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The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18
ARK ANSAS IN DOING HER
 PART TO HELP WIN WAR

The people of Arkansas are respon- sive to all calls for legitimate assist ance in the winning of the war.
 These calls have not yet come to the stage of great personal sacrifice, but even that will come if necessary.
 They are already paying with willingness that would not have been suspected several years ago the in- come tax that reaches down and takes in the day laborer and the small salary man.
 They are responding without con- plaint to the most drastic regulations of the fuel and food administrations, made necessary by the shortage of fuel, and the urgent necessities of the army.
 Lightless nights, heatless Mondays, meatless Tuesdays, wheatless We'd nesdays, porkless Saturdays and other restrictions come hard, but the au- thorities say they are necessary, there fore the people acquiesce.
 Arkansas is doing it's part to win the war.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18
MORE GERMAN PROPAGANDA

Tn tbe event you should hear a re-
 that Germany and her allies are
 pV. ,+ +o collapse, the United States
 aDO a administration asks you to most
 ..snsctfully rv, forget it immediately ssr s.f according to their latest commun- ~: ;.ation to Hamp Williams, federal
 sood i. administrator for Arkansas, Ger
 lO. , nronaganda is about to be ,uncbed , in this country of such a
 nature.
 T This propaganda, the food admins
 ..ot;on at Washington informs MT.
 williams has been well planned and
 :. intended to magnify the distress of
 .ho central powers with respect to
 their food supply. By painting con-
 a;t;ons worse than they actually are
 tbe enemy hopes to Hull the American
 m;nd into the belief that we are fight ;rc q people on the verge of collapse and that early peace is certain" de clares the official statement.
 Requesting MT. Williams to dis obuse the minds of the people rela- tive to an early peace, the communi- cation from Washington says:
 asuch an attitude here in the Unit ed States will delay preparations, de- feat food conservation and in count loss ways weaken our military and economic force. The central powers have control of thousands of square miles of productive lands in Poland, Roumania, Serbia, Belgium and France. Much of this is wheat land and such possessions added to home resources make starvation through blockade a remote and futile hope. Under her system of rationing, Ger many's cattle supply is ample for sev- eral years.
 "The central powers can raise suf- fcient food for all needs if they are obliged to do so. The chief value of the blockade is to compel diversion of energy from war industries to agri- l culture. Food rationing is necessary conservation measure but does not signify early starvation. It is fur
 ther pointed out that local revolts
 against restrictions imposed by the
 authorities will be suppressed by the
 most drastic means.
 Much of the German propaganda
The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18

France said that the women and chil- dren were especially suffering from hunger now because they were giving up part of their daily ration of food to the men who must have strength for their work in the factories and mines at home and in the trenches at the front.
 "A British soldier returning from Armenia reports that he found little children in this crucified country who for days had had nothing to eat but melon rinds that the Turkish soldiers threw them in derision when they begged for food.
 Hundreds of men, women and chil- dren are dying in Roumania, with but one cry on their lips, Food! Foodw
 And all the starving must look to us for help, for America is the largest food-growing country in the world. This year especially the American farmer, urged by patriotic motives has produced enough food for the American housewife helself and plen- ty for her to share with her European sisters if she uses economy, buys wisely, and avoids waste"
The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18

of large and small affairs, visit MT. Caldro continuously everywhere. A suggestion is sometimes worth mil lions. If you intend to make any changes, or if you are in doubt as to what is best to do, you will not rgret the time or money you spend with this gentleman.
 John s. Small of Memphis, writes: "When was in doubt about making a change and wanted to sell my busi- ness, called on you on the advice of a friend. Your help and your sugges- tions enabled me to sell my property quickly and at good price. Since then your advice has been worth many thousands of dollars to me-"
 Mrs. D. c. of Hot Springs, writes this, "When called upon you my af- fairs were in a hopeless condition, but your advice has changed all and I now have all the prosperity and happiness can possibly wish for"
 Hundreds of similar testimonials are in MT. Caldro's possession, but only published by special permission.
 Charges for consultation are one dollar.
 In Prescott every Wednesday.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18
Pa|n|iSt
 PhyChiC C|aiIvoyant
MT. C. CaldrO, the We'll Known and Noted Advisor, Will Visit Prescott Every Wednesday, Beginning Next Wednesday, February 20th.
Office at MT. J. D. MOrrisOn's Residence, Ill South Main Cor. East Second Street. Hours, 10 a. m. to 6 D. m.

