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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
Smuggling of { Food Becoming
 Menace in Vienna

Vienna, Feb. 28.--Smuggling of food and other necessities or lux uries becomes daily increasing scandal in this hungry city,
 As the crown approaches the dis appearing point ill value the oper- ations of these illicit or Cleft hand" traders become bolder and more ex- tensive. It is an old story now that anything can Be bought for price in Vienna. The only new phase is that the price goes up daily. While the city finds it difficult to supply the bread ration of loaf of coarse black stuff, the components of which it would take chemical analysis to determine, at nearly double the price of early autumn, white flour can be bought by the lefthand" at about 100 crowns the kilo (of2.20 pounds.
 American and Argentine timed corned beef can be had, but deliver ed to ones room, its costs about 80 or 90 crowns the pound. White loaf sugar from Czecho-Slovakia ie avail able at a price that means about one
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
Expect Reduction
 of Great Excess
 of British Imports

London, Feb. 28.-Great Britain's adverse trade balance for this year this will apply Britain's "invinsible, exports" which have been estimated by the board of trade at 94OO.OOO, ,OO0 for freight charges, 4S0,O00,O0O ill in. terest on foreign investments, and $40, ,OOC ,000 in insurance charges bank charges, commissions, etc. These would total 9520,000,000, leaving an adverse balance of G149,0O0,00G, as compared with the pre-war favorable balance of 9226,000,000.
 A considerable reduction of the ex' cess of imports over exports is ex- pected in 1920 for two reasons ln particular, says the American Cham. Der of Commerce in London. First l the imports in the early months o1 1919 are stated to have consisted largely of balances of deliveries o1
 war materials which will, of course
 not occur in 1920. Second, 1919 was
 largely year of restocking fol British manufacturers. In 1920 therefore,, the American Chamber
 says Britain should be able to save
 accordingly on imports of raw ma
 teritls while the exports of finished goods should be increased.
 Despite the fact that Britain's 1913 imports were more than twice hel
 1913 imports in value, the American
 Chamber points out that they were
 less than four-fifths the 1913 i'm
 ports in quantity. The average cost
 of 1913 imports figures out at abou e41 ton. Great Britain is stil
 importing less than her pre-wal quantities.
 A review of the monthly totals
 shows an almost unbroken rise in tn,
 export of. British goods, eliminating in yearly>total of practically 9793.
 OO0,OOO. Of this f632 100000 or al.
 most 80 per cent, were manufactured
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
Sleep Walking
 is Worrying Him

Macon, Ga, Feb. 28.-Fred Clark of Toccoa has gone to Philadelphia to consult specialists about periodic attacks of somnambulism which last more than 70 hours. During these periods Clark goes downtown and eats meals at restaurants and walks about the house. But he is sound asleep, and remembers nothing when he awakens except that he is very hungry The attacks have covered period of about six months, dur ing which time the lowest sleep rec ord he has had during one of them has been II hours. Physicians have been unable to awaken him.
 About five years ago Clark was struck on the head above the right ear, and it is believed that the at tacks result from that injury.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
10000. Gallons of Whiskey is Buried
 Under River Bed

