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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-08-21
THE SHAPE OF CLAY

Young Brookfield, crossing the car
with glass of sherry in his hand,
noted the strange pallor of his quiet
guest as he offered him the wine.
'That pony-fght knocked you up
more than you1l admit" he said.
'Have try at that sherry dads
special brand. It'll buck you up stiff
fer than any bronco down here"
The other smiled family as he took
the offered glass and raised II to his
lips, but did not drink; for his hand,
that had been like steel upon the
bride, trembled little, and some Of
the wine stopped over on his fingers.
"You all are like bit Of real life,"
he said, and the wistfulness In his
tone that he could not quite control
made Eva Arlington turn and look at
him for a moment with her sweet eyes
grown grave.
II wanted to come into your car,
Just to see how real things look--or ce
more. Nothing ever happens in the
desert. It's just the long, gray mo-
notony and the sage and cactus blow
ing in the wind. kind of hopeless.
Nothing ever seems to happen--but
Just death!"
He was silent moment, looking
absently at the untasted wine In the
glass he held.
Opposite him sat the woman whom
his disclosure was about to ruin, her
face so distorted with tragedy that
the others must have remarked II had
they turned to look.
Near her the girl stood, vaguely
moved by an emotion Of immense de-
ISOLATION and utter solitude conveyed
In his few words.
Her hand half unconsciously sought
her lovers, and held it close.
The elder Brookfield slipped at his
glass with reflective enjoyment.
He dealt in stocks, not emotions
and his imagination took no flights,
beyond the luxurious present. Beside
one OF the broad windows his wife sat
as though stricken, her cheek in her
hand, her eyes strained out across
the wide, gray undulations of the de.
sert, where the dry cactus ratified and
whispered in the wind under the
changeless steel.blue sky.
A rayo the sunset light touched
her fingers and broke into thousand
dancing prismatic flames from the
diamonds clustered there.
''No train ever stops here for
Inore'n minute" the man went on.
y-deliberately-he had
dropped his earlier manner, and fallen
into the way of speech of the herders
among whom he lived.
''Bein' here, and acceptin' your
kindness, and SEEM all these real
things, has sort of brought me back
to tho case of a fellow once knew.
The hands of the woman opposite
we're ciasped until they were blood.
lcss.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-08-21
Guarantee

1t is satisfying to know, when
making purchases of this extent,
that you are protected by the
Thompson-HudsOn guarantee as
to quality and value.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
Another Railway
 Union Asks Raise

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 19.-Gcneral chairmen of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers today approved new wage and working agreement already submitted to the railroad administration for an in- crease in pay of approximately $l per day per man; time and half for overtime and promotion by seniority.
 The demands, it was said, affect all railroads in the United States, Can ada and Central America and involve about 6O0,O00 workers. Half of that number are members of the union.
 A referendum now being taken is returnabIe August 24. Union off clals declare 99 per cent of the men favor the proposed schedule and a general strike of all maintenance of way employees if their demands are not met.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Little Rock. Aug 19.-A series of wild throws by Little Rock players in the fifth. innings today gave Mobile six runs and enabled the visitors to win. s to 6. Ellis. who succeeded Beresky in the ninth, pre- vented threatened scoring rally by Lit tie Rock Score: k II F Mobile ------2O O6O WW-S 10 Q Little Rock ---------1O2 OO3 OOO-6 12 Beresky Ellis and Coleman; Hengeveld, karr and BrOttem.
 ATLANTA BEATS NASHVILLE.
 Nashville, Tenn. Aug. Uplifting llrl- ferich hard in the first five innings, At lanta took the opening game of the series from Nashville today, , to 3. A hot ball from McDonald's bat in the sixth hit Suggs on the thumb, retiring him. Score: Atlanta ------2OO 12O OUO-J 0 Nashville -- -UtDO OO3 WO-:} 10 1 Suggs. Sheehan and Higgins: lIelferich, Hodge and Street.
 BARONS BEAT CHICKS.
 Memphis, Aug. 19.-By outplaying the locals throughout and hitting Canavan hard in seven innings, Birmingham today defeated Memphis, to O.. Score: R II |: Birmingham ----21O 1O1 3UO-S II I Memphis -------------0W OOO W0-O j Cofiindatfer and Peters; Canavan, Good bred and BiSchOff
 LOOKoUTS WIN IN NINTH.
 Chattanooga. Aug. 19.-After New Or leans had broken d 1 to 1 tie in the first half of the ninth. Chattanooga scored two runs and won, 5 to ,. Score; K Y New Orleans --------1Oo opD Wl-S Chattanooga ----------OOO O1O O02-o l Walker and Agnew; Marshall and NeiderkOrn.
 TEXAS BASEBALL.
 At Dallas O-O: Galveston, 1-3.
 At Shreveport ,: Beaumont 1. At Fort Worth f; San Antonio ,.
 EE. At Waco. 4-3: Houston, S-4
 Use The Graphic classified ads They do the work.
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Wife of Editor of
 London Mirror Here

