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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD
 OF THEATRES AND AMUSEMENT
EMPIRE

Winsome Billie Burke is to appear at the Empire theatre today and to- morrow in her latest Paramount pie ture, ''Eve's Daughter" This is at adaptation by Margaret Turnbun of Alicia Ramsey's play of that name which was produced on Broadway this year with Grace George as the star. The excellent cast includes Thomas Meighan, who, it will be remembered, appeared with Miss Burke in "The Land of Promise" '"The Mysterious Miss Terry" and others, William Riley Hatch, Florence Flynn, Lionel Atwill, Mary Navarro and others. The story deals with the sudden emancipation of a girl from the restraints of a strict father and the rather disastrous results which follow, with a happy ending, however.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26

The names of 4s men were con tained on the latest casualty list. Two men were killed in action.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
LYRIC

What is conceded by the manage Rnent to be the biggest business that a1as been done since the introduction of the Poli Players in Bridgeport has been placed to the credit of the sen ieation now playing at the Lyric thea eter which has aroused more discus sion throughout the city than any eEhing that has ever been produced A1y stock company in the Park City. F~Romance' has been pronounced one hof the greatest successes that a stock rompany has ever attempted and an sunusual amount of credit is due this versatile and popular aggregation Of kaItists.
 The theme of the play is handled i'm daring and startling manner by hthe author, Edward Sheldon, but his severy situation is portrayed just as he intended that it should. Peculiarly .suited to the roles for which they Bhave been cast, Miss Warda Howard and Dudley Ayers are fully entitled EAo the succession of encores which llhave been given them by the Varl- tous audiences which have witnessed the presentations this week. Thede are still four more opportunities 10 see this wonderful performance witk a matinee today and tomorrow ana the two evening performances.
 Next week the Poli Players will again be called upon to present sensation in the production entitled -HThe Brat" This is the story of a down and out Hippodrome dancing girl who has just been discharged from g. hospital only to find her job gone. She is picked up by wealthy novelist who sees in her a type for a story he is writing and takes her to his home. She fancies herself in love with him, but finds out her mistake when he is about to turn her out when his story is com pleted. She is loved, however, by the wayward brother of the novelist who takes her part and in the last act-but wait and see 1t for your self.
 Sunday night Geraldine Farrar will be seen in the feature picture, "The Devils Stone" This is one of he1 very best efforts and is said to have cost thousands of dollars to pro- duce. Besides this six reel feature a Fatty Arbuckle comedy will be shown, in connection with the usua weekly News feature and Mutt anG Jeff in funny cartoons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
[ GRANDMOTHER KNEW There Was Nothing So Good for Congestion and Colds
 as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mustard-plaste9 burned and blistered while it acted. Get the relief and help that mustard plasters gave, without the plaster and without the blister
 Musterole does it. It is clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. It is scientifically prepared, so that it works wonders, and yet does not blister the tendereSt skin.
 Just massage Musterole in with the fin- ger-tips gently. See how quickly it brings relief speedily the pain disappears. | Use Musterole for sore throat, bron. chits, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy. rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds o1 Ghe chest (it often prevents P .imoniak
 BOG apd COG jars; hospital size $259>
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
WEST END

The latest Thomas H. Ince pro- duction, starring William s. Hart, and released by Aircraft, is Blue Blazes Rawden," 8 tale of the Cana dian Northwest, which will be exhib- tied at the West End theatre tonight. During the filming of this picture the entire floor space of the Hart studio was occupied by massive structure solidly built of rough hewn logs.
 Chester Conklin in Tt Pays to Fix ercise," a Mack-Sennett two-reel com edy, will also be shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
NEW ENGLAND TO RAISE DAILY SUM
 OF $25O,OOO,O