(Mr. Caldro works under the aus pices of the St. Louis Independent Spiritualist Church Society and has visited cities in Arkansas periodically for many years.)
 MT. Caldro solemnly promises to tell your full name, name of friends, the names of those you care for most and to give information about your business and other affairs. Unless he does exactly as here stated, your visit to him costs you nothing-you to be the only judge.
 He will advise you absolutely cor rectly on all affairs, such as court ship, love, marriage, domestic affairs, business difficulties, changes, travels, wills, investments, lost or stolen arti- cles, or anything you may be in trou- ble or doubt about. The earth yields its hidden treasures to his vision and his forecasts of possibilities in your future may be the means of bringing you the prosperity and happiness that has been denied you heretofore.
 A visit to Mr. Caldro is not to be confounded with visit to so-called fortune teller. There is no catering, no superstition, no attempt to prac- tice necromancy. MT. Caldro is a highly educated and polished gentle man who in clear and precise words shows you how to gain those things you hold worth while having, and that may seem unattainable to you. There is no hope or ambition, but what can be realized with his help and advice. Business and professional men, men
The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18

in the United States is so plausible and pictures conditions so similar to what we should like to believe that many loyal Americans both in this country and abroad have succumbed to its charms and unknowingly have helped to spread it. Any report, cablegram or letter portraying weak ness of the central powers, especially purporting to be inside" information. bears the earmarks of German propa- ganda. Using every energy to pre- pare for long war is the most effec- tive means of bringing the struggle to an early end"
 MT. Williams said he considered the warning from Washington most time ly and predicted that if such German propaganda as had been referred to in the communication he received, would get wide distribution it would do inestimable harm. MT. Williams said it would make the work of con- serving food doubly hard if the peo- pie got the idea that the war would soon be over. He predicted a long, hard and most trying struggle and declared the American people must needs give every ounce of their sup port to the nation.
 'Instead of thinking of peace, said MT. Williams, our minds should be centered on plans for further food conservation and especially is this true where the women are concerned because food saving. is, after all, a woman's job. Ninety per cent of the food purchased in this country is purchased by women. This means that the women of this nation must shoulder ninety per cent of the re- sponsibility of saving food
 "Thousands of tons of produce were saved last summer and are being saved today because of the patriotic cooperation of housekeepers all over the land. But we must save still more The outside demands on our national larder are increasing every day as theshadow of starvation grows darker and darker on the skyline of our Euro pean associates in this war.
 "You can travel in Poland for hun dreds of miles today and you will not see a child under seven years of age. Where have they all gone? They have starved to death! You can see their skeletons lying along the road side some of them still in the little wicker basket cradles in which their frantic mothers carried them when they wered riven from their homes by the Germans.
 Belgium today is existing on half rations and has to depend almost en- tirely on the Commission for Relief in Belgium there to give them food.
 "A traveller lately returned from
The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-18

r,r.d .s second class mail mat hn,e,. n,e..uber 4th, 1905, at the post ter .. prescott, Ark, under the act o os Congress, March 3, 1873.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
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THE CHRC II n rs aN6 Ii LANDS.
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Dewitt, of Harrisburg, and Right Rev.
John M. Cannon, Auxiliary Bishop of
Erie.
Sisters Save chiIdren.-Seven Ufsu-
line Sisters proved true to the heroic
traditions of the Catholic Sisterhoods
when at the risk of their lives they
rescued forty-two little Indian children
from a burning building. ST. Peters
Mission, located in the Rocky Noun!
tains near Great Falls, Mont, burned
Ito the ground on Sunday, November
II. The telephone line was down so
that no call for help or news of the
disaster reached the outside world un-
til after it was all over. Seven Ursu-
line Sisters with forty-two Indian
children from to IA years of age oc-
cupied the building. The fire broke
out on the second story just below
the childrens dormitory, and when
discovered the smoke was so thick
that the children were saved with
the utmost difficulty by the seven Sis
tiers who had to carry most of the chill
dren down the fire escape.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28

