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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
Gives Figure as Limit of Those Needing More
 Money to Live On.
EMPLOYERS CONCEDE
 NEED OF HIGH PAY
Testimony Before Governments Rail- road Wage Commission Shows Ap- precIati0n of H. (. l.. by Rail-
 road Arrangements.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The neces- sity for increased wages for railroad employees was conceded today by rep- resentatives of majority Of the rail- roads of the United States, appearing for the first time before the govern ments railroad wage commission. They said they came not to oppose requests of employees, but to aid the commission by giving information.
 officials need evidence that the cost of living has increased. and that the low pair men needs assistance during the war;" declared J. w. Hig- gins, of Chicago, speaking for the roads of the western district.
 No one recognizes more keenly' than the management that there are numerous classes of employees not properly compensated" was the statement made for the eastern ter ritory by John G. Walber, of New York.
 Mir. Higgins assertion that the low paid man should be helped drew Secretary Lane, chairman Of the com mission, query as to what he con sidered a low paid man.
 Il would say that all men fecelVln9 S15O a month need more money to meet the advance in prices of neces- sities," Mr. Higgins replied.
 Perhaps the limit of those who need help should be raised to $2,O00 a year, which seems to be the line drawn by the government in the in- come tax law. The greatest advance should be given to the men making less than $100 month.
 "The s2,0OO limit would include all laborers, trainmen, brakemen, me- chanics, and clerks, and great many engineers and conductors comment ed Mr.. Lane. MT. Higgins agreed that was true. He did not suggest any definite increase, but remarked that perhaps the increased living should be borne for the distressed employe during the war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
CAMPAIGN THAT
 MAY LEAD T0 PtTRUGRAD OPENS Huns Now Hold Riga and Reval and Control Sea
 Passage to Capital. BOLSHEVIKI TAKE
 TOWNS IN SOUTH hic,, Ukraine Capital, and Other Southern Points in Hands of BOl- she,iki-Defeat Poles at Minsk
 --B0mbard Odessa.
Associated Press SummaryD )


 With Russia in ibe grip of strife, and her battle line denuded of men as result of the peace declaration of the Bolsheviki, Germany already has be- gun the carrying out of her threat of invasion because of failure of the Bol- sheviki to sign a peace with the cen tral powers. A dispatch from Berlin announces that German troops have crossed the Divina river. Reports from Sweden says the Germans have begun pushing forward into Russia's two remaining Baltic provinces. Els thonia and I.ivonia, the taking of which has completely isolated Russia from the shore of the Baltic, and giv- en the enemy, in addition to the port of Riga, the city of Reval on the Gulf of Finland, whence they easily might operate against Petrograd by sea.
 Although AustriaHungary has shown dissatisfaction over the stand Germany has taken toward Russia, the dual monarchy evidently has been pla- cated by promise of Germany that any German military activity will be con fined to northern Russia, and Austria Hungary left to deal with whatever other problems may arise adjacent to her borders.
 BOlSheviki Take Kiey.
 Related dispatches from Petrograd tell of capture of Kiev, new capital of Ukraine, by the Bolsheviki. The fight ing is described as having bee nex- tremely sanguinary, 4,000 persons hav- ing been killed and several thousand wounded. At Odessa, another big bat tie has been fought between the Bol- sheviki and the moderates, during which warships bombarded the city. Polish legions at Minsk are declared to have been defeated and put to 1Ort while the Bolsheviki also are reported to have captured Tonogoroh, on the Black sea, and Doronezh, capital of the province of the same name.
 Germans Cross Dvina.
 Berlin Feb 1S.Operations have been resumed or the Russian front. The Germans have crossed the Dvina This announcement was made at general headquarters tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
Third Liberty Loan Campaign
 Organization Perfected Here

