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Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
The Christmas Store
AdatOrial

These are statements made by such
 well known men as J. Ogden Armour
 and John Sheppard, Jr.
 BUSINESS AS USUAL! The prompt adoption by the American naon1e of the "business as usuar' idea
 is going to enable this nation to prose- cute war without depression such as
 England and France have recently re- covered from. Modern war requires the expenditure of huge sums of money and means maximum employment at
 high wages for all workers. The reason our Allies were forced to come to us for financial aid was be- | cause their regular business was forced | largely to suspend
 Here is the other side of the ques- 1 tion-if we must have business as ] usuar' let us learn and spend.' Both being mutually dependent, spending is | all essential. w spend >peCduSe we
 earn. and we are able to earn because l we spend.
 l Through this very process of
 learning and spending" the United | States has become the greatest of na- tions. Let the process stop and we l shall cease to be great. Business is 1 our source of welfare in both peace and | war and we must support the govern
 ment by earning money through the l accustomed business channels.
 We cannot help in the present | struggle with autocracy by dyeing old
 dresses or not trying to dress well, | etc. false economy in buying and the | cry. Stop spending money are Ger
 man made cries. If there is no spend-
 ing, earning stops.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
BlOuses Special $5.Q5
Give Her Linens
Pattern Cloths With Napkins to N

Pattern Cloths With Napkins to Match 72x72 Napkins match Heavy Scotch value $109S
 Cloth with inch Napkins to match $11.S5
 Cloths floral designs special value at s365 each
 TOKYO Cloths desgns-manu- actured Egyptian cotton EXTRA SPE- $195 each
 Napkins match variety of pat terms 2x72 inches Napkins to match inches Prices from $l2O 
 The Best Always
 Beautiful Fancy Linens l3pece Beautiful designs embroidered by hand on selection of patterns to choose from s7 to $1S
 1S and 1nch Napkins with embroidered corners and scaloped edges. $S $17.5O.
 Pieces variety of pretty patterns sizes from lSX21 to SXe5 nch me center pieces 54 inches
 shipment of Fancy Linens for which our order three owing held somewhere in Europe recently obbng house with whom waspI beautiful Madeira Table Fancy Linen Towels
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
ExPERIMENTER HERE-Professoi

R. H. Forbes. chief of the experimental station of the University of Arizona.
 was in Phoenix yesterday on a business visit He will return to Tucson today.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
HYPOTHREOSIS IS
 BLAMED FOR SHOT
 KILLING HUSBAND

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Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
RUSSIAN PROGRAM FOR ARMISTICE IS
 GIVEN PUBLICITY

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Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
A Window of Art Needle Work from Our
Art Section
Afternoon Gowns in Clever Styles

Models of lusrous rich materials and trimmings. Models of vevets meteors and georgette in splendid collection coors
 The Best Always
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
DAILY COST OF WAR
 NOW Sl6O,OOO,OOO
or This StupendouS Sum the United States Is Paying One Fourth 53,0O0,000 Men Are Now En-
 gagged in the War.

New York, Oct. i6.-The war is costing the belligerent nations ol the world at the rate of Sl60, ,000 day. or S6,5O0,000 an hour, and the United States is paying one-quartef of this staggering sum, according tc estimates announced today by the Mechanics X Metals National Bank of New York City
 The United States rate of eXpen- allure is more than that of any oth- CT belligerent with Great Britain second and Germany third.
 The bank estimated that about lifty-three million men are now en- gagged in the war.
 The estimated cost at the begin ming of the war was S50,000,000 and 2 year ago it was Si00,000,000 daily
 By next August, according to the banks figures, the total cost to the world will he Sl55,000OO0,000.
 Already the expenditures have eX- ceeded sl00000,000.000 but a frac- ton of this vast sum has been trans lated into permanent national in- debtedness.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
Advance 800 Yards.