Boston April 26 Liberty Loan committees in every New England dis trict set out today to increase the daily total of subscriptions with the hope of obtaining the $25O, 100000 all lotment before the close of the cam paign. Figures announced yesterday showed that about 60 per cent of this amount had been raised.
 There was no general holiday ob- servance of Liberty Day, a fact that campaign leaders said was helpful, for with the closing of banks and business establishments in Maine and Massachusetts on April 19 the can- vass was thrown back. It was thought the state holiday in New Hampshire yesterday might affect overnight re- turns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26

repeat that 1t does not want to give the impression that these are times when simplicity and moderation of liv- ing are not critically necessary, but that its sole desire is to secure an ad- '1ustment between our different food supplies and meet changing conditions from time to time and to keep the pub lie fully and frankly advised of its position with the full confidence and reliance that whenever it becomes nee essary renewed appeals for saving will met the same loyal response as in the past.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
FEDERAL AGENTS EXAMINE HOUSING < SITUATION HERE

f William A. Garland of Los Angeles, head of the National Association of PReal Estate Boards, arrived in this icity from Washington with James F. Freeman of Providence, vice president eof the association, to make a prelim- s1nary survey of local conditions and possibilities in regard to government shousing.
 This is being done in cooperation with the Bridgeport Housing Co. and lsthe local real estate interests. MT. kGarland, who is a nationally recogniz- led real estate expert, recently tender Led his service to the government to bmake surveys in connection with the governments proposed acquisitions of land.
 His offer was promptly accepted yand he is now officially known as as- hsistant manager in charge of Real Es- tate Information, in the Bureau of Housing and Transportation of the Department of Labor. He is the per sonal representative of William E. Shannon, manager of the Real Estate bDivision.
 Americans wounded in France vii
 be sent to England.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26

Americans wounded in France will be sent to England
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26
Waterbury Exceeds
 Bond Sale Quota

Waterbury, April 26.---Waterbury went lover the top" in the Liberty loan campaign at 10:16 a. m. today. The official quota for this city is $S,- 11O, 800. A subscrition of $425;000 from the employees of the Scovi1l Mfg. Co. was made at 10 a. m. today, bringing the total for Waterbury up to $3,625,- OO0 which is 4,50O over the mini mum quota.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26

Administration Senators admitted inability to force vote on the Over man bill until next week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26

Plainfield newsdealers declared af- ter next Monday they will sell no Ger man language newspapers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-26

Legislation to protect soldiers on patrol from assaults by civilians is be- ing sought by Secretary Bakee.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
GERMANS BOOST SHIP LOSSES.
Figures Are Doubled to Deceive the
 People, Reports Show.

London, Feb. 9.LThe German newspapers assert that in the first year of unrestricted submarine warfare 9 million tons of allied shipping were sunk and that only million tons have been built to offset this loss.
 As showing how unreliable is the information which the German au- thorities give out the Associated Press is authorized to state that the claim put forward exaggerates the actual tonnage lost by more than 50 per cent. The total net loss of the words going tonnage since outbreak of the war, including the losses by marine risk as well as by enemy action and allowing for en- emy tonnage captured, amounts to less than 3 million tons or, rough 9 per cent of the tonnage available at the outbreak of the war
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
MENA MEETS FIRST
 LOSS OF SOLDIER
Young Frank Fried, Volunteer, Passed Away at Great Lakes Training Station and Will
 Be Buried Here.

Frank R. Fried, son of Mr and Mrs. Frank Fried, living west of Mena, died Tuesday night at the Great Lakes Training Station near Chicago, after an illness of over a week with pneumonia. His father had been with him since one day last week, and Mrs. Fried left on Tuesday afternoon in response to a telegram that the son was worse, but when she reached Stilwell, Ok, she was stopped by a later tele- gram announcing that it would be useless for her to come, since the son could not live thru the night. A telegram received this morning announced the death which oc- cured some time during Tuesday night.
 Mr. Fried has started for Mena with the remains and it is ex- pected that he will arrive on train No. Thursday. Until the ar rival of Mir. Fried or the receipt of further word from him, final funer- al arrangements will be held in abeyance, tho it is likely that the services will be held Friday after noon. Arrangements are being made to have the officers and mem bers of Red Cross chapter attend in a body. The city and county officers also will take part in the services.
 Frank was one of the clean young men of Polk county. He had been a student in the High school, but al the time of his enlistment last fall he was attending school at Man haitian. He had not yet reached tht age of 20, but he felt it his patri- otic duty to give up his education and offer his services to his coun- try, making application and beine accepted in the radio branch of thu aviation section. After passing tho required examination, he visited his parents and friends in Mena and on Thanksgiving day reported for duty, having since been sta toned at the Great Lakes Trainin: Station.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
GERMAN STRIKE AP-
 PARENTLY AT END
With the Exception of the Move ment at Jena, the Workmen Were Supposed to Have Resumed
 Work-AlIotting Punishments.