the little maids eyes looked less and
one discovers. when one looks long
enough, are only men, after all. Miss
Betty was always glad to see him;
Miss Arran took no more than polite
pleasure in his society, was always
rather silent, and sometimes sad. The
days fed by; he could no longer delay
in Sleepy Hollow; he must return
to the city, where there were no poets
gardens, and no lady like
the pale, sweet lady of "Arran."
And yet his mind was loyal to the
girl, the wonderful girl, who had writ
ten Soul Songs. The admiration of
his mind belonged to her, but his heart
cried out, and turned awkwardly to
this woman with the pale, sad face
and red-brown hair.
A very red sunset flooded the tiny
orchard; the tall pine trees threw
long shadows across the flowers She
sat against an old tree at the end of
LlIO PAIN lIldL leu llOl11 SdIdCu W Vi"
chard; the red light burned on her
hair; every limb of the old, old tree
seemed bathed in fire. Her lap was
full of cornf1owers, her eyes down
cast. She did not hear his step on the
soft path. The light flashed into his
face. Like blind man, he stumbled
along the narrow path, his hands out
stretched. t.
His face was down amongst the
blue flowers -. his lips touched
her fingers.
Dear :" he said, and could
frame no other word.
For one moment he knelt there; the
blue flowers fell about him. She did
not speak nor move. A hideous feel
ing of selfconsciousness swept over
him. If she would but speak! What
a fool he was making of himself, act
ing like a fellow in play! Why had
he not come quietly, and told her?
This it seemed like
like striving after effect-the
red light, the blue flowers. He had
not meant to do it. AS he turned
the path, sane. restrained individual,
he had beheld her in the red light
J.. :. and 49,. i. then it hap
pened, He got up awkwardly, his face
FED, Il ,.s. have
startled you. 4... $50. ;"
He walked up the narrow path, and
down again, to recover his self-pos-
session. Then he came and sat be-
side her. He picked up the tumbled
cornfiowers. He felt angry; why could
she NOT speak?
''Well?" he said, sternIy.
What do | think of it, is it? You
did it beautifully" she replied, bitter
ly. What waste of TALENT If there
had only been theatre crowd to see
it. 1t was perfect. You act as well
as you write. 1t will make splendid
scene for your next book. Betty will
be quite charmed when you do it to
her-she likes that kind of thing"
Continued on page g.,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28
THE LADY OF ARRAN

And, oh, auntie, I met Meagher
Delane, the author OF My Lady Fair.
He's handsome, but not in the way one
thinks of authors. He is big and
brown, and looks as If he is used to
doing things, not writing of them.
And-he thought was you! He
looked so pleased he has read all
your verses. He said lines and lines
of them-more than I could ever
learn! I could not tell him was not
you! Let him think, / wrote Soul
Songs-for awhile. -. I'll tell him
later on. He's he's coming
to Goolong for a rest, and is going to
call at 'Arran.' You see, auntie, am
tired of being admired just because l
am pretty. l want someone to think l
have brains-although | know have
not. Mr.. Delaney would not have taken
a moments notice of me if he had
known l am not the real Elizabeth
Arran-he never bothers with girls. y
1T is not right, dear"
"Pouf! i am Elizabeth Arran, and
| did not say they were my verses
he. said so. Let him come and find
out the truth-if he can"
He came.
The house was of stone, low-roofed
and old-fashioned, standing in large
garden, with small orchard at one
side, and wide paddocks surrounding
it, but the paddocks did not belong to
"Arran." The dusty road ran by the
garden fence, but the long line of sol
dierly Norfolk pines shut out the
world. AS he opened the gate, he gazed
admiringly at the old house, surround
ed by it's old-fashioned flowers.
"a poets garden, in very truth" he
smiled. And yet it is not quite in
keeping with her. The verses are more
like moonlight and lilies. thought
she would be like lily that shrank
from the. sun. The little monde
plume, too, suggested retirement
from public notice; SO does the garden,
behind its hedge of trees. But she
is like a pink rose, openly expecting
admiration
A tiny maid, with startled eyes let
him in. She knew who he was, and
had her own ideas about authors.
Miss Elizabeth, of course, wrote
poetry, and it was printed in tiny,
white books, with flowers on the cover.
This man wrote great, big books, ten
times as big as Miss Elizabeth's.
He waited in low-ceiled room, a
white-and.green room, that pleased and
rested him. Someone had patiently
painted dado of white lilies; little,
low, old-fashioned piano stood in one
corner; few pictures hung about the
walls; three tall, narrow vases held
jonQuils.
She doesn't fit in" he smiled again.
1T Is not setting for her. It is what
! expected, before saw her, but, hav-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28

