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The weekly soliphone., 1917-06-07

second in white, and the third in blue.
 After the queen had pressed the switch which flooded the town with light, the band played "The Star Spangled Banner" Patriotic songs were sung by school chil- dren.
 Capt. Birchctt introduced M. P. Huddleston, who made short speech praising the progressive cit izens of Cardwell who with the assistance of Ad Bcrtis of this city had made possible the new lighting system. A little patriot, Master Wm Smith, gave a short recitation.
 Captain Birchett then introduced Captain Cecil Shane of this city, who spoke of the war situation and asked for volunteers from Card well for the Paragould Guards. w. A. Golf, the CardWell orator, spoke of the evolution of CardWell, from a swamp dotted with cypress twenty years ago to the model, progressive little city of today, with it's new lighting system and the call of three factory whistles and the echo of the Bull Moose
 After MT. Golf had spoken, the pavilion was cleared for dancing. The dance was lead by Miss Lizzie Long and Sergeant Ben Acres.
 The new lighting system of Card well is owned by Ad and Saul Bertis. The Arkansas Light & Power Go of this city furnishes current and owns the conductors up to the St. Francis river and the sub-station, which is located at Cardwell. It is twelve miles to Cardwcll The town has 34 street lights and 70 business houses and dwellings lighted A modern cleo
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tric fire alarm system has been in stalled.
WOMAN DIES AT
 UNION STATION
lncane Negress From Blytheville Fails to Revive After Opiate
 Is Administered.

Lizzie Whitehead, negro wo- man. age about 50, died in the col orcd waiting room at the union station this morning at o'clock. She arrived oil the motor car from Blythcyille few minutes be- fore in charge of M. T. Weems, deputy sheriff of Mississippi coun- ty, and Joe Whitehead, her son, who were taking her to the hospital for nervous diseases at Little Rock. She was violently insane last night, and Dr. Usrey of Blytheville gave her a hyperdermic at IF o'clock in an effort to quiet her. She never revived from the drug. and oh reaching Paragould was borne from the car and taken to the waiting room, where she was soon pronounced dead by Dr. R. J. Haley. The body was taken back to Blythe vile on the S:15 train.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-06-07

St. Louis May 31.--An automat- ie block signal on the Iron Noun tain railroad, put into operation by the wind, warned the Memphis-St, Louis train, carrying 400 passen- gers, who watched the cyclone de- atroy the town of Mineral Point from the gar windows, and then rescued eighteen injured and three dead bodies from the debris.
 Conductor John E. Gragg led the men and NVomen from the train as soon as t6e wind abated sufficient ly, and directed their heroic work in driving rain and hail storm After two hours of strenuous work in removing fallen timbers from the storm victims, Gragg plac- ed all the injured on his train and raced to De Soto, where two of the injured died shortly afterwards.
 On the way to De Soto Gragg appealed to the male passengers for
The weekly soliphone., 1917-06-07

whiskey to succOr the injured. The Missouri lak makes it a felony for any passenger on railroad train to carry whisky, but more than 9 score of men immediately produced pocket flasks. The stimulant was needed by many of the injured, Gragg said, upon his arrival here, and prolonged the lives of those who afterward died until they reached medical aid
 ENGINEER WARNED or DAN
 GER.
 Cragg said the automatic block signal which warned the train must be credited with having saved many lives. It responds to track damages, Instructions on the rails or even electrical disturbances in the atmosphere. The engineer of the Memphis-St. Louis train saw hte warning red arm projecting at the southern end of the block in
The weekly soliphone., 1917-06-07

A regular morning operation Of the bowels puts you in fine shape for the days work. If you miss it you feel uncomfortable and cannot put vim into your movements. For all bowel irregularities HERBINE $ the remedy. It puriMes, Strength
 ens and regulates. Price soc. Sold by all druggists. 80
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RU B-M MY-TISM M

Will cure Rheumatism, Neu- ralGia. Headaches, Cramps, Coiic SprainS, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old Sores, Tetter, Ring Worm, Ec- zema, etc. Antiseptio Anodyne, used internally or externally. 25c
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WHITE
 WAY IS DEDICATED