D. Niven of Tucker, A. F. McNeil of Redfield. and w. w.. West of Wabba- seka.
 In addition to the directors listed in the foregoing there is also to be di- rector of Women's division, but the understanding is that the head of this division is to be selected by the wo- mems clubs, and no name has yet been sent in to the county director. As soon as the recommendation is made, the head of the women's division will be announced. The appointments will be confirmed by MT. Compton.
 The size of the third Liberty loan. the exact date of it's issue and other details rae not yet known, but re- ports from Washington indicate that it will be much larger than the first two, and that it is to be called for shortly.
 "The bonds will be ready for deliv- cry as theey are purchased" MT. Tom linson said yesterday afternoon. "We have assurance of that. So there will be none of the delay in delivery that attended the sales of the first two is- sues. There will be better Organiza- eion, too, for turnout the country such organizations as we have been called upon to perfect here are being form ed. The need is great, and the gov ernment is preparing to have the cam paign conducted thoroyl and quickly. We realize that it will be a big job. but with everybody working together, and realizing the need of supporting loyalty the American soldiers in France and soon to be in France, we can put it over. It will mean sacri- flee, certainly, but none at home can sacrifice as much as the men in the fighting lines. who are riskin& with out complaint, their very lvies that America and the world may be free.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
Ladies Secure
 $3,852 For U. .. On w. S. Stamps
Three Sales of $1,0o0 Each Recorded on First Day
 of Campaign.

The w. s. s. campaign was given impetus in Pine Bluff yesterday when ladies, working at the six banks in the city, effected sales totalling $3,S52, equivalent to $4,30O worth of stamps at maturity.
 Miss Ruth Schnable was the first woman to purchase the limit in w.. s. S., subscribing for stamps of $1,- 900. Later in the day, Capt. M. w. Ware took stamps to the amount of 2,000-buying $1,000 for each of his two grandchildren.
 "The ladies certainly did fine work" was the verdict of H. B. Tru- lock, director for the city w. s. S.. sales. "I am highly gratified over the success of their first days cam paign, and feel that they are to be commended for the enthusiasm and energy they are putting into the campaign. It is to be expected that sales will show a large total for the week.
 The ladies are working under the leadership of Mrs. w. T. Wool dridge, chairman of the women's di- vision of the w. s. s. campaign in this county, and that the selection of Mrs. Woodbridge was wise choice is evidenced by the results already achieved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
BILL MAKES WILSON
 DICTATOR OF FOOD

Washington, Feb. 1S.-Specif1c au- thority for the control of the manu- facture and distribution of foodstuffs and of public eating houses would be conferred upon the president by the food conservation bill, completed to- day by the house agricultural commit tee. Blanket authority asked for by Food Administrator Hoover was with held. The committee decided to con- fine the measure to the things, em' phasized by Mir. Hoover at committee hearings as absolutely essential in the food conservation program. A minor ity report is expected. Housewives and farmers are not affected by the measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19

Organization for conducting the sales campaign of the third Liberty loan in Jefferson county was perfect ed yesterday by Frank Tomlinson, ap- pointed manager for this county, and Jo Nichol, appointed manager for this district, which is composed of Jeffer- son, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland and ments were made by Rolla Wells, chairman of the Eighth federal re- serve district, and 'WL R. Compton, chairman of the Liberty loan organl- zation, both headquarters at St. Louis. Len. Hemingway of Little Rick is di- rector of the state organization. For the campaign in this county, the fol- lowing have been drafted" to serve in the positions indicated, and with authority to select their own assist ants:
 Thos. J. Collier, director of public ity division.
 Judge w. B. sorrells, director of speakers division.
 E. A. Howell, director of sales divi- sion.
 Ii B. Strange, director of bankers division.
 s. B. Russell, director of organiza- tion cities and towns.
 T. H. Gregory, director of township organization, including farmers.
 T. A. Hill, director of supplies.
 The executive committee which will work with Mir. Tomlinson in directing the campaign is composed of S. c. Alexander, John B. Speers. J. H. Mann, Dr. 2. 'Orto, c. H. Triplett, J. E. Boyce, Ziba Bennitt, A. W. Mum, J. eF. Simmons, Walter Wilkins, Leo M. Andrews, T. s. James, J. $. Mo Donnell of Altheimer, J. M. Barrett and J. F. Quattlebaum of Sherrill, J.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
Registration of Women Begins:
 Committee Explains Purposes

