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Sharp County record., 1917-02-09

The Newport Citizen reports that
John Keel Of Jackson county is
thinking seriously Of making the
race for congress next year. That
is by long odds the biggest joke Of
the season so far.
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
NORTH ARKANSAS
| NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Some Of The Latest Happen
ings In The Counties That
Surround Sharp.

Mrs. Albert Hunter of Battle Axe
was placed in the insane asylum last
week. She lost her mind in a severe
illness.
Thomas and Ben Vickery earned
SIS in three days last week digging
manganese ore at Anderson, lizard
county.
Randolph county gins put up
four thousand more bales of cotton
during the season just closed than
during the previous season.
Farmers of Baxter county are
preparing to form an organization
for the purpose of borrowing money
under the federal farm loan act.
A news item from Little Rock
says that Representative j. D. Doyle
of Lawrence county is a prospective
candidate for state treasurer in the
next primaries.
Norman C. Wolff announces that
he will shortly begin the erection Of
a model hotel at Newport. The
building is to be of red pressed brick
and will cost $60,000
Here is the way Attorney Geo. G..
Dent Of Annievile expressed it to
the Imboden Journal: Hush little
saloon, don't you cry; you'll be a
drug store by and bly,"
A revival meeting in the Metho-
dist church at Pocahontas, which
closed last week, resulted in twelve
additions to the church. The SER
vices were in charge of Evangelist
Mcintosh of Iuka, Miss.
One day last week D. Y. Boyce,
farmer living near Pfeiffer, sold
two bushels of homegrown navy
beans at Batesville. For the beans
he received nearly enough money
to purchase two barrels of -four.
Isaac Less of Walnut Ridge, who
had been a prominent figure in
Lawrence county for forty years,
died last week. Mr.. Less was being
taken to st. Louis for treatment and
died on the train en- route to that
city.
Ex-Governor Malcolm r. Patterson
Of Tennessee made temperance
address at Newport last Friday un-
der auspices of the Anti'Saloon
League. Gov. Patterson is touring
the country In the interest Of nation
wide prohibition.
W. H. Richards Of Cotter has an
almanac and pocket memoranda
book which was published in 1885 |
The book contains pictures Of the
most prominent politicians at that
time, It was sold for one shilling |
when published.
While doctoring a sick horse o
few days ago George Brown of Dal-
ton, Randolph county, came near
losing his life, when the animal
paved him viciously on the fore
head He was quite III for a time,
but will recover.
The Batesville Broom Factory
last week shipped a car load Of
brooms to Pine Bluff dealers. This
faa,a... aai.I q mn n.aa.a. I.,.l,a |
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09

January, and the plant is running
at full capacity, turning out As
dozen brooms a day. q.
Bart Baker, who resides at Band
Mill postoffice, lizard county, was
toying With 22-calibre pistol one
day last week when the weapon was
discharged, the ball entering one of
his legs just below the knee, making
a very painful wound.
Geo. H. Trevathan and family
are now located at their home here,
and Mr.. Trevathan's health is some
what impro we'd, and he is assured
that rest and treatment can be of
more benefit here at home than in
other sections-Batesville Guard.
Senator H. L. Ponder will intro
duce bill in the general assembly
placing the circuit clerk and sheriff
of Lawrence county back on a fee
basis Senator Ponder says as the
law now stands as to these two off
GERS the county is losing money on
the salary system.
Road work is In progress between
Arkana and Mountain Home. An
oil tractor and grader belonging to
the county is doing the ditchine and
grading. Baxter county purchased
this machinery about a year ago,
and since that time approximately
100 miles of county roads have
been put into excellent condition.
The old family mare, the old
sorrel mare that had been in the
Doyle family for "a years and help
ed to raise all the thrifty children
OF Judge j. D. Doyle, died last week.
With her demise there was weeping
and wailing among the younger set
of Doyle children, as we'll as among
the older ones. Walnut Ridge Blade.
Nathan Fleming, a negro Of Beth
esda, last week presented the circuit
clerk of Independence county
deed issued to him by the state . x
Arkansas to be recorded. The deed
was dated 1880, was signed by d. w.
Lear, then commissioner of state
lands, and is the Oldest deed ever
recorded in that county.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hauerkin Of near
Mountain Home we're injured in a
runaway one day last week, Mr..
Hauerkin sustaining fractures OF
several ribs and Mrs. Hauerkin be.
ing badly bruised. A spring seat
slipped, throwing them from a
wagon in which they were riding
and frightening the team so that
runaway occurred.
The reinforced concrete floor
over the basement in the GARAGE of
the Henderson-Wood Automobile
Co, of Walnut Ridge fell In one
night lately, carrying with II eight
or ten new automobiles, which
were considerably damaged. A new ,
car belonging to Representative
j, d. Doyle Of Lawrence county was
crushed in the wreck. The damage
to cars and buildings Is csti mated
at $4,000,
Shorty" Defts, who was placed
in the peDiteDtlary January II,
having been convicted of robbine
the bank at Ravenden and sentenced
to ten years In state prison, escaped
from the state convict farm at
Cummins last week. Defts attacked
a guard, took his pistol and escaped,
firing one shot at the guard. Defts
escaped from the pehItentiary only
q few months before he committed
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09

