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The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01
LOCAL. MENTION

Olu papers loT Sale d. lie
Spectator office.
Talk is cheap-so why not speak
a kindly word now and then.
Good old country ham and eggs
Is cts. at the Sanitary Bakery.
adv.
Don't it beat all how quickly
those pesky bill collectors get
around?
Attorney General Wallace
Davis, of Little Rock, is here
attending court.
R. F. Campbell and wife will
go to Fort Smith next week to
make their home.
Some folks are just naturally
crazy and with others it is a case
of too much base ball.
County Clerk A. N. Hill is still
missed at the court house, being
detained at home on account of
sickness.
The Thursday Afternoon Club
will be entertained October 7th
by Mrs. G. A. A. Deane, Jr.,
and Mrs. E. R. Protheroe, at
the home of Mrs. Deane.
Rev. F. Sanders returned Sat-
urday from White Oak, near
] Ozark, where had been holding
a revival meeting. There were
about thirty conversions in the
meeting. Rev. Sanders left
Tuesday morning for Hot Springs
to attend a Presbyterian gather
ing. Atkins Chronicle.
Attorneys Arthur Cochran, w.
A. Ratterree. and John Roberts,
Supt. w. S. Williams and J. E.
Cotner went to Ozark Saturday
in Edmund's car. They made
the trip in a little over half a
day, besides settling a case
pending in circuit court at that
place. Bonneville Progress.
Word from Rev. A. B. Calk
states that he and wife are nice
ly located in their new home at
Little Rock and that they are
highly pleased with their new
place of labor. They have a
warm spot in their hearts for
their many Ozark friends and
order The Spectator to keep
them posted twice-a-week on the
events that happen here.
The enterprising citizens of
Barham township near Meg
post office have organized spe-
cial rural district, combining
three districts into this special
which embraces 5,397 acres o.
valuable land. The directors
have purchased 10 acres of land,
adjoining the special district. 1t
is the purpose to have the pupils
taught practical farming as we'll
as theory. They will also be
taught how to build good roads
by building one thru the ten
acres and may extend it thru
the entire township. The state
university has agreed to assist
in this wise plan to make it
truly a success. All praise to
this community for inaugurating
such a good plan. May others
follow their example for there is
nothing that will be more bene-
fetal to the boys and will be a
great incentive in keeping them
on the farms. Arrangements
are being made to build three
or four-room school house and
employ from two to four
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01

The prudent shopper will study
the Dollar Day ads in Tuesdays
Spectator, and come to town on
Thursday and Friday and be
able to shop intelligently and
savingly as we'll.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01

Wonder if the paper-sack cook
ing system, that threatened to
take the country by storm short
time ago, got bagged?
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01

Sixteen cent cotton! That
sounds good, Ell? And at the
rate the fleecy staple is climbing
up now it is not improbable that
in the near future we will see
that price paid.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01

No longer is it September
morn. The new month starts
out well.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01

This 10 prescriptions prepared especially
Tor MALARIA or ChILlS 4 TEvEN.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
II taken then ~ tonic the Fever will not
return. = II acts on the liver better than
Cslomei and does not sripe or sicken. 2sc
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01
Published Every Tuesday and Friday.
Terms of Subscription:

Don't forget the 7th and 9Th.
The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1915-10-01

Very respectfully,
H. F. Cassell,
County Agricultural Agent.
Mrs. H. F. Cassell,
Canning Club Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
SANTA CLAUS is BUSY
Business Already Has Start
ed in a Small Way at the
Topeka Postoffice.

Christmas business has started at
the postoffice but it will be some time
before the office is jammed with
Christmas packages. The packages
going through the mail now are for
foreign countries. There is no local
Christmas business noticeable.
Christmas packages for Australia
and other far distant countries began
to arrive in the latter part of No
vember," said Postmaster Will Rigby
this morning. Now the packages
are starting for England and other
countries where connections are bet
ter. But the big local business has not
yet started. 1t will be on within a few
days and I expect the office to be
pretty well sWamped."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
A SYMPATHETIC KISS
Man Said He Felt Sorry for Pretty
Woman Whose Husband
Didn't Love Her.

