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OBITUARY
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Baltimore, Md, Mar. 31.-Edwin Warfield, Governor of Maryland from 1904 to 1908, president ot the Maryland Historical Society and president of the Fidelity and De- posit Committee of Maryland and the Fidelity Trust Company died at his home here today after an ill., ness of about three months. He was 72 years old.
 Mrs. Annie Lillian MurdOck.
 Mrs. Annie Lillian Murdock, aged 40, wife of Ed Murdock, well known Cotton Belt engineer, died last night at 7:45 at the family home, 1907 East Second. Mrs. Murdock had been in ill health for about year, and her demise came at the end of a linger- ing illness.
 She is survived by her husband, and one daughter, Mary Murdock, of Pine Bluff. MT. and Mrs. Murdock removed to Pine Bluff from Doni- phan, Mo-, 15 years ago, and since taking up their residence in this city. have acquired large circle of friends who will mourn the death of Mrs. Murdock. The deceased was a memer of the Carr Memorial church, and of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the B. of R. F. and E. and was an indefatigable worker, both in the church and in the society.
 Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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HE COULD NOT STAND STRAIGHT

Fl caught cold and it settled in my Kidneys" writes J. c. Damond, 2865 w.. 30 St., Cleveland, O.. My back and sides were so lame and sore could not stand straight. use Foley Kidney Pills and am glad tc testify to their helping power Good for stiff or swollen joints, rheumatic pains,"
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Plane Service
 Through Mexico

Galveston, Tex. March 3l.-Alr- plane freight and passenger sefVlce throughout Mexico is assured within three months, dispatches to Mexican Consul Meade Fierro here state. Huge ulti-engined planes, operating in four distinct air routes, will fly between the Mexican capital and the cities of Tampico, Vera Cruz, Nuevo
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Live Girl Put
 in Dead Basket
 Through Error

Denver, Colo, March 31.--When an undertaken went to the home of MT. and Mrs. B. H. Rogers, 1042 South Pearl street, to get the body of Ger aid Rogers he mistook the boys slster~ who was unconscious from ill., ness, for the dead. The undertaken placed Ellen Rogers in his mortuary basket and started to carry her out of the house.
 Mrs. Rogers discovered the ghast-
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RAISE PRICE OF PAPERS

Philadelphia, March 31.-Philadel- phia morning newspapers will an- nounce tomorrow that beginning April the price of Sunday papers will be increased to 10 cents. Here tofore the price has been seven cents in Philadelphia and eight cents outside the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-01

In some parts of Greece no girl can ever hope to find a husband un- til she has home of her own; hence providing his daughters with houses IS an onerous duty which falls to the lot of every father.
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SEEK 500,00O MEMBERS.

Nashville, Tenn, March 31.-Half a million new members will be sought Sunday in the evangelist cam paign being conducted in 30 states by the Methodist Episcopal church. South. it was announced today at centenary headquarters here.
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BILL CAN REST.

The Hague, March 31.-The en- tente's reply to Hollands last "kais- CT note' is regarded as ending the correspondence on the subject.
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Women are still without elect,, rights in all the Latin -American , publics and in the four Latin co'
 tries of Europe. wy
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The latest in Easter cards. The Smith Printing company. 3-31-3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-01

New Easter cards. The Smith Printing company. 3-31-3t
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Easter cards, new designs. Smith Prlntlng company. S-31-3t
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25

had rather have one of us than any
of those barefooted peasant women of
Europe. Just let your farmer friends
get sight of us, and the game is up.
We win. Lead them to us. That's all
we American girls ask"
An Indianapolis girl writes: Bet
ter stick to your job of preaching and
let the boys and girls alone. They
will find each other when they get
ready"
Rev. Mr.. Savidge takes his 'roasts"
good-naturedly. Looks like I'll have
to take to the woods" he says. Pm
getting afraid to open my mail. But
I'm going to bring that shlpload of
European women just the same. l
already have letters from several hum
dred ranchers asking about the plan"
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| SOLOMON
rluN AVE
BEEN CRAZY
TO MARRY
50 MANY

