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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02

Although investigation has shown that the soldiers taste runs to farces and musical comedies with plenty of pretty girls. the government is about to experiment by booking classical play, MoIiere's The Imaginary Inva- lid," through the camps. More ann bilious than the type of entertain ment thus far presented the piece possesses distince farcical appeal. Its production by the Cobarn Players is awaited with interest.
 The kind of plays possible for pro- duction in the Liberty Theatres as the cantonments playhouses have been named. is limited by various causes and it is impossible to judge of their suitability by ordinary stand- ards. Experience has shown that the soldiers prefer comedies, farces and musical plays, Melodramas and plays dealing with the war are little liked except in rare instances.
 Because of these facts. the Commis- sion on Training Camp Activities, has appointed Play Reviewing Commit tee whose duty it will be to see Broad- ! way productions, as we'll as to decide upon past successes and even new plays, with a view to their production. Jack of aesthetic value is not to in. fluence the committee in it choice of plays as entertainment only is to be the basis for the rendering of judge ment.
 The thoroughness with which the 1 committees researches must be con l ducted maybe understood from the l reproduction of some of the dues. | tions which appear on blank form
 which the committee must use in sub
 hitting it's report on play. The ques- i tons follow:
 1 Is the play interesting? It it hum- orous? Is the play decent? Does it
 offend against any religion. racial
 or national faith or conviction? Is
 the acting good, medium or bad? How
 many in the chorus? Are the girls 1 pretty? Do they dance we'll? Do they sing we'll? Is the music pleasing?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02

NO matt0ryW alls your child, a gentle, tho( bugh laxative should al- ways be the first treatment given.
 If your little one is out-ofsorts, halfsick, isn't resting. eating and act. ing naturally-look, Mother! See if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bow els are cloggcd with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without griping, and you have g. we'll, playful child again.
 Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless fruit laxative" because it never fails to cleanse the little ones liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach and they dearly love its pleasant taste. Full directions for ta bies. children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for bottle of Cali fornia Syrup of Figs" then see that it is made by the California Fig Syrup Company."-Advt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
FORECLOSURE SUITS.

Two foreclosure suits were filed in the chancery court yesterday. w. w. West is plaintiff in an action against John and Bessie Roberts. for '$7OO on notes, and to foreclose lien on four lots in Wlabbaseka. l.. B. West, as trustee, and w. w. West entered suit against York and Laura Silas for $400, on notes, and seek foreclosure and sale of two lots in Wabbaseka.
 Della Dancey was granted divorce from John Doncey. on the ground of cr1lel treatment.
 The suit of A. D. Foster, trustee. and Wm. Gordon vs. Nat and Adah Brown was settled and dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
prifish Airman Wins Victory
 By Ramming German Airplane
r,n,ovs Daredevil Trick to Beat Adversary Who Was A4r, 1uring Machine Gun Bullets Into His Ship-Teu
 ton Crashed to Eearth

remain on his course or German bull let would surely reach him.
 In 9 flash he summed up the situa tion, saw the only chance open to him, and snatched at it instantly.
 Drawing back his control lever, he sent his machine shooting upward to meet the oncoming German. Before the latter realized what was happen ing, the two airplanes we're in coll- sion.
 But the British pilot had so judged things-more by luck than good man. agement, he afterwards declared- that his undercarriage crashed into the enemy's upper plane, tearing it clear of the main structure.
 German Falls to Death
 Both machines turned turtle as a result of the tremendous impact, and nosedived earthward, a dive from which the German never recovered. He went crashing completely out of control.
 The British pilot flattened out his machine after falling 800 feet and was able to rejoin his squadron minus his undercarriage, but with his ma chine otherwise almost undamanged.
 But he had yet to land his mach inc in safety, and landing an airplane without an undercarriage is no easy task. His comrades all got down be- fore him and gather in salient group at one corner of the airdrome to watch him come down. His comman- der was so certain that disaster inn pended, that he ordered an ambulance to be got ready.
 But the pilot confounded all their fears, and thereby added greatly to his professional reputation. He stalled his airplane when only a few feet from from the ground-that is, he pointed it's nose upward until the forward speed was nearly off the en- zine. Slowly the tail sank downward The rear skid touched earth nd drag ged along the surface fer a few yards. Then the airplane fell forward and stopped with perk.
 Hardly fastening was strained, and the pilot coolly stepped down on the turf to receive the congratula- tions of his comrades.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
BritOnS Crossed Jordan Near
 Where Christ Was Baptized
Calling Fire From Guns of Turks Failed to Stem Tide of Modern "Crusaders'' Who Routed the Enemy
 in Gallant Charges.

