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The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
DEATHS
Miss Hope Louehborouoh.


Miss Hope Loughborough Sdied sud
denly on Sunday, August 3, at the
home of her brother, J. F. Lough-
borough, 1920 Prospect Avenue.
Miss Loughborough was born at
Carondelet, Mo-, Feb. 10, 1869, dauga-
ter of James M. and Mary w Lough.
borough, but came to Little Rock in
infancy, where she had since resided.
The Loughborough home was at Ninth
and Main streets. Her father, Jas.
NJ. Loughborough was a lawyer of
note, and served or many years as
general attorney for the I. M. R. r.
lines in Arkansas.
Miss Loughborough was talented
scholar and linguist and had travelled
much. A member of the Alliance
Francois, she was planning to do Red
Cross Work among the people of
France.
Miss Loughborough is survived by
two brothers. ]. F., of Rose, Heming-
way & Gantrell. and James NJ, first
lieutenant in Booth Infantry, u. S.
Army, now at the front in France.
Funeral services were conducted
at the residence Monday at 5ocloek
p. m. by the Rev. Hay Watson Smith.
Pallbearers were: w. E. Hemingway,
Geo. B. Rose. C. p. Perrie. R. M. But
terfield, Clifton w. Gray and o. -.
Curtis. 1nterment was at Mt. Holly
Cemetery.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
HOW TO HAVE BLACK HAIR AT so.

| got to Jack McDonald's Tuesday
and was greeted with the remark that
they were glad I came, because they
were needing rain. | warned them
that | prophesied during the second
big snow last winter we would have
a dry year. and not to expect 100
much. That night I spent with G.
l.. Palmer and the next morning it
was raining / remarked at breakfast
that he looked young for sixty year
old man. He was sixty about two
weeks ago and his hair is as black
as a crow. The secret of his black
hair is that he was born like other
children, but at twenty-one he had
as red hair as you ever saw, then it
turned black. So If you are red-head-
ed and under twenty-one and can
persuade your hair to turn black at
twenty-five you will be persuing the
same method as he and can expect a
black head at sixty. AS the rain
Stacked up I fixed up lunch and
started for Red Bluff Falls, but
stopped at Lee Talley's. I had my
heart set on this trip I had planned,
and dry weather was necessary for It..
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
ON A MOUNTAIN TOP.

I am on mountain top in either
Pulaski or Saline county. I am about
miles east of Lee Folly's, who lives
south of the Big Maumelle, near the
Pulaski. Perry and Saline county
corners. Northeast of me is another.
mountain toj. A grade from me to it
would be at about 45 degrees. Here
is a backbone of rocks connecting the
two mountains. Right between the
two mountains it says down as If
broken. Right there is RED BLUFF
FALLS.
Red Bluff is the name of small
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
Mrs. M. j. SeiseI.

Mrs. M. j. Seisel, aged So, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leo
Pfeifer, 519 w. Third street, Saturday,
August 10. She was a widow of the
late M. ]. Seisel, founder of the NJ.
]. Seisel Company, 211-21S East Mark
ham, now managed by her sons-in-
law. Mrs. Seisel was born in Menu
phis, Tenn, but has spent her life In
Little Rock. She was valuable mem
Der of the congregation B'Nai Israel
and prominent in Jewish charities.
Four daughters, all of this city. sur
vive her: Mrs. Leo Pfeifer, Mrs. Jes-
sic B. Thalheimer, Mrs. Jos. B. Frank
lin and Mrs. Louis w. Pfeifer; also
by five sisters, Mrs. J. R. Fox and
Mrs. r. Krone of this city, Mrs Ben
Wolf and Mrs. Marc Sternberg of
Hot Springs and Mrs. Frank Lewis
of Jonesboro
Rabbi Louis Witt returned from
Ohio, where he was spending his va
cation, to conduct the funeral SER
vices which were at the home of
Mrs. Leo Pfeifer, SIC West Third at
10 O'Clock Monday morning. Pail
bearer were A. H. Pfeifer Harry
Pfeifer, Sidney Thalheimer, Gus M
Cans, Harry Lasker. Phil Prousnitzer,
Nathan Dreyfus and Albert Cohn. In
terment was at Jewish Cemetery.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
HOTELS serve
SOME WHEAT NOW
THOSE WHICH VOLUNTARILY
SIGNED PLEDGE TO USE NO
WHEAT PRODUCT UNTIL
NEW CROP RELEASED.

