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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
At the Lyric

An excellent programme of high-class Keith vaudeville will be presented Bir- mingham theatregoers at this after noon's matinee and the programme in- cludes some of the favorites of the vau- deville stage. Hello Japan" a comic operetta in two scenes, featuring Jack Claire and a capable company of 10 people is the headline attraction. This production abounds in clever comedy, gorgeous costumes, beautiful scenery, pretty girls and catchy songs. Others or the programme are Bert Levy, ar- tist entertainer; Kutur, Clare and Kutur, singing trio; Jennie Middleton, charming violinist, and Dewitt Young and sister in Tho College Boy Juggler"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD
 KNOWS

Mrs. Anna Pelzer, 2526 Jefferson ss,. So. Omaha. Neb., writes: T can rec ommend Foley's Honey and Tar as q sure cure for coughs and colds. IL cured my daughter of a bad cold. My neighbor Mrs. Benson. cured herself and her whole family with Foleys Honey and Tar, and everyone in our neighborhood speaks highly of ita This reliable family remedy masters croup. It clears the air passages and eases the gasping. strangling fight for breath. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
VICKSBURG READY
 FOR BLUE AND GRAY
Arrangements Complete to Care for 12,000 Veterans Expected to At
 tend Memorial Reunion

vicksburg, Miss, October 1.-Formal notification was sent to Secretary of War Baker today by Col W. D. Newbill, U s. A., officer in charge of the camp grounds in the yicksburg National Mill tary park, that arrangements were com plete for 12,OOO veterans expected to at tend the national memorial reunion of the Blue and Gray here October 16 to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The first of series of dances to be given by the Ensley Elks will be held on Tuesday evening at the Elks' Home on Avenue c. Invitations are in the hands of the members of the lodge and the secretary, but no invi- tations will be mailed out, as the com mittee in charge, Dewitt Truss, Charles Ross and Lee McCullum, an nounce that all those on the mailing list of last season are invited These dances will be continued during the fall and winter months and will be held every two weeks.
 Police authorities have not yet caught Arthur Hill, the negro who knocked c. F. Herren, section foreman
 for the Frisco, in the head with the flat part of a pick ax Thursday morn ing. It has developed that the contro- versy with the negro occurred Wednesday and it was Thursday morn ing that the negro hit the foreman as he was placing jack screw under a trestle. the negro coming up behind 1 him, although there were 20 negro workmen on the scene at the time of 1 the assault the negro made good his escape. MT. Herren has been with the i Frisco for number of years, occupy | ing the section house at the K. c.
 crossing. He has not regained con- l sciousness and his condition is critical. | The Sesame Literary club will meet
 with Mrs. w. s. Shehee. 2312 Avenue | F, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
 The circles of the Woman's Auxil : | iary of the First Presbyterian church l 1,s e.
 Circle No. 1, Miss Agnes Averyt 2309
 Avenue r; circle No. 2, Mrs. William ] Gilbert, 2924 Twentieth avenue; circle No. 4, Mrs. w. J. Abele. 30o5 Ave 1 nue E.
 The bands of the Ladies' Aid so- ciety of the Ensley Baptist church will
 meet this afternoon at the following places: Workers, Mrs. Grover Wren, 1 2205 Avenue H; Helpers, Miss Ella l Kinsolving, 2700 Avenue J; Builders,
 Mrs. John Reynolds, 3o9 Forty first
 street, Fairfield; Highland Mrs. Nat c. l Clark, 2600 Ensley avenue
 At the revival begun at the First Christian church yesterday morning much interest was manifested, Rev
 Lennox using for his topic, "The Old | Bookstands." He preached again in the | cNCliliiS oit Niil IiS N1olHc ASdlH. <a l special feature of the revival is a ! large chorus choir directed by J. G
 Morris of Atlanta. Services will be 1 held nightly at 7:30 o'clock.
 Mrs. Ed Busch has gone to Indiana
 to spend month with relatives.
 Today will begin the early closing o1
 stores by Ensley merchants. numbe,
 of prominent merchants have agreed to close at : o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Fair and Warmer"