London, Feb. i.-With the excep- ton of the new movement at Jena, the German strikes appear virtually to have ended.
 The leaders of the strike have ad- vised the government that work was to be resumed today.
 No disturbances were recorded by the newspapers in Berlin Saturday
 The management of the Krupp works declare that only four hun dred men out of the 10000 work men employed there went out on a strike. and that these were either fined or dismissed
 The Berlin Vorwaerts says the building in which the court martial now is sitting is closed to the pub lie and under close guard.
 The first prisoner tried was sen fenced to six months for distribut- ing leaflets urging workers to strike
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
MEDAL FOR OFFICERS
 AND CREWS OF U-BOATS'
Emperor Wilhelm Is Pleased With Murder of Women and ChiIdern
 at Sea.

Amsterdam, Feb. 4.-Emperor Wilhelm created a special deeora- ton for U-boat crews on the anni- versity of the inauguration Of ruth less submarine warfare as "recogni- talon for meritorious work during the war" The Vossische Zeltung says the decoration is available for officers and crews after three voy- ages.
 The emperor also has conferred the order of pour le merite on Ad- mira Von Holtzendorf, head of the naval general staff and Admiral Scheer, commander of the German battle fleet.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
HITCHCOCK USES
 STERN LANGUAGE
Declares Bakers Recent Statement Is Absolutely Preposterous and Exaggerated" in Speech
 Serious Blunders Occur.

Washington Feb. 4.- Senator Hitchcock addressing the Senate this morning, characterized as ab- surd, Sec. Bakers claim that the United States would have half a million soldiers in France this year, and that prospects were not un- promising for ships to carry a mill lion more troops as absolutely pre- posterous and so exaggerated as to convey an entirely false impression as to what we can and what we are doing.
 'Blunders that almost surpass be- lief have occurred in the war de- partment,n Senator Hitchcock de- clared, and the shipbuilding situa- tion he described as a farce and all most a crime"
 Supporting the committees bills for a war cabinet and munitions director, Senator Hitchcock declared that Secretary of War Baker was no doubt sincere, but that he was mis- lead by lack of information, regard ing the scarcity of ships, into mak- ing sanguine prediction.
 The Senator declared that Presi- deent Wilson himself does not know the real situation" and then cited the situation as an illustra- ton of the absence of government coordination.
 The Nebraska Senator declared the transportation system has broken down" and is gigantic wreck" with two million tons of freight piled up at New York with out shipping facilities; that the fuel administration orders have para lyzed the war and other industries, and that the food distribution also has been inefficient.
 "To supply million men Tn France -supposing that we could get them over there-will require five million tons of shipping in con- stant use" Senator Hitchcock de- clared. We all know that the total tonnage now available is nothing like that amount. We all fear it will not approximate that a year from now"
 Alleging lack of government CO., ordination, the coordination of war operations thru a war cabinet and centralized purchasing thru muni- tions director, are imperative, Sen ator Hitchcock said.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
------W. .S. .S.----------------- TELLS OF U-BOAT CAPTURE.
Admiral Perry Describes How Five
 Were Ragged in Day.