Mrs. E. F. Flynn of London, Eng land, is in Pine Bluff for a visit with her cousins, Prof M D. McNelll and his sister, Mrs. Lucy E. Couch at the home of Mrs. Couch, 1904 West Fifth. Mrs. Flynn was born and reared in Arkansas, but has lived in England for the past seventeen gears, coming to America for an occasional visit. During the war, Mrs. Flynn was a nurse in the Sec end London General hospital.
 MT. Flynn, an Englishman, is editor of the London Daily Mirror, one of tme best known papers of it's kind in the world, Mrs. Flynn will remain in Pine Bluff for some time.
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Humphrey Defeats
 Wabbaseka, 1 to 0

Humphrey, Aug. l9.-ln Il fast and ex- citing game, Humphrey defeated Wahba. Seka heer this afternoon. | to 0 The stores were closed and a big crow,i wit messed the contest, cheering good plays by home and visiting players
 Humphreys only score came in the seventh on d double by Pitcher Hunter and single by Catcher QuartcrmouS only one Wabbascka man got aS far as third base. That WnhbaScka was playing tight ball was evidenced ill the fifth when Humphrey got three men on. but was unable to score. Hunter struck out Ii, and lludgens dropped six iIumphrcyitr~ to the water barrel The score: k II |, WahbaSeka -------------- q , 1 Humphrey ------------------- q
 liudgenS and Townsend: Y. Hunter and Qucrtcrmous. Time of game. go,
 The Wabhascka team comes to Pine Bluff tomorrow to play the Pine Bluff All-StarS. The latter team has defeated WabbaSeka once at Wabhascka, but il stronger lineup than in the previous game is expected here Thursday.
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PLAN TO INV ESTU,ATE.

Washington, Aug. 19.-A resolu- tion dlrectln gthe federal trade com mission to investigate the high cost ot shoes, and determine the cause for increased prices, was adopted today by the house, which refused to extend the inquiry to clothing and food.
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TWO TRAFFIC ARRESTED.

Charles McNew posted $10 for felt yesterday for violating traffic laws. For like offense, J. M Brown posted a like forfeit. Will Killion, charged with assault and battery posted $10 forfeit. Magno- lia Davis, charged with assault and battery, was fined $5 and costs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Imitation snow is long thing of the past in the movies. In Almost Married" May Allison the beautiful, has to shovel her way in and out of the picture, through mountain drifts that reach to her arm-pits. And for that she is "A lmost Married"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Since the cessation of hostiities in Europe the Patent Office at Wash ington has received from 75,000 to S5,00O requests weekly for copies of patent issues, principally from manu- lecturers.
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NO EXCEPTIONS

'It is a lucky thing for the coun- try that the prohbitonists were not in power at the time of the Spanish war"
 "Why not 2"
 "They would never have allowed the Spanish fleet to be bottled up."
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JORDAN AIDE-DE-CAMP.

Dr. Junius Jordan, superintendent of the Pine Bluff schools, has been appointed by Maj.-Gen. B. w.. Green of the Arkansas division, U. c. V. as an aide-de-camp for the reunion of the U. C. V. at Atlanta, Ga., October z to 10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Boston, Aug. 19.-Terry Martin of Providence, R. l., who substituted for Artie Root, was given the decision last night over Joly Fox, English featherweight in a twelve round bout Root claimed that Fox was over- weight and refused to fight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Iron holders of Fort wayne, Ind, have been forced to walk the streets by the refusal of the Bass foundry and Machine company refusing to grant the wage scale awarded by the war labor board last May.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
GIANTS IN SPLIT


