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The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25

Get an August Ladies Home Jour nal from William Johnson; phone PAP.
 The Saturday Evening Post and the Country Gentleman will be on sale tomorrow. Call PAP and William Johnson will bring you one.
 Dwight and Arthur Westmoreland were called to the home of their mother this morning. Mrs, Vest moreland lives near Gale and is quite i'll. We hope the boys will find their mother greatly improved when they reach her.
 Dr. J. T. Mendenhall came in this morning from Rosston in his car and was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Ruby Mendenhall and Mrs. Lo- gan, his mother-in-law, of Arkadel- phia. Miss Mendenhall was en route to Hamburg and Mrs. Logan to her home at Philadelphia.
 An appeal is printed in today's paper by the order of Adjutant Me Rae to the members of the Home Guard. Interest is not shown in this matter. Those of our young men who are going to enlist in the army and those who have been called should take advantage of every opportunity to familiarize themselves with drill- ing and handling guns. They will be compelled to learn all this and the more they get here at home the less they will have to learn in camp.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25

A we'll located SO-acre sandy land farm 1-2 cleared; house, barn. or chard, only $500 per acre. Can give terms. Moore & Martin, Prescott, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25
THE WEATHER

Douglas Bemis is visiting in St. Louis.
 J. G. Rhodes of Gale, was among the visitors in Prescott this afternoon.
 Il. G. Stewart is attending to busi- ness down at Hope today.
 We print today the entire draft and you may determine your standing by reading it.
 The site for Prescott's Federal building looks a great deal better to- day. r38
 Attend the meeting of the Home Guard Friday evening. If you are not member, become one at once.
 There will be a cemetery working Wednesday, August l, at the Pleasant Ridge cemetery. Everyone interested is expected to come.-Committee
 Mrs. w. T. Hart, Miss Margaret Hart and Hugh Hart returned this morning from a weeks visit with friends in Hope.
 Mrs. M. J. Williams of Colfax. La, arrived in the city Sunday afternoon and will be the guest of her grand daughter, Mrs. P. M. Tyner, for sev- eral weeks.
 After ten days visit in Prescott. Miss Sidney Scale Crawford left this morning for her home in Holly Springs, Miss, Miss Crawford was guest at the home of Mir. and Mrs. w. B. Waller while in the city.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25
APPOINTED SECRETARY
 FOR RED CROSS WORK

Little Rock, July 25.-R. E. Wait has been appointed by w. A. King as secretary for the Red Cross work in Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

"The fortune-teller said would meet with a fatal accident"
 "Mercy !"
 But she said not to worry; it would not happen till the end of my life. ."- Boston Transcript ..
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25

Fhe News has a scholarship for |e in Tyler Business College. See If you want one.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25

Bread Without Salt is Tasteless. "A medicine chest without Magic mica Liniment is useless. Best |all liniments for sprains, swellings,
 lises, rheumatism and neuralgia. |ree sizes, 25c, soc and S1.00.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25
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WEDNESDAY BRYANT WASHBURN

Filling His Own Shoes" By Henry c. Rowland A highly amusing cOmedy-dra- ma of an American shoe clerks adventures in a Turkish Harem.
 HAM & BUD in
 'The Bogus Bride
 Some Comedy
 THURSDAY
 Paramount Picture
 GEORGE BEBAN delightfully."- and understandingly DOT trays for us the poor uneducated Italian laborer who inherits vast wealth. MT. Beban does some of his bet work in THE MARCELLINI MILLIONS" Helen Eddy, as the social climbing wife, is also pleasing.
 ALSO KLOvER COMEDY
 with Victor Moore
 BARGAIN WHEN THE SHOWS START. First show begins 7:45; second goo Matinee, 2:30 and 3:45.
 Telephone 294.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-07-25
Children smile when they take FoIey's Honey and Tar

FoIey's Honey and Tar
 lst. It tastes good.
 End. It makes shem feel good.
 It will turn a feverish. kekul. cough ing child into happily smiling one. Because It puts healing, soothing coating on feverish. inAamed. tickling throat. It helps snuffles and stuffy. wheezy breathing. It stops coughs quickly, and it wards off croup. It contains no opiates. does not up- set delicate stomach. and the last drop in the botae is just as good ss the first. Try it.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

