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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
Apnls In History

1t is interesting to recall that the
month Of April-the middle of spring
has been the beginning of the most
momentous periods in American his
tory Here they are:
April 10, 1775-Battlc of Lexington.
April 4 Washington forms the
first American army OF 5000 men,
April %, 1777-Lafayette arrives in
America to aid the war of Indepcud-
onec. 'sM
April %, 1S7l--first American man
ofwar built at Portsmouth y H. by
Paul Jones.
April 10, l7S3--Wor Of Indcpcua.
once ends
April I'll, 1S36-~Sam Houston de.
rcats Mexicaus under Santa Anna at
San Jacinto. assuring independence Of
Texas.
April 26, lS45-War declared on
Mexico
April III, lS6l-First shot of Rebel.
lion fired on 1T Sumpter
April 6. 1862 Admiral FarraguL
forces the passage of the Mississippi.
April :, 1866 Richmond abandoned
| by Coufederates.
April ll9, 1S65--Lee surrendcrs At
Appomattox court house
April IA, 1SG5-Lincoln assassinat.
ed
April 21 1S9S-War declared on
Spain
April I, 19l4-Americans marines
occupy Vera Cruz
April 6, 1917-War declared on
Germany.
April, 1915?
We await with confidence in the
yalor OF our arms, the righteousness
Of our cause and the justice of God
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
HUNTING FOR LIBERTY
IN PRAIRIE SCHOONER

Says Matt Duhr; "Eben Duck
worth, aged "A and his wife, Ada,
aged is, are hunting for liberty in a
prairie schooner perambulator in Ok
lahoma. They were married in a
hypocritical Kansas town five weeks
ago, but were 50 persistcntly COW
belled and nearly mobbed that they
left for safety and a free country.
Mr. Duckworth said. After hunted
for a wife GO long years ! found the
game ! desired Ada told me that
she rather marry me than be splced
10 a brainless youngster Our mar
liage nearly upset the whole Jay
hlwkor township The people said
that We should have left the matter
lo referendum vote We are hunt
irg for liberty in this puffed-up free
country. aHtF
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
FREEDOM IN CouRLAND
German Socialist Exposes Iron Handc4
Methods Used by Kaiser.

Washington, March 25--Germany 's
efforts to force the inhabitants Of
Courland into an apparent willing ac-
ccptance of the German rule, were
exposed in speech in the reichstag &
on March 19, by Lcbebour, leader of
the Independent Socialists, according
to an official dispatch today. from
France. The dispatch quotes Lebe-
bour as follows:
When the Lettonan commission
wished, last December. to meet AT
Riga to discuss the fate of Courland
a condition was imposed upon then.
that they should abstain from all at
tacks against the German empire, the
military administration, and the au-
thorities. They we're given the form
OF resolution, already framed, in
which was demanded constitution
DlObCNbOu NY pClni III bdltlN
state, independent of Russia This
resolution was accepted by only eigh-
teen members of the diet. The Ger
man administration, which was dis.
satisfied, then voted itself to procur-
ing the vote of new resolution, which
was slightly different For this end,
no means of pressure was neglected,
representatives Of small land propri-
etors were appointed to the diet by
the heads of a commission named by
the German authorities, upon the
proposition of tho large proprietor3,
and that is what is called reprcseE-
tative of the Courland nation, and the
emperor is to become the duke OF
Courland Meanwhile, violence car
ries the day"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
SUMMARY MARCH CASUALTIES
M