St. Louis.-Rear Admiral Robert E. peary, chairman of the Aerial Coast Patrol Commission, told in an addresss here how five German submarines were captured in De- cember. These are the submarines whose capture recently was an- nounced by Premier Lloyd George in the House of Commons.
 Telling of the capture, Rear Ad- miral Peary said
 The U-53 was sighted by a French seaplane and was soon cap tured by destroyer. The French crew was able to reach the wire less station of the submarine be- fore the Germans could dismant!e it and they also seized the code.
 They found that the U-boat was the flagship of squadron of five or six other submarines. A French crew was placed on the submarine and the next day the boat was taken out and began sig naling for a rendezvous of all the U-boats. When they arrived at a point designated in the wireless message. French cruisers sur rounded them. The submarines tried to escape by creating a smoke screen, but seaplanes were over and had their guns trained upon the boats"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
NEWLY WED" DRAFTED MEN
 MAY NOT HAVE TO SERVE

New York-Unless it is estab- lished that the registrants contract cd a hasty marriage for the pur- pose of evading conscription, a man married after May IS, stands the same under the selective draft law as one married previous to that time, according to ruling Of Sec retary of War Baker, made pubic here
 It was in the form of letter ad- dressed to Charles k. Hughes, chair man of the district draft appeals board of this city, which he read at meeting of the board.
 This is directly opposite to the view previously taken by the board, which had ruled such marriages as not constituting admissible evidence bearing on a registrant's standing.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
----------W. S. $. .-------------- VILLA LEADS OUTLAWS.
Personally Commanded Those Who
 Massacred Trainmen.

Juarez, Feb. 4.-Eleven survivors of the work train massacre at Diaz station, p miles south of Santa Fosalia, last Saturday were brought Co Chihuahua City Monday and are being cared for in the military hos pital there, according to messen- ger who arrived here on the MeXi- can Central
 One of the survivors was a for eigner, the others were Mexicans.
 Villa was in command of the at tacking force, the survivors report ed. He evidently ordered all on board the train killed, as the entire escort of federal troops and all but the survivors were either shot dur ing fighting or executed afterwards. The total dead numbered i42. The ingenuity of the survivors in smear ing their faces with blood from their bullet wounds and feignlng death, after the first assault was apparently all that saved them.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
GERMANS BOAST OF LARGE
 ARMY NAILED BY BAKER
Secretary of War Declares the AL lies Are Stronger Numerically on
 West Front Than Enemy.

Washington, Feb. 4.-Secretary of War Bakers weekly review today makes the official announcement that the American troops now are occupying a portion of the actual battle front.
 Secretary Baker warned the na- tion not to let the reports Of strikes and internal disturbances Tn Ger many slacken it's war preparations.
 It is fully believed, the secretary declared, that the allies have the preponderance of men and guns on the western front, despite the strengthening of the German mes by the removal of troops from the Russian front. os
 He declared that the reports ol the numerical superiority ot the German troops were spread by the enemy himself.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
TWO MEN HELD FOR
 HALIFAX HORROR
Prosecution of Captain Lamodec of French Munitions Ship and Harb0r Pilot Recommended
 by Government PrObers.

Halifax, N. S.. Feb. 4.-Blame for the collision between the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian Relief ship Imo, resulting in the explosion of the former ves- sel, which destroyed large part of Halifax on December 6, was placed upon Pilot Mackay of Halifax and Captain Lamodec of the French ship, in a Judgment announced to- day by the government commission which investigated the collision.
 With the announcement of the commissions judgment Pilot Mack ay was arrested charged with man. slaughter, the commission having recommended that he be criminally prosecuted and his license can ,celled.
 The commission also recommends to the French authorities the can ceIlation of the license of Captain Lamodec and that he be dealt with according to the law of his country"
 Captain Lamodec was also arrest ed, charged with manslaughter.
 The commission held that Captain Lamodec and Pilot Mackay violated the rules of the road
 Other Findings Reported.
 Captain Lamodec and Pilot Mack ay are in addition found guilty of neglect of public safety on the ground they did not take proper steps to warn inhabitants of the city of probable explosion. The com mission further considers the pilot age authorities deserving of cen sure" for permitting Mackay to pilot ships since the disaster.
 Captain Wyatt, chief examination officer of the port is found guilty of neglect in performance of his duties requiring him to keep him. self informed of the movements, ac- tual and intended, of ships in the harbor and in not taking adequate steps to enforce regulations"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
ORGANIZE FIRST
 SAVINGS SOCIETY
Rich Mt, Eagleton and Howard Join in Movement Planned by Secretary McAdeO = Will Buy Savings
 Stamps and Produce Food.

