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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
Conferees Reach Compro- mise on House and Sen
 ate Provisions.
WILSON DOES NOT
 WANT MAKE RATES
lntimatiOh Comes From White iiousp That President Objects io Senate Provision Giving ]. .f. Final
 Review Authority.

Washington, March 5-A tentative agreement to limit government con trol of railroads to q months after peace is declared, instead of two years as proposed by the house, and Is months, by the senate. vas reach ed late today by conferees OH the ad- ministration railroad bill No agree ment was reached on the rate-makinr sections and the conferees adjourned until tomorrow.
 The cOntereeS expect their tentative agreement finally will be presented to congress tomorrow. Complete adjust ment of differences on the measure is expected, in view of intmation said to have come from President Wilson that he would object to the senate bills provision giving him power to initiate rates, but retaining authority for their final review by the inter- state commerce commission. On re- turning from conference with the president, Senator Pomerene of Ohio, one of the conferees, announced sig nificantly that he would not now yield from the senate provision.
 Another question still in dispute and discussed today at considerable length concerns provisions to prevent all possible interference during gov ernment operation of the railroads With regulatory and taxation func- tions of the states.
 The conferees today also finally ratified their agreement bringing all short line railroads into the govern ment system.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
HUTCHINSON, DEFEATED,
 TO APPEAL TO WILSON
Carpt nters' Leader Hints Tha, He Will Make No Further Effort
 tU Aid Government

Washington, March 5.-Failng to get the approval of representatives of the Emergency Fleet corporation and the Metal Trades union of his proposal to put his spokesman of the carpenters on the wage adjustment commission in shipbuilding disputes, Wm. l.. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, announc- ed tonight that an appeal would be taken to President Wilson.
 eff he does nothing, then we are thru" Mir. Hutcheson declared. And it is up to the government to keep the men iE line"
 Does that mean a strike?" he was asked.
 How do l know?" was the answer.
 Hutcheson said there were 50.00O idle carpenters who could be put to work building ships if the work was available
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
Repulsing Attack, Yanks Penetrate German Lines,
 Taking Prisoners.
RCLSHEVTKT MAY
 DEFEND PETROGRAD
Dispatches Indicate That Council De Str0yS Stores. and Possibly Organ. izing Dcfense-tIIics Destroy
 tI-B0atS Fast as Built,
Associated Press Summarv.)

Associated Press Summary) =. Again the Germans in Lorraine have attacked the American troops and again the met with defeat. Notwith> standing the heavy snow and the pre- vlous repulse they had met with in their efforts to penetrate the Ameri- can position, the enemy Monday night essayed surprise attack in the Foul sector in considerable force The American gunners and riflemen were quickly after them, however, and the Germans were forced to beat hasty Americans themselves in the same re- retreat to their trenches. Later, the and, sallving forth as raiding unit, gion took the initiative into their hands penetrated German positions and brought back a number of prisoners.
 Bad weather generally prevailed
 along the entire western front, but nevertheless the Australians have again raided enemy positions south- east of Ypres, and have taken more prisoners and several machine guns. barding the British lines west of Lens,
 The Germans, after heavily bom- launched an attack but the British easily repulsed it, inflicting heavy cas- ualties on the Teutcns, and taking a number of prisoners.
 As in France, and Belgium the weather conditions on the Austro-Ital- ian front also are extremely had, with snow storms in the mountains and heavy rains in the plains. Artillery duels of considerable violence have taken place on various sectors in this front
 Bolsheviki Destroy Stores.
 In Little Russia, Austro-H Hungarian forces are still going forward against the Bolsheviki troops, driving them hither and thither with the purpose of restoring "order" and securing se- curity in the Ukraine. In the north atho German official communications previously announced that hostilites against the Russians has ceased, an of- ficial dispatch from Petrograd dated Monday announces that Marva, 100 miles southwest of the capital, has been taken by the Germans, who are renorted to be continuing their ad- vance towards Petrograd.
 Still further advices from Petrograd
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VERMONT WOMEN HIT
 BOOZE HARD BLOW