When Selwyn and company present Fair and Warmer" the Avery Hop wood farce which transported all New York with joy for one year, and Chicago a second year lacking four months, at the Jefferson Wednesday and Thursday matinee Thursday, it will be in answer to the most imperative demand from local theatregoers.
 Fair and Warmer" quickly got repu- tation of being able to make anybody and everybody laugh, and laugh uproar- iously and necessarily, through three dazzling acts. created its unprecedented popularity It was a season when even the best thrills paled beside the lure of laughing. Before the end of half the farce's first year run, the whole country was asking for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

la inclusive Arrangements also have been made to care for 2oooo visitors, it was announced.
 Gen. II. IT. Whitney arrived today from Camp Shelby and prepared to assume ms dnties as commanding officer of the camp during the reunion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Anglo American Wedding

London. October 14.--An Anglo. American wedding was celebrated in Loondon this morning, while the bride groom was on days leave from the front, where he is serving with the British royal artillery. The groom was Capt. Charles Rowley, son of J. R. Capel Rowley of New York city, and the bride was the Hon. Irene Evelyn Betrice, daughter of the New York Viscount Molswaerth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
TIE WEATHER
Weather Forecast.

Washington, October 13.-For Alabama Fair and warmer Monday, except show CTS along the coast; Tuesday, fair.
 Georgia: Fair Monday and Tuesday.
 Mississippi: Fair Monday and prob ably Tuesday
 Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair, Mon- day and Tuesday, not much change in temperature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Cheating Cheaters"

There is more than usual interest In the forthcoming production of Cheat ing Cheaters,' which A. H. Woods will present at the Jefferson theatre Friday and Saturday, matinee Saturday, direct from years run at the Eltinge thea ire, New York. Cheating Cheaters is by Max Marcin, author of The House of Glass; and stands in the fore most ranks of the sensational Woods hits that have made that manager one of the leading producers of the country. A remarkably brilliant mixture of farce lnelodrama and satire. Cheating Cheat ers' delighted New York audiences for an entire season and has been enthusias- tically received everywhere. theatrical treat that no theatregoer can afford to miss, Cheating Cheaters" promises td be one of the most popular plays that has come to the Jefferson in many sea sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

Inyigorating to the Pale and Sickly
 The Old Standard general strength ening tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, arouses the liver, drives
 out Malaria, enriches tho blood and builds up the system. A true tonic for
 adults and children COG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
SIX ADDITIONAL OHIO UNITS ARRIVE AT CAMP SHERIDAN This Brings Total Number of Troops There to 20,300
 Enlisted Men and
 109s Officers

units of the Thirty-seventh Ohio division detrained at Camp Sheridan today, com
 pleting the movement of the former Ohio rational guardsmen with the exception of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

Thagard, Mrs. LeOna--Aged S3, died Saturday afternoon at local in firmary. Remains were shippeds yes terday afternoon to Luverne by Lge Loy Undertaking company. Survived by mother father, one daughter. two sisters and three brothers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

first episode second part to be shown Thursday, Friday and Saturday. An cpl sode will be shown each week. The proceeds from the picture go to the war relief fund.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

Henley, W. A.-Remanis were shipped to Jasper yesterday for interment by Lige Loy Undertaking company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
DEATHS

Roseberg, Mrs. F. J.-Died at the fam fly residence. SIPS Underwood ave nue, Woodlawn, yesterday after noon, Funeral services will be con- ducted this afternoon from East Lake Methodist church at S:S0 o'clock with Woodin Undertaking company In charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15

The Sesame Literary club will meet with Mrs w. s. Shehee. 2312 Avenue F, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-15
Mrs. Ed Busch has gone to Indiana to spend month with relatives.

Today will begin the early closing of stores by Ensley merchants. A number of prominent merchants have agreed to close at o'clock.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
POLK COUNTY SOLDIER DEAD.
George T. Cook Succumbs to Ab-
 scess of Lungs at Home.

George T. Cook, the young Polk county soldier, who was sent home from Camp Pike last Sunday, suf- fering with an abscess on the lungs, passed away Tuesday morning at the home of his parents, near Wickes. Dr. P. R. Watkins had been called to attend him on Monday, and it was then decided to perform an operation on the young man on Tuesday. Dr. Watkins went to Wickes on the early train Tuesday morning for that purpose, but when he reached Wickes he found that the sick man had passed away just short time before. It seems that the hospital authorities at Camp Pike had decided on an operation, but the young man and his folks preferred that the family physician be in charge of the case, so he was allowed to come home.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
PRICE CONTROL OF
 MEAT INDUSTRY
Definite Restrictions Laid Down for Packers by the Federal Food Ad- ministration, Effective Nov. 1
 Small Packers Protected.