The patrons, pupils and teachers of School District No. 60, compris- ing the schools of Eagleton, Rich Mountain and Howard have the dis tinction of being the first folks in Polk county to organize a War Saw ings Society under the plans out lined by Secretary of the Treas ury William c. McAdoo and the Ma tiona War Savings Society of which Frank A. Vanderlip of the National City Bank of New York. is chairman.
 The organization was perfected Tuesday night at a meeting held in the Rich Mountain school house by Fred J. Smith, acting under direc- tions of County Chairman R. B. Board. The officers are J. A. Mack ey, president; s. s. Little, vice pres ident and W. A. Hathaway, secre- tary Thirteen members were en- rolled as follows: w. H. Rodgers, ]. H. Rodgers, s. s. Little, F. l.. Worrell. W. B. Boyes, Miss Winnie Bates, w. A. Hathaway, J. A. Mack ey, J. H. Sexton, E. F. Dewitt, Mrs. Mary Little, Miss Vinita Boyes, Jim Little and Miss Dora Hathaway. Each of the members pledged to buy a war savings stamp, the younger members making a start by pledging themselves to start a thrift card with the avowed pur- pose of making it mature into a war savings stamp by saving un- til they will have bought sixteen Thrift stamps. which will then be exchanged for an interest bearing baby bond or thrift stamp. It was decided to hold meetings of the so- cietv on the third Saturday of each month. and thru discussions and the reading of literature foster and build up the habit of thrift. and saving. which, after all, is one Of the aims sought to he attained ny the government in the organization of these societies. They are going to couple with it the propaganda for the necessity of the production and conservation of food and other resources of the community, feeling keenly the fact that the family which does not largely feed itself from it's own garden and farm dur ing the coming year may find It difficult to buy the necessities.
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
ENFORCING RULES
 FOR FOOD SAVING
". l. Green, Federal Food Adminis- trator for Polk County, Issues a Statement to Merchants and 9th
 ers-Sugar-Fl0ur Restrictions.

In accordance with instructions from Hamp Williams, Food Admin istrator of Arkansas. the following article was prepared for publica- tion by w. I. Green, Food Admins trator of Polk county:
 "The attention of the people of Polk county and especially that of the merchants. is called to the fol- lowing statement by Herbert C. Hoover:
 Any advertisements tending to induce consumers to increase the present censur their adver- their purchase of flour or sugar during the present national cri- sis are decidedly against public policy. This information is given you with the suggestion that their advertising be cen sored. We request that you please convey this information to your retail grocers.
 Tt has come to my attention that III GOiliC liloldltttO duN Il biolllE lOQl and sugar has caused some firms Lo buy these products ill large quanti- ties. Merchants guilty of making such sales are, subject to investiga- ton and severe criticism, and even to being put out of business entire ly by the food administration If the otfenses are persisted in. Hoardine food supplies must be broken up,
 Limit to Legal Sales.
 No merchant will, from this time on, be permitted to sell more than three to five pounds of sugar to town trade, and no more than ten pounds to the country trade, and no more than fifty pounds of four or a supply sufficient for thirty days.
 All violations of these rules should be reported to me for imme- diate action.
 w. I. Green, Federal Food Administrator for Polk COuntyn
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
--W. s. S.------ --.x,.r AUSTRALIA HAS MUCH NHEAi.
Millions of Bushels Available if On-
 Iy There Were Ships.

Washington, Feb. 3-Millions oi bushels of wheat are available Tn Australia to feed the armies of the Allies if ships can only be obtained. Crawford Vaughan, former premier of South Australia, told twenty eight state directors of the public service reserve, who are aiding the campaign to enroll workers for shipbuilding, yesterday. .,. :;
 The prime need of the Allies IS ships" MT. Vaughn said. There e are today 300 million bushels oi wheat in my country waiting for tonnage. workmen in the yards oi America must realize that every time they slacken up or take time off the effect is just the same as II the artillery in France stopper the barrage fire during charge.