Washington, March 25-Only 2S
names, five of them officers, were In
cluded in today's casualty list. Lieut.
jefferson Feigl was killed in action,
Lieut. Eugene II Wheatley died of ac-
cidout: Lieut. Col William S Wells
died Of othcr causes. and Captain A S
Cow and Lieut. Arthur Booth We're
among tle slightly wounded
Killed in action /; died of accident
3 died Of disease, s; died Of other
causes" 2; wounded severely ?;
wounded slightly II.
The list follows:
Killed in Action.
Lieut. jefferson FeigI.
Died OF Accidents.
Lieut. Eugene r Wheatley, Bugler j
d Galladay, Private Herbert J Tue
ker.
Died Of Disease.
Corpl Reynold A Broader Privates
Charley Brew Jacob Orton, Eugene
Helm, Alfred Mcleod, Coy Ovcrstreet
William Eugene Harker, George II
Wilkins, Edward Wirth,
Died Of other Causes.
Lieut. Col William S Wells, Sergt c
Hilburg.
Wounded Severely.
Bugler Dubois, Private Arthur
Knochenbauer.
Wounded Slightly.
Capt Arthur Cow. Lieut. Arthur
Booth, Sorgeants James ] Buchanan,
William Rogers Corporals John NJ
Hunt, Earl r Stouffer Priyates G Z
Bowers. Peter Fabian, Bernhard
Golz, Ray c Herring, Ewart G Nelson
and John Walczyk
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
Watch the Little Pimples;
They are Natures Warning

derS. And the one remedy which
has no equal as purifier is S. S. s..
the purely vegetable blood medicine.
which has been on the market for
more than fifty years. 1t is sold by
druggists everywhere.
If you are afflicted with any form
OF skin disease, do not expect to be
cured by lotions, ointments, salves
and other local remedies. "a they
can not possibly reach the source of
the trouble. which is in the blood.
Begin taking s S. S. to-day, and
write complete history of your case
TO our chief medical adviser who viii
give YOU special instructions. without
charge. Write at once to Swife Spe-
cific Co, I'll Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
GOVERNOR THREATENED
III BRYAN SPEAKS

Indianapolis, March 25-Federal
agents are today in possession Of a
letter written to Governor James +
Goodrich, threatening his life unless
he prevents the appearance Of Will
lam Jennings Bryan in a prohibition
lecture here on April g The COM
nunication was unsigned.
The National Dry Federation is
scheduled to inaugurate dry cam
pagn to be nation wide at the meet
mgs to be held here, and Bryan is
billed as the principal speaker Oh
April 2. "a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
WAR SAVING STAMPS
GOOD INVESTMENT

BY Nichola Murry Butler, presi
dent Of Columbia University Il trust
that every American, rich or poor
young or old, man or woman, who
con possibly do so, will purchase
without delay a War Savings certi-
ficatc, aud affiX to it as often as posi-
bic a S. War Savings Stamp. Not
all Of us can bear arms or serve on
ships Not all Of us can take posts
o. duty in the civil administration Of
the government All Of us however,
can do our Part by exercising rigid
economy and making monthly savings
Of at least S. which we can in this
way lend to the government.
A War Savings Stamp is the best
idyestmcnt in tho world It earns as
high rate Of interest as q first class
savings bank can pay It is money
lent directly to the government to aid
IN winning the war for progress and
democracy. What more urgent call
could be made to our patriotism than
'fis? Every one of us who is recoiv-
ing u salary or wages can do some
thing either through war savings
certificates or through thrift cards.
Let every American hasten to got
enc or the other
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
unsightly and Disfiguring Sig
mails of Bad Blood

Don't close your eyes to the warn
ing which nature gives, when un-
slightly pimples appear on your face
and other parts of the body.
Not only are these pimples and
splotches disfiguring, but they lead
to serious skin diseases that spread
and cause the most discomforting ir-
rttation and pain Sometimes they
toretell Eczema. hoils, blisters. scaly
aruptions and other annoyances that
burn like flames of fire. and make
YOU feel that your skin is ablaze.
When these symptoms appear on
any part of the body, take prompt
steps 10 rid the blood of those disor-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
CUT THIS QUILT is WORTH
MONEY!

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with five cents to Foley
4 Co, 2S35 Sheffield Ave, Chicago
Ill, writing your name and address
clearly. You will receive in return
trial package containing Foley:
Honey and Tar Compound for coughs,
colds and Group Foley Kidney Pills
and Foley Cathartic Tablets Sold
everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
TAKE CHILDREN OUT OF DANGER

IT you saw child on raiIrOa
track you would end to remove
the little one from danger. When a
child is 'snuffing" or coughing, isn't
it your duty to get him out Of danger
of severe consequences? Foley's
Honey and Tar gives relief from
coughs. colds, Group and whooping
cought Contains no opiates. Sold
everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
A SHORT BUT STRONG STATE.
MENT.

