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The Pulaskian., 1917-03-09

WARNING ORDER. State of Arkansas, County of Pulaski--ss. In the Pulaski Chancery Court. Conel Mayfield. Plaintiff,
 vs. No. PITTS. Cora Mayfield. Defendant. The defendant, Cora Mayfield, Is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff. Conel Mayfie1e. March ,. 1917. J. A. GIBSON, D. C.. Gus Fulk and w A. Boyd, Solicitors for Plaintiff Henry Jones, Attorney ad Lftem. 21178-9 9-16-23- 30. ---------~->-N----~->--
 WARNING ORDER. State of Arkansas, County of Pu1aski-A-ss. In the Pulaski Chancery Court. Herman A. Harmon, Plaintiff,
 vs. No. 21166. Eve Harmon. Defendant. The defendant. Eve Harmon, is warn ed to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, Herman A. Harmon March ?, 1917.
 W. S. BOONE, Clerk. J. A. GIBSON, D. c. George M. Heard. Solicitor for Plain tiff.
 A. c. Martin. Attorney ad Litem. 21166--9-16-23-3.
 
 WARNING ORDER. State of Arkansas, County of Pulaski--ss. In the Pulaski Chaneery Court. Anna Wanamaker, Plaintiff,
 Ys No. 211S6 ". M. ,Wanamaker, Defendant. The defendant, w. NJ Wanamaker is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint )f the plaintiff. Anna Wanamaker March [, 1917.
 w S. BOONE. Clerk. J. A. GIBSON, D. c. Milton B. Rose, Solicitor for Plain tiff.
 Guy Bratton. Attorney ad Litem 211S6-9-1G23-3 30.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
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Reads Bible With Tonuue.

Kansas City, Mo.-William McPher-
son of Highland Park, ILL.,, who lost
his SIGHT and beth arms in a mine ex-
plOsion in 1906, and who since then
has Learned to read with his tongue by
means of raised letters on porcelain
slabs preached to a congregation he~e
recently. He is here being fitted with
artificial arms, and declared that he
fed himself the other day for the first
time in II years. The Bible is his
only source of reading. he having 1t
. 'r0plete i'm raised letters.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
OATS SUPERIOR FOR HORSES
Most Satisfactory Single Grain Ra-
tion-Musty Oats Are Dangerous
Feed Roughage.

In comparison with any of the grain
ratiOnS, oats are the best single grain
ration for both mature horses and
colts and for mules. There is no other
grain so safe to feed and from which
such satisfactory results are OBJ
tanned. The live stock experts of
Clemson college advise, however, that
it is absolutely necessary that oats be
clean and entirely free from mold in
order to obtain best results in feed
ing to colts. "Musty" oats are dam
gerous to colts.
A fair allowance of oats for colts
after weaving is as follows.
Up to one year Of age, from 2 to 3
pounds daily.
From one to three. years, Z to s
pounds daily.
The best way to feed oats is in the
whole grain, the expense of crushing
not being justified unless colts suffer
in teething, in which case it is advis-
able to feed steamed crushed oats,
which are very nourishing and appe-
tAAAAS. IL 40 always Wise W, leu
plenty of roughage to growing colts.
Feeding concentrated feeds in excess
is discouraged, as it is important
that the digestive tract be developed
by distending it during the growing
period. Ungainly, large-barreled colts
may annoy the feeder, but this con-
dition always disappears with ma
turity.
Proper feeding. Of colts should al
ways be accompanied by plenty of
outdoor exercise for the young ami
NAL. In no way can a colt be ruined
so easily and surely as by liberal feed
ing with lack of exercise. Close con-
finement and the raising of good colts
do not go together.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
GERMANS REPAIR BRITISH WIRES"