guns while the ground lent itself to defence. Beyond the belt of scrub through which it was necessary to cut ones way was q bare open space about five hundred yards wide and then a series of lodges where the Turks were ensconced in trenches with a perfect field for fire in front of them. While daylight lasted it was impossible to crcss this lane After dusk the British rushed the Turkish positions. A steel pontoon bridge was constructed which was crossed most gallantly under shell fire by cavalry which promptly made an end to Turk ish resistance, galloping down the machine-gunners and capturing three Maxims and seventy prisoners.
 Wheeling to the left the troops se- cured the opposite bank of the Ghoraniveh ford and soon the infan- try was pouring across following close on the heels fthe Turks who made another stand at Shunetnimrin across the old caravan road leading to Els Salt.
 There the troops were among the foothills of the mountains of Gilead which rise a thousand feet from the Jordan plain. It was short strug- gle and the position was rushed, 35 prisoners, all Germans, falling into British hands, as well as four guns of which the teams were shot down by Lewis guns. Then the troops rac- ed toward Els Salt which was enter ed early in the morning. Els Salt is the center of an important grain region which furnished the main supply for Jerusalem in the days of the Turks. It is now again available.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02

New York, June 1.-The latest at Pempted uprising in Ireland brings aes again into the limelight that saa saa Of saints and martyrs, of heroes aao nave never hesitated to shed aelr blood in the sacred cause of lib- r.,;.; .y' ana whose magnificent fighting aaIltles have been displayed on many uoooy field where British arms ape triumphed.
 rompted by the machinations of slmany, the several Irish uprisings ase M the beginning of the present war ,Inuu,ng nlalgg the rebellion which drench. '. DuDlln . in blood two years ago, ap- sf 10 10 be foredoomed to failure like s, similar outbreaks in the past, 'ne to misguided leaders and the N N or united sentiment among the m people themselves.
 s.0. .ns !lrst great Irish rebellion oc- s sss m m l7s8. The leading figure in ,,Sa "s tae misguided patriot, Napper
 Ns' ene hero of that popular bal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
tho British Lines in France

Behind the British Lines in France il., ,,Ds Ds 1-(CCorrespondence of The 'aas .ss.;oted Press).-A British ma . n;ss '.;sa rammed a German airplane in s..''a aora battle a few days ago. The Sa u.;t;sh asi'N machine afterwards made a tDa'assssful D',s.sn landing. but the German suss msshine was demolished.
 iaTa The whole incident, as described to m. I Associated Press, shows the nec- .,S;tu ,a; for an airman to develop an sIs,ss smost supernatural ability to deal aitl,I, ~;th unexpected situations. It is gen n.'I srsI1v believed that one of the chief ,.ss1 ,sssons for the present German in- ssr;ority .srsU.t in the air is that the aver ,s,' sse German pilot is incapable of ad- sss ;gs,ting his mental balance as quick T s's as the young British pilot, in per %rmng or anticipating the unexpect- in this particular contest, the Ger man airman got his gun to bear at n0int. @ blank range on the British pilot n mid-air, the Britisher's gun being temporarily out of action owing to a jam.
 squadron engaged in a long-distance reconnaissance behind the German lines, They had been heavily attack ed by German patrol, but by splen- did gunnery and superb airmanship l had driven off the Germans after downing four of them.
 Gun Was damned <
 It was while pursuing one of the fleeing German machines that the pilots gun jammed, and he was fore cd to break off his pursuit and climb up to the shelter of his squadron un- til his gun could be got into acticn again. Before he could regain his altitude, the German dived down on him. The enemy plane came out of the heart of the sun straight at him, SC that he did not see the approach of his antagonist until the latter's bull lets came whizzing through his wings. Gancing up, he saw his enemy only a few yards away.
 It was impossible for the British pilot to dive or sideslip. The German would simply have followed him down and continued to pump in bullets at point-blank range. Neither could he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02