Montpelier, Vt., March 5.-With wo- men exercising full municipal suffrage for the first time in Vermont, town meetin" today resulted on the face of unofficial returns in reducing the num- Der of liquor licenses communities to ten, compared with IS last year. With all except two small towns heard from which generally vote dry, 235 com muities voted against the licensed sale of liquor.
 Women are credited with return ing two of the largest cities in the state-Burlington and St. Albans- from the wet to the dry column. While 80 per cent of the women voters turned out in Ruthland, the city voted to retain license by the usual majority.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
\. Y. DEMOCRATS
 REGAIN CONTROL
 OF LOWER HOUSE
Elect Nominees in All Dis tricts, With Women Poll
 ing Half of Votes.

New York, March 5.-Control of the lower house of representatives was regained by the Demo- crats today, when. they elected their candidates from four districts in Greater New York at special elections called to choose successors to four members of that party who had re, signed their seats in congress.
 New York women had their first chance to vote since they won the
 # -Ho polls last November. It was significant that they cast 31,85S votes out of total of 78,192 in the four districts. They voted early, seem- ed to have made up their minds what
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Paving District No. 27 Cemetery District.) Property owners must pay this tax at once, as the time has expired. Un- less it is paid i1l,mediately. the pen alty will be added.
 VIM. NICHOL,
 c. '. MAYFIELD,
 F. SILBERNAGLE,
 Commissioners.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
SECOND LIBERTY
 LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS

.o.,s. o.",sas.hlngton, March 5.-Exact sub rhaa, r,pliohs by states for the second o'.y ,o loan, tabulated and made pub t;rs. % .ouay by the treasury for the lssa s, uMe' l, show that New York state Tha rsu all others with $1.413,445uSOO. inoIus ssuoScrlptlons of southern stateY l,b0n.eo lbSa'so Arkansas s13,572,950, Okla: 'anoma' $2S, ,99S,SOo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
CHARGE SHOE co.
 UNFAIR COMPETITION

Washington, March 5.-Complaints were issued today by the Federal Trade Commission against the Amer ican Agricultural Chemical Company of Connecticut and the Brown Shoe Company of New Jersey, charging un- fair methods of suppressing compe- tition in the manufacture and sale of fertilizer. =
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
MAJORS: FOOT BROKEN.

Fort Worth, Tex, Mar. 5.-Trench practice became so real at Camp Bow ie Monday afternoon that Major Lloyd Hill was shot through the leg with a mortar and his foot broken. Major Hill commands the first bat. talion of the 144th Infantry. IIe will be in the hospital month Ma jor Hill is from Fort Worth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
MEMPHIS TO HAVE:
 BIG PACKING PLANT

Memphis. Tenn, March 5.-Negoti- ations virtually were completed today for the purchase of 70 acres of land in the eastern section of the city where stockyards will be erected at an estimated cost of $300,000. It is planned to handle 5000 head of stock daily by June 1. Colorado and Wyom- ing stockmen are said to be at the head of the enterprise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
GERMANY TO ISSUE
 EIGHTH WAR LOAN

c. amsterdam, March 5.-The eighth %''lllah eS war loan to be issued March s:' s;.. says Q Berlin dispatch, will con- ,s sis' Or 3 Der cent certificates and 4 De issued at 9S "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
SOLDIERS DEFACE SHIPS.

Washington, March 5.-Soldiers en route to France have caused so much damage to army transports by strip ping the ships of detachable fittings that the war department has called the attention of commanding officers to the fact that this practice is ciolation of regulations and must be stopped.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
VAR BOARD PROGRAMMED

finn om~aSssalln1gton, Ss March 5.-Reorganiza Rssnu n a the war industries board with cha;rma haasa M. Baruch of New York as Dowar ,.'an and with vastly increased ican .o control the output of Amer snnornu n industries during the war was
 0u'lced today by President Wilson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
BAWDY HOUSES CLOSE
''oes 'Red Light" District Closes Last Night.