Council Bluffs, 1a., Feb. 28.-The man who could secure Q gallon of 100 proof whiskey, more than 60 years old, would be an exteremely fortunate 1 individual and could feel well pro- tected against the influenza. But how would you like to have 10000 gallons of it?
 Exactly that amount has been ly- i ing at the bottom of the Missouri rver--or where the bottom used to be-since 1856, waiting for thirsty souls to come and get it. But don't grab your hat and diving suit, as the place where the precious cargo lies buried has long since been filled in with sand and sediment and the old ] muddy" has cut new channel for 1 itself, fully mile away.
 1 In August, 1856, the good ship Elmira, padding it's way up the Missouri from St. Louis, and having on board about 10000 gallons of pure Kentucky whiskey and the whiskey lcaught fire while in sight of Wray's Landing, about two miles south of the present city of Council Bluffs, then known as Kanesville. and, despite the frantic efforts of .the skipper to bring his ship to a Handing, she struck a snag and went i down in a bed of quicksand of un- known depth.
 Resident Remembers Incident. 1 The Kanesville Bugle, a small weekly newspaper of those days, i which looks q great deal like the modern handbill or circular, con. tains a graphic account of the ca tastrophe. "Uncle Oliver" Paine now one of the oldest inhabitants of Council Bluffs, remembers the incl dent clearly and says there is little i doubt that unless the huge casks have rotted away, the liquor is as good as ever, if not better, if age counts for anything.
 The sinking of the ship created a great deal of excitement in kanes- vile, says Paine, but no attempt was made to float it, because of the deadly quicksand. The value of the cargo was placed at $5,O00. Who would venture to appraise it now? 1 Years passed, and the river, as | rivers sometimes will, cut new channel some distance to the south, and deposited sand and sediment where the old channel was.
 As theariver channel cut farther | ana 1hTtHcF JO lHc SOutH, tHc Olu channel became filled to level with the surrounding land, the water sank into the groun dand dried up, and what was once the channel of the river became part of the mainland Paine declares that Manawa park now the popular bathing beach for both Omaha and Council Bluffs, was formed in this way and that in 1856 the channel of the river ran thru the center of the park.
 Treasures Sought in Vain.
 Somewhere, down deep in the ground under this popular amuse
 ment park lies buried the 10000 gallons of Kentucky's finest.
 1 Treasure seekers without number have striven in vain to locate the illfated ship and it's cargo. Surveys | of the old site of Wray's Landing together with plowings, diggings and probings into the sandy soil have been made. but all with the same re- suit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

weeks wge of the average office man or woman for kflo.
 Venison, mutton chops, goose, duck and other meats are here but they represent three figures of crowns for one portion in restaurants. Seventy thousand persons fought for 50,000 pounds of salt meat in a market sale the other day.
 For such things as shoes to order tailored clothing and similar things the price is no longer quoted in crowns. The dealers charge in dol lars, pounds sterling or francs, al. though this is illegal. They say they must pay in foreign money fol materials and cannot sell in crowns The correspondent bought suit ir October for 2,200 crowns. This week the same tailor asked the equivalent of 5000 crowns in pound sterling
 In the shops price marks have beer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

removed from articles. The whole retail trade is trying to adjust prices to foreign exchange and that fluctuates so rapidly that each sale is calculated on the days quotation from Zurich (the Swiss franc rate governs local quotations.)
 When the passenger train service throughout the country was suspend" ed for ten days the bills of fare in the restaurants and hotels furnished evidence of the extent of the snug ling business. Not only did most meats disappear, as well as green salads, but the prices went up cor respondingly. Motor cars are scarce and gasoline government controlled so even the accomplished and re sourceful smuggler found himself al i loss.
 In the queues that formed in fron' of ticket offices when train service
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
$1OO.0O for the best one $25.OO for the next best S15.OO for the third best

Anyone may try who is interested in horses and mulcs-who either them, feeds them knows someone else who does. You don't have to buy any thing and you only need to do three things.
 Make it short not 100 words-even picture
 might win.
 Mention Purina O-Molene, my favorite feed
 Tell the name of dealer who keeps O-Molene. Remember that Purina O-Molene is real discovery lin the feeding of horses and mules. It isn't medi- cine, but only wonderful way of preparing the good wholesome grains, that they go further than raw feed.-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
Silk Shirts to
 be Very Costly

Cincinatti, O., Feb. 28.-"Our com pany in New York has orders for $13,OOO,OO0 of shirts for the spring, 1920, and 50 per cent of this amount is for silk shirts. Many of the oth- CT shirts will have silk stripes. Never has there been such craze for silks, Ten years ago we sold virtually no silk shirts. The workman, now earning more tha never, wears silk shirts, but wealthy do not. They know that cheaper weaves will give better service. Next year, however
 silk shirts will be high-$20 to $25 or hiehcr-and the demand is bound to fall off"
 This statement was made at the convention of the Ohio Retail Cloth iers'E and FurnisheFs' association in thlS city by Louis B. Timm of New York, Secretayy of the largest high
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
Woman Gets New Set of Teeth at
 the Age of 67

Macon, Ga, Feb. 28.--Mrs. Mollie Curry, who lives near Dublin, in Lau- rens county, is cutting a new set of teeth at the age of 67 Friends of Mrs. Curry, who lives with her son, J w Curry, have been shown several teeth that have pushed thru the right upper jaw. The gums of the left jaw are swollen with new mo- lars about ready to break thru. Mrs Curry is said to be experiencing the discomforts generally credited to teething among babies.
 Dentists state that there are one
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29
City to Pay for
 SunstrOke Case

