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The Springdale news., 1918-07-05

30. w diteI =. JACK, fdyettevllIe.
49. Alex c. Cruise, Jr., Prairie Grove
25. Harvey w. Brewers, Lincoln.
So. Roy Dudley, Durham.
II. Ray L. Belknap, Fayetteville.
Sd. Inman L. Carl, Prairie Grove.
22s. Troy B. VIM, Winslow.
149. William S. Pharr, Cane Hill.
112. Sam N. Kelley, Wheeler.
2. HuntersAdams, Fayetteville.
202. Fred M. Turnage, Cane Hill.
95. Joe M. Huffmaster, Springdale.
Order Number 101 Follows.
TT Raymond Griffith, Springdale.
46. Clifford G. Cox, Clyde.
227 1okey H. Wilson, Elkins.
s. Nathan NJ. Babb, Prairie Grove.
l07 Ernie Jordan, Dutch Mills.
93. Davie Hood, Elkins.
SO. Claud L. Jackson, Summers.
100. Ott;e D. Sutton, Garter.
131. Joseph J. Murray, Elm Springs
1913. Theron E. Mason. Prairie Grove
1s6. Aud E. Struggled, Harris.
204 Luther Vanvalkinbure, Cane Hill
12o, Alvin Lowe, Rhea.
1914. Noah E. Terry, Sunset.
$50 Samuel r. Phillips, West Tulsa
Okla.
81. James c. Hoover. Harris.
14s Benz. T. Pettigrew. Pennington
156. Bias Reed, Winslow
CT. Green Fields, Fayetteville
DO. Homer S. Chapman, Fayetteville
1872. Brit Starr, Lincoln.
IS. Bert Cate, Fayetteville
232. Willie H. Yarberry, Fayetteville
7. Fred Austin, Elm Springs.
27. James P. Brown, Fayetteville.
Order Number l26 Follows
163. jefferson Rowe, Lincoln.
233. Jay Young, Lincoln.
179. William A. Smith, Stricken
l. John G. Abercrombie, Spring
Valley.
So. Jack Davis, Sunset.
6. Mace Asher, Prairie Grove.
PIG. Charles R. Written, Fayetteville.
"a. Earl S. Breutlinger, Pennington.
ID. Hugh S. Blahemore, Prairie
Grove
165. Mckinley Russell, Fayetteville.
237. Garland A. Langham. Harris.
II. Ray c. Fraley, Hazel Valley.
2oe. John w. Venable, Summers
178. Tom Smith, Lincoln.
10. Claude J. Bohannan, Fayetteville.
230. Ralph Worley, Elkins.
1876. William A. Thomas, Lincoln.
1856. Claud r. Stipe, Springdale.
SIS. Clifford Delap, Prairie Grove
81. Arthur J. Cartwright, Prairie
Grove.
SO. Henry S. Carroll, Springdale.
60. William E. Fitch, Spring Valley.
SIS. Raymond c. Harrison, Fayette-
vile.
1876. Thad P. Thomas, Fayetteville.
172. Clyde Sharp, Stricken.
Order Number ISL Follows
161, Bert d. Robinson, Prairie Grove
IS. Ralph Harris, Pennington.
ID. Paul A Conger, Fayetteville
ZIG. ALIVE L. Dandelius, Pitkin.
1873. William Mckenzie, Pennington.
92. David NJ. Holland, Summers.
1et. Claud T. Ruckman, Springdale.
1871. Monroe Spyres, Springdale.
14O. Stanley M. Newman, 1904 Perry
St, Helena, Ark.
900. William Wilson, Fayetteville.
1873. John H. Morris, Elkins.
OF. Alonzo Baxter White, Springdale.
1877. Thomas E. Thompson, Elm
Springs.
lob. David F. johnson. Harris.
70. Gunter Hall, Fayetteville
II. James A. Blakemore, Stillwel1,
Okla.
al. Harry E. Palmer, Fayetteville
2e. Henry F. Brown, Goshen.
10. Stirman Karnes, West Fork.
211. Hobert Wallace, Fayetteville.
1O4. pelhert Johnson, Fayetteville.
1877. Charley NJ. Reynolds, Brentwood
81. Euhen L. Burrow, Stricken.
sc Albert Hunsaker, Colchester, Ill,
124. Clyde Matthews, Lincoln.
Order Number ZIG Follows
"a Walker Davis, Blackburn.
43. Earl Collins, Summers.
142. Beauford S. Parker, Morrow.
l66. Ole johnson, Springdale.
1eA sSberman Z. Mccoy, Fayetteville.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
SEVEN RULES FOR GOLFERS
Harry Vardon Gives Cardinal Points
to Devotees of Links-keep
the Head Steady.

