' BIGGEST CROrtD
k | ' Of THE PAIR
p Attends Final Day For Practi
cally Double Racing Program !
of the Day.
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Old Sol came out in all his
glory Saturday and the crowds
came forth with him. The fair
as a result received its biggest
crowd on the wind-up day, for
the weather was ideal and the
mins of Friday had caused the
postponement of the racing pro
W gram, making practically a
double bill for the linal day
With warm sunshine drying
the roads and grounds and put
§- ting the track- in extra condi
tion, the crowd was in splendid
spirits to get the most out of
the various forms of entertain
ment.
* The exhibit hall continues toj
attract big crowds and the show
ing made for the first fair is ,
everywhere a subject of con
gratulation. The crowds have
been small by reason of the bad
weather.- It • wasn’t “hard
times” that worked the hard
ship, but the weather man- '
With a good crop year and
cotton bringing ten to twelve
cents per pound, it would not
be safe to estimate the crowds,1
lop the people are now thorough-,(
ly imbued with the fair spirit
and an increasing support may,
h relied upon by the association.
The exhibit of stock was made i(
upon the track Saturday morn-'(
\ ing and attracted favorable
^ comment and praise. The fair
has done a great deal toward en
couraging the livestock industry
^as well as to interest the people'(
in better grades.
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• JR AGING PROGRAM FOR
4 TODAY.
FREE FOR ALL TROT.—Purse $150
Princess Alfred, B. M.. .Alexander
2. Electric Bow, Br. G.Jenkens 1
* .3 Jim O’Shea, Blk. G.Garen
T 4. Milo W., B. G.Scott
/ 5. Bonita, Br. M.,.Straub
, 2:15 PACE—Purse $150.
^ 6. Dot Allen, B. M.Wolff
7. Symbolita, B. M.Lambert
8. Lady Knight, B. M.Moss (
9. Eugene Colbert, B. H.. .Alexander
^ 10. Dr. Kalbus, Blk. G.Myers
N ll. Jewel Laburn, S. M... .Chamness j
12. King Cairo, S. G... .‘Zimmerman
4 1-2 MILE RUNNING—DASH—
Purse $50.
13. Ozmar, S. M.Arnold !
14. Oma J., S. G.Bailey
15. Steve Elkins, S. G.Moon i
16. McMurphy, S. G.Murphy!
17. Ben Lasca, B. G.Johnson
18. Trixie Kelley, B. M.Schaffer,
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Curios Displayed At The Fair.
In a glass case at the fair is
on exhibition a large number of
Jdeirlooms of different kinds that
w is worth while for the pass
. ersby to notice.
Among the number is an old ;
newspaper, “The Ulster County
Gazette,” of New York City]
yprinted January 4, 1800, an-;
nouncing the death of George!
Washington. The paper was!
bought by Mrs. L. E. Willis’ fa
ther for fifty dollars, years after
i its publication and is now priz
ed highly by Mrs- Willis, who
* loaned it for exhibition.
The “Letters of Junius” in
two volumes one hundred and |
swenteen years old, are a val
u© addition to Mrs. T. J. Wat
son’s library.
A hand-painted cup, an heir
loom from Virginia, and one I
hundred and twenty-five years
old, is prized by Mrs. H. C.
Sanders.
An old English coin of 1773,
banging to the, Huddleston
family, is an object for sight
seers, being loaned by Tom
* Harder, Jr.
, In th|? art department are
/ manv beautiful works of differ
V ent kinds, but an oil painting
7 “A Hunt At Sunset” by Mrs- J. 1
8. Bowen, is receiving much ad-s
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miration and pioves her the ar
tist she is.
The map drawing by the
school children is fine and shows
them splendid in drawing. Miss
Estelle Hite has two pencil
sketches that cannot be beaten
and have carried off first prizes.
Express Defaulte rCaptured.
Renzie Palmer, the defaulting
station agent at Alicia, has been
captured by the Wells Fargo Ex
press Company at St. Louis.
Palmer is 20 years of age and
has been married nine months
He admitted his theft from the
Iron Mountain railroad, the
Wells Fargo Express Company
hnd the Western Union Tele
graph Company to be $1,094.
When captured he had one cent
m his person. Sheriff John Ow
sns went to St. Louis on No. 4
yesterday to bring Palmer back
to plead guilty.—Walnut Ridge
Blade.
