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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
SOON BE FISHING

Many citizens, especially the small boy species, are overhauling their last years fishing tackle with a view of soon attempting to catch a mess of trout
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
White Kid Gloves, $2.50

Without pair of clean white kid gloves is almost as bad as wearing a velvet hat with your spring clothing. Although prices for kid gloves have gone up, you can expect to secure a full measure of satisfaction from the gloves you buy here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
Silk Top Union Suits, $l.75

For the woman that likes to wear a silk garment, yet feels that she cannot afford silk for everyday wear, these combina- tions should fill the bill. They come with Italian knit vest and lisle trunk in flesh only; tight knee and sleeveless.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
BRIGHTER SKAGWAY HERE.

The big freighter Skagway arrived from the south shortly before mid night last night with a cargo of
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
DEPATcH ARRIVED LAST NIGHT

The steamer Despatch arrived from the. south last night with so tons of freight for local merchants. She sailed southbound again immediate
 ly after discharging her cargo.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
FOUR MINUTE SPEAKERS

Minute speakers for tonight are F. w. Hebert at the Palace and J. II. Cobb at the Coliseum
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
A Great Waist Store

Difficulties seemingly unsurmountable have been overcome and, for the new sea son, this store still maintains its supremacy with a stock of waists that will rival many metropolitan store. Styles to suit every whim, taste and fancy have been provided for in this assembage now shown.
 Priced $4.50 to 5000
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19

Dins st the Gastineau. Concert every evening.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19

For the best fresh killed chicken, go to the Arcade.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
A Really Unusual Showing of Silk Dresses

Whether because of the war, the high price of cotton and the still higher price of wool, silk is to be so prime favorite for spring and sum- mer is really immaterial The fact remains that there is greater showing of beautiful silk dress
 es on our racks today than we thought would be possible to obtain for this season. The dress es made of taffeta, Georgette crepe crepe de chimes and other materials and it seems as though American designers have simply outdone them selves in the manipulation of materials and trim rings. Priced $22.50 to $4500
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
The New Printed Foulards Are Twp cally Summer Silk

There seems to be a tendency nowadays to get the most out of anything and every thing and because of this very thought, foulards are finding first place. Stunning, rich and out of the ordinary designs have been developed and with new draping eff fects in favor is there any silk that could be used to better advantage.
 Priced s275, $3.OO
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19

Private boxes and banquet rooms for parties. Alaska Grill. "s
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
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Hosiery for Everybody

A thorough combing of hosiery sources in New York and Chicago disclosed some un- usually fine buying opportunities, And we have bought very, very heavy. Just as we have found it advisable to stock up heavily you should see the wisdom of doing like wise.
 Girls Or Boys Black Cotton Hose 35c, 40c, 45c Bows Heavy Rib Black Cotton Hose 35c 40c Ladies'Black or White Cotton Hose 35c Ladies' Black or White cotton Hose outsize soc Ladies' Black or White Lisle Hose ...... soc Ladies Black or White Fibre Silk Hose .00 Ladies' Black, White, Brown Fibre Silk Hose $l.25 Ladies Allsilk Kayser Hose $$2.25
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
Pretty Silk Under-Apparel

Like all other dainty apparel. this silk underwear helps so much to make wom- ans figure show to advantage. This season, especially with light fmy silks and crepes at the height of popularity it is practically essential that you wear silk underwear and a silk corset cover under your Georgette crepe waist.
 Silk Vests, at $225, $25o, $2.75, $500
 Silk Boomers, at ....-.. $25O Pair
 Silk Chemise, at ,........... $2.5O Suit
 Silk Combinations -... $175 and $200 CO, /mc.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-19
You'd Be Surprised to See How Many Women Are Buying Their Spring Suits Now

Merely because they have come to learn that it pays to make selection while stocks completed. Furthermore spring weather will be here and there is no need to wait.
 You are sure to show the keenest delight in the collection of models ready for your choosing. All the favored materials being shown. And espe- cally blue serges in a wide range of the different styles. Priced S25.OO to S450O Coate Materials are serges tweeds, coverts and ve- ~ lours, as well as others; set off in host of ways. Some through the of their de- signs Excellent workmanship from beginning to end. Priced Sl4.5O to S35.OO
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-27
HON| FIRST ZEPPELIN WAS
 DESTROYED BY AIRPLANE

