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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
AMERICAN BANKERS
 MEET AT CHICAGO C0NVEN1|0N MONDAY
Railroad Securities Will Be One of the Important
 Subjects Discussed.
Bv The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Chicago, Sept 21.-Railroad Securi- ties will be one of the important sub- jects to be discussed by the Savings Bank Section of the American Bank CTS Association, which holds it's forty fourth annual convention at Chicago, Sept 23-28 The banks of the country have more than S1 0,OOO,000 invest ed in railroad securities, hence the re- cent contracts made by the United States railroad administration with the railroad will have large effect upon savings banks investments. Samuel Untermyer, of New York, counsel for the National Association of Railroad Security Owners, will talk on this subject Francis H. Sisson of New York, vice-chairman of the Rail- way Executive Advisory Committee, will discuss s'The Effect of the War on Railroad Securities"
 "Has American Sufficient capital to Finance the War" will be the sub- ject of an address by David Friday of New York. Mr. Friday has been in Washington for some months past making an intensive study of this question.
 I uDllC QCl11Cy SCCu1lCIcS dIlu GIICli desirability as a savings bank invest tment will be discussed by Samuel In- sull, of Chicago, chairman of the State Council of Defense.
 The question of greater liquidity of savings bank assets will be discussed by Edwin K. Kemmerer, Professor of Finance and Banking of Princeton University. Professor Kemmerer has just returned from Mexico after hav- ing reorganized the currency system in that country.
 Jerome Thralls, Assistant Secretary o fthe American Trade Acceptance Council, will give five-minute talk on "The Trade Acceptance as an in- vestment for Savings Banks"
 The Clearing House Section will hold conference on Monday morn ing, Sept. 23. President John Me Hugh will deliver his annual address on Tuesday morning, after which Will liam A. Law, of Philadelphia, former president of the American Bankers Association, will present his views of "The Clearing House as Power in War and in Peace"
 Another feature of the convention will be the agricultural conference un- der the auspices of the Agricultural
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GUST A DONATION"

The Milwaukee brewing interests admit they gave money to Arthur Brisbane of the Washington Times. However, they state this money was not for corruption of the paper or to influence German propaganda but just to "oil the machinery" to keep their interests in running order in Washington. That this is the usual custom of keeping lobby men in Wash ington.
 This may all be true but neverthe- less it would appear that the expense went for naught. Liquor and beer has been doomed. All this money went "some place" and no one knows where. The government is taking more interest in the German end of the
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DON'T "HOLLER" YET.

President Wilson has positively an- nounced he will fix the price of cot ton or rather the government will name standard price for this win ters fleecy supply. This has practical ly caused consternation in Dixie. Farmers, merchants and business men in general, individually and col lectively are up in the air" over the situation
 The chief objection against the gov ernment's action is it's reticence re- garding the exact price It is asserted that twenty five cents a pound is about the price that has been settled upon. However, this has not been giv- en out officially.
 Southern farmers absolutely can- not afford to sell at this price under present conditions. In fact they can hardly sell as fair and reasonable profit under thirty-five cents a pound.
 It is realized that the farmer with assistance from banks and other per- cons with capital might possibly hold their cotton for a higher price. But this action would probably be met with a further regulation that the government commander the entire crop, paying the standard price as fixed.
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 Therefore it will augur we'll for southern farmers, business men and others interested. to at once formu- late plans for putting before the gov ernment the exact situation regarding the matter. No time is to be lost. In
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
SAVE FUEL

By using Kerosene Coal Oil. Get a Simplex Gas Burner. hTey fit any old purposes. Easy to operate, absolu- tely safe and makes natural gas from coal oil. l also handle self-heating coal oil irons, and the brightest and most practical gasoline lamps and storm proof lanters. 300 candle pow CT and lihgts with an ordinary match. See me. A. M. LEVEY,
 3rd and Main street.
 Pine Bluff, Ark Phon9 e23.
 GET YOUR AUTOMOBILE PISTON rings and springs at 322 Pine street. Phone S07. Modern Machine Shop. 9-20-dtf
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Commission of the Association. Dr. Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, will address the bank CTS, who will discuss various methods by which they can aid in putting into effect the agricultural program for 1918.
 There will also be important ses- sions of the National Bank, Trust Company and State Bank sections.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22

question than in the lobby end of the matter.
 A full and complete investigation promists to disclose interesting facts concerning business methods at Wash ingtOn with senators and congress men playing the "catspaw" to get the chestnlits out of the fires.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
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The Arkansas Gazette paragrapher says with the country east of Cambrai and St. Quentin sloping towards the Rhine, when Foch gets we'll across the Hindenburg line he will have a downhill pull on the Boches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
-W. S. .S.

