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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10

We are sorry, now, that
we announced this collection
for dispersal, piece by
piece.
After seeing it set out in
the historic rooms built for
it Au QuGtrieme, we realize
that it should have been
kept in its entirety as a per-
manent record of American
history.
Even now, it is not too
late for some half dozen in
dividuals to take it over and
present it to the Metropoli-
tan or other representative
museum.
Meanwhile - before its
dispersal or removal-zthe
collection should be viewed
by hundreds Of thousands
of Americans, residents Of
our community and visitors
within our city.
For it is of national i'm
portance.
To keep it intact as long
as possible we are asking
purchasers to defer deliv-
cries to at least the end Of
September.
1t is the only large collec-
ton of early American fur
niture that has been put on
the market in years.
1t surpasses in complete
ness many of the museum
collections and contains
nearly one thousand five
h un dred authenticated
pieces of furniture made
one hundred and fifty years
ago.
1t affords a historic
study Of life in Colonial
days, where each piece of
furniture is a silent witness
to what went on in the house
it occupied; to custom and
styles borrowed from Eng
land and France, and to
adaptations made to suit the
needs Of the new country.
Best of all it is an AMER
ICAN COLLECTION-all
American made" - and
much of it made from ma
tive American woods-ma-
pie, pine and cherry.
at gives me the real
thrill of patriotism to see
these fine old things" said
a visitor, who saw them in
the arranging. an their
way they are products of
the same ideals for which
we are fighting today"
The country was going
through a period of suffer.
ing when this furniture was
fashioned. 1t had no luxury
laws. There were no lux
uries to tax. 1t was fight
ing for it's life. 1t slept on
high four posters and low
trundle beds, with rope
Springs" in cold rooms,
cooked over the crane in
open fireplaces, sat on hard
straight chairs-they had
backbone-these people, our
forefathers!
There's a lesson in this
exhibition for all America.
The collection ought to be
in a movable museum that
could 60 over the country
preaching its gospel of
rugged simplicity, thrift
and utility, honesty and
straight up -and-down-ness.
It is a record of the charac.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
KANSAS CORN CROP SHORT.
Smallest Harvest But One in ~
Years Reported.

TOPEKA. Kan, Sept. 9.--The 1918 Kan
sas corn crop. with one exception. will
be the smallest harvested in this State
during the last forty-four years. accord
ing to the September crop report issued
tonight by Edward c. Paxton, field
agent of the United States Department
of Agriculture for Kansas.
A condition of % per cent of normal
on September corn, the report states. in
dicates an average yield Of 1882 bushels
an acre and a total production of only
53.700.000 bushels for the State, ms COM
pared with 12S.266, 900 bushels last year
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10

ter of the American patriots
who founded our homeland
and then shed their blood to
make it free.
The collection was 10
years in the assembling.
Piece by piece Wallace
Nutting selected it from the
homes of New England,
New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, wherever he could
find a fine example.
So successful was his
quest, it is agreed by ex-
perts that the collection
stands above any other of
its kind in our country.
Not even in the Pendleton
collection in Providence, the
Bolles collection in the Met
ropolitan Museum or in In
dependence Hall is there so
representative or intimate
nor nearly so large an as
semblage Of early American
furniture.
The collection is known
from the East Coast to the
West. Motorists from all
parts of the country have
visited the Wallace Nutting
Chain of Houses in New
England. Sixty thousand
people paid entrance fees in
a year, as the register re-
cord.
And in his series of Colo
NAL photographs, which are
in more than a million
homes, Mr.. Nutting has
made permanent records of
this fine old furniture,
which is now being sold
owing to war conditions and
a desire to carry on other
financial ventures.
To give this distinguished
furniture a suitable setting,
a series of Colonial rooms
has been built on the floor
of antiques, which repro
duce in detail many parts
of the houses from which
the collection comes.
These rooms are histori-
cal in their associations.
And in their paneling and
proportions and almost
classic simplicity, they rep
resent what may be called
the finest period of Amer
lean architecture and good
taste-an influence we'll cal
culated to bring up a ma
ton in uprightness and
graciousness."
There is the Yorktown
Parlor, so called because
George Washington and his
staff met there in the stormy
days of 1871 and planned
the campaign of Yorktown
which ended the Revolution
airy War.
The dining-room with it's
beautiful fiat pilastered
mantel ard it's old picture
paper on the walls is a rep
lica of the dining-room in
the Wentworth Gardiner
House in Portsmouth.
The great kitchen, with
it's huge fireplace, its rows
Of shining pewter, and the
crane hung with pots and
kettles, is constructed on
the model of the kitchen in
the Portsmouth House.
The bedrooms are simple,
restful chambers, paneled
with mouldinps. copied
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
A BUTTERFLY TABLE

