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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28

Labor is high here, the highest in
all Texas. Carpenters get from SIPS
to Sl.37 l-2 per hour, common labor
from S. to Sc per day. Walters and
mattresses get from SAP to $50 per
week. This of course includes their
board and sometimes their room.
The Guffey pipe line is the latest
OIL transportation company to enter
the field. The company has laid a
four-inch line here and it is under
stood contemplates simplifying this
with another six-inch line The COM
pany is said to have production of
it's own of 1900 barrels daily.
Lease brokers from other towns
are here in force and all available Of
flee space is taken up. Buildings that
will not be finished for at least two
weeks have been rented with lessees
reselllng their space at handsome pro-
fits to themselves.
1t is estimated that if bank deposits
Increase in the next 60 days as they
have In the past similar period there
will be over $4,000,000 on deposit
here. The town is alive with people
who crowd each other off the narrow
sidewalks and who may be found
sleeping In vacant buildings unable to
get bed Restaurant people are reap
ing harvests. Prices are high and the
food in the majority of cases not of
the best. A health inspector visited
the camp the lated part of the week
and fined sixteen restaurants and
stores for keeping their premises in
an unhealthy condition. A butcher
shop that has been a source of much
offense to the offactory nerve drew
the interesting fine of 5000. The own
er is using an immense quantity of
lime and other dsinfectant in an eff
fort to avoid similar and more drastic
punishment for his delinquency.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28
New Workers Eager
To Buy Oil Stocks,
Says Harrington

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 27-"New
York capital is coming into Texas in
large quantities" said l.. w Tark-
ington of the Dixie Oil and Refining
company, upon his return from New
York, where he was called to confer
with Eastern oil men who have been
negotiating for the control of the
Harrington interests. Mr. Tarking-
ton said he refused attractive offers
for his stock in the two companies
and that he returned to Fort Worth
determined to develop the properties
to the limit.
Eastern financiers realize that
we have the stuff down here Tar
kington continued "and they are
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28
WELLS MUST
bR1DUCE Big TO
| EQUAL THE COST
| soO Millions Invested,
[.s Fields Producing 2O5
Millions Annually.
cruo MacOuaid,

nv George MacQuaid.)
' ~, fields of North and Cen
ro VIZ are producing petroleum
1 tim time at the rate Of sl.2So .ooo
: y wear. At the present mar
10. 9 for crude oil this produc-
! worth rtf about $2o5,312,5oo,.
I estimated that already about
n NM 400 has been invested in the
, sst'srred to in leases, royalties,
aument. tests, material, labor,
; vp,r transportation and other
that are involved in the pro-
Of Development.
prators who have estimated the
tm nn at s6O0,O00,000 have con-
r .. that the total value of all
|; u PRODUCED in Texas will in the
e about equal to the then total
tment. =,
In the production Of oil believe
the value Of the oil produced
y much in excess of the cost OF
measured by the total invest
in prospecting and developing
opportunity for men to make
II and to lose money in these
I oil fields is almost unlimited.
4 hole with the cost Of the lease
Which it is drilled may easily
its owner a loss of 100000. A
well will readily pay all costs
/ lease and return a net profit
(yeral hundred thousand dollars.
Is is the gamble in the oil bust
This is the lure for the mil
Of dollars that the people oil
| the United States are pouring
| the Texas oil fields.
Winners Outnumber Loses.
Inv are making money. Not SO
\ are losing as much money.
{ who are making money are all
successful operators, all the
|ers who draw wages from the
tries incident to the oil fields,
De trades people who do business
\ oil field towns, all the boxers
get commissions on sales Iof
5, royalties and production.
while the books may balance
le end with losses equaling pro-
the number of people who are
fitted is largely in excess of
who are pocketing losses.
d the losers are widely distri-
over the land in the form of
tors in stocks that may not
profitable while the winners
nearly all on the ground or in
Immediate vicinity.
may be assured that among the
tors the larger profits will be
BY those who follow the law
'erages and whom a failure or
zen failures to get oil in a we'll /,
will not mean ruin, owing to
capital.
} oil producing areas of Texas
constantly expanding. Within
ast SIX weeks the field in the
ty OF the famed Duke pool has
extended by double
lea that it claimed a short time
$ expansion of the fields as
inc production to continue over
!i,oo OF years and to make for
ny and permanence of the
a. ana cities of the oil belt that !
Illl multiplying in number and
ng IN population and resources. |
production of this oil after
'Ilaa-cattlng shall have escaped
! lnat seems to be Stacking up
y - afford stable employ |
lof large amounts of capital
y many men in the various
eallons of the oil business and
a ''i;2 lines IN of activity. ~ |
VII afford a market for many |
'nds OF tons of material an /
Is Is and will give the railroad
mes much employment and
th BUSINESS good in the towns
the railroads.
0IIM Sru no,,,v
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28