The government was awarded 2,50O pints of whiskey and two Buick auto mobiles at Fort Smith few days ago by Federal judge. The court orders the automobile sold. Nothing is said about the 2,50O' pints. The automobiles have probably fulfilled their mission, the booze has not.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
NY. S. s

General Pershing says there is mo middle ground" The Boches seem to think the ground is neither middle or back but are attempting to move the ground from the middle of the fight back to safety.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22

Eight billion dollars in extra taxes during the next year. When one pur- chases an article now it is patriotism. The wives will probably offer this ex- c1lse to hubby in purchasing fall mil linery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22

The Newspaper Enterprise Associa- ton News features are carried ex- clusively by this paper in Pine Bluff. All features including pictures, car toons, maps and special war features are N. E. A. Service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
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The Illinois republicans are making a "loud noise" for Lowden for the next Unittd States president. Howev- er, their politics headed by Sherman ct als drowns out their noise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
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The state convention members can now go home and discuss the fixing of prices and tell what an ardous sum- mer they put in drafting the "joke book" at Littlt Rock.
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Entered at Postoffice at Pine Bluff, Ark, as Second-class Mail Matter.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all uews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here ir.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22

Have you got your winter coal? If not whose fault is it? "T told you so," the more fortunate neighbor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22
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Those Turks never knew just what hit them, Struck from all sides they had an alternative of surrendering or
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22

fighting they did both the former sue cessfully, the later proved disastrous.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-22

When the attention of The Graphic b called to any mis- statement of facts, or to any error concerning any man or thing, correction will cheerfully be made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
JOBS FOR GIRLS ASKED
IN MERCHANT MARINE
Stenographer Sees Broad Field
for Women in Fleet
System

Shall women join Uncle Sans mer-
chant marine?
A secretary who signs
herself Progress" urges that the Gov
ernment develop women for it.
No, not to rustic a tar brush or swab
decks, but as employees in the offices of
the marine. Miss Progress believes that
the women could be trained as secre-
taries conversant with the various
phases OF commerce and shipping.
The young woman writer is employed
by the Emergency Fleet Corporation,
and bewails that women stenogTaphers
often are looked upon as something more
or less mechanical.
IT believe that II the Government
would develop secretaries and stenog-
raphers it would be money we'll spent
she writes.
II am an exceptionally well trained
secretary ry-stenographer, and have spent
all my spare time in the development OF
my work Even SO, I find that ! have
difficulty in getting beyond an ordinary
stenographers position for the reason
that the opportunities are not open &c
women.
The writer calls attention to the nu-
perous schooling systems now open tc
employees in the shipyards for the pur
pose of developing them in their line
Of work and declares that similar
system for women in the merchant mar
inc would be beneficial.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
HUMANE SOCIETY MEETING
Animal Rescue League Will Elect
Officers Today

The annual meeting Of the Animal
Rescue League of Philadelphia will be
held this afternoon at o'clock at "a
South Eighteenth street. Election Of Of
ficers will also be held from / 10 4
o'clock
The following are nominees: Presi-
dent, Miss Katherine Craig Biddle vice
president, Mrs. Bradbury Bedell: secre-
tary, Mrs. I. F. Halvey; treasurer, Sam.
uel Kinds Thomas.
Directors-Miss Alma NJ. Brown, Por.
ter +. Cope, Mrs. Katherine Stewart
kulling, Miss Meta Lisle, Miss Helen NJ
Rowland and Mrs. Samuel Hlnds
Thomas
Honorary vice presidents-Miss Jane
Craig Biddle. Mrs. William b. Cham.
berlin, Mrs. John H. Easily, Mrs. James
r. Halsey Mrs. Frederick Hemsley
Mrs: Albert Lincoln Hoffman, Mrs. A. .
j: Kelly. Miss Annie c. Knight. Mrs. A
Sidney Logan, Mrs. Frederick T. Mason
Mrs. George Mcclellan, Miss Henrietta
F: Ogden, Mrs. Albert Pancoast. Mrs
Clement r. Wainwright and Mrs. Au
brey Williams.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
IRISH FATHER SEEKS
NEWS OF SOLDIER son
Hasn't Heard From Boy in
3l5th Since November
of Last Year
Special Dispatch TO Evening Public Ledger