With the British Army in Palestine, March 26-(Correspondent of the Associated Press Ut was at Nah adethadjlah, where the baptism of Christ is said to have taken place, that the British army forced a pas sage of the River Jordan after a brisk engagement with the Turks and small body of Germans on the night Of March 21.
 i The crossing was attempted at three spots. The average breadth of the Jordan is thirty yards and even in the driest season the water lords are never less than three and a half to four feet deep. Both banks are ln- ed with a thick jungle called by the i Arabs "Ezzor" and is the haunt of wild boar. It is traversed by very few tracks leading to the lords.
 l At two of the fcrds even men on i horseback were unable to breast the strong current, while rafts and pon- /! toons were swept sway. The Turks, alive to the fact that the crossing
 was being attempted, set fire to i some dry scrub on their side of the
 bank which lit up the waters almost with brightness of daylight reveal ing with cruel distinctness our men venturing from cover in the thickets at Mahadethadjlah. There river was straighter run and the current is con- sequent less swift. Seven volunteers
 succeeded in swimming to the other
 bank with a rope by means of which
 pontoon was pulled over, serving
 as a ferry for sufficient force.
 | The British established a strong
 bridgehead before dawn. The Turks
 were not very numerous but were
 plentifully supplied with machine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
PAPER RAVORS ENTENTE.

CM istiania, June 1.-As a proof of the growth of good-feeling between Norway and the. Entente Powers there will be started here next month a new monthly called Atlantis. The purpose. as stated in its prospectus. is "to further economic and cultural relations with the United States, Eng land and France" ssss'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
U. of A. COMMENCEMENT
 TO BE HELD ON JUNE fl
President Hill of University of Mis- sOuri to Deliver Address tO
 93 Graduates.

/, Fayetteville, June 1.--President A. Ross Hill of the> University of Mis- souri will deliver the graduating ad- dress at the annual commencement exercises of the University of Arban- sas on Tuesday, June II, when 93 students will receive degrees and cer- tificates.
 The commencement program will start Saturday, June S. when play bp the Blackfriars Dramatic club Will be given. Dr. F. Y. Mullins of the Southern Baptist Theological Semin- ary Louisville, Ky, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, June g. Monday, June 10 will te class day with concert by the department of fine arts and entertainment by thi Glee club.
 GIVES BUILDING TO BLIND
 Nov, VorE I,ruo -A rnOI1n cnmnnt r
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02

has been received here that Jacqu/s Selgmann, of Paris and New York, has guaranteed the rent for three years of Chateau Madrid in Bois de Boulogue, Paris, and has placed the Chateau at the service of the blinded soldiers of the Allied forces.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
TO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN

The Commission of Rev. N. l.. Bent ly, as Supreme Organizer of Wood- men of Union has been revoked by me for good and sufficient reasons. Rev. N. l.. Bently has no authority to solicit, secure or make members for said Woodmen of Union, all Woodmen of Union lodges are hereby notified not to admit said Rev. Bently int0 the local lodges as Rev. BentlXr1s not in good and regular stan2bhg in the Moodmen of Union, and hall not ai- low him to collart axessnent from members of theif loses for he has no authority so tdN0.
 Witness my official signature this 29th day of May, 1918. Pine Bluff. Ark.
 l., J. WINSTON
 Supreme President WOOdmen of
 Union. Advt. New stock of spring shoes just ar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02
M. PES NOT SUBJECT TO DRAFT

London, June LA London military
 tribunal, after three weekss' delibera- ton, has decided that members of the House of Commons are doing "work of national importance" and therefore
 entitled to exemption from military
 service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-06-02