New. York, Dec. 1O.-Here's the
latest in the way of kisses: Exit the
soul kiss and the bird peck. Enter
the sympathetic kiss
ct did not assault this lady.
kissed her because I felt sorry for her
when she told me that her husband
did not love her as she wanted him to.
When she turned to me and asked,
Amt 1 pretty?' 1 walked over to her,
pushed back her hair from her fore
head and kissed her"
Thus spoke Arthur Won Bergen of
Hoboken. when arraigned before Re
corder Cutler to answer to a charge
of assault preferred by Mrs Dorothy
Rudert, wife of Won Bergen's secre-
tary.
What kind of a kiss would you
call it?" asked Recorder Cutler.
Il would call it purely a sympathetic
kiss" replied Won Bergen. who is
German propagandist and has been
delivering lectures. He said he was
waiting in the dining room of his sec
retary's home when Mrs. Rudert was
alleged to have said, Amt L pretty
The recorder chose to believe the
woman and held Won Bergen in $1,000
bail for the grand jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
BOOZE SENT BY PIP.
Two Separate Quart Packages Are
Being Held at the Topeka Post
office by Mr.. Rigby.

Clerks in the postoffice discovered
two separa+e quarts of liquor in parcel
post packages and as soon as Post
master Rigby receives an order from
Washington they will be destroyed.
People are gradually learning that
whisky and wine ana other beverages
cannot be sent by parcel post safely
and are not trying it so often. How
ever, there is certain to be a big in
crease in such shipments just before
Christmas.
THE postal regulations prohibit
such shipments said Postmaster
Rigby, ''and when we discover them
we open them. report the matter to
the department and upon the receipt
of an order, destroy the wet goods.
If there is anything else in the pack
age we send it on 20 the person to
whom it is addressed, after notifying
him what action has been taken with
the liquor consigned to him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
FIRED SIX SHOTS
French Cruiser Made Z. s.
Steamer Her Mark.
All German Subjects VIII Be
Made Prisoners.

San Juan. Dec 10.-Four blank
shots and two solid shots were fired
by the French cruiser Descartes in
holding up the American steamship
COamO yesterday
A French lieutenant. who boarded
the Coamo, said orders had been given
to take all subjects of Germany and
her allies from ships crews, begin
ming Dec. g. and to take all such per-
sons from among the passengers after
Dec. IS.
After the six shots had been fired
and the Coama had stopped, a small
boat put out from the cruiser with
the lieutenant and his men. On board
ing her the lieutenant proceeded to
Captain Barbor'S cabin and demanded
that the captain produce lists of the
passengers and crew.
The passengers were alarmed and
ran from the state rooms in their night
clothes.
The captain protested against the
action of the lieutenant in taking off
vessel never had been boarded before.
The lieutenant then informed him of
the orders he said had been issued
The German firemen were paid off
before being taken and the passen-
gers gathered on the deck to wish
them good luck.
The state department today still
was without official report of the
action of the French cruiser Descartes
in holding up the American steam
ships Coamo and Carolina 1t was said
that if the Coamo was fired upon the
gravity of the situation was materially
increased.
Inquiries for details have been dis
patched to Europe and to Porto Rico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
We MUST Be CALM
President Wilson Says U. s.
Can Do Much for Peace.
Self Possession VIII Have a
Great Influence.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 1O.-Presi-
dent Wilson, addressing the chamber
of commerce here, declared that If the
United States preserves its self possess
sion in the present crisis it will have
great influence in reconstructing the
peaceful course of the world and in
bringing the nations together again.
Preparedness by business men to
mobilize the resources of the nation as
a measure of national defense was
urged by the president.
His words were given added sig
nificance by the disputes pending, be-
tween the United States and Austria
and Germany
The presidents address was ap-
plauded by nonpartisan audience of
1,100 men, including many of the
leading officials and business men of
Ohio. While he had not written it out
in advance he had thought it over
carefully. His theme was the states
manship of industry.
He opposed the injection of politics
into business.
He declared aggressively that as
long as he was president Mexico would
CONTINUED on Page Eight.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
TOWN BARE TODAY
HOpewell, Swept by Fire,
Guarded by Militia.
Loss of 2 Millions Estimated
by Insurance Men.
One NEGRO HUNG TO TREE
Caught LOOting and Was Killed
by Angry Citizens.
Boy Who Saved Two Babies
Was Hero of Day.