gone slowly but steadily forward and while the change of front has been but slight, mea- surcd by American distances, the change in morale oi the two armies has been colossal and the German army has had to yield first the offensive and then the hope of per mancntly successful defensive.
 At Somme the British broke down the German system of defense, based upon per .mauent works. After the Somme, the Ger |mans had to reorganize their entire system of defensive, and we had in the spring Hin 'dcuburg's so-called elastic defensc In the middle of September, at lpres, the British showed that they had mastered this system ot defense, too, and their advance along the Nenin road, down which the Prussian guard came in the tragic final hours of the first battle of Npres, was an achievement com parable with the retaking of Messincs.'
 British achievement means a new thing to Us in America now that we in cur turn have to seek similar organization for all even more completely unorganized people. In the |ncNt three years we shall probably realize the true magnitude of the British progress in the last three years. We shall be fortunate in deed ii three years after our entrance into the war, we can point to victories like those Ioi Arras and Messines, and to the stern and heroic struggle toward achievement such as the SOmme'
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
CURBING THE SPY

Yesterday the United States began its first real work against the German spy men ace The campaign which has been waged throughout the States against the government by pro-Germans and German agents has been far greater than we are aware Ot ln this sec ton of the country on account of our re Imoteness from the scene of action. Even the average man in the States had very little conception of the scale upon which it has been Waged.
 With hundreds of thousands of the citi- zens of enemy countries residing in all sec tons, the task of watching them all in order to discover the ones who were guilty of con spiracy against America is a great task, and as long as the entire mass was allowed praC tically unlimited personal freedom, Germany s agents could carry out their nefarious schemes without much fear of detection The few arrests which have been made, combined with the great number of ncendiary fires whole sale destruction of property, and bomb out rages, proves that they did work without much hindrance This, too, despite the fact that government agents have been detailed to guard all important points.
 The restrictions placed upon alien enc mics have been made necessary by actions of
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

their own brothers. The United States at the very beginning ot the war attempted to make the lot Of the German residing i'll Am erica as easy as possible allowing him to go about his business as usual. He was given nearly unlimited freedom. His coming and going was not watched except in cases where he might have come under suspicion on ac- count of questionable activities The great majority ot the Germans enjoyed d far great CT freedom in America while it was making war on Germany than they would have been able to have had they been in their native land. The reward of this generosity has been reaped by the United States in the form of all kinds of outrages.
 This sort of thing has at last come to an end. The government has devised a svs- tenn of keeping track of these aliens Their movements are limited by Presidential procla- nation and the department of justice is ar ranging the method whereby a check may be made. This will probably not stop the ac- uvueS ot the spies, but 1t will stop d great part of them and make the others more cir cumspeCt. Those who do venture to continue their outragcS will be more easily detected. and il k more than possible that the punish ment meted out in the future will be severe enough to meet the demands of the situation
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
INCREASING THE SUPPLY

One of the greatest benefits which has accrued to the United States since the begin ming of the war with Germany has been the rapid increase in the tonnage of ocean-g going vessels. This can be said to be an almost d- rect result of Germany's unrestricted subma- rine campaign.
 When this campaign was declared inaug- urated the American business man began to make arrangements to build ships It was a simple business proposition A bigger de mand for ships was about to be made and the supply n0lst therefore be increased ac- cordlngy The tonnage of the United States merchant mafine at the beginning of the Eu- ropean war was just over the million-ton mark. In less than one year from this month It will reach approximately nine million tons.
 \ great part of this increase, of course, will come from the government commandeer- ing vessels for the ocean trade, but not all of it. In less than one year American ship building companies with an authorized capital of S1SO,OOO,O0O have been organized and are engaged in turning out vessels at an unprece- dcnted rate When all the ships now under construction are completed, it is estimated that the United States will have fleet prac- tlcally equal to that of England
 What this means can be readily seen when it is considered that at the start of the war we were practically out of the ocean ship ping business, and now American bottoms are carrying tWenty-slx per cent of the entire export trade, this, too, when the trade has increased to several times its former volume. By application and industry, within the few short months which we have been at war we have taken second place among the maritime nations of the world. Only England leads us, and what it took her more than two genera tions to acquire has been gained by America in two or three years. Thus, after all, war IS not all debit even in material things
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
\ FIGHTING MACHINE