strietaS0 isaS0e; a; La, March 5.-The local re . tonichtt a,strlct was, closed at midnight adoptad dnoer an ordinance recently has 'bea bean oy the city council. There which b.m nn no contest of the ordinance where Hioits withio legalized vice any the citv "l'hln the corporate limits of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
Recipient of War Cross Has
 Uncle in City
Sergeant Wm. Norton Is Nephew of Wm. Norton,
 Confederate Veteran.
2zeA I /A-

When the names of the American soldiers who were presented by Pre- mier Clemenceau of France with war crosses for heroic conduct on the bat tlefield were announced yesterday, it was learned that one-Sgt. Wm. Nor ton, who accepted tn echallenge of the German lieutenant to "come out" staying his challenger and two other Prussians-was nephew of 'Wm. Norton, Confederate veteran and old Mason, and cousin of Vim. and w. P. Norton, all of Pine Bluff
 Censorship Relaxes.
 With the American Army in France, March At is now permissible to give the names of the officers and men decorated yesterday by Premier Clemenceau. They are:
 Lieutenant Joseph Canby, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Lieutenant William Coleman, Charleston, S. c.
 Sergeant Patrick Walsh.
 Sergeant William Norton.
 Private Buddy Pittman, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Private Alvin Soiley, St. Louis.
 Sergeant Walsh formerly lived in Detroit and Sergeant Norton in Ar kansas.
 Both the privates distinguished themselves by running through the oarrage laid down by the German during the raid and delivering mes sages.
 Two artillery officers, Captain Holt zendorff, whose home is in Georgia, and Lieutenant Green, will receive he French war crosses. They were by shell fire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06

g treasmsle nvssle Hattan is the new cou-n Washinsst4arer of Columbia county, Section s,on, Ya the first woman of her
 A to hold county office. "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
Tinted States Officials Be-
 l;eve No Formal Assent Is Necessary.
uAv ACHIEVE END
 WITHOUT FORGE
Washington Understands There Is still Chance For Japan to Over
 come German Intrigue With- out Actual Use of Arms.

Washington, March Exchanges
 regarding the situation in Siberia and the proposed action there by the Japanese are continuing, and ap- narently have developed the fact that there is no difference in prin ciple between Japan and the allies or between the United States and Japan. Altho the United States has no- given and probably will not give formal assent to any operation
 which may be undertaken, white
 house officials were disturbed to-
 night over a published repoltt that
 the statement had been authorized that the United States was not in ac
 cord with the attitude towards the
 Japanese plan. It was explained that no statement had been authoriz- i'd except that the United States had
 not given its assent to the action un- der consideration.
 The status of the matter. SO far as can be gathered is that Japan has learned that her allies heartily ap- prove her entry into Siberia, if that should be necessary to carry out her obligations.
 So far the United States government is concerned. the officials apparently believe that it is not necessary for them to give any formal assurance on 6e subject. It is understood that there is still chance that peace and order in Si- Derla and the elimination of German intrigue and propaganda there can be obtained by the Japanese without ex- hibiting actual force.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06
lshii Fastening to Washington.

A Paclflc Port, March 5.-Viscount lshn, recently appointed Japanese am- DaSsador to the United States, cabl- ca the chamber of commerce of this elIy that he would be unable to at
 sna entertainments on his arrival, as urgent W business would call him to "ashlngton as soon as he set foot on Aheflcan A soil, it was announced today. inc cable was from Tokio in answer to message asking if the ambassador Y v0a!d De able to attend affairs held mn m ms hnor if he arrived at this
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-06

Wont.nnrd on page six.)
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iConrinned on page five.l
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22

fore. Economy will be necessary
at every step of reconstruction,
and although the demand for
copper will be great, it's use will
depend upon whether the price
is low enough. 1t was pointed
out that there is no possible
Substitute for copper in the man
ufacture of the bulk of the wac
munitions into which it enters.
but that this is not true in the
gre:ter part of the usage The
metal finds in peace times. How
is it's freedom from substitution
in war times entirely assured.
Germany's ability to get along
without huge regular imports OF
copper is pointed out as a cir
cumstance that may be in con-
siderable part due to- substitu-
ton her scientists may have
worked out.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22
WITH EMMY WEHLEN.
Herbert Heyes, Florence Short
Ilean Hume Appear with
Metro Star.

