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The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Port Hudson. Mich. Nov. 12-Caua
dian customs officials have taken steps
10 prevent smuggling of sugar into
this city from Canada. Baby car
riages have been used in the opera
tons Of those seeking to smuggle
small quantities Of sugar, II is said.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

The Ambassador of Great Britain
and Lady Spring Rice have returned
TO the embassy in Connecticut ave-
1ue from a ten days visit at Ottawa,
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Amsterdam. Nov. l2-The Hungari-
an government is reported in a Buda-
pest dispatch TO have ordered that
the entire stocks of cereals OF the
country be requisitioned.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Manila. Nov. l2-The house has
adoptcd joint resolution authorizing
the governor general TO offer TO build
for the United States at the ex-
pense OF the Philippine government
n destroyer and a submarine.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

An important meeting of the Army
Relief Society will be held at Rausch-
er's this morning at 10 o'clock, when
all the members are requested to at
tend.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Bombay, Nov. l2-Edwin Samuel
AontaSu. appointed secretary for
India last July. has arrived here.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Lewiston. Ne, Nov 1.-THE Rev
Thomas +. Butler, for twenty-thrce
years pastor OF St. Joscph's Catholic
Church. in this city. died here after
n long illness. He was born in County
Limerick, ireland. in 1876.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

COPENHAGEN, Nov 1.-THE secrc-
tarics OF the Russian Legation have
decided TO resign in a body il the
Workmen's and Soldiers delegates
succeeded in establishing a govern
ment in Russia.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Miss Mary Reuter- was hostess at
a small but enjoyable party at her
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13
HOROSCOPE.

The stars incline, but do not compel
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

National TheateT
Tuesday. Nov. -
80
Pm e. SO.
500. $50. Sl.Go.
Boxes. $40
On sale az Mrs..
GTugnes Ticket Of
10 IN DrOcpis. 18Th
AMI q.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-13

Mrs. Z. II. Warder will present her
granddaughter. Miss Louise Thoron,
to society at tea to be given wednes-
day afternoon from to : o'clock. Mrs.
Narder is occupying her home at ISIS
y street this season for the first time
several years.
Miss Thoron returned to Washington
from New York with her mother, Mrs.
Harry Leonard. and they are at their
residence, III X street, for the win
teer.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-05-25
STEFANO CHERQUO
MURDERED
Putnam Man Was Shot Through Stomach
While Waiting for Train to Putnam
in Worcester Railroad Station
Had Lived 10 This City About Year.
He and His Wife Mill Operatives

Stefano Cherquo, 80 years old, OF As
School street, Putnam, was shot
through the stomach while ne was
waiting for train to Putnam at the
Worcester railroad station Sunday ev-
ening He died shortly after s o'clock
at City Hospital.
Gaetano Barbato. %, whom theWor-
cester police say admitted that he did
the shooting, was caught on franklin
street after being chased by large
crowd. He was taken to the police
murder.
| just what the motive for the shoot
Ing was the police say they have not
ascertained but believe it was the res
ult of previous quarrel. The police
allege that Barbsto said that he feared
Cherquo was trying to attack him so
shot first. The police believe that the
man went TO the railroad station for
the purpose OF making an assault.
| Cherquo wert to Worcester Sunday
to visit Lugs Rossi. Shortly before s
O'Clock the two friends accom- panied
by 4 third and also by Rossi's wife
went to the Union station. Cherquo
bought his ticket to Putnam and then
went out to the trainshed.
| According TO the police Barbato fol-
lowed Cherquo to the train shed and
approached him, when, Barbato says,
Cherquo grasped him by the coat and
asked him what he wanted. In reply
Barbsto is alleged to have drawn his
revolver and fired the shot. N
Rossi started in persuit and the po-
lice say that Barbato also admits firing
a shot at Rossi. He was captured after
chase during which witness says
he saw Barbato throw a revolver away.
Barbato told the police that two
months ago he was attacked by Rossi
and cut across the knuckles OF the
right hand, which caused him to be
absent from his employment for two
weeks. He did not say what the cause
of this trouble WAS. he claimed that
he was told Rossi and Chsrquo In
tended to injure him and for that rea-
son shot Cherquo.
He could give no reason for follow.
ing Cherquo and Rossi to Union sta.
ton and to the trainshed.
The Putnam police were notified OF
the killing and informed Cherquo's
wife, who took . midnight train to
Worcester.
Cherquo and his wife work In the
Manhasset mill. He worked In the
card room and she runs spinners. They
have no children. They have lived in
Putnam about . year.
The body was brought to Putnam
Tuesday morning and in the afternoon
q funeral service was held from st.
Mary's church and burial was In St.
Mary's cemetery.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-05-25
Grand Jury Finds True Bill