Billie, "and detail someone to get this
man home"
A few minutes later No. section of
the Four Hundred and Twentieth field
company came stealing up the wire
single file with fixed bayonets and
Billie led them north through the mist
until he was sure he had them in the
rear of the enemy patrol. Then east
they went until he knew he YVES far
into no mans land; then south until
he bumped into some one whom he
promptly bayOnetted.
"Its no use going farther" whis-
pered Armstrong; 1--WE are a wiring
party and there isn't man in the Sec
tion has compass. If they get sepa-
rated they are as likely to go east as
west"
Cali right" said Billie, 'let's pull
out and get back to work."
Armstrong blew two very low notes
on his whistle and out of the mist in
ones and twOs the sappers gathered
around and the section wormed it's
way back to work. A few yards and
every man halted in his crawl, for
ahead came the unmistakable sounds
Of men working wires.
Sapper Bells, unnoticed, crawled
out to investigate, while Billie wormed
back to Armstrong.
"What do you make of it?" he
asked the sergeant.
II don't know, sir; better wait and
see what happens"
After a few moments Armstrong
jerked his rifle forward with "Who's
that?" and Sapper Bells with a
chuckle in his voice said, "Me."
They're 'Uns, sir, and they're re-
pairin' our wires," he explained to
Lieutenant Billie, and a giggle ran
down the line back Of the officer as
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Rival the Men in Distinguished
Service on the Battle
Front in France.
GET BEST OF FOOD and CARE
Horses Find the Front More Nearly
Approaches Their Idea of Heaven
Than Home-HospitaI Service
Most Efficient.

With the British Armies in France
1t would be difficult to find a more
pampered lot Of beings than the war
horses. In the stress of battle they
suffer with the men, but the number of
equine casualties" among the hun
dreds of thousands Of horses employed
is very small.
There are veterans among the horses
who have been wounded three or four
times, there are even those who have
suffered nervous breakdOwns from the
shattering shock of shells. If they
were men in khaki they would have
gold stripes of honor upon their
sleeves, but the faithful old horses go
back to the front time and time again,
asking nothing in the way Of rank or
distinction.
What they get instead. is the very
best of food and plenty of it, the kind
est of care and the keenest apprecia-
ton of the services they render. Wis
itors to the battle zone invariably ex-
press amazement at the. appearance
and condition of the horses.
One reason for the splendid appear
ance of the horses at the front is the
fact that the moment one begins to
show signs of over fatigue or debilita-
tion he is taken out of service and sent
back to hospital to recuperate.
The hospitals provided for them by
the army must very nearly approach
the horses idea of heaven. 1t is JOY
to go into one of the convalescent
wards" especially at meal times
Sometimes the convalescents stand al
most nose to nose, and if the horse
across the way gets his hay first there
is a terrible hullabalOo.
Fed Four Times Day.
All the horses in hospitals are fed
four times q day. The more deblitated
ones are fed five and six times. When
they are particularly run down and in
danger of being mistaken for boneyard
hatrackS of some sort, the patients get
nothing but cooked foods, and they
fairly revel in them. They have tOnicS,
too, and it is remarkable to see the
Improvement in their condition that
a few weeks work. The diet for "de-
bilities" consists of oatmeal Cruel, lin
seed Cruel boiled turnips and scalded
oats. Later they get crushed oats and
chonped hay and almost before they
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
When Their Task Was Done
Smiling Tommies Took
Them All Prisoners.
WAS MIX up IN THE DARK
Night Work of Sappers on the Somme
Results 10 Mystifying Scene
Berlin Report Silent on
the Episode.

LOndon.-Barbed wire was once
looked upon as an invention of the
devil by attackers out at the firing line
in France. That time has passed.
Germany's great preparations for wire
defenses have proved more trouble
some to themselves than to the Brit
ish forces in many cases and in one
instance provided little party that
is one of the great jokes of the Somme
fighting. The story was told to the
New York Sun correspondent by Off
GERS home on leave.
1t might be explained that Germany
before the war had not been satisfied
with the usual wooden stakes for
stringing wires in front of intrench-
ments. German ingenuity had invent
stringing the wire and a corkscrew
end which allowed of it's being drilled
into the ground noiselessly. Sooner or
later England adopted the same de-
vice, but for many months the troops
that repaired the wires out in no
mans land were wont to find their
way about in the dark by feeling the
posts and acting accordingly.
Hailed as a Blessing.
When the new stakes made their
appearance they were heralded as a
blessing by the Four Hundred and
Twentieth field company of royal en-
gineers under command of Lieut. Billie
R. He led his section up through
reporting to the infantry officer in
charge, grOped his way out through a
sap to no mans land, where he was
to repair whatever damaged entangle-
ments he found.
'It's mighty dark" whispered Billie
to Sergeant Armstrong. 81 wonder
why they don't put up some lights"
Both sides wiring, SIR" Armstrong
answered, "and both got out covering
patrols"
'Of course that's it; come along"
Out there in the dark and mist you
can never be certain of what happens,
but later events proved that the two
hostile patrols must have met unex-
pectedly and actually become inter-
mingled before the situation was real
lied. 1t was fine little melee, men
feeling each other for Identification
and stabbing with the bayonet at the
first shadow of certainty.
Attacks His Comrade.
A German wiring party blundering
along attracted Billie's attention and
he turned to see a wounded British
private bump into Armstrong and at
tempt to stab the sergeant, taking him
for German. That made the situa-
ton clear. The British patrol was go
ing north while the German patrol, fol-
lowed by wiring party, was creeping
south, and the two had become mixed
Bring the section up here" ordered
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