Special Dispatch 10 Evening PhOhc LehDr
Camp Meade, Nd. Dec 5.
A father in Ireland whose son, was
member of Company I, Of the S15th
Regiment, Is waiting with anxious and
aching heart in his home in the En-
erald Isle for news of his boy.
That father Thomas MCGEE, Of Drum
drau. Trillick. County Tyrone, Ireland
has not heard from that son. Corporal
James McGee since November, last year.
In "a letter written at that time Cor
poral McGee said that he expected to
leave soon with his regiment for France
The letter begging news of the son
was received today by Bernard ]. Flynn,
general camp secretary of the knights OF
Columbus. The letter was addressed
to the head of the X of c. at Meade
and was dated November l.
Corporal McGee's regiment was an
all-Philadelphia organization and so
far as Is known, the corporal is from the
Quaker city. Mr.. Flynn Is in hopes
that friends of McGee in Philadelphia
can give him some Information. He
Will tHt up Will Tic w al
Department and try to find out some-
thing about the young soldier.
The rehabilitation process has swept
down in its path one OF the most i'm
portant institutions in the cantonment,
the division intelligence school, in which
officers and nOncoms who fought face
to face with the Hun on many battle
fields were the instructors. The head
of this school was Captain John J. Nor
rison. who was formerly with the Ohio
National Guard and who got into a
number of narrow hair-raising situa-
tions. The captain used to lead raids on
Hun trenches and ferret out machine
gun nests and artillery situations. He
explored dugouts too. and was always
ready with his hand grenades to clean
up things. The school was continued
along until yesterday when the captain
closed the course.
Sergeant Harry v. jacob. OF Frank.
| lin, Pa Sergeant j. NJ. Griesmer, OF
Allentown, and Sergeants Joseph II
Vath and John O'Shea, of New York
are among other of the heroes who die
wonderful work under the most death.
defying conditions.
After the soldiers Of the Thirty-firs
| Field Artillery are mustered out Colone
Henry L. Stimson. its commander, who
was Secretary of War under Presiden
Taft. will resign and return to his Law
offices in New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
GIRARD ALUMNUS dies HERO
Lieutenant Frank A. Howe Sue
cumbs to Wounds

A Girard College graduate, who for
several years made his home in Detroit
where he worked for tire concern, met
a hero's death when Lieutenant Frank
A. Howe died Of wounds, September 13.
Lieutenant Howe went to the Fort
Sheridan officers training school in May,
1917, where he was the youngest man
enrolled. Due to that fact, he was kept
over for the next training school and
did not receive his commission as Sec
ond lieutenant until November. He was
one of five officers selected Immediately
for foreign service as reserve Officer
in the regular army.
He was transferred several times, but
when he met his death he was with the
First Division, Company A, Twenty
eighth Infantry. 1t was this division
that sailed with General Pershing last
year His friends believe that he was
KILLED in the st. Mihiel battle. No tele-
gram was received by his grandmother.
Mrs. o. ]. Howe, with whom he lived
in Detroit, until the first of November.
The last letter. received from him was
dated a few days before his death and
in it he told his expectation of an early
battle.
Lieutenant Howe was twenty-five
years old and was graduated from
Girard College in 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
ASKS FAIR PLAY BE SHOWN
RETURNING NEGRO SOLDIERS
liner atkinson Appeals Through Armstrong Association for
Proper Recognition Of Services Rendered by 10000 Cooed
Troops When They Resume Civilian Life

Tn AN appeal made in connection with
- the issuance of the tenth annual re-
port OF the Armstrong Association Of
Philadelphia. Wilmer Atkinson, member
of the board of managers, asks recogni-
tion of the services to the country OF its
100000 negro soldiers overseas when
they return home looking for jobs in
civilian life again.
"They should be given fair play by
their white fellow citizens, in recogni-
tion of their loyal service on the battle
fields of France" says Mr.. Atkinson, who
praises the valor of the colored troops
in action. "They fought magn1cently.'
he continues. and quotes from the letter
Of an officer describing a colored regi-
ment going into battle for the first time
"Bare-headed, shirts unbuttoned or with
no shirts at all. with a most unearthly
yell. they went at the enemy like Gagged
lions released. They like best to fight
with the bayonet, which Fritz enjoys
least of all. The stanchest Hun quails
and runs before these dusky giants"
Incidentally, Mr.. Atkinson calls atten-
tion to the work of the Armstrong AS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
PR. .T.CUTS TIME
ON CAR ROUTES
Company Takes Advantage
of Skip-Stop to Shorten
Schedules
MONEY SAVING PLAN
Faster Time Schedules Are
Ordered by P. r. T. on
Certain Routes