The Windham county grand jury,
sitting stsWilnmantic, Tuesday found
q true bill for murder in the hrst degr
against Mytio Denxel Of Willimsntic
who shot and killed his brother In
law, A pril 18th, while he was coming
from the mill.
Members of The grind jury from this
end of the county were: Robert M.
Balch, Ashford; A. NJ. Keith, East
ford; A. l.. Mills, Hampton; F. II.
Paine, Pomfret; Hector Divert, Put
nam; Claus A. Hagstrsn, Thompson,
and Oliver A. Hiscox, Woodstock.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-05-25
To Form Pig Club
Bows and Girls Between 10 and Is Years
Eligible

John j. Simms of the Connecticut
Agricultural College, Storrs, came TO
Putnam Tuesday and will remain
some days. He is here in the interests
of forming Pig Clubs and all children
between the ages of 10 and Is years are
eligible to join. The clubs viii be or
ganized and conducted through the
Windham County Farmers Associa-
ton and information will be furnished
by b. w. Ellis, county agent, upon
application.
The pig clubs are another departure
of the food preparedness campaign
and the raising Of pigs, what kind
best to raise, and the financial and
business aspects of the business will be
taught. The pig clubs will conserve,
first, the spare time OF the members;
second, the waste from the table used
for the pigs food.
No child neeC remain out Of the club
because of lack of money to buy 4 pig
Arrangements will be made for finsnc
ing the individuals where necessary
the money to be repaid at later date
Mr.. Simms will form clubs through
out the state. Already clubs have
been formed in New Haven and Tol
land counties and are proving interest
| ing and successful.
At meeting of the Connecticut Ed
itorial Association held Monday it wa
voted to appropriate $50 to be divided
in prizes of $40, SIS, $40 and S. to b.
awarded at one ,of the fairs held thi
| fall to the person raising the fattes
rig. Other prizes are expected to b
| offered to encourage the raising of pigs
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-05-25
0vERWORKED MOTHER
r;rds Health In Our Vinol

Collinsville, Ill.-"I suffered from a
,ervoI1s breakdown and terrible head
aches and was tired all over, totally
worn ont and discouraged but as | had
q large family had to work despite my
suffering | saw Vinol advertised and
decided to try it, and within two weeks
I noticed a decided Improvement, and
now I am a well woman. Mrs. ANA
BECKER. ,..: oa
liver and iron tonic, TO strengthen and
build up weak, rundown, oyerworked
mothers
IF. Donahne, Druggist, Putnam
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
Anniversary of Death
 of Benjamin Brain, Unde-
 feated English Champion

British boxing fans will today re- call the vanished triunnphs of Benja- min Brain, the undefeated heavy weight champion of England who was vanquished by death 123 years ago today. A fine tomb has been erected to commemorate the valor of the great Benjamin. He became cham pion of England by defeating Tom Johnson, porter from the London docks who had succeeded to the title after the death of Harry Sellers. AL though Johnson was great fighter, famed for speed. strength and gener- alship in the ring, he was no match for Brain in the championship battle pulled off at Wrotham, Kent, Jan. 17, 1791. In the very first round Brain felled the champion, who was so badly shaken up that he lost the cool ness that had before always distin- guished him. Johnson, enraged, went at his opponent like a mad bull, which was exactly what Brain want ed. In slugging match, such as de- veloped, Johnson was no match for the bigger and stronger Brain, and at the end of 21 minutes of fighting Brain was the undisputed heavy weight champion of England. He was still at the height of his powers when he died on Dec. ', 1791. His successor was Daniel Mendoza. the first Hebrew to hold a pugilistic title.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

