camp Pike, but who has been assisting in the Liberty Loan campaign in Jefferson county also spoke.
 "We are all soldiers in France" he said. "My grandfather who fought in the war of 1870, told me when I was Ia small boy that there would be an- other war and that 1 would have to fight. We always were told there would be another war with Germany, but we thought not. It seems that the Germans are the only people who want to fight.
 "We will win, but it will not be ; easy. This is a war of materials. You must lend money to your government to buy these materials.
 Band Makes Big Hit.
 The big tabernacle was full and the audience was keyed up to a high pitch of excitement. Members of the Liberty loan committee and the Coun- ty Councnl of Defense occupied seats on the platform, in addition to the band.
 The Marseilaise, Star Spangled DdiISI, several Ol OOuSd nldFCllSS, and several popular tunes, including "It's Long Way to Berlin," were played, and the members, like crowd of college boys gave yell, consisting iof loud hiss, boom and roar of "Pine Bluff"
 The band is one of three detach- ments working in the Eighth Liberty Loan District V. J. Grabel is band master and c. J. Gpyette is business manager. The men were trained by John Phillip Sousa at the Great Lakes training station near Chicago.
 Senator Robinson and the band are touring the state in the interest of the campaipn They went to Fordyce yesterday afternoon for concert there and will be in Fl Dorado and Camden for concerts today. Monday they vii go to Stamps, Hope and Prescott anc Tuesday at Philadelphia and Malvern , En route to 'Fordyce the train stop ped 10 minutes at Kingsland while the ,, band played a short program.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
WARREN M. TAYLOR BACK.

Warren M. Taylor, manager of the
 Pine Bluff Traffic Bureau, has re- turned from Kansas City, where he
 Fent tc attend a hearing before Will
 bur H. Laroe, representative of the Interstate commerce commissioner, in the now famous Memphis rate case.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
900 French women and children for a

Sergeant Carrierre of the French army, an instructor at Camp Pike, but who has been assisting in the Liberty Loan campaign in Jefferson county also spoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

trailer, to be used in connection with the truck. This will give MT. Elder a hauling capacity of from eight to ten tons, using one truck, according to MT. Riley, who is manager of the Pine Bluff branch of the Little Rock Motor Car company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
Relgians Drive FOe Back.

Paris, April 20 German attacks against the BelCians today resulted in paining of some ground by the enemy, who, however, was almost immedaitely driven back, according to the Belgian official communication tonight
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
ELDER BUYS TRAILER.

WIS. Elder, lumber manufact- urer who purchased two and-a-quar- ter Bethlehem truck from w. Hicks Riley several days ago, yesterday purchased from MT. Riley a five-ton
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
Iu,, on British Front

London. April 20.-There was no f;obtine of great importance on the British front today. accordihs to Field Marshal Haig's report rom headquarters. The operations were
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
INCREASE $35, ,OO0, ,0N0

Little Rock, April 2O-According to G',l announcement today by Chairman 'Naftlnueau of the State Tax coaamis- sioh, the increase in personal assess lnehls for 1918 will amount to $35,- CCe e,OOO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

s. R. Thomas Auto Co. has batter ies to fit your automobile, at 25 cents per day. 905 Main street. Phone 1899. 4-7-tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

largely confined to small affairs, car ried out iby the British, who sue ceeded in improving their lines a lit tie.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
CLEANS OF VICTORY
BEHIND DARK CLOUDS
NEW WORKERS SEE HOPE IN
YEAR JUST ENTERED
People of Gotham Are Optimistic as
They View Entrance of Twelve
Months to Come, Police of Metropo-
lis Are Endeavoring to Cope With
Crime Wave; Prohibition Workers
Preparing Big Drive.
Especial to Free Press.]

New York, January 2.-That New
Workers have never entered new
year of more vital significance than
1918 must prove, was declared today
by leaders in political, financial and
professional life here, following a
forecast of the economic and military
potentialities of the next twelve
months. Though minority of these
men expect in the young year only
a prolongation and intensifcation of
the stress of warfare, the majority as
sert that they see sure signs OF a
dawn of peace and victory for the
cause of democracy, that the dark
est clouds cannot obscure. While
Washington is closer to the heart of
the great war problem as it applies to
armies and ships, expert study of the
social and economic features of the
universal situation Of strife has con-
WINGED many of the wisest observers
in this city that another year must
carry the world far toward an hon
orable and lasting end of hostilities.
The Crime Checks.
Alarmed over an increase in crime
that is mounting twenty per cent
above normal already, the new heads
of the police force of this town have
just begun campaign to check the
rapidly rising tide of burglary, lar
ceny and felony of all kinds. Nee
essary abstraction of both policemen
and citizens in war work is supposed
Continued on Page Two.)
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BARREL OF WH|SKEY
CACHED BY BOOztR
But Local. Railroad Agent Man
aged TO Locate Missing
Liquor