"poing House
inside
the
"You just simply know intuition" they
rarely get by without being
"What formula? a
distance The holding looking
srolled
he
of
a
of
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the men squirmed in suppressed glee.
"It's our line, all right" said Bells,
''for the communication trench we
came through isn't thirty yards off,"
"Show me-" commanded Billie,
creeping forward with the sapper.
They were soon close to pile Of pick
cts thrown on the ground and with his
fingers, Billie felt the unmistakable
German construction of the cOrkscrew
end.
The whispered debate that took
place when Billie got back to his men
is still matter Of much talk in the
rest huts. The question Of what &C
tion to adopt in the emergency was
debated there in the mist of the early
morning, sappers disagreeing with SER
geant or criticizing the theories of
their commissioned officers. The ar
gument ended with a decision that 1t
was an infantry Job, so Billie sent
Armstrong to report In the hrst-nne
trench, while he led his men around
the German party, which was still Ia
boriously repairing the British entan-
clements.
Berlin Report Silent.
The noiseless and bloodless capture
of over 60 Germans was never men
toned in the official reports emanating
from Berlin. When party Of men Is
sent out and is never seen again 1t
slightly unnerves it's successors.
1t had been expected that the repair
of the entanglements would be 49,
hour job, but as the sun came up,
Lieutenant Billie was officially in
formed that sowing to certain circum-
stances the fourth section Of the -Four
Hundred and Twentieth field company,
r. E., will regard themselves as or
duty for "a hours"
Daylight showed the wires neatly
repaired, new stakes driven and ev-
erything in shipshape, while several
miles back of the British lines tired
party Of bewildered Germans ques-
toned each other as to how it all hap
pened.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

10 genuine?' he asked.
He a
&sth the ationt the money perfectly
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

cried akota he Sioux The for having this
outlined by Steele
follows:
acquired
boldly between National
Of
beautiful Washington"
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
WAR HAS MANY EQUINE HEROES

know it are in the cOnvaleScent ward.
The operating rooms with their big
beds spread upon the concrete floors
are as CHEEKY and immaculate as if
| intended for human beings. For all
except the most minor operations an
anaeSthetic is administered.
"The horses take the chlorOform re-
markably WE'LL" said the officer COM
manding one Of the hospitals to the
correspondent Of the Associated Press.
II don't think we have lost but one
patient in the last six MONTHS"
Patient" seems a most appropriate
designation for the horses. They are
very pictures Of patience until they
reach the stage of cOnvalescence. Each
patient has a little aluminium tag and
hospital chart which tells his age,
color, where he came from, what he
shall have to eat and drink and take,
when he shall have q nice hot bath,
and various notations as to his condi-
ton and behavior. There is a personal
touch about the treatment of the horses
which in itself bespeaks the esteem
in which they are held. Walking about
the wards the genial 30. c." had a kind
word or two for his patients. It
seemed a particularly human thing to
do.
A Glass Eye for One.
''This old charger" he said of one,
''is great favorite in the hospital. lie
has been one of the bravest Of the
brave, has lost an eye in battle, and so
we call him Nelson. 1 am going to
send to Paris and get him a good
glass eye before he goes back to the
'front.'"
So thorough is the work of the vet
erinary service that If a patient de-
velopS a contagious disease all the
horses in the unit from which he came
are called in for disinfection and ex-
animation. SO successful is the work
that 80 per cent of all sick cases and
Casualties" are returned to active
service.
"If we were dealing with human be-
ings," said the officer commanding,
tive could run the percentage up to
the nineties. But unfortunately in
dealing with the horses we have at
times to weigh their cases in the scales
of pounds, shillingS and pence. In 9TH
er words, we have to decide whether
it will pay to save the animal. Is he
too old to be of much service when he
is cured, or will the. course of treat
ment be so long and expensive as to
outweigh the value of future useful
ness? In striving for war efficiency
and the highest pOtentiality of horse
power all these things must be con-
sidered. 1t is the old, old story again
of the survival Of the first. There is
no other way"
Some idea of the number of Ameri-
can horses doing their bit'' in the war
can be gained from the fact that 40
per cent of all admitted to hospital
come from the United States.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