Hotels, restaurants, dining cars and
other places where meals are served,
which voluntarily signed a pledge to
use no wheat until the new crop was
on the market have been released by
Herbert Hoover.
Mr.. Hoover cabled from London his
release and thanks:
In releasing the hotels, restau-
rants, and dining cars from their vol
untary pledge not to use wheat in
any form until the new harvest,
wish tn congratulate them upon the
patriotic example they set and thank
them for the large savings made. The
echo of their service has been heard
in Europe and has pointed the way OF
democracy-th most service of those
who have the most to give.
ut has been personal inspiration
to me to have the continued help, SO
freely given, of all of the men and
women who put through the no
wheat" campaign which helped us to
provide for the necessities of the al
lies in spite of our short crop.
IT have confidence that the same
spirit will enable us to build up the
great reserve of wheat and other foods
needed to provide against future crop
failure and to assist the allied nations
in putting through the great offensive
that must win the war.
Herbert Hoover
While exact figures can not be OBJ.
tanned, it is estimated that hote,s,
restaurants, clubs, and dining cars of
the country have saved, from October
[, 1917, to August 1, 1918, between
175,000,000 and 2o0,000.000 pounds OF
wheat and its products as well as 150,-
100000 pounds of meats and 100000
pounds of sugar The educational
value of their conservation efforts
can not be computed, but it las been
immense.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
TREAT OATS FOR SMUT.

oats always treat for smut. Results
obtained by the Arkansas Experiment
Station show that yields have been
increased in many cases five bushels
to the acre by treating for smut.
A statement concerning the proper
method OF treating seed oats and seed
wheat can be secured free by writing
to the College of Agriculture at Fay
ettey!!le: s.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
John Grouan.

John Grogan died at the base hospi-
tai, Camp Pike, of pneumonia Satur-
day night. He is survived by his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Grogan; five brothers, II. NJ, T. NJ.
Fred, Lex and Jake, and four sisters.
Stella, Effie and Ruth, all of Mabel
vale and Mrs. Cecil Laster of Alex
der, Ark.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
M. D. Shofner.

M. D. Shofner died at his home,
I'LL lizard street, Saturday, August
10, at $3.50 p. m. He was 50 years of
age, having been born in Carroll
County, Tennessee, in 1886. He came
to Cabot in the early eighties, where
he resided until three years ago,
when he came to Little Rock.
He is survived by his wife, Julia
B. Shofner, five sons, Mike, Price,
Eulen, James F. and Harvey T. Shot
ner. all of this city; two daughters,
Mrs. ]. E. Ray of Stuttgart, and Mrs.
f. ]. Schmutz of this city. Burial
was at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Cabot,
Rev. J. F, Lawson officiating. ]. G..
Wiley, P. Bellamy, Capt. Hendricks
and Ben Galloway were pallbearers.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16

C. w. Roland.

c. w Roland of Mabelvale was
killed at 8:45 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. August 10, when a Missouri Pa
cific passenger train ran him down.
His head was cut off and his body
badly mutilated. 1t is said that Mr..
Roland was walking on the track and
did not hear the whistle. The body
was brought to the parlors of P. II.
Reubel pending inquest. The inter-
ment will be at Benton.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16

gust 6. Rev w. E. Kimbrough
conducted the funeral services.
Mr., Leggett leaves a wife and
one child, a mother, Mrs. M. X.
Moran, three sisters, Mrs. Pearl
Poepke and Mrs. Elsie Mallett, of
Little Rock and Mrs. Frank Rexer Of
Cabot, three brothers, Verton Leg
gett and Guy Leggett of Little Rock,
and G. w. Leggett Cabot.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
Earl J. Leggett.

Earl J. Leggett, aged rs years. died
in a hospital, where he had gone for
treatment, in Little Rock, at 100 a.
m. August 9Th. The remains were
brought to Cabot and inferred at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery at 2:30 p. m. Au-
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16

1t looked SO threatening that got
some eggs and more bread SO | could
stay all night. While I was getting
ready the rain commenced in the good
old.fashioned way and / had to delay
a trip l have been wanting to make
ever since | first struck this country,
but for fear if waited it would not
rain | brayed the threatening storm,
but | did not get wet.
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16

The drouth is hitting the hill coun.
try hard. Even the creek valleys arc
suffering terribly. Most of the corn
is completely ruined. The grass is
drying up and extensive forest fires
have already burned over a great
deal of the country.
Notwithstanding the dry weather
Continued on Page 81
The Pulaskian., 1918-08-16
Federal Land
Bank Loans