British Headquarters in France and Belgium, Oct. i2.-At 7.l5 o'clock this morning. it was reported that everything was going we'll with today's attack in Flanders.
 British troops on wide front al that hour had pushed forward to a depth averaging eight hundred yards.
 Prisoners began pouring in from the front lines early this morning, altho slowly, owing to the condition of the ground.
 The main enemy of the British in this attack is the mud, which is deep turnout the battlefield.
 The German resistance this mosn- ing was far less effective thsa pFe- viously, owing to the disoseansss ton occasioned among then<ly>Aa c recent terrific blows the BPstisil have struck the lines.
 Ii is indicated the Germans knew trouble was impending this morn ing. for about o'clock this morning a large number of gas shells were fired by them at the British.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
DOWNPOUR DID NOT
 STOP HA|C'S ARMY
British Soldiers Charge 800 Yards Across Watersoaked Battlefield and Catch Germans Mapping
 Russians Want Peace.

London, Oct l2-The British troops in Flanders attacked the Ger mans again this morning on a front of about six miles northeast of Ypres.
 They are this afternoon late re- ported as making satisfactory pro- gress.
 A heavy rain fell turnout praetjc- ally all of last night, making today battlefield very soggy with mud.
 Field Marshal Haig's latest effort is being pushed in the same region as Tuesdays attack, when the Brit ish, in cooperation with the French, drove the Germans along seven mile front and captured more than two thousand prisoners.
 Apparently the present drive is being made under similar conditions of last Tuesday. Following several days heavy rains, and hard down pour last night, Field Marshal Haig threw his men forward this morn ing and surprised the Germans, who did not think the British would at tempt to attack while the battlefield was waterlogged.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
LIBERTY LOAN
 DAY" OCTOBER A
President Wilson Issues a Proclama. tion Setting Time for Climax of Effort to Secure Money for
 the War.

Washington, Oct. l5.-The admin istration appealed to America in a presidential proclamation pub lished today to make the second lib- erty loan a greater success than the first, which was oversubscribed more than fifty per cen. The pres ident's proclamation sets aside Wednesday. October 2i. as Liberty Loan Day and asks that patriotic celebrations be held everywhere thruout the country in the interest of the loan. A half holiday is to be granted to all employees of the federa al government in all parts of the country, except those whose serY- ices cannot be dispensed with. to participate in the celebrations.
 Let the result be so impressive and emphatic" the president urges, that ii will echo thruout the em- pire of our enemies as an index Of what America intends to do to bring the war to a victorious conclusion"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
BRITISH SOLDIER
 SOUNDS WARNING
Declares Belief That War Will Last Two or Three Years and If Huns OVerrun Northern Russia 1t
 Might Be Ten.
Special to The Star

Special to The Star
 Little Rock, Oct. l6-Captain I. Finn of Saskatchewan, Canada, who is in this country for the purpose of enlistlng British subjects in the military service of their country, sounded note of warning at the meeting of the State Council of De- fense yesterday.
 lie declared that it is the opinion of officers returning from the front that the war will last two or three years yet, and that if the Germans succeed in over-running the Russian provinces east of Riga and eaptur- ing petrograd, which is not now inn probable, it might last for ten years.
 Captain Finn declared that, while he is not pessimist, and while he knows that the Allies must win this war, the advantages up to the pres ent time are largely with the Ger mans, and that victory is possible only thru a long process of wearing them down. The people of the Unit cd States, said he do not realize that they are involved in war that will call upon everybody for great sacri- lces before peace is possible
 Speaking of the relations of the two great English-s speaking nations, he said, "Tt took one German King to spearate England and the United States. and another German king will unite us in bonds stronger than ever before.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
Hard Blow tn Russia.

Petrograd. Oct. i6-The landing of the German troops on Oesei Island could have been prevented only by riskine battle under the most unfaVorable circumstances which might have resulted in the opening of the Gulf of Finland 10 the enemy Admiral NederysLi min ister of marine. said today
 He declared thai the blow was a hard one t0 Russia, but tha, the Russian fleet apparently was in no position to hinder the Germans.
 Admiral Yedervski said that he had drawn attention to the possibil- ities Of such an attack. and that he had discussed the situation with Premier Kerensky, but that no one paid any attention 10 the govern |ment's warning.
 'Alth0 we are at war. our political differences have been given first place in the minds of the people, /" said Admiral Yedervski. "The Ger mans take this into account, and the present events show that they have been able to take full advantage Of fl ff
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
GERMAN VICTORY
 AT DIESEL ISLAND
Capture Many Prisoners and Guns Is Hard Blow al Russia-Fleet Was in No Position to IIin-
 der the Enemy.