Women with backache, rheumatic
pains, sore muscles, stiff joints OF
other symptoms of kidney trouble
should read this statement from Mrs.
S. c. Small, Clayton, n. NJ. Foley
Kidney Pills have done me more good
than all other medicines" They
strengthen weak kidneys and Danish
sleep disturbing bladder ailments
Sold everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

Congressman Fuller in moment of
candor hands thi to congress- The
lcusc of representatives is the most
inefficient and expensive barnacle
that ever attached itself to ship Of
STATE" If this is what Congressman
Fuller thinks about the house, we
would like to have his opinion on the
cnuato
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
join THE ". S. BOYS
WORKING RESERVE UNIT
Help Build Up the Farms o
the Nation and Raise More
Feed Stuff to Help Win
the War

All boys between the ages OF Id
and > are reQue ted by the president
of the United States and by the gov
crnor to Join the L S boys working
reserve SO that they can do their part
IN helping TO win the war.
The farms of America will be very
isiort Of labor during the coming year
ard one Of the ways OF overcoming
this shortage Is by having the boys
from tho cities go to the farms and
work during the summer. As this
Il tho best way they can help the
nation at this tome when the short
age OF food is one of the most serious
problems facing the country,
The boys who enroll and do the
required amount of work will be given
a bronze badge bearing the grea'
seal of the United States to veal
as reward for having served his
country in very useful capacity
Positions will be found for the boys
az close home as possible and al
wages as high as tho farmer can al
ford TO pay for their services which
Will vary to some extent according
20 the experience and ability Of the
IA,- rn wv, ln,,I
The reserve was organized little
over year ago and was found tc
be a great help to the boys and tc
the farmers where It was tried out
last year and this year the field is
being extended so as to include boys
il every town in the United Statos
The L S boys working reserve has
the Endorsement of President Wilson
| cx Presidents Taft and Roosevelt as
we'll as many moro prominent mcr
and all Of the governors OF the states
Tho government needs the service.
OF every able bodied boy in America
For full particulars apply TO A !
haage, principal of high school or t
II Dillenback, county agent
Join the reserve today
Corn, 1000 acres, average yiol'
in Logan county. bushels; averaS 4
| for state III bushels
Wheat, $4,000 acres; average yiclC
in Logan county, 10.9 bushels; aver
age for state, 1903 bushels.
Oats, 10000 acres; average yield l
Logan county 90 bushels; average toi
state, y bushels
Cotton, $4,000 acres; average yielC
IN Logan county. 70 pounds lint G
average for state, lGi' ounds lint c.
kafir 5000 acres, average yie,l
in Logan county, n bushels; average
for state , bushels,
Alfalfa 900 acres: average yiel,
in Logan county, 21 tons; average
for state, % tons
Sorghum, 5000 acres; averag
yield for Logan county, 2Ij tons av-
elage for state, 2J tons
Native hay 100 acres; ayerag
yield in Logan county, 0.5 tons; aver
age for state, 90 ton.
Peanuts, (very small acreage in Lo-
San county, not given; average yielC
IN Logan county, i3 bushels; avera 81
for state. % bushels.
Crops which ,@qualed or exceeded
the average for the state are th'
most profitable crops to grow in Lo-
gan county under normal conditions
Why plant such a larg" acreage Of the
crops that are not profitable under
conditions in this section?
Figures taken from the 1917 annual
report OF the state board Of agricul
ture
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

Warm weather will soon be here,
Better get your electric fans in order
Call Mater Electric Co and have them
cleaned before the rush.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

'0' 9FDMONO
John e Redmond, head Of the Ma
tionalist Party in Ireland, who next
20 Charles Stewart Parnell, did more
for Home Rule than any other leader
has Just died of an operation necessi-
tated bv cancer. Mr. Redmond was
born in 1851. He had made many trips
To the United States in quest of funds
for his Home Rule fund.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