 New York, Aug. 10 Chicago won it's first victory ill New York this season hy taking the first half .of d double header to. day. New York took the second contest i'll which Barnes won his 2Oth game belng the, first National league twirlpr to win q score of games. Score by innings: tlfst game: k II F Chicago ------ -0O1 21O Oou-i II n New York - OOD OoO 1no-3 x 1 Alexander and kllifer; Douglas. Win ters, Dubuc and Snyder
 Second game. Score: R II F. Chicago ---------- O1O GOO OOo-1 x 0 New York - OO3 O20 tNpy-i i 1 llendryX. Carter and O'FHrrell: Barnes and McCarty.
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pII"ISRIRGu WINS

Philadelphia, Aug lo.-iittsburgh made 1t three out of four from I'hiladclplia today by hitting Meadows opportunelv i'll the closing innings. Score by innings Pittsburgh -----olO up} OlO-J $ . Philadelphia ---------o4U GOO WO--i $ :,
 (. Adams. Carlson and Schmidt: Mead oWs and 'Trag"sscr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
BIcAN LEAGUE
EC0 TAXES
 l OF SERIES |TH MACkMEN

Chicago, after losing in E Aug isr ig, Staged rallies lo,t in dn,; ,l,s
 Gaa' E eighth innings, l;sa :, owe, cIcan lean and woh' IN" iTnnver's batting '.hn series. W '"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
IEAIIE.
NATIONAL LEAG( F..
WESTERN LEAGUE.

At Wichita. 4-5: Tulsa. G-12. At Joplin, 2-J: Oklahoma City, IL At St. Joseph, j: Des Moincs. l. At Sioux City, ?; Omaha. 1.
 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Kansas City. [: Louisville. I. At Milwaukee, ;; Toledo, 1. At St. Paul, 6; Columbus ,. At Minneapolis, [; Indianapolis, g.
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CLEVELAND WINS.

sd Aug. 19.-New iork was
 'lo anything with Coveleskie aft
 Est inning when it made two ol Units and Cleveland won. Qulhn srd Score by innings: R II F. l 100 O00 W0-1 5 D -O12 0O2 00X-o ID .
 |shore and Hannah; Coveleskie
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

SUMMARY: Two base hits. Olson /. Wheat Groh Stolen bases, Griffith. Konetchy, Roush. Double plays Olson. Johnson and KonetChy: kopf, Rath and Daubert. Struck. off. .esEller 3; Mitchell. 7.
 ---"- .,!
 BRAVES AND CARDS SPLIT. Boston. Aug. 19.-Boston and St. Louis split even today. the visitors winning the first game and losing the second ill eleven innings.
 First game Scores: R II F St Louis 2lD 200 WM-4 1 Roston - --OOO GOO 1Ol-2 ,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
A 70 70 o U 71c z m z n (

chased it's andwlbe tomakep asengeh a
 eatyCapt i1whlot emdud three during u o whcht h.
 Reservations Cdn Be Made By Caling 8l3
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Auto Roads Maps 25c. Brashcrs Central Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
poMNs REAT ROSTO\.

BROWNS BEAT BOSTON. Eis. Aug. 19-One hit was all buld get off Liefield today and shut out the Red SoX ) to 0 led into fourth place. 1t was Hast appearance here this season; Einnings: o,,a oao h d II E 100 2O1 01X-J 10 l |NIcGraw and Wolters; Licficld reid. DETROIT WINS AGAIN. Aug. 19.-CombininG timely Fifth bases on balls, Detroit de- Iashington today. Score by in k H b |on ----------0O1 GOO 001-2 $ l
 -----001 13O O2E-I II l Zachary, Gill and Agnew; Dauss mith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

ea loi col O31 200 |
 la 1O1 OOO 42X-S py. Two base hit, Murphy.
 ses kopp. Thomas, RlSnerS.
 .vs ,,. Gandil to Risberg. Bases i I; Johnson D; fao- k,ck out, Lowdermilk, 1; Kinney
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Cincinnati no oo" nno 1o"-a nno-d
 SUMMARY: Two base hits, Ring Win go, Daubert, Groh. Double plays, Ratil and Daubert; Galore, Johnson and kon etchy Bases on balls. Ring, l. Cadore, , Struck out, Ring, 5; Cadore i.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE
REDS TAKE TWO FROM SUPERbAS;
 GIANTS SPLIT

Brooklyn, Aug. 19.-Cincnnati shut out Brooklyn in the first game here today and also won the second game. Score:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20

Use The Graphic classified ads They do the work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-20
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIO.
SUB FIGHTER WINS

1t Minneapolis, :; Indianapolis, 8.
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An Exception in Daylight Saving

