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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

A correspondent, who has sunk good
money in similar enterprises n North
west Arkansas, had a communicates
in a recent issue Of the Eareka
Springs Times Echo advising the peo
pie not to invest in propositio4' 70
drill for oil, F cry scientist Nhe mas
investigate the field declares there
IS 40 oil in this section, says tte VIII
err, and it is u.seless waste q money
and energy to drill for
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15
FIRST PREsBYTE saLAN CHURCH

Sunday School at "a a. m. W. c.
Banks, Superintende it.
The pastor has r, iurned from Au-
gusta, Ga, and will conduct services
at the morning hou i.
Union services in this church at
7:15 p. m. The sermt vii be preach
ed by Rev. A. II. d. laney of the NJ
~. enuIIu, ,oUuth.
D., u c pr.,,,. Dagtor
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

Mrs Margaret Nonamaker. wife a,
". II Nonamaker. deceased. died "a
Gently at her home at Gentry at III.
age Of 65 years Mr. and Mrs. Non.
amaker were residents Of Springds.
number of years apo.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15
CHURCH { FGIRIST.

Meets every Sun ay at 1890 a. m
for worship in the r new chapel on
Johnson St. Every ods invited.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15
Springdale. Ark. Friday, Feb. Is. 1918
RED CROSS NEWS.

The appeal for more chairs for the
Red Cross work room has brought a
hearty response, and the Red Cross
workers desire to thank all who do
mated chairs, and especially, Mat Lo=
gan who donated twenty chairs for
use as long as needed.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

Fred Mitchell, son of Mr.. and Mrs
" H Mitchell of Gentry, died recent.
ly at Santa Fe, New Mexico. wners
he went about year ago for his
health Deceased was % years of ape
The remains were brought back to
Gentry for burial.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

All the preliminary papers have
been prepared for the formation d
an improvement district to construt
a road from Fayetteville To the Craw.
ford County line at Winslow, and from
Fayetteville east through Goshen 70
the Madison County line, and the pc.
titions will be placed in circulation
soon. Crawford County people have
the road already planned from WINS
low to Van Buren,
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

F. L. Allen, deputy prosecuting at.
torney Of Carroll County. charged
with killing A l.. Budd in the latters
home at Eureka Springs lust Noyem.
Der. was last week indicated for first
degree murder by the grand jury.
Trial Of the case has been postponed
until next term Of court.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

The Rogers Daily Post reports that
Earl Bennett, son of r. P Bennett Of
that town, was aboard the Tuscania
the liner torpedoed last week by a
German submarine. At last accounts
no information had been received as to
whether or not the young man was
among the rescued.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

Robert a. Wilson of Joplin. M
succeeds NJ A. Hathcoat as easbie, -
the Farmers Bank at Harrison -
latter resigning to accept the posi,ios
of manager of the Boone County An
straet Co.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

been SO busy that lasl haven't had
time. .t1a
W. . ny personal APP
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

Herman Stobaugh left Sunday al.
ternoon for San Francisco, Cal, wherr
he expects to secure employment. He
has tried number of times to JON
both the army and the navy. but has
always been turned down en account
of physical disqualification and h-s
about come to the conclusion that
Uncle Sam don't want his services.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

FROM LIEUT.. GUY c. STAFFORD.
Mrs. NJ. Berry, Chairman Of local
Chapter Red Cross, last week received
an encouraging letter from Lieut.. Guy
C. Stafford, expressing appreciation
of the work of the Red Cross, and as
the letter will be of interest to all Red
Cross workers and others. it IS pub
lished. The letter follows;
Mrs Willard Berry,
Springdale, Arkansas
Dear Mother" Berry:
Have been intending to write you
a short letter for some time, but have
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

J. 0. Nelson left Sunday afternoo.
for Kansas City on business. No.
ton of which was to superintend y.
loading out of a car of sheep which L
will place on his farm east of town
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

