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The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
PEOPLE WANT THE ROAD BUILT.
As Evidence of Which They Are Signing Petition For
 Formation Of District

Work of securing signatures the petition for the formation of an improvement district for the construc- ton 0f an improved highway from the Benton County line south to Clear Creek and from Sprngdae the Madison County lne IS progressing in very satisfactory manner
 More than two hundred property had signed up Tuesday, Road OVerSeer Gett who has the nafter in charge advised The News very oratifvino feature is that not single farmer who has been approached refused to sign the petition The farmers realize what great benefit the road will be-
 As drawn by the State Highway Commission. the plans call for approximately tWentythree miles of road the estimated coast of which will be S6O24O Of this sum the state and Federal Government will pay half the re- mang half to be paid by the property owners in the pro- posed district As 1t would not be practicable to raise thirty thousand dollars at time among the people iv- Ing m the district the law provides for small yearly pay ments covering period of twenty years the amount to be paid by each property depending the assessed valuation of his property and the benefit that would crue to the property result of the construction of the road 1t IS estimated that the rate will be 25cents each hundred dollars, and if mans property is assessed S1OOO his tax for building the road would S50 per year.
 Another appealing feature is that practically all this money will be spent in the community People living along the proposed road will have opportunity to more in the construction of the road than their entire y in the of trade of this money will find it's way to the merchant and business man, and all will be ben efitted We will not only keep thirty thousand dollars at hon1e but will bring an additional thirty thousand dollars from the state and Federal Governments to be dlsbursed in the community And in addition to this we will get permanent road for which posterity will bless Doesn't look like good proposition to you?
 In this connection it will be of interest note that President Riddle of the Frisco railroad last week affixed his signature to the petition for the construction of mod ern turnpike from Fort Smith north across the Boston mountains and the building of this highway seems assr ed The signing of this petition by the Frisco system precedent which doubtless that proposed road of the railroad company. To committee of Fort Smith business who visited him in St. Louis President Riddle stated that the Frisco believes good roads feeders for railroads and great aids in building up the country
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
SPRINGDALE BUSI-
 NESS MEN INDICTED
Arrested Under Old Law Prohibiting Sale of Tobacco to Minors Under Fifteen Years of Age.
Back in 1899, nearly twenty years

Back in 1899, nearly twenty years ago, the legislature enacted law making it misdemeanor for any per- son to sell cigars, chewing tobocco, or tobacco in any form, to any one un- der fifteen years of age, the penalty being a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50.
 Another law prohibits the sale of cigarettes in any form, or tobacco or paper for the purpose of making cig- arettes, to any minor under twenty one years of age, the penalty for this being a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500
 These laws seem to have been over looked, and the probabilities are there are very few tobacco dealers in the state who have not violated one or both Of them, not through evil intent but through ignorance. There are at least three men in Springdale, howeV- CT, who will have very good reason for remembering there are such laws, for they were served with warrants by Deputy Sheriff Stokes latter part of last week to appear at next term of circuit court and show cause, if any, why they should not be fined in ac- cordanee with the provisions of these laws. They are: V H. Kuhlman, pro- prietor of the news stand; Geo. Van Wrinkle, groeeryman east of the Ar eade, and Geo. Williams, employed in the grocery store of Mabry X Son.
 Just who IS responsible for resur- recting these laws is not known, but unless yuo've got whiskers on your face you'd better take your birth cer- tificate along with yoa if you want to buy any tobacco CT cigars from a Sprinedale dealer
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
LIFE TERM FOR
 HERMAN WALKES
Springdale Resident Given Maximum Sentence By South Dakota Court on Charge of Poisoning His Wife