Chicago, Nov. 25. Profits of the wholesale meat industry have been cut to 2h per cent on each dollar of sales, with the five large packers of the country further restricted to a yearly profit of 9 per cent on the average capital used in the business and temporary returns of i5 per cent on by-products.
 Joseph F. Cotton, head of the meat division of the federal food admin istration, last night announced this policy. The restrictions cover the business from November |. 1917.
 Packers are prohibited from ad- justing the price of one variety of meat at the expense of others. Their business will be the subject of close scrutiny by the administration. They will not be permitted to conceal or divert the returns by use of other industries Small packers will be protected from the larger ones.
 The details of how all of this is to be accomplished were not given out in the statement by Cotton Further regulations and details of the gov ernment control will follow, Cotton said Special orders for particular packers will be announced later.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
S6OO,OO0DANACES. FOR RBACHE-DEN
United Mine Workers of America Are Adiudged to Pay Large Sum For Damages to Property in
 Hartford Valley.

Fort Smith, Nov. 23.-Damages in the sum of S2O0,O0O were awarded the Coronado Coal Company and other Bache-Denman corporations Thursday afternoon against the United Mine Workers of America and others by a jury in the United States district court.
 By the terms of the sherman anti trust act under which the suit was brought the plaintiffs are entitie to treble the amount of the verdict, which will be s600,000.
 The jury returned it's verdict shortly before 3 o'clock, after delib- erating since 3:30 Tuesday after noon.
 The jurors did not find a verdict for a single defendant and as a re- suit every person named in the ccm- plaint is made liable by the terms of the jury's decision, including John P White, Frank Hayes and William Green, international officers of the miners.
 The plaintiffs sued for g, ,222. .06S.- 26 for properay destroyed in the Hartford Valley in 1914.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
TAX COMMISSION STOOD PAT.
Of All Appeals for Reduction of As-
 sesSmentS, Granted One.

Little Rock, Nov. 23.-The State Tax Commission yesterday passed on seventeen petitions for re-hear- ing of corporation assessments, and refused all but one of them A re- duction of S2,207 was made in the assessment of the Clarendon Teie- phone Company on account of real estate rents being shown in the net profits.
 The petitions of the following cor porations were denied: Helena Gas and Electric Co, Brookings and Peach Orchard Roilroad Co., Mackey Telegraph and Cable Co.,, Walnut Hill Telephone Co.,, Clear Creek Oil and Gas Co, Russellville Telephone Co, Fourehe River Valley and In- dian Territory Railway, Central X Gulf Railroad Co, Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Ter minal Co.,, Pine Bluff and Arkansas River Railroad Co., Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Company Beck Telephone Co tin Lee county Louisiana X Arkansas Railway Co., American Telephone and Telegraph Co, Cotton Plant and Western Rail- way Co., Little Rock, Sheridan X Saline River Railway. and the Pine Bluff and Northern Railway Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
WAR sAyINGs STAMPS NEXT.
Within Few Days People Will Be
 Familiar With symbol

Little Rock, Nov 26.-Within a few days every citizen of the state will become familiar with the sym bol of the War Savings Stamp, thru which the humbIest in the land may have a real part to play in the financing of the great war. Moor head Wright of Little Rock is al the head of the campaign in Arkansas. The stamps and certificates will go on sale about December 3. There are $5 and Si00 stamps, redeemable in five years at 415 per cent inter est, and 9 cent thrift stamps, which may be exchanged for the stamps of larger denomination. It is ex- pected that this plan, which is in operation in Great Britain, will yield two billion dollars annually during the war. The allotment for Arkansas is $35,000,000. A meeting of the county chairmen will be held at the capitol tomorrow morning to outline a plan for the campaign in Arkansas. This will include sug- gestions for the giving of the saw ing stamps for Christmas presents.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
BREAD AND GOLD
 RUSSIA'S MASTERS
General kaledmes, COSSack. Holds One and Is Reaching Out for the Other = ReyoIutiOnists Have
 Made Ghastly Failure.