- The local Chapter of Red Cross de-
slres to thank A. B. Henson for a load
OF wood donated last week, and at the
same time to express thanks to Dorr
jarvis and Walter Morton who cut
the wood, and to Glenn Salisbury
end Joe Murphy who hauled same
the former furnishing wagon and
team. Thanks are also due te the
following Grammar school boys, who
on Tuesday afternoon assembled ann
carried the wood up to the rooms:
Marion Adams, Bill Griffith, Rich
ard Smyer, Harold Clark, Vogle o.
Dell, Raymond Foster, Ariee Leak
and Joe Steele
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

Guy c. Stafford.
Lieutenant, l42nd F. A.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

The News wishes, in this column. to
correct an impression that may have
been gained from reading the letter
from Miss Eva Atwood, nurse at
Camp Pike, which was published
few weekS~ago. The writer made
IL for small bags and for clean
rags for hospital use. stating
AT the rags need not be hemmed as
1fhey would be discarded when soiled.
IN puolng the letter in type it was
mace 70 appear that the bags need not
De hemmed, and some confuSie@s
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

J. Sam Rowland has resigned =.
member of the County Highway ~.
mission of Boone County and Wal.a
L. Snapp has been appointed to gns
coed him.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15


Roy Leach and Miss Anna Fanni.,.
If Berryville were married recaa.' lug
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-02-15

Albert A. Fugate, Sc years Of o..
died recently at his home near VS.
Grove school house, Carroll Cow.
from cancer of the face. IVY
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Weekly War Review by the War Department at Washington De-
 ClareS So.
THE ALLIES ARE READY
Claimed That German Con- CentratiOn Westward Solely for Defensive
 Purposes.

WASHINGTON, March 19. - The War Department in it's weekly review says the threat of a great German offensive against the West front no longer impresses American military men.
 The review concludes that despite vast preparations, the Germans will not take the initiative for an offens- i've unless forced into it. The report says that the American troops are now engaged on five separate fronts, one of these lying close to Switzer- land.
 Apparently the concentration of the Germans on the Western front Is for defensive and not an offensive movement. The review said the mass of Germans are approaching a point in density which it will be impossi- ble to go beyond without choking the lines of communication and ham, pering the free movements of the reserves E
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
GERMANY AFRAID ALLIES WILL NOT
 LET HER PLAY
German Papers Claim that American and England Will Control Sea-
 board Trade

LONDON, March 16-tDelayed in transit) t)-Germany must count as an accomplished fact of an economic war after peace is declared and con trol by the United States and Eng land of seaboard traffic in raw ma terials, so declares the Pan-German Taeglische Rundischaus of Berlin. It says Germany therefore must exploit Siberia, Persia. Bremin and Ham burg. It said the commercial eyes of Germany, which have been strain ed so long seaward must now gaze inland.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
NEW MAYOR OF SEATTLE WILL
 ENFORCE LAW
First Message to Council Says That Treason and Sedition Not Be
 Tolerated.

SEATTLE, March 1S.-Hiram Gill today turned his office as mayor ov- CT to Ole Hanson, his successor, and at the same time congratulated the new mayor and said he hoped his administration would be successful.
 The new mayor in his first mes sage to the City Council said he the government in every detail and strictly enforce the laws against seditiOn and treason.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
TURkE IN POSSESSION
STEAMER ALASKA IS BRINGING A
 FAIR SIZED LIST

SEATTLE, March 16.-(Delayed in transiO-The steamer Alaska sailed at nine o'clock this morning with the following passengers for Juneau J. H. King, Mrs. R. Copeland and two children, Mrs. R. H. Howell Thomas A. Quinn, w. F. Scott, N P. Nelson, c. M. Clay, A. E. Wad hams, August Morney, Alex Balli Mike Pursich, Charles Johnson, Paul Anderson, B. Johnson, Christ Larson H. B. Lundbohm. Mrs. c. A. Ostrom Francis Fuller, Miss B. Fries, and s. Swenning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
SITKA BOAT IS
 LAID UP OWING
 TO AN ACCIDENT
Her Propeller Blade Was Bent and Another Boat Is Bringing Mail
 to Juneau.