Herman Wakes of this place was arrested few months ago on the charge of having killed his wife by roison in South Dakota, and vas tai;- en back to that state for trial The trial was concluded at Seotland latter part of last week, and he was found guilty and sentenced to life imprison- ment.
 Soon after the death of Us wife Mr. Wakes came to this section and was united in marriage to Mrs. Dug gans, widow of the late Lee Du@gans of Fayetteville. They purchased the Elmer Linebarger residence property in the west part of Springdale imme- diately after the marriage and made their home here. Mrs. Duggans re- mained here when her husband was taken to South Dakota, but went up there several days ago to be present at the trial. She returned Sunday night.
 Mr. Wakes is about sixty years of age, and when he was arrested many people here who knew him were 10th to believe him guilty. He is said to possess considerable property, and at the time of his arrest it was charg- ed to designing relatives who sought this as means of securing control of ina nropp1fy
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
TO DEATH
 ON FISHING TRIP
E. r. McNair of Sloan Springs Has All of Clothing Burned Of While Asleep.

Sloan Springs, Nov Edward r McNair of this city was burned to death Saturday night at Noel, Mo, where he had gone with Ben Engle on fishing trip.
 They made camp on the creek in the west edge of Noel They had small fire and McNair apparently went to sleep too near the fire, so that the flames were communicated to his clothing
 On awakening Sunday morning En- gle discovered the tragedy and sum- moned assistance. McNair was burn ed beyond recognition, all of his clothing being burned off except his shoes.
 A partly emptied gallon jug of h- quor was found in their camp and En- gle is said to have been under the in- fluence of alcohol when the discov- cry was made.
 The remains were brought home and the funeral was conducted this after noon.
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
AUCTION SALE3

There will be an Auction Sale of the articles which have been donated for the benefit of the Red Cross workers in and around Springdale, on Satur- day, November 17th
 Place of sale is in the building with the red front, in the opera building, across the street from Wilson's store.
 Lunch will be served by the ladies having the work in charge.
 Everybody is requested to help all they can. Bring your donations i'll as early as possible
 Help the Red Cross work all you can. The ladies are working hard Get busy, and everybody do something to help win the war.
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
The local Red Cross workers wi

The local Red Cross workers will conduct 'rummage sale" in Spring dale Saturday afternoon at three O. clock, and for this sale Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Norton of Crystal Spring Farm, northeast of town, have donated a pair of Sicillian Buttercup chickens, a cock and hen, which are now on display at the store of Fletcher x Searcy. The Sicillian Buttercups are extraor- dinary layers, and the pair donated by Mir. and Mrs. Norton are from the best strain Of stock. They will be sold Saturday to the highest bidder, the entire proceeds to go to the Red Cross fund
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16
MOTHER AND TWO
 CHILDREN SLAIN.

The Associated Press Tuesday car ried story from Parsons, Kan, of the brutal attack that morning between 3 and o'clock on Mrs. II. o. Wicks and three children by an unknown man.
 The unknown assailant, who wore a white mask, entered the Wicks home,
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16

E. S. Thompson is remodeling his residence property on Holcomb Street.
The Springdale news., 1917-11-16

4 later report says Judge Naples released Allen on bond of $10,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24

