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The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-26
GEN ERAL-.

Maxwell McNutt, counsel of record
of Thomas j. Mooney, announced in
San Francisco that he will go to
Washington to petition. for. writ of
certiorari from the United States Su-
preme Court to secure a new trial for
Mooney.
Cardinal Gibbons was the recipient
of testimonials and congratulations
from Great Britain, France and Italy
on his episcopal golden jubilee.
Nebraska women will not vote at
the coming election Nov. 5 under the
suffrage law granting them partial
voting rights, according to an order
entered in District Court at Lincoln
State and government officials are
conducting separate Investigations of
suspicious incidents connected with
the recent fires which swept Mime
sofa, it was learned at the state cap
itol in ST. Paul.
The abdication of Emperor William
and the crown prince is the only
means of solving the terrible crisis"
according to opinions expressed by the
Munich Post, the Swaebische Tag
wacht and Frankische Morgenpost.
Oversubscription of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan seemed assured Saturday
night when the three weeks campaign
closed While official reports were
lacking, it appeared that again the
American people have given not only
the $6,O00,0OO,OO0 asked but more in
order that the war against Germany
and her allies may be carried to
successful conclusion.
Sunday, Oct. 81, arbitrarily the
clocks of the nation will be turned
backward one hour, and residents will
find themselves subject to the old
time-the time by which they were
guided before the solons in Washing
ton adopted the notwithstanding
plan,'' which became effective April 1.
Until March 81, 1919, that plan will be
laid on the shelf.
More than 4, 600 prisoners were cap
tured by Field Marshal Haig's forces
in their offensive in the Bohain-Le
Cateau region, the British war office
announced.
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THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS or
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Allied troops on front of more than
120 miles from the North sea to the
Disc are pressing closely the retiring
Germans.
The British Third army is smashing
it's way forward to the south of Valen-
this effort.
During the last fifteen days of their
occupation of Lille the Germans took
away into captivity $4,000 of the in
habitants Of the city.
Up to the present nearly 100000
British lives have been sacrificed in
the war, according to information re-
ceived by Reuters Limited.
The American troops have occupied
the town of Grand Pre- on the north
bank of. the Aire river, north of the
Argonne forest.
Fighting desperately to hold their
positions to the north and south of LIE
Cateau, the Germans, on front OF
forty miles, have massed nearly 5OO,-
900 men.
British troops have crossed the Selle
river, have reconquered Solesmes and
had hard fighting not only in the Sec
tion around that town but at ST. Py-
thOn, to the east. Here the British
have captured more than 1000 prison
erS
Germany has lost the whole of the
Belgian coast, which for four years
has been the base of submarine and
aerial attacks against England and
English shipping. Ostend has been
taken, Lille has been occupied and
Douai and Zeebrugge have fallen to
the allies.
The American forces operating in
conjunction with the British north of
Wassigny have advanced to the Sam
bre-Oise canal They occupied Reject,
east of st. Souplet, at the point of the
bayonet. Wave after wave of machine
gunners faced the Americans, who in
flicted enormous losses on them.
Victory crowns the allied arms on
every battle front. Northern Belgium
is being rapidly cleared of the enemy
by British and Belgian forces. Bel
gians have occupied Zeebrugge and
Meysty, have crossed the Client
Bruges canal and on their left have
reached the Dutch frontier, where 49,
600 Germans, cut off from their re-
treat are reported to have withdrawn
into Holland, where they were in
termed.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-26
FOREIGN.