$5,000 Judgment In Smith Case
The big railroad case brought
to the Lawrence circuit court on
i change of venue from Inde
pendence county, consumed
;hree days in court this week- It
was the case of J. H. Smith vs. J
:he Iron Mountain Railroad for j
personal injuries caused by be
ng thrown from his wagon
while crossing a defective cross
nsr on the White River branch
)f the road, near Sulphur Rock.!
smith brought suit for $15,000, j
:he jury rendered a verdict fori
£5,000. This was a hard fought j
:ase with a wealth of legal tal
ent on both sides, something
ike 50 witnesses testified. Fol
owing was the array of legal
:alent: For the plaintiff, Cul
Pierce of Bald Knob, I. J. Mack
}f Newport, Ponder & Ponder of
this city. For the defendant i
railroad company, McCaleb &
Reeder of Bates ville, L. B. Poin- ]
lexter of Black Rock.—Walnut i
Ridge Blade.
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GERMANS CHECKED
IN BELGIUM!
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General Situation Remains Un-I
changed Conflict South of j
Przemysl.
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United Press Dispatch. .
Paris, Oct. 17.—The French I
have gained near Arras and St
Mihiel. They have also occupi
ed territory in the vicinity of
Amentiers, eight miles north-1
east of Lille, according to the of
ficial statement by the war of-1
flee. The general situation re-1
mafcis unchanged, the lines re
maming substantially the same
as on Friday.
The Austrian and German ar-l
mies are on the defensive along
the entire Vistula line, the con
flict continuing south of Prze
mysl. The Germans in Belgium
have been checked.
Rumors Of Naval Disasters.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 17.—It is ru
mored that the big cruisers Ter
rible and Invincible were torpe
doed and sunk by a German sub
marine in the North Sea, but
the Admiralty has discredited
the report and makes the state
ment that there have been no
further German marine opera
tions since the destruction of
the Hawke.
Rome correspondence says
that cholera is spreading in
Hungary and Galicia and de
clares ten thousand cases rnost
lv soldiers are now in northern
Hungary.
Four Officers Rescued.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Oct. 17.—The official
press bureau today announced
that four officers of the cruiser
Hawke were rescued. It is fear
ed that the remaining twenty
seven perished when the ship
was torpedoed.
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RUSSIANS CHASED !
FROM GERMANY!
Rain Retarding Fight In Alsaee
and In The Vosges.—Series I
of Desperate Conflicts.
United Press Dispatch. (
Berlin, Oct. 17.—The Germans j
jin Belgium nave joined the ex-|
treme right wing in France andj
the general situation is show-j
ing a distinct improvement ac-|
cording to a war office an-j
nouncement. j
It is stated that the right wing j
in France has engaged in a se-j
ries of desperate conflicts on |
the line from Noyon to Belgium, j
with alternate defeats and sue- j
cesses, but owing to the isolat-j
ed, nature of the engagements, (
they will have no effect on the
general situation- j
Perfunctory mention is made j
in the war office bulletin of the)
occupation of Ostend, and it is /
stated that the Burgomeister j
made a formal surrender. The
center left is unchanged
Bad weather is again retard- j
ing operations, and snow' and
rain are interfering with the 1
fighting in Alsace and in the !
Vosges.
The Russians have been com- i
pletely ejected from German
soil. The Austrians have occu- ■
piea siarasoi, i^nyrow and mov-1
ed south on San to northeast j
front of Przemysl, which contin
ues to resist the siege, defeating
General Dimotroff on the march
Many Russians were drowned
when the bridges on the San
River were destroyed. The Aus
trians took Taronya, in the Car- |
pathians after a four days’ bat
tle, in which many Russians i
were killed. They also captured
all of the Carpathian passes.
LONE ROBBER
RELIEVES CASHIER'
Of Bank of Kensett of $1,000 to
$1,500 in Bold Daylight Hold
up and Gets Away.
Searcy, Oct. 15.—The Farmers
and Merchants Bank of Kensett,
four miles south of Searcy, was
raided by a lone bandit at 1:30
o’clock this afternoon and be
tween $1,200 and $1,500 stolen, i
The message {stated that the I
robber had mounted a small bay
[mare and hurriedly departed in
a fast gallopntoward Searcy.
The hold-up was committed in
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.only Irwin Rogers, a youth 18 !
years old, was >in the bank as !
assistant cashier,
arrived in Searcy thirty minutes i
after the robbery told a thrililnb !
story of his experience to a Citi-1
zen reporter at 3 o’clock.