London. Nov 27-The Russian revolutionists have made a "ghastly failure" of their attempt at admin istration, according to the Petro- grad correspondent of the Morning Post, writing under the date of Sat- nrday He adds:
 But behind or beyond all this ap- parently hopeless chaos the forces which made Russia and the empire are not idle and those who know Russian history understand perfect ly we'll how matters will end.
 Even as l write the situation is becoming clear. The elections to the constituent assembly will take place, but the constituent assembly will not meet success. The Bolshe- wiki movement, whatever that movement may really cover, already has damned the constituent assem- ply.
 Meantime | would call attention to the following facts:
 "The vast gold reserve of the Rus 2 sian empire. which was removed from petrograd to tic Kfemin, in 1913. was later carried still further into the interior. It is in safe hands
 General Kaledines, Hetman, of the united Cossaekdom, is in se- cure possession with trustworthy troops of all arms of all those re- gions of European Russia that pro- duced a harvest this year, and Is rapidly capturing those remaining territories upon which Russia re- lies for it's daily bread.
 "A vast union under the name of the Southeastern Union, has been formed. It includes the Don terri tory, a great part of Little Russia, the lower VOlga provinces and Turkestan-th area which feeds all Russia. This union is extending the promises to cover the Siberian corn land.
 General Kaledines. holding the gold reserve and the bread supply, is master of the situation and those he serves will accept dictation neither from Kerensky, Lenine, nor any body else. least of all from Germany.
 "The allies may safely admit a lowing acquaintance with the curi- ous individualities thrown up from the depths by internal disturbances but, for intimate friendship and future partnership, they must look elsewhere and, in the meantime, they must wait unconsciously until their old friends reappear above the present turmoil"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
ALLIED FORCES TO
 ITALY'S RESCUE
French and British disbursements, Splendidly Equipped, Reach the Battle RegiOn-NiOlent Artillery
 Fighting on the Mouse.

Italian Army Headquarters in Northern Italy, Nov. 26- Solid ranks of Franco-British infantry, with artillery and supply trains. were seen this morning within sound of the battle now raging on the north ern Italian line.
 They had been on an eight-day march.
 Further on British general and his entire staff was cantering for ward.
 The French endorsements were the first to arrive in the Italian headquarters camp There were squadrons of cavalry and long lines of troops, with artillery trains and supplies.
 Field kitchens have already been set up and at one point they were serving the midday meal to the troops.
 The men looked in the best oi condition and did not show any fatigue from their long march.
 Just beyond the line of blue came long lines of khaki. In the lead of the British were cyclists, and then came the engineer train.
 The French officers said that more troops were following.
 Just behind the French were the British, with long ranks of engin- eer trains, infantry, cavalry and arr tillery.
 The artillery horses were espe- cially marked for their sleek, we'll fed condition, and observers noted how all brass work of the guns and their equipment glinted with the thoro care it had had.
 These men have been marching steadily for several days; the men carried loads of about seventy pounds, including rifles, blankets kits and a days rations.
 Turnout yesterday and today the battle in the mountains has devel- oped in a steady succession of heavy attacks and counter attacks, with occasional brief intervals for re- forming the lines and reorganizing the new positions.
 Twelve different enemy assaults failed to force the Italians back a single foot.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
THE WEEKLY STAR TO SI.5o.

After January i, 1918, The Star will advance it's subscrip- ton price to si.5 50 a year.
 The Star has held to the old price against conditions that have sent many papers into bankruptcy, and, too. while is- suing a much better and more expensive grade paper than is usual.
 If you wonder why The Star is taking this step, just figure out the price you get for what you sell, and remember that all The Star, it's proprietors and employees get they must buy.
 All subscriptions and renewals that come in before January |, 1918. will be al the old price.
 THE STAR PUBLISHING co.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
MENA BOYS PROMOTED.
Bill Nelson and Francis Holman Now
 Second Lieutenants.

William Enloe Nelson, son of Mir and Mrs. ]. l.. Nelson of Grand View Heights and Francis Virgil Holman, son of Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Holman, were each commissioned second lieutenants in the second Officers Reserve Training Camp at Leon Springs, Tex. Both of them are in the Artillery branch of the service Another commission of interest to Star readers is that of Robert Ben iamin Shaver of Hope. as second lieutenant in the infantry branch The new officers received their com missions Tuesday at Camp Stanley, and they were then given a leave oi absence until December i5.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
BOYS WRECKED
 FRISCO METEOR
Lads Ranging From 3 to r Tell How They UnintentionaIly Caused the
 Calamity-Confessed to Save Ac- cused l. w. W. Members.