LONDON, Sept. 27-It was by a combination of magnificent heroism" and good luck" that Sub-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneton brought down the first Zeppelin destroyed by an air plane, according to q semi-official statement
 He was flying high when he sight ed the Zeppelin" the statement con tinues; otherwise he could not. with the Morane monoplane he flew. have made the height necessary to get over the Zeppelin. He effected the airships destruction by means of a bomb. a feat in which good fortune favored him.
 The force of the explosion turned his machine clean over and stopped his engine. Only by the greatest pres ence of mind and skill did he make d safe landing in Belgium, and only by that intimate knowledge of the engine did he manage. single-handed. to re- start his engine and to fly his ma chine to the British lines.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-27
Balloons Used to Direct Fire of
 Military Forces

BEHIND THE LINES IN FRANCE, Sept. 27.-Observation balloons in the allied armies are utilized not so much for the purpose of discovering possible enemy targets as for the very important task of directing artillery fire so that the targets may be de- stroyed.
 The lot of the balloon observer may be considered on a par with that of the observation aviator, except that while the aviator's risks are compen- sated by the excitement of flying, the balloon observer experiences most of the danger of the air service without any of its thrills.
 There Is one moment in the life of tEc balloon observer when he enjoys a thrill not found perhaps in aviation, and that is when, his balloon success fully attacked by an enemy aviator, he jumps over the side of his basket with no more than a parachute to sustain him in his flight to the earth. anywhere from a thousand to eight thousand feet below
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-27

GEN. 0TAUI HEADS ALLIES
 IN SIBERIA

TOXIC, Sept. 27.-General kikuzo Otani, commander of the expedition ary force of the entente allies in Si- beria, was one of the Japanese heroes of the battle of the Yalu River, four teen years ago. His staff includes the most brilliant officers of the Japanese army.
 During the Chinese war General Ot- ami. who is 62 years of age. was one of the staff officers in the i'm perial headquarters at Hiroshima. When the Russo-Japanese war began he, then major general, was ap- pointed inspector general of the Twelfth division, which belonged to the First army. under General kuroki. who startled the world by winning the first victory for Japan in the battle of the Yalu River. Later he became the commander of q brigade, and his courage and superior knowledge in tactics made him a hero of the war
 In one of the battles of the war General Otani's headquarters was found by the Russians, who crosstired it with a hail of shells. Realizing the danger, one of his staff officers ad- vised him to move. He heard the ad- vice with cOmpOsure and rejected 1t by simply saying: "I cant hear the sound of firing. I'm afraid I've be- come little deaf"
 General Otani is known as a silent man. like Field Marshal Oyama and Admiral Togo. and he is considered q great tactCian. He has an extensive knowledge of mathematics.
 Lieutenant General Mitsuye Yui. the aewly-appointed chief of staff, has long been known as one of the bright est staff officers of the Japanese army. During the Russo-Japanese war he served as the vice-chief of the staff ot the Second army under General Oku. and his brilliant tactics in the battle of Heikou, when he defeated twO Russian army corps with q sin gle division, is recorded in the history of the war. Lieutenant General Yui Is 57 years old.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
4 MILLION GREEKS
 WERE MASSACRED
Refugee Declares Germans Have Taught Turks More Efficient Brutality, and They Have
 Used It Successfully.

New York, Dec. 3i.-At least a million Greeks, men, women and children have perished as the result of organized massacres and depre dations by The Turco-Teutonsa in Asiatic Turkey, according to a state ment by Lazaros George Mercedes, son of leading merchant of Ire bizond, to the Armenian and Syri- an Relief Committee here today.
 Mercedes, who recently arrived here, says he was one of party of 2000 Greeks which was rescued by the Russian fleet which bombarded the town of 0rdou late last August, and took the refugees aboard. He had been taken to 0rdou, he said, when the Turks raided Trebizond and seized his fathers store along with those of other Greek mer- chants.
 Those of us who were between f6 and 50 were drafted into the Turkish army said Mercedes. Our women and children and the older men were placed temporarily in ho- tels and orphanages until the oppor- tunity came to dispose of them in the most approved Turco-Teutonie fashion. which in this instance turned out to be by wholesale drowning.
 The unfortunate victims drowned were lowed out for several miles in- to the Black Sea and then calmly dumped overheard just like so much garbage. None survived. German efficiency has organized the natural brutality of the Turk and made it many times more effective. l should think that, at the most conservative estimate, at least 100000 of my fellow-countrymen have perished thru the organized cruel ty of this Turco-Teutonic alliance. The ouIy hope for the future lies in America.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
POTATOES WILL HELP WIN WAR
 SAYS FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Campaign Begun to Increase Pro- duetion and Popularity of the
 White Tuber.