Seven cardinal rules for golfers, as
set down by the famous Harry Var
don, are as follows:
1. Keep the head steady and do
not let the left heel turn outward
then the body can only wind up when
the arms go back.
2. Grip firmest with the thumbs
and forefingers-they are not so well
adapted as the other fingers to the
purpose of taking strong hold, and
they are the most important of all for
the purpose of the golf grip.
3. Let the club-head lead, the left
wrist turning inward, the arms follow
ing the club-head and the right hip
Screwing next.
4. Don't throw the arms forward
as you start to come down as though
you were moving grass. Rather
throw them back, and let them come
round in their own way from that
point.
5. Let the movement of the right
shoulder be steady and rhythmic; 1t
should have nothing in the nature of a
sudden drop or jerk.
6. Don't be afraid to hit hard; if
you are swinging correctly, hard hit
ting is not pressing"
z. Keep your head still until the
club has struck the ball.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
SPORT ACTIVITIES
AFTER END OF WAR
Baseball, Football and Boxing,
Will Have Larger Following.
instruction Given in Various Camps
Sure to Develop Many DeVotees Of
Sport, Who Have Never Be-
fore Been Interested.

Baseball, boxing and football are go
ing to have larger followings after the
war than they have today.
That this will be true in baseball
particularly is the prediction of many
men high up in the game, and it has
been pointed out by followers of box
ing that the instruction being given
the soldiers in all of Uncle Samuels
training camps will develop thousands
of devotees of the manly art who have
never before been interested.
Football, which has been growing
by leaps and bounds within the past
five years, may not gain many active
participants through the formation of
training camp elevens, but it will GER
tainly gain in popularity.
At Close of Civil War.
The pathway to success for present
day baseball in the United States was
opened wide with the close of the Civil
war. Hundreds of soldiers returned
from the battlefelds on which the blue
and gray armies fought their many
great conflicts hardened through the
rigors of service in the open and de-
handing some form of sport compe-
tition, or, at least, recreation, upon
which to center their interest and in
which those who brought youth back
with them could find active exercise.
From the ending of the Civil war to
the present day baseball has been gain
ing in popularity. 1t has suffered sew
eral rude shocks owing to internal
strife, but as an attraction which gain
ed and held public interest it has de-
veloped wonderfully.
Ask Red-BIooded Recreation.
With thousands of Uncle Sans sol.
der boys equipped with baseball, box
ing and football paraphernalia while
in the service, thousands of young
bloOds coming on who will demand red
blOoded recreations and pastimes on a
larger scale than ever before and the
country at large weary of death-deal-
ing conflicts and grateful for the
chance to relax, sports should thrive
on a greater scale than ever.
Sports will be encouraged in every
way possible by the government, too.
President Wilson, Secretary of War
Baker and many of our lawmakers at
Washington, have openly expressed the
opinion that health-giving sports
should be encouraged and continued
throughout the length and breadth of
the land, even in war times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
LARGE INCREASE IN CRIME

Grimes against property have in
creased steadily since the United
States entered the war, and the rea.
son may be found directly in the eco
nomic conditions which have beer
brought about by the war. Crimes OF
violence, except robbery, have tended
to decrease, but the decrease is to be
attributed not SO much to gangs anG
the Imprisonment of the gangsters who
formerly afflicted New York CITY,"
Like Commissioner Woods, District
Attorney Swami holds that the causes
of increased crime are economic, due
to the war.
1.-THE explanation" he says, sis In
the increased value of property. Silks
copper, brass, foodstuffs and almost
every commodity have such an increas
ed value and are SO readily salable
that it is worth while to steal mos,
anything, and the thieves act accord
ingly. With the increase in values is
q corresponding increase in tempta
ton"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
stanes In Form Of Cross.