Joliet, H., Feb. 2s--The city of Joliet must -pay Mrs. Henrietta Obrecht $3,360 because her husband was overcome by sunstroke when in the employment of the city. Obrecht was employed at the city waterworks $ and was stricken July 30, 1917. He died soon afterward. The city de- nied responsibility and ascribed the death to an act of Providence.
 The lower court decided in favor fthe widow, and the supreme court, in a decision just handed down, sustains the lower.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

Mediterranean, and an n,,.
 from the Meditcrranisss sI'''| Black Sea. The latter cnk5 and, being heavier t5o 5alT rlT1 water above, it remains ,,snss '. the bottom. Being satr,as'' s,,a sulphurettea 'l5 hydrogen, Sts;s ts;,| Black Sea contains no liv;,as. sas ants below the depth 'os'Ag of s,I hundred fathoms. VI as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

resnmed it is said that by far the largest proportion of applicants were smugglers anxious to reach the pro vinces and secure the top prices for fresh supplies. How they evade the food control permits at provincial borders is not explained. Only there remains the evident fact they do.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-29

articles a tribute to the degree to which British production is under way despite the crippling difficulties of industrial disputes since the arm istice.
 According to the American Cham Der. prospects for British trade for the coming year, both for export and re-export, are unusually promising.
 A surface current flows contin- tuously from the Black Sea into the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
TO DEVELOP OIL
 CRUSHING INDUSTRY

Londrn. February -(Reciprocal News 5ervice)-The submarine menace turned Britain's attention to fat. Oil is fat. This serves to explain the enormous interest hat has sprung up in cil seed crushing industry
 It is now claimed that oil seed crush ing is British key industry owing to the huge quantities of oil required for mak- ing soap. paint, llnoleum. varnish, lubri- cants, as well as baking, frying and cook ing fat and margarine.
 It is estimated that the total consump- tion of these oils in the United Kingdom is 60O0O0 tons year, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Lon don. British margarine makers are pro- ducing 10.000 tons week. against their output of 2,00o tons a week before the war. Modern margarine refining plants are rapidly extending.
 Great efforts are being made, it is said, to hold the palm kernal crushing mo- nopoly in Great Britain, where it was wrested from Germany. The use of palm kernal cake for cattle feeding is to be extensively exploited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
MT. Julidn Arnold

OCl O SPEAK Of the sweet nature
 of a man has the sound some
 how of effeminacy but as every smile has its equivalent in tear so can no man Se strong and brave and great without the tenderness and sweetness of the best in women as balance.
 That this epithet sweet nature" is aptly applied to Mir. Julian Arnold, the eminent author scholar and lecturer, who is here as the guest of the Volun- teer Relief Associat ton to deliver series of lectures, none will gainsay when they have had the pleasure as I had yesterday, of talking to him heart to heart and hearing his views on subjects reaching from the simplest to the most sublime.
 There is much of the boy-the buoy ant kindness and freshness of a young boy in the heart and mind of this Mir. Julian Arnold. I would say and when I mentioned this to him he laughingly said. his eyes twinkling with glee:
 May I tell you what my father once said to nae? He told me that if a man didn't die boy he never could have been born a boy"
 His veneration and love for this great man, his fether, is very beautiful and appealing and at the mention of his name there is a smile which wreathes his face sweet, gentle expression that comes into his eyes that is indeed won- derful to behold.
 Around the festa1 board during my fathers lifetime" said Mir. Arnold, 'T knew many of the scholars of that age the Victorian age-of whom but one remains now-Sir Oliver Lodge. There were such genuises as Tyndall and Huxley and Charles Darwin (and a more charming man never lived) and their conversation was bright spot in my life-an inspiration and benedic- ton.
 "I recall so we'll bit of advice my father once gave me-" said MT. Arnold. Tn speaking of cleverness. wit and humor, he said Always keep your mind bright and sharp as a rapier but never forget to wear button on the end of it for fear 1t may, hurt some one This I have endeavored to fol- low for those who are clever at the expense of others wound and hurt far more than they entertain
 A reference to Sir Oliver Lodge nat urally suggested "spiritualism" and l was anxious to know MT. Arnold's s views on the subject and so I asked him if he believed in such things. T believe in every thing except un- Kindness" he answered in the gentlest manner possible. .'Sir Oliver Lodge is a great man know him well; he | is as simple as a child--his white | beard, which he strokes often when | he Is talking gives him the expression 1 of a patriarch of old; he has a master mind; as we would say Tn India. he is pundit; withal he is gentle and kind behind the vast mass of knowledge he possesses.
 l His ideas on spiritism." continued l Mir Arnold, those of Dr. Doyle and the rest will one day be understood by the layman. Communication with the dead will be accomplished ultimately all though we don't believe 1t now. A hun dred years ago if any one had told us that we could, within few hours, com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
TENSE PRESSURE
 ON HER HEAD
My Sides, Back and Head Pained Me Just All sthe Time," Says Alabama Lady, Who Took Car
 dui and Got We'll