The independence of Poland was
proclaimed at Warsaw.
Tourcoing, a city six miles northeast
of Lille, has been entered by the Brit
ish troops.
Baron Burien, the Austrian premier,
has resigned, according to Vienna
newspapers.
Sir Edward Fry, former lord justice
of appeal, died at Failand House, near
Bristol, England.
Subscriptions in Peru to the Fourth
American Liberty Loan have reached
$4,000, more than twice the amount
expected.
Greek troops completed the reoccu
patton of the regions of Greek Mace,
donia which have been held by the
Bulgarians and Turks.
The Amsterdam Handelsblad pub
fishes with reserve an unconfirmed
report that all German submarines
have been ordered to return to their
bases.
A mass meeting of Jews was held at
Vienna, Oct. IA, and a resolution was
passed asking that the Jewish people
be admitted into the league of nations,
according to advices received in Paris
The plenipotentiaries of Rahnil Bey
governor of Smyrna, have arrived in
Athens for the purpose of negotiating
for the surrender of that Turkish prov
ince, according to dispatch from Ath-
ems.
w. A. Holman, premier and treas
urer of New South Wales, has relin-
pushed the treasury portfolio so as to
devote all of his time to the premier
ship. Assistant Treasurer Fitzpatrick
becomes treasurer.
Denmark, according to news agen-
cies kilograms to the Dutch press, has
sent a note to Germany suggesting
that certain terms of the treaties ex-
cuted between the two countries ex-
the period from 1860 to 1870 should be
carried out.
Thousands of caribou have been re-
ported in the hills near Dawson City,
Y. T., bound for their ranging grounds
near Forty Mile, a Yukon river point
west of Dawson. Every year the Carl
bou move in large numbers. Reports
said this years run was very large.
In literal transport of joy the 5000
inhabitants remaining in Laon rushed
to the gates of the city to greet Gen.
Mangin, who made his entry into the
city. Men, women and children, with
the tears running down their cheeks
and waving the Tricolor, cried: Long
live Gen. Mangin! Long live the army!
Long live our liberators!''
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Vegetable Compound cured me so did
not need the operation, and I am telling
all nv friends about it. Mrs. a. w.
BMzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
Ut is just such experiences as that OF
Mrs. Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy a household word
from ocean to ocean. Any woman who
suffers from inflammation, liberation,
displacements, backache, nervousness,
irregularities or the blues" should
not rest until she has given it q trial,
and for special advice write Lydia r.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
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Remembrance.

ri understand those Boches are pro-
testing against the way Americans use
chemicals in the war;" said the girl
at the news stand.
That's just the way that kind of
people always was," replied the vet
eran hotel \clerk. II remember 'em
well. They wouldn't be satisfied until
they'd turned on the gas an then they
insisted on trying to blow it out"
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|BELCIUM'S BILL
FOR INDEMNITIES
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE DE.
MANDED OF HUNS AS REPAIR
ALTON FOR LOSSES.
STOP NOTES, LICK HUNS
TURKEY NOW SEEKING TO BAR
GAIN FOR PEACE WITH RE-
FORM MOVES.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Oct. 22.-Some of the items
figured on Germanys bill in Belgium
are given as follows from an official
Belgian source:
Local contributions and fines lev
led by Germany on Belgium in 1914,
$40, 100000.
War contributions from November,
1914, to October, 1916, $192,000,000.
War contributions from May, 1917,
20 May, 1918, $144, 100000.
War contributions from June to Oc-
.ober of the current year, $75,000,0O
Raw materials and machinery taken
by the Germans were reckoned by
hem in January, 1915, at $200,OO0,OOO.
The damage to December, 1914, esti-
mated by the North German Gazette
amounted to $1,000,000,0OO. This
makes a grand total of 81 ,921, 100000.
These items do not include material
destruction and acquisitions since Jan
larry, 1915, which alone must be reck-
oned at several hundred million
pounds.
During the winter of 1916 Belgian
working men to the number of 1885,
300 were deported to Germany The
future production of these men was
;hus totally lost to their country.
Poindexter Would Stop Notes.
Washington, Oct Ex-senator Poin-
dexter of Washington, Republican, in
troduced joint resolution proposing
that Congress forbid further negotia-
tons by the, United States with Ger
many looking to the granting of an
armistice or peace until the German
military forces have surrendered I'M
conditionally 1t was referred to the
foreign relations committee.
The resolution further calls for the
prosecution of the war with the ut
most vigor and the occupation and
control by the allies of such German
territory as can be obtained by our
military forces until peace negotia-
tons have been concluded.
It would declare it unlawful for any
official of the American government
to answer in anv way any note, mes
sage or repre- sentatinn from the Ger
man government or the German peo-
pie from any official representing or
purporting to represent them on the
subject of peace or an armistice until
the German armed forces shall have
surrendered
Turkey Would DismantIe Ports.
Amsterdam-The correspondent at
Constantinople of the Weser Zeitung
of Bremen says that it must be adj
mitted public opinion for some time
past favored separate peace for Tur-
key. This view underwent change
as result of Prince Maximilian' S
speech in the Reichstag, which also
strengthened the position of the party
of union and progress. Proposals arc
now being discussed, the correspond
ent continues, for reformation in
Turkey, according to which CONSTANT
nople would become free port and
the Notifications of the Dardanelles
dismantled, on condition that the
powers guaranteed the continuance OF
Constantinople as the capital OF
Turkey
1t is further proposed to grant
autonomy to Arabia, Syria, Armenia
and the Jewish zone in Palestine.
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Sic Transit.