Weleetka, Ok. Nov. 27.-Three Weleetka school boys, ranging in age from nine to i2 years, have confessed they wrecked the Frisco Meteor near here Sunday morning, causing the death of three persons.
 They are:
 Earl Kimmons, aged 9.
 Frank Sutton, aged H.
 Earnest Fartherlee, aged i2
 The boys say they had no inten- tion of wrecking the train when they left a follower plate lie against a rail and which caused the disaster.
 The act had been blamed upon the Industrial Workers of the World, several of whose members are un- der arrest, as result of the wreck.
 The boys admitted their responsi- bility yesterday afternoon, leaving school to inform the authorities of the innocence of the prisoners, whom it was rumored, were to be lynehed.
 These rumors prompted the boys to admit the story. The boys say they were playing along the rail- road and picked up the follower plate from the ties and stood t beside the rails without any thought of doing harm.
 Those killed in the wreck were J. s. Robertson, engineer, Sapulpa, Ok W. H. Wyre, student fireman, and Bert Ford, regular fireman, Sher- nnnn Tax
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
A New Building in District F.

J. J. Cotton. E. |. Garrett, W. NJ. Poster, J. B. Wimberly. R. D. Small wood and Hamp Lofts, directors of special school district No. i2. To- cated near Egger, report the com- pIetion of new building in their district. The building has been equipped with modern seats, and will be ready for the opening of the winter term of school next Monday. James Lofts will be the teacher.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
A FARM RARGAIN.

70 acres, 21a miles southwest of Mena; 4-room house, barn, smoke house. chicken houses and other outbuildings; good we'll water: about i5 acres in cultivation, iA acres in strawberries; good orchard. Price for quick sale, s550, half cash, ball ance to suit purchaser, at 8 per cent interest.
 W. E. Jones, Mena, Ark.
 Route No. i Box 98.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-29
SMASH
 THE GERMAN LINES
By Surprise Attack Drive Back the Enemy ) Miles on Frontage of D Miles-BerIin Admits Losses
 General Pershing Saw Fight.

London, Nov. 2l The Hindenbure line has been broken to depth of from four to five miles, the war of- fee announced in an official state ment this afternoon
 The British have stormed the first system of the Hindenburg line de- lenses on the whole front between St. Quentin and the Scarpe river.
 The British infantry and tanks pressed on and captured the second system of defenses more than mile beyond the first systems.
 The attack was begun yesterday ny the third army. There was no artillery preparation and the Ger mans were taken completely by surprise.
 The second German defense sys- tenn, which was captured by the British, is known as the linden burg support line.
 The British have captured Bon avis the Lameau wood, the Lavac- querie defenses, which are known as the Welsh ridge, and Ribecourt village.
 The operations are continuing to- day, and several thousand prisoners already have been taken.
 It is declared that the whole Ger man line west of the Canal du Nord Co the Bapaume- Cambrai wood has been captured The British also 1 fought thru the Couillet wood. Lieutenant General Sir Julian Byng is in command of the attacking army.
 The towns of lIayrincourt Mar eing, Graincourt, and Anneux and the Neufwood have been captured.
 X large number of tanks moved forward in advance of the infantry when the attack opened, and they broke thru the successive belts of German wire defenses, which were of great depth and strength. From St. Quentin to the Searpe is distance of twenty-iwo miles.
 The British drive covers q part of the field of last years offensive on the Somme and section of the Ar ras battlefront south of Arras.
 The British center in this thrust is nearly opposite Cambrai, an inn portant German base and railway center, from which the British line on the Bapaume-Cambrai road was about nine miles distant, as it had stood for several months past
 The main force of the push just launched, is apparently aimed at Cambrai, along this road. What is known as the linden | burg line was established by the German command last spring, when the famous strategic retreat on the Somme was carried out.
 The British movement, in it's early phase, gives the appearance of be- ing the most ambitions that has yet been undertaken by them on the western front since the creation of their new armies, which gave them power to strike effective blows.
 The present attack came almost without.warning of any kind. Even | the rather extensive operations re- ported last night gave hardly a hint that a push of such great extent was in prospect.