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raids on Paris.
PENCEL-Small flag or streamer carried
at top of lance.
PEN PUSHER-In navy, a yeoman
ship writer; in army, a field clerk.
PROFESSIONALISM soldier on leave
of absence.
P. G.-Prisonnier de guerre, prisoner of
war.
PIERCE-To pierce an enemy's line is to
enter it. The word is synonymous
with penetrate. The difference in the
application is in regard to the military
units employed; a company would
pierce line, larger body would pene-
trate it.
PIGEON LIGHT-A small gasoIene
torch.
PILL BOX-A German concrete and
steel outpost shelter armed with ma
chine or anti-tank guns.
PUBLISHING for apothecary aboard
ship.
PIOUPIOU-Freneh slang for infantry
soldier; formerly used instead of
POILU.
PIPE DOWN-Keep quiet. E
p. M.-Provost Marshal
POPOTIER French One who looks
after the popote, or mess.
POSTE DE SECOURS-Dresing sta
ton near the front.
Q
Q. M.-Quartermaster.
Q. NJ. characteristics General.
Q. NJ. o. R. C-Quartermaster Officers
Reserve Corps.
QUIRK-Pupil learning to fly.
QUI VA LA or QUI VIVE-Freneh
challenge of sentry or patrol: "Who
goes thereT
RAIL HEAD-Point on railroad behind
line just out of ordinary range of can
- non, for transferring ammunition, sup
plies and men to the front.
REPOS-Peried of rest behind the front.
ROSALIE (Slang)-Bayonet.
R. o. 7. C.-Reserve Officers Training
Corps.
RUNNER-A courier.
SAUCISSE (Sausage)-A French obser-
walton balloon, so called from its shape.
SAPPER-An engineer who tunnels or
trenches toward enemy's position.
SEJOUR-French term signifying halt
ing day in a march.
CTTSTE-A Gorrnop I'LL
plosive shell mot heard till it bursts
SHAVE-TAIL (U. S. army)-A Sec
ond Lieutenant.
SHOCK TROOPS-Troops specially Sc
leeted for assaults
SHOW (U. S. and British army slang)
ANY engagement, battle or skirmisb.
SLOPS-In navy, coffee.
SMOKE BOX (Navy)-A perforated
box filled with chemicals which, thrown
overheard, gives off dense smoke in
tended to hide the ship.
SPAD-A French make of small, speedy
airplane much used in scouting and
patrol duty.
SPARS-Electrieian or wireless man
aboard ship.
7
TAG-An identification disk worn by
soldiers; DER TAG German THE
Day'-on which the Kaiser started
more than he can finish.
TAKING A H0P-Slang for trip in
the air.
TIN HAT-Helmet
TOMMY WAACS Sometimes WAACS)
Members of the Women's Auxiliary
Army Corps, an English organization
of women working behind the lines.
TOP SERGEANT-First sergeant of a
company, troop or battery.
TRAJECTORY-The curve described by
projectile in flight.
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n. Additional Army.
NON COM-Non-commi officer
NOSE DIyE-Steep airplane descent
with or without engine running.
NOVEMBER 33-In French army, an
officer who sticks close to the regula-
tons
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RAIL HEAD-Point on railroad behind
line just out of ordinary range of can
- non, for transferring ammunition, sup
plies and men to the front.
REPOS-Peried of rest behind the front.
ROSALIE (Slang)-Bayonet
R. o. 7. C.-Reserve Officers Training
Corps.
RUNNER-A courier.
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OBOF ("Old Buffers Over Forty RE
cruits under latest English military act.
OBUS-A species of small mortar; also a
shell.
o. C.-Offieer commanding.
o. D.-Olive drab; also ordnance datum;
also, officer of the day.
O. M.-Order of Merit, military honor
conferred for distinguished service.
OLD matchmaking officer aboard
ship: captain of a company in the army.
o. T. Officers training camp.
OK CART-A heavy French shell that
moves with moderate velocity.
p. (Signal)
PATTES-Freneh term for shoulder
knots.
PAVILLON-Large sirens in groups,
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2. M.-Quartermaster.
Q. NJ G.-Quartermaster- General.
Q. NJ. o. R. C.-Quartermaster Officers
Reserve Corps.
QUIRK-Pupil learning to fly.
QUI VA LA or QUI VIVE-Freneh
challenge of sentry or patrol: "Who
goes theref
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HIKERS-Heavy marching shoes.
II. o. E-Evacuation hospital.
HOLY JOE-Slang for an army chap
lain.
HUFFED-Aviator killed or fatally in
jured.
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X (Signal) Negative.
KEE WEE BIRDS-Men in Notifying
section Of the aviation corps. (From
Kiwi, wingless bird Of New Zealand.)
KITCHEN CART-Travelling kitchen.
X. P.-Kitchen police.
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DEAD ANGLE, or DEAD SPACE
Ground over which defenders fire may
pass, but so high over the heads of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07
LONDON CHEAPEST
 MONEY MARKET NOW

