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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
IxTLE INDUSTRY
 HOLDING UP WELL
 DESPITE BANDITRY
Enormous Quantities of Fiber Awaiting Shipment,
 Sale

Eagle Pass, Tex, March Not withstanding the protracted period of banditry and revolutions in Mexico, the ixtile fiber industry has kept up remarkably well, as is shown by the volume of exports of that prod uct to the United States This fiber is coming into this country at the rate of more than 2000 tons month, valued at about $350,000. Most of the shipments are destined for Min neapolis, Chicago and New York, where the raw fiber is converted into bagging and cordage.
 It is stated by dealers in the fiber that there are enormous quantities of the product scattered through North ern Mexico awaiting sale and ship ment. This industry is peculiar to the ranches and smaller communi- ties where the work of cutting the leaves of the lechugilla plant and stripping the fiber is conducted for the most part in the homes of the people.
 Method Crude and Slow.
 The method of decorticating the leaves of this specias of wild cactus is crude and somewhat slow, but it is a certain and fairly profitable way of obtaining a livelihood by the lowly Mexican-Indian.
 The ixtle industry in Northern Mex ico and all of the upper border re- zion of Texas has enormous possi- bilities, it is asserted. The lechugilia plant grows profusely upon millions of acres of ranch land In Texas little effort has been made to utilize the fiber of the plant in conner cial way, but in Mexico, where the laboring element is satisfied with low wages or small profits the extracting of the fiber has long been source of big annual revenue in the aggre- gate.
 In all the larger cities of that part of Mexico are to be found brokers and buyers of ixtle fiber. Besides the many uses to which the fiber is put in Mexico it is in big demand III the United States and other foreign countries. Although the fiber is too short for making binder twine, it Is said to be ideally suited for the man. uiacturing of bagglng and q variety vf other purposes.
 No Relation to Sisal.
 The ixtle fiber has no relation to the hencquln fiber or sisal rom wnicn binder twIne is made. The henequln fiber IS grown chiefly in the state of Yucatan. 1t is much longer fiber than that which is obtalned from the leschugiiia plant. Closely related to the henequn plant is the 2apupe pant Which is coming to be exten- slyely grown in the region around IampIco and as Tar north as Victoria, capital of the state oI Tamaullpas. The zapupe yields fiber similar to that or lae nenequln plant.
 There are a number of wild fiber plants in Mexico winch at present are being but little utilized Tn conner clal way. One or the chief reasons for the slow development or the fiber industry, so lar as It relates to the lechhugllfa plant, is that the decor ticating or stripping process has been found difficult. Several machines
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Contracts are Let
 for Several Homes

August Thalheimer has obtained a building permit for the construction of a S7,000 one-story brick veneer residence to be erected by NJ. M. Red mond at HIS West Seventeenth c. C. Payne will build an SI,S0O brick veneer store building at 2200 West Sixteenth; w. w. Ritchie, contrac- tor. M B. Robinson will erect $S,- 900 brick veneer residence at 218 West Fourteenth. Dr. w. E. O'Bryant will erect two frame dwellings to cost $500 each at 1895 West Eighth and at 1909 West Eighth; J. F. Sylos, contractor. The American Excel sicr laundry will erect $l,200 one story frame store room on the west side of State street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. Leo Andrews will reect' S2,000 wo-story garage at 305 Martin place; C. s. Hackney, contrac- tor. Tony Calabretta will install filling station at 3O6 West Barra- que at cost of $250.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
GIRL ADMITS SHE THREW BABY FROM
 TRAIN IN 0zkRKS
Afraid to Face Parents, Faces Murder Charge In-
 stead

Galena, Mo-, Mar. 2.-In the pres ence of the Sheriff, Prosecuting At torney and other Stone County off, cials at Galena, Tina Hedrick, IT years old, confessed that she threw her 4-day-old baby from window of Missouri Pacific passenger train neear Galena.
 q was ashamed to go home to my parents with baby in my arms,' the girl-mother sobbed, q was des. perate."
 The baby died in Galena from the injuries it received and the exposure to the weather while it lay along the railroad right t-of-way.
 In her confession, the young mother told the name of the baby's father, who is a Stone County resi- dent. He is said to live short dis tance from Galena. No charges have been preferred against the man.
 Following her confession. the girl was arraigned before Justice of the Peace in Galena and charged with murder of her infant. She waived preliminary examination. and is being held by the Sheriff until the arrival of her parents from Reeds Springs. who are expected to furnish bond of $20,000.
 The baby died in temporary home where it had been taken. It was found neear the railroad tracks between Galena and Reeds Springs. It was bruised and cut on the head and body.
 ftcr T Ji of ,ofa rfc cers at Galena began search for ated in the Hedrick girls arrest at her home in Reeds Springs. She had gone to that town on the train after throwing the baby from the window.
 Investigation disclosed that the girl appeared at the Missouri Paci- fife station in Springfield and sent a telegram to man in Clever, ask ing him to come here at once. The Clever resident came here, it was learned, and was at the passenger station when the woman left with a baby in her arms.
 It was learned that the baby was born in Springfield rooming house The nan is alleged to have said that he knew the girls sister, who was the wife of his uncle.
 After the train passed Carico switch, three miles from Galena, $. H. Wymore, a railroad lineman, found the baby lying on the right of-way, apparently lifeless. Wy more took the child to Galena, where it wa sturned over to the authorities. who in turn. notified the railroad officials of the Missouri Pacific.
 From various facts discovered by Galena authorities, they concluded that the child belonged to the He'd rick woman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Terms of French
 Strike Settlement