New stock of spring shoes just arr rived at Eisenkramer. The Tailor. 5O4 Main street-south of Hotel Pines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
The Call to Duty.
(NeW York World. ]

(New York World) The World did agree with President Wilson last month in his opinion that the election of | Republican Congress would be in any re- pudiation of his Administration, and course we do not accept that view today.
 The present Democratic Congress, acquittng itself admirably in many ways, is chargeable with griev- ous sins of omission and commission. As The World said than a week ago, this Congress has yielded often sectional and sectaran influences. Some of its leaders have made them selves marplos. few of its members have car ried their pacifsm and pro-German demagogy of neutral days into the fierce strife of war Con iemnaton invited.
 It is the Sixty Congress and not the Presi- dent therefore, that is in disfavor, and there can be question of the recognition of this fact abroad IS well as at home when, in spite of many misrepre- entaons and misconceptions, everybody is made to understand that this occasion the people elect ng Congress and not President
 More regrettabe, in estimation, than any political changes that have taken place is the spirit of partisanship which has been awakened, and for this the President be held blameess. The World said at the time and it says that his in reference with the nomination and election of mem oers of Congress in various States unwise and calculated defeat the very purpose that he wished promote. Americans have always responded true WhiteIIouse leadership but they have just consist ently resented White House intrusion upon their To- ,al affairs. There should be a repetition of this
 As we can imagine nothing much worse for the country in it's present situation than continuation If the venomous partsanship recently in evidence, we must entreat Democrats well Republicans to portance the welfare of any political organization the future of any politician. The call today is to duty Those who give closest heed to that summons will have the fewest for regret and apology hereafter.
 To all such commend this passage from a short speech by Abraham Lincoln few days after the Presidential contest in 1864:
 The strife of this election is but human
 nature practically applied to the facts of the
 What has occurred in this case must
 in similar Human nature
 will not change. In any future great na-
 tional trial, compared with the of this
 shall have weak and strong as silly ] and wise, bad and good Let us
 therefore study the incidents of this as
 philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none
 of them wrongs to be avenged.
 If it is human nature, irritable provocation, go extremes of passion and excitement so it is human nature, returning soberly to reason to correct its and reject evil counses With unlimited faith in the patriotism good sense of the American people, without regard to party we look for truce at Washington.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
DOWN WITH BoLsHEvIKIsM IN ALASKA
EIxx'Eg ss.s

The Empire is not partisan newspaper in the that people regardd partsanship. It does believe that all good is in the Democratic party and all bad in the Republican party. It does not be- leve that all disnterested patriots Democrats that all sinister, self-servng people Republicans. It pities hide-bound individuals who think the welfare of the American nation depends upon the success of any political party The United States prospered and served as a model of democracy and in fair dealing fer sixty of the last century when the Demo- cratic party dominated the affairs of the Nation. It prospered and served model of democracy and in fair dealing for the next fifty when the Repub- lican party dominated it's afars. It will prosper and model of democracy and fair dealing in the future, whether the Democratic the Republican party dominate 1t.
 But The Empire is opposed to Boshevkism under and all circumstances It believes that all good citizens will, and that all good ctizens do help those who in authority, temporarily otherwise, to administer the law according their oaths. is op- posed, very strongly opposed to those who seek to make political profit by throw lng obstacles in the way of orderly progress and the administration of law
 Men who endeavor to make government difficult, and then profit upon failures, ARE NOT GOOD CITI- HENS, whether they Democrats Republicans. men who constantly msrepresent those who are charg- who constantly misrepresent those who charg cd with responsibilities, who try to dis trust and suspicion for personal political profit ARE NOT GOOD CITIZENS.
  truths, which the soltlof lies; they do try to cause those who serving the public to fail that they might profit through the failure.
 Alaska has her Bolsheyh. She has people who have tried to destroy, and tear down for political profit. She has people who have tried obstruct government aud misrer present those who are in au- thority-for the purpose of helping themselves. She has those who have used the of political par ties and other organizations serve personal ends She has those who have used the name of labor to gain sinister advantagesc. She has those who have diee-and they have lied in order do it. She has those who would assassinate character for the gain that might follow
 NONE OF THESE WERE ACTS OF GOOD CITI- ZENSliSIP The performers good Americans They were not patriotic. They their best for their country They Bolsheviki and if Alas ka is to prosper and develop as she should THEY MUST NOT BE PERMITTED TO RULE They must mend their ways or be suppressed by enlightened peo pie awakened their duty
 This is not A political editorial IL is not made to gain votes The election is It written in the interest of Alaska and Americanism Now is the time for the people of Alaska, Democrats and Republicans alike, to remember that they Alaskans and Amer jeans and to act the part of good citizens Oppor- tunity is about Alaska again Let her he prepared for it DOWN WITH BOI.sHEVIKISM
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
Luke McLuke Says