Staurolite Is a curious mineral, or
stone, found only in Virginia and
North Carolina, not very valuable but
interesting on account of legend that
attaches to it. The name is from the
Greek stauros, cross. The stone Is
found in the form of cross, or some
times q double cross. Another name
for the stone is the fairy stone" and
this also relates to the lenged that
the fairies living in the caves OF the
mountains, on hearing the sad tidings
of the death of Christ fashioned these
crosses as mementos of him. There
has always been some commercial de-
mand for the stones as curious and
they are worn as watch charms or on
chains with lockets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07

the examining board and, although i'm
properly prepared, received the high
est mark among the contestants and
soon afterward was notified of his ap-
pOintment Up to this time his action
had been a secret between his sister
and himself and it remained so until
he was ready to start for West Point
Assumed Responsibility Early.
AS a boy General Pershing, his sis
tiers say, was of quiet, serious tenn
permanent, assuming, as the oldest of
six children, many of the responsible
ties of the family.
"John," Mrs. Butler said, although
of a quiet disposition, liked a good
time and enjoyed fun as much as any
one Yet when he started anything he
wanted to get the result, and he gen.
orally attained that object before he
gave it up"
After having been graduated from
West Point and having served with
General Miles in q campaign in New
Mexico against the. Indian chief Ge-
ronimo, Pershing was stationed as mil
itary instructor at the University of
Nebraska. His friends there remem-
Der him as a fun-loving young man,
who enjoyed music and dancing, par.
ties and other social activities and who
appreciated a good joke.
"Old Jack Best" the veteran trainer
at the university, remembered Per-
shing intimately. HE was one of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
SPY GOES ABOUT FREELY in PARIS

Think I'll try to get acquainted with
him. Then he laughed.
81 saw you there I gasped.
L know you did, said he. I sat
at the next table to you in Ciro's, be-
hind the pillar, and heard you tell
about seeing me. Naughty, naughty I
And SO you tried to get your old pal
pinchedT
The German told my American
friend that he had been in and out of
Paris ever since the war began. He
found 1t much more interesting than
running a U-boat, he said. There was
danger, he admitted, but just enough
danger to make the job interesting.
Besides, he is poor man at home. In
his work he has plenty of money to
spend.
I'm going back next week." said he.
Extent of System.
A friend of mine who returned from
Berlin after the United States declared
war on Germany told story, of which
he had personal knowledge, to show
the extent of the German spy net. An
acquaintance in Berlin obtained per-
mission to go to Holland on business.
1t is not easy to get such permission
nowadays. Although an American, he
was forced to tell just whom he wished
to see in Holland and why. While In
Amsterdam he received a hurry call to
London from his correspondent there
and took the next boat, getting a wise
through the interest of the American
legation in The Hague.
"Why did you go to London?" he
was asked when he returned to Berlin.
He told the story.
awe know Of the telegram you re-
ceived,' was the reply. But why did
YOU go to room 303 of the Savoy hotel
and remain closeted with Lord Blube-
berry there for three hours?"
He was able to make his explanation
convincing or there might have been
This was some weeks before the Unit,
ed States was finally crowded into war.
It is easier to believe in the number of
spies Germany has scattered about
when one hears this story by an Ameri-
can girl, who for some years had stud
led at Leipsic. This year she was re-
fused her Phi. D. degree, although it
was due her. Then she was refused
permission to leave Germany. for
weeks she was promised and put off.
Become q spy for us and you shall
have your degree" she was told "You
shall have plenty of money to spend.
You need not worry about the danger.
We will always take care of you"
She did not become spy and even
tually she was given permission to
leave for Switzerland. But the story
| nuts one to thinking.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
HOW PERSH|NG GOT into THE ARMY