Would you be interested in
farm loan running for "a years at
5Iaeo interest rate. payable in
easy installments and with the
privilege of paying any part or all
Oh the loan at end of five years?
The Federal Land Banks were
created for the farmer. 1t is to
your interest to investigate their
plan.
For further information, see or
write R. w. PORTER, Secretary
treasurer of the Mabelvale Nation
al Farm Loan Association. 200 w.
Second St., Little Rock. Ark.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
NO PAY FOR WOODEN LEG
Not Entitled to Compensation for
Loss, Rules Oklahoma State
Official.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-A man who
breaks his wooden leg is not entitled
to compensation for the loss Of leg
or the loss of foot. ii was held by
the state industrial commission in the
case of A. ii. Stewart against an oil
company.
Thirty years ago Stewart lost leg
In a railroad wreck. He whitfield out
a wooden leg which he used for a leg
up until last August when. while in the
oil company's employ, he fell from a
motor car and broke the pesleg and
injured his knee.
Stewart took the splinters Of his leg
to A. A. Mcdonald. chairman of the
industrial commission. and filed
claim for 175 weeks compensation, as
Is provided by state law for the loss
of leg. The commission decided that
the injured man could not collect 10
weeks compensation for the loss Of
leg or for the loss Of the foot 80 years
ago.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19

the tg boxes were emptied. the tiLs
were all handed into the trains. The
engine shrieked shrill French whis-
tie and the train pulled away. The
rescuers were in the silence Of the
night. One of many thousands Of ref
ugees had had one dreary midnight
meal far from home-one lonely meal
out of hundreds. perhaps thousands.
before them.
A train load of wounded from the
front joggled in ten minutes later. The
men nurses carried water through the
carriages swiftly and silently. Then
the Americans handed out the rem
nants OF their stores of figs and the
train slipped away again. Behind them
could be heard the dull booming OF the
barrage guns about Paris, and the WIS.,
itors knew that another air raid was
on. They waited until the barrage
stopped, then they headed back
through the defenses CT the capital.
There was faint light as they rode
back through the forest. They could
see clumps of yellow daffodils utterly
ObliviOus of war.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19

the Victoria Cross. besides several
gold bars bestowed for service In the
Balkan wars.
Lieutenant YovanOvitch's narrative
of the cOuntry's sufferings and despoil-
ment ut the hands of the TeutOnic
hOrdes is dramatic and pitiful. a vivid
word picture. in very good English. of
the gallant fight Of the Serbs against
overwhelming force. When 1t became
evident that Belgrade must fall prep
aratiOns were made for safe conduct
of King Peter out of the city, and out
of the whole Serbian army Lieutenant
YOvnnovitch was selected to command
the body guard. which was of his own
chOOsing-veterans with whom he had
been associated I'm the Balkan cam
paigns.
Austrian shells were crashing and
laundering in the outskirts of beauti-
full Belgrade as the guard of honor
drew up at the palace gates, and al
ready the enemy was posting machine
guns on roofs within range of the pal
ace. AS the king was escorted from
the palace 10 his carriage hail OF
bullets swept the plaza. and several
of the guards were wounded. including
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
SOLDIER SAVES king
Serbian Lieutenant Tells Stirring
Story of War.
Out Of Whole Army He Was Selected
to Command Bodyguard Of
Monarch.

Bangor. Me.-AmOng soldiers recent
iy from European battlefelds who
passed through here was the officer
who was selected to command the
guard detailed to escort King Peter OF
Serbia to a place of safety when the
Austrian bombardment made it neces-
snry for the monarch to quit the royal
palace in Belgrade. This officer is
Lieut.. Pavle YOvanOvitch. n man of
stately figure and cOurty manner. who
wears upon his tun< the insignia of
the Order of the Whi>e Eagle, which
is equivalent to tn" British Distin-
guished Service Order. and Order Of
the White Star. which corresponds to
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
EGYPT'S TRADE IS BOOMING
Budget Report Shows Increased CAPT
tai Resources and Wide
Prosperity.

Cairo.-The prosperity Of Egypt Is
reflected in the figures produced in the
annual budget reports. The balance
Of trade for the last three and one
half years represents an addition of
S2oO,OOO.oOO to Egypt's capital re-
sources.
This prosperous situation" says the
report. us shown on every side. Mort.
gage companies find their loans paid
in advance. and demands for new loans
have markedly slackened, enabling
these companies to invest large sums
in allied war loans. Cotton loans are
below normal and owners generally
are able to caryy their holdings."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
GERMANS GRAB
ALSACE PLANTS