Red Gro, IS workers needed now
more than ever Big offensive on;
thousands of wounded boys, dressings
needed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

lax.Fos With Pepsln.
A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant
to take, Just try one soc bottlo for
Indigestion or Constipation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

membership Of pledged war savers
estimated at ;0,000,0 600. OF this mum
Der ten thousand will be organized
900 sales agencies where persons
can buy War Savings Stamps and
the number of societies is expected
70 almost reach that quota
Recently q War Savings society in
a western town gave a Thrift dance.
The hall and music We're donated, and
every dancer had to buy Thrift
Stamp to go on the floor The total
5ales for the night amounted to $3.50
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
CASTORIA
For L,fants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears ~ <<s
signatule @ of xa/RNSTe%>N
INDIAN OIL LANDS
TO BE LEASED

Washington, March 25-lndian oil
lands are being leased for drilling by
the government to increase produc-
tion of fuel oil to meet war demands,
according to fuel administration Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

Pooling of oil in the California
fields is similar to the pool planned
IN territory east of the Rocky noun
tains and is being worked out by
Pacific coast representatives of the
fuel administration in order to in
sure fuel oil for essential war needs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25

ficials today. Added war demands
are due chiefly to the large number
ol oil burning ships now building
About 35 per cent Of the ships being
constructed by the shipping board are
oil burners.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-03-25
children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
G a 8 TO Fri a
800. 900 W. :. SOCIETIES
ARE BEING FORMED

Three hundred thousand war Saw
ings societies are being organized
throughout the United States with
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
DELEGATES TALK
 ABOUT TAXATION
Whether Present System of Taxation Shall Be Retained Is Matter of
 Discussion.
Special to the Independent.

Special to the Independent.
 Little Rock, July 12.-The subject of taxation engrossed the attention of the Constitutional Convention all day Thursday. The whole issue is being based upon the question of whether the present system of uni form and ad valorem' assessment shall be retained, or the committees proposal for classified and segre- gated' assessment be adopted. The speakers were pretty evenly divided on the subject, and declared that the theory of the other looked well on paper but would not work out well in practice.
 For hour after hour the convention listened to expositions of the theories of taxation, criticisms of tax-dodgers, citations of the experience in other states, and definitions of tangible and intangible property.
 It was generally agreed that no system that can be devised can be perfect, and that the best that can be done is to accept the one or the other of the pending proposals.
 Delegate F. E. Brown, former member of the Tax Commission, as serted that the present system has proven a monumental failure, and that he is willing to try any change that may promise an improvement.
 It was argued by some that the trouble is not so much with the pres ent law as it is with the lax enforce ment of it, and to this it was replied that so long as the present theory of taxation prevails, the evils of un- fair and unequal taxationn car never be corrected, and that 1t vii continue to be the means of causing most men who give in their assess ments to perjure themselves.
 When the convention adjourned, tht question was still being argued, anG was continued today.
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
HOW OLD IS LONDON TOWN?
Notwithstanding Antiquity of British Metropolis Many Great Build-
 ings Are Modern.

It is surprising, when we think of the age of London, and think of the tower which William the Conqueror built; of thesancient abbey of the Nor man church; of St. Bartholomew's, how many of London's most prominent buildings are less than hundred years old, and how many of them are quite recent structures, observes a writer in London Tit-Bits.
 Of all the buildings which flank Whitehall only the Horse Guards, the Banquet hall and the Old Admiralty existed hundred years ago. The gov ernment offices are all new.
 Within living memory the house of parliament, the Thames embankment and all it's flanking buildings, St. Thomas hospital, the National gallery, South Kensington museum, the Tate gallery, the law courts, all the big ho- tels and even the present Mansion house have been built, whilst nearly all the banks and great piles of com mercial offices in the city are new, although the thoroughfares in which they stand are very old.
 A hundred years ago there was no High Holborn, no Shaftesbury avenue.
 no Charing Cross road, no Regent street-or, at most, it was just in the making-and no Trafalgar square. Kingsway and Aldwych are streets of yesterday.
 Moreover, such great centers of pop ulation as Putney and Islington and Hampstead and Edmonton were little
 outlying villages quite disconnected with London, whilst West Ham and Willesden had no existence except as names, and places like Shepherds $ Bush and ,Wormwood Scrubs might have been in the backwoods of Aus tralia or Canada for all the impor- tance they represented. A century ago, too, the railroad stations which
 number about 2,o00 had no existence whatever.
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
On Crying in the Theater.