SITKA. March 18.-(Special to the Empire 1.-The power boat Prince of Wales arrived here Saturday night pellor badly bent, and she will re- main here until new propeller ar rives on the E. D. M, which left here at 10 o'clock yesterday morning with mail for Juneau and way ports.
 Purser Noble is aboard. The Prince of Wales struck near Ostio Island in heavy fog Friday night and was on the beach all day Saturday try ing to repair the propeller.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
IDAHO PEOPLE
 ARE GUARDING
 THEIR HOMES
1. w. w. Members Are Be- ing Investigated and Others Given Right
 to Leave.

ST. MARES, Idaho, March 18.- Twenty-one alleged Industrial Work CTS aHd sympathizers under guard will be held for further investigation Others who have reported have been given written permission to leave town. The patrol of the streets by the Home Guards and Infantrymen has continued since an attempt was made to take a member from the jail, followed by a riot. Citizens have called another meeting to organize another Home Guard Company.
 TURKE IN POSSESSION
 LONDON, March 1S.-The Turks have occupied the entire Batum re zion in the Eastern war zone.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
NOTHING DECIDED YET

TOKYO, March 18.-Premier Ter auchi and Foreign Minister Monton told Parliament Saturday that no de- cision had been reached in regard to Siberia. They said the military sit uation had reached stage of per fected preparedness: The Constitu- tionalists will meet and reaffirm their position in opposition to i'm mediate mobilization. The press is almost unanimous in urging mobiliza- tion.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
All Passenger Service Is Discontinued and Re- maing Population
 Must Stay.
THE POSITION OF JAPAN
That Nation Is Still Watch ing Events; German Peace Terms Are
 Announced.

LONDON, March 18.-The evacua- tion of Petrograd has been complet- ed, according to advices received to. day, which adds that none of the pop ualtion of the city hereafter is to be permitted to leave.
 All passenger train service has been suspended
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
REPORT CLAIMS DURANGO CITY
 IS CAPTURED

FL PASO, March 18.-Delayed in transit) )-Torreon dispatches say that the revolutionists have captured Du- rango City. As Villas main force is campaigning in Durango it is believed that his command probably made a report of the capture.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
The Czech Deputy and Ger man Members Mix Things and Many
 Are Injured.
STRIKES SPREADING
The Report Is Confirmed About the RaiIWOrkerS at Vienna .Qutting
 Work.

COPENHAGEN, March 16.-De- layed in transit)-Czech and German members of the Austrian lower house engaged in wild scuffle and several were injured last Thursday, during a jpeech made by the Czech deputy who said Prague was without food several days The Germans charged hat the officials in charge had not given out proper quantities of food, md the fight followed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Stocks Exhausted

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-A Der lin telegram published in the Strass burg Post announces that stores and grain are very limited and great poll .ical unrest is the result. It says the resources and available stocks within the Central Powers have been greatly exaggerated. It says the cer cal stocks in the great States are almost exhausted, having been pill laged Peasants alone are in posses sion of the provisions, the article says.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
SENTRY SEES SIGNAL LIGHTS FACING GERMANS Evidence of a Spy Working within the American Lines on the French
 Front. GERMANS ARE KILLED Americans Enter German Trench and Establish
 Contact with the
 Enemy Force.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 18.-American in tellgence officers report the evi dence of the possibility of spy working within the American lines Northwest of TouI an American sen try saw signal light flashes from a window facing the German lines. The sentry fired through the window and dashed into the house, but found nc one.
 Important telephone lines Withir the American lines have been cut and tempered with.
 The Americans are still holding Mecklenburg which the French fore e captured two days ago.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18

Mrs. Burnett Smith, representing the British government, who is visit ing the United States to tell Amer ican women what their English sis- ters have suffered from the war, spoke at drawing room meeting re- gently at the home of Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold, of New York, and before the Red Cross Chapter, of which Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is the head. ''I am sure this mis- sion to tell the truth about ourselves in England, especially the food sit- uation, is urgently needed" said Mrs. Smith. Everywhere people are moved, thrilled and asking, Can these things be trueT"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Fifteen SIav Warships Ta- ken Over When the
 German Forces
 Occupied.
NIKOLAYEV BEEN TAKEN
This Is the Great Grannery of Russia and Military Center for Black
 Sea District.