anxious to finance conservative con,
panies with production.
"Oll has superseded mining shares
In popularity with Eastern investors.
Inc big play is now in Texas oil"
MT harrington said he is now
planning to build new refinery in
Fort Worth, if he can secure suitable
site. If he cannot find a satisfac-
tory site here he will consider offers
from Cisco, German and Desdemona.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28

A consignment Of $4,000 pounds of
sugar from government warehouse
sent to Albany, N. Y, was not put on
sale, as it was found to be wet and
unfit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28

Houston, Texas, has one of the
most beautiful boulevards in the
country and a movement is on foot
to rid it of many unsightly billboards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-06
Peculiar FEELING.

Celia had been Ill for many weeks.
One day when she was stronger and
had been put in a chair, she slipped
down to the floor and stood for a mo-
ment on her feet. "Oh," she said, in
q much surprised voice, II feel heavy
to myself"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-06
Who's Who?

In making the interesting portrait
collection of Americans earlier than
the eighteenth century. recently pub
lished by the Boston Athenaeum, the
librarian of that oldest history In the
New England capital had to take into
consideration the tricks that time has
q way Of playing with the identity Of
ancient portraits. Several pictures Of
men and women who lived In the
original group Of colonies were ex-
cluded because It Is no longer possible
to say with certainty that the name
by which they are known are those OF
The sitters. It is now known to be
more than likely. for example, that the
English poet, Charles Churchill. was
the original of the picture long be.
lieved to represent the American sol.
dier of King Philips war. Col. BenJa-
min Church. The portrait generally
thought to be that Of Miles Standlsh
Is open to the suspicion Of really rep
resenting somebody else. and some Of
the surviving pictures supposed to
show the features Of Roger Williams
have been plauslbly identified as the
portraits Of other persons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-06
SHE HAD NO PATIENCE LEFT
Wife's Stock Of That Commodity
Pretty Well Exhausted In Effort
to Reform William.

A Chicago lawyer said at a BAN
quet:
lie. me tell you a temperance
st y.
"a long, rangy woman said one day
to a parson:
"'Parson. Bill was drunk again Sat-
urday night
"But the parson answered in a sooth-
ing tone:
ing patient with Williaml Patience
and forbearance work miracles, and I
have faith to believe that In dear Will
Hams case 1t would be even so.'
but the long, rangy woman shook
her head.
Looks to me- she said, as IL I'd
tried patience and ~forbearance about
long enough. Talkin' of forbearance,
don't / go weeks at a time without
speakin' to the cuss. no matter what
he asks me? Yes. hull weeks, but It
don't seem no good. Then, when 1t
m to patience, why. parson, I've
locked him out of the house all night
AuOiO OltCuCh tiun 4 6Ot hhSCi1 II
toes, and time and again I've sewed
him up In a sheet when he was full
and walloped him with a rope till !
Jest fair dropped with tiredness; and
I've bolted him In the henhouse three
days runnin' In the patient hope he'd
sign the pledge, but he wouldn't: and
I've doused him all over with cold wa.
ter on many a freezin' winters night,
and I've had him run In twice,
and I've mixed vinegar with his
booze so as to make him sick, and
then waited with the patience of Job
to sNe IL he'd repent when he came
rounk but. parson. nothin' done no
gaRH. No stree. it'll take more than
patience and forbearance to straighten
that man out"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-06
out MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts if Your
Back Hurts or Bladder
Troubles you.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by nush-
ing the kidneys occasionally. ays q
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid, which excites the kidneys.
they become overworked from the
strain. get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood.
then we get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
fism, headaches, liver roubie nervous
ness dizziness, sleeplessness and uri.
nary disorders come from sluggisA
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurn or II
the urine is cloudy. offensive. full OF
sediment. irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation of scaiding. stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy: take
a tablespoonful in a glass OF water be-
fore breakfast and in q few days your
kidneys will act fine. This famous
ruIts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon Juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations TO
hush and stimulate the kidneys. also 70
neutralize the acids in urine so II no
longer causes irritation. thus ending
Nader
Jad Salts Is inexpensive ana cannot
khiure; makes a delightful erervescent
5~ithia-water drink which eserycns
&hould take now and then TO keep tns
Kidneys clean and active and the blood
bure, thereby avoiding serious kiane
DompltcattonA-Adv.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
ITALY WANTS
LOAN, RATHER
Than F|UME?
That Said to be Real Purpose Of
Premier's Visit to London
Coming Week.