Berlin Oct. i6.-The Germans now have taken possession of the main portion of Oesel Island at the en- trance to the Gulf or Riga, the war officials reported this afternoon.
 The Russians. it is claimed, have been isolated on the Syerb penin- sula, and are offering a desperate resistance.
 Rune and Abre islands in the Gulf of Riga have been occupied by the Germans.
 II is claimed that the Germans have captured 2,40O prisoners with thirty guns, twenty-one machine guns and several airplanes, an oili- Saal statement this afternoon as- serts.
 The essential part of the German $ task on the island was accomplished in four days. the official statement adds.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
FEW MARRIED MEN
 SUBJECT TO DRAFT
Under Latest Ruling Only Those Whose Wives Have Independent incomes Will Serve in National
 Army-Discharge for Many.
E.rom the shreveport Journal.

From the shreveport Journal.
 Shreveport, Oct. l2.-Conlirmation of a newspaper report from New Or leans that Adjutant General Me- Crory has been advised by Provost Marshal General CrOwder of Wash ington that all married men, except those whose families have inde- pendent incomes, are Go be dis charged from military service, is given in a message received Friday by Chairman A. P Pujo of the west ern Louisiana district exemption board. Not only will no more mar ried men, except the few composing the class referred to above, be sent to the training camps, but benedicts already at camp will be entitled to relief under the same ruling.
 This ruling. which is taken as finally settling the question of lia- biilty of married men, is interpreted as meaning beyond doubt that all married registrants whose wives are without independent incomes aer ex- empt. The effect of the ruling prac- tieally exempts manfred men as a class, because, it is estimated, only a very few young men have wives with independent incomes.
 Hundreds of men who have been sent from western Louisiana to Camp Pike, are expected to be re- leased under this ruling. In some sections more than half of the men selected, and sent to camp are mar ried. The local boards. it is figured out are to reopen all cases of mar ried men in camp and if the board finds them under this new ruling they are to send certificates to the adjutant general, who in turn is to forward the certificates to the com handing officer at the camp with the request that the men be dis charged from service, on the ground that they should have been dis charged from the draft Thereupon 'the commanding officer will dis charge the men in question.
 As a result of the new ruling, many more registrants must be called to fill the gaps that will be opened by the discharges of married men As most of the industrial and agricultural claims have already been disposed of, there will be only light work for the boards, compared to the original work on claims, and in cases of married men about the only question to ask will be whether or not the registrants wife has an independent income sufficient to support herself and children if any, during the husbands abesnce.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
AID FOR CADDO VALLEY ROAD.
Forest Service CO-Operation Be
 tween Womble and Mena

Hot Springs, Oct. i3-An allotment of $500 has been made by the For est Service to cooperate with citi- zens residing along the route and with the recently organized road district in Montgomery to build the portion of the road along the Caddo River between Womble and the Polk county line west of Slatington About 50ge of the road, or IF miles, is within the boundary of the Ar kansas National Forest and the funds allotted, together with lib- eral subscription by local people, will build a i6-foot graded road and put in the necessary concrete cul- verts and two 60-foot bridges
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
CATTLE BURNED IN
 K. [. STOCK YARDS
Loss Estimated at From 5000 to 15,- 000 Head When More Than Half second Largest Yards in World
 Was Burned-0rigin Unknown.

Kansas City Oct. l6, More than one-half of the Kansas City Stock Yards, the second largest in the en- tire world, was destroyed by 9 fire of unknown origin early this morn ing.
 The fire was brought under con- trol at I o'clock this morning after having burned for five hours.
 II is stated by officials of the stock yards that there were l7,000 head of cattle in the pens last night, and it is estimated that of this num- Der, somewhere between 5000 and l5.000 animals were lost in the flames.
 The streets of both Kansas Cities were filled with panic stricken cattle running at will. These are being rapidly corralled by the owners.
 The new three-stOry concrete hog pens finally checked the flames aft CT the fire departments of both Kan sas Cities and hundreds of volun- teer fre-hghters had combatted the flames for nearly five hours.
 This mornings blaze IS the ihird disastrous blaze in the history of the local stock yards, and the police officials are working to ascertain the cause of the fire.
 The two previous fires were caused by carelessly thrown cigar cite stubs.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18