Every one likes me-" said the man.
THAT is popularity" whispered the
little star.
Every one likes me and envies me"
said the man, year later.
"That is fame" whispered the little
star.
EVERY one despises me-" said the
man year later still.
THAT is time" whispered the little
star ff
The silent partner in firm always
has a lot to say.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-26
NO BARGAINING FOR TERMS.
British Mayors Declare Huns Must
Accept Allies Conditions.

London, Oct. 22.-As proof of the flu
tility of the German attempts to weak.
en- the will of the British people by
peace talk, the Daily Telegraph pub
fishes a series of messages from the
mayors of more than fifty English and
other towns, representing every phase
of municipal life. They all breathe but
one spirit, namely, that there must he
no compromise with the foe.
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saved me from an
operation, / cannot
soy enough in praise
of it. lsuffered from
organic troubles and
my side hurt me so
! could hardly be UP
from my bed, and /
was unable to do my
homework. / had
the best doctors in
Eau Claire and they
wanted me to have
an operation, but
I,vdia F. Pinkham'S
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YANkS DOWN 18 PLANES IN DAY.
Cleveland McDermott Bags Three in
One Flight.

With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun-Three German airplanes
were brought down Oct. IS by Lieut..
Cleveland McDermott of Syracuse,
N. Y. This increases to eighteen the
number of German machines destroyed
on Friday by Lieut., McDermott and
other American aviators. After bring
ing down his first opponent the lieu
tenant was attacked by five Fokkers
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-10-26
THIS WOMAN
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
of Thousands of Such Cases.

Black River Falls, Wis. -s'As Lydia
e. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
SUGAR BEErs FOR Strip.

Considerable has been printed about
the sugar beet and it's possible value
in helping to meet sugar shortage
in New England. 1t is quite true
that a useful strip can be made from
sugar -beets.
But it takes a bushel of beets to
make three or four quarts of strip.
About a tenth of an acre is required
to supply a family with enough strip
for the winter, and that amount of
land can be used to much better ad-
vantage for other crops.
Then the work of extracting the
strip must be considered. The I'M
dertaking involves about as much la
Dor as boiling down maple sap. The
sbeets have to be sliced very thin and
then soaked for an hour, after which
the extracted juice must be evaporat-
ed. A big copper kettle is required
for this work, and constant skim
ming must be carried on to prevent
burning. Finally when the siruI
is ready, it must be canned while hot
and tightly sealed to prevent mold
ing.
There is no reason why the gar
denmaker should not experiment in q
small way to see whether or not he
gets good results from this plan, bu
it is not recommended that the grow.
ing of sugar beets be undertaken il
any larxe way,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
PALMER SEIZES>
COTTON STORES