In .'The Outsider" the Metro
wonderplay starring Emmy
IWehlen, this exquisite favorite
is supported by a cast of popular
players well known to- motion
picture audiences. There are
three leading men in this pro.
duction. Herbert Heyes, who
plays Trego, has supported The.
da Bara and other stars in many
Fox features, including ''The
Darling of Parsi."
Harry Benham, who has the
role of Donald Lyttleton, has
been featured in many Than
houser productions. He has
also played with June Caprice
in some Fox pictures. Jules
Raucourt, who plays Walter
Savage, is a well known actor on
the Belgian STAGE who came to
this country after receiving his
discharge from the army. !
Florence Short, who is seen
as Mrs. Standish, was the orig
inal Passion" in Experience. -
a stage play which enjoyed a
long run. Miss Short has ap-
peared in a number Of motion
pictures for the Art Dramas
program. Gladys Fairbanks, who
plays the part Of Miss Pride, is
'.ell known for ilci characterize.
tion of Jane in both the stage
version of '"The Poor Little Rich
Girl" with Viola Dana, now q
Metro star, and in the screen
version with Mary Pickford.
Virginia Palmer, who. plays
Mrs. Gosnold, is a popular play,
er of both stage and screen
Ilean Hume is a Metro favorite
who has appeared also in the
features of Fox, Biograph and
]other companies.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22

The European war has
brought the United States face
to face with the problem of sup
plying its own potash. Several
new methods of providing a sub
stitute for German fertilizers
have been brought to the atten-
ton of the government. The
most promising of these is that
patented by a Canadian, which
provides for the extraction Of
potash from ordinary feldspar.
The feldspar is heated with
limestone and iron oxide at a
temperature of about 1900 de
fgrees F. which produces a part
ly fused mass that is easily lie
composed by a weak acid. From
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22

therewas a deficit, but this has
been overcome and the present
encouraging condition has. been
brought about. sf
The secretary of the Depart
ment of Agriculture reports re-
ceiving numerous applications
from people in the states of ia
lisco and Sinaloa, also in the ter
ritory of Lower California, fol
the allotment of lands for pur-
poses of cultivation. These ap,
plications are being granted as
rapidly as the preliminaries car
be complied with.
The Mexican press is empha-
SIZING the importance OF q com.
prehensive system Of port works
upon the Pacific coast, in order
to accommodate the commerce
made possible through the com.
|pletion of the Panama Canal and
sne increased demand for Mex.
ico's natural products.
|. The latest papers from Mex.
leo City announce the passag.
over the border of eighty car.
loads of corn purchased in the
United States for distribution in
the districts where there is q
temporary shortage of grain.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22
Reported Discovery of Potas
Sium.

The reported discovery of pot
ash near Jerome, Arizona, is i'm
portant, owing to the fact that
potash has been one of the war
minerals for which it has been
difficult to find substitute, and
new deposits of which are rare.
1t is hoped that the newly dis
covered deposits will prove to be
commercial.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22
MEXICAN NEWS
An Interesting Resume of Mat
ters in the NeighbOring
Republic.