One of the employees at local
railroad freight depot has just been
shipped" for his extreme fondness
for booze. This man was employed
not long ago. He went on drunk
On Christmas, and has been pretty
well under the influence of liquor
most of the time Since.
After dismissing the man, the
agent found out that key OF whis-
key, consigned to a Mankato house.
was missing. He looked all around
the depot and the premises for the
keg and at length found it under the
platform. He thereupon took it
back into the station, and then hunt
ed up the fired man, charging him
with stealing the whiskey. The man
at first strenuously denied it, but or
being threatened with arrest, offered
to go and show where :: was. He
said he had not stolen il, but had
seen some other max put 1t there.
He led the way to the place where
the whiskey had been hidden under
the Platform, and was thoroughly
scared, when he found that it was
gone. The agent did not let him
know that it was safe inside the de-
pot, but told him to make tracks out
of town at once, or he would be ar
rested
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Peace Terms Denounced.
LESS NUMBER OF LoDeERs
Not So Many "Bos" Are Knocking
About the Country.

Not So Many "Bos" Are Knocking
About the Country.
In Mankato as ELSEWHERE, there
has of late been an uncommonly
small number of dodgers at tae po-
lice station. During the month of
December at the Mankato station
there were sixty-one dodgers, where
as during the month or December
1916 there were ITO. A like report
comes from Winona
Some say that this decrease is due
to the war taking young men away
fro" their accustomed pursuits. 1t
is sf9wn by the records that of the
40 dodgers that sojor-n-d nights at
the Mankato station in December
1916, there were forty-seven of the
draft age. Of the sixty one that So
journed there in December 1917.
twenty-five were of the draft age. If
drafting the young men were the
cause of the decrease, It would be
expected that those left would be for
the most part men of rather adj
vanced years.
Chief of Police Ario was asked
about this this morning. He remark
ed that the police department had
been driving the fioaters out of the
city as rapidly as possible. Other
wise the town would be over-run
with 1oaters in a short time.
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NORRELL IS P|NCHED
PREACHER IN TROUBLE
PEOPLES CHURCH PASTOR
FACES FEDERAL CHARGE
Well Known Divine Arrested on Accu
sation of Having Sent Obscene
Matter Through the United States
Mail; His Book, "The Devil in
Mexico" Is cause of Action BY This
Government, 1t Is Reported.

Minneapolis, January &c. l..
Morrill,, pastor of the Peoples church,
was arrested late Monday on q
federal warrant charging him with
sending obscene and improper matter
through the mails. He was arraigned
before Howard S. Abbott, United
States master of chancery, and bail
of $4,000 fixed for his appearance be-
fore the April federal grand jury.
Bond was furnished by w. L. Harris
and Simon Kruse. A few hours later
Mr. Morrill, left Minneapolis on an an
nounced trip to Ecuador, South
America.
"The Devil in Mexico"
The warrant for Mr. Morrills arrest
is said TO be based on certain portions
Of his latest publication, "The Devil
in Mexico" This book, which came
off the press few weeks ago, is an
account of the authors impressions of
Mexico, gained through trip he made
in that country few months ago.
The investigation leading to the ar
rest was conducted by w. J. Marles,
postal inspector, and the warrant is
sued by j. M. Dickey, assistant United
States district attorney. The arrest
was made by Chell M. Smith, deputy
United States marshal at MorrilPs
home, 1856 Tenth avenue south.
Authorities Refused to Comment.
Federal authorities refused to COM
ment on any possible connection be-
tween Mr. MorrilPs arrest and reports
current in this city for some weeks
that "The Devil in Mexico" was being
widely circulated by Germans through
out Mexico as German propaganda,
E. S. Cary appeared as counsel for
Mr. Morrill, at the hearing before Mr.
Abbott. Mr. Cary said: "Mr. Morrill,
has been planning trip to Ecuador
for some time and left for there to-
night. He will be back when the
federal grand jury convenes in April"
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DENIAL Of THE FALSE
YARNS IS PUT STRONG
Rochester Man Probes Lying
Stories Circulated About
Red Cross