Hopewell. Va. Dec. 10.-The town
of Hopewell swept by fire yesterday
day as the cornfield in which its first
buildings were put up a year ago.
Four hundred houses most of them
wood constructed in feverish haste to
care for the influx of labor brought
by activities at the DUPONT explosives
plant, were licked up by the flames.
In the main part of the town of
$4,000 persons hardly building re-
mained, though the great explosives
plant near by and the company viii
undamaged.
Loss at Two Million.
The loss is put at $2,0OO,OOO.
Thousands of refugees, who through
out the afternoon had stood helpless
as their homes and places of business
in Petersburg and Richmond Many
of those who saved their household
goods stood guard over their effects
with repeating rifles. all night.
Militia Is There.
Militiamen from Richmond and spe-
cial guards from inside the Dupont
plant helped the Hopewell police force
to keep order.
A negro caught looting was said to
have been strung up to a tree at the
edge of town.
Started by Oil stove.
The fire started. in a restaurant
when an oil stove toppled from a box
in the kitchen, a hotel. caught next
and soon the flames driven by a stiff
wind were eating their way through
the banks, stores, hotels and dwellings.
The only church in the town was one
of the first buildings. to go.
A Boy Hero.
An eleven-year boy was the
hero of the fire. Twice he rushed
into building and each time reap
peared with a baby in his arms.
Plans for Relief.
Newspaper relief funds have been
opened and Richmond expects to have
and IN HopewelI before
night. Petersburg and Norfolk are
taking similar measures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
THE NOON EDITION

The noon edition of the State Jour-
nal is becoming so popular that regu-
lar newsboys have been stationed at
Sixth and Kansas avenues, Ninth and
Kansas avenues and at the Santa Fe
general offices on Jackson street
Newsboys will also be stationed soon
at other corners so the public can buy
the noon and evening editions without
delay. The noon edition is sold for ]
cent pay no more). excepting on Sat-
urdays, when the charge is cents, ac-
count the larger number and comic
pages in colors.
All other editions are 2 cents every
day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
Troops of Allies in Full Re-
treat to Greece.
Berlin Receives Advice of Lat
est British Move.
BULGARS CONTINUE ADVANCE
Renew Attack on the Allied
Troops in Macedonia.
English Lose 1900 Men and
Ten Guns, Is Report.

Berlin. Dec. 1O.-AccOrding to
information received in military
quarters here, the AnglO-Erench
expedition in the Balkans has
continued its retreat and has now
entirely. evacuated Serbian terri
tory.
London. Dec. 1O.-What seems
to be an intimatiOn that the
troops of the entente allies con-
template evacuating Serbian ter
ritOry. If they have not already
done so. is contained in a state
ment declared in a Reuter- dis
patch from SaIOnil<i to have been
issued by the French general staff
on the Balkan front.
The Italians are declared in
wireless dispatch from Berlin to
have sustained serious reVerseS in
Tripoli in engagement with tribes
men. They are reported to have
lost six thousand men killed, the
advices state.
London, Dec. 10.-The Bulgarians
heavily reinforced and well supported
by artillery are renewing violentl!
their attack upon the French British
forces in Macedonia. Their assaul
mas gone through the preliminary
stages and is now approaching tht
climax of intensity. Although pursui
# the Serbians still continues, it i:
apparent from the proportions which
GContinued on Page Ski
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
RICE DENIES CHARGES
British Am mbassador Denies That Cruis-
er Which Chased VineIand En-
tered Three Mile Limit.

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The British
cruiser which recently pursued the
American steamer Vineland, from
New York down the Atlantic coast
kept we'll outside the three mile limit,
the state department was advised to-
day by Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the
British ambassador. This advice was
supplied in denial of a charge that
the cruiser had entered the three mile
zone. Sir Cecil told Counsellor Polk
that the cruisers captain had reported
to the British admiralty that his near
est approach to shore was four and
one-half miles.
The Vineland was pursued from
Sandy Hook to the Delaware coast,
hugging the shore all the way, on the
suspicion that her ownership was
partly German
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
ON SPEECH
London Newspapers Comment
on HOllweg Remarks.
The Standard Says Chancellor
Bares German Peace Policy.