! The director of public educa-
tion of the City of Mexico has
undertaken to secure a suitable
tract of good agricultural land in
close proximity, which will sbe
divided into small garden plots
and cultivated by the school pu-
pills. Two ends will thus be
served-a considerable addition
will be made to the available
food supply, and at the same
time the youth will be instructed
in the most advisable aglicultur-
al methods and stimulated to
habits of industry.
/ Under the direction of Direc-
tor General Andres Osuna of the
Department of Public Education,
assisted by the Council of Tech
nical Education, it is announced
that it is necessary to establish
from thirty to forty more pri-
mary schools in the City OF
Mexico alone in order to meet
the constantly increasing num-
ber of applicants for educational
facilities. All of the present
school facilities are overcrowd-
ed, thus demonstrating the keen
desire of the common people for
the education of the rising gen.
Grafton.
Steps are being taken to Sc
cure the importation from Hol-
land of large quantities of cyan
ide which have been embargoed
in that country but which are
NEEDED for the use of mines in
Mexico, for which purpose they
were contracted for before the
commencement of the European
war. 1t is not thought there
will be great difficulty in secur-
ing the chemical, as it's use is
imperative.
!. A proposition to establish an
agricultural experimental sta
tion in the Laguna district OF
the states of Coahuila and Dur
ango is under way. The leading
cotton growers are in favor of il
and have offered to contribute
to it's support. The National
Agricultural Congress of the
Laguna district has taken the
: matter up and it will be pushed
: to completion as rapidly as pos
y sible.
The director general of .ths
postoffice department states
that for the last two months OF
t the year just closed the receipts
of that branch of the govern.
: ment were three million pesos
t more than the expenses. When
n ne first took charge of the de
: partment during the revolution
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22
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this product the potash salts can
be readily extracted for further
pnrif ification. Z,
Another method of obtaining
potash will be tried out at a
New Orleans distillery where
molasses is used in large guam
titles. In the distilleries where
molaSses is fermented it is said
that more than LOG tons of pot
ash are wasted daily and it is
this waste that the New Orleans
company is endeavoring to fore
stall. 1t is possible to make fer
tilizer from this Z otherwise
worthless material at a price
that will meet competition even
after the war is over.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-02-22
NEED OF MORE MINES.
To Supply the Waste of War in
Metals and to Rehabilitate
Monetary Systems.
(Bisbee Ore)


world is going to need gold and
silver after the war as never be-
fore. and the end of the war, if
it is prolonged much further,
wassdeclared by L. C. Shattuck,
among the foremost mining men
and bankers in the west, in an
address before the directors of
the Arizona, : Chapter of the
American Mining Congress here.
The substitution of silver for a
large part of the currency of the
world, said Mr.. Shattuck, is
among outcomes the war is COM
pelling and will compel in still
greater measure. Finding and
developing of new silver bodies
is an urgent need of the hour.
Development and mining of
more gold is none the less urg-
ent.
Upon the maintenance of the
copper mines in the best attain
able physical form and enabling
OF their development of new re.
sources SO far as possible in
step with the extraction of pres
ent ore bodies, is dependent the
Keeping up of a copper supply
adequate to any emergency that
may overtake the government
and its allies before the end of
the war, while the success of the
reconstruction period after the
war will depend in great meas
ure upon the availability of
cheap copper, at a price which it
can compete with substitutes for
the electrification of railroads,
the building of motors for agri-
cultural employment. and for re-
construction of plants of all
kinds in the state, municipal and
private industries of Europe. To
be adequate to the increasingly
great pressure that the world is
exercising for copper, it is nee
essary, declared Mr.. Shattuck,
that every facility be extended
and every effort put forth to
make operation Of the copper
mines such as to hold full forces
of competent operatives and to
constantly bring their work and
that of the mine, mill and smelt-
er plants to higher standards.
Practical and not theoretical
treatment at: every point, the
speaker continued, is the reuuis.
lite of the hour, the necessity for
which grows as the times be.
come tighter and the certainty
OF world wide hard times after
the war become palmer.
Upon the question of necessity
for increased coinage of meta
Tor world use, the expression
was introduced in the course OF
discussion that after war exi.
gencies would make copper anc
iron warrants issued upon stock,
OF metal as readily negotiable ir
trade as gold and silver affixinq
to copper and iron a currenc,
service that would be of vast i'm.
portance in untangling the
worlds finances.
Discussion of probable effecr
OF the end of the war upon con
per resulted in expression of ma
Jority belief that it would put
copper into stronger competition
with substitutes than ever be-