Rome, Friday, Dec. 26.-Premier
N:tti will go to London, thence to
Paris to attend the meeting Of the
allied premiers and foreign minis
ters which is expected to begin
next week, according to q state
ment bearing . semi-official char
acter printed in the Corriere d.
Italia today. 1t is stated that the
premier believes he will be able
to come to an understanding with
the British premier on problems
closely affecting Italy.
"Signor Nitti hopes to obtain
from England financial treatment
similar to that granted France. es-
pecially relative to a loan which
will have its influence upon the
exchange situation" the newspaper
says.
D'AnnunxlO Objects.
Gabrielle d'AnnunziO is under
stood to have asked Premier Nitti
to postpone his announced visit on
the ground that his departure
should be preceded by the reaching
of definite settlement Of the
Ffume situation.
Lieutenant Commander Rizzo.
Major Giurati. chief Of the dan
nunzio cabinet, and other leaders
associated with d'Annunzio are said
to t1ve left the Fiume district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
DIR. VERMILYE
ISN'T TALKING
TOPRESS, BUT
Makes 1t Quite Plain
Wedding Was a Sur
prise to Him.

New York, Dec. 27.-The reasons
why DR.. William G. Vermilye, a for
mer navy surgeon, failed to appear
for his wedding with Miss Ruth NJ.
Keeney at Monson, Mass. on
Christmas day, were still shrouded
in mystery today. At the hospital
in Brooklyn, where DR.. Vermilye is
a patient, he had given orders that
no information was to be given out
about him.
After having persistently refus-
ed to make statement, DR.. Yer
milye this afternoon sent the fol-
lowing note to newspapermen:
Gentlemen: have no statement
to make. Upon my return to the
United States I was met by an in
vitation to my own wedding. 1 am
not hiding from anyone. have
nothing more to say.
WILLIAM GREY VERMILYE."
Monson. Mass, Dec. 27.-Miss
Ruth B. Keeney, accompanied by
her father and mother, left for New
York today to see her fiance, DR..
William Grey Vermilye, and learn
from him the cause of his failure to
appear here on Christmas day for
his wedding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
BILLY
DANESY HELD
|NOKLAH0MA

Hammonton, N. j., Dec. 27.-Ed-
ward H. White. father of Charles
s. White, at liberty under bail.
charged with the killing Of BILLY"
Dansey, today announced receipt Of
a communication from the chief Of
police at Collinsville. Okla, stat
ing a man and woman having a
child answering the description Of
the Dansey child, but who repudi-
ated them as his parents, were un-
der surveillance there.
Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 27.-On the
telephone this afternoon. Chief Of
Police Auten Of Collinsville declar-
ed that Billy" Dansey was in Tul-
sa in company with a man and a
woman.
Chief Auten was leaving at that
time for Tulsa. He promised that
tonight he would give all details Of
his three weeks surveillance and
make known the identity Of the
kidnapers and the location Of the
child.
In his conversation he was pos
tive that he had located the child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
CLOSE FRIEND OF
STANLEY BROWN
MURDER SUSPECT

Mount Clemens, Mich, Dec. 81
Mrs. Ruth Provost Brown and her
cousin, Lloyd Provost. who had
been held as material witnesses in
connection with the staying of ].
Stanley Brown. the woman's hus-
band, were released from the coun-
ty Jail here this afternoon.
Mt. Clemens, Mich, DEG. 27.-As
a result of further investigation
into the staying Tuesday night of
]. Stanley Brown, son of a former
Detroit millionaire manufacturer,
Sheriff William Caldwell announc-
ed today he was prepared to ask
for a warrant charging murder
against a former close friend of
the dead man.
The request, the sheriff stated,
would be based on information OBJ
tanned from Arnold Marian. broth
of the slain mans young
widow. According to Marian's
story, Brown called at his home
early Tuesday evening and told
him of an engagement in Mt. Glenn
ems, naming the man to be seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27

ALIENS COMING
so FAST CAN'T
SEND ANY OUT
Influx At Ellis Island
Holds Up Deportation
Arrangements.