Four hundred people from Parse gould went to Cardwell last night to witness the White Way opening, at 1 a. m Four or five
The weekly soliphone., 1917-06-07
SIGNAL, OPERATED BY WIND,
 WARNS TRAIN CARRYING 4O0
 OF DANGER IN TORNADO ZONE

St. Louis, May 31-At least twenty dead as q result of the devastation wrought when cyclone struck Mineral Point, sixty miles southwest of here, last night Other towns in the lead belt also hit On account of the denorazed condition of wire servce it is inn nne-iha tn .Sncluc accurate information.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-06-07

possible to secure accurate information.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10

ADV. S-29-tf. Bar.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
CROPS DAMhfED
BY GRASSH0pPERS
Plague in LehIgh County Eats
Up Late Cabbage.

Allentown. Pa, Sept. 10.-A plague
Of grasshoppers is reported in parts OF
Lehigh county. notably. Upper Macun,
gle and North Whitehall townships.
1t is believed they came from the
western section of Berks county
where they ave inflicted a great dea,
of damage. The grain harvest is ove-
and fortunately it is TOO late for them
to infiict much injury to corn. but they
have ruined numerous grass fields.
and wherever they have appeared they
have eaten mp the late cabbage.
The pests alight in potato fields. but
this crop is so far developed that they
can do little harm. the stalks already
being half dead. Their particular de
light seems to be kitchen gardens.
where they eat celery, late lettuce,
endive. beet tops and all kinds Of sue
cu!ent vegetH hleS. in addition TO cab.
bage. Their origin and ending are in.
volved in mystery. and from the days
Of the Bible. which records their ap
pearance no method has ever been dis.
covered of coming with them. They
can be poisoned, but usually they work
so quickly that they have done their
mischief ard r fss.sss I,
err can make arrangements TO sprinkle
the poison The damage they have
caused in Lehigh amounts to some
thousands of dollars.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
Sweden Iona Aided Germany.

London, Sept 10-In connection
with the publication of dispatches re
revealing the secret intrigue between
Sweden and Germany. it has become
known here that Sweden acted as an
intermediary Of communication for
Germany in the early stages of the
war
It was learned that the foreign Off
&c at Stockholm has been acting as a
telegraph office for the German gov
eminent ard, fer the last three years
has regularly and continuously trans
mitted cables in German cipher under
the guisa of Swedish government mes
sages.
Cipher dispatches bearing the sigma
ture Of TIE Swedish minister of foreign
affairs and addressed to the Swedish
Legations in certain foreign countries
have been i nded by the Swedish lega
tion 70 the T-rman legation in the
country to which the messages were
addressed. the messages being in re-
ality in German code.
In the some way the German minis
ters in various foreign countries have
been in free Geographic communica'
ton with Ba~7in by handing their ci.
pher MESA ees to the Swedish minis
ter. who signed and despatched them
as Swedish government messages di
rect to the foreign office at Stockholm,
when they have been sent to Berlin.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10

Red Cross TO Ship 125 Mo-
tors at Once.

Washington. Sept. 10,-As a part OF
its program for rendering effective as.
sistance to Russia, the American Red
Cross is to ship at cree o the Red
Cross commission IN III IA 10 motor
ambulances and automobiles.
This is the third Red Cross ship
ment to be dispatched to Russia since
the arrival OF the commission there
less than two months ago. Drugs.
medical supplies and surgical appa.
ratus with a total value of nearly $500.
900, have already been sent
Ambulances are needed with the
Russian armies almost more than any
other form of relief On the eastern
front there are now only 5000 vehicles
for the transportation of the wounded.
while on the French front. only third
in length. there are 900 ambulances,
The automobiles now being shipped by
the Red Cross will equip one Russian
army corps with five complete ambu'
lance sections.
Each section will include fifteen
motor ambulances. one aute-bus for
Transporting slightly wounded, one
kitchen trailer. and one dressing sta
ton car. IN edition each section vii,
have two touring cars for the use
Of officers: three light delivery trucks,
and one repair car carrying necessa airy
tools and extra parts, and one extra
ear for gasoline fuel.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
BATTLE CONTINUES
ON SAN GABRIELLE
kUsfTians Said to be Rushing
Up R9infOrCemCntS.