So, ayers Nora Bayes, in the Ameri- can Magazine, in her own worlds
 Tt is commonplace of the theater that the public want, above all things, to be entertained. But that is very far from saying that they want to be amused. Humor is by no means the easiest way to reach the human heart. There are those who will tell you that the public would far rather laugh than cry. And when they do you can just tell them to tell it to Sweeney. The American public would rather cry than laugh any day. Where in 1t is not a bit different from the public in Australia, India, Russia or France. The secret of this is very simple: If you can make anybody cry, you make them forget themselves. The minute you make them forget themselves they are being entertained. If you can set them to thinking about your blues instead of their own, they are taken completely out of them selves"
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
A Napoleon Telegraph.

Few holograph letters in the hand of the great Napoleon are outside the French national archives. In the fa- nous Morrison collection, the second portion of which is being offered at Sotheby's, London, appeared that mis- sive which the first consul wrote to the prince who afterwards became Louis XVIII. In this he sternly advises him to remain in sweet and tranquil exile, for a return to France would mean a trudge over 100000 corpses (''il yous faudrait marcher sur 100000 cadav- resp. For this vehement warning MT. F. Sabin paid f435, and at convenient and authorized interval the letter will go to New York. A descendant of Jo- seph Bonaparte, at present incognito in London, inspected the letter and was represented in the earlier stages of the bidding. Another letter by Ma poleon addressed to Josephine, saying that the sun itself may grow cold be- fore he forgets her, reached f150.- London Mail
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
HOW MANY ARE TRULY HAPPY
Eminent New York Physician Places the Number at About One
 in Hundred.

The other night we chanced to ask an eminent physician of New York city his opinion as to the number of people who were truly happy. His rather dogmatic reply was:
 About one in a hundred"
 And this was not the opinion of a pessimist, but of a most radical Op- timist.
 We wonder if this opinion is shared by others. It does not mean, of course that ninety-nine people out of a hundred are deeply unhappy. That would be absurd. But there is no doubt that a great many people are quite unhappy good deal of the time, perhaps not half the time, but enough rather to cloud their lives.
 We should like to know the opinion of physicians generally. More and more people go to the doctors to tell them their troubles. The physician of today takes the place of the con- fessional of yesterday.
 Then, too, there is the new applica- tion of psychology to the field of medi- cine-the so-called psychO-analysis which is so rapidly taking it's place as an important part, literally, of the medical pharmacopoeia. This new sci ence has given a wonderful insight into our sub-conscious selves and re veals how far that sub-conscious self really dominates our lives and deter. mines the amount of happiness which we really get out of this confused welter of existence.
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
Soldering Iron and Steel.

For soldering iron with steel, use a fiux composed of equal parts of cast iron filings and ca]cined borax. Pui. verize this black, glassy mixture, and spread the powder on the sedm.
 For soldering steel, melt in an earthen vessel three parts of borax, two parts of colophony, one part of carbonate of potash, one part pow dered hard soap, to which three parts pulverized glass and two parts of steel filings have been added. Run the melted mass on cold sheet iron. When completely cooled break in pieces and grind fine. Apply to the surface to be joined few minutes before uniting them.
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
THE WOODSTOCK, A POPULAR TYPEWRITER IN THIS
 SECTION.

The Woodstock Agency, Room IT, Arkansas Bank Bldg, reports the following Woodstock purchasers in this territory:
 Jared T. Trevathan, lawyer, Bates vile, Ark.
 Lyman F. Reeder, Atty, Batesville Hickerson's Garage, Batesville. Stanley Hanford, Batesville.
 Richard Thomas, Newport.
 Miss Helen Thixton, Newport. The following orders are on file for delivery as soon as machines can be secured:
 P. H. Van Dyke, Garage.
 P. S. White, Grocery.
 Bank of Swifton, Swifton, Ark.
Newport daily independent., 1918-07-12
NOTICE.

The assessors of Bridge Improves ment District No. I, of the City of Newport, Arkansas, will meet at the office of the First National Bank ox| Monday, July Sth, 1918, for tho piir@| pose of adjusting the benefits accxu- ing to the property in said districf since the last assessment. E
 c. J. SPRINGER, Secretary This June 25th, 1913. o6a16