New York. Dec. 27.-Heavy i'm
migration is so taxing the facilities
of Ellis Island that officials ex-
pressed doubt today whether there
would be another concentration OF
anarchists there in the near future
for deportation.
During the last 4S hours sore
5000 immigrants have arrived in
port and today .1,168 were detained
a. the island for further examina-
ton as to their fitness for admis-
sion to this country.
The personnel at the island was
not large enough to handle any
more, it was said. Anarchists con-
fined at other cities awaiting de-
portation probably will remain
there, for some time, 1t was sa;e
before arrangements can be made
for another soviet ark"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
BRITISH WISH ~
THEY ALSO HAD
A ROCKEFELLER
Press Praises Secretary
Lansing for Deporta-
ton Explanation.

London, Dec. 27.-This mornings
newspapers, the first appearing in
this city since Wednesday, give
place to accounts of John D. Rookie
feller's gift to education. announc-
ed on Christmas morning in the
United States, and Secretary of
State Lansing's message to foreign
capitals explaining the reasons for
the deportations of radical agita-
tors. Many Of the London jour-
nails comment editorially ON these
two news features.
The Daily News says: "Mr.
Lansing's message, will rank among
the great contributions of America
to the efforts of the striving
world"
Admiration of Mr.. Rockefeller 8
munificence is coupled editorially
with lament that Great Britain
has need Of an imitation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
RuTHLESSNESS
TO BE TRIED ON
IRISH PEOPLE?

London, Dec. 27.-In q dispatch
dealing with the Sinn Fein problem
in Ireland, the Dublin correspond
ent of the Evening Standard says
it is no secret in Dublin that the
are determined to han
die the situation with a certain
amount of ruthlessness and apply
drastic remedies to what they con-
slider q dangerous disease.
The correspondent says 1t is
stated in quarters which have the
of being we'll informed
that the steps contemplated by the
viceroy. Lord French and his ad-
visors for restoring normal condi-
tions include the arrest Of every
known active Sim feiner through
out the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
WOODS NAME PUT
UPON NEBRASKA

Lincoln, Neb.. Dec. PA voters
petition asking that the name OF
General Leonard Wood be placed
on the Republican ballot for the
primaries next April 20, when the
voters will express their prefer
ence for presidential nominees,
was filed with the secretary Of
state here today.
Under Nebraska law General
Wood will not have to file any ac-
ceptance. His is the first prest-
Dental petition to be filed in this
state for the coming campaign. It
was presented by Frank P. COrrick
Of Lincoln, director of the Nebras-
ka movement in General Woods
behalf, and was signed by both
men and women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
FRENCH ALLOW
OTHER BODIES
BROUGHT HOME

Washington, Dec. 27.-Removal
and shipment home Of bodies of
American soldiers buried in those
parts Of France mot in the old
zone of the armies. which included
all the battleflelds and advance
areas, has been approved by the
French minister OF the interior, the
war department was advised to-
day by Brigadier General William
d. Connor, commanding United
States troops in France. Pending
the grouping and Identification Of
French dead, the French govern
ment was unwilling to approve re.
moval by the Americans except in
the rear areas.
General Connor expressed the
belief, however, that the French
government soon would modify its
order, which prohibits removal
from the army zone for three years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
IVY DIVISION Is
FIRST IN REUNION

New York, Dec. 27.-Former SOL
diers from many states assembled
in New York today for a reunion
and smoker of the Ivy division to-
night. This will be the first get
together" of an army division that
fought overseas. More than a
thousand men are expected to at
tend. Brigadier- General Benjamin
A. Poor, president of the Ivy asso-
citation, no wat Fort D. A. R. Rus
sell, Wyoming. will preside.
Major Mark L. Hersey. who COM
manded the division during the Ar
gonne drives. will be the guest of
honor. Brigadier General E. A.
Babbitt, commanding the 4th field
artillery brigade, also will be a
guest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
COAL DEALERS
DROPPING hint
ABOUT PRICES