New York, May "a =. A. Mitchell
Palmer, Alien Property custodian, an
nounced yesterday through his New
York Offices that three more groups
of corporations involved in the pro-
gram of supplying cotton to Germany
had been taken over as the result of
inquiry made earlier in the year by
the Bureau of Investigation. Five Of
the companies in one group have ag-
gregate assets of $4,000,000 The
seizure comprises many millions of
dollars worth of cotton in storage in
various parts of the country, all of
which, the announcement said, had
been traced and was at the disposal
of the government.
OF the corporations brought under
the ban, according to Mr.. Palmer's
statement, the New England Waste
Co., the American Linters Co., the
American Products Co., the Overseas
Trading Co., and Wolf & Sons, dealers
in spinnable cotton and cotton waste,
with offices and mills for the most
part in Massachusetts,, are owned by
Wolf & Soehne. This manufacturing
firm Is described as one of the largest
cotton houses in the world, with
branches in England, Switzerland,
Italy, China, and other countries.
Francis P. Garvan had been APP
pointed Managing Director of the New
York office. Mr.. Palmer announced,
and, in addition, would continue to
direct the work of the ureau of In
vestigation, whose function it is. to
discover fraud and to make all ex-
aminations in reference to reports on
enemy property.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
ERRAFRA TAKEN
FOR MURDER IN
PATESON, n. ].
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lowed in which it is said another
man came to the rescue of the VIC
tim. The three bandits seeing them
selves worsted, used their guns with
the result that the two men were
left for dead when the holdup men
fed upon the approach of help.
For some reason the Paterson Of
ficials are very secretive about the
identity of the killed and there is
some doubt at local headquarters as
to whether both men were killed or
not. The bandits, however, failed to
get any of the $4,000 carried by the
murdered man as they were frighten-
ed away before they had time to go
through his clothes.
AS the investigation of the police
progressed it was found that the gang
separated after this affair and the
trail of one led to Bridgeport. The
Paterson authorities decided to follow
this trial with the result that under
the direction of Captain Edward o.
Cronan, chief Of the Bridgeport De-
tective Bureau, and the untiring ener-
gy of Detective Sergeant Bray the man
Ferrara was picked up here last Sun
day.
He was sweated by the officials and
after hours of interrogation he told
of how the other had gone in the
direction of western Pennsylvania.
Detective Sergeant Bray was detailed
by CAPTAIN Cronan to accompany the
Paterson detectives upon their search
and last night was able to spot the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
MUST Be
WORKING BEFORE
FIRST OF JULY

Washington, May 24-The far
reaching character of the new "work
or fight" regulations under which the
government proposes to put every
man Of draft age into some useful
employment or into the army, prob
ably will not be fully realized by the
country until the effects of its opera
ton appear in every community.
Inasmuch as every case will come
up for determination on it's merits
as the operation of the regulation
goes forward, it will become appar-
ent that the scope of the govern
ment's action practically is limit
less.
The outgrowth of a plan Conceived
and known as putting the nation to
work" the new regulations probably
will be more and more closely ap-
piled as the war goes on, or until it
becomes necessary to raise the draft
age above 81 years. Military author
tiles are of the opinion now that it
will not be necessary to raise the draft
age and that the man power of the
nation is sufficient if those now of
draft age are fully utilized.
The first effect of the new regula-
tons will be to drive idlers to work
or into the army. Moreover, it will
be the idler's own responsibility to
get a useful job before July 1. Then
will come the determination of what
constitutes useful employments and
this, it is pointed out, will come in
for closer and closer determination
as the war goes on. Employment
reasonably useful under present con-
ditions might by the developments OF
the war come to be regarded as use
| less in comparison with the greater
| needs of the war.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
THE WEATHER

New Haven, May 24-For
Bridgeport and vicinity: Fair to-
night; Saturday increasing cloud
mess and slowly rising tempera-
ture.
An extended area of high
pressure central over the eastern
portion of the lake region and
New England is producing cool,
pleasant weather in nearly all
districts east of the Mississippi
river. The western disturbance
has moved eastward during the
last "a hours and is now central
over North Dakota.
1t is causing unsettled wealth
er with local showers between the
Rocky mountains and the Missis-
sippi river. Northeast winds pre-
vail generally along the north At
Iantic coast. The temperatures
are somewhat higher in the west
ern districts, but are lower in the
lake region and New England.
Conditions favor for this vicin-
ity fair and continued cool to-
night, followed on Saturday by in
creasing cloudiness and slowly
rising temperature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

$12.5O White Iceland Fox Fur
ScarfS ........ $9.75
All Fur Scarfs for summer were for
merly priced from SIS to $50, now
$12 to $3S.
FLOWER SPRAYS.
S5c Flower Sprays .........,... 15c
SOC Flower Sprays ........... Csc
81 Flower Sprays ........... 4Sc
Wings, Quilts, Fancy Feathers, at
greatly reduced prices.
Marabout Feather Capes $6.SS to SIS,
were SO to SO
Hundreds of Shetland Sweaters $2.9S
to SIS; were 81 to $1S.
Silk Fibre Sweaters $4.9S to SIC, were
$3.50 to $40.
Ostrich Neck Boats 1.48 to IS, were
$3.50 to So.
Maline Neck Ruffs 4Sc to $3.50, were
81 to $50.
We have about 100 Cloth Coats $3.50
to $22, were $12 to $S5
So Rain CapeS .$1.4S
81 Rain CapeS ................$ 1.9o
81 RaincoatS. .............. .$1.9S
All Rain Coats formerly priced from
IS to $25 now $59S to S1S.
IT PAYS TO TRADE AT DLLON'S.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
Circus Slackers
Taken in Custody