Uniontown, Ala.-"After the birth of my baby, came near dying, writes Mrs. Maude Felts, of Uniontown. q was in an awful condition. |. It just looked like would die.
 ssI couldn't bear anyone to even touch me, I was so sore, not even to turn me in bed. My sides, back and head all pained me, just all the time. 'We had the doctor every day and he did everything he knew how, it looked like. Yet lay there suffering such intense pains as seems l can't . describe.
 Finally said to my husband, let { us try Cardui. He went for it at once, and before had taken the first bottle the came back, the soreness began to go away, and l began to mend. The intense pressure seemed all at once to leave my head, and before long l wasup.
 q took three bottles and was well and strong and able to do my work. I believe Cardui saved my life. cannot praise it enough for what it did for me-"
 If you are woman and need g tonic
 Take Cardui. the Woman's Tonic
 N 51z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
MISS HENDERSON
 ENTERTAINS

Mrs R. K Manderson was hostess at a party in honor of her daughter, Mary Louise, who celebrated her fifteenth birthday at her home in Avondale Tues day evening.
 The reception room was beautifully decorated with cut flowers where va rious games were enjoyed Several se- lected violin solos were rendered by Carl r. McCool and Perry Little, ac- companied on the piano by Miss Lela Grey Williams and Miss Gertrude Max we'll Delicious refreshments were served and Miss Birdie Hartman pre- sided over the punch bowl. Those present were: Mir. and Mrs R. K. Man derson, Misses Mary Louise Mander- son, Leila Grey Williams Gertrude Maxw ell Flossie Maxwell, Birdie Mart man, Lucille and Lillian Nix, Della Will son, Virginia Garrett, Cora O'Dell, Aline Sullivan, and Robbie Sullivan Messrs. Foster Moore, Willie Couch Clint Mont gomery, Joe Wyre, Tom Harrison, Earl Maxwell. Marvin Shaw, Carl links, Mavis Sims, Perry Little and Carl F. McCOOl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
MUSICAL PROGRAMMES
 AT TUTWILER TODAY

During the luncheon hour today al the Tutwiler a novel and entertaining musical programme will be provided including "Wiegands Ensemble of Forty Violins" with Billy Carroll the famous boy soprano IS soloist.
 Billy Carrolrs popularity is attested ever time he appears on musical pro gramme by the large audiences which greet him and his selections during the luncheon hours today will include number of popular song hits which he renders with charming effect, and ms many admirrs will be greatly pleased with them.
 In inc afternoon the regular Satur- day afternoon Tutwiler tea dance will take place on the mezzaine' with Vie gands orchestra rendering a stunning programme, of dance music.
 A delicious menu is served for the tea dances and the social features or these occasions are greatly enjoyed by the immense throngs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. M. H. Lamar and Miss Martha Lamar and Mr. Thomas Lamar, who have been at the home of their cousin, Mir Edward Johnston, during Mrs Johnston and children's stay in Florida, have returned to their apartment on South Eleventh avenue.
 Mrs. Edward Johnston and children have returned from a stay of several weeks in Florida. ]
 Mrs. Joseph F. Johnston and grand son, Joseph Johnston have returned from Florida
 Friends of Miss Mayo Thach will be glad to learn that she is recovering from recent attack of influenza Tn New York.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Thach and little twins of New York are expected early in April to be the guest of MT and Mrs. R. S Munger. MT. Thach will only remain a few days but Mrs. Thach will spend several weeks with her parents. Mrs J. A. Mcdonald has returned from a three weeks stay in Memphis and points in Mississippi. During her stay she was delightfully."- entertained.
 Mrs Thomas w. Martin, who has been with her aunt in Montgomery dur 1 ing the iatter's illness, has returned home.
 ! The friends of MT T. l.. Anglin will regret to learn that he is i'll at his home on South Fifteenth avenue.
 l Miss Emma Lee spent the past few days in Anniston as the guest of Miss Katherine Herren. She was en route | to New York to join her sister, Miss Annie Lee who spent the winter there. l Mrs. Robert Zell and Miss Mary zell are spending a few weeks in Florida. I Mrs. Charles Donoho who has been 1 the guest of MT. and Mrs. T. D. Donoho i at their home in Anniston has returned ! to Birmingham.
 Mrs w. H. Williams is the guest I of her daughter, Mrs George Cater at her home in Anniston.
 Mrs l. c. Norton of Anniston is spend ing few days in the city with friends Miss Cornelia Elliott of Gadsden i! the guest of relatives in the city. \ Friends of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Cal | laway will regret to learn that he iE
 i'll with pneumonia at a local infirmar,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
READ w ALTER
 ENGAGEMENT