Rome, Sept 10-The Italian war of
fee statement on military operations
on the ro-Hungarjan front reads:
Northeast Of Gorilla (the Monte
San Gabrielle region the artillery bat
tie is continuing without cessation.
"On the remainder of the front there
Were the usual patrol actions and artil
lery fire"
The losses sustained by the Austri
ans between CatagnayiZZa and the sea
appear 20 have constrained them to re.
nounce further attacks pending the
arrival of achievements. which the
italian aircraft have discovered are
being rushed to the front from Taib7ch
Graz. and KIagenfurt. The italians
are taking advantage o. the calm to
re arrange their positions and entrench
themst Ives in dugOuts. caverns and
communication galleries evacuated by
the enemy
Meanwhile. the fighting is becoming
more intense in the Gorilla section
around San Gabrielle and San Daniels
mountains and along the western ridge
of the ChiapOvano valley. where the
pressure of the second italian army is
becoming stronger.
Austrian prisoners report that impor
tant armament, consisting Of mountain
arfffffrfpry. fefd' guns and cannon Of large
caliber. was massed in Ternova forest
and Panovizza wood, the latter only
two miles from Gorilla. in the hope Of
retalZing the town by surprise. but
the batteries were almost annihilated
and were obliged TO retire after heavy
GSseS
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
A Woman's Duty

Since the beginning of time, it has
been woman's sphere in life to rear the
future generation. Three generations of
expectant mothers have aided nature by
the regular use of the time -honored ex-
ternal application, Mothers Friend.
This safe and reliable emollent softens
the skin of the abdomen; the muscles ex-
pand easily and more naturally when
baby is born, and this Iiniment is the
greatest contribution of science to hap
by motherhood.
Mothers Friend" is the prescription
Of famous physician who prescribed it
in his obstetrical practice for over forty
years, and Is of such a helpful and nat
ural nature as to be in every way neces-
sary to the expectant mother. All reliable
druggists supply Mothers Friend Apply
1t yourself to the abdomen and breasts
night and morning. Write the Bradf1eld
Regulator Co, Dept. L, 200 Lamar Build
ing, Atlanta, Ca, and they will send you
little book brimful of scientifically pre-
pared information, without charge Write
for 1t by all means, and do not fail to aid
nature by the use of Mothers Friend.
Ask for a bottle of Mothers Friend at
your druggists today.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
ARGENTINA IN
RAGE over PLOT
Swedish Conspiracy StiTs South
American Country.
SERIOUS I.lSULT LIKELY
LEGATIONS of Sweden and Germany il
Buenos Ayres Are Guarded Follow
ina Submarine disclosures.

Buenos Ayres, Sept. 10.-So serious:
is the anti-German and anti-Swedist
sentiment mere. following the disclos
ure by the American government O.
the actions of the Swedish legation il
marking Argentine ships for destruc
ton by U-boats, that extraordinary
measures have been taken by the pc
lice to protect German and Swedish
diplomats.
Manifestations by students and pc
litical organizations will be vigorously
repressed.
The Swedish legation has issued &
denial of any knowledge of the mes
sages sent to Stockholm for Counl
Luxburg and refuses to make any com
ment on the Washington revelations
La Razon. an important newspaper
which supports President Irigoyen
says the situation must be studied
carefully. because the disclosures make
the situation of the Swedish minister
exceedingly difficult and open to seri
Gus and disaereeahe incidents.
IL Is expected ludt Ile IoielSu yin
&c will demand an explanation from
the Swedish legation when the expect
ed official confirmation Of the revela
lions is received from Mr.. Nanon, the
Argentine ambassador at Washington
Count Luxburg and the Swedish
minister are absent from the capital
President Irigoyen has announced
that he will call upon the foreign min.
lister for an investigation and a formal
statement regarding the activities OF
Count LuXburg.
A despatch has been sent to Mr.. Ma
pom. the ambassador at Washington
requesting confirmation in official form
lean government.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
SON DEAD AS SHE WROTE
Soldiers Body Comes Home With Her
Inopened [ etter

Altoona, Pa, Sept. 10.-"I hope you
are in good health; but I have feel
ing that you are not as well as could
be-" wrote Mrs. Harry NJ. Klepser, OF
this city, to her son, Private Frank
w. Klepser. aged twenty-three station
ed at the medical corps camp, at SYRIA
cuse. n. Y.
She reread the letter. returned to her
from Syracuse. unopened and unde
livered Her son had died suddenly
at the camp of scarlet fever
With the letter also came the bodv
of her boy: but owing to the nature
Of the disease of which he died, his
mother was denied a last look at his
face.
The soldier contracted the disease
nursing patient. He is the third Al
toona soldier who has died in training
camps since the declaration of wa
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
PRISONERS on = rs g BEST GAMERS
Thousands of Gallons of Fruits and
Iruck Preserved hY Them.