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Chicago coal
dealers today predicted q higher
fuel price when the majority Of the
present contracts for steam coal
expire.
Recently many retailers have ad-
vanced the price Of bitumtnous
coal 30 cents q ton to cover the IA
per cent raise In wages granted the
miners.
Dealers. it is said. may ask con-
gress to amend the Sherman anti
trust law SO as to permit coal deal
ers to stabilize prices.
The Illinois Coal Operators as
sociation will begin an extensive
advertising campaign Jan. /. to in
duce the public to buy its winter
supply OF coal during the summer
months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
LSB0ARD
TO PATCH up
navy BREACH
Daniels Gives Assurance
Officers Wishes VIII
Be Considered.

Washington, Dec. 27.-In revis-
ing the lists of naval decorations
to be awarded officers for their ser
vices during the war, the knight
board, Secretary Daniels said today.
will be instructed to follow in gen.
eral the same policy followed by
the secretary in revising the orig
inal lists. Mr.. Daniels said the
board would give full consideration
to the views expressed by Rear
Admiral Sims and other high Off
cials who have objected in the man
ner in which the decorations were
awarded.
The secretary added that he hop
ed the new recommendations Of the
board could be approved by him
without amendment. The revised
report either will be sent to Pres
ident Wilson for final action or
acted upon by the secretary on be-
half Of the president.
Wilson Joins Request.
In discussing his order Of last
night reconvening the board to re-
view cases already considered and
act upon additional recomnenda-
tons made recently, Mr.. Daniels
disclosed that Admiral Henry B.
Wilson and Rear Admiral Henry T.
Mayo had written calling his attsn-
ton to what they described AZ IN
equalities in the awards recently
announced.
Board to Reconvenc.
Coincident with announcements
that two prominent naval Officers
would decline medals which were
! to have been presented to them by
the navy department, Secretary
Daniels announced last night that
he had ordered the knight board
lreconvened to reconsider data bear
ing on recent awards of honors to
naval officers and to make recon-
mendations for additional awards.
The action, following closely upon
the public announcement OF Rear
Admiral Sims, that under present
+. conditions he would decline the
! distinguished service medal he was
recommended for, seemed to fore
cast a general revision Of the navy's
honors for wartime service.
Lost Ships Bar HOn0rs.
The officers reported to have fol-
lowed Rear Admiral Sims lead we're
Vice Admiral Hillary p. Jones,
commander of squadron two, Of the
Atlantic fleet, with the battleship
Connecticut as his flagship, and
Captain Raymond D. Hasbrouck.
commanding officer Of the pre-
dreadnaught battleship Minnesota.
Captain Hasbrouck said that he
thoroughly concurfed" with the
view of his brother officer that Off
GERS who lost their ships should not
be decorated and declared that,
therefore, having lost q ship him
self during the war, he could not
consistently accept the navy cross
for which he was recommended.
Vice Admiral Jones was recon-
mended for the distinguished ser
vice medal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-27
ISN'T NEARLY
ASDEAOLYAS.
GOOD WHISKY
w. G. T. U. Head Com.
ments as She Plans
Campaign Abroad.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-As a step in
the world dry" movement. Miss
Anna Adams Gordon, president Of
the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union, and Miss Julia
F. Dean, editor of the Union Signal.
the organizations official publica-
ton, plan European, oriental and
African and South American trips,
Miss Gordon announced today.
Passports to Europe have been OBJ
tanned.
The tour Of Europe will be be-
gun in April, Miss Gordon said. to
be followed by the visits to the
orient, South Africa and South
America.
Back in Fall.
After the World w. c. T. U. con-
vention in London, in April. 1920,
Miss Gordon said she and Miss
Dean would travel through Eng
land, returning to America for the
national w. C. T. U. convention at
Atlantic City. in November, 1920.
AS soon as feasible the tour Of the
ether continents would be started.
The world convention, Miss Cor
don said, ordinarily Is a biennial
gathering but because Of the war
none had been held in six years.
Something Must be Done.
Miss Gordon said the w. c. T. U.
was looking into the deaths report
ed through the drinking Of wood
alcohol and that something must be
done. She added, however, "the
number Of deaths caused by that
poison would not compare with the
number caused by drinking So
called good whisky"