good without being expensive, but it
should be warm and ventilated, dry
and so arranged that as much sun
shine as possible may get in to keep
it dry and healthy.
Sunshine is a great germ killer, but
should be aided by lime sprinkled
where it will help control cholera and
other diseases. Don't cut off the re-
turns from the mortgage-raiser by sup
plying wet floors, filth, and dark quar-
ters.
Individual hog cots and houses serve
a good purpose at farrowing time.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

in the caribbean
oil supply
the German submarines
itsreaized
those afforded by American
merchant available
authorities
suspicion clearing with full this
a Of
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
WRIGHT IS READY
TO SERVE COUNTRY

New York.-Orville Wright,
inventor of the airplane, an
nounced that in case Of war with
Germany he would abandon his
private affairs and offer his
services to the government to
help organize an aerial army.
II cannot offer to manufacture
war machines, because I have
disposed Of my interests in the
manufact airing end of the busi-
ness" Wright said, ''but I GER
tainly VIII do everything I can
for the country"
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
WHEN TO WEAN LITTLE PIGS
ter Sucking at Two Months Is
Most Profitable.

Nature has taught the SOW and
teaches the little pigs when they
should be weaned.
Sometimes the SOW sucking the lit
ter two months old pays big, for the
pigs make enough more growth to pay
for the extra feed.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

FTUHKIIH SLeeI6, JT., washington du-
thority on sculpture, is carried out.
This statue is 1.-THE Scout" the
work of Cyrus E. Dallin, standing
about ten feet high. For this statue
Mr.. Dallin received a gold medal at
the Panama-Pacific exposition. 1t is
temporarily located in Kansas City,
having been recently cast in bronze.
A Sioux brave is shown on his
pony, and so impressive is the work
and so true to type that when a num-
ber of Sioux Indians saw the effigy
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
SUPPLY BROOD sow SHELTER
Structure May Be Good Without Be-
ing Expensive-It Should Be
Warm and Ventilated.

(By L. A. WEAVER, Missouri College of
Agriculture.)
Extremes of cold and heat injure
estic animals, and it is especially
necessary to furnish good shelter for
the brood SOW. The shelter may be
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
.BOTTLE-TIGHT SHEEP BARNS
Provide Proper Ventilation With Doors
Opening to the South-Exercise
in Sheltered Yard.

The sheep barn should be bottle
tight with the proper ventilation, with
big doors opening to the south.
These doors should be open on pleas
ant days, so the sheep can exercise in
q sheltered yard.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

WHIIe HOUSt, dHu WHU pTOUdUIy HdS
welcomed more newly married couples
than any other individual in Wash
ington ever has seen.
Dalrymple has been on duty at
the White House since 1903. It is
said that nine out of every ten bridal
couples that come to Washington on
their honeymoon visit the White
House. AS Dalrymple is on duty in
the daytime, he catches them all.
His 13 years of duty at the exec
11tivo offices hoe roodo him on o6on+
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
RoUGHNEss GOOD FOR SHEEP
siderable Quantity Of Slower,
g Straw, Hay and SiIage.

Sheep are able to consume consid-
cradle roughage such as stover, straw,
hay and silage.
For this reason they are able to
convert coarse farm products into NUT
ton and wool. With pasture and rough
age not much grain is required to fat
ten the animals.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

their supply Of fuel oil and provisions.
Naval experts who have been con-
suited have expressed the conviction
that the only possible sources of the
Tampico, Mexico, or in the United
States. American or other neutral
tank ships are suspected of being the
medium through which oil is conveyed
to the submarines. Naval officers are
also convinced that one or more Ger
man submarine bases are being main
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
MWESHH[NGI&@Y{2 MWES I RM -
GOSSIP! -. s zE| E!|z(!|
Uncle Sam Searching for German Submarine Base

X1 ASHINGTONA
believed be operating off the
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
Equestrian Indian Statue for National Capital

LAST the national capital equestrian
which suggested the Smithsonian
sonian buildings and the New National
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
White House Policeman Always Picks NewIyweds

.nOPING spotng
~ life of Policeman Darymp
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03

the money experts OF the government
examine it and see where the trouble
lies.
It was one of the new "two-bit"
pieces. The Maine resident thought
it was counterfeit, and when the coin
was tested by the amateurs at the
White House executive offices, they,
too, agreed with him.
One Of the secret service men at
tached to the executive mansion was
told Of the existence of the alleged
The Benson signal., 1917-03-03
Crack in New Quarter Makes 1t Seem Counterfeit

