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Evening star., 1916-08-10
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued
to the following:
Samuel P. Terrell and Blondale v.
Toombs.
John 3. Lloyd. 3r- and Nellie T.
Davis.
Harry r. jackson and jamie B.
Goodwin.
Samuel B. Bacon and Julia J. Low
ing.
James q. Apple and Ethel NJ. Jarman,
both Of Bethlehem. Pa
Harry F. Meyers and Corinne c
Woolard.
william L. Nellis of Detroit. Mich,
and Irene ]. Higgins of this city.
Daniel W. Butts and Elsie ]. Brew
ster, both of South Richmond. Va
George Erskine of Burke, Va and
Mollie Hughes of this city.
William H Hedgepeth and Lillian
Miller. both of Richmond, Va
Kenneth Z. Boyle and Myrtle g.
Morrissette, both of Richmond, Va
Howard Mccoy and Jessie ]. Ball
William E. Kerper and Margaret
c. Green.
Evening star., 1916-08-10
Incres,.. Rural Credits Fund.

the International Bank Of Costa Rica
within the past year loaned enough
money 10 make possible such crop results
that It plans to increase the rural credits
fund. 10 the information that has reached
the Department Of Commerce The presi-
dent Of that country has authorised the
issue Of u. 900 hank notes Of 100 coionss
($4s.b8) each. and 100 Of 80 colonies
(s2S.2sh) each. m order TO replace hks
number retired from circulation
Evening star., 1916-08-10

George Kimball Smith, former secre-
tary of the Southern Lumber Manufac-
turers Association and the yellow Pine
Manufacturers Association, fell or
jumped from the fifteenth floor of an
office building in st. Louis Tuesday
and was killed.
Evening star., 1916-08-10
Corporal Wahl Weds Baltimorean.

Corp. ]. Frank Wahl, Company NJ
Sd Infa 1try, was married yesterday to
Miss Roberta Benson of Baltimore. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Will
liam Harris of the North Capitol Meth
odist Church. Miss Benson is eighteen
years old and her husband is twenty
three. Before answering the call of
the militia he was employed by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Evening star., 1916-08-10

N. A. Sinclair of Fayetteville. N. c.,
has been elected by the democratic
state executive committee as an cleo
tor-at-large on the democratic state
ticket
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
VILLA PLANNING AN
ATTACK ON TORREON
FIVE AMERICANS AND ONE FOR.
EIGNER REACHING Ell PASo SAY
HE WAS AT JlMlNEZ.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Five Americans and
one other foreigner, who arrived here
from Parral by way of Torreon, re-
ported that Torreon was about to be
attacked by Villa forces.
The refugees said Villa was at Jimi-
nez when they left Torreon three days
ago. A large force Of Villa forces was
expected to approach Torreon from the
south at the same time Villa moved
on Torreon from the north.
The Americans also confirmed the
death Of Howard Gray, or Weeks. at
Parral. He was the only American
killed, they said. The Americans in
the party included DR.. Thomas Flanna-
gan, Jacob Myers, Adam Schaefer, W..
C. Palmer, Julio Sinner. A Swiss citi-
zen also came to the border with the
party. They left PaTal ten days ago.
They said everyone in Parral was ex-
pecting Villa attack and many refu-
gees were leaving for the border. All
Of the Americans who were In Parral
at the time Villa occupied the town on
November 5 have now been accounted
for, four having come to the border
by way of Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Edgar Koch, acting German vice
consul at Parral, also accompanied the
Americans. He was robbed Of $4,000
worth of silver bullion at Santa Ro-
salia by Villa followers on October 27,
he said
Carranza troops were preparing to
evacuate Parral when the refugees
left there for the border on December
13, one Of the Americans in the party
said. The Villa force under Jacinto
Hernandez had left the town about De-
cember 3, he said, but was expected
to re-enter the town soon after the
refugees left for the border.
At Jiminez the Carranza troops
were at the railroad station preparing
to leave for the south and evacuate
the town to the Villa forces, when
were near, the refugees said.
Government agents received a re-
port that Villa was at Jiminez In
person and was preparing to move on
Torreon at once with his northern
command, cooperating with rebels
cooperating In the Laguna district
near Torreon.
The Carranza garrison in Toreon
was said by these government agents
to number less than 1000, while Villa
had several times that number of men,
II was said
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
SMALLPOX Under Control.