The great victory won yesterday by the British armies between the Scarpe river and St. Quentin indicates that General Haig's ar mics have become all almost perfect fighting machinc The tactics adopted were new ill the history of Wars and so entirely took the Germans by surprise that they had no effect i've defense prepared,
 On account ol the strain that the French nation has been under, and the burden borne by them before England could put an appre- cabe force into the field, more has been said regarding the French military machine than the British. More credit for efficiency has possibly been given the French armies than the British. The events of the past eighteen months, however, prove that the British ar mics are reaching high state of efficiency.
 Writing for current magazine regard ing the British fighting machine, Frank Si- monds, the noted American military critic who has won for himself a great name on both sides of the Atlantic, said: Tt is nearly six months ago since l said to Sir Douglas Haig, in speaking of American impressions of the British army, that the victory won at Beaumont-H HIamel, late in the campaign of last year. was accepted in my country among military men as the first clear evidence that the new army had arrived. In this brilliant operation the coordination between British artillery and British infantry was unmis- takably disclosed, and remember the Brit ish commander-in-chief said quietly, I think we shall do better next time
 ",There have been many next times since l saw Sir Douglas FIaig last February. Nimy, White Sheet, Hill 70 and the recent advance about Ypres have all demonstrated the ac- curacy of the British commanders forecast.
 "A year ago the whole world marVeled at the feat of the French in retaking NauX and Douaumont. It was one of the most re markable achievements of the war, but the French themselves are the first to concede that at Wytschaete the British equalled their success.
 Tt would be difficult to exaggerate the achievement of Great Britain and her colo nies in mobilizing and training millions of a civil population and in three years wrestling from nation which had prepared for forty years supremacy in guns in materials and in men. But this the British have done Since t'cy began their attack at Somme on the first day of July, 1916, the British lines have
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
THE IMPERATIVE, NEED

The statement made Tuesday by Premier Lloyd George to the American war commis- SIoners at an important conference held in i london, that the imperative need Ot the hour I1S for America to rush troops into France in as large numbers and as quickly as pos sible brings out clearly the military situation. But it does not signify that there is any dan ger of German victory on the western front, where, it is conceded by both sides, the final tissue of the war will be decided.
 No one has realized this need of Amer- can troops as much as the American govern Iment and its preparations for dispatching great numbers have been speedcd up as much las is compatible with the safety of the cause for which the nations fighting Germany are striving. There Is a certain amount of neces- ,arv training which must be done before green troops can be nodded into effective organiza- tions which compose fighting machines. To send them forward without this training would be senseless sacrifice, and nothing of value would be accomplished thereby
 The training of American soldiers is pro gressing much more rapidly than England's first million were turned out. We are at las great disadvantage in equipping these new soldiers as England was with her million, and perhaps greater England could draw on the United States for her wants which could .not be supplied by her own factories, but there is no country upon which America may draw. She must furnish her own supplies and equip ment and at the same time assist in suppl lying the allied armies.
 Yet, in view of the Italian and Russian situations, even greater efforts must be put forth by America The Germans must not be allowed for a moment to mass prepon- derance of strength on any one front. If this should be accomplished, she might be able to retake part of the territory which has been reWOn from her at an enormous sac rifice of men and materials At the present time the allies have the advantage both in numerical strength and in artillery in the west This advantage must be maintained. While the allied cause is just, it cannot be won unless 1t is supported by force. Ma .poleon's maxim that God is on the side of the heaviest artillery and that of General N. B, Forest, the great cavalry leader of the southern confederacy, that the victor is the lone who gets "the mostest men there fust- est" have been pretty we'll established in all wars and battles. In view of the release of hordeS of German soldiers from the Russian front, 1t thus behooves America to be up and doing little faster if possible.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26

whole energy and a vast personal enthusiasm. He drives himself and those under him with equal persistence.
 Much of the effectiveness of the Amer. can drcadnaught Is due to his inventive gem Us. When he originated the center line oi turrct systems as first eXempfied on the American drcadnaught Michigan. he took d big step in advance of the British dread naught and went even further by doubling the number of turrej~ on the center inc .o that all the big gun, would have an unintcr- ruptcd sweep of the sea. When he retired in 1910 congress gave him special rccogni- ton by making him rear admiral and vot- ing him distinction as chief constructor
 When he assumed his new duties as head ot the emergency fleet corporation, he said 1t was with an awed sense of its respons- blltles, and his achievements during the short period when he remained i'll this position have fulfilled the expectations of his friends and President Wilson in making the appointment
 It is safe to say that, whoever is appoint ed as his successor, 1t will be no one of any greater capacity and suitability. It would be difficult to find such a man, either within or without America
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
THE COUNTRY'S LOSS