AMSTERDAM, March 18.-A Der lin telegram announces that the Ger mans found IS Russian warships in the harbor of Odessa when the place was occupied by the Teutons.
 Much other valuable food supplies were taken and the possession of the port gives the Germans an i'm portant station from which to oper. ate by land and water.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
POSSESS MUCH GRAIN

LONDON, March 18.-A Petrograd dispatch says that the Germans have occupied NkoIayev in addition to Odessa.
 This place is 70 miles northeast of Odessa and is reported to be the great Russian center for the storing of grain. The warehouses are re- ported to contain 5,0oo,o0o bushels of wheat.
 The great Russian Navy Yard is also located there and it is the seat of the Military Governor who com mands the Black Sea fleet.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
FRENCH TAKE POSITIONS ON
 MEUSE RIVER
Penetrate German Lines 300 Yards and to a Width of 1400 Yds.
 in West.

DATELESS. March IS. - The French and Germans have engaged in heavy fighting on both sides of the Mouse river. The French forces gained German positions 800 yards deep and 1,400 yards wide on the western side of the river. On the Eastern side of the river the Ger mans were unsuccessful on a six mile front.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
GERMANS MAKE RAID

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY March 1e.-After a terrific artiller, preparation large numbers of the enc my crossed no-man's-land on the ex treme right of the American sectol northwest of Toui. Only a compara lively small number entered ths American lines.
 The raid was designed to gather information through the taking o prisoners.
 East of Lunville Americans exp'or ed part of a German trench whicF the artillery fire had forced the enc my to abandon. The American pa troIs proceeded until they had es tabIished contact with the enemy The Americans were subjected to ar extraordinary heavy artillery fire fo' the past 24 hours.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
USING GAS SHELLS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY March 1e.-The enemy sheIled var ious parts of our position heavily many gas shells being mixed with hiph explosive ones. The weather conditions are exceptionally good, al most like summer. A great number of wagon trains and small gorups oi Germans were seen behind the enc my lines several times. During the day the air was crowded with air planes.
 American flyers tried unsuccessful ly to act into battle with German planes. American anti-aireraft guns drove off a number of the enemy planes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Are Striking Again

AMSTERDAM, March 1S.-Reports from German newspapers show that strikes are again in progress in Aus ria-Hungary and are spreading rap ,dly. The report has been confirmed about the strike of the workmen of he railway shops in Vienna and in leighboring industrial centers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION
 IN A.FACT0Ry
Sixteen Persons Killed and a Large Number In- jured as Result
 of Explosion.

PARIS, March 1S.-Two violent explosions in the factory of La Four heauve, north of Paris, killed 16 persons and injured a large number, most of them slightly. American Red Cross ambulances were among the first at the scene. The explos- ion shattered windows and over turned furniture in nearly every part of Paris.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
penouncsd Peace Terms

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Rus- sian Ambassador Bakhmeoff has de. nounced the acceptance by Russia of German peace terms. He declared that the dictated German peace threatened the existance of Russia and it's independence. He said the Embassy will continue to advocate cooperation with the Allies.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
ALASKA FISH co. WILL BE HEARD
 ON ITS APPEAL
Supreme Court Decides to Pass Upon Government Petition on October
 14th Next.