and that new screen wire should be replaced where needed and broken lights repaired that some of the ward buildings should be repapered We are of the opinion that the iani- tor service of the Courthouse should be more closely looked after
 The number of indictments re- turned speaks for itself with refer ence to the small number of crimes committed. We desire to thank the Court for his able charge to us, and also to thank all officers of the Court for their kindness and attention during our labors. and now having completed our duties, we respect fully ask to be discharged
 Respectfully submitted,
 B. D. Lichlyter, Foreman.
 Attest: Wiley Jones. Clerk.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
For the October Term, 1917, of the
 Polk Circuit Court.

To the Honorable ] s. Lake, Circuit
 Judge:
 We, your Grand Jury for the Oc- tober Term. 1917, of the Polk Circuit Court beg to submit this, our final report.
 We have presented all violations .ot which we. had knowledge or re- ceived information and in so doing have examined is witnesses and re- turned into open Court i indict- ments.
 We have examined the Courthouse and beg to make the following re- concentrations. More vault and lile room is needed in the two clerks offices; the front tower cornice and down-spouts on the main building De repaired: the toilet accommoda- lions should he repaired and the sink should be removed and re- placed by better grade of material and kept in proper sanitary condi- uon: the main court room, in our opinion should be calcimined or painted and broken window lights repaired.
 The down-spouts to the jail should DC repaired as we'll as the back stairway; the walls of the lower rooms should be calcimined and the leaks around all flues he repaired. m our opinion the sanitary condi- uons of the upstairs of the jail could De Improved mon. asnecially in the railways.
 We have examined the books and records of the County officers and md them neatly and we'll kept. and our officers courteous and attentive to duties.
 We find the inmates of the County T arm we'll satisfied and we'll cared TOT, and we would suggest that some repairs be done to the foundation oi the main building and to the porehes of some of the buildings,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
MILLIONS ID HELP BUILD GOOD ROADS
Secretary of Agriculture Announces Apportionment of Sl4,550.000 for Year Ending July 30, l9l9-Ar-
 kansas Gets $250.0IS.i7.

Washington, Oct 1.-The Secre- tary of Agriculture has announced the apportionment of Sl4,550,000 of Federal funds to be used in the fis- cal year ending Juhe 30, 1919, to help the various states in building and maintaining roads.
 Of this fund Arkansas will, if the legislature does it's part making an- equal appropriation for road pur- poses, will receive S2500i847 Okla homa gets S346, ,l89.34 and Texas SS76, ,9S670. The smallest appor- tionment. goes to Rhode Island S3l,- 972. .38.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
5000 NEGROES AT CAMP PIKE,
About HOO Win Report for Duty on
 About October 27.

Little Rock, Oct. i6. Orders have been received that during the five days following October 27, ten per- cent of the total quota of the state, about l.l00 men, all of them ne- grees. will report for duty at Camp Pike. There are about 1000 negroes in Arkansas in the first draft. Orr ders issued by the War Department are that about 5000 negroes are to be trained at Camp Pike. They are being distributed equally among all the cantonments.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
Russians Want Peace.

petroerad. Oct. il.-Delayed)- - The Austro-German troops are re- moving their attempts to fraternize with the Russians, but so far they have met with failure. according to the war office.
 The situation is quiet. altho some of inc armies. as well as some of the Cossack units. still act with sus- picion toward their commanding sfaffS
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18

A burning sensation in the throat and chest means bad digestion; and digestive trouble is the starting point for many serious diseases, particularly kidney disease. Better take prickly Ash Bitters and put your stomach and digestion in sound condition before serious trouble be- gins. Price Si.25 per bottle. Jack son Drug X Furniture Co, and Gun nels Drug Store, Special Agents Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
.SLlTHER THRU THE
 MUD 10 VICTORY
French Victory Is Gained, Despite the Most Trying Conditions-Ger- mans Were Surprised While
 Changing Troops.