had the offer of the Alsatian corpora
ton. of which the city of Muhlhausen
itself was component part, been re-
jected by the government. but he also
had been informed on good authority
all the other Alsatian factories to be
liquidated would be sold to "old-Ger-
man" concerns beyond the Rhine.
RuthIessness Condemned.
This attempt to Germanize Alsace
by ruthless industrial methods was
condemned by several members of the
city council. Councillor Emmel de-
nounced as a subterfuge the statement
Of Undersecretary Won Stein, who had
said the BleichrOeder offer had been
favorable one. The speaker saw in
the governments action n systematic
effort to take Alsatian property away
from Alsatians.
The Bleichroeder group, the success
full bidder. is headed by the banking
house of Bleichroeder in Berlin. The
original BleichrOeder was Prince Bis
marck's financial man and his heirs
are still in control of the banking
house. Old Bleichroeder was not very
scrupulOus in his financial methods.
but this did not prevent Bismarck
from comforting the title of nobility
upon his moneymaker. This was one
of the greatest jokes perpetrated by
Bismarck.
However, Baron Bleichroeder's heirs
are still barOns and their influence in
the highest circles is still formidable.
1t seems they had little trouble In OBJ
tanning the Alsatian properties at fav-
Orable terms-favorable TO themselves,
for to them state supervision means
supervision by friends.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19

who have travelled in China know
what Il tael is. Ii is not coin. but
n weight of silver. The haikwan or
customs tael is one and one-third
ounces of silver. $40 fine. Each
province has Il tael. too. varying sIight-
iy from province To province. but
usually weighing about an ounce.
even i'm one tael pieces. but such
pieces are curiOsities. The 6O-tael
piece. however. which is called
'sycee" or ''shoe" and Is worth at re-
cent rates Of exchange about $64 In
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
FEEDING REFUGEES
ON FRENCH TRAIN

ner. Some of them were the much he
petticOated women of Picardy and
some were griZzled old farmers. 9th
ers were city folk. obviously not used
to third class travel. There were fam
allies of three generations huddled to-
gether on their way-sOmewhere.
Some clutched precious umbrellas,
some carried bird cages. some alarm
clocks. Some of them had dogs. some
had cats. But the pathOs of it all
was not on In, surface. Some of them
quietly told that they were refugees
for the second and third time and
laughed and joked when they woke up.
There was no bitterness. no COM
plaint. no despair.
The huge pile of bread fell away,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19

balances between banks must still he
settled as they were in New York and
other American cities before the Civil
Of Il Chinese city familiar To the long
time resident but surprising to the
visitor is that of coolies carrying from
bank 10 bank great boxes of silver.
suspended on bamboo poles.
And still stranger Is the form Of
that silver. Most Americans who
have read about China at all know
that the Chinese monetary measure is
a tael, but probably few except those
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
Systematic Stripping of Industry
Before the Day of Reck-
CHING.
INDIGNATION IS WIDESPREAD
Even Officials Responsible to kaiser's
Government Forced by Public to
Give Voice to Emphatic
Protests.

observation-disclosures carpetbagSers
are overrunning Alsace TO grab all
property contiscated by the state I'M
der various preleXts. Indignation
among the people is widespread. and
even officials responsible to the kai-
Sers government are forced by public
opinion to give voice to emphatic pro-
tests.
Alsace is great Industrial center
and one of its principal industries
is the manufacture of textiles. Most
of the textile factories i'm Alsace were
taken over by the state as ii war meas
ure. AS some of the stockholders were
Frenchmen. the mills, it was alleged,
were partly enemy alien property. SO
the state took charge of the mills and
prepared TO liquidate them. This liQui.
dation was carried out recently.
Alsatian business men and capital
lists had formed corporation TO buy
the mills In an effort to keep them in
Alsatian hands. Even city administra-
tons. such as the municipality OF
Muhlhausen, where number Of fac
tories are situated, bought stock In
this corporation. The name of the
corporation is the United Alsatian Tex
tile Factories.
Forbidden by Berlin.
But 1t was decided in Berlin that the
Alsatians should not be allowed to buy
what was practically their own. An
other concern, called the Bleichroeder
group, was more successful. Their
bid for the property was accepted by
the government. while the Alsatian Of
fer was rejected. 1t was announced
the Bleichroeder bid was preferred be-
cause 1t accepted state supervision as
one of the conditions Of the sale. Baron
Won Stein. undersecretary Of state. In
defending the governments action be-
fore the main committee of the reichs-
tag. said the Bleichroeder group had
offered a million marks more than the
Alsatian corporation. Besides, the Al.
satians had refused to subscribe to the
conditions, including state supervision
of management.
reigned Mt the meeting Of the city
council Of Muhlhausen when the gov
ernment's decision was made known
by Mayor ZOpfel. He said not only
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
American Red Cross in Paris
Quickly Answers Emer-
gency Call.
HOMELESS LAUGH AND Joke
No Bitterness, No Complaint. No Des-
pair Among People. Many Of
Whom Were Refugees for Sec
ond and Third Time.