1-9ndon, February 15.--With the lowering of interest rates on Treas ury bills to ? 12 per cent. for both three and six months issues, banks have reduced their allowance on la
 posits to per cent for money on call and 3 14 for money at notice, tn 5 making London the cheapest market in the world. This is the oitcome of the governments policy for establish ing a satisfactory basis for short bor- rowing operations and at the same time increasing the attraction of long
 er-term securities which is indicated by the success of the national war bond sales. Of course this policy has been made successful and possible through the assistance given by the United States in tae matter of loans and financing purchases in America. While the Bank of England reduces it's special deposit rate to 3 per cent for short loans and 3 1-2 per cent for those subject to months notice. the allowances on foreign deposits is re- tained at 1-2 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07
APRIL BIRTH MONTH <
 0F AMERICAN FLAG
One Hundred Years Ago This Month Congress Adopted Designs We
 Know and Love.

Today the American flag is waving over the shellpitted battlefields of Europe, carried side by side with the colors of France, Great Britain, Bel gium and other nations allied in the | great war for freedom and democracy.
 At home, probably 100000 Amer ican flags are waving serenely in the varied breezes of four spacious land, significant of the calm and dignified, yet deep and lasting patriotism of the people of the United States.
 Be this our native land or adopted country, we pledge allegiance to that flag, uncover as we pass, and wear it in miniature as a taken of our loy- atty. And yet how many Americans are sufficiently we'll acquainted with the origin and history of "Old Glory" to be able to recall that April was the centennial anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in it's present form-the flag consisting of thirteen horizontal stripes of alternate red and white, representing the thirteen orig inal states, with white star in a blue field for each state of the Union.
 Naturally there were many forms
 of early flags, especially colonial types used by the individual colonies and
 militia regiments before the flag of the United States was established by
 the Continental Congress on June IA, |1777. This act required that the flag
 o fthe United States be of thirteen Ialte1mate red and white stripes, and
 that the union be thirteen white stars
 on a blue field, representing a new
 constellation, but it did not define how
 many points the stars should have,
 how they should be arranged, nor make provision for additional ones.
 The men who carved the nation from
 the chaos of political strife did not |foresee the possibilities of forty-eight commonwealths when they designed the flag. All the empire their minds could then compass was hinged about by the territory of other nations. So when new states began to appear, Washington added that a new stripe and new star be added for each new
 conner.
 By 1918, when territorial expansion was proceeding on a stupendous scale,
 it was seen that the flag was about to
 become an unlovely, cumbersome af-
 fair. for it then had twenty stars and ' and twenty stripes, so Congress enact Il ed a law that gave us the flag of to- ; dav-thirteen stripes for the original ! colonies, and stars arranged in parallel e lines on the union, one for each state as it was admitted. The War Depart '' ment determines the order in which
 the stars are to be placed, and the re- > vised flag comes into official use the | Fourth of July following the admiss- c ion of the state bringing the star.
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CHINESE RULER
 |NUULD EFFECT
 PEACE Al HOME
Telegram From Government to Revolutionists Causes
 Much Criticism.