One Of the rarest pieces
in the collection is a maple
butterfly table that has
never been restored in any
way. The beautiful color
of the top and the fine condi-
ton of the table make it
noteworthy, $3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
rim Accused OF Tax DodginR.

:, BOSTON. Sept. 9.--The Federal Grand
sury returned indictments to-day against
w hrm OF English q O'Brien, wool
S' snnts OF this city, II alleged that
.hlIe me income tax returns filed by the
80 M tor 1917 indicated an income OF
ssovioS the actual income was not less
Pnan $3.50, 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10

publican. incumbent; e. Dorsey Etchi-
| son. Democrat.
Only a light vote was polled In the
contested districts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
WINDSOR CHAIRS

The three houses whose
contents were purchased by
the Wanamaker Store con-
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
BROUGHT STACKER AND MOON
 SINNER FROM OKLAHOMA.
Special Deputy Sheriffs Pigg and Pike Take John and Bill
 Hendricks.

w Homer Pigg and George Pike, special deputy sheriffs, came in from Bethel, Ok, Monday evening having in their custody John and Bill Ken driks, father and son, the first want ed for moonshining and the second for failure to respond to the call of the local exemption board of Montgomery county. The men were both lodged in the county jail Monday night, the first to await directions from J. s. Barkman, internal revenue inspector, and the second to await orders from Camp Pike.
 Messrs. Pigg and Pike left Mena Monday morning at 3 o'clock in Ad Dickson's auto with papers for Bill Hendricks only, and they expected to find him in some of the lumber camps about Smithville, but finally located him at Trumbull's mill, 24 miles be- yond, near Bethel. When they reached camp they found that John Hendricks, whom they knew was wanted for moonshining, was also in camp, hav- ing reached there on Sunday, so they took both into custody.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
FRENCH ATTACK
 ON l2-NILE FRONT
Make Gains of as Much as i Miles in Depth--Americans Using Big Guns-Huns Glad to Sur
 render.

London, Aug. 20.-Acc0rding to the latest advices reaching London the front of this mornings attack by the French extended over fifteen miles Good progress has been made every where, according to reports and the advance on this front since Saturday is now over 1 miles at it's maximum depth.
 The French Tenth Army attacked this morning on a front of ten miles between the Disc and the Aisne and reached a maximum depth of tive miles, according to a dispatch from the battle front
 The advance of the French troops endangers the whole German position at Soissons and on the river Aisne. Ii is possible that the Germans now will withdraw to the Chemin-des-Dam
 Before 9 o'clock this morning the French captured 500 Germans in the sector attacked.
 North of Rove the French have talk en the Bracquemont and Fendu woods and have occupied the greater part oi Beuvraignes, according to advices Ii also is reported that they have made progress to the southwest of Beuv' raignes.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
STARVE AND KILL 10000 PRISONERS
Turks Even More Indifferent Than Germans to Welfare of Captives Not Interested in Ex-
 change.