More Convert Clergymen.-Among
the latest converts in England are two
clergymen of the Church of England
Rev. R. B. Kenworthy~ Brown has been
received at Oxford, and Rev. D. A
Harris of the Scottish Episcopalian
Church, has also been received and
both propose to study for the priest
hood.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-28

Unite for Ireland.-Supporting the
action of Archbishop Dougherty, Bish,
op McCort, Chor-Bishop Yazbek, OF
the Syro-Maronite Rite, and priests OF
Philadelphia, document was deliv-
cred to President Wilson at the White
House before he left, signed by all
the Bishops of the five other dioceses
in the State of Pennsylvania and ask
ing him to advocate the cause of Ire
lands freedom at the peace confer
ence. The text is similar to that of
the petition of the local clergy. The
document bears the signature of Bish-
ops Michael ]. Hoban, of Scranton;
John p. Fitzmaurice, of Erie; Eugene
sA .Garyey, of Altoona; J. r. Regis
Eaneyin, Of pittsburgh Philip II. Nc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30
JEWISH CLAIMS
AT CONFERENCE
ZionIsts Right to Organize Govern
nent In Holy Land Will be
Laid on Peace
Table.
IBy United Press.l

LONDON. Dec 13.-(by maiD-
Zionist claims OF their right to organ
lie an autonomous Jewish govern
ment In the Holy Land will be pre-
scented at the world peace conference.
Leaders In Great Britain are be-
lieved to have received official sane
ton for presentation of the claims
This is indicated by plans to open a
Zionist bureau in Paris from which
news OF the attitude OF the peace dele
gates will be dispatched to leaders OF
the movement in all countries.
Most of the allied governments at
some time during the war, it is re-
called here. issued declarations in
some form or other endorsing the pro-
posal for establishment Of a jewish ma
tional home in the Holy Land
British Zionists hope the confer
ence will set up an autonomous gov
eminent under the trusteeship of
England They would have the local
directed by the Jewish
administrative council
Zionists of all countries were to dis,
cuss plans at council here in De-
cember. II is hoped Justice Louis
Brandeis Of the United STATES su-
preme court will attend
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30

opinions OF the kings from SCOTS
Ivanhoe, Judge lands interrupted.
That's too remote" he ruled
~Few of us here know the gentleman"
Tucker also offered to quote from
writings OF President Wilson and ex-
Secretary McAdoo.
Tucker declared he had the approx.
al of the American Federation of
Labor in resolutions against war in
1917 Samuel Gompers, Tucker as
serted, told him the resolution was
good stuff"
Questioned as to the authorship of
why we should fight and other So
cialist pamphlets objected to by the
government, Tucker declared he had
written them and had used excerpts
from articles written by David Starr
Jordan. former university president;
Frank p. Walsh, of Kansas City, form
err vice chairman of the war labor
board; Rev. Francis J. Kelley and Ell
bert H. Gary, president Of the United
States Steel corporation.
Tucker admitted saying that de-
mocracy was "for export and not for
home consumption"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30