TIME daylight saving laws effective
throughout the United States
i and other countries of higher
latitude have never been placed in
operation In the Panama Canal Zone.
This is for the reason that there is
very little seasonal change in the time
of sunrise and sunset for this latitude
approximately Q degrees north).
The earliest sunrises. occurring in
May and June. are approximately 6
o'clock, and latest, in January and
February, about 6:35. The earliest
sunsets, In November, occur at about
$3.50 and the latest, In June and July,
at approximately $40. The usual
working hours In the Canal Zone be-
ing from Z in the morning until 5 in
the afternoon. the morning margin Of
daylight before work varies from
twenty minutes to one hour. The eve-
ming period OF light. between o'clock
and the beginning OF twilight (sunset)
varies from nifty minutes to one hour
and thirty-five minutes. To advance
the time one hour would throw the
Z A. M. workers into the twilight
period and tend to reduce rather than
increase their hours Of daylight labor.
The morning twilight period is about
half an hour the year around, the eve
ming twilight slightly longer,
In latitude ~ degrees MOI tn, which
Is that approximately OF Boston. De-
troit and Milwaukee. sunrise varies
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wALRus LEATHER in The NATURAL STATE. >


process. This utilization Of the leather
is of comparatively recent adoption,
and yet a good many thousands OF
pounds Of the stuff are now employed
annually In the United States. The
hide is cut vertically into thin strips
and attached to the surface Of the
roller.
The leather will gin about $50 bales
before It's contact face becomes too
smooth to grip the cotton. Then. by
roughening the material. q new sur
face Is provided. and this goes on until
the walrus hide IL worn too thin for
further service.
The New York firm keeps in stock
anywhere from 500 to 500 sides" Of
walrus leather. and there IL little cause
for wonder that more than one per-
son has mistaken them for elephant
hides. They are pretty nearly as stiff
as boards and range In weight, accord
ing to the size of the animal from
which they are cut, anywhere from
ITS to 225 pounds In the cases of the
big ones. A side being only half OF a
skin It is evident that the walrus Is
pretty well loaded with a thick and
formidable protective coat .
Annual Imports Into U. O..
According to a report published by
the United States Bureau Of Fisheries
some years ago. about 80. 900 pounds of
tanned walrus hides are imported into
the United States annually. The I'm
port value is about $4,000 and the
selling value. after It is cut in the
form Of wheels, is from $4,000 to
s5000o. The quantity used in Europe
IL probably double the amount of the
importations into this country. A
small quantity Of walrus hide has been
tanned on the Pacific coast of the
United States. but the quality OF the
output Is reported as inferior to that
prepared in Great Britain. Cub sides
weigh from 30 to 40 pounds and meas
ure from a quarter\to half inch In
thickness. while the average sides
weigh between so and 90 pounds"
The Washington authorities report
that 1.-THE process Of tanning depends
| on the purpose for which the finished
material is designed. II intended for
polishing purposes the hides should
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Detective Follows Top Into the Thick
Trapped by Dramatic Trick Prisoner His
esse Death the Front but Fate Saved Him for the Hangman