Washington, Dec. 3i.-The Irish potato on every table in America, every day in the year, is the object of the campaign begun today by the United States food administration Groeers will be asked to inaugurate potato day" each week, selecting whatever day is slack in deliveries and making special price. Fairly regular purchases are to be urged on the public, so that distribution will be equal everywhere for the next five or six months, relieving railroad congestion and encouraging production of larger crop next spring.
 improvements in potato growing methods are being studied by the department of agriculture. Ger many plants twice as many potatoes as the United States and gets more than twice as many bushels per aerss
 "Germany's wise use of potatoes helps her to hold out against the all lies, the food administration said in urging that the enemy's own met .hods be turned against him.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
DEsERTER ESCAPED OFFICER.
Mark Towery Tricked Deputy Sher-
 if Shorter While Under Arrest.

Sheriff H. w. Finger, Deputies J. H. Bratcher and J. F. Williams, the latter here from Hatfield, made a trip to Bog SprAAss Tuesday, in the Finger auto, driven by Carl Barham, in response to word that Deputy Sheriff John Shorter had in custody Mark Towery, who was wanted for deserting from Camp Pike. When they arrived at Bog Springs, they found that Towery had made his escape from Shorter. It seems that he was apprehended in Oklahoma, but had been persuaded by Mir. Shorter to come into Arkan- sas without requisiton. Both Short CT and Towery were on horseback, and after getting some distance into Polk county, Towery, watching his chance, put the spurs to his horse and made his escape. In this con- nection it is interesting to note that Towery and pallmore Dunegan, both registrants from Bog Springs, sent to Camp Pike on September i9, took French leave sometime ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
GUATEMALA CITY
 RUINED BY QUAKE
Hundred Thousand Homeless and Many Dead in Guatemala's Capital American Buildings Are Re-
 ported Wrecked.

Washington, Dec. 3l-Still with out detailed information of the earthquakes which destroyed Qua temala City, costing many lives and leaving 100000 homeless, American officials today prepared to send aid to the stricken sister republic.
 Red Cross officials conferred with navy officials as to the supplies to be sent forward on American war ships ordered to a Guatemala sea- port.
 While the American diplomats are safe, archives of the legation and consulate are believed to have been lost as the buildings are reported to have been shaken to the ground. Unofficial advices indicate that the foreign colony escaped without loss of life.
 Four earthquakes apparently have shaken Guatemala City Rec ords on the Georgetown University Seismological observatory instru- ments here show the first shocks were felt on Christmas night, short ly after midnight A second series of shocks came about 9 a. m. on De- sember 26. Further shocks were re- corded on Friday, December 2S, at i:23 D. m., but the heaviest shocks came at 5:57 p. m. Saturday, Decem- Der 29. It appears that this last dis turbance caused the most damage.
 A ship load of Red Cross relief supplies, consisting of 600 barrels of flour, quantities of clothing, dis infectants and general food stuffs, will leave New Orleans Thursday for Puerto Barrios. It will be fol- lowed by shipment of tents on an other vessel by the end of the week
 Arrangements have been made by the Red Cross for the furnishing of all available necessary supplies by the Guatemala Chapter made up of Americans turnout the republic and directed by Alfred Clark, general manager of the International Rail- ways at Guatemala City.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
AIR FLIGHTS OVER GERMANY
 CREATE MUCH JTNEASINESS
The Heralded American Aerial In- ,asion Alarms the Subjects
 of the Kaiser.