WASHINGTON, March IS. The Supreme Court has agreed to expe- dite the case of the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Company, which, upon government petition, was ordered to remove a fish trap near Annette Island. The hearing is set for Oct. 14th.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
ECCLESS EASTER IS PROPOSED BY WIFE
 OF FOOD OFFICIAL

WASHINGTON, March IS. = Mrs. Herbert Hoover has headed a move ment for an eggless Easter. It is believed that some 60,000,000 eggs will thus be saved. The annual egg rolling contest on the White House grounds Easter Monday will be aban. dOned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
RIOTING TAKES
 PLACE IN BELFAST
 AND SEVERAL HURT

BELFAST, March 18.-Rioting be- tween a mob of Sim Feiners and the police in the Nationalist quar- ters early Saturday witnessed the free use of sticks and stones and revolvers Several shots were heard. number of persons were removed to the hospital.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
THREATEN HOLLAND FOR USE OF BOATS
 BY ENTENTE ALLIES

AMSTERDAM. March 1S.-Ger- man newspapers assert that the talk ing over of Dutch ships by the AL lies means an intensification of the submarine warfare and that Holland must renounce a further supply of coal and other indispensable mate rials from Germany.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
SAYS HOLLAND HAS ACCEPTED TERMS
 OF ALLIED NATIONS

AMSTERDAM, March 16 (Delay- ed in transit). - The Associated Press hears that the Dutch govern ment has accepted the demands Of the United States and Britain for the use of Dutch shipping {. in the danger zone.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
SAM DAVIS TURNS
 IN "3O" ON COPY
 IN PRESENT WORLD

CARSON CITY, New, March 1S.-- Samuel P. Davis, poet, humorist and newspaper man, known throughout California and Nevada as Sam Da- wis. died here today Davis was a brilliant writer and made journels at Virginia City. Carson City and Reno famous during the Bonanza days of the Comstock Lode.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Stock Quotations

NEW YORK, March 1S.- Alaska Gold closed at 1%. American Zinc at IA bid. Butte & Superior at g. Chino at 40B.
 Nevada at 1S5s. Ray at 23A.
 Utah Copper at 79.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Another Version Given

PETROGRAD, March IS. - Maria Spiridonovo, Bolsheviki leader, in forms the peasants that the ratifica- tion of the German peace terms means that they will enjoy a land of freedom.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
GERMANS ARE KILLED

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, March 1S.-The American patrols en countered the enemy's patrol in no. mans land near TouI. The Ameri- cans opened fire and the Germans fled, carrying away several bodies supposed to have been killed or wounded. The Germans made but a feeble attempt to return the Ameri can fire. No Americans were wound ed in the engagement.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
JAPAN PREMIER IS OUT WITH DENIAL
 OF RECENT REPORT

LONDON, March 16 Delayed in transit) .-Japanese Premier Tera- chi today denied the report that Japanese troops had been dispatch ed towards Siberia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
AVIATORS ARE KILLED.

FORT WORTH. March 16 (De- layed in transit) Two American aviators were killed at Hicks field in a fall today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
BUTTE STREETS ARE EPATR0LLED
 BY SOLDIERS Connolly Club Not Allowed to Parade in Violation of Ruling of the
 Governor.

BUTTE. Mont, March IS. The Infantry cleared the streets here af- ter an attempt of the Pearce Con. molly Club to hold parade with out the permission of the Governor and in violation of an order issued by the State Council of Defense. The Infantry remained on patrol in the business district during the night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18

LONDON: From Aug. 1, 1914, to the end of February. losses of Norwegian vessels as result of war aggregated 726 of 1,O66,S21 tons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Trotsky Is Busy

WASHINGTON, March 18.-Ameri can Ambassador Francis reports that Trotsky is heading the Bolsheviki commune at Petrograd.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
 and Mail Information
Now Northbound

Alaska is northbound and is expected tomorrow with mail. Princess Royal is northbound and is scheduled to arrive to- morrow night with mail.
 Scheduled Sailings Spokane is scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. making Juneau and way ports only. City of Seattle is scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Admiral Farragut is scheduled to sail from Seattle Sunday for Juneau direct.
 S0UTHB0UND SAILINGS Alameda is expected south bound Wednesday.
 Princess Royal will be due to sail southbound Thursday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18

NEW YORK: London dispatch says that during December 22 Ger man submarines failed to return to their bases.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18

THE EMPIRE-Ali the News AL he Time. When It Is Newa.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-03-18
Tides Tomorrow
Time of High and Low Tides at
 Juneau for

NJ A R c H 18th