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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
APPROPRIATION
BILLS PROVOKE
OPPOSITION
Objection by Democrats in the
House Forces Postponement
on Measures.
PLAN ADJOURNMENT
TODAY TO JULY 9TH
Sundry Civil Bill, and Appropriation
for Air Service is Cut-The
Wire Control Repeal is
Adopted.

Washington, June 30.-Congress
failed today in it's aim to enact the
remaining appropriation bills before
adjournment and to recess until next
Monday.
Unexpected house opposition to the
conference agreement on the $780,
100000 army appropriation bill, and
AFFECTION by house democrats to other
measures forced adjournment of both
the senate and house until tomorrow
after the senate had listened most of
the day to debate on the League of
Nations.
With all the appropriation measures
needed July 1 to provide funds for
many government agencies beginning
the new fiscal year, leaders hoped to
clear up all of the bills tomorrow and
the adjourn until July T. when Pre-
sident Wilson is expected to arrive
with the German peace treaty.
OF the five money bills left over,
the naval appropriation measure, car
rying $616,000,000 and providing a
naval personnel of 10000 men, was
the only one completed today, Con-
ference agreements were reached on
oil OClCIo, ICuuCCIOIl Ol IIl6
sundry civil bill from 775 100000 to
$6O5, 100000.
Cut Sum for Air Service.
The house worked on conference re-
ports all day, with several hours of
spirited debates on the army measure,
which was returned to conference
with it's representatives instructed to
insist that the appropriation for air
service be limited to Sic, 100000. The
house conferences previously had
agreed to compromise the senate's
sos 100000 appropriation for that pur-
pose at $40,000,0G0.
The senate planned a night SEES
sion to carry through the supply bills,
but the handful of senators who re-
turned at o'clock agreed to adjourn
ment upon learning Of the blockade in
the house, where democratic objection
to consideration of the sundry civil
and the District of Columbia confer
ence reoprts forced postponement OF
final action until tomorrow.
Two important bills, the $4,000 900
agricultural appropriation measure,
carrying the rider repeating the day.
light saving law October &c, and that
ending government control of wires,
expected to be effective July 81, were
sent today to the white house.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
New Orleans Celebrates.

New Orleans, June Systematically
all breweries expect to operate and
it was estimated tonight that Is pei
cent of the saloons will continue bust.
ness because of the light beer and
wine ruling today on the eve Of the
enforcement Of the wartime prohi-
bition act.
Many saloon owners began before
midnight hauling their stocks y OF
heavy goods home, presumably to
hold it until it can be sold after de-
mobilization.
Hundreds of men from Mississippi
Alabama and Texas, dry states, are
here taking their last fling, but little
disorder was reported late tonight.
St. Louis Mo-, June 30.-War-tims
prohibition will be enforced to the
letter in st. Louis unless official in.
structions are received to the contrary
federal. officials here announced: late
today. 7.
Revelers began arriving at hotels
and cafes shortly before o'clock anc
an hour later, the prominent cafes
were crowded to capacity. More thar
$4,000 persons were served at the
various cafes, it was estimated.
Police disbanded many funeral pro
cessions this afternoon for blockine
traffic. In the downtown saloons al
bartenders wore black neckties ant
mourning bands, and the mirrors wers
festooned with crepe.
In a will filed in probate court to.
day, John Barleycorn bequeathed al
alcoholic drinks to marshmelloW sun
dae, all saloons and cabarets to o. u
Teetotaller and asks that guardian
be appointed for his young nephew
M. T. Bottles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
QUAkES IN ITALY
KILL III; INJURE
THOUSANDS MORE.
Vicchio, Town of 1900, Suf-
fers Most from Seismoic
Shocks.
(By The Associated Press. J