her of deputies that Farnce will rely
in the future on the protective value
of the British fleet carries the vastly
important mea ming that the allies are
not prepared to support any move
ment for a change at this time in the
European balance of sea power.
The huge majority which the cham
Der voted to Clemenceau after his
declaration, must be accepted as in
dicating that on this question the
French government has the support
of the French nation.
Clemenceau's mention Of President
Wilson's congratulations to him for
his loyalty to Great Britain as
Frances ally in the war can have
been meant by CIemenceau as moth
ing less than an endorsement of his
position
The matter of freedom of the seas.
therefore, has been rejected by the
Clemenceau ministry in so far as It
might imply a readjustment of naval
strength in Europe to an equality OF
power
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30
Chicago Live stock.

with great vigor, British airmen com.
menced. in January, 1917. an inten-
sive bombing campaign. directed
chilly against the docks at Bruges.
the lock gates and harbor at Zee
brugge, and the ship canal itself,
which was, Of course, the only out
let by which the submarines could
gain access to the sea-
Some idea of the severity Of these
attacks may be gained from the fact
that no fewer than 6,123 bombs were
dropped upon Bruges docks alone,
while similarly large number were
dropped upon Zeebrugge and Ostend.
Apart from the immense and con-
tinuous damage caused to the mole.
sidings. Quays. railways and shipping
at Zeebrugge, the lock gates them
selves-a singularly difficult target to
hit even from low height-were
kept practically always under repair
Indeed, on several occasions, as the
result Of direct hits by British air
men, one Of the gates had to be re-
moved by immense floating cranes,
and spare gate fitted. the damaged
gate being lowed laboriously to
Bruges for repair In dry dock.
Owing to the great damage which
was caused by the Germans upon
their evacuation of the docks. 1t is
difficult to differentiate between
their deliberate work and the de-
structions resulting from the terrific
bombing from the air during the last
few months of the war. Information
from various sources, however. makes
IT abundantly clear that the enemy's
decision to give up the port of
Bruges, as a repair base for subma-
rines. was in the main, due to his
inability to defend 1t against the in
creasingly powerful attacks from the
air.
The biggest. explosion ever expert
enced in Bruges was caused by Brit
ish airnen at La Brugeoise works,
May 81, 1918. The conclusion was
felt all over the city, and the flames
lit up the sky for many miles around
1t is said that the explosion wrought
SO much destruction OF valuable ma
chinery that work was never prop
erly resumed in these extensive fac
tories.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30
WESTERN MEN
COMING HOME
Several Transports and 1attieships
are Now Inbound From
France Loaded With
t.. Soldiers.

United Press Leased Wire Service.J
WASHINGTON, Dec. S0.--Seyeral
transports and battleships are now
inbound from France with home-com-
ing fighters. The list follows:
Pastores. due about January 5 at
Newport News, with 1,176 sick and
wounded and a medical detachment.
The transport Koenigen Der Neder-
landen is due about January at New
port News, with the 125th field artil
lery regiment, headquarters Of the
163rd field artillery brigade, casual
companies 9 and 327, marine casual
companies 332 and 1888 and few
casual officers and sick and wounded.
The Powhatan will probably dock
January at Newport News with the
127th field artillery regiment, head
quarters seth field artillery brigade.
H115th trench mortar battery, casual
company number and 352, sick and
wounded and few casual officers.
The batueship Georgia probably
viii arrive January at Newport
News with the Sixth trench mortar
battalion complete, 311th trench NOR
tar battery.
The batueship Kansas will prob
ably arrive January at Newport
News with the Seventh trench NOR
tar battalion, casual companies 320,
1923 and 324, and the Third anti-air-
craft sector.
The battleship North Carolina
probably will arrive January at
New York with the 18th ammuni-
ton train headquarters, headquarters
company, companies of the F and G.
headquarters detachment, ordnance
and medical detachment, 49sth aero
squadron, marine casual companies
numbers 201. 202, 203 and 204 Many
OF the above troops are from the
middle west and far west.