Rochester, January "A. w.
Beecher, who was lately returned
from the Great Lakes Training camp
where he was called by the death of
his nephew, Morley H. Wilkins, had an
opportunity while there to question a
great many Of the young men in the
service of the United States as to
certain parts of the Red Cross work
The boys informed him quite in
dignantly that to their knowledge
there had never been case where a
boy in the service had to pay for any
article of wearing apparel furnished
him through the American Red Cross.
Mr.. Beecher had heard several Oh
the Infamous lies that had been pass
ed around concerning our boys hav-
ing to pay for Red Cross sweaters
ETC., and was prompted to make
careful inquiry concerning the same
The answer given him as quoted above
is sufficient evidence that the Red
Cross work and service to the boys of
the United States army and navy is
absolutely free without any strings
tied to it in any way.
While at this wonderful training sta
ton, Mr.. Beecher was struck by the
marvellous organization throughout
The hospital in particular was a won
derful place and the boys were evil
IDENTIFY as well cared for, possibly
better, than they could have been
in their homes. The spirit
of the young men was re-
markable, they being disgruntled at
nothing pertaining to their training
station. A great many things were
done on Christmas Day for their
pleasure in an effort to pass the day
in as pleasant way as possible.
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RUSSIA MAY RESUME HOS7ILI7IES
AGAINST KAISER; DOVE MEET OFF
UNITED Press Dispatch.1

London, Eng. January e.
Dispatches from a PetrOgrad
correspondent to The London
Daily News state that the boil
sheviki government is getting
ready to resume hostilities with
the Germans by reason of the fact
that no agreement could be-
reached with reference to the
disposal of Poland and othe
provinces whose autonomy wa
proposed by the Germans. &c
many has refused for the pre- /.
ent to evacuate Riga and OF :
strategic points. The bolshevi-
XII government has refused to
withdraw troops from the prov
inces which it is proposed to
make autonomous. The Germans
have proposed a plebiscite in
such provinces to determine
their future national affiliations,
but the bolsheviki government is
suspicious that these elections
would not be fair, but would be
under German influence and
domination.
A dispatch from Russia says
that the Brest-Litovsk confer
ence has broken up.
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RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER
CRlLLS The TEUTONS
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

lASSpCldl6O 1TCSS DlSpdICn.J
London, January 1.-THE peace
negotiations at Brest- Litovsk have
been broken off by the bolsheviki
government owing to Germany's
attitude regarding Poland and
Lituania and the enemy's PROPOSED
that the garrisons be retained at
Libau, Riga and elsewhere, ac-
cording to telegram from the
Petrograd correspondent of The
Daily News appearing in a late
edition of that paper today.
The dispatch quotes an article
from the bolsheviki newspaper
Izustia, discussing the new phase
in the peace negotiations. The
article declares that owing to
pressure from below, the Germans
have been obliged to soil their
lips with a formula put forward
by the socialists at the beginning
of the war, but the German i'm
perialists would not lie imperialists
if they did not try to take back
in fact what with gritted teeth
they yielded in words The Rus
sian revolution cannot accept their,
conditions TO refrain Poland and
Lituania. Just you try it, gen.
tlemen,' says Izuestia.
The Daily News correspondent
says considerable numbers of the
Red Guards are being sent to re-
inforce the front and other prep
arations for defense are being
made.
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SPEED UP THE TROOPS ACROSS
WATER; AGREEMENT REACHED
WITH UNITED STATES ALLIES
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l


int var al Paris
Speeding the merchant ship building and
with cobelgn the
ons
This disclosed department making public
the result of
Through
definite active utilization
permit
agreed
legalzed compulsory
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
RICE TO LEAVE HIS POST
British Ambassador Will Retire
From the Position At
Washington
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l

Washington, January "A report
from London that Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, British ambassador to the
United States, will retire from the
post here, was confirmed today in Of
fetal circles. The ambassadors re-
tirement will not be followed by any
exchange in policy ct Washington by
the British government it was said
After a conference with Secretary
Lansing, the ambassador said that
he was going home on a leave, but
can make no further statement at
present regarding the matter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
bARRACE
MOST DREADED ENEMY
MEN WHO FIGHT kB0VS THE
GROUND FEAR THIS
In Sea of Bursting Shells Planes Bob
Up and Down Like Vessel in Vio-
lent Storm; Conclusions Made BY
Bombs AS They Smash in Space
Produc Air Pockets SpIinterS
May Reach Vital Spot.