AZ EW YORK-C. l.. Wilson took un-
IN to himself seven wives and is now
serving Il tive-year term in Sing Sling
in consequence. He details his mar
ital adventures in the current num-
ber of the prison newspaper and
wakes philosophical. He says, in
part:
During my Imprisonment l have
devoted considerable study to the
subject of bigamy and have made
some eye-opening discoveries. There
was Solomon, Israel's greatest king
and the worlds greatest bigamist.
500 times matrimonial repeater.
With house filled with women of
the rarcst beauty and highest cui-
ture, lie cried aloud i'll his anguish.
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Parsons Marriage Scheme Stirs Women

n MAHA.-Rev. Charles W. Snvidge
" of Omaha pOked hornets nest
when he announced that he intended
bringing shipload of peasant women
from Europe TO be wives for western
farmers and ranchers. because the
modern American girl, with her rouge
and her paint, her powder and her
georgettes. her high heels and her
cobweb silk hose is not fitted for life
down on the farm.
Five hundred girls from about forty
eight stntes-country girls, town girls
and city girls-havc written Rev.
Mr.. Savidge, either in protest or to
offer themselves as substitutes for the
European peasant women. Here's the
way a Philadelphia girl puts it:
Tell your farmers and ranchers to
take my advice'and go East. All sorts
of girls are awaiting them in Fits
burgh. in Philadelphia in New York.
In Boston, and in every other city in
the East. Thousands of nice girls are
becoming old maids because of lack
of men,"
A Minneapolis girl writes: what II
we do powder and paint, wear high
heel slippers and thin silk hose, I'll bet
any farmer or rancher under the sun
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SPARE HER J

Deming pleaded that both he and
his wife had been III and he had been
able to earn no income except his $3.50
n year salary as postmaster.
District Attorney Dennis B. Lucey
announced that a sentence of one day
In Jail for Mrs. Demlng would satisfy
the government.
Judge Harland B. Howe sentenced
the husband to prison for year and
n day. He sent the wife to the fed
eraI penItentlary at Jefferson City.
Mo-. saying:
mo, don't think that Mrs. Dem
ing should be sent to the county jail
and released in one day. She has
no real home, no relatives, no money.
1t would be blessing to send her
to the Jefferson City institution. There
she Will receive expert medical care
Ynd the attention she needs"
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25

father and two daughters put in a
cowshed and barn and covered with
hay.
When John Kraft. neighbor, en-
tered barn on the farm he found
the bodies of Wolf and one of his
daughters lying on the floor. Not see
ing the rest of the family, Kraft went
down into the basement, where he
found the bodies of Mrs. Wolf, the
other children. and the farm laborer.
Later the eighth body was found.
There was no evidence of any strug-
gle, and as Wolf is not known to
have had any enemies, the sheriff's
office is unable to offer any theory for
the tragedy
The only member of the family that
escaped was the youngest child, baby
eight months old. The child was al
most furnished, indicating that the
murders had been committed at least
"a hours before.
Wolf was about forty-five years old.
and was popular in Turtle Lake.
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Sing Sing Philosophy of an Archbigamist

All is vanity and vexation of spirit =
Poor devil. he knew.
at was Solomon who said. 1T Is
better to eat crust of bread in an
attic alone than to dwell in a palace
with u contentious woman If the
king had as much sorrow proportion
ately with his 700 as had with my
seven, 1t is little wonder that his days
were cut short. Solomon 'cashed in
at seventy. while Adam and Noah and
Methuselah. all three of them single
wifers.' were still tearing dates of the
calendar at the nge of $50.
'Think of Jacob. the patriarch of
old, the first bignmist, according to
reliabla record. who. after seven
years of hard labor and night of
dreams of Rachel the rosebud.
,awakes to find himself caresslne
only Leah the lemon. Poor Jaky. l
know how he must have felt, for l
have experienced all that he did. It's
discomforting.
"Bigamy dlscourages motherhood
and should therefore be suppressed
and those who indulge in it should
be severely punished. In the entire
category OF criminal acts bgamy has
the least excuse"
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aacreased From 896, ,344 Pieces
the First Year to So, ,5A, ,387
in 1919.
HISTORY OF INAUGURATION
Sponsor Of Bill Providing for Special
Delivery Of Mail Tells Of Hard
Time He Had Getting
Il Through.