Paris, Mar. 2.-The strike of rail- waymen turnout France was settled last night on the following points:
 The right for men to organize will be respected turnout the railroad systems of France. The railroad men accept arbitration on points not as yet settled and an immediate study of future rules of railroads will begin. The companies will not pay wages to the men for time lost during the strike, but disciplinary penalties for resumption of work after the men had been summoned will be cancelled. Directors of companies will revise other penalties in the spirit of justice.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
CRUDE PASSES.

Pittsburg, Pa., Mar. 2.-Pennsyl- vania crude oil passed the six dollar mark here today when the Seep Purchasing agency announced an ad- vance in the price of 15 cents bar rel to $61O. All other grades re- main unchanged. This is the second advance in the price of Pennsylvan- ia crude within two days and the fifth increase since the beginning of the year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Gasoline Prices
 Called Excessive

London, Mar. 2.-Existing prices of gasoline are condemned as "gross- ly excessive" in report submitte by committee appointed under the profiteering act to investigate prices. It says the concentrat tion and control of the supply in hands of enormously powerful combinations causes such dangerous power if improperly used that it is imperative that government should show more attention to it.
 The Standard Oil company and the Shell corporation are named in the report as the combination concerned and it charged existing prices of 23 f New York is much too high.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Oil Production
 in Mexico Great

Mexico City, Mar 2.-Figures showing the production of petroleum in Mexico increased 46 per cent last year over their record of 1918 were made public last night at the depart ment of industry and commerce. More than $100,000,000 has been invested recently in the oil industry of this country, and it,is stated that since President Carranza began issuing provisional permits to oil men 45 wells have been drilled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Mexicans Gather Facts on Murders
 by Americans

Mexico City, Mar. 2.-Data relative to recent alleged murder" of Mexi. cans in southern United States is be- ing gathered by the Mexican cmbas- sy in Washington and the Mexican government is formulating protest for presentation to the state depart ment, according to information re- ceived in semi-official quarters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Big Coal Field in
 Argentina Found

Buenos Aires, Mar. 2.-There is, lively competition between Chilean, North America, British and Japanese industrialists to acquire coal fields in the recently discovered coal zone in the southern part of that repub- lie, according to advices received here The coal is said to be of an excellent quantity. It is believed
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
GEN. DUVALL DIES.

San Diego, Cal, Mar. 2.-Major General William P. Duvall, U. s. A., 73, retired, died last night at his home in Corronada, after an illness of three months. The body will be sent to West Point, N. Y., for inter- ment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
TO LAUNCH DREADNAUGHT

Newport News. Va. Mar. 2.-The superdreadnaught Maryland will be launched March 20. She is yet un- der construction. Her main battery will be composed of eight l6 inch guns. the heaviest guns used on a naval craft.
 The Maryland will be the first of a class of four similar ships to be followed by six 43,000 ton ships
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

tions has been presented by the American embassy here, it is learn ed from authoritative sources. It is said the Mexican government maintains it's stand against granting such vises.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
WALTER EN ROUTE.

Coffeyville, Kan, Mar. 2.-Walter Johnson, pitcher for the Washington club of the American league, left here early today for Miami Fla, the clubs spring training camp. John son expects to stop in Washington a few days before going to Miami.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
BETTER THAN
 COLDS AND FLU WHISkEY FOR

New Elixir, Called Aspironal, Medicated With Latest Scientific Remedies, Used by European and American Army Surgeons to Cut Short a Cold and Prevent Complications.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
TO WISE PASSPORTS.

Mexico City, Mar, 2.-Another re- quest that Mexican, consuls in the United States wise the passports of Americans who testified recently be- fore the United States senate com
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

Call Central Grocery and Market. They sell for less. Phones 574, 57b, 56a. All Main. 3-2-2t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
REGENCY PAYS WELL.