Smallpox has been greatly reduced
at the State Hospital in the last 10
days, according to DR.. C. A. Arke-
bauer, acting superintendent. There
now are but eight cases, as compared
with As a few weeks ago, he said, and
all of these are convalescing. No new
cases have been reported in the last
10 days. Quarantine was raised last
week on Ward e. South and the Ward
F, North buildings. 1t is expected that
the disease will be entirely eradicated
within 10 days, DR.. Arkebauer said.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
MORE MONEY VOTED
FEDERAL employees
SECRETARIES OF REPRESENTA- A.
TlVES INCLUDED IN THE
HOUSE BILL.

Washington.-Salary or wage in
creases of from to 10 per cent for
about 10000 government employees re-
ceiving less than S1,S00 year and of
$500 a year for each representatives
secretary were provided for in the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill passed by the House
without record vote. The secre-
taries now get $1,000 a year. An at
tempt to provide each representative
with an extra stenographer at $75 a
month during the session failed.
Discussion OF the measure, which
carries appropriations aggregating
about $39,OOO,OOO, was productive Of
much debate over the financial condi-
ton Of the country. Chairman Fitz-
gerald of the appropriations commit
tee and Representative Rainey Of the
ways and means committee protested
against the proposed increase on the
ground that the government already
faced a huge deficit. Representative
Rainey declared the next budget would
exceed $1,600000,000, and that tho
country was confronted with the pos
sibility of attempting to collect $780,
100000 more in new taxes.
How are you going to raise it?" he
asked. Restore the Payne-Aldrlcn
bill? That is the proposal some Of
you make, yet to save your lives you
cannot frame tariff bill which will
yield over S35O,O00 year"
Mr.. Rainey also asserted that the
limit in revenue had been reached
from income taxes, the present rate
being the highest In the world and
that nationwide prohibition soon
would make It necessary to raise $751;
100000 from some new source.
Republican Leader Mann favored
higher salaries for employees, declar-
ing they should share in the general
prosperity which the country is ex-
periencing as a result Of the European
war The bill carried appropriations
for all Of the nine subtreasuries in the
country. Representative Sisson Of
Mississippi made an unsuccessful fight
to have them abolished on the ground
that the federal reserve banks had
made them useless, Secretary Nc
Adoo advised Congress in letter that
subtreasuries were needed, although
further experience might demonstrate
that the functions of some Of them
might be transferred to Washington
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Get Ready For Session.

Janitors at the new state capitol
spent several hours in cleaning the
huge chandelier suspended from the
dome in the center OF the building
The apparatus was hung about two
years ago and had never been taken
down -ince. II was necessary to lower
II with a windlass from the top OF the
dome in order to do the work and re-
place burned out lamps. The chain
suspending the chandelier is 80 feet
long and weighs 1000 pounds. The
chandelier proper is IL feet in diane
ter, of cast bronze. and weighs more
than 1900 pounds. Work OF cleaning
the Senate and house chambers and
the committee rooms has been begun
in preparation for the convening OF
the Legislature.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
incorporation Matters.

Articles OF incorporation were filed
by the Mena Cattle Association OF
Mena, which will engage in the cattle
business, and will also bore for oil
and gas 1t is capitalized at 100000,
of which $1,000 is paid in. c. C. Mills
Is president.
other corporation matters filed were
notice of the withdrawal OF the De
sha Lumber Company of South Bend,
Ind, and a surrender of its Arkansas
charter and notice of the dissolution
of the Yarbro Cooperage Company of
Yarbro.
A certificate Of dissolution was filed
by the Planters Gin Company Of
Marmaduke.
The Bradford Fruit Company o.
Bradford also filed its incorporation
papers. The company will carry on a
general merchandise and produce bus
mess, and is capitalized at $4,000, Of
which $175 is paid in. The president
is U. L. Hickmon.
The Dayton Tire Sales Company Of
Fort Smith, capitalized at $4,000, also
filed articles.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
EARLY MEETING TO-
TALK PEACE TERMS
GERmANYs ANSWER TO. eREsi-
DENT WILSON'S NOTE WAS
TRANSMITTED TO GERARD.
SELECT A NEUTRAL COUNTRY
Task Of Preventing Future Wars, the
Official Statement Says, Can Be Be-
gun Only After the End OF the
Present Stuggle.
Rerlin.-Germany and her aIlies-