anger It holds that Japan is even contemplating the construction of transcontipentaI railroad in South America, and that she is increasing her sea traffic. It is evident that the paper is joyously anticipating that all this rivalry will create serious fric- tion, and that here will be Germany's chance.
 The paper predicts that not the British merchant, but the American and Japanese are likely to supplant the much-hated German in the South American market, and says that the economic centre formerly in Europe is being gradually shifted to Washing ton. It deplores the fact that Ger many's chances decrease with so much competition, saying that Ger many was the one country able to compete with the United States be. fore the war, chiefly owing to the fact that the Germans knew how to accommodate. themselves to the na- tives, and that even today American methods and distrust are causing much dissatisfaction.
 Dislike of Americans" the paper asserts, will increase after the war, as the Americans have not gone into the field purely for commercial rea- sons but also for political ones This is not the case with the German mer- chant, which condition reacts in Ger manys favor. Gerlnany's reliability and solidarity of interests is also an important factor, and the many Ger mans established in tho "A B c States will not allow German merchants to be forgotten"
 The Volkszeitung considers that Germany still has some chance of controlling the field and of holding America in check, owing to the Teu- tons great adaptability and business capacity, and also owing to the all leged fact that Germany and the South American States fill each oth- CTS natural export and import needs.
 The ustrial-annexationist na- tional liberal Weser Zeitung refers to Japan's great needs of expansion and industrial development in Q country producing raw materials. It says Ja- pan has been able to expand in China undisturbed by other powers, but that her ideas of expansion are not only directed toward China, but across the Pacific, especially since the taking of the German colonies, which form an important line of communication
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
TEUTONS UNEASY OVER TRADE LOSS;
 STIR JEALOUSY

The Hague, Dec. 1.-The German press has been devoting space to Ia discussion of the South American market, and it is by no means recon ciled to the abandonment of that sphere after the war, hoping to profit from Ang1o-American-J rival- ry in South America and counting on the many Germans already estalb- li5hed there to hold the commercial fort and be ready for action iunme- diately after the conflict ceases.
 The chief aim of many of these ar- ticles IS the stirring up Of tr ot1ble among other nations concerned in this market. Thus the Cologne Volks- zeitung points to Americas great effort to oust the Germans from the Central and South American commer- ciai stronghold, attributing the eff forts largely to Washington's desire to acquire political leadership in those states, and asserting that this is the Fan American Bureaus object.
 An effort is likewise being made to plant the shaft of Jealousy of the United States in the British commer- elal breast by continually saying that It Is not only Germany which suffers from Americas '1mperialistic de- sires,' but that even Britain is being deprivec of her merchant fleet by the United States requisitionlng all ships under construction in America.
 The volkszeitung says that Amer fca's trade expansion must necessarily conflict economically and politically with England's interests, and that the latter Is already suffering from speculation in that market, while America has almost treDled her ex- ports to South America from 1914 to 1s1e The paper then refers to Ja- pans aggressiveness in those states, and says she has taken Frances plan fin regard to exports. especially in the ease Of BraxtI with which she is now ''elossly cosupeEaking to Auerica,s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

l could not stant it any longer. | wes all in my lowe, organs. At times could hardly walk
 for if I stepped on [ littlo stone 1 would almost faint. On day l did faint ant my husband W a; sent for and the doc
 tor came. was ta
 ken to the hoanite
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

Clinton Soloman of Wakelee ave- nue, Stratford, was assessed s5 last evening by Deputy Judge Frank E. Blakeman in the Stratford town court charged with using abusive language
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

nd stayed four weeks but when 1 cam, nome I would faint just the same ant aad the same pains.
 A friend who is nurso asked me ny Lydia [. PinkhaE s Vegetable Cor. aound. began taking it thatvcryGs for l was suffering Q great deal. ItE: already done me moro good than t! hospital. To anyone who i1 cufFerin. as was my advice is to stop in the frs drugstore and get bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham'o Vegetable Compound before you go home. Mrs. w. c. BROWN. 2aaA ". l2th St., Cleveland. Ohio
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

to Samuel Pollitz, conductor on a Derby trolley car. Patrolman H. Briggs Barnum made the arrest.
 Steals a Railroad Tie
 Telling the court that he did not have any wood to make a fire at his home, John Krohan of Surf avenue, charged with stealing a railroad tie from the Connecticut Co.'S property, Stratford avenue was given a sus- pended fine of $5 last evening by De- putty Judge Blakeman.
 Fined for Smoking : It costs Matthew Farley of Milford $5 and costs for smoking in closed trolley car Sunday evening. He was warned by the conductor to throw the cigarette away but refused. Pa trolman Barnum arrested Farley.
 Bridge Party
 The Weatogue Country club bridge prizes were won Wednesday by the following women: Mrs. David L.. Mrs. E. L. Warner, Mrs. C.. W. Johnson, Mrs. c. J. Whitten, Mrs. Charles K. Stagg and Mrs. F. J.. Hughes. Six tables of cards were played. A knitting bee social is be- ing planned for Dec. 12.
 Personals
 Miss Anna Braitling of S90 Broad street, Stratford, left Wednesday for Caldwell, N. J., where she will spend two weeks vacation.
 CORTEZ O. ROCKWELL, plumb ing and heating; jobbing a specially. 3051 Main and Hillside avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
for South America.