London, Aug. 20-Figures just re- vealed show that upwards of 10000 British and Indian prisoners taken by the Turks have been starved to death or killed by Turkish brutality.
 The total number of British and Indian prisoners taken by the Turks up to July 1, 1918, is 15,279.
 Of these, the Turkish prisoners of war committee considers it unlikely that more than 5000 officers and men, if that many, remain alive.
 Prisoners in Germany, as miserable as is their lot, are far better off, than the unfortunate victims of Turkish neglect and brutality
 And starvation cannot be kept away from prisoners in Turkish camps by means of food parcels from home.
 Even when it was possible to send food parcels to these men, three out of four were never delivered, and for five months now the parcel post to Turkey has been entirely suspended by Austria.
 Apart from famine, the men in Turkish camps died from lack of clothing, blankets and medicinal sup plies.
 Officers may have money sent them from home with which to buy the only food they get. But this is paid in Turkish paper, which has decreased in value so that with the exorbitani prices charged the prisoners for food they are little better off than the pri- yates.
 There are cases of officers in Turk ish camps exhausted all their savings at home thru this Turk method of permitting" them to buy food. And Turkey shows no interest in exchang- ing prisoners, knowing the British treat prisoners well.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
Hrns Glnd to Surrender.

With the British Army in France, Aug. 20.--In response to pressure ap- piled first at one and then another part of the line, the Germans on sew eral portions of the front continue to give ground The German troops which have been encountered in the past several days, especially during the operations in which Outtersteen ridge was captured and consolidated, seem to have lost greatly in fighting efficiency. Of nearly TOO German cap tured during the Outtersteen opera tion, many surrendered tamely, after securing their rations and personal belongings.
 That General Ludendorff is display ing anxiety regarding a possible shortage of horses in the German army is indicated in secret order just captured. The order cautioned all commanders not to expend their horses as they cannot be replaced. The men must understand that this is necessary in order to continue the war until victory is reached" It has been ascertained that 900 remounts recently received by one German for nation were composed of horses taken from officers.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
GERMANS GIVE UP
 DRIVE 10 COAST
Withdrawal of Forces in MerviIle Sec tor of Lys Salient Definitely Indi- eates Defeat for Present
 British Follow Closely.

With the British Army in France Aug. 20-By withdrawing their forces iii the MervilIe sector of the Lys salient the Germans definitely have given up one of the points from which a drive for Calais logically would be launched. This is taken to indicate that the German high com mand has, at least for the time being abandoned hope of reaching the coast and now. perhaps, is chiefly concerned with getting the German lines back to place of greater security.
 The withdrawal here has been ex. pected for some time and it continued last night and today even to a slight ly broader front than that of yester. day The retirement marked the con elusion and failure of the effort which Germany launched early in the spring to finish off" the British army by driving thru to the sea.
 Other withdrawals continue and the British, taking advantage of the op portunity, have at various place: pushed forward where the enemy has left small garrisons. The British alse have battered in the enemy at places where he was not quite ready to re tire, such as between Vaux- -Berquil and the Hazebrouck- -Bailleul railway Here a local operation gained all tn l obiectives, the British advancing thei lines some distance ard capturing on officer and 1S1 of other ranks
 Aside from desire to get out { the ground which has been extremel unprofitable for them to hold, ar where the British, by reason of the superior positions, are able to poun them day and night, the Germans, i retiring, possibly have another me tive; namely, to establish strategi defense against the operations of tn tanks should they anywhere be at tackled by the British.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
MARRIED MEN MEN NOT
 EXEMPT AS CLASS
Married Status Will Mean Nothing Under New Draft Law Unless They Support Wives-"Work
 or Fight" Is Consistent.