his long journey. may find that its
deep mbosomed heart will be stirred
the roll of battle. In the event OF
war trouble in the south Pacific, aside
from the Philippines, we have Samoa
and Guam equipped with small naval
hospitals.
Commissioning soldiers OF the sea. il
taken to the port of Tutuila and its
isolated grandeur. would find them
selves in a long. low pavilion. with its
back against the base of a young
mountain. and facing the deep harbor
the United States has long held as
naval station There is stone wall
girding the edge of the harbor near
the group of hospital buildings. but 10
see it from where the disa bled soldier
would be sitting he must look through
the scattered palms that line the sum
nit of the wall In all Likelihood lit
tie brown nurse would come steallnS up
and gently insist that she be OF aid.
for-rhe Samoan student nurses, IKE
those of Guam. are ever gentle ana
willing perfectly disciplined.
Hospital training work under the
Navy Nurse Corps women, who were
appointed for Tutuila. was begun IN
Samoa in 1913. There is now list OF
names waiting.
The Secretary of, the Navy, Mr.: Dan
fels. has been much interested in the
work done by our nurses down there.
and when 1t is learned that the young
girls entering training did not kno"
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would be members of the Navy Nurse
Corps.
There were no naval nurses. so called at
the time of the Spanish american war
Trained nurses were sent to care for the
sick and wounded under contract, and it
was found that their services were SO
beneficial that for years afterward various
surgeon generals of the navy brought bills
before Congress to have authorized a navy
nurse corps of women This was ac-
complished on May 10, 1905 The law
then enacted stated that members of this
new organization should be graduate
nurses from hospital training schools with
at least two years training subject to an
examination as to professional mental
moral and physical fitness and then eli
gible for duty at naval stations and on
board hospital ships
On the hospital ship Solace the only one
the United States has at present none of
the Navy Nurse Corps has been on duty.
In the plans OF new ships not yet com
pleted quarters and subsistence for mem
bers of the corps have been arranged for
This unique nrgariZation-the Navy
Nurse Corps-was started with a nucleus
applicants. but the fact that they had to
pay their own expenses kept a great num-
Der from coming on to Washington for
the necessary entrance tests However,
some did come from as far away as San
Francisco, and among those taking the
examinations few failed Those accepted
first went on duty in Washington, to be
instructed in military methods and per-
formed the usual duties assigned to gradu-
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said. would probably be utilized more
or less on the coast defense vessels,
small motor boats and craft of that
sort. Then there is another source of
supply nurses who are enrolled for
duty in time of war. but not obligated
to serve in time of peace. These. too.
would in coming to the aid of the ma
ton, serve under the guidance of the
Navy Nurse Corps.
*
The male Hospital Corps. working in
conjunction with the women of the
Navy Nurse Corps, receives much of
it's training from their sister nurses
This is one of the important services
accomplished in peace times. The Navy
Hospital Corps man is first sent to the
naval trai1im, station fer thro-e:ic:,i
instruction in his future work, but in
the practical training f1.!o..ina; IN
whatever hospital he is sent rs an an
prentice, there the Navy Nurse Corps
comes in.
Most women have more or less of n
Jenchant for the caring of tn. sick but
the young men wha-takc up the work
of Hospital Corps men, working side
by side with these capable careful
women and looking forward to ner-
hsps a life service in il, must have
certain temperament. If it is found
thew do not have it, they are as men
enlisted in the navy, Started in some
other field of the service.
These Hospital Corps men constitute
the largest part OF the medical depart
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but above all, as basis for our mer.
chant marine" The author adds that
Antwerp must be considered the east
ern outlet" for German industries and
that future necessities must be Sc
cured now"-during the war. He points
out that. next to Rotterdam (Which the
Germans can't get in this war;. Ant
werp is the most important port on
tho continent. 1t is the natural outlet
for Industries along the Rhine.
The Rhine valley is Germany's com
mercial artery It's future means the
future of German foreign trade Big
business In Cologne, Dueseeldorf. Mann
helm. 'Muehlheim, Hamborn and Frank
fort realize that when the war Is over.
If they have to send their exports to
Hamburg and Bremen. they will not be
able to compete with the rest of the
world any more than they could before
the war, and that did not satisfy. But.
II they can have Antwerp, the future
Of their International trade is secure.
Rauscher presents figures to show that
If Germany can retain this city her
manufactured goods can be shipped
cheaper to the United States and South
America and other ports of the world
than il they are sent from German
ports Antwerp Is q business PROPOSE
ton. 1t is in the kaiser's hands. and
1t must remain there!
Last October / toured the Rhine val
ley. In addition to submarine war, the
two things business leaders discussed
were the invasion Of Belgium and the
possibilities of annexation. Regarding
the invasion, they said that II they had
not seized and conquered Belgium at
the beginning that France might have
invaded the Rhine valley and crippled
Germany Without the Rhine, the Ger
man war machine would be like an en-
gine without steam. For the future the
II commercial Germany does not control
Antwerp, 1t is lost Cold-blooded war
business demands 1t. Since the winter
Of 1915 German soldiers have been EN- :
ployed at Antwerp to rebuild destroyed
docks and to raise sunken ships. A new
bridge has been built over the Scheldt.
The kaiser and the army have used
their future occupation. They have
tried to make it German. Hamburg
and bremen ship companies have ex-
tended their docks and selected the best
ship building sites Harbor property
has been confiscated. Antwerp has been
made ready for German commercial
war.
II the kaiser can end present hostili-
ties with Antwerp nd Constantinople
under his heel Germany viii be the
greatest power in the eastern hemi-
sphere. But IL the emperor had to an
nounce that he did not expect to keep
Antwerp the business interests. which
refuse further support unless they saw
that the Teutonic cause was utterly
lost. If he states that he will annex
Antwerp and n part of Belgium, the
people will become FESTIVE. SO he says
nothing. He makes the people believe
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ment of the navy. Their training in
the practical side. that is attended TO
by the members of the Navy Nurse
Corps. is a highly important business.
for these men must care for the sick
on battleships No woman is permitted
to go upon "A battleship for any pur-
pose The hospitals within those small
worlds of steel are equipped for every
emergency. No civilian hospital could
be so utterly compact. systematized and
complete
With 1000 men. CORRESPONDING to
the whole of little town, on board,
there are ever some who must require
nursing care. even when war is un-
dreamed Of And so the training OF
these Hospital Corps men must be com
plete The Navy Nurse Corps takes
great pride in this ;.ranch of it's work.
These corpsmcn may be assigned to
serve with the Marine Corps on eN-
peditionary forces. operating on for
eign shores Many unusual and inter
eSting experiences are encountered.
One of these nurses was telling mem
Der of the Navy Nurse Corps about a
trip to Haiti and an expedition far
into the interior. Some of the poor,
ignorant natives, being cured of what
they considered was a mysterious dis
ease. believed that the particular corps
man who aided him-principally by
scrubbing and antiseptics-was pos,
sessed of magic power, therefore fell
down before very embarrassed blue
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FallaCy.