volunteer registrars in booths in all a'e cl1ys banks were kept busy yes- ssruay listing women for war work. me booths opened at 9 o'clock and were Kept thronged with women fill .9 +s {. out the cards most of the day un- noos sne closing hour yesterday after ;ooa' The response was very gratify- s we,s ~ the committee in charge of the hsrds, hvaA, headed by Mrs. Jack Bern lIs, st;ll ~ ana hopes are expressed for a haeoagsr m greater response as the movement Rootas Rsynes more thoroly understood. hsv. hs'lS similar to those in the city thm,,oe tv oeen opened at central points scboo'o' tne county, and in the colored tho thO,s, ras the latter for the listing of th;s Ae mod registration will continue all tear "eeh, rs'a1 With a committee of volun< the th wv: mc:rKers at each booth to assist ed Dturlng the day questions were ask men ~'ss tended to show that many wo- fl tban in the city had not vet obtained 1 fegistra+;o,s oA Ile purposes Of the sder # q Many appear to con- far to t,a compulsory measure, simil- drafto o .ne registration of men for the bers of oafec.9rdlng to statements by mem ] they w;,, 'ae 1t committee, and fear that capacitr ;s oe compelled to serve in some
 TTa'lsy To a! if registered. " S
 Committee, such opinions, the
 
 which evn,a nas issued statement of the lnp,alns n,pEa,, s.a in detail the purpose fact that att'E;tveement. ;t They impress the with no ea, ~ IS purely volutary action, ed It is sebInmpulsion bnp whatever, attach men's conmsg vemg undertaken by the wo- M defense of the nation council ths Nomse sase for the purpose of listing sae special p, power v,e !: of the country, with ndual. ir i. ~ q1allflcations of each indi-
 o'uer that they may be call
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
MORE COTTON TO BE TRANSPORTED
 EAST BY WATER
Movement So Rapid R. R, Administration Increases
 Quantity Limit.

Washington, Feb. 18.-The hauling of cotton to Gulf and Atlantic ports, for shipment by water to New Eng land mills engaged on government contracts, has been so rapid in the last two weeks that the railroad adminis- tration announced today it would un- dertake to increase the quantity to be received immediately from 100000 to 125 10000 bales. Boards of trade in many southern cities were notified to assign a certain portion of their local stocks of cotton for shipment under plans for moving 25,OOO additional bales at this time.
 Eventually the railroad administra- ton expects to carry the entire stock of southern cotton, destined for New England mills, b ywater from Gulf and South Atlantic ports and addit- ional steamers will be assigned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
BILLION DOLLAR WAR BILL GOES
 TO THE SENATE

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The billion dollar urgent deficiency appropriation bill, carrying half a billion dollars for the military establishment and large sums for the many other bran ches of the government, was passed today by the house without record vote. In direct appropriations an in authorizations for obligations during the remainder of this fiscal year the total is $1, ,107, ,220.000. It now goes to the senate where it will be given prompt consideration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19

ed on for special volunteer work. The names of those available for service outside of their home communities, those who are willing to take training to specially fit themselves for war work, those who have special quali- fications that can be used at home, and those who just "want to help" are kept available for call. The call, when it comes. is not compulsory, simply a request for volunteer effort. The list ing of the names, binds no one, but is asked so as to have as complete a list as possible of the country's pa triotic women.
 Owing to certain misconceptions concerning registration, attention is called to the following items: , Registration is voluntary; women will not be drafted into the govern ment service.
 Women will not be taken from their homes for government service either here or in Europe, unless they defi- nitely offers themselves for such ser vice. ,.
 If a woman registers as "trained' and capable of self-support this will not be cause for her husband to be drafted.
 If a woman registers for service at this time, and when called later finds herself unable, by changed conditions to respond to the call, no punishment or criticism will fall upon her, nor will she be compelled to serve.
 Women should register for what they are doing now and for what they have been trained to do, whether or not they can give any extra service at the moment.
 Registration along industrial lines is not intended to remove womsn from their present positions, nor te permit them to be exploited by unau. thorized appeals fer "war service"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
STRIKING SHIP CARPENTERS 60
 BACK 70 WORK residents Intervention l. Terminates Trouble in Eastern Yards. sHIPYARD STRIKE
 MAY INJURE LABOR Emergency Fleet Corporation Direc- for Says Further Shortage of Sh;rs
 Will Force Closing of Muni-
 tiOns Plants.
Washington, Feb. 18.-President Will