New York.-How the much-used spe-
-claI delivery stamp was passed upon
by congress after bitter fight almost
thIrty-fve years ago after bill provid-
Aug for Its use was introduced by DIR.
Charles II. Skinner. now Legislative
librarian and formerly state superln-
tendent OF instruction. was recently re-
lated by the former congressman. The
number of these stamps has increased
from S9G.344 during the first fiscal year
Of Rine months to 5S.544 .3S7 In 1919.
Between 1885, the year of the adop-
tiou OF the stamp bill. and last year.
Doctor Skinner says. 450,0T2,0T pieces
of mali bearing the ten-cent stamp
were delivered.
''In his report of 1888 as first assist
ant postmaster general Frank Hatton
alluded to the success of many com
panies organized to deliver letters by
messenger. and suggested that the gov
ernment might with propriety adopt
plans for the speedy delivery of let
ters. using the malls and clerical force
10 accomplish the results sought"
writes Doctor Skinner In a recent issue
of State Service. a magazine devoted
20 the government OF New York state
and Its affairs. "Afr. Hatton's sugges-
tion quickly came to my notice as n
representative In congress. and was
the subject of many conferences be-
tween myself and my friend. Edward
NJ Gates. then postmaster. at my home
In Watertown. The plan seemed to be
feasible and was favOrably considered.
AS a result of frequent conferences
bill providing for special delivery
stamp. embodylng the features prac-
ticai'y as they stand today. was pre-
pared by me for introduction at the first
session OF the Forty eighth congress In
December 1888.
Use at First Restricted.
"~The bill authorized the postmaster
general to provide special stamp of
the value of ten cents, which when
placed upon a letter In addition to tho
regular postage. should entitle such
letter to Immediate delivery Mt any
free delivery office. or in any town of
1900 or more inhabitants, up to the
hour OF midnight each day. 1t pro-
vided that eight cents OF the ten-cent
fee might be used by the government
to cover the cost of delivery by mes
senger. leaving the government gross
profit OF two cents on each stamp sold.
II was urged that In cases of sickness,
emergency or quick service to newspa-
pers the immediate delivery of let
ter would he n convenience which the
I'ubilc would appreciate.
"The service was first restricted to
the delivery of letters at any free de-
RSery Office, or In any town of 400C
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
NO HIDDEN TREASURE THERE
United States Marines Searched Ocean
Floor, Found Nothing; That
Settles II.

Savannah.--If there is any hidden
treasure lying on the bottom of the
ocean near Paris Island, and legend
says there is. United States marine
searchers have given up hopes of find
ing it.
Bell divers of the marine corps are
operating OF the coast of the island,
In an attempt to salvage boxes, metal
and odds and ends of cargOes lost over
board from vessels during the last few
years. This is side line for the ma
rines, who so far have been satisfied
with patrolling the land. sea and air,
and have never gone in for deep-sea
diving.
Negro residents of this vicinity have
faith In an old-time myth that there
is hidden treasure on or near the is.
land. supposed to have been left by
Jean La Fitte. the pirate. on one of his
cOastwise wanderings. The "sub" ma.
rines say the legend won't hold water.
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25

ZION CITY. lLI..-Overseer Wilbur
L Glenn Voilva of Zion City has set
out to make this sacrosanct communi-
ty safe for the men folks Chiffon hos
iery. knee-length skirts. peekabOo
waists. low necks, bare arms and back
less gOwns-ail these. he says. smack
of the devil and his works, and reek
of the flesh pots OF Egypt. He has
placed them under his anathema.
In one of his most vigorous speeches
the Overseer read the excOmmunica-
tion act to feminine apparel In mode.
Any woman who would be so brazen
as to expose her throat to public view.
he said, was little better than wan
ton. She was of SodOm and GomOr
rnh. and should be placed for safe
keeping in pumpkin she'll limo
cence and purity were impossible so
long as women wore abbreviated X
ray gowns.
"You say 1t is stylish!" he thun
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
PASSENGER AIR LINE

inside the outer shell of the diricible.
and that except for observation pur.
poses no car need be carried outside
the big bag"
While the present cost of producing
hellum is about ten times that of hy-
drogen, Professor Davis believes that
development of its manufacture will
result in a cheaper product. Hel,un
will be used to furnish the lifting pow
err in the $2.5OO,OOO dirlglble which the
navy department expects to obtain
from an English manufacturer soon.
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25