Berlin.-Germany and her allies
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur-
key-replied to the note OF Presider I
Wilson in which he asked that q
belligerent nations state The aims NJ
which they were fighting. The propos~
al is made by the central powers that
a conference Of the delegates OF all
the belligerents be held Immediately
in a neutral city. The task OF prevent
ing future wars, the official statement
saws. can be begun only after the
end of the present struggle.
The text of Germany's answer "
President Wilson's note was uapS~
mitted to James W. Gerard, the Amer
lean ambassador.
The answer, which also contains uno
reply of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
and Turkey, says:
"The high-minded suggestion msoe
by the president Of the United Stalss
of America in order to create M-
sis for the establishment OF a last
ing peace has been received and on
sidered by the imperial government
the friendly spirit which was exprt
ed in the presidents cOmmunicatloAt
1.-The president points out that which
he has at heart and leaves open the
choice of road.
ITO the imperial government an i'm
mediate exchange of views seems to.
be the most appropriate road in orr"
to reach the desired resulN
at begs, therefore, in tn 4
the declaration made on Dec Sp.nsu.~
which offered a hand for peaS y
tiations, to propose an immS@aS
meeting of delegates of the belligerent
states at a neutral place.
"The imperial government is also Of
the opinion that the great work Of pre-
venting future wars can be begun
only after the end Of the present strug-
gle of the nations.
at will, when this moment shall
have come, be ready with pleasure TO
collaborate entirely with the United
States in this exalted task"
The answer Of the central poA
concludes with the usual diplol
terms Of pOliteness.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Spirit Dealers Object.

Paris.-The governments intention
to prohibit the consumption Of alcohol
in France has aroused strong opposi-
tion among the large wine and spirit
dealers. The syndicate of the whole.
sale merchants at Bordeaux is send.
ing a deputation to Paris to remon.
strate with Premier Briand. AS in the
case Of the absinthe prohibited in 1916
demands are to be made for indomni.
ties If the new measure goes into eff.
feet.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
.RTY VALUATION ON AR.
taNsAs PENAL INSTITUTIONS
TOTALS NEARLY st,ioo,0oo.
UMMINS FARM DAMAGED
ew and Modern Buildings, However,
offset Work of Flood Last February
Drainage Ditch VIII Reclaim
Many Acres Of Wild Land.

Little Rock
According to the report filed by the
oecial commission appointed by Gov.
avs 10 appraise the state peniten-
arv property. Arkansas penal instl-
,tions-including the state peniten-
ary. state reform school and the con-
let farms at Tucker, Jefferson coun-
I. and Cummins, Lincoln county
aye.a total valuation of S1,099, 6O2,O2.
ne commission was composed OF
enator G. b. Ferguson OF Sharpe
punty and w. II. Furlow OF Calhoun
ounty. The reform school, in sepa'
axe repol;, was appraised at $4,000
nd the other institutions at SLO4b-
O2O2. Despite losses totaling be
ween s2lO,000 and s225,000 suffered
/ the Cummins farm last February
,hen the Arkansas river broke
hrough levees and inundated the
ountry, the appraisers report said
he farm. by virtue of new and strong
r levees. new drainage bitches and
,ew and more modern buildings, was
,orth as much, if not more, than
then appraised in 1914.
Rcal estate on the Cummins farm,
Including stockades, administration
buildings. barns and sheds, was valued
Il s435. 900; the Tucker farm at $242,-
loo. and the walls" or penitentiary
proper, at 100000. The Tucker farm
vas purchased by the commission for
;2O9 900, but improvements, including
buildings, ran the valuation up to
s242, ,O00
Last February's flood cut $500
acres from the protected land in the
nlmmins farm. The land now out
Dide the levee was considered the
,est land on the farm and was valued
It $1O0 an acre. In addition TO taking
he land, the food carried away the
hospital, two stockades, administra-
Jon building and residences and COM
nissary stores, having an aggregate
Ealue of from 100000 to $4,000.
"In our mind land values at Cum
Minis have been increased" said the
report, Buildings destroyed by the
hood have been replaced by better
and more substantial structures. The
drainage ditch constructed during the
last two years will reclaim for cult
vation every acre Of wild land on the
place.
1--WE feel that too much cannot be
said In praise of the penitentiary man.
agement. We found the men well
housed and properly fed. There seems
to be perfect harmony among the en-
ployes."
When the appraisement was made
the commission still had 800 bales Of
its 1916 cotton crop and 400 tons Of
cotton seed. Exclusive of the cotton
and cotton seed, the largest amount
invested was in mules, the appraise-
ment showing the commission had 1886
mules, valued at s52,S60.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