Washington, Feb. 18.-President Will son's intervention has terminated the Eastern shipyard strike. Report; tonight to the shipping beard from union heads from all districts Tn which carpenters arc out said all strikers would be at worK by noon tomorrow.
 Wrn. L. Hutcheson, president Of the brotherhood of carpenters and ioinefs, due here today, did not a1- rive, but is expected tomorrow to rake uo the situation With govern meat officials.
 The carpenters brotherhood, it was brought out tonight, was made a varty to the creation of the labor ad- justment board by the signature of its vice president, but Hutcheson ov- erulea his subordinate's action. Wm. Blackburn, director for the Emergency Fleet corpora .ion, issued statement tonight declaring that shipyard strikes threatened the, life or organized labor, in tAat further shortage of ships will force closing of plants producing war munitions.
 There was report tonight that New York metal trades engaged in shipbuilding had requested that the new Delaware river wage award be made to apply to the New York dis trict but the adjustment board said it har not reached here. Baltimore carpenters as we'll as metal trades workers already nave been given op- portunity of accepting tho Delaware award.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
HutchesOn Summoned,

New York, Feb. 1S.-Wm. L. Hut cheson has teen called to Washing ton for a conference with the shipping board, it was announced at union headquarters here tonight. and will leave tomorrow morning.
 Officers of the organization ex- pressed the opinion that adjustment |of grievances of shipyard carpenters would follow. All strikers who did not return to work today will be back on the jcb tomorrow, it was said.
 Refusal of a Brooklyn yard to re- employ dozen strikers, which threatened today to cause hitch in the settlement, was said tonight to nave been the result of misunder- standing, and it was believed the trouble would be adjusted amicably.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
WANT TANKS ONLY
 ON MINE PLANTERS

Washington, Feb. 18.-Secretary Baker today asked congress for legis- lation to make only American citi- zens eligible for employment on sub- marine mine planters because of the confidential nature of the work. MT. Baker says that he desires to reorgan- ize the service, putting it completely under military control.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
GERMANS ENTER FRENCH 1RtNCHES;
 ARE DRIVEN OUT
Attack Near Butte du Mes- nil Repulsed-N Lost in
 Air Raid on London.
Associated Press Summary.)

(AssOclated Press Summafy.J
 On the battle fronts in France and Flanders operations continue of a minor character, except for artillery duels and here and there raids of more than usual violence. The only attack of importance has been in Champagne, where the French, aid- ed by American gunners, captured German positions last Tuesday. At this point, southwest of the Butte du Mesnil, the Germans, after heavy artillery preparations, attacked and gained a footing in French trenches. Later they were ejected and in, ad- dition the French took prisoners.
 On the American sector the Ger
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
MEN WANTED.

Wanted-Twenty white men, to take up rails at Sheridan, Ark, ap- ply at once to G. M. Bradley, Sheri- dan, Ark, or Joe Gottlieh, 119 West Second Avenue, Pine Bluff. Ark.
 2-12-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
PINE BLUFF MAN
 GETS A PARDON

Little Rock, Feb Ex-Governor Brough today pardoned A. P. Smith of Pine Bluff, sentenced to one year upon conviction of assault to kill. He had served three months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
Another Raid on London.

London, Feb. 1S-Hostile airplanes are attempting raid against London again tonight, the secon't raid in as many nights. No damage or casual tles are yet reported.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-19
The Weather
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Arkansas: Tuesday and "Wednesday. cloudy: colder Wednesday.
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HConrinned on page five.l
The Republican journal., 1918-04-04

Maine, was cut in half because of the
attack of fungus disease. Potato
bugs take their toll all over the coun-
try. No section is free from the early
blight. The business farmer foreSees
all these troubles. and insures to pro-
tect himself against loss from bugs,
beetles and blights.
The diagram shows something of the
increase of the potato crop which may
be expected from spraying. At the left
of the heavy vertical line are shown
the crops grown either without spray
Ing or with only the half-spray-the
spray which "gets" the bugs but does
not prevent the blights. At the right
the crop has received complete spray.
Spraying has evidently done more than
merely guarantee to the farmer that
he will get back what he puts into the
crop-for it has turned a splendid
profit.
How Potato Spraying Brings Results.
These astonishing results are secured
only by proper spraying. First, the
poison of the spray kills the potato
beetles. Second, the spray so discour-
ages the destructive flea beetles as to
cut down by nine-tenths the damage
which they do. Third, the early blight
Is prevented, and the vines allowed to
come to full maturity. Fourth, tip
burn is reduced so it amounts to but
little; and fifth, the potato blight and
rot is stopped.
The Republican journal., 1918-04-04
APPLYING FERTILIZER.