London Jan. i.--Allied air raids over Germany are awakening tho people to a recognition of their rulers mistaken air ruthlessness, according to the Amsterdam corre- spondent of the Times. There is great nervousness turnout Germany, especially in the more exposed parts, he says, owing to the reported in tention of the Americans to invade Germany by air The object is dis cussed universally, tho efforts are made to calm anxiety by declara- tions about American bluff"
 The frequent explosions in muni- tions factories, the correspondent adds. are causing the German mill itary authorities anxiety not only because of the interference with the supply of munitions, but also be- cause of unrest in the districts where the explosions occur. The unrest has been acute since the ad- vent of frost.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
INCOME TAX MAN
 TO MENA FEB. Il
Jack Walker, Internal Revenue Col lector for Arkansas, Will Start 25 Men on Tour of State-Many
 Farmers Win Pay.

Little Rock, Dec. 3i.-It will re- auire a small army of men to take the income tax returns of persons subject to the new law.
 Collector of Internal Revenue Jack Walker today announced that 25 officers will start from his head quarters on January 1, and on Jan uary 2 every one of them will be on the job in the county assigned him, to meet the people and to help them make out their income tax re- turns. The officer assigned to this county is due to arrive here on February ii 1918, and to remain until February 2l, 1918, both dates inclusive. He will have his office in Mena at the Courthouse Building, where he may be found every day of the dates stated.
 Tt will be we'll for every unmar- ried person whose net income for 1917 IS Sl 900 OF over, and every married person living with wife or husband, whose net income for 1917 is 5000 OF over, to call on the in- come tax man and learn whether or not they have any tax to pay" Col lector Walker said today. The per- son subject to tax who doesn't make return in the time prescribed is gO- ing to regret 1t. The Government will get after all income tax slack CTS.
 There's hardly a business man, merchant or professional man who won't have to make return of in- come. Farmers, as a class, will have to pay the tax. The safe thing to do is for every person who had a total income of Sl ,000 of 5000, as the case may be, and who is not sure about what deductions the law allows him, to play safe by calling on the income tax man.
 The man in the field will have forms for everybody and persons who expect to call on him need not trouble themselves to write to my office for forms"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
AGED VISITOR DIES SUDDENLY. E- :. Lyman of Oberlin, O., Passed
 Away at Home of Son.

t. s. Lyman, aged father of E. R. Lyman, died very suddenly Tuesday morning at S:30 o'clock at the home oi his son at 30i Twelfth street. 1t seems that MT. Lyman was as well as common all day Monday going about the place and being interested m the stock and chickens kept by ms son. Even on Tuesday as he arose and dressed himself there was no premonition of the approaching ehd, and as he sat before the fire ad- Justing his collar aRd necktie, the end came almost without warning, pelng due doubtless to a paralytic stroke. MT. Lyman had reached the age Of 78 years on December %. He ana Mrs. Lyman came to Mena about two weeks ago from 0berlin, O., ex- pectlng to spend the winter with thelr son and wife. The bereaved wiie and son will leave on train No. x Wednesday morning to convey tne remains to the old home in oberlin, where the funeral services ana interment will take place.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
ASSESSMENT
 BOARD COMPLETES WORK

J. F. Hood. Judge Wright prickett, and D. M. Townsend on Monday completed their work as assessment board of Waterworks Improvement District No. 8 The books have been placed on file with City Clerk Mon roe Martin, where they may be in- spected by property owners in the district. An appeal from the val ues fixed by the Board may be taken to the city council within 90 days. The Board made changes on i03 tracts, lowering some and increasing others. the effort being to bring about an equality of assessment.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
NATIONAL DEBT IS 5 TIMES GREATER
Increase During This Year of War Expected to Triple Present Fig ures-IIuge War 0utlays Are
 Contemplated.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The United States entered the New Year with a national debt of S5,6i5,000,000 more than five times greater than when it entered the war nine months ago, but only one-third of the debt which promises to develop by the first of next year. The debt per capita is about S5i and the per- centage of debt to estimated nation al wealth is 2l9 per cent
 The treasury financial summary statement issued today for the first time since last June 30, shows that actual disbursements during the first half of the fiscal year have fal- len far below the estimates, partic- ularly for the military establish ment An enormous prospective in- crease in war department expenses, for munitions and materials con- tracts to be filled in the spring, will raise the government outlays at that time but officials feel some doubt that ordinary disbursements will reach the Si2,3l6,000,0 estimated for the fiscal year ending next June 30.
 The actual outlay for the military establishment up to December 1, was Sl,3ii, 100000; the estimated out lay for the whole fiscal year is S8,- 790,000,000. The navy spent S426,- 100000 and the estimate for the year is Si,300,000,000 Shipping board ex- peditures were SifS,000000, while the years estimate is S90i 100000 Each of these three principal de- partments has outstanding contracts for which the big expenditures will have to be made within the remain ing half of the fiscal year, however, and the aggregate of these is the un- certain element which makes it im- possible to determine at this time precisely how many additional lib- erty bonds must be issued between now and next June 90
 Great as the national debt seems to this country, whose debt before the war was only a little past the billion-dollor mark, it is only about one-fourth that of either Great Britain, France, Russia or Germany. The debt of all of Americas co-bel- ligerents is about $8i,000,000,000, or IA per cent of the estimated wealth of those nations, and the Teutonic allies debt debt is about Si0.000,- 100000, or 2s per cent of their esti- mated wealth.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
THE STARS ''bICCER'
 SUBSCRIPTION WEEK
Last Four Days of Old Year Brought 2SS Payments on Subscription as Against PTS Previous Week.
 Total in Three Weeks TOP.