London, Dec. 1O.-'The speech of the
German chancellor, Dr. Won Bethman-
Hollweg, before the reichstag yester-
day is commented on extensively by
the London newspapers this after
noon. The chanceIlor'S utterances are
described editorially as "colorless and
perfunctory" and an attempt to
present picture of Germany Waging
a purely defensive war against enc
mics which would encircle and starve
her. All of the newspapers charac-
terize as fallacious the chancelIor's
argument in regard to the analogy be-
tween British proceedings in Greece
and the German invasion of Belgium.
The Evening Standard says DIR. Won
Bethmann Hollweg's speech disposes
of the idea that Germany intends to
ask for peace. This newspaper con-
siders the prospect of peace as per-
haps more remote at this moment
than at any other period since the
outbreak of the war
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks the es-
sence of the German chancellor's
speech lies in its omissions. 1t con-
tinues:
While Germany. according to the
chancellor has beaten everybody. and
her calculations show no flaw and no
uncertain factors neither the burden
nor the Inconvenience of the con-
flict seem to diminish
Commenting on the clumsy attempt
to charge the allies with violence
against neutral powers and to con-
trast their claims on behalf of Bel
glum with their current behavior to-
wards Greece" the Pail Mall Gazette
remarks:
THE chancellor omits from the
comparison details which would some
what compromise the argument-such
as the fact that the Greek government
invited the allied armies onto its soil
and then made preparations for de1iv-
ering treacherous attack IL circum-
stances should seem to make that
profitable. The parallel is an admit
table measure of the intellectual con-
tempt entertained by the German
hierarchy for the pseudo representa-
tive institutions before which IL con-
descends to air its omnipotence and
The Westminster Gazette says:
IF Germany had gone into Bel
gium on the invitation of the Belgian
government to bring assistance to a
neighbor. say France or Holland
which had been attacked by another
power. say ourselves. and had found
itself in difficulties through a sudden
change of policy on the part of the
Belgian king, the analogy might have
been arguable. Whatever may hap
pen in Greece. the history and nature
of the two transactions have not the
slightest resemblance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
Gas MAY co UP
Decision in Long Fought Case
Late This Afternoon,
Belief That Small Increase viii
Be Allowed.

Decision in the gas rate case will
be announced late this afternoon by
the public utilities commission. Opin-
ions of persons who have followed the
case are to the effect that the com
mission probably will grant small
increase in rates and will endeavor to
so word its order that it will escape
some of the glaring defects found by
the supreme court in the recent opin-
ion.
The decision in the gas rate case
has been in course of preparation for
several weeks 1t has been written
and rewritten, but is being held by
the commission until late this after
noon. The document is bulky and
sets forth in detail the commissions
explanation of the gas rate con-
trOVerSy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
UnNEO VI XIV VEnO
HOke Smith Would Stop Brit
ish Commerce Interference.
Georgia Senator Appeals to
Congress to Take Action.
NEUTRAL RIGHTS VIOLATED
British Shippers Profit by
Hardships U. S. Suffers.
Protests by State Department
Have Done No Good.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Senator FIoke
Smith, of Georgia, in a speech in
the senate, called upon congress to-
day to insist that Great Britain cease
interference with neutral commerce.
He declared that protests by the
American state department had been
met by increased lawlessness and
trampling upon neutral rights.
The United States, with other ma
tions, should demand from Great
Britain said the senator, that this
disregard of their right cease. 1t may
be necessary for the United States and
other neutrals to let Great Britain
understand that no word or act will be
omitted to enforce their rights"
The British merchants and shippers
are profiting greatly, he asserted by
exporting the very character of goods
seized when shipped from the United
States TO neutral European ports
No Regard for Neutr;,Is.
''The blockade of neutral ports is a
deliberate disregard of neutral rights
by Great Britain" Senator Smith con
tinued.
There can be no pretense and it is
TContfnued on Page Ski
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
ROB BANK VAULT
Four Men Escape With $1,000
at Everest, Kan.
Used Nine Blasts in Attempt to
Open Safe.
MADE GETAWAY IN MOTOR
Took Guns From Hardware
Store and Cut Phone Cable.
Men Thought To Be Bandits
Seen in AtchisOn.