Consequently he seemed the one to
fix our attention upon.
At this time tho regiment that this
man belonged to was ordered to the
front and went into action at Chateau
Thierry.
All the detectives with the excep-
ton OF Sergeant Kirlin were recalled
from the case. Kirlin was transferred
to this mans company. Probably never
In the history OF a murder case was
man Swallowed under more thrilling
circumstances. As the regiment was
In battle Kirlin was forced to Join
the fighters and most OF his work was
done in the trenches OF out In No
Mans Land. A close watch was kept
on the suspect to prevent him desert
ing or surrendering to the Boches,
while the danger that Kirlin might be
killed was SO great that two other men
were detailed and sent up front to
join him.
One night while on an advanced
post with three other men Kirlin
brought up the subject of the murder
and one Of the men told him that he
had seen Private Blank with a pocket
full Of money Just before payday. but
owing to the move and the consequent
tight had not told his captain about II.
He said: Bottles 1.-THE nickname OF the
suspect asked me to go out to a cafe
with him for drink and, knowing
that only the day before he had tried
to borrow money from me. / laughed
at him and told him to wait until
after payday. He then put both of
his hands in his pockets and pulled
them out filled with silver ! asked
him where he had found so much and
he replied. 4 sold a lot OF bottles to-
day"
This man also volunteered the in
formation that Private Blank was
called Bottles" because he was all
the tinc gathering up the empty bot
ties around the camp and selling them
to the cafes.
Kirlin was successful In finding
others who also knew about this mans
having money and the fact that he
was In the habit OF selling bottles
One man said that he hfd seen Bottles
counting his money and that he had
about nifty francs in silver and bills
Another told about Bottles's repaying
a loan OF fifteen francs Just before
they were ordered to the front. Fol
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the actual happening as possible, and
at the scene of It We secured Jeans
cart and donkey and basket oil
cheese and two Of my men were de.
tailed to act the part OF the principals
Just at dusk the prisoner with several
witnesses was taken to the place
where Jean had been killed, and We
awaited developments. At given sig
nal out from a crossroads came Jeant
cart and donkey. while our man
dressed as Jean. was nodding over the
reins. Suddenly, from the other side
of the road. came a man who in the
distance looked exactly like the pris'
oner. He stopped Jean; and Jean
climbing down from his wagon
reached for his basket OF cheese.
sponge full of red wine suffIced fol
the rock. and Jean was struck down
The sponge was squeezed; in the gath
ering darkness it looked as II another
murder hai been committed. As Jean
fell forward our prisoner screamed
and, falling on his knees. begged foi
mercy and confessed.
Sobbing. he told us the story OF his
life.
81 have been arrested several times
Just before I was drafted ! had been
released from serving three years al
Joliet. The day after l came from
prison was drafted and placed in the
army. determined to live square
and for six months had no trouble
started drinking, however, and soor
the old craving had me again and J
knew would do anything 10 get .
drink. I hadn't had a drink for a Ions
time. was broke and my credit nc
good. when l CHANGED upon Jean.
Getting him down from his wagon
on the pretence OF buying a cheese !
grabbed him and tried to rob him. lie
fought me, recognizing me by ID!
nickname, Bottles, so l grabbed ro'A
and beat In his head. Fear drove ms
mad, and when found blood on ~!
uniform I tried TO wash II on WIZ
wine. thinking that the wine Wou'-
obliterate any blood stain. When III!
regiment went TO the front wa
happy. for / hoped to get killed "
wounded so severely that / Wou'u "
sent home. But l couldn't. mus
have been taken care OF, for althous;,
tried several times 10 get mine
came through without scratch
now believe it is fate that l pay 'O'
the murder"
With this confession and the e.,
dence which we had collected ne va a
soon found guilty and was Sentence n..s
to be hanged. In the army, senteI..'
against the military that are puhlo'
able by death are carried out by shVo.
ing, while those against the clNi "a"
are executed by hanging, The retIsr
ing authority confirmed the Seh',"''
and at last poor Jean was avenged
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they might take up the trail II Kirlin
was shot. We all felt that this man
was guilty, and hoped that a German
bullet would save US the trouble and
disgrace Of hanging him for the crime
He had several narrow escapes.
But in spite of everything he seemed
to bear a charmed life. We were all
ready to arrest him as soon as he
had been identified by the two women
and a report received from Washing
ton on the photograph OF the finger
prints Finally a cablegram was re-
ceived stating: Finger prints sent
are those of Private Blank"-the man
we suspected.
Arrangements were then made to
have the two women who had assured
US they could identity the guilty man
come up to the front. It was planned
that Kirlin. with the suspect, should
have a pass and go to a nearby town
the next Sunday on leave, and there
minsle with the other troops. In
order that there would be no chance
for either OF the women to be In
fiuenced by the others identification,
they were placed in separate rooms
and asked to watch the troops passing
and point out the man. Kirlin with
the suspect passed by this house, and
both women positively identified Bot
ties as the man who was In their
cafe and bought the two bottles OF
wine. Before we could make the ar
rest an orderly came into town with
orders for every man to report back
to his regiment, as a battle was TN
pending.
Kirlin, unaware Of the result o. oalr
attempt at Identification. with Ihe
suspect returned 10 the trenches.
That night. while at a forward
listening post. Kirlin remarked: ''Yc'i
are lucky TO have a new uniform"
WELL" Bottles replied. 81 slipped
one over on the supply officer; I told
him that I had lost my other uniform
thought It had been stolen. and he
issued me another one in its place.
fooled him good. for buried II in the
barracks back at the training camp
1t was all covered over with wine
stains. and I knew II the officer saw
It he would make me pay for It,"
About this time we sent word to
the commanding General and he
ordered Private Blank back to the
rear. With Kirlin in charge. they re.
ported to me. / placed the mai under