Fekin2, February 0.-fCOrrespond- ehce of the Associated press. )-Publi- ca1lon of telegram alleged to have been secretly sent by the Chinese cen tfal government 10 General Ii Shun. military governor of Kianeau. in strucfing him to continue efforts to make peace with the revolting leaders i'll the southern Chinese provinces. has aroused much comment and criticism in the native newspapers The tele- gram was made public at time when President Feng kWO-chang was re- ported to have given the northern mil ltary governors to understand that he had decided upon resumption of active Warfare against the reVolters
 General ChanS Chin-yao, one of the commanders of the government eXpe- ditiGnary force, charged that the gov ernment with having issued the secret Instructions referred to- For that req son, the General said. he refused to accept the post of commander-in- chief 1 of an expedition for tie relief of Yo~ chow. At the same time he demanded 1 |that the government definitely define its policy.
 l The exposition of this so-called se- cret instruction Immediately follow ed the trip of President KWoehang to the south toward the end of Jan uary when his destination was gener- ally believed to be Nanking, but which l carried him only as far as Pengpu whence he returned to the capital Evidently as q result Of that trip and of conferences held with his command- CTS and military governors, the presi- dent enunciated militant policy to-
 ward the south declaring that unless
 reliable guarantees of sincerity of mandate for partial resumption of hos
 tilitie& shall on no account be can lcelled"
 The president immediately denied any knowledge of the peace telegram land wired Ii Shun instructing that the affair be thoroughly sifted. Au
 thorship of the offending telegram
 has not been revealed.
 | Concerning the presidents southern "trip. it is openly declared in the local Ipress that an alleged purpose to pro
 ceed to Ranking and there establish his government counting upon the support of General Ii Shun. Was
 thwarted by opposition on the part o1
 certain of the northern officials who
 are said to have actually threatened
 to step further progress by force ii
 necessary.
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|. $. SOLDIERS ARE MURDERED
 BY PRUSSlANS
Ghastly Illustration of Ger man Hatred Given By
 Salvation Army Man.

Chicago. April A gnast.y illus tration of German hatred of Ameri- can soldiers is given in 8 Salvation Army letter made public he"3 tCIay by Adjutant Fletcher Agnew. It was written in France by Adjutari R. C.. Starbard, Who has charge of q Sal vation Army hut, to Commander Eva Booth, who turned it over 0 AdJu- tant AgneW.
 II visited base Hospital raeontly.' says the letter. and had this story from sergeant who had passed through one of the raids. The ser! seant was horribly wounded by a grenade and passed by the Germans as dead. Before the sergeant lost consciousness. however, he saw a dCsen Germans Overpower three American boys and cut their threats from ear 10 ear, one of the Americans being held by four Germans who held him while fiftn fairly severed his head from his body.
 'l have just learned" continues the letter. that this same company Of Americans passed through here to- day with their bayonets sharpened like raZors to avenge this avtu, crime against their comrades.
 "lt is the work of the enemy bri gades known as the butchers thaa makes our blood boil and makes us forget to love our enemies,' Stanfor.. says. These picked brutes for raid ing purposes with tae purpose of intimidatlAg by frightfnlness.
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Many styles and forms of the stars and stripes flag were in existence up to 1S42. and it was not until President Taft's administration that definite specifications were drawn up. On Oct. p 1912, an executive order con corning the flag was made and 1t provided for the specific arrangement of the stars. They were to be arrang- ed in six horizontal rows ot elght stars each. Starting in the upper left band concert, placing each row from left to right, the star corresponding to each state is named in the order of the states ratification of the Constr tuition.
 The following list shows at glance
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07

Every mother realizes, after slvlng her children "California Syrup or Figs" that this is their ideal laxative because they love it's pleasant taste and it thoroughly cleanses the tenaer little stomach liver and bowels "l'h- out gripping. . ou
 When cross, irritable, feverlsh' or hreath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue. mother! If coated, give teaspoonful of this harmless .frui' laxative" and in few hours all 'he foul, constipated waste, sour p'le anu undisested food passes out or LII. bowels, and you have we'll playlul child again. When the little systeh is full of cold, throat sore, has stom ach-ache. diarrhoea, indigestion, cor ic-remember. a good inside cleans ing" should always be the first treat l ment given. .co,;sor
 Millions of mothers keep 'Caillor
 mia Syrup of Figs handy; they know ,, a teaspoonful today saves SICK chii' tomorrow. Ask your druggist TOT bottle of "California Syrup or flss, which has directions for baoles' cnii dren of all ages and arown-ups print ed on. the bottle. Beware or coui, terfeits sold here, so don't be 1ooseo '9a " Get the genuine, made bV Ia.i'o' l mia Fig Syrup Company -Ao'''
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campaign for the third loao opening today The openon2 of this rural school campaign is fixed for next Friday night when the Liberty loan organizations plan to hold meetings silnultaneously in 100000 schools, with prominent men to speak on be- half of the loan, aad special eXercis- es. Schoolhouse tells will be rung, bonfires lighted, and parades of auto mobiles and other vehicles are to gather the farmers from the sur rounding country to attend the meet ings. Thousands of schools officials in every part of the country have volunteered their services in orgam- izing the schoolhouse meetings.
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which state is represented by each