| Paris.-"A thousand refugees from
the east of Amiens will pass through
Acheres at seven o'clock tOnig
| They will not have had any supper.
some of them may not have had any
lunch. There is no food there and no
! facilities for feeding them. Can you
help u.s."
That was the telephone message
| from the French minister of the in.
terror which came to the American
Red Cross at noon one day during the
German drive on Amiens, and the an
swer was "Yes. Emergency mes
sages are no surprise to us these days"
The food was ordered out of the
warehouses and score of volunteers
rounded up.
They started nj six O'Clock the same
evening. One five-ton truck loaded
with timed beef and condensed milk.
Hgs. prunes. chocolate and heaps of
huge loaves of war bread; two car
| loads OF midnight volunteers, stenog-
rapherS, bureau chiefs. drivers and
canteen workers set out on their way
To bring help To he homeless refu-
gees.
They rolled out through the resi-
Notifications. bumped through grimy
factory suburbs and on into the open
country where the level plains stretch
off into infinite distance. broken only
by intermnable rows of slim pop
lars.
Then suddenly without warning,
there emerged from the forest into
black smudge of railway tracks, Gin
ders. flat-cars, passenger cars. sheds,
platforms, warehouses, cranes
Acheres. IT was the junction point.
where the thousands of refugees were
to stop for half an hour.
SaIuted With One Arm.
Lieutenant M met us there, sa-
luted stifily with his one arm. and did
the hOnOrS of the station. A group Of
weary. muddy ''permissiOnaires." most
OF them over forty, just back from
the Champagne front. were routed out
TO help us establish our tables on the
cinders between the tracks. and pile
the food where it could conveniently
be passed into the train.
They unloaded bread, scraped
cheese, opened tins of "bully beef"
knocked the tops of the boxes Of figs
and prunes and made plans to feed a
thousand people in half an hour. But
somewhere Off In the silent country
the train.- packed full of exiles, was
standing OH side track. 1t was after
two In the morning when the long
train with its % carriages filed with
refugees came into Acheres.
A few windows were opened; tired
faces looked out and voices asked. un-
interestedly. "Where are we?" and
were surprised to he told that they
were near Parts. The train was on
Its way. they said to Tulle in the Cor
reze department. in the south of
France.
"Will they treat us we'll there?" nm
old woman asked and they. in the full
ness Of their ignorance. not daring to
say otherwise. answered YES"
1t was short half hour. They
carried them bread. they filled the old
woman's apron with figs and prunes.
they gave milk to the children. meat
to the old men. cheese to everybody.
They absorbed cakes of sweet chOcO-
late In a rapid and mysterious man.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
Girls to Do Farm Work.

Los Angeles. Cal.-An army Of 1885
high-school girls Of this city have VOL
unteered to harvest crops and will be
ready for call by the Woman's Land
Army Of America after June p. when
the local schools close. BY that time
the high-schOOl farmerettes expect to
have ut least 5000 in their ranks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
Married whl,e Chr WaKed.

YOnkers. N. Y.-Charles N. Barber,
trolley car conductor here. left his
car. obtained Il marriage license from
the city clerk. hurried to a justice Of
the peace and was married while his
mOtOrman stood as best man. Then
he returned to the CIR. helped his bride
abroad. signaled his motorman and the
interrupted journey was resumed with
Mr.. and Mrs. Barber as trolley honey
mOOnerS.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
GAS MASK SQUAD FINDS
LEAK IN AMMONIA PIPE

Cincinnati.-The first run
made BY the "gas mask squad"
of the local fire department was
In response to an explosion In
an Ice plant The firemen used
their gas masks in locating a
leak in an ammonia pipe. Not
only had the fumes filed the
plant, making 1t impossible for
anyone to stay In the building
without gas mask, but pa
irons In a drug store across the
street had to get oEt into the
open air.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-07-19
Attract and Repel Lightning.

The best conductors Of lightning.
placed in the order Of conductivity. are
said to be: Metals, gas coke. graphite,
solutions Of salts. acids and water.
The best nonconductOrs. ending with
Nearly perfect insulation, are India
rubber, gutta-percha, dry air and gases.
wool. ebonite, silk. glass. wax, sui
phur, resins, paradin.