Budapest, Monday, Mar. 1.-Admir- al Horthy's salary as regent of Hun gary has been fixed at 5000, ,000 krOnen per wear.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

have been devised for performing this work and some of them have proved very successful, it is stated.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

Heals the Throat and Cures the
 Cough. HAYES HEALING HON FEY, S5c. A free box of GROVES O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds, and Group with every bottle. Adv,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03
Five Reasons

We have five reasons why you should do business with us. Phone our agency and give us your increased insurance. Ask for the first reason.
 TAYLOR & co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
 Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals. You can get restful sleep after the first application. Price soc. Adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

Every Druggist in U. s. h. structed to Refund Price While You Wait at Counter If Relief Does Not. Come Within Two Minutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-03

there are five billions capable o being worked. the advices added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
ESSAY CONTEST feature
Of SH|P-By-FRUCk week

One of the features in celebrating
the national ship-by- truck-good
roads week; May II to 81, wilt be an
essay contest open to all high scheel
students throughout the country:
The contest Is for the purpose of
focusing public attention on the ne
cessity Of good roads and feasibility
Of the motor truck as shert-haul
medium.
According to the plans approved by
Commissioner of Education P. P.
Claxton, contestants to be eligible to
compete for the national prize first
must have won one of the prizes to
be awarded by various organizations
and individuals In their respective
communities All high school pupils
may submit 500-word essay. which
must be entitled Ship by Truck and
Good Roads" If the national prize is
Won by any other than a senior high
school student, the award will be de-
ferred until the winner Is ready to
matriculate at the institution of his
or her choice.
Judges who will make the national
award will be named by Commission
er Claxton before May % School
superintendents and principals of
high schools are being acquainted
this week with the terms of the con-
test Washington high school stu
dents will be given the opportunity
of entering the national contest.
Local prizes of $25 for the first, SIS
for the second and $40 for the third
successful students will be awarded
In Washington.
These successful contestants will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
DOPEY DAN AND LON
"PickeB."

BY w. H. CLAGETT.

the joke comes in-the few props that
are needed!
"A regular, hair-raisin' picket cam
paign, son, can be pulled In four
hours, an is worked out like this:
First, you GO absolutely ratty over
some movement any legitimate
boney-fidy movement will do! Then,
after assemblin' all them who're as
ratty as you. you picks out as a eb-
jective the home address of the high
est official In town, who has let it be
knowed, either by word or action,
that he dent agree altogether with
your way O. f1gurin',
This done, the rest Is a cinch, for
after a sign painter gets through ar
| rangin' your standards, which as a
rule bear Inscriptions took from some
speech made by the party to be
picked you cali for volunteers an
the procession proceedsl
Sure, pickets are wise that they're
gonna get SWITCHED, or they wouldn't
start out! In fact, all we'll behav.n n
pickets tip off the police before the j
hike to their beats!
But lad, simple as picketin' sounds,
don't never forget that It's a female
sport. an no matter how righteous
your cause heed what I tell you an
don't attempt 1t with ment Never mind
why notl Don't never attempt itl''
Note: Lon says he amt noticed no.
body gettin' up in the meetin' house
an advocatin' bonus for sooperan-
nuated picketS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

Don't think me thick. boss, but on
the level. just what Is pickett"
asked Lon of Dopey Dan. as ne
pulled out the makin's.
why, a picket. lad, In the sense
you means" replied Dopey Dan, rs
twentieth century 'heliotrope' or
the feminine gender, who, in the In
terest of some cause takes advantage
of her sex an without no fear OF
the consequences, deliberately hikes
out to embarrass some high ofhclai
potentate, or boss she don't like, until
the poor man Is almost drove TO
state of Distraction
"Ya see, lad, up to the time the
female of the species took 1t into her
top-piece to make a fight for the bal
lot, picket usually meant body
of 'roosters' belongin' to trades
union shooed out to watch an .ag-
gravate the guys who was workln
in a shop not on speakin' terms with
the union, or against which strike
was bein' conducted But since our
fair sistern decided to mix up in the
muddle. all front-page brand o pick
etin' relates mostly to them
While | wouldn't lay no odds on
picketin' was imported by us from
nrerrie old England. an between you II
me, l wish Mister John Bull had kept
it, For of all the tantalizin'. nerve
rackin', itchy-feelin' pastimes this
pesky iii procedure sure snatches
the bon-bon!
"An' the tedious part is there amt
no way to handle it! Hep to the fact
that for first-line defense, when
mixed in a scrapfest, picketin is the
most powerful weepon ever welded
by their sex, wimmin go the limit
an refuse to get clustered.
There's a old sayin'. lad, that
goose, a woman an a goat are con-
trary when they're lean, but if you'll
buh-lieve me to be tn skipper. a
picket skiddin' down her beat is the
contrariest ever seen! There amt no
possible way to gauge her! If you
jeer her she'll smile! If you smile at
her she'll sneer! If you kid her she'll
freeze, an if you snub her she'll kid!
Leave her alone an she'll pick It'll
she's faint. have her pulled in an
she'll call you a saint! Figure it any
whichaway you cares to, you can't
get her number! Her sole purpose
in life is to get yourn, an if you
give her enough time in the end she will
get it.
But. boss, don't it take mess O.
coin to stage a picket campaign"
chirped up Lon as Dopey Dan stopped
to refill his pipe.
Not at all, at all. An there's where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
"KEEP-TO-R|GHT"
RULE FOR TRAFFIC
TO Be ENFORCED
Police Will Support Law for
Alienation of Con-
gestion.
BY THEODORE p. MOVES.