ues,. and all went well until the para
graph relating to the special stamp
was reached, when the opposition
broke out afresh. Mr.. McAfillin, who.
according to the present librarian,
seemed to have particular prejudice
against the ten-cent stamp feature,
said the proposition changed existing
laws and that 1t was nlso legislation
upon an appropriation bill. which was
against the rules of the house. unless
II could be shown that the proposition
reduced expenditures. 1t was finally
passed by the house. carrying with II
the special stamp clause.
But opposition to the stamp was
even more vigorous in the senate than
In the house of representatives, he
says, and many amendments were
voted upon and accepted, but they were
just as quickly disagreed with by men,
bers of the house. After bitter strug-
gle the bill with the special stump fea-
ture was finally passed by vote Of
10 to SO. 1t was signed by President
Arthur and made law. 1t went into
effect October 1. 1885. almost two years
after its Introduction.
On March ., 1902. the law was
amended. providing that ten cents IN
ordinary stamps. in addition to regular
postage affixed to letter or package
marked special delivery" entitled the
matter TO all privileges.
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
GOOD ENGLISH WORD
Cleveland Professor Says II Has Pedl.
gree Longer Than Most
Kings.

Cleveland.--"BoOze" has had its an
cient and honorable ancestry In the
English language uncovered here by
Prof. William ii. Hulme of Western
Reserve university.
Labeled for generations as an etymo.
logical outlaw, and branded as such
with quotation marks. Professor Hulme
finds booze" has pedigree longer
than that of most kings. Its earliest
spelling, according to Professor Hulme
was "bouse" and finally booze"
"Both as noun and verb, the word" I"
Professor Hulme said, written bowse'
In middle English literature as far
back as 1900. had the meaning to
drink in excess About 1900 the word
lost the honorable character 1t had
and became a slang word. 'Bousing
is RECORDED as early as 1920. AMI 'bors-
err was used in English in 16lI.-
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
CREEPING CAT LATEST STEP
Introduced to Rival the Long Popular
Fox Trot-Simple and Easily
Acquired.

New York.-If You would be all
there in the ballroom II is quite likely
you will have to know El Chat. This
is the very latest shuttle, and in plain
English is known as the cat step.
Ell Chat may be classed as digni-
fed ballroom dance. The movement
throughout its three variations is slow
and calls for a creeping motion that
may have inspired its caption. There
also is just touch of the kittenish to
1t when the dancers, mt the end of the
second movement. rise to their toes
and wiggle their heels.
1t is simple, graceful dance. easily
acquired. 1t is intended to take its
place with the fox trot. one-step and
modern modification of the waltz. but
is no relation whatever to the dance
Jim Grow.
Alexis Koslofr. who dnDred with the
Russian imperial balls-. frrihg the
regime of the late car. IL n.e or,gt
uator of the eat step.
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
Prison Sentence Is Blessing in Disguise

G YRACUSE. n. Y.-"I don't care
- what you do with me, judge. I'll
serve time for us both. But for Gods
sake. Judge. spare her. Let me bear
the load now. She's Ill, sick in mind
and body. Don't make it harder for
her. judge. Please-oh. please. let me
protect her, let the double sentence
fall upon me"
That was the plea of James H..
Deming. assistant postmaster in
Lincklaen, Chenango county, in fed
cral court here rs he begged for elem
ency for his sllver-haired sixty-three-
year-old wife. Mrs. Il. Demine, post
mistress at the same place.
Both husband and wife were In
licted by the federal grand jury sit
ting here. accused OF converting to
their own use 81 400 of the govern
mept's postal funds. They appeared
in court to answer the charge unrep-
resented by counsel, and entered
pleas OF guilty to the three-count
true bill returned against them.
Charges made by the postal inspec-
tor that Mrs. Dcming WAS coerced In
to the thefts by her husband brought
hcartrendlng dcnials from the white
haired, frril woman.
Charges tha, her husband hnd been
generally lazy and shfllcss brought
Ike little woman a4nln and again TO
nsv hu.bar'rx deteI.sc,
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
Making Zion City Safe for the Men Folks

dered. you are following the styles
of the grisettes Of Paris--of the paint
ed women of the Moulin Rouge. Cleo
patra or Lucretia Borgia might have
reveled in such costumes. These
demOralizing modes are rocking the
foundations of the church. the home.
the nation"
He called attention to the Zion City
ordinance which makes 1t unlawful to
wear indiscreet dresses. A section Of
this ordinance reads:
Every dress of any female over the
age of twelve years, cut or fitted in
style or manner as to show or expose
or partially show or expose the neck
or shoulders of the wearer lower than
the junction of the pit of the neck
with the clavicle or collar bone II worn
In public or within public view shall
be deemed immodest, vulgar and in
decent and tending to corrupt public
morals and degrade the best interests
of society.
mo woman or girl over the age OF
fifteen shall expose her arms in public
above the middle OF the forearm nor
shall she wear 'peekabOo' or mosquito
net stockings or other clothing SO as
TO expose any particular part Of the
wearer other than provided for; nor
shall any woman or girl wear In pub
lie the sO.called sheath gown, slit skirt
or X-ray Dress"
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Big Growth of
Special Mail