66N ERMANY'S claim that she Inn
VI ports nothing. buys only of her
self, and so is growing rich from the
war, is dreadful fallacy.''
The speaker was Herbert c. Hoover.
chairman of the American food board.
Germany he went on, lis like the
young man who wisely thought he'd
grow his own garden stun. This young
man had been digging for about an
hou; when his spade turned up a quar-
ter Ten minutes later he found an
other quarter. Then he found a dime.
Then ne found a quarter again.
by gosh he said. I've struck a sill
yer mine and. Strengthening up, he
felt something cold slide down his leg.
Another quarter lay at his feet. He
grasped the truth. There was a hole
in his pocket.
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that food was for any other purpose
than the pleasure one experienced in
eating 1t. 1t is readily understood why
tnere is satisfaction in the successful
outcome of any and all medical work
accomplished there. Mats on tho floor
have been the beds of Samoans from
time immemorial. but this condition.
fortunately for the Navy Nurse Corps
women there, is being overcome. Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson would hardly know
some of the customs of his beloved
land of adoption.
Members of the Navy Nurse Corps
are appointed by the authority of the
Secretary of the Navy. and are direct
ly under the command of the surgeon
general. now DR.. BREASTED. His in
structfons are issued through Mrs
Lenah Higbee. superintendent of the
corps. The first superintendent of the
corps was Miss Esther v. Hasson.
whose experience in the Spanish-Am
lean war made her services particu-
larly valuable. Unlike other members
of the navy. the women of this aux
iliary, distinct and yet SO little
known, may resign at will
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Three Years ef War.