finest men that I ever worked with"
said Mr.. Best. tits true he was mighty
strict with his work, but the results he
got were so good that everybody he
worked with loved him for 1t. When
he was here we had q regiment the
university could be proud of.
Usually he was mighty dignified in
his work, but he had way Of getting
next to new men," continued Mr.. Best.
'The first time / ever saw him he
walked right up to me- slapped me on
the shoulder and said: We'll, Jack,
they tell me you got along mighty well
with my predecessor. If you did, am
darned sure We'll get along just as
WE'LL
General Fond of Gardening.
'"The boys at the university got a
surprise the first day Pershing drilled
them," said Mr.. Best. at had been
their habit before that time to come to
drill with shoes blackened or not, just
as they pleased. When Pershing took
hold the first thing he looked at was
to see that all shoes were well BACKED
and that the heels looked as good as
the toes. He was just that thorough
going in everything all the time. He
was Al in every way, and you can ask
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
Newspaper Article Leads Him to
Seek Edmittance to West
Point.
SISTER TELLS OF HIS YOUTH
Kept Appointment TO Academy Secret
From FamiIy-Head of Expedition
airy Force Was of Quiet, Serious
Temperament as Boy.

Lincoln, Neb.-It was newspaper
article which diverted John j. Pershing
from his purpose to become a school
teacher and started him upon the mill
tary career which led to his appoint
ment as general in the United States
army and commander of the American
expeditlonary force in France. The
story is told by General Pershing's SIS
tiers, Mrs. Butler and Miss May Per-
shing, who are residents Of Lincoln.
1t was while General Pershing and
his sister, now Mrs. Butler, were at
tending the Missouri State Normal
school at Kirksville, Mo-, that his at
tention one day was called to newspa-
per announcement that examinations
were to be held for appointment to the
West Point Military academy. Young
Pershing asked his sisters advice as
to whether he should try for the APP
pointment and she advised him to do
so. Then followed a short season of
intensive study in preparation.
In a few days he was called before
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHOOTERS USED GLASS BALLS
Trapshooting of Today Differs Mate
rally From That Sport of
Days Gone BY.

Back in the early eighties, when
American sportsmen began to demand
q between season outlet for their gum
ming enthusiasm some bright genius
conceived the idea of the glass ball as
a fitting target to try the prOwess Of
the marksman, and the object was
projected at unknown angles from
mechanical contrivance known as a
trap.
The name of BOgardus, in connec-
ton with glass-ball shooting, is not
only historical, but still alive and DOM
inant in the "reminiscences of old
timers, goodly percentage Of whom
still follow the trapshooting sport.
Trapshooting today, however, differs
materially from that sport of bygOne
uays; the traps are more scientifically
constructed, the target, instead Of be-
ing globular in form, is saucer-shaped,
and besides covering it's 50-yard flight
with the speed of an arrow, rOtates as
well.
1t has become customary for writer's
to refer to the clay pigeons as "the in
animate target" so long as they re-
main packed in barrels or stacked in
the traphouse this is quite proper But
were you to ask any Of the 100000
active trap shooters in the country for
his personal opinion he would unhesi-
tatingly say that Immediately follow
ing its release from the trap 1t be-
comes just about as animated as devil
ish ingenuity could conceive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
Wouldn't Be SIiuhted.

The principal Of school once hao
occasion to lick a very refractory pu'
oil. 1t was very meager punishment,
out the child complained to his father
when he went home that day. The
next day the father paid the principal
a visit.
ST understand" said the irate parent,
shat YOU licked my boy yesterday"
ST did," was the reply, "but not Sc
verely."
"Well," said the father, II want you
TO know that I am one Of the largest
taxpayers in this place and my boy is
entitled to as good a licking as any
other boy gets. If you slight him again.
you'll hear from me I'm no uncertain
terms"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
German Says 1t Is More Exciting
Than Running a Sub
marine.
NET IS SPREAD EVERYWHERE
American Tells Some Anecdotes Show
inc the Extent of the German spy
System-Experience of Amer
lean Girl in Leipsic.
By HERBERT COREY.