Bellefonte Pa. Sept 1e.-At the
western penitentiary, near here, the
prisoners have canned thousands Of
gallons of berries and small fruits;
5000 gallon cans of beans and 1000
gallon cans of tomatoes. and of the
latter crop they expect to can 10000
gallon cans more.
They also have made forty blrrels
of early sauerkraut for immediate con-
sumption. and have acres of cabbage
Just maturing, from which they Will
probably be able to MAKE 100 barrels
for winter use. They are now drying
sweet corn on a large scale.
In addition to what the prison at
Rockview has used over a carload Of
garden products has been shipped to
Pittsburgh for use in the prison there.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
Notice to Taxpayers
Discount Notice

State and county taxes for the levy
of 1917 are now due and payable at
the Office of the County Treasurer in
the Court House, Cambridge, Md.
\ discount of per cent. will be
allowed on County Taxes only, Ii
taxes are paid on or before Sept. /,
1917, and per cent. it paved on or
before Oct. l, 1917. There is no dis
count on State Taxes. Interest will
be charged on State Taxes from
Sept. l, unless paid by that date. In
teresI from Sept. l will be charged
on county taxes not paid on or before
January l, 1913.
Remittance may be made by check,
money order or registered letter and
receipt will be mailed at once.
Take advantage of the discount
and say interest and avoid embar-
rassment later.
JAMES *. JONES,
Treasurer and Collector.
Adv S-14-tf B&R.
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JAIL FOR GARDEN ROBBERlES
State Department of Agriculture Will
HepI Prosecute.

Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 10.-The state
agricultural department wants it I'M
derstood that the act passed by the
last legislature providing for the arrest
and imposition Of 500 fine or years
Imprisonment of people who raid gar.
dens and get away with the green
stuff is to be no joke. 1t proposes to
take action on depredators.
It has come to the attention of the
department that a number of plots of
ground on which war crops were to be
raised have been destroyed by van
dals. and the department has determfn.
ed to make an example Of those who
Arc caught
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
NO CANAL SLIDE IN A YEAR
Panama Channel Has Been Open Since
Senten1her Z 1916

Panama. Sept. 10.--h var in which
.rafic through the Panama canal was
not stopped by slides was ended on
Saturday.
The channel now is in fine shape.
Tie canal was opened to traffic offici-
oily on August Ia, 1914 I-andslides.
particularly in the Culehra cut. stop
ped traffic in the channel at various
times for long or short periods mp to
September I of last year. On that date
the canal was opened after a series Of
slides which either tied up or ham
pe-ed seriously traffic through the
ANAL during the preceding six months.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
Are You A Secretary?

Somebody sends a brief outline OF
how (, private secretary ought 10
work. Here it is:
l. To work for love of work.
;. To anticipate requirements.
;. To develop resources.
1. To recognize no impediments.
.. TO master circumstances.
g. To eliminate errors.
:. To know both sides of the ques-
ton
s. To be courteous.
9. To permit reason to modify the
rule.
10. To do the right thing, at the
right time, in the right way.
II. TO do some things better than
they We're ever done before.
II. To strive for nothing short of
perfection.
If that's the description OF a pri-
vate secretary OH earth, now would
you describe a saint in heaven?
Subscribe for The Daily Banner.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
DEEPEST WELL A FAILURE
Drilled Nearly a Mile and Half, and
Cost 100000.