ment agents that the United States was
unneutral. that President Wilson was a
belligerent in spirit. IL not in action.
But on two instances I saw evidence
practice what it preached by It's anti
American propaganda. After the Ger
man invasion of Poland / was invited.
together with other correspondents. to
go to the front near wilma. At the for
mer big fortress of kovno the German
officers '1ectured'' US about american
arms and ammunition" but as the cor
respondents made the rounds of the
forts they found 1900 pieces of artil-
'ery and 400 machine guns. With the
exception Of a few large Russian ship
guns, every piece Of artillery and every
machine gun used in the defense Of
koVno was manufactured in Germany.
When krupp sold these war supplies
10 Russia the German government knew
that they would be used against Ger
man soldiers. because there was no
other power which could attack Russia
from this direction except Germany.
man people that their fathers. brothers
and relatives were being killed in Rus
STA by artillery made in Germany"
Last December spent three weeks in
Rumania with the German armies.
When / crossed the TransyIvanian Alps
from Hungary into Rumana | found
the only defense line in the Shurduc
pass was defended by armored turrets
made in Magdeburg. Germany. Again.
when | returned to Hungary, through
the famous Red Tower pass, / saw piles
OF heavy ammunition which the Ru-
manians had left behind and nearly
every shell bore the German trade
mark. Some of them were made as late
1915.
Certainly the German and Austrian
governments knew that all ammuni-
ton shipped into Rumania would be
used against the central powers il
Rumania ever declared war on the
side of the allies Some of this arnmuni-
ton was used by the Rumanians in
sion. but the imperial German govern
ment did not tell the German people
or the Teutonis soldiers that ammuni-
ton made in Germany was being used
by the enemy to kill Germans. 1t was
always explained that the ammunition
the allies used was made by America
This was one of the ways the German
government deceived the people
At various times during the war the
German government has stated through
the chancellor that any nation which
wall of democracy would be doomed.
Those phrases have sounded well to
the German people, but every time the
people, through their representatives
in the reichstag, have demanded con-
stitutional changes or election reforms
the government has replied:
wait until the war ends" The gov
eminent knows. if it can prevent
democracy in Germany during the
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forty Ysars Of Pace:


posed to annexation. but the pnn-Ger-
mans know that If they win the war
they can annex at will. despite the
people, neutrals and the whole world
Might makes annexation possible.
Scheidenann and the people are OPP
posed to annexation. They are aghtins
to compel the kaiser to state, through
the chancellor. what his attitude is, be-
cause the kaiser is supreme in war and
peace under the present constitution
But every time the liberals and social
lists marshal their forces in the reich
stag. or whenever they demand a dis
cussion of peace terms in the press, the
general staff objects. Germany is un-
der martial law. which means that
peace aims cannot be discussed II they
are likely to injure military operations
And a free debate might cripple vor
HindenbTrg's plans because the people
might refuse to fight to conquer. The
chancellor cannot discuss precise terms
because he knows that If he announces
aims to suit the public he will antag-
onize the wealthy and influential sup
porters Of the monarchy. If he states
that he favors Belgian annexation OF
belgian occupation he will be criti-
cised by the people, and they must be
kept satisfied at all costs
The German people today are support :
ing Field Marshal Won Hindenburg be-
cause they believe he is waging a de
fensive war" Our allies have not been
successful in convincing the German
people otherwise. Had the German
government really desired peace last
December, / believe the allies would
have made peace, but only on the con-
dition that Germany was not the con-
queror. When serious-minded Ger
mans demand the retention of any part
of Belgium they are acting as con-
querors, but as long as they occupy
Belgium they will feel and act as vic
tors. They will deport women and
children. They will confiscate and de-
stroy prosperity. They will enslave the
subjects. Brussels will be conquered
apital at the mercy of the military
until the German people are made to
realize that they are flghtinR-not 10
defend the country, but to make the
kaiser Il conquering hero. The en-
pcror is not ambitious to be plain Will
liam OF Germany. He wants TO be Will
helm the konqueror of this generation.
A year ago tJune 2D the Frank :
columns. on page ]. an article head
ed Antwerp and German Economics, .
by Herr Ulrich Rauscher. This news
paper is the msot influential one within
the central powers. 1t is Independent
in politics during the war. 1t is not a
propaganda for any governmental de-
partment or political clique. IT Is a
thought and aspirations of the business
world In this article. which l brought
to the United States with me, Herr
Rauscher states that Antwerp must be
retained by Germany because for i'm
porting and exporting 1t is necessary.