TOT South America.
 The paper argues that even in peace time Japan was a shipping and com mercial nation, with serious political aims, and encouraged immigration to South America, where the Japanese had nothing to fear economically or politically, in preference to California or Canada. It says that during the war these efforts have increased and have led to the opening of three new shipping lines to. South America, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

that as the war deprived Argentina of
 the influx of many workmen, Jap
 anese filled these places and will not be busted after the The paper considers it significant that the To-
 kohoma Specie Bank opened a branch
 in Rio Janeiro this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

The most important question in the inter-allied conference was the man power of the allies and the ene- mics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

Those labor men who in this crisis are defying both the government and the Federation of Labor, of course, don't expect ever to ask any favors again from the American people.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

Three of the most prominent of the S4 defendants on trial for trying to foment a plot in India pleaded gull ty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS JUST ARRIVED
 JOHH ANtnE q SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07
EUUk WEtKS
 IN HOSPITAL No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin- ally Cured by Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
 Compound.

Cleveland, Ohio. -"For years I sui. fered so sometimes it seemed ss though
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-07

CORTEZ 0. ROCKWELL, plumb ing and heating; jobbing a speciality. 3051 Main and Hillside avenue. Phone 114-23. B 10 "tf
The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-07
LOUISIANA IS AMBITIOUS.
The State Fair Promisies to Be the
 Largest in History.

The State Fair of Louisiana man agement certainly believes ifI bright prospects when they declare that they have set their mark for fifty per cent larger and better show than was staged last year and they have the City of Shreveport on the move preparing to take care of i50000 peo- pie.
 There are many reasons why 1t IS possible for the coming Fair to eclipse anything in it's history. First the institution made some money last year; second. financial conditions are going to be better, for if the spend ing of one billion dollars in this country during the last two years by the Allies has created such won derful prosperity, we can at least expect for as good or better while they are buying s7,000,00000e worth of American products: and last, but not least, the management feels that it is their patriotic duty as an agri- cultural institution to do their ut most in the encouraging of better farming. and better livestock, which is the only legitimate aim of the fair.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-07
POLK COUNTY FOR
 BETTER SCHOOLS
Twenty-Four of the Eighty Dis. tricts Vote More Than Old 7-MiIl Limit = Thirty-Nine In-
 creased Tax.

County Superintendent ". Homer Pisg has just concluded checking the returns of the school districts of the county for the annual election recently held, and he finds that 76 of the 80 in the county had made re- port to the county clerk, that of the remaining four, two, districts 74 and i5, had failed to hold an election District No. 3S had not been heard from and district No. l3 had voted no tax. Out of the eighty districts thirty-nine have voted an increased tax over that voted in 1916. Twen- ty-four districts voted tax beyond the maximum of mills, which had been the limit before the constitu- tional an4cndment was adopted lasi fall
 The districts which have reported and the tax levied is as follows:
 Twelve miils-Board Camp, Egger Hatfield, Hartley, Welcome Home Elm Springs, Hickory Ridge, Inde- pendence, Mountain Fork. Center Union Grave, Mena.
 Ten mills s-Grannis, Wickes, Hat ton, Cove, Crystal Hill, West View Shady Grove, Heath Valley, Lower Big Fork.
 Nine mills-Big Fork, Ransom.
 Eight mills Pleasant Hill.
 Seven -Corinth, Old Potter, Eureka. Hillard, Powell, Rocky, West Valley, Center Point, Acorn, Cedar, Thacker. Shiloah. Old Cove, Overturf, New Hope, Alder Springs, Oak Hill, Bog Springs, Ozark, Brushy, Rich Mountain, Pine Grove, Oak Ridge, Bunch. Cross Mountain, Baker, Vandervoort, Potter.
 Six mills McCauley, Midway.
 Five mills-Dallas, Nunley, Holly Springs. Concord, Springdale, Holly Grove. Womac Spur, Gam, Shady Point Liberty Happy Hill, Flat Marble Hill. Pine Hill, Opal, Oliver. Creek. Mill Creek. Lone Valley
 Four mills-H Highland.
 Three mills Two Mile.
 Two and one-half mills-Towery.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-07
GREAT OFFENSIVE l. ON BRITISH FRONT
Fighting to Be Reconsideration Parliament Creates Consternation in German Press-The French
 Retake Positions.

London, June 5.--All of the famil- far signs which have heralded the coming of a great offensive are re- ported today from the British front in France, and everything points to the near approach of resumption of fighting on a great scale along the western front
 The thunder of the British big guns has increased day by day in plume, while trench raids and other feintings for positions multiply ill number.
 The relative Hull in the war the- aters has no counterpart in the field of politics, where events are nov ing rapidly.
 The opening of the Austrian par lament has had an effect something akin to consternation in the Ger man press. The pro-German organs especially are filled with gloomy predictions over the political situa- ton in the dual monarchy.
 The most interesting feature in the meager official reports is the repeated announcement of the tre- menduous artillery duel which is in progress around the little Belgian village of Wyt5chaete, about five miles south of Ypres.
 From this point as far south as the famous Vimy ridge, thirty miles the guns are roaring day and night apparently indicating that Genera Haig has chosen this wide sector for his next big blow.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-07
KING DAVD" VAS
 A MAASTERRP||E P|ECE
Created and Staged by Mrs. A. II. Scoggin, the Drama as Given Last Night Was Superb
 in Every Aspect.

The presentation Tuesday at the Lyric Airdome, of King David" in honor of the visiting delegates of the Fort Smith District of the Arr kansas Federation of Woman's Clubs, proved to be the most splendid dra- matic production ever given in Mena, and safe to say, rarely equaled anywhere. It is a matter for congratulatlon that every seat in the Airdome was occupied.
 Mrs. Scoggin, in addition to creat-
 ing the drama from Biblical history, trained the large caste, directed the costumiag and details of the produc- tion, and took the difficult role of AbsaIom, the much beloved but err
 ng and traitorous son of King David and Maacah. playing the part with rare ability.
 Of Mrs. F. E. DeLongy, in the roll of King David, it can only be said that she seemed to live the part. There was a sincerity in her every line that could not be denied. Mrs. k. J. Baker as Bathsheba, the beautiful mother of Solomon. and Mrs. A. J. Robbins, as Maacah, royal wife of King David and mother of Absalom. in widely varying and op- posing roles, were convincing, the part of each being true to ideals in every movement.
 
 Little Miss Mary Baker as Solomon al i years, was a jewel, and her ap- pearance made a beautiful scene. Miss Kathleen Holt, representing the same character at the age of i2 and lS. carried the story forward in de- lighful manners
 Mrs. R. H. Nall in tone and manner was a true type as Nathan, the pro- phet, and Mrs. Clarence Nall as court fool and chief musician to King David was all that could be asked, as also were Mrs. N. II. OneaI as at tendant to King David. and Mrs. J. T. Spring as a beautiful damsel min istering 10 the dying ruler.
 Other characters, all we'll present. ed and costumed. were by Mrs. Fred Smith. Mrs. Samuel Riding. Miss Mae Parker, Miss Emily pipkin, Mrs. w. J. Stratton. Mrs Fred Van Mag- ner, Miss Jane perrett Miss Bethel Van Wagner, and Miss Miriam Smith
 A beautiful feature of the drama was the graceful dance by a bevy of attractive young ladies led by Miss Maxine Jackson The dancers were: Misses Maxine Jackson, Leo nora Weirauch, Leal St John, Mar garet Gilmore, Bessie Roberts, Kath- leen Robert, Miriam smith, Mary ConneIl, lone Golf. Virgelia Golf. As children in the play were Villa Nina pipkin. Juanise Scoggin, Ellen Lauck, 0uida Riding, Larita Scog- gin, Helen Baker, Ramona Brown, land Samuel Riding, Jrs and Roy Webb, as black slaves, created audi Ible notice whenever they appeared. Miss Kathleen Robert very sweet Fly gave two songs between acts. The eossuming, rich and appro- |priate in every detail, would do credit to any like play staged by professionals.
 Mrs. Minor Pipkin introduced the drama in manner both Illuminating and witty.