Rome, June Earthquake ST
in Tuscany Sunday caused the n
of 127 persons and injuries ~
eral thousand according to tn sest
advices from Florence.
The center of the seisn move-
ment apparently was Viccl We LOWE
Of 1000 inhabitants Is q north
east Of Florence. Amoi the VIC
Tins at Vicchio, which, 1ered sew
erely, were the local ssors.
Airplanes have be1 sent in al
directions along the Appenine noun,
tains as it is fearsE some devastated
regions may have/been isolated.
All relief effo1Es FIRE being center,
ed at Florence Arezzo, Muzelle and
Sina Arezzo rs about 40 miles
southeast of Florence and Siena is
about the Same distance exactly
south. SPEEDY relief in the damaged
area, it iS reported, is difficult be-
cause of Ehe scarcity Of supplies and
lack Of Transportation facilities.
MilN{on and Half Homeless.
Florence, June 3O.-The victims Of
the earthquake so far reported num-
Der (mor6 than hundred killed ane
several thousand injured. A million
a1Id half people Of the provinces q
Blorehce, Arezzo and Siena, spent the
might in the open air.
a Kll the hospitals here are filled will
l Injured and the work Of rescue ]!
Il a1ing on under difficult conditions
w The shocks began about s o'clocl
\ Sunday morning. They were Yer!
Tight at first, but continued at inter
Ivals until they reached their maximum
/ intensity at 5 o'clock III the afternoon
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
CONGRESS WILL
PUT THE DRY
IN PRO. BILL
Courts Will not Have to Define
What is Intoxicating
Liquor.
LAW WILL PROHIBIT
EXCESS OF 1-2 PCT.
Judiciary Committee of House Points
Out that Legislation is Not for
Special Class-To Bar
lntoxicants.

JnaC no court may, say, as matter
of law, what percentage of alcoho
in liquor makes it Intoxicating, the
judiciary comitte in report to the
house today on prohibition enforce.
ment legislation, declared this was q
question of fact and not law, and as
such was clearly within the pro
vince of congress.
The committee held that the right
of congress to define Intoxicating H.
quor" as beverage containing more
than one-half Of one percent alcohol
was in full accord with it's constitu-
tional powers and that every state
in dealing with alcoholic liquors, had
named products of that percentage
as intoxicating and had either pro-
hibited use Of such liquors or subject
ed them to heavy tax.
"To define what is Intoxicating
does not trespess on the province OF
the court" said the majority report
prepared by Chairman Volstead.
Not For Special Class.
GAS some contend there may be
persons who have become so tolerant
of alcohol that they cannot get drunk
on beer containing two and three
quarters percent of alcohol by weight
which, by the way, containing only
one half of one percent of alcohol less
than the ordinary beer. But we are
not legislating for special class
This amendment was intended to ap-
ply generally and to prevent the sale
of any liquor that will make anybody
drunk. It is not only intoxicatior
that this amendment seeks to pro.
hibit but the useless waste as well
as well of the uncounted millions in
money that should go to provide lux.
uries, comforts and conveniences in
the home"
The general enforcement bill as
reported out bv the committee last
Friday. was split into three parts
each separate and distinct with the
war time section gas part one. The
report Of the committee on the bill
as made today explored that the
wartime act itself provided no mach
inery for it's enforcement. merely
prescribing a penaltv for the manu-
facture and sale Of Intoxicating boz
erages.
Palmer's Action Arnuses.
When word spread tonight that the
ATTORNEY general. bv his ruling had
permitted beer saloons and breweries
to remain in operation, members of
the judiciary committee counted noses
to find sufficient number ready to
20 to the front and demand separa-
tion of the enforcement measures So
as r. get through at once hill that
would stop the sale If all beer 81
roore than one half of one percent of
alcohol.
Congressional leaders. it was said
refused to abandon rlaps for a re-
cess in order to put the bill THROUGH
as an emercencv measure and the
whole question OF prohibition will he
held up until next Monday at the
earliest. There were no indicastions
tonight that haud fight would be
made in behalf 1T An appointment to
he offered bv REPRESENTATIVE Igoa
democrat Of Missouri which wonld
permit the president to set aside THO
wartime act insofar as it releates u
light wines and beers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
Zee NOrleans
| Ba1Consolidate


! Orlea1 he 3O.-Consolida-
Fl the Bank and Trust
my and Commercial Trust
avlngs large banking
OF NeV bans, was an
q late toffter a joint meet
director (which the name
new con the Canal Com
trust vings bank, was
upon.
connectiSfudes control of
ommerciihonal bank of
orleans Ywill take the
Of Canal ercial bank.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
Mine EXPLOSION
KILLS NINE, AND
ENTOMBS II MEN
Eight Bodies Taken from Okla
hOma Mine Show Men
SuffOcated.
PITIABLE SCENES
ABOUT MINE SHAFT
Women and Children Eagerly Press
Forward as Bodies are Brought
Up and Identified by the
Relatives.