Horton, Kan, Dec. 10.-The Ever
est State bank at Everest. Kan,
town of about 500 population,
seven miles from Horton, at 2:15
this morning was entered by four
masked men, who blew open the vault
and obtained between $1,000 and ST.
500, all the available silver and cur
rency on hand.
Two of the bandits worked on the
vault while the remaining two stood
on guard outside. 1t took nine eX-
plOsions to blow open the safe, and
they were plainly heard by residents
of Everest.
J. D. Butler, night watchman, who
was in a building a short distance
from the bank. saw the men at work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
MORE ATTEMPTS
TO DESTROY OUR
WAR SUPPLIES
Grain for Allies Worth $75O,OOO
Burned This Morning.
Immense Elevators Holding
100000 Bushels Consumed.
BIG STEEL PLANT ESCAPES
Watchman Extinguishes Fire
Near Main Building.
Letters Threatening Factory
Given to Postal Authorities.
Immense Elevators Holding
100000 Bushels Consumed.
BIG STEEL PLANT ESCAPES
Watchman Extinguishes Fire
Near Main Building.
BULLETIN,

Easton, Pa, Dec. 1O.-An ex-
plOSion this afternoon at the fuse
plant of the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany at RedingtOn, four miles
workman, injured fifteen others
and destroyed a building.
Washington, Dec. 1O.-Sena-
toriaI investigation of bomb plots
and other unneutral acts by citi-
ZenS of the United States and in
quiries into the law and facts in
the attacks upon the steamers
Gulflight, E'alaba, Lusitania, Ara
bic, Anacona, Hesperian and
PetrOlite were proposed in the
senate today by Senator Lodge.
Erie, Pa. Dec. 10.-Fire. which
early today destroyed three Anchor
line grain elevators, bulging with $780,
900 bushels of grain consigned to the
allies, brought state and government
investigators to the scene to run down
reports that pro-German incendiaries
started the blaze.
The loss is placed at s7sO,OO0.
An investigation was begun lmme-
diately despite statements by officials
Of the Erie & Western Transportation
company. owning the Anchor line.
that the blaze started high in elevator
B, one Of the burning trio. Indica-
tions they said, were that spontaneous
combustion caused the fire.
If spies started the blaze, it was
said, they could not have selected a
more opportune time. Erie has dis
continued fire tug service on the wa
terfront where the elevators were sit
uated. and when the flames were dis
covered, the streets surrounding the
railway yards were blocked with
freight trains.
Saved Steamers.
AS a result of the blockade fire ap-
paratus was delayed in reaching the
burning building and the flames
gained great headway
The elevators were known to have
been under extra guard ever since
grain for the allies was placed in stor-
near the elevators were drawn away
and saved.
Attempt at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 1O.-Police
today are investigating an alleged at
tempt made last night to set fire to
the plant of the Minneapolis Steel and
Machinery company, which recently
it is making shell castings
for the entente allies.
Several letters threatening the de-
struction of the plant have been re-
ceived by the officials of the company
and placed in the hands of postal in
Spectors.
A special watchman at the local ma
conpany's plant discovered
and extinguiShed a fire III a pile of
highly inflammabIe mat erial which, *
is said, had been thrown against the
outer side of the main building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-10
COLD WAVE is COMING
An End to Autumn Weather Is Fore
cast for Tonight With Snow
and Northwest Wind.

A long drop in temperature. with
probable snow and high northwest
winds, is the prospect for tonight.
The mercury will go to between 20
and 25 degrees. Saturday will also be
cold with an overshadowing of
clouds. The forecast says: Unsettled
and colder, with probable snow to-
night; Saturday partly cloudy and
colder" The shippers forecast calls
for temperatures as follows: 36 hour
shipments north and west, Is to 20
degrees; south and east, 20 degrees.
The temperature last night at the
lowest point was 8 degrees above the
normal. The low reading was 3S de-
grees at o'clock The wind this
morning was in the east but was ex-
pected to shift to the north or north
west by tonight. The mercury has
been above the normal mark nearly all
of this month. The cold weather to-
night probably will be the breaking
point.
The lowest temperature on this date
occurred in 1909 when the mercury
was down to 9 degrees. The high read
ing was IL degrees in 1890. The Kaw
river still stands at 6.1 feet.
The hourly temperature readings
c follows.