A bill designed to end the trolley skip
stop system will be introduced in Com
mon Council this afternoon by william
Colburn, of the Forty-sixth Ward. 1t
requires that cars shall stop at all streets
marking new hundred in the house
numbers and any other important street
at which rider may wish to alight.
Meanwhile, the Rapid Transit Com
pany has started to introduce new speed
up schedules on its various lines, despite
protests of many citizens organizations
that reckless operation of the trolleys
has been responsible for many recen;
fatal accidents.
Among the first lines to be speeded
up Is the Chestnut Hill route, No. 90
The running time was shortened yes
terday by what is said TO be schedule
introduced as feeler and preliminary
to still more drastic cuts.
Five minutes was cut from the time
allowed for each round trip. Some cars
make three trips a day and some make
four. This would make an average OF
l7.5 minutes saved on each run each
day.
AS there are eighty-five runs on this
line, the time saved each day would ex.
ceed twenty-four hours In full week
of seven days the saving would amount
to more than 173 hours.
Platform men receive 43 cents an hour
during their first year and are gradually
increased to a maximum of 48 cents
paid to five-year men. Placing the aver
age wage at As cents an hour, the say.
ing to the company under the new run,
ming time, on Route 90 alone, will bt
something over $S3 a week. If the
+ speed-up methods are extended to al
the eighty-four routes in the city, as
predicted the financial benefit to the
company will be considerable.
Depends on Skip-stop
The new schedules cannot be main
tanned unless the skip-stop system /.
continued.
The skip-stop also permits economies
in many other matters. Fewer stop!
mean less consumption of electric cur
rent, as indicated by the fuel authori
ties when the system was inaugurated
In addition there Is much less wear OIL
brake shoes and airbrake pumps, an,
these items, small in themselves, noun
up quickly when all the cars operatet
by the company are taken into consid
Grafton.
Finally fewer cars will be needed t
make the same number of runs as ar
now maintained. The company has de
MED that the skip-stop system involve
the withdrawal Of any cars, but 1t
understood that a number were take
off when the system was first placed i
operation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
TO REDEDICATE ST. STEPHENS
Services to Be Held Tonight in
Renovated Edifce

Rededicatory services will be con-
Quoted tonight in st. stephens's Epis-
copal Church, Tenth street above Chest
nut, the interior of which has been re-
constructed and redecorated by. the gen.
erosity of Miss Anna ]. Magee, daughter
of James Magee, for many years ves-
tryman of the parish.
A large pulpit and lecturn of Champ
VILE marble were installed last year by
Miss Magee in memory of her sister,
Fanny S. Magee. The inner vestibule
was built of Champvil1e marble and the
balcony removed on the right side to
correspond with the balcony on the left.
The woodwork has been finished in dark
walnut with al gothic pattern. The
flooring has been relaid In Casota stone,
BILE and ingenious and artistic lighting
arrangements introduced A bust of
James Magee has been placed IN niche
in tho outer vestibule. :.
The Rev. DR.. Carl e. Grammer will
officiate at the services.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
SIX NIGHT SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
Small Attendance Causes Super.
intendent CARRIER To Act

Six elementary night schools will be
closed this month by the Board OF
Education because of small attendance.
The schools are the Longfellow, Martin.
Hanna. Mount Vernon, Hockell and
Stetson.
Figures show 5000 pupils are now
enrolled in the evening schools in the
high schools and -, 900 in the elementary
schools. Since 1914 the number of eve
ming elementary schools has dropped
from thirty to eight On September 23
fourteen evening elementary schools
were opened. but 1t was necessary to
close them shortly afterward on account
of the epidemic of influenza. When they
opened three weeks later there was an
unusually small registration and the at
tendance has continued to be small.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05

ISOLATION, which endeavors TO encourage
the negro to adopt a high standard of
home and civic life.
During the last year 1t was active in
providing good housing conditions for
great numbers of colored families, who
came here from the South looking for
work. Hundreds were thus able to find
employment at Hog Island, as we'll as in
domestic service.
The association secured jobs and place
ments for colored workers during the
year to the number OF more than 1000
in twent y-four different occupations. il
Is supplying home and school visitors to
five city public schools, and one in a
rural community. These visitors aim to
make the schools real centers of family
and community Improvement, and try
to help bind the schools and homes to-
gether with bonds Of loyalty and inter-
est.
The association conducted one Red
Cross Club the last year, and organized
three Girl Scout troops, and was re-
sponsible for the entertainment Of numer-
GUS colored soldiers on leave in Phila-
delphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-05
CLUB FAILS TO INVITE MAYOR
Smith Not Asked to Five O'clock
Dinner Party

The unwritten law of the Five O'Clock
Club TO invite the clty's chief executive
to the annual dinner has this year been
ignored and no invitation has reached
Mayor Smith for ,he dinner set for Sat
u,day evening.
THE list OF invited guests as made
public by the club includes Will II.
HAYS, chairman of the Republican ma
tionai committee; Governor-elect Sproul,
Senator Penrose, Senator Knox, Re
publican State Chairman Crow, Lieuten-
ant Governor-elect Beidleman, Auditor
General Say6er, State Treasurer KEEP
hart, Lieutenant Governor McClain,
Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods
Senator Ware, Congressman Ware and
David II, Lane,