Correspondent of. the Chicago News)
Berne, Switzerland.-Last week a
German U-boat captain visited Paris.
This story is told on the authority
of the man who saw the U-boat captain
there. [ know the man. He is con-
sentative, solid, reliable American. HIS
word is worth 100 cents on the dollar
wherever he is known. For some
years he was in business relations with
Germans. and learned to know many
of them very well.
81 was standing in front of the opera
house in Paris" said this man, when
green car whizzed by. just caught
a glimpse of familiar face. Beside
the man 1 knew was q Frenchman
wearing a black beard. Two minutes
later 1 remembered whom the familiar
face belonged to.
"'Von Hutten,' 1 said to myself.
'Why-why-dang it-last / heard OF
Won Hutton he was commanding o.
boat in the North sea-"
Futile to Chase a Green Car.
The man puzzled over it for a mo-
ment. Then, being a good American,
he told the American authorities in
Paris. He had not been able to get
the number of the car or description
of the chauffeur. Chasing green cars
in Paris is like trying to catch wild
geese by the salt plan. Next day the
man was walking down the Avenue de
rOpera when the green car whizzed by
again. He tried to catch the number,
but that old oil and dust trick that
American speeders invented prevented
him. He walked on down to Ciro's for
lunch.
81 had So-and-so from the consulate
and So-and-so from the embassy and
So-and-so of the United States navy as
my guests" said he, naming them. I'VE
had good time together, for we were
old friends. l told of seeing my Ger
man acquaintance on the avenue. Next
day came to Berne. Shortly after |
met my German friend.
81 like the looks of your naval at
tache in Paris said he. Nice boy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
Takes Amazing Leaps Since
America Entered War.
Number of Complaints Throughout
Country Increases 20 Per Cent
in Six Months.

New York-Since the United States
entered the war the crime percentages
in practically every city in the coun-
try have taken amazing leaps. The
number Of complaints reaching va
rious detective headquarters through
out the land for the last six months
was 20 per cent higher than during the
same period a year ago. The increase
has extended to practically all forms
of crime except murder and assault
Commissioner Woods of the New
York city police department, has made
a special examination of the records
with a view to answering the question
as to the effect of the war on crime
and criminals. His conclusions are as
follows:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
War Beer in Germany.

Reports from Berlin recently re
ceived in London show that the kaiser's
subjects are facing a further reduction
in the supply of beer, says the New
York Times. The amount of malt
available for brewing has just been
fixed, and, whereas the amount for the
last year was % per cent of the peace
quota, the amount for the next year is
to be only 10 per cent in North Ger
many, and Is per cent in Bavaria.
When the requirements Of the army
and Of the munitions factories-which
in Germany get precedence-have
been met, there will be enough malt to
provide the civil population with about
one-third of it's consumption in peace
time, but the beer is only the thin
"war beer" The barley harvest In the
rest of Germany has been bad, and
there is now a great increase In the
proportion of barley that Is used for
food
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
Has Unique Coat of Arms.

Aberdeen, WASH thou
sand Cancelled postage stamps, repre-
senting ID administrations, have been
used by Mrs. Sarah Erickson, of this
city, TO make q government coat of
arms. The stamps were gathered in
the last Is years.
The coat of arms represents an
American eagle with outspread wings
and below it are five spears and a
shield. Three stamps are from the
George Washington administration. A
lodge has offered Mrs. Erickson $4,000
for the picture, but she has refused it.
She still is gathering stamps for the
completion of the work. She will add
the words Liberty" and "E Pluribus
Unum."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
WINGED MESSENGERS IN WAR
Often When Telephone and Other
Communication Are Cut, Pigeons
Reach Home Safely.

Members of the Quaker City Con-
course association, one Of the big ma
tional pigeon-flying organizations, have
expressed a willingness to supply the
government with a number of their
winged messengers for war service.
During the spring it is expected that
thousands of pigeons will be shipped
abroad. 1t is reported that 81 per
cent Of the pigeons released in the
European trenches, often when tele-
phonic and all other means of COM
munication are cut off, reach their des-
tination in safety, thus delivering inn
pOrtant messages.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-02-07
OLYMPIC CHAMPION is HURT
Reggie Walker, Famous South African
Splinter, Has Been Wounded on
French Battle Front.

South Africa's greatest Splinter, the
famous Reggie Walker, who gained
wcrld wide fame in 1908 when he won
the 100-meter run in the Olympic
games at London, according to cable
dispatches, has been wounded on the
French battle front.
In his memorable race Walker de-
feated Bobby Kerr, the famous Cana
dian, and James A. Rector of the Uni
versity of Virginia, who represented
the United States in the final.
BY winning the race Walker upset
the experts calculations, and his per-
Torrance earned him the title of the
worlds premier Splinter.