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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
HAIG LAUNCHES
DRIVE ON LENS


London, Aug. 15-Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haigs forces attacked the
German positions along a wide front
early. this morning from Lens to the
northeast of Ioos. The official state
ment says the Efitislt are making
progress satisfactorily.
Gen. Haig reports that the British
troops have carried the German first
line at all points of the front attack
ed. -.
The statement says: @
1--WE attacked early this morning,
on wide front from the northwestern.
outskirts of Lens to the Bois Hugo
northeast of Loos. =
"Our troops have carried the first
lines of defense at all points and
are making satisfactory progress.
"a hostile counter attack east OF.
the Cite St. Emile was completely
crushed.
"Our allies gained further ground
during the night northwest. of Blk
schoote.
Hostile raiding parties attacked
our new positions last night east OF
Klein Zillebeke. but they were COM
pletely Eepulsed, leaving IA prisoners
in our hands.
s'The stormy weather, continues
Heavy rain again has fallen"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
FRENCH ADVANCE
NEAR DIXINUDE ROAD

: Paris, August 15-The French att
tackled in Belgium last night and
made a considerable advance in the
region of the Dixmude road, the war
office announces.
The Germans directed a heavy ar
tillery fire against the French first,
lines on the Aisne front between Hur-
tebise and Craenne. On the Verdun
front the French repulsed German
attacks.
The statement follows:
I'm Belgium our troops made con-
siderable progress west of the Dix
nude road.
Between Hurtebise and Craonne
our first lines were pombarded heav-.
lily. A surprise attack against one OF
our small posts on Vauclerc plauteau
was repulsed completely.
1.-The artillery fighting continued
with great activity all night on both
banks of the Meuse. To the left of
the river we repulsed an attack west
of hill 304.
Everywhere else the night passed
in quiet"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15
ARMS COMP ANY
STRIKERS WILL
RETURN TO JOB
Informally Decide to Give
UP Struggle to Enforce
Demands.
GRINDERS WILL GO
TO FACTORY AS UNIT
Polishers Will Be Treated
With AS Individuals BY
Company.


The strikers of the Remington Arms
Co. have informally decided to return
to work and it is expected the end Of
this week will see the last Of them
back ON the jobs.
Grinders. who came out with the
polishers, will go back as unit They
had no grievance, but walked out in
sympathy. The company is willing to
take them back Immediately as there
is great need of them.
The polshers will be treated " .sl1
as individuals and will have to apply
for their jobs as such.
Strikers attributed the failure Of the
strike today to the lack of organiza-
tion of the metal trades workers. The
time wasn't ripe, they nova believe. This
knachinists1 were expected to strike In
kympathy with the polishers, but 1t
was the belief of the strikers that any
action by the nachin:sts couldn't be
accomplished for a week, and the de-
lay was not approved.
A mass meeting will be>heId tonigfai
az which 1t is expected the strikers wa
vote 10 return.
John J. Flynn and James Darr. in
gternational officers Of the Metal Pol
ishers union left here last night. They
had been in favor of the strikers re-
turning before. but the latter believed
they could obtain amelioration of all
their grievances.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-15

and buy up the Seconds left over
stuff. Then they bring it in here and
sell in n4competition with men who are
selling fresh-picked fruit and yege-
tables.
I'VE have taken the matter up with
the government supervisor of markets
and are awaiting word from him. At
the meeting last night, however, the
sentiment was all to the effect that If
Bridgeport wants the spectators and
their seconds it can have them,
and the growers will send their stuff
to cities north Of here
I'VE have two large motor trucks,
which will make transportation an
easy matter
The lot is really a public parking
place, which the city rents at $400 a
year. The view of Mayor Wilson,
it is claimed, is that the growers who
have been using the place have boost
ed prices beyond reason. Citation OF
the market prices of New Haven pro
duce is made to substantiate his views.
The police today assert that moth
ing that is not grown in Connecticut,
except peaches and watermelons, is
sold now on the lot. The so-called
spectators are buying their market
stuff from Connecticut growers. they
claim. t
The charge Of Speculation" they
say comes with bad grace from the
growers, whose prices they assert have
beeen unreasonajbly high.
The opening of the lot to others
than the growers in the association
will mean cheaper food for Bridge
port in the opinion of the police.