Washington, Aug, 19.-No general exemption of married men simply be- cause of their marriage status is con- templated by the war department in preparing for the proposed extension of draft ages, Secretary Baker de- clared here today in a statement be- fore the House military committee on the new administration man power bill.
 Congress prepared today to enact quickly the new man power legisla- tion, extending the draft age limits to IS and 45 years, for the American military program which General March, chief of staff, told the House military committee should win the war in 1919.
 While the House committee began work on the bill by hearing General March, Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder, the Senate set aside it's summer vacation again in order to take up the measure Thursday. It appeared probable that the bill would be debated simultane- ously in the Senate and House the last of the week and passed soon thereafter.
 Before the House committee, Sec retary Baker and his aids again urged action on the bill, discussing various phases of the enlarged program which oII of ,.lx 4 Americans in France by June 30, 1919, with another million in training in this country.
 Predicting that the war will be won or lost on the western front, regard less of what happens elsewhere, Gen eral March told the committee that with 80 trained American divisions of about 45000 men each, in France, un- der an American commander, victory ought to rest on American arms next year. Reiterating his belief that such force could go thru the German lines at will, General March went further and electified the committed by declaring such force would bring the war to a successful conclusion in 1919."
 Plans for calling new registrants under the proposals, explained by Secretary Baker, provide for thref classes. probably to be called in or der that those between 19 and 31 years of age, those between 37 and 45 and those between IS and 19.
 The secretary told the committed that his previous statement of the de partment's intention to liberalize the draft regulations in. dealing with the older men to be made subject to call had been misconstrued. He said there was no intention to exempt married men as a class and that married men who do not support their wives or are not engaged in useful occupations will be called as they now are.
 Discussing the "work or fight amendment of Senator Thomas of Colorado, to the Senate bill, Secretary Baker said it "seems entirely consist ent" with the present regulations and is unobjectionable He said it does not provide for conscription of labor as contended by representatives ot organized labor, but merely would be declaration by Congress of the work or fight" principle already put into effect by the draft regulations.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
NOWHERE RECANHUNS
 STOP.THE ALLIES
Give Ground in Sectors From Sois- sons to Belgian Border and Retreat Is Inevitable-s,O00 Prisoners
 Taken.

New York, Aug 21.-From Sois- sons to the Belgian border the Ger man armies in various important sec tors are being put to the test by the French and British. And it is 9 test that seemingly bodes ill for the leu tonic arms, for nowhere have they been able to sustain the shocks, says Associated Press summary.
 Northwest of Soissons, from the Aisne to the Disc, north of the Disc to the region around Rove; in the Arras sector and northward on the famous Lys salient the Germans ev- anywhere have been compelled to fall back under the pressure of the French and British troops.
 Mangin Scores Big Gain.
 In new offensive launched by the French General Mangin over 6 front of approximately 15h miles from Pimpery on the Disc to the Aisne, near Sossons, the French in bitter fighting have carried forward their line to an average depth of two and half miles and in the first phases of the battle had turned to French pos sessions numerous enemy held villages and farms. In addition more than 5000 Germans had been herded be- hind the line, prisoners
 At last reports Mangin's men were still hard after the enemy, and un- official accounts placed the French on various sectors we'll in advance of the positions outlined in the French of ticial communication.
 Germans Retreating Along Scarpe.
 Along the Scarpe river, east of Ar ras, Field Marshal Haig's forces also have kept up their harassing tactics against the enemy, who has been com pelled to fall back eastward along the Scarpe river, The Germans resisted vigorously. but all to no purpose, and the British advanced their lines to the east of the village of Fampoux Northward the Lys salient again had been narrowed down by the oper- ations of the British. who north oi Merville have taken the villages oi Vierhoek and I.aI.eCourenne and als' reached the hamlet of L'Epinette.
 Altogether the new victories of tn
 allied troops are highly importan ones. The advance of the Frencl northwest of Soissons, taken in con junction with their successful manneu vers on the Lassigny sector, and soutl of Rove. where Beuyraignes has beer l captured seemingly means that thu enemy forces from the Somme to tho ] Disc scon must give up their positions and retreat eastward It seems not improbable now Noycn is we'll out ! hanked on the south and southeast and the German line is none too secure north of Soissons, that the enemy will be under the necessity of moving his troops northward from the Vesle to- ward, if not across, the Aisne. The Germans in the Merville sector of thc Lys salient everywhere are be- ing closely followed by the British, as they give up positions under attack, and at last accounts they were show ing no indication that an immediate halt is in their mind
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
l,450,OOO MEN IN
 KHAKI AT FRONT
That Number Includes Those Sent to Italy and Siberia as We'll as to France, March Declares-S0
 Divisions to june.