With the French Army in Elan ders, Oct. i0.-Amid one of the most terrific hurricanes of artillery are, the French army, cooperating with the British early yesterday morning, won a brilliant victory, which car ried the British troops to a depth of a half mile along a front of about a mile stretching from Draie- bank to Wydendreeft. More than 300 prisoners and several cannon and machine guns fell into the hands of the French, and their ad- vance took them to a position where they command the western border of the Forest of Houtholst.
 At length. soon after o'clock in the morning, orders arrived and the troops were glad. They went for ward with great rapidity notwith- standing the conditions, circling the shell holes and slipping thru the deepest mud, They knew, however, that the success of the future opera tions depended on their efforts,
 When they reached their first ob- jective points they found the Ger mans crowded in nests of eraters, which hereabouts form the first lines. the building of trenches i'll this section of Flanders being impossible, owing to the porus soil.
 Germans Taken by Surprise.
 Good luck had made the advance coincide with the period when the Germans were changing the troops occupying their front lines. A Ger man division was just handing over the lines to a fresh division recent ly arrived from the Russian front. The French. with wonderful dash, were upon them before they real ized the situation and killed many of them.
 There was a short respite before the next forward movement was un- dertaken, in cooperation with the British, who were advancing simul- taneously on the French right. along over the broken and muddy ground, the French troops made their way quickly for ward toward Mangelaere, which soon fell into their possession.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-10-18
BRAND JURY MAKES
 UNUSUAL RECORD
..anined 4S Witnesses, Returned 14 g.dictments, Inspected the County property and Records and Ad-
 iourned in Day and Half.

Tbe grand jury returned an in-
 a3tment against Bob Beavers,
 <harging murder in the second de-
 I'M the offense consisting in kill- .h.e T. K. Moore on September r.
 4he defendant was allowed to con-
 l,nue under bond he had given aft
 ne fhe examining trial, until the
 ease is finally disposed of. He was
 also permitted to take depositions of aertain witnesses after due notice to |tbe prosecuting attorney.
 The case of Adda B. Tullos and
 Banch Tullos by their next friend, Nrs. B. A. Tullos, ys. Geo. w. Petty,
 III. came up for a hearing upon a
 aemurrer to the complaint. The xemurrer was sustained by the eourt with leave to the plaintiff to anend the complaint C. W. Petty Nas by the court appointed guardi- an ad Item for the defendant % The second civil case tried was ailat of J. W. Compton vs The Brown International Shows, which had been appealed from the Justice npurt of <. H. Smith. The jury re- 4nrned verdict of Sl3 in favor of Ihe plaintiff and also sustained the
 Attachment which had been ob- hned on a part of the show equip |ment In the justice court, the
 lndgment was in favor of the de- Pendants and the attachment had been dismissed. From this judg- nent the appeal was taken.
 The case of LeRoy Neal vs. the Underwood Typewriter Company and George W. Ranoall was dis 3nissed at the cost of the plaintiff. The ease of John Carpenter vs Watkins Lumber Company was Hismissed.
 S The grand jury completed work t the October term on Tusday evening after having been in ses- kion only a day and a half, which is Doubtless the best record ever made Sn Polk county. In that time lS witnesses were examined and ii in- sictments returned. Committees From the grand jury also visited the founty jail and the county farm, and made an inspection of all county buildings, as well as inspecting the records of the county officials. Judge Lake in discharging the jury com mended the members highly for the fficient and expeditions manner in which the business had been trans acted
 The trial of the case of J. H. Am mons vs. D. A. Hazel and Joe Finer son, and against T. R. Jones and J. X. as bondsmen for Joe Elm erson, was begun Tuesday afternoon, and was submitted to the jury at about i2:30 today. A verdict in favor of the defendants was re- turned after deliberating about an hour The case had been tried at the April term of court, and at that time resulted in a hung jury. The action was brought by J. H. Ammons to recover damages in the amount of S20S50, for the loss of his left arm, which was caused by gunshot wound, sustained on January 2S, 1917, when officers Emerson and Hazel attempted to arrest Ammons. The defendants were represented by Judge Wright prickett and Col Pole McPhetrige and H. H. Thomas represented the plaintiff. The iur- DTS trying the case were w. c. Ben son, H. L. Baker, Will Parker, J B. w R. Shinn, W. E. Danner, G. w. Craig, J. r. Smith and Elmer Eddy.