Aver, Mass. May 24-Twenty
slackers, including two circus en-
ployes picked up in Springfield, were
brought to Camp Devens under
guard today and placed in the army.
Draft evadcrs are being. rounded up
all over New England and reports re-
ceived here say that others were on
the way. Nineteen reached camp
yesterday.
Because of the recent drowning of
a soldier orders were issued today
prohibiting swimming and boating in
the Nashua river.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
SOLDIERS KICK
ON FROZEN MEAT

Paris, May A.---The arrival of
American troops has been received
with great enthusiasm and grateful
ness in France, but the Americans are
purchasing meat here, said Senator
Chastenet, in critieising the latest
measures of food control of Victor
Boret, minister of provisions, in the
senate yesterday He said the gov
eminent had failed to provide refrig-
Grating warehouses and that for that
reason it. had been necessary to send
back to the United States frozen meat
which had been imported.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24

soc Colored and Black Mesh Veil
ngS Zoc a YARD
$1.25 Chiffon Auto Wells ........ CSC
Circular Mesh Net Wells. -. SSc to 50
SHIRT WAISTS.
$125 Odd Lot of Shirt Waists. -. 75c
$1.S5 New White Lingerie Waists 81
50 New White Lingerie Waists. .$1.48
$3.50 NewWhite Lingerie Waists $1.9S
$3.50 Black and Colored Silk
waists $1.9S
$2.75 Black and Colored Silk
Waists ................. .$2.25
$500 Black and Colored Silk
WaBeS $2.9S
$3.50 Black and Colored Silk
waists $S.40
Sc Georgette Crepe Waists -. .$4.9s
PETTICOATS.
ST Black Percaline Petticoats. -. 75c
SIPS Black PercaIine Petticoats csc
50 Black Sateen Petticoats -. 81 .4S
50. IS Silk Petticoats ......... 81 80
1918 Silk Petticoats ........ So. 80
| So Silk PetticoatS ..........$ "a .9S
SUMMER FURS.
81 White Iceland Fox Fur Scarfs $4.9S
! 50 White Iceland Fox Fur Scarfs Sc. 90
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
AGREEMENT WITH
CHINA Is SIGNED

Tokyo, Saturday, May 1s-(By the
Associated Press) = The military
agreement with China has been sign
ed. Being military in nature, it is not
likely that the details will be an
nounced. Also it was arranged par
ticularly to meet the contingency of
possible military action in Russia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
LOCAL MERCHANTS
LAX ON SUPPORT

Bridgeport merchants are not sup
porting the underwriting of the 3d.
100000 Federal building loan in such
an enthusiastic manner as it was be-
heved they would. The manufactur-
ers Of the city have backed the prop
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
GERMAN DIVISION
REBELS AT FRONT

Washington, May ga German
division in Dvinsk, Russia, ordered
from the east to the western front, re-
fused to proceed, and SO men were
executed and 1000 were imprisoned.
said Russian wireless dispatch to-
day to the state department. other
German troops in the vicinity held
demonstrations in favor of the d.
vision.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
JUNE Is LIMIT
FOR INCOME TAX

Income tax bills have been sent out
by the local office of the United States
Internal Revenue department, and all
these must be returned with the
amount of the bill on OF before June
10. A number of bills recently sent
out have already been paid.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
COMMITTEE TO MEET

The Transportation committee of
the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
met this noon in The Stratfield and
discussed matters relative to the pro-
posed two new railroad stations for
this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
GIVES FARES TO RED CROSS.

The sum of $61.15 collected on the
Long Hill bus, Wednesday, has been
turned over to the Red Cross war
fund, by Louis Banny, owner of the
machine. The contribution of Mr.
Banny is greatly appreciated by the
Red Cross workers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
ITALIAN FLAG
SWUNG TO BREEZE

In celebration of the third anniver-
sary of Ita1y's entrance into the world
war, the Italian flag was raised under
the Star Spangled Banner on the Fed
eral buildings Flagstaff, this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-24
ALMANAC FOR TODAY

Fire believed to be incendiary origin
destroyed the plant of the Northwest
ern Lumber Co., at Hosuiam, Wash,
causing $150,000 loss