or more inhabitants. But on August 4.
1886. 1t was extended to provide for
the delivery OF mail matters specially
stamped Mt any free delivery office. or
within one mile of every other Office"
From the Introduction of the bill.
when 1t was referred to the committee
on post offices and post roads by
Speaker John @. Carlisle. until Its final
enactment. dozens of pages In the Con-
gressionai Record were used to report
the arguments on the bill between
members of the house. writes Doctor
Skinner. This committee. which had
among Its members the late Senator
Money of Mississippi. Harry Bingham
of Philadelphia and John COsgrove of
Missouri, reported favorably on the
measure January 10. 1884. and 1t start
ed its trough career" before the con-
gressmen one week later. the writer
continues.
Fresh Opposition to II.
II was made special order for Feb
ruary IS, 1885. Doctor Skinner contin-
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
MURDER REvEL
YIELDS EIGHT DEAD
Hatchet Weapon Used in Whole
sale Killing on Da-
kota Farm.

Turtle Lake, n. D.-Elght persons
were found dead at the farm home of
Jacob Wolf. three miles north of here,
the victims of mysterious murder.
The dead:
Jacob Wolf and his wife; their five
daughters. Bertha, aged thirteen;
Edna. eight Mary, ten; Lydia, five.
and Martha. four, and Jake Hofer,
who was employed on the farm.
Indications are that the crime was
committed in the kitchen of the Wolf
home, and that the weapon used was
a hatchet. The bodies of the mother,
three daughters and the hired man
were thrown into the cellar by the
slayer or slayers. and those of the
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KILLS SELF TO
SET Wife FREE
Physician Welded to Own Niece
Gives Her Liberty in
Tragic Manner.
NOTE TELLS PURPOSE
Suicide Deliberately Planned to Open
Up New Future to Youthful
Bride With Whom He
Had Eloped.

Walsenburg, Colo.-His hand clutch
ing n scrawled note, the import of
which was his suicide had been plan
ned in order to open new future for
his nineteen year-old wife and alleged
niece, the body of DR.. X. l.. Clock.
fifty-seven years old. company physi-
clan for the Victor-American coal
mine at Ravenwood three miles south
of here, was found in his tightly sealed
room. The suicide had ended his life
with chloroform.
Note to Child Wife.
To his child wife, Catherine. who.
according to report. he had hypnotized
into marriage n little more than year
ago, in Des Moines, Iowa. and who is
now attending private boarding
school In Pueblo. his last communica-
tiOn was left
The note follows: Dearest Gather
ine-I promised you I would post
pone this act, but l am breaking II
today as I think it is the best for
you. Am leaving check for the bal
ance Of my bank account after ex-
penses of simple burial held here.
Please have no ceremony. You will
understand. as we have talked this
matter over pertaining to your future.
With my removal the matter can be
more readily solved. I am to blame
for mismanagement of this affair and
ask your forgiveness. I asked Mr..
Pendleton to assist in settling my
financial matters If signed the initial
'K'-so here goes. Goodby, 1 hope 10
meet you in heaven"
Physician Had Tortuous Past.
Upon hearing of the physicians
death Mrs. Julia Clock, living in Fort
Lupton, asserted that he had been in
volved in various love tangles, had
been married at least three times. She
said that she had been divorced from
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-25
GIRL, AGED 9, TRAPS WILD CAT
Child Beats SnarIina Animal to Death
Then Carries Him
Home.

Northeast Carry, Me.-The piercing
cry of the wildcat strikes terror in
the hearts of some children and even
adults, but not that of Louise Smith,
nine years old. Of this town. This lit
tie huntress trapped one of these an
imals bigger than herself in the woods
near here, beat him over the head with
n club until he forever ceased to snarl
and then carried him home on her
back, all unaided.
Louise is 4 feet 3 inches in height
The cat measured 4 feet I inches and
weighed SO pounds