Washington, Aug. 17.-More than one million, four hundred and fifty thousand American soldiers have been embarked from the United States General March today informed the Senate military committee.
 This number includes the men sent to Italy and Siberia, as well as those who were sent to France.
 Speaking of the American program General March said that 1t is now pro posed to put eighty divisions ot American troops in France by June SC of next year.
 Discussing the battle situation ir France, the American chief of staff drew attention to the fact that tho Germans have now voluntarily sur. rendered positions of their lines al four places.
 He placed no construction of hi; own on this, but it was taken as ar indication of an expected further with drawal of the enemy.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
WERE ANXIOUS FOR CAPTURE.
Sixty Prussian Machine Gunners Sur.
 render to Americans.

With the American Army on the Vesle Front, Aug 20.-Sixty Prus- sians have been taken prisoner by the Americans near Fismette, north of Fishes, without either side firing a shot. The Prussians were machine gunners and all that remained of a company which had been in line less than a month
 American attachments went out a few nights ago, the location of the machine gun having been reported by prisoner. According to the Ameri- cans, the Prussians were waiting to Dc taken prisoners. The intelligence of ficer who questioned the Prussians as- serted that they nearly all had agreed to surrender if the slightest oppor- tunity arose.
 The Americans who took the pris- oners 6o not claim any credit for the capture, declaring that the Prussians virtually deserted their posts.
 A German prisoner taken Sunday told an intelligence officer he believed that if the battle line receded to Ger many proper the fighting spirit of the German soldiers will be greatly stimu- lated.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
CAUCHRON LIKELY
 ID BE EXECUTED
Governor Probably Will Not Pre- vent Electrocution Set for Friday Insanity Experts Do Not Find
 Cause for Clemency.

From The Arkansas Gazette.
 Altho Governor Brough yesterday had no statement to make concerning the case of Ben Caughron, who is in the death cell awaiting his execution next Friday for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles Kirkland of Polk county, indications are that there will be no intercession. During the week many voiunlinous petitions have been received from Polk county citizens and county officials. protesting against the exercise of executive clemency in Caughron's behalf. Some of these pe- titions say that Caughron crime is worse than the murder for which Eli Daffron of Polk county recently was executed. Daffron killed A. D. Boat ner, and it was said that the affair was personal difficulty Kirkland, member of a sheriff's posse, was killed in battle with draft-resisters, and petitions from Polk county state that Caughron was the leader of a gang ol IcSlStcFS anu law NtutdtofS Huhi- bering from 15 to 40.
 During the last week, Governor Trough had Caughron examined by Dr, R. F. Darnall, clinical director, and Dr. C. Arkebauer, senior assist ant surgeon of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, and their report, made yesterday, says that they "have failed to find sufficient evidence to jus tify the belief that there is in this man impairment of either intellectual or emotional spheres" Dr. R. B. Cor ney, one of the penitentiary physi- clans, who also has had Caughron un- der observation. practically concurs in this opinion. Dr. Coney adds, how ever, that the only mark of insanity is an indication of incipient degen- eracy. While the governor yesterday would not say positively that he would not commute the death sentence the indications are that there will be no exercise of clemency and that Caugh- ron will pay the penalty Friday morrf- ing.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-22
BRITISH IN ROVE
 RALLY STATION
Satisfactory Progress Being Made by French Army Under General Man gin-German Attempt at
 Drive Failed.

London, Aug, l9 British troops today captured the railway station at Rove, according to the latest news re- ceived this evening from the Anglo Branch battle front.
 The attack today by the Tenth French army under General Mangin was brought to a satisfactory conclu- sion All the objectives were obtained. The French entered the village of Le Hamel, north of Ribecourt, which rep resents an advance of one mile and three quarters.