DrIlled Nearly Wtie ana F1aii, anu
Cost 100000.
Candor, Pa, Sept 20.-The abandon
ing this week as failure here OF
the deepest we'll in the world will un'
doubtedly mark the end Of drilling OF
deep test wells in this state.
This one was drilled by the Peoples
Natural Gas company and abandoned
at a depth of 7245 feet. and cost the
owners more than 100000.
Up to the present time the well drill.
ed the deepest in the world was locat-
ed near Luchow. Germany-7239 feet.
In 1912 the Bradford Deep Well com
panv started drilling a test we'll near
Bradford, but when a depth of $3.50
feet was reached drilling operations
were abandoned. The latter we'll is
the second deepest in this state, and
the fourth deepest in the world. The
third deepest well in the world was
drilled in West Virginia by the Hope
Natural Gas company. and no sign OF
all or gas was found at $3.50 feet.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
MORE PAY FOR SOME MINERS
Gangway Work is Worth 1924 Yard
Instead of S195.-

Hazleton. Pa, Sept. ia decision
affecting every contract miner in the
coal fields was handed down here by
Charles P. Neili. of Washington, D.
c., umpire of the anthracite corcilia-
ton board. in which he sustained the
grievance of the employees of the West
moreland colliery of the Lehigh Valley
Coal company. who petitioned that tie
CORPORATION he ordered to pay them
1924 yard instead of s1.95 for gang
wav work. The ruling carries large
sums of back money with it.
The Leligh Valley Coal company.
designated airways narrow breasts"
paying s195 a yard. They were the
size of ganeways, for which 1924
yard is given.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10

Flkton, Md. Se"t. 10.-Miss Eliza
beth Evans of Elkton. has applied tC
the Maryland council OF defense fol-
training as an aviatrix In her letter
to the council, Miss Evans states that
she is eighteen years Of age, has just
graduated from the high school, is an
American BY birth and wants training
AS an aviatrix She pledges herself
to serve two years without pay except
byDenseS
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
II ESCAPE DEATH
Trolley Car Crashes throu7h Wall in
Bethlehem.

Bethlehem. Pa. Sept. 10,-Dne tc
defective brakes. TeAigh Valley
Transit car carrying tewn'v-one work.
men to the Bethlehem Steel comrany
got beyond c~"rrol CT tie Ftot street
hill and jum"od the tracks.
The car shot "~"Nss Broadway and
F'iot streets pIoushed through a porch
and imbodded itself through the wall
of the brick dwelling accupied by Sam.
uel Dietz and Morris Glazier. The
most seriously injured were Harry
Wunch Rittersville. motorman: To
bias Weichknecht, SeidersvilIe: Fred
c. Lewis. Bethlehem: William R shy
der Allentown: Harvey Zentner, South
Allentown.
The car was almost a total wreck,
and the house was badly damaged.
This is the fourth time a serious &c.
cident has occurred at this point,
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
FINDS HIDDEN MONEY
Search of Dead Woman's Home Re
veaIs $500

Tuckerton. \. j.. Sept. 10.-A few
DAYS after the death Of Mrs. Hanna
Gale, of this place, a bag in coffee
pot and supposed to contain old coffee
turned out TO be $500 in bank notes.
This discovery led to reighbors
searching the house, and in the attic
was found $4,000. representing a LIES
savings and also part of the salvage
Mrs. Gale received when boat ran
ashore at Tuckerton twenty years ago.
The money she got then was put in
a separate envelope and had not been
7ouched, for the seal was unbrokan-
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-10
BRIDGE RUSSIAN RIVER
German Cavalry Covers Crossing OF
Main Army

Petrograd. Sop-. 10.-German engin-
GERS have bridged the lower IA river
in T,iyonia and / German forces are
being concentrated on the north bank
of the stream under cover of the caval-
nv, the war Office announced in its re-
mort on the Riga operations.
Russian cavalry is impn@ing the
procress of the Germans along the
Pskov read
Unusual German activity at advanc-
ed railway stations Of the enemy in
,he Jacohetadt and Dvinsk regions IS
mentioned hv the statement.
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Central Shonn1en to Strike.

Wilkes-Barre. Pa, Sept. 10.-Several
hundred men in the Ashley shops of
the Central Railroad of New Jersey
have voted to quit work on September
Is. The men recently organized a
union. and after strike OF several
days came together in an agreement
With the COMPANY oHfcials. Since that
time. they al1o~a the company has
violated its an~n~n'ont