He states that a stranger, who j
had spent all of the morning in j
Kensett, strolled quietly into the S
bank at 1:30 immediately upon i
his return from dinner and in-1
quired as to whether or not the
'cashier was in. ‘Being informed
'by the young assistant that he
was not, but that he (Rogers)
would telephone to his residence
and have Mr. Abernathy, the
! cashier, to come dowm to the
bank. The calmly collected
'stranger asked if he could speak
| with the insurance manager.
! During this time the stranger,
| who gave his name as Johnson,
(was standing just outside the
1 ashier’s office, when young Rog
1 ers telephoned to Mr. Abernathy
jto come down to the bank. While
using the ’phone “Johnson” de
| liberately walked arounj the
enclosure directly in front of
I the cashier’s window and with a
Quick flash of his right hand,
placed a revolver in the assist
ant cashier’s face, accompanied
with the gruff words,'“Hands
1 up”
| Rogers terrifiedlv complied and
(the robber ordered him to lower
/.one hand and to reach in the
(vault and give him one thousand
dollars, “and be in a hurry about
it.”
Rogers did so- In the mean
time the intruder emptying the
currency drawer under the
cashier’s desk, from which he
secured two or three hundred
dollars.
The entire hold-up was con
summated in three minutes,
when not a person was in the
bank, except the two of them.
After securely placing the
money in his ragged clothes the ,
defiant burglar nervously jump
ed for the telephone and with
one strong pull jerked the tele
phone connection and battery,
box from the wall, then skulk- I
ing to the front door with his re
volver leveled on the horror
stricken young cashier.
.Jumping from the walk of the
bank building he hastily mount- j
ed a bay mare which he had tied
out only a few yards away and
beat a hasty retreat out the
Doniphan road, supposedly to
ward Searcy. Rogers immedi
ately gave an alarm and soon
half the population of Kensett
assembled at the bank, where a
few minutes later a small posse,
was formed.
The robber is described as a
bout 30 years of age, 5 feet 8
inches in height, clean shaven,,
and wearing a brown coat and ,
slouch cap. At the time of the .
hold-up he was disguised by a [
heavy pair of automobile gog-1
?les. |
BANDIT AGAIN ESCAPES
The lone bandit who held up
Irwin Rogers, the young assist
ant cashier and robbed the Far
mers and Merchants Bank at
Kensett Thursday afternoon at
1:30 o’clock is still at large
Last night about 9:30 while Iron
Mountain Passenger No. 28 was
at Kensett and being searched
by officers, a stranger standing
an the platform in conversation
with*Mr. J. C. Robbins of* this
sity, was noticed by one of the
officers and asked to step mside
the depot which he did, but
when the officer went to search
him he drew a pistol and went
to shooting and backed out of
the room. The officer returned
the fire but the man made his
get-a-way in the dark. This
morning a man answering the
description of the robber, made
his appearance at the home of a
Mr. Lewis, who lives between
West Point and Griffithville, and
asked for breakfast, which was
given him. The man claimed he
was going from Higginson to
West Point to take a train but
had been lost and wandered
through the woods all night.
Sheriff’s posses are watching
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cvezj avenue ui cotape auu
scouring the woods with a hope
that the culprit will be appre
hended.
Mr- Abernathy, the cashier of
the bank, says the robber secur
ed $834. Yesterday afternoon
just as soon as the rpbbery was
made known in this city Cash
ier Deener of the Peoples Bank
sent Mr. Fred Welch, one of his
assistant cashiers, to Kensett
with money enough for the un
fortunate bank to relieve the
situation and and no embarrass
ment whatever was caused by
the robbery.
Wireless Station Not Closed.
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., October 17.
*—Following the formal expres
sion of “regrets” of the Marconi
Wireless Company for allowing
the transmission of unevtrai
messages regarding the German
battleship from Honolulu, the
Navy Department has agreed to
allow the station to continue op
eration.
Two English Aviators Captured.
United Press Dispatch
Berlin, Oct. 17.—A British
biplane, carrying two high rank
military aviators, is reported to
ha'’e been shot down and the oc
cupants captured near Perron
ne. France.
GERMANS SEEK
TO PIERCE LINES
Of Allies Fifteen Miles From
Coast, But Are Repulsed—
French Make Advance In
Verdun Section.
United Press Dispatch
Paris, Oct. 17.—Reports from
military headquarters state
that desperate lighting contin
ues with heavy rain in the
northwest. The Germans at
tempting to pierce the Allies’
fifteen miles from the seacoast”
were repulsed uniformly. It
is reported the French have re
pulsed a heavy attack at Lille.
Though the Germans are ad
mittedly in possession of Os
tend and Zebrugge, it. is