Luke McLuke Says
 A lot of folks act like it isn't bit of trouble to be disagreeable, but a whole heap of trouble to be agree able.
 The original method of "joy rid ing" was to wrap the lines around the whip and let old Fan find her way home at walk, while you and the Girl held hands in the buggy And they haven't improved any on the original method,
 You always believe man who says: q don't care darn about the money involved, it is the principle of the thing" don't you? Neither do we!
 And believe us, if that crowd of men had ever imagined that Lots wife had stopped to fasten up something she was losing they would all have looked back
 Strange as it may seem the fonder man is of wet goods the less he worries about putting anything by for a rainy day.
 A woman likes to have two hats
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
AN IMPRESSIVE EVENT.

The spectacular surrender of the German navy in the Firth Forth will probably go down in his tory the impressive and dramatic event of the war It fitting climax to the destruction of mil itarism It gave the whole world opportunity to visualize exacted by the Allies the price of the armistice. It demonstrated beyond all question strait which Germany had been driven by the in1exible Foch and his great army No coun- try would ask officers of her to undergo the hu- initiation that Germany accepted except that it was the last alternative The humiliation far greater than would have been the loss of the fleet in dis lstrous battle
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
The Influenza Epidemic,
(CordOYa Times ]

The narrowing details of the epidemic at Nome must home to every Alaskan with feeling of pity and sympathy which is accentuaed by the utter helpessness to send relief By this time Nome is probably off from communication with outside world by water and if the ice pack has not already formed in Boring Sea it is too hazardous trip at this for any relief ship to attempt the voyage. The long and roundabout trip by dog team would be inad- equate for any of relief to be to the suf ferers who doubt in need of medical skill trained nurses and medicines.
 So far CordOva has been extremely lucky in that there has been bread of the disease here The pit fable plight of Nome should as warning to citizens and should tend to impel them to sub nit cheerfully the restrictions being enforced by the health authorities. Always prevention is better than cure. And they will have to be thankful when the danger is passed for the wise precau-
 ons that have been put into effect
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT TRUE

The Dispatch last night said:
 "In the First Division Suzer-
 ites had terrific reversal of sen
 tment in two years. In 1916 the
 First Division went for Sulzer by
 landslide there being nearly 800
 plurality for the Democratic can
 / didate"
 The Dispatch probably printed that because it is not true There is nothing else interesting about it and then the Dispatch simply loves print things that are not true.
 Delegate Sulzer's plurality in the First Division in 1916 was 4ss. There approximately 2,O0O more votes cast in the First Division in 1sls than in 1918
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-23
WILL TAKE TWO YEARS
 TO DEMOBILIZE TROOPS

NEW YORK, Nov. z3.-General T. Coleman du Pont, just returned from visit to western front, says de- mobilization of American forces in France will require two years. One of our generals" he said, asked me to tell the people at home that our boys have a years work ahead of them in removing barbed wire the Huns have strung across France" He declared "statesmanlike plans are being laid for the trying period following peace. Every hut in France will become a classroom. The boys will be given every educa- tional advantage under leading edu- cators and business men from the United States"
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