McAlester, Okla. June 30.-Thir-
teen bodies of victims of today's ex-
plosion in Mine No. S, of the Rock
Island Coal company, had been
brought to the surface at a late hour
tonight Rescue teams must dig
through several hundred more feet
of debris before reaching a tunnel
where at least a dozen men are be-
lieved to be entombed
The dead: John Bolden, John Pas
sett, William Grigsley, John Walleck,
William Burns, A. Horento, Andrew
Bruski, Steve Kincaid, Sherwood, will
son.
Seventeen EntOmbed.
Seventeen men are imprisoned some
place in the mine. Many of the men
were working as far as three quarters
of mile from the shaft when the ex-
plosion occurred. None of the bodies
recovered away from the source of
the explosion are charred. Suffocia-
tion is said to be the cause of death
in each case.
Seventy-five men escaped from the
mine through the air shafe Of lower
working number three within few
minuters after the explosion. More
than so have been carried out over the
fire that ragged for time in the
shaft.
No communication has been estab-
lished with any Of the entombea men.
Official refuse to give up hope until
the debris is cleared and their place
OF refuge is determined.
Women and Children.
Women and children waited at the
mine shaft all day today for some
word of the II lost miners. AS each
body was brought to the surface the
pitiful group crowded forward and
made an Identification. Then it shrank
back and waited patiently for the body
of another victim.
It is believed that premature blast
caused the explosion, as all chambers
were reported free Of gas this morn
ing.
William Jones, superintendent, is in
the shaft working with the rescue
men. He is the only one who will
not accept relief of the miners above
ground. There were 167 men in the
mine at the time of the explosion.
All but the rescue workers and those
entombed have been accounted for.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
Destroys Arkansas Source.

Monroe, La, June 80. The mayor
has ordered all saloons closed at mid
night. Not even the sale of 2 "a per
cent beer will be permitted, he said,
until he is officially notified that
2 ga per cent brew may be sold.
Monroe has been a mecca for parts
of Mississippi, Texas and Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
SHOE PRICES GOING HIGHER.

New York, JUNG 3O.-Because Of
the great demand for shoes at home
and abroad, prices are likely to go
higher. according to Fred A. Vogel,
president of the Tanners council. He
said the demand for leather was
enormous nd tie only way to reduce
prices, us to increase trans
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
Facturers and Vendors,
over, May Be Prosecuted
Later.
RNEY-GENERAL
HAkES PLANS KNOWN
"a land Expects Cooperation of
authorities in Detection
a Arrest of Pro. Law
Violators.

t ton, June 30.-The depart
heht hstice will take no action,
|endl eision in present litigation,
gam ersons manufacturing or
)ellln b and wines containing
ga kent or less alcoholic con-
ent. announcement was made
pnlgf Attorney General Pelmer.
The hrney- generals statement
aid:
al hay, it will be unlawful
70 sell beverage purposes, any
plstllle bit and any beer, wine or
bther hating malt or vinous IL
euor, for export. This prohi-
pltlon bntinue under the terms
n the 1antil the conclusion of
Ne pre- Var and thereafter until
Me teri IN Of rehabilitation. AS
!Ang al law thus remains in
5Rrce, be obeyed and | intend
Nat tn Artment of justice shall
"a Its to perform the duty
\ 1lch thgress has placed upon
wa lurt Interpretation.
II This As been said TO be con-
tutlon valid by the circuit
prt OF s sitting in New York.
! plaln Hes unlawful, the sale
4 Whls! Mandy and other dis
= ed spnd wine. The only con-
\ pversy X has arisen is as to
\ ether Ne of beer containing
81 little N as not to be in fact
IN oSlcatNlpl.ohihited, The gov
e. me# fntion has been that
ac&lkts the manufacture
z & san ~ containing as much
81 oneM one per cent of alco-
IT, bun depreciation of the act
\ pot T difficulty, and l am
4 eavM have the question set
byM is at the earliest pos
g at Own Risk.
IN IN NM q NTH respect to beer
&. talnlnG than two and three
q rters n of alcohol, which, it
III clalmeSaot intoxicating, will
a end al Re ruling which will
81 b be " the district courts
\ winch Hare now pending or
q Vhlch Vases may be brought.
sl2 i've no to grant amnesty to
81 who NE fit to manufacture
n sell bea&ing an authoritative
clal ca Zion of the law, and
n sureEbrewers and dealers
orally &tood that the pen
( ~ OF Nm will be no protec-
agaln3 ecution for offenses
er the +
Ofid lst Prosecute.
5ut W aspect to whiskey,
pdy an distilled spirits,
and Bntaining more than
and u arters per cent of
hol, AM r Intoxicating malt
Einous the prohibition is
md col fsy and but one
sc is q the department of
ice: A sons found selling
I liquor it be arrested and
|ecuted. district attorneys
cause Its to be issued for
pffender b whom evidence is
llshed BY bureau of investiga-
the ag$f the internal rev.
bureauh he treasury depart
Z. local 5 or others, and the
shais heir deputies will
81 nptly se~ch warrants.
8 Asks Incorporation.
81 With thes eration of local au-
& tiles it keved that the law
81 be made#ive. For this rea-
81 call al n to the fact that
81 the dutpocal arresting Off
81 to makksts for offenses
~ nitted in presence whether
pse be the laws of the
5sgs or the ! the United States.
u nfidentlykct the hearty CO.
ff3s etion OF municipal authori-
s., and ear request that all
s officer Instructed to arrest
$ftia ms foun ng,, in violation of
war pro- h act and to take
personske United States
55tts; Plssioner the district attor-
sIIs Will eau |rrants. to Issue.
officertild also report to
nited 81 ttorneys, evidence
SSf fen&S HMM ittod in their
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
START LABOR LAUNDRY.