81 am thoroughly convinced that ap-
plying fertilizer broadcast, on or too
near the surface. is mistake, as the
little feeding rootlets of the potato
have a most wonderful way of search
ing for and finding fertilizer, and to
draw these near the surface between
the rows and then cut them off with
the cultivator does not give the best
results, hence our effort to get some
of the fertilizer below the seed piece
My objection to applying fertilizer with
the planter is the difficulty in getting
the fertilizer deep enough without
planting the seed piece too deep, and
then, too, we never succeeded In
spreading and applying the fertilizer
in as wide a ribbon as does the dis
tributor. Eighteen hundred pounds of
fertilizer per acre has proven to be
the most profitable amount to use, and
potash, even in these war times, has
been proven both economical and nee
,essary, 3 per cent being used this
year"-Earl Dilatush in Rural New
Yorker.
The Republican journal., 1918-04-04
BOYS FOR THE FARMS.

Maine is asked to enlist at least 1000
boys to 60 from the villages and the
cities to work on the farms. The Junior
Volunteers, the organization which did
the work in Maine last year, has been in
corporated in the national organization.
Farmers who employed Junior Volun-
teers last year are already writing to
make arrangements for help from the
boys during the coming season. Letters
of inquiry addressed to the Boys Work
ing Reserve, State House, Augusta,
Maine, will bring replies giving details
of the movement.
This year, as last the boys will be given
preliminary training on the Y. M. G. A.
farm at Winthrop. No boy will be &C
cepted who does not weigh at least lis
pounds and who is not deemed to be
otherwise fitted for the work he will be
called upon to do. With few exceptions,
the boys will be between the ages of 16
and q. Boys of IA and is may be &C
cepted but they must meet the require
ments as to weight and strength. Care
in the selection of the boys and the train
ing they will receive at the farm will en-
able them to make themselves of yalne
from the first day they reach the farmers
who employ them. Many of the 600 boys
who were in the service last year will re-
enlist. They will be of especial value to
The Republican journal., 1918-04-04

Feed Them Poison for the First Meal.
poisons-as arsenic in some one of its
many forms. This is the What" of
spraying to kill the Colorado beetle.
The When of Spraying.
The when" is early enough so that
the newly Matched slugs will get pois-
on for their first meal-this "gets" the
slug before it has had time to do much
damage, and also takes less poison
than later. The same poison will, of
course, kill grown-ups, but it takes
longer and the old hard shells are eat
ing all the time they are dying-and
they die slowly.
If the potato bug were the only pest
of the potato it would be compare
lively simple proposition, but as it hap
pens it is only the forerunner of many
others. The flea beetle starts in it's
work shortly after the bug commences,
and in its trail comes the early blight.
Many a promising field Of potatoes is
ruined then and there. Later on
comes tip-burn, which does more dam
age than most potato farmers imagine,
and then the late blight and rot. All
told, there are troubles enough Of one
kind or another to sink ship, with
The Republican journal., 1918-04-04
TRANSFERS IN REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers of real estate
were recorded in Waldo County Registry
of Deeds for the week ending March 80,
1918:
Annie NJ Knowlton, Allston, Mass, to
Elizabeth E. Knowlton, Belfast; land and
buildings in Belfast.
A. NJ. Shibles, Knox, to Harvey A.
Shibles, do; land in Knox.
Faustina Hichborn, ct ais, Stockton
Springs, to Bi0n B. Sanborn, do. land in
Stockton Springs.
Charles R. Catell, Bangor, to Edmund
A. Moran, do; land and buildings in
Northport.
Annie E. Thompson, ct ais, Unity, to
Leonard S. Bowden, Winslow; land and
buildings in Burnham and Unity.
James S. Hartman, Belfast, to Robert
c. Logan, do. land and buildings in Bel
fast.