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07

which state is represented by each star:
 First Row-No. ?, Delaware; ?, Pennsylvania; 3, New Jersey; 4 Geer- gia; , Connecticut; 6, Massachusets; ', Maryland; s, South Carolina.
 Second Row-No. 9, New Hampshire 10, Virginia; II New York; IF, North Carolina; 13, Rhode Island; IA, Yer mont, 15, Kentucky; 16, Tennessee.
 Third Row-No. IT, Ohio; IS, Louis jana; 19, Indiana; 20, Mississippi; 2l, Illinois; 22, Alabama; 23, Maine; 24, Missouri.
 Fourth Row-No. 25, Arkansas, 26, Michigan; 27, Florida; 2S, Texas; 20, Iowa; 30, Wisconsin; 3l, California; 32
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DON'T LET TT LINGER

A cough that "hangs on" wears pwn the sufferer, leaving him unable C,, ward off sickness, Jos Gillard 14e P'.imofe St., Nashville, Tenn, Fl5es: !"l was suffering with dry PeKlng cough and a pain in my chest Pt since taking Folev's Honey and Fr Compcnnd I have been relieved.' soothes, heals and cures.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07

m m taking up baseball "Kid" Will ams, n;ss , the bantamweight, is only fol- Mlhg the lead of some other prom ent athletics who have a fondness 'ne two'game stuff. Johnny Ev- s, CT baseball fame, has earned a nd Jdu,aeion u; as being "some scrapper," ,u us said that Heinie Zimmerman, ns; ,S4 a star pastimer, once entered the printing game.
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UT THIS OUT-IT IS
 WORTH MONEY

nc,oat Jont miss this. Cut out this slip, |SsS t'ss e, With five cents to Foley & Co.,,
 srt;ns, It sneddield Ave-, Chicago. H.,
 n, '''lg N your name and address clearly Sacka""n'i "'i recelve in return a trial Ear Co,nu containing Foley's Honey and (roun no''pz,oound, pund, for coughs, colds. and tathart;;oo ;;oiey y Kidney Pills and Foley
 -Adr AdH,'ic Iablets.--Mann's Pharmacy,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07
Minnesota.

Minnesota.
 Fifth Row-Nc. 33, Oregon; 34, Kansas: 35, West Virginia; 36, Nevada 37. Nebraska; 38, Colorado; 39, North Dakota; 40, South Dakota. Sixth Row-No. Al, Montana, AZ, Washington; 43, Idaho; A, Wyemin@; 45. Utah; 46, Oklahoma; AZ, New Mex ico; AS, Arizona.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07
SCHOOLS TO AID LOAN

Washington, April 6.-EVcry rural scnoolhouse in the United States is to be made community centre for Liberty Loan organization during the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07

Patsy Brannigan, who was tlgn;iI, gsa;l, mo when Hector was pup, is st!ll in l'e the e game. After shaving off ms
 beard and snapping his i1hgets ger +he 'e Father Time, Patsy hoppeo 11'g Tddie l1e ring the other night and whaleu , Lo%le 7; nht Wimler, the Pittsburgh feather"e'snV'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-07

Heavyweight Tom Cowleer l1;i',,d has re. ,,. ceived an cffer for bout lh M M'tmau t%ero kee Must be some new boxer there who hasn't trimmed Tom yet
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01