Little Rock, June 30.-The Gen.
trail Trades council launched move
ment yesterday to organize citizens
cooperative laundry which will be
Incorporated for $4,000, in 10000
shares of SIS each. The issue will not
be confined to union labor, but will be
opened to subscriptions from other
citizens, it has been announced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01
PRINCE BECOMES MONK

Munich. June 3O.-Prince q
eldest son Of Prince Luis Of II
has entered a Jesuit monasH
Innsbruck, according Att -
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01

The faith that moves mountains is
the faith that gets steam, shovel
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01

Make thrift a happy habit thru
war savings stamps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01

ui Let !. Graphic W. e. 4 q !, your
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-07-01

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|ue of The Graphic, call IA +
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The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
WILL KEEP PRINCES BURROW
Underground Refuge Of Rupprecht Of
Bavaria Is to Be Maintained
as a Curiosity.

Prince Rupprecht's waldhaus In the
Argonne Is to be kept as national
curiosity. 1t is said to be probably
the most elaborate dugout that was
ever built. Dug into the hillside, con-
cretec and camouflaged so deliberately
that from few yards Off one does not
perceive it, it consists of four or five
good-slzed rooms of which those near
est the hillside have iron shutters. The
rooms are paneled and painted, and
there Is also a swimming bath Of about
30 feet in length and 60 in width. It
is outfitted with electric lights and hot
and cold water. A passage leading
from the front Of the dugout takes one
down 60 feet and into perfect safety.
This passage Is no longer passable, as
water has filed 1t up. During the war
pumps were kept going constantly to
keep 1t dry. Just outside and for less
stormy periods, is n German blergar-
ten, with tables and chairs and flower
teds.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04

The small bottle should have neck
about three-quarters of an inch in di-
ameter, and its bottom should be cut
of by means Of hot iron wire stretch
ed around it, or by some other method.
1t Is fitted into the larger bottle with
a strip of felt or other packing to fill
the space between it and the mouth
CT the larger bottle. Its neck should
extend to within 1 or " inches of the
bottom of the larger bottle, where 1t is
in full view of the mice. They will
ultimately find their way to 1t through
the neck of the inner bottle, but will
have much greater difficulty in making
their way out again If the neck of the
bottle, is placed the proper distance
from the bottom.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
"HElR TO MILLIONS" FINED Sc
Joel FeIdman, Organ Grinder, Tells
New York Court $s5, 100000
Tale.

New York.--When Joel Teldman, an
organ grinder, was arraigned in the
Harlem police court, charged with hav-
Ing played his unspeakable melodeon
late ip the night, In violation of city
ordinance, he paid $2 finc and told q
sS5.0O0,000 story.
Feldman said that his uncle. Jacob
Horowich, had gone to California in
the early days and had died, leaving
$35,O00,O00 invested in gold mines and
city property. Feldman brought his
wife and six children to America the
following year.
Several years he has Travelled about
America, he said. trying to ct lsea1
data on his claims TO the HordwitA G.
tate and has spsnt $4,000. % earnse
With the organ. Z "
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04


iern violated
methods by
of this body punishment be made certain
formal
and n found guilty that he be made
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
MANIAC WRECKS A CHURCH
Smashes Stained Windows and Pews
In Pennsylvania Institution
With Crowbar.