Pine Bluff, Ark.-A cyclone struck
at several points in this and adjacent
counties, according to reports receiv-
ed here, but details are lacking be-
cause virtually all wires are prostrat.
ed to points north, east and west OF
here. The handsome farm home OF J.
H. Pilkington on the Dollarway Road,
five miles from Pine Bluff, was razed,
together with the silo and all outbuild-
ings, entailing a loss to Mr.. Pilkington
Of about $4,000.
Mrs. Pilkington and her daughter,
Miss Bessie Pilkington were in the
sitting room when the cyclone struck
the building When the roof fell upon
them 1t rested upon a refrigerator,
thus almost miraculously saving them
from injury.
Cliff Pilkington was badly bruised.
Matilda Harper and Eliza Harper, ne
gro cooks on the place, who were in
the kitchen, we're badly hurt and were
brought 10 hospital here
Arthur Williams, negro, in the serv-
ants house, also was hurt. The path
OF the cyclone when it reached the
Pilkington place was about three
fourths of a mile wide and was NOV
Ing from the southwest. At McFad-
den's Ferry negro named Ward
Marshall is said to have been killed
and boy seriously hurt, and it is
also reported several other persons
were killed and injured in that vi
cinity.
A house on the Bowden place Is re.
ported to have blown into the river
with the loss of several lives, and
there are reports, though unverifed
Of the killing Of one man and the in.
Turing Of several other persons on the
Hot Springs Road. Except for a down.
pour Of rain and ominous clouds, there
was no indications Of a storm in the
city. I. ...,
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
The Horseless STAGE,

Washington.-Completion Of long.
talked-of plans for substituting auto
mobiles for picturesque horse-drawn
stages in Yellowstone National Park
was announced by Secretary Lane.
Next summer there will be big 10-pas-
senger motor cars to speed visitors
through the long stretches Of lodge
pole forest, giving them time to linger
at points of special interest The pass
ing Of the horse is feature Of a gen.
eral reorganization of living and trans.
.portation facilities in the park.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Must Go To the Border

Oklahoma City, Okla.-One hundred
and thirty-fve members of the Okla,
homa National Guard who failed to "a
with the Oklahoma Infantry to the Dor.
der must report at once, according to
orders from Col. R. A. Brown Of Fort
Sam Houston. The government In
tends to prosecute them as deserterx
If they do not respond.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Fears of Coal Shortage.

To urge miners IN the coal region
OF western Arkansas not to follow
their usual custom of abandoning work
during Christmas week, f. l. Mckinley,
deputy state labor commissioner, left
for Huntington and Hartford with
messages to the miners from Governor
Hays and Commissioner of Labor J.
G. Clary.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
t1S Have DEFENDANTS.

There are 11S Arkansas National
Guardsmen who would be affected by
the appropriation asked by Secretary
of War Baker for s3,500,000 for the
support Of dependent relatives of the
guardsmen, according to the adjutant
generals Office The information was
secured through the company com
manders recently at the request Of
Mrs. Jessamine S. Fishback Of Fort
Smith, an officer Of the National Pa
triotic Relief Society.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Make School The Center,

Washington-Use of the country's
schools for all branches of community
work was urged by Miss Margaret WIZ
son, the presidents daughter, before
the annual convention of the American
Civic Association. The school princt
pal, she said, should not be hampered
by restriction to irksome school du-
ties, but should have a free hand for
work along broader lines.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Senator-EIect To Resiqn.

1t was authoritatively announced
that Senator-elect Ezra Hester of
Fort Smith will tender his resigna.
tion during the Christmas holidays and
that Governor Hays will appoint for.
mer State Senator A. w. Covington his
successor.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Liner in a Collision.