The following from The Tuscaloosa News will be of interest to many friends and relatives in the city of the young bride elect who has frequently visited her uncle. MT. F. R. McDavid, and Mrs McDavid as well as Mir and Mrs. Maclin Smith
 "Mr and Mrs l.. H. Walter announce the engagement of their daughter Marie Katherine Walter, to Mr. L. Wesley Read, of Hillsboro, Tex, the wedding to take. place n the spring Miss Walter is thes only daughter of Mir and Mrs. Walter, former Tusca- loosa citizens and exceedingly popu- lar in local social circles. This petite dainty young bride-elect frequently visits her relatives in this city. where she is universally admired and the news of her marriage will beaf general interest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06

municate with London, we would have pooh-poohed the idea, but look what has happened! I have no patience with the Ouija board and other ma- terial forms of communication with the dead, but undoubtedly I believe there is manifestation of communica- form of 1ife-Iwhich is perhaps the worst of alto another will find the thin veil between us rent some day, and those who have gone before will make themselves near to us once more.
 We do not fear death now as we used to or thing of death as we form erIy did" said MT. Arnold. Since the boys in the trenches sat face to face, with what we call the Grim Reaper.' they have learned to know him as friend he is gentle. he is kind. We do not cherish the same feeling now that we used to which is one of the effects of the great world war, and we no longer look upon death as we once did.
 AS could not engage in the war" said MT. Arnold, 'and I wanted to more than anything in the world; as I told my friend Lord Northcliffe, that de- spite my age If l could only bronze my hair and make myself young look ing and could pass l would willingly do it, took his advice and have used my pen and mind In behalf of the war and it's stupendous results for the past three years.
 The countries and the conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-06
BY DOLLY DALkYMPLE

speak of in my lectures know by heart. I have travelled and lived in over twenty-five different countries and it is with these peoples and their customs and their conditions that 1 deal in my lectures mostly.
 T am often asked if I live in Amer ica,r said MT Arnold. and when say that my step mother was an American the daughter of Dr. Claiming, the noted essayist of Boston, and that I was reared by an American mother, in an American city, I am more than half American, otherwise I would be very ungratefu1.
 Tt is with great pride that I have the pleasure of speaking about Amer ica in regard 10 the League of Ma tions." MT Arnold said. Not with d Britisher's views but with world view of the situation. Can any one ima zine a world without America? A League of Nations without America? I think not. Our hearts, are yet too full. our eyes ane yet too bediinmed with tears on account, of the recent tremendous losses. for us 10 think of anything but standing together on such q subject. America came into the war when the Britishers were almost at their row StiH "Hu SaNS 70 SNuA @5c difn SeopiAAtS
 and hope. ana we cannot think of America in any other day. Nor do We think that America feels any other way but as we do and that ratifica- ton Of the treaty will be made eventu- ally, none doubts.
 "Everything has suffered from the great world war" said Mir. Arnold, philosophy, science, music. art. poli- . tics, every thing, even religion, the dogma of which is dead but the re- ligious mind has had it's birth and We no longer accept the teachings of priest and savant but with our own
 minds and eyes we want to see for ourselves. discern. learn.''