Philadelphia. - Becoming violently
insane while seated in hotel in Car
bondale, August Puren, thirty-three
years old, standing more than six feet
In height and of most powerful ply
sique, ran wild through the streets and
did considerable damage to the post
office and the Presbyterian church be-
fore he was subdued.
Puren first dashed into the post Of
fee, where he smashed every window
In the building. Rushing from the post
office he picked up an iron crowbar on
the street and entered the fashionable
Presbyterian church.
Here he smashed the pulpit, church
pews, stained glass windows, and tore
the pulpit Bible and hymn books to
shreds until five policemen subdued
him.
He said he was depressed because
his sweetheart had Tilted him.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
SURGEON PROBES
BIRD OF Theft
Turns Sherlock Holmes When In
struments Are Stolen and
Finds cu!prit.
SOLVES BIG MYSTERY
For Fifteen Years the Doctor Has
Been Grand High Pigeon-Feeder
of His hborhood-Hence
the Story.

Chicago.-This Is the solution of the
mystery Of the theft Of surgical instru-
ments from the Office of DR.. Il. w.
Hunter, 1113 East Sixty-third street.
1t is plain unvarnished tale, and
might be entitled peanuts, Probes
and Pigeons"
1t begins with the pigeons. They
are the ones that get so familiar on
short acquaintance at the University
avenue station of the a." There are
Oodles and oodles of them and they be-
have as IL the station platform were
theirs by prescriptive right. II you
offer them q peanut from the slot ma
chine, so conveniently at hand, they
will take 1t as If they were collecting
a debt long overdue. If you don't offer
them a peanut they look reproachfully
ut you. If there were an interpreter
of pigeon-English at hand, as In Mark
Twain's story of the hermit and the
jaybirds, he would probably tell you
they were remarking:
'This must be one of those pikers
from the Gold Coast neighborhood
Throws Peanuts to the Birds.
The principal reason the University
avenue pigeons are so cocksure of
their own privileges Is Doctor Hunter.
For 10 years he has had an office over
looking the 81" station. For the Is
years he has been the Grand High Pig
eon-Feeder Of the neighborhood. He
not only throws peanuts to the birds,
but he levies on his friends. Patients
who visit his Office always take In
few pennies to buy the succulent fruit
of the goober pea.
At the back of his Office Is an old
storeroom, with openings through
which the pigeons can fly whenever
they are cold or sleepy. And this is
where the probes come in.
Miscreant Tracked Down.
The doctor has fine collection of
surgical instruments. They are the
pride Of his heart and the delight Of
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
Giant Telescope Does Useful Work.

The huge rejecting telescope of the
Dominion Astrophysical observatory
at Victoria, b. c., has proved valu-
able factor in research work.
In the short period in which 1t has
been in commission it has already dis
covered 30 spectroscopic binaries.
These are stars which appear as sim
giles even when viewed by the most
powerful telescope, and the fact that
they are really doubles Is revealed only
when they are examined by means
Of the spectrum. If the star is al
ways moving at the same speed either
to or from the earth, then 1t is single,
but II 1t changes speed or direction,
then 1t is double. A visual binary
Is one which may be discerned as a
double when viewed through a tel
escope.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04
BEAUTY HARD TO DESCRIBE
Wondrous SpIendor Of the Dying Sun
In the Far North Almost
Battles Description.

The traveller in the icy northern re-
glons Is filled with awe and stands all
enraptured, gazing at this beautiful
phenomenon OF nature, scarcely able
to express his appreciation in words,
so overcome is he by this burst of
splendOr in the otherwise cheerless
North.
1t is feeling somewhat akin to this
that comes upon one when gazing at
the western sky after the orb of day
has set in the distant horizon, writes
lgnatius Johnson. The scene is ever
old, vet ever new, and one seems never
to tire of it. The sun has just disap-
peared beneath the horizon and the
heavens are all aglOw with the reflec-
tion of its rays. The color scheme Is
magnificent, yet indescribable because
Of Its wondrous tints and hues. The
silver-lined clouds are scattered here
and there, forming part of a mass of
glowing splendor. Again, other clouds,
like long streamers on background of
glowing red seem to radiate from the
invisible orb. Moment after moment
the whole panorama seems to change,
bringing scene upon scene before the
gaze of the unlooker. Gradually IL
fades until night has drawn the veil of
darkness over it.
The wonder indeed has disappeared,
but into the heart of the spectator
there steals the realization Of the
greatness. the power and especially
the love that moved the hand of the
master artist as he painted the master
piece.