Norfolk, Va-The Merchants and
Miners liner Powhatan, outward
bound from Norfolk for Baltimore,
with II passengers, was beached In
25 feet Of water on Thimble ShoaI.
lower Chesapeake Bay, after a COLI
sion with an unidentified vessel. Wire,-
less reports said the passengers and
crew, including several injured, had
been transferred to other vessels.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
CAshler,s Body Found.

Strasburg Colo.--The body Of ]. p.
Hardin, aged so, cashier OF the State
Bank Of Strasburg, was found on va.
cant lot here with two bullet wounds
IN the head. Mr. Hardin went to the
bank as usual and found sign over
the door, reading; "Closed by order
of the state banking commissioner.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Make School Bows Work.

London.-A Reuter- dispatch from
Copenhagen says that the government
Of Schleswig, Prussia, has proclaimed
civil conscription Of schoolboys. They
will be used particularly for railroad
work and the loading and unloading Of
trucks, Of which labor there is q.
shortage.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Major Little Resigns.

The resignation of Curtis J. Little
OF Blytheville, major of the Second
Battalion, First Arkansas Infantry, has
been accepted by the War Depart.
ment, effective Immediately, according
to an order received at the Office of the
adjutant general.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Population Of the U. s. A.

Washington.-The population OF
continental United States on January
|, 1917, will be 1O2,S26,3O9, and, with
its outlying possessions, 1l3,9O9, ,2SS.
the Census Bureau estimates, upon
the increase as shown by the federal
census Of 1900 and 1910.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Hottest and Coolest.

Washington,-A storm over the Mis-
sissippi valley played havoc with tenn
perature normals, While II was "a
below zero at Devils Lake, N. d., tho
temperature at Galveston Tex, mount
ed to rs above, the highest interior
reading on record.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
No Money To Make Money.

Washington,-Secretary McAdoo no.
titled Congress that he is faced with
the necessity Of suspending operations
at the Philadelphia mint for a lack of
funds and asked for a deficiency ap,
before the holidays to
Keep the plant going.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Burnside Resinns.

dinner c. Burnside, member of the
board Of control, rendered his resig-
nation to Gov. Hays, and q. M. Nc
Carroll, commissary clerk at the state
convict farm at Tucker, was appoint
ed to the vacancy. The resignation
and appointment has been expected
for 10 days.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

The Everton Mining and Develop.
ment Company is unloading machin-
cry for a 15O-ton mill on the Billy
Hale land near Everton.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
To Exclude From Mails.

Washington Representative Good
Of Iowa introduced a bill TO exclude
from the mails to states in which II
quor sales are prohibited all newspa.
pers and magazines containing liquor
advertisements.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

Mrs. James Grayham, now Of Big
gers, who was Miss Sally Paterson, a
former clerk in a store at Corning,
gave birth to three bouncing boys, all
living and doing we'll
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

County Judge Oslin Of Hamburg has
issued a notice calling in Ashley coun-
ty road warrants for reissue The old
road districts Of the county have been
abolished and the present outstanding
warrants will be apportioned among
the three present districts.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
GermanY,s Fifth War Loan

Amsterdam.-A Berlin dispatch SAYS
that complete statistics regarding the
fifth war loan shows that the total
was 10,69S, ,SS4,99O marks.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

The public schools of Arkadelphia
have organized bank and scores Of
accounts have been started, The bank
is under the direction OF Superintend.
ent II, A. Woodward and ~ student
directors.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
STATE HAPPENINGS.

The town Of Rison has granted n
franchise for the installation of elec
trio lights and waterworks to IS. r,
Morgan.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Department Store Burned.

Atlanta, Ga,--Fire here destroyed
the department store Of the J, p Al.
len Company causing a loss estimated
at 100000, The origin Of the blaze
was not determined
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Nobility To the War

London.-The new Almanach DO
Gotha's list Of nobility fallen in the
war includes 25S counts, 567 barons
and 1,4G5 lesser nobility.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
Boston Votes For Llnuor.

Boston, Boston voted to continue
the licensed sale OF liquor The vote
in favor Of license was 53,459, with
29,o97 against,
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30

Two possums have been caught re-
Gently on Linwood avenue in Eureka
Springs.
The Harrison times., 1916-12-30
30 EnloW In Minnesota.

Duluth, Minn,--Ely was the codest
spot in northern Minnesota the mer.
curry sinking to 80 degrees below zero.