The "keep-to- he-right' rule on the
streets of Washington will be rigidly
enforced, according to Capt Albert
the metropolitan police.
| Section 5 of the District traffic law
reads:
"A vehicle shall keep over, as near
as practicable, to the right-hand curb,
| SO as to leave the center of the street
free and open for overtaking traffic
, the slower the speed, the nearer the
curb
1t has been the practice of many
District motorists to drive on a street
either in the center or, in some cases,
on the wrong side. leaving no room
for the overtaking automobile to
pass.
Congestion Common Now.
1t is a common sight when traffic
| is the heaviest in the afternoon to see
a long line of cars practically in the
! center OF the street, thereby effec-
| lively blocking the way for faster
vehicles.
In some instances a lone car will
; proceed down the middle of the street
at speed of about ten miles an hour.
| The man in the rear wishes to pass.
There is traffic coming the other way.
and if he passes it will throw him
| far over on the wrong side, of the
street and directly In the path of the
oncoming traffic. He blows his horn.
Nothing happens, except possibly
disdainful glance from the occupant
of the offending car. The man in the
car behind, deciding to take a chance,
pulls far over on the wrong side of
F.! the street and passes, thereby taking
a risk which should be unnecessary.
| That stop should be put to this
| practice, even at the cost of many
arrests, is the opinion of the major
! ity of thinking motorists.
! should Think of Those Behind.
In some cases, 1t is pointed out. this
| violation of the law comes from
| thoughtlessness If the motorist,
| driving his car along the streets.
| would give the same thought and
| consideration to those in back of him
| as he does to those coming from the
| side streets, which mean danger to
! him, there would be fewer traffic de-
! lays and less friction.
| In Philadelphia, New York and other
| large cities the motorist is allowed
! to pass on either side OF the car he
| overtakes. In other words. II the car
he wishes to pass is driving up the
| center of the street he passes on the
| right and if near the curb. ne passes
| on the left. .
| some autoists here believe that.
with the rapidly increasing traffic
here. such regulation would work
| to the benefit of Washington, but no
| change is ntemplated by the Dis
! trict authorities at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

be allowed to compete for the ma
tionaI university scholarship. n, 8.
Firestone has consented to give this
four-year course at any university
the winner may choose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

The local ship-by-truck bureau re-
cefved the hearty approval Of the
transportation committee of the
Chamber Of Commerce, o. T. Wright
John D. C. Koogle and A. C. McChes-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25
Master Vibrator.

The primary current should never
be run through the master vibrator
coil when the secondary circuit Is not
in use. as this will ruin the unit
Ra1fimore News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

ney were named by the Chamber of
Commerce to cooperate with ]. H.
Schieswohl. the Washington manager
of the ship by-truck-good roads bu-
reau.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1920-01-02

How do you like the Hyder Alaska Miner? If it suits you, pass it on or mailit to somebody who might become interested in this part of Alaska.
 The mineral is here but it takes men to get it out. Interest your best friends by sub- scribing to the paper for them.
 The Miner is s a year and will be sent anywhere for that amount.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1920-01-02

Our clothing department is on the job all the time. Just what you want, just when you want, and at the right price.
Arizona republican., 1920-02-29
DIXIE FLYER TO
 !. MAKE HOME HERE

The Dixie Flyer has come to Phoe- nix, or rather it has been brought to Phoenix in the shape of one perfectly good looking touring car made in Louisville. Ky, by the Kentucky Wagon works
 The Dixie Flyer first started to Phoenix way back in Oklahoma. where E. c. Gilley and J. l.. Brown became interested in the car. They each pur- chased one and drove it many thou sands of miles. The performance they considered remarkable. They believed then as they do now that they had secured the ultimate worth in a motor car
 Being anxious to get into the auto mobile game, they asked for some de- sirable territory, and were offered this section of Arizona, that is all counties west of Maricopa
 Now they are in Phoenix with oemonstrator, and anxiously cxpecting deiiveries on more cars within a short time At the present they have not secured permanent quarters. but thav expect to either lease a building ar nave one put up for them within 2 short time.
 The Dixie Flyer comes in all nnode,s coupe. sedan, touring and roadster r. IS Tour cylinder motor of the TIar- schell-Spillman type.