The Star last week announced The Stars Biggest Subscription Week" with PTS subscriptions paid in. and about the oaly way to de- scribe the influx Of patrons this week is to call it Bigger as there was a gain of 10, or 288. During the week ending December t9 there were i36 payments, making total for three weeks of TOP, a record wholly without precedent in Polk county In this number were 225 new subscribers.
 R. A. Fagley of Mena was the first to pay the advanced rate of SI.50. which became effective with the New Year
 The long list will, if possible, be printed next week.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
GUATEMALA LOSES MILLIONS.
But Only a Few Are Killed During
 Week of Earthquakes.

Guatemala City. Dec. 3i.--Earth- quake shocks that begun here at fl o'clock on Christmas night and are still continuing, caused millions of dollars damage to this city, the death of a few persons and the in- jury of about 100 others.
 Every house in the city was ren- dered uninhabitable and the entire population is living in the parks and open spaces. The first shocks were light, giving warning of the heavy ones that might follow. In the in- terim every one had opportunity to seek safety in the open air.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
NEW YEARS GREETINGS
 FLASHED TO U. s. SHIPS

Base of the American FIotilla in British Waters, Jan. i.-Among the New Years greetings flashed to the American ships was one from the British admiralty. It follows:
 From Admiralty House with thanks for the past, hope for the future and the trust in you always" :"
 The New Year was welcomed by the American sailors with as much noise and ceremony as the cifeum- stances of war nermitted.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
FRENCH CONSUL IN SIBERIA
 IS SHOT TO DEATH
Civil War Now Reported to. Re in Progress Along the Trans-Siberian
 Railroad--IrkuiSIs Fired.

Picking Dee. 3i.-Ciyil war is in progress in Irkutsk, in eastern Si- beria on the Trans-Siberian rail- way, and in the surrounding dis tricts. according to information reaching here today.
 The town has been fired by the Red Guards after they had mur- dered the French consular agent and three other Frenchmen.
 Bolsheviki uprisings have oc.- cured at Tchita and verkhne- Udinsk, both of which towns are on the Trans-S Siberian railroad.
 The Chinese fully control Harhin
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
ARMY DEATH RATE LOW.
From September 2f to December ii
 Only Two Men to 1000 Died.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Figures compiled at the office of Surgeon General Gorgas and made public to- day show that, with more than 900,- GOO soldiers in training in this coun- try from September 2i to December if, there were only 1891 deaths from all causes, an average rate of less than two per 1000.
 The record shows that the aver age strength of the army in the United States during the period was 9i6,722 men. Among the 2,009 regulars there were ii4 deaths; There were i9i deaths in the 3S7,- 233 National Army and 753 deaths in the 327, ,480 National Guardsmen.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-03
PRISONERS DONATE TOBACCO.
Give Half of Their Allowance to thC
 II. s. Soldiers in France.

San Quentin, Tex, Jan. i.--prison- CTS in the state prison here have voted to send one half of their to- bacco allowance to the men of the American expeditionary force in France. and the first allotment. two 50-gallon barrels filled with tobacco was ready for shipment today