was then IN the library His Majesty said
he was at leisue, and would go to him;
upon which Mr.. Barnard took one OF the
DIES that stood on the King S table,
ard lighted His Majesty through suite
Of rooms, till they came to a private
door into the library, of which His Maj
eSty had the key. Being entered, Mr..
Barnard, stepped forward hastily to DR..
Johnson, who was stil in profound
study. ard whispered to him., Sir, here
is the King Johnson started up, and
.'ood still. His Majesty approached
Is \, and at once was courteously easy.
The King appears to have asked john
sons opinion on number OF literary
subjects and persons. and the converse
ton ended with a proposal by His Mag
esty that the doctor should undertake
literary biography of England. The whole
conversation is given at great length by
Boswell the incident of the interview be-
tween the King and commoner being re-
garded by Boswell, and probably by Jhon-
son himself. for he was strong mon
archst, as ''one of the most remark
able incidents of his life"
With Dickens and Queen Victoria
things passed somewhat differently. The
first time that the Queen had express
ed a wish to see Dickens was in 1857,
after his acting of The Frozen Deep.
She sent round asking him to come and
receive her thanks, but Dickens said
that being in his farce dress" he must
beg to be excused, and persisted in his
refusal. It was not till 1870 that Dick
and in the meantime she had expressed
a wish to hear him read the Carol but
nffctually.
TIL 1870 interview arose out of Dick
ems possession of some remarkable photo
graphs of the battlefilds of the Civil War
which he had brought from America. The
Queen, hearing of them, expressed wish
to see them and Dickens sent them, and
then finally went to Buckingham Palace
at Her Majesty's request that she might
thank him. Among other subjects Dick
ems and the Queen conversed about New
York and President Lincoln. The Queen
then asked him to give her his writings
wanting them. if possible. that afternoon;
but Dickens asked TO he given time to
present her with a bound copy. Then
Victoria took from the table the book
she had written on the Highlands In
which she had written ito Charles Dick
ems and gave it to him with little
remark about ''the humb'est" and ''one OF
the greatest of writer's" The effect OF
the royal interview on Dickens was not
SO unlike that produced on Johnson
Forster remarks that it carried him into
new ways" and so it would seem, for
Dickens wrote to him on March rs, 1870
''As my sovereign desires that should
attend the next levee. don't faint with
amazement if you see my name in that
unwonted connection. Christian
Science Monitor.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
THE BOY

Give him chance when he's free and
young,
Give him a chance for a decent start
Before the devil his snares had flung
Or poisoned the blood of a boyish heart;
Give him a chance for air and sun.
For happy play with happy throng.
AIS the twig is bent the trees inclined,
And ever this seIf-same truth we find,
That the bad mans only grown-up boy
Gone wrong!
Give him a chance in the busy game,
Give him a chance for the best he
knows.
You raise a boy in sin and shame
And he won't be white as the driven
snow;
But give him the chance he ought to have
And hen wax manly and fine and
strong.
It's the youth that's spent in rotten
That makes the thief and the thug and
bum,
For the bad mans only grown-up boy
Gone wrong!
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-02-22
Los mauristas nlegan
que yayan a apOyar
a Garcia Priet0

MADRID, Febrero 20.-Prominan-
ties mauriStaS negaron hoy De Una ma
ncra enfatica, que lutheran conve.l-
do en- acepca- las propoSicioaes de
Cambj. como 10 dijcron los perjodi-
o rcpuhlicaaoS. : que lutheran pro
Dctido prestar TODD sU apoy0 aI Pre-
sldenCc del Co2sejo dc Ministries, ST.
Garcia Pvieto para asegurar il mayo
ria cH el Par!amento que sera cIecto
proNimamente. a Gambia De cicrto nu-
nero de curulcs que Sc dieran u los
mauristaS en- Ia Camara de Diputu-
dos.
Eel PAS, hablando de Ii situation
polltica, dice: La dcrrota del senior
Garcia PrIeto eS Segura en- las rr6xi-
mas e~leccioneS. Scgura. 81. a mcnos
dc que e. P~resiGente del Conseio lu-
gre obtencr 81 suficieHtc apoyo que
Ic hace falta, y que tai apoyo Sc 10
preston CT Condo dc Eonauo0es =
uHo, por % mcnaS, de los dos lideres
del Partldo conscrvadoc. Pcro csto
es bien dudoSo. pcrque ha quedado de-
moStrado que los Senores Dat0 : Gar
cla Prleto no han podido llegar 4 ur
acuerdo tactic CT 70 que IcSpecta Il
Ia polltlca international Y I Ia caes-
ton de ia amnistia. ! s:cndo cstos
les principaleS obstacu!os, dificilmen-
&c VA a llegar 4 un entendimiento
los m~encionados lideres.
La election Sc ACCOMPLISHMENTS
diciendo e! Pais"-y la verdad que
10 unico que queda en- clare. rs que
e! goblerno Sc halla tan indeciSo CO.
mo cualquier partido poiitico. Nunca,
en- Ia historic de Espana, Sc hab;as ,la-
do el case de que al aproximarse una
election. sc viera Ia INDIGESTION que
hoy Sc We, no Solamcnte entire los
partldoS politicos. sinu entire e. 60
b!crno mismo".