The resignation of Rear Admiral Capps, formerly chief constructor of the United States navy, and recently appointed general shipping manager of the American emer- genCy fleet corporation, IS severe loss to the entire country He has been able in the short time, five weeks, which he has been at the head of this body, to accomplish big, results in outlining and putting under way a very comprehensive scheme by which Am erican sIlipbulders may be able to turn out all classes of vessels so badly needed for ocean transportation.
 Admiral Capps succeeded General Goeth- als when the latter resigned on account of the controversy between him and Mir. Den man, the chairman of the shipping board At this time it was stated that there was no surprise occasioned among shipping men at his appointment as General Goethals' sue cessor, but the wonder was that he had not been placed at the head in the first place
 This was position which required the attention of a specialist in that particular line more than that of an organizing genius such as Goethals has proven to be- Admiral Capps had already proven himself to be one of the leading specialists in naval architec- ture. As long as seven years ago he and an Englishman, Sir William White, were con ceded to have yielded the greatest influence of all the naval achitects in the evolution of the modern ship of war The modern dread naught bears the imprint of his ideas through out the vessel The Englishman has died since, and today naval men unhesitating place Admiral Capps as the leader
 He is a great shipbuilder and brought to his new job seven years valuable experience as chief of American naval construction He, too, is an organizer of first class ability As a hard worker there are none who excel him. It is said of him that no other chief of naval construction brought more zeal or devotion to work for works sake alone than he did Whatever he did was accomplished with his
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
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SINKING THE SUB

The campaign against the submarine k daily increasing iii efficiency Ii one may judge from the reports ot decreasing .os,c, of Neo- seIs traycr,lus the war zones and the mum Der OI submarines bcIu. destroyed by the pa troI ships. The latter Iact leads to d great deal OI speculation regarding the methods be ing used i'll combating the menace.
 The statement oI the British premier that ti>c of the German pirate craft had been de stroyed i'll one day operations show, that some unknown device l~ being used or that the patrol ships have been successful ill get ting pot shot at d cOEey O1 them. Ii the former Is the case, Il will be d matter OI speculation only until after the war, The aI- lies are not going to announce anything OI this nature which might lead to Germany discovering the nature ol the invention and finding some means of defeating 1t.
 It would surprise no one to learn that a successful device for rendering the subma- rine warfare useless had been discovered. Since the the very outbreak of the war, even prior to Americas entry, numerous invent ors have been studying the problem, and since America joined the allies the leading scientists of the United State, have devoted d great part of their time to it. The record ot American inventors in the past proves that they are capable. Time and time again they have performed almost miraculous leat~ in the realm of pure invention. Given lhc time and proper facilities, there is not much question but what they could meet the de mands made upon their inventive faculties by this problem. Have they already done so: No one knows, with the exception of the au- thorites most concerned and ii they have no one else will know ii it can be prevented until the need for close secrecy has passed.
 Ii they have not, then the patrol ships are fast proving that Germauy's hope ot e success based on the submarine campaign i, a futile one
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-11-26
MISSING BOY
 NOT LOCATED
 BY SEAPCHERS

The searching part orzan.1'd by Mayor Henry Ray l-tt town earls yesterday morning |, t.} 70 find Finan Delaney. the young arbanks boy who has been missing since week ago today. but were unable to find any trace whatever of him.
 The party left town in a rig abou 5 o'clock and went directly to the Delaney ranch From there the searchers made close inspection of all tracks that could be seen anu followed all sloughs and other pos sible places where the boy m.ght have gone.
 It is not known now what steps for the missing lad Nearly every thing possible has been done with regard to locating him, and there appears nothing else left to do.
 Last night one theory that has been going the rounds was thor, oughly exploded. There was a re- port that two men were seen go ing up the Big Cinema trail Friday with a team, headed for Anaconda creek for a hunt. Delaney was said to have made some inquiries about this team while it was in town and many thought he might have seen it go by the ranch on Friday after he got up there and gone on up hunting with it, not thinking that he would be missed. Last evening Mir. Johnson, of the Colorado road house, arrived in town and did away with that theory entirely. He went from the Fourteen-mile road house on the Big Cinema trail to the Colorado road house with the two men and a team, and directed them on their way from the Colorado. He describ- ed the men as one big man and one small one, the smaller of the two N caring high rubber shoes, while Delaney is known to have worn moccasins. MT. Johnson then turned around and came back to Fairbaka. and neither saw nor heard of any other musher along the entire trail. so it is highly improbable that the boy could have gone in that djrec- ton.
 Mrs. Delaney refuses to give up hope, and maintains now that her son must have hit out over the Val deg trail to join the army on the Outside. If such is the case he will undoubtedly be reported shortly from some of the trail road houses or telegraph stations, all of which have been notified by the marshal's office to be on the lookout for any one of Delaneys description