Somewhere in France, December
10.-[Correspondence of The Assoc
ciated Press. THE anti-aircraft
harfa GELS today che most dreaded
enemy weapon which the airman has
to face in his flights over the lines.
In the midst of sea of bursting
shells, the airplane hobs up and down
like a ship in a violent storm. The
conclusions which the shells made
in bursting produce swift success
sion of air pockets and air bumps,
and it is absolutely impossible to
keep a machine steady through them.
Continued on Page Two)
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
CUPID BEAT 1915 BY ONE

Divorces Past Twelve Months Fell
Short of Number Previous Year.
Cupid in 1917 outstripped his 1916
record by one in Blue Earth county.
The number of marriage licenses is
sued during the two past years are: J.
In 1916, 81; in 1917, 312 In 1916
there were thirty-three divorces and
one separation; in 1917 there were
twenty-three divorces. The knots
were tied tighter in 1917 than in 1916.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
LIS FOR THE PEACE
FERNS OF THE BOLSH
GERMANY NOT TO ACCEPT
PROFFER, NEW REPORT
1t Is Claimed BY M. Pavovitsh, Rus
sian Delegate, That Teutons want
General Agreement From Allies;
What Is Proposed BY Emperor
Wilhelm in Exchange For Evacua-
ton of Belgium.
UNITED Press Dispatch.I

Petrograd, Russia, January O.
Germany will not meet the peace
terms of the Brest- Litovsk, accord
ing to M. Pavlovitsh, a nom bolshe-
Wiki delegate, who has just returned
from the conference, unless the al
lies agree to general peace. Ger
many's fundamental purpose he said
seemed to be the establishment of
vast economic empire from Hamburg
to Persia. He said the Germans in
return for their evacuation of Bel
GUM. France and Italy, demanded
the giving up of Mesopotamia, Arab
ia and Palestine and other places
where the British have seized terri
tory.
Scores of People Killed.
UNITED Press Dispatch
Petrograd, Russia, January e.
Scores of persons were killed in the
fighting that took place between the
bolsheviki and the Ukrainians at
Smolensk today. No details were
given. All the Cossacks of military
age are ordered modified.
New Proposals For Peace.
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
Berne, Switzerland, January g.
Within ten days the central powers
will have new set of peace propos-
ais to advance to the allies, on ac-
count of the way in which the re-
cent peace proposals were received
This is cleaned from statements
made in newspaper dispatches from
Munich.
Odessa, Russia, January Fierce
fighting is proceeding here between
the bolsheviki and Ukrainian fercess.
Railroad service has been resumed,
it is reported, between Petrograd
and Riga. 1t is also reported that
railroad service will soon be taken
up between PetrOgrad and Finland
Demand For Socialists Release.
Petrograd, January Russia del
egates to the peace conference today
made demand for the release of
the Russian socialist and political
sador Milbach, head of tie German
mission, protested that this was
merely a political move. However.
he promised to report the demand to
perrin.
Peace Terms Denounced.
UNITED. Press Dispatch.]
Zurich, Switzerland, January q
The Austro- German patriotic. COM
mittee has issued a statement de-
nouncing the terms of peace proposed
by Count Germ The committee
takes the view that the Austro- Ger
mans, after their victories should
not be content with any peace based
on the policy of no annexations and
no indemnities
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Women Rebuilt Towns.
UNITED Press Dispatch.


Washington, January 2.-Interna-
tional relief missions are much puz-
zled over the identity of two women
who rebuilt the village of Vitromant.
after. the Germans evacuated it, All
the women would call themselves
consisted of the names of Mrs. Polk
and Mrs. Croker.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
MOTOR MAIL ROUTES
These VIII Be Established Out Of
Some Northwest Cities.
limited Press Dispatch.l


ST. Paul, Mimi, January .2-To re-
lieve railroad transportation troubles
star motor routes are to be established
during 1918, fifty miles from several
principal northwest cities, Otto N.
Raths, minated today. On those
routes motor trucks will carry mail,
instead of railroads, the truck to make
stops only at towns enroute.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-01-04
Burke Has Enlisted.

Elmer l. Burke of Good Thunder,
subject to draft, but having the rath-
er remote number of 1,181, today ask
ed and obtained from the county ex-
emption board, his release from the
draft list, in order that he might en-
ter the war service as volunteer.
He planned to enlist as a cook, in
which he is an expert.
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Petition in Probate.

A petition was filed today in the
office of Judge of Probate Evan
Hughes for the administration of the
estate of Charles Huntz of Chiffon,
Calumet county, Wisconsin. who died
on December 13 last at the age of
eighty-one years, leaving personal
valued at $3.50. There is but
one heir. stepson, Frederick c.
Pennenburg Of Mankato.