The lower house Of the legisla.
ture has passed a bill reducing the
legal rate of interest from ten to
eight per cent, and the matter is up
to the senate. That bill is in the
interest of the poor man, who, by
the way, is the only man who is
required to pay ten per cent inter-
est. The man who has money can
get other thousands to operate on
at five, six and never over eight
per cent, and would be surprised if
asked to pay ten per cent.
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09

Editor Neill Brooks of the Calico
Rock Progress runs a moving pict-
ure show as a side line to his paper,
and the editor of the Imboden Jour-
nal writes fire insurance to assist
him in fighting the high cost Of
printing material. The high cost Of
printing material is something for
the newspaper man to worry about,
you can believe us.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
MIAMI PRESENTS BAPTIST
CONVENTION WITH HOSPITAL
Institution Costing $1OO.OOO To be
Built at Once: Enid Next
Meeting Place.

McAI.ESTER. OKLA, Dec. 1.-THE
climax to the round Of thrills that
have taken place during the anpuai
state general convention of the Bap-
lists OF Oklahoma took place just be-
fore the close, when Rev. c. C. stub
blefield of Miami announced that the
people of his city wished TO present TO
the convention 100000 hospital,
fully paid for.
The site for the hospital has al
ready been secured. Located on 1t IS
a ten-room two-story building which
will be used for a nurses home. TO
show that the gift was backed by
cash Reverend Stubblefield displayed
deposit slips showing that there was
in n bank at Miami to the credit OF
the hospital $4,000
Previous to this announcement DR..
F. M. Mcconnell had stirred the peo-
pie to high pitch OF enthusiasm by
announcing that the mission board
had gone cover the top" with $35.-
262.50 raised for mission work In
oklahoma. With these sums raised
the Baptist institutions OF Oklahoma
are enriched to the amount OF sl6s.
1880, making 1t convention which
for success has never been before
equalled. declared leaders.
Before closing the convention the
delegates unanimously voted Enid as
the next city In which the convention
will be held.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
MAKE CONVENTION PLANS
Retail Dealers OF State Will Convene
in Annual Convention Hero
in February

At the regular monthly meeting Of
the board Of directors of the Retail
Merchants association held at the Y.
NJ. C. A. last night; a communication
was read from the president OF the
state merchants association which
confirmed the dates Of February 20
and 2l for the annual convention
which will be held in Tulsa.
Details of the program that will be
followed during the two days conven-
ton will be worked out by commit
tee appointed by President Bumgar-
ner. The committee is composed OF
s II. King, jr., l. G. Rosser and l.. T..
Abbott.
meeting of the trades extension
committee will be held Monday eve-
ming for the purpose of discussing CO.
operative advertising to increase the
out-of-town trade, especially during
the holidays. The ammunition to be
used In this campaign will not only
be larger assortments to select from,
but the refunding of railroad fare.
1t was the sense Of the meeting that
local stores should begin holding open
evenings on the last Thursday before
Christmas and to continue this until
Christmas eve. City Attorney Pohn
Meserve was guest at the meeting
and spoke on ways to eliminate the
itinerant merchant.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
IN MIDNIGHT
FIRES IS $4,000
Furniture Stock in Basement
of Kennedy Building Ruined p
by Fire and Water.
SIX NEGRO RESIDENCES BURN
Firemen Called Upon to Fight
Three Simultaneous Con-
flagrations.
SIX NEGRO RESIDENCES BURN

Three fires reported almost stimuli
ta neously near midnight gave the
Tulsa fire department a strenuous
two hours fight early this morning
whit miniature blizzard raging.
Six residences on North Frankfort.
belonging to negroes. were destroyed at
an approximate loss of $1,000; dam
age to stock of the Western Bank
Supply company in the basement of
the Kennedy building and to the build
ing itself was estimated at $40, 500,
and a small frame building at the cor
ner of First and Boulder was de-
stroyed, the loss being not over $500.
North Frankfort fire gave the de
partment It's greatest trouble and
while 1t was under control at o'clock
several streams OF water still were be
ing poured into the ruins. While the
exact cause OF this fire Is not known
1t started in a house owned by Doctor
Bridgewater Belief was expressed that
1t was caught from a gas stove wher
the pressure came on strong after hav-
ing been extremely low when the
family retired.
Fire in the Kennedy building started
among trash in. the basement was dis.
covered by William Haughton, night
watchman. BY the time firemen had
forced an entrance. smoke was pour
ing from windows all the way up to
the top Of the eight-story structure
Altho the conflagration was confined
to the basement, considerable dana &C
is believed to have been done to the
furniture in the offices in the floors
above nv smoke In the basement was
stored several thousand dollars worth
Of furniture from the stock Of the
Western Bank Supply company. Thi.
Uas nra cficallx q tntal lnss
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
.WLL|STAS AMBUSHED IN
SANTA CLARA CANYON
Four Hundred Reported Killed
During Scrimmage; Lopez
Believed in Command.

JUAREZ. Dec. 7.--Combined coll
umns Of federal cavalry in command
OF General Francisco Murguia and
General Pedro Eavela ambushed a
large band OF Villa followers In Santa
Clara canyon, rs miles northwest OF
Chihuahua city Tuesday. according TO
an official statement given out at mill
tary headquarters here tonight. A
total of four hundred were killed and
wounded on both sides. The villa
forces suffered the heaviest losses
from the enfilading fire OF the federal
force
An unconfirmed report was received
here tonight that Hipolito villa.
brother of Francisco villa, and a
colonel In his command, was killed
during the fighting. At military head
quarters, Colonel Joaquin Gomez
Tagle, chief OF staff. said no official
reports had been received from Chi
huahua city referring to the killing OF
Villas brother.
Tho command was believed to have
teen that headed by Martin Lopez,
which attacked a train at Ell Mocho
last week and killed General Eduardo
Chavez and practically all OF his es-
cort. Francisco villa was not be-
lieved to have been present In person.
This caused the report that Hipolito
was killed TO be doubted in official
circles here.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
Rescuers Are Forced to Aban-
don Explosion Victims to
Terrible Fate.
RELIEF MEASURES EXPEDITED
Trainload After Trainload of
Supplies and Workmen Go
From United States.

HALIFAX. Dec. 7.---Stricken Hall
fax was swept tonight by a raging
blizzard. So fierce was the storm that
rescue workers were forced to suspend
their operations in the devastated
section. 1t is believed certain taht all
the injured buried under the ruins of
shattered buildings have perished OF
cold and hunger.
Battered by bftter wind and blind
ing snow. the plight OF the survivors
of yesterdays holocaust is little short
Of desperate. The windows and doors
of virtually every house in tho city
were shattered by the explosion which
wrecked the Richmond section and
devastated a large part of the water
front. Improvised barricades OF boards
give little protection against the ele-
ments and attempts to heat buildings
into which the snow Is steadily drift
ing are hopeless.
Disaster Increasing.
As the day wore on the immensely
Of~the disaster increases rather than
diminishes Hundreds of bodies were
taken to the morgues and the rescue
squads were constantly finding new
victims buried under tons OF debris
until the blizzard forced them to cease
work. There is every reason to be-
lieve that many more will be recov-
cred.
No concerted effort has been made
as yet to compile a list of the dead. az
every effort Is being made TO identify
those who perished. The condition
Of the bodies makes this exceedingly
difficult and a large proportion OF
those who lost their lives will be
| buried as "nameless dead" There Is
no reason. however. to change the es-
| innate OF two thousand dead and three
thousand injured.
Fire Under Control.
The fires which had been rastne
for "a hours In the north end were
brought under control early today and
the city is no longer menaced by .
conflagration. 49,.
Two special American Red Gross
trains carrying the personnel and tht
equipment OF an entire base hospita
unit with additional doctors. nurses
and social workers. foodstuffs, bed
ding, clothing and surgical supplies
were rushing thru New England TO-
night to the stricken city Specia
arrangements for their prompt move
ment has been made by the raiirpaa'
over which they were to pass.
The property loss was estimateu ~
between sZ5,000,00O and S3O.0o0,oo,
and the number OF destitute at upwaro
of twenty thousand In statement -
sued tonight by Justice Harris. chair
man Of the citizens finance committee
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
Empty Stocking Fund

For the past eight conducted department
known as the Empty Stocking Fund Thru this FUNDS
be used IN candy and toys to f the stockings OF the a
as empty PITY on morning chrsas Eve when they We're
the
colo nsh. Eondenty expecting Santa Claus to his annual
deviation The World this
Ing desires to to liberal Tulsa that plans have been
pleed TO handle all donations
Of donation be promptly thru the
its fule. should feature the giving to this fund
OF Will expended
Of candy and part will be used to m the hearts
while VIII
purchase Of shoes and clothing
families
hold nothing
but
o or earth will toward men"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED
BY FORT SMITH COUNCIL
All Unions Decide TO Force Claims OF
Telephone Girlss More Than
1000 Effected.

FORT SMITH. Ark, Dec. IA
general strike of all organized labor
in Fort Smith was called tonight TO
take effect at Z O'Clock Saturday morn
ing, TO force a settlement between the
Southwestern Bell Telephone company
and It's union oprators who have been
On strike since September 10. The
strike was called by an allied crafts
committee representing every organ
lied trade, which was empowered by a
mass meeting wednesday night to set
q date for such a strike Is settle
ment was not reached.
The strike order effects about 100
men engaged in - trades and at pres
ent IL confined to Fort Smith. The
Missouri Pacific shopmen In Van
Burcn, near here, where operators are
also on strike. voted tonight to strike
on cali of the Fort smith strike COM
mittee.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
OKLAHOMA SWEPT
BY REAL BLIZZARD
Thousands of Cattle Suffering
on Western Plains in Six
Inches of Snow.
TULSA SHIvERS WITH REST
Norther Keeps Thermometer
Under Freezing Point; Gas
Supply insufficient.

Oklahoma since noon yesterday
has been swept by the first blizzard
of the year and Tulsa shivers with
the rest of the state. In spite of gas
wells to the west of her, gas wells to
the east OF her. gas wells to the north
of her and gas wells to the south
bursting with fuel. Tulsans not only
are discomforted but they arc suf-
fering.
Downtown restaurants last night
placed an embargo on the serving OF
certain standard dishes--simply be-
cause they did not have gas enough
to cook them. From out the residence
districts many complaints came TO
The World that gas fires were
going completely out. In The
World offices workmen shivered
while for several hours In the early
part of the evening there was not
enough gas to keep the metal in the
linotypes hot enough to cast.
While every possible means was
used TO prepare for the approaching
storm there was much suffering
among the tents on the outskirts OF
Tulsa where actually hundreds are
living.
From all over the state come re-
ports of snow and tumbling tempera-
lures. Thousands of cattle on the
western plains of the state were re-
ported suffering severely from freez-
ing and six inches of snow.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
TO REGISTER WOMEN MONDAY
Booths VIII Be Maintained ThruOut
the City; Information for
tho Government.

The registration booths for women
for womans registration week. begin
ming netx Monday, will be at the city
library, the Red Cross headquarters,
and all the city churches. The regis.
tration will begin next Monday and
continue every day thruout the entire
week. The purpose Of the registration
is 10 obtain information for the gov
ernment as to the number OF women
in the country available for every
kind Of work connected with war ac-
tiyities In case the government should
desire to call upon them.
In many Of the cities registration
has already been held. New Orleans
recently completed it, registration.
where $4,000 women were registered,
10 600 OF whom were white and $4,000
negroes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
Raging Blizzard Adding Ta Nv q.
Misery of Stricken Halifax
Those Building Permits.

Total building permits issued
during the first week of Decem-
ber amounted to sllO,l50. Yes
tcrday's permits represented
values amounting to fls,l50.
Among the permits issued was
one to j. Edgar Pew, president
of the Carter OIL company. for
repairs on his residence at t443
South Cheyenne. which wns
wrecked by dynamite explosion
early one morning several weeks
ago. The house was virtually
shattered. and II was at first
thot IL would have to he rebuilt
entirely Police and detectives
have never been able to trace the
identity of the miscreant who
committed the crime.
Other permits were 20 Alva A.
layne for l6 houses on First and
Second streets to cost $4,000. and
TO 8. A. Gilmore for II houses In
West Tulsa at Hopkins and At
lanta, to cost $500.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
CLAREM0RE FIRE CHIEF OUT
Former Member OF Tulsa. Department
Probably to Take Place at Blehcart.

NrCi.AREMORE Okla, Dec. Is. j..
Turk. chief of the Claremore fire de-
partment for the past year, has ten
dered his resignation to the city coun-
Gil to take effect the 12th> OF the
present month. He gave as his reascn n
for resigning dissatisfaction with the
Internal workings OF the department.
Chief Turk came to Claremore from
Tulsa, where he served three years on
the fire department OF that city. re
Ia conceded to be one OF the most eI-
ficient fire fighters In the state, He
has n ,ucrative position offered him at
Bigheart In the oil field.
Ills successor has not yet been
chosen.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
New Line Stronger.

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
| NORTHERN ITALY. Thursday, Dec.
6.-The big operation which the
enemy is attempting In the north IL
virtually repetition of the turning
movement he executed six weeks ago
In the great offensive above Gorilla
The Austro German attack on Meletta
not only affects the lines in that region
but II the enemy could pierce thru
and drive his way southwark on TO
the plains, 1t might place him on tho
left flank OF the Piave lines,
The line east OF Asiago probably is
stronger today than before the retire.
ment yesterday as II Is now a straight
line.
New Lines Strengthened.
Formerly 1t WAS like long In.
verted letter u with the Italians on
the inside OF the and the enemy on
the outside. II has been established
that while Field Marshal Conrad Won
Hetzendorff is directing the move
ment, General Won Krobatln's forces
also are cooperating. In addition to
the superiority In numbers, the
Austro- Germans are taking advantage
OF the backward season and are strik-
| Ing before the mountain SHOWS Inn
pede operations.
The weather this year happens to
| be favorable to the enemy. The snow
Is only few inches deep whereas
in December the snow usually reaches
depth of from four to ten feet
Russians Release Prisoners.
| Austrian prisoners taken in the
last few days say that the release of
the Russian prisoners held in Austria
began ten days ago. Austria took the
initiative In this without waiting for
Russia to release Austrian prisoners.
Each Russian prisoner schooled care
fully in Ausria's desire to end the war
and the whole body of these Russian
prisoners was returned to Russia as
a sort of propaganda for terminating
the struggle.
The splendid showing the Italians
made single handed on the Asiago
plateau Is leading TO the frequent
remark that the Asiago plateau win
be the Italian Nerdm.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
AIRMEN
WOUNDED IN FIGHT

WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.--Amcri-
can army airmcn fighting the
German planes on the western
front have suffered their first
casualty. Two men. corporal
and private. were today report
cd wounded.
No report OF the engagement In
which the Americans were
wounded was forwarded.
They are:
Corporal Waller 4. Warren:
sister. Mrs. Ida Smith. 800 Smiu,
street. Dublin. Ga.
Private Edward y. Ebscn:
father. George II. Ebsen. Buffa-
10, Mo.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
American Aviator Brings
DOWn Enemy During Duel

PARIS. Dec. Major william
Thaw OF the Lafayette escadrille
brought down a German airplane In
duel over the enemy's line on
"Wednesday. according to a telephone
message received in Paris last night,
says the Herald today.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
The Weather.

TULSA, Dec T.
Maximum 80: min,.
mum 10: north winds
and cloudy skies; two
inches OF snow. p
OKLAHOMA FORE.
CAST: Saturday fsir,
not 40 cold In west
portion Sunday fair
warmer.
LOUISIANA: Satui'
day fair. colder: coi,,
wave IN east and south
portion: Sunday far,
not so cold In north
portion. freezing to tha
coast Sunday morning
ARKANSAS: satu,'
day fair, colder in eas.
portion; Sunday fair,
rising temperature.
EAST TEXAS: SAT.
irday fair, colder except
in northwest portion,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-08
REBELS SEIZE VLAOIvOSTOK
Bolsheviki Now Control Great
Trans-Siberian Railway to
Pacific Port.
ITALIANS SUFFER REVERSAL
Western Wing Turned; Ger
mans Claim 1000 Addi-
tional Prisoners.

JASSY. Rumania. Thursday. Dec. &.
1t has been decided that the Ru-
manian troops shall associate them
selves with the Russians in the pro-
posed ormistice tho the Rumanians
have rejected every attempt at frater-
nization. says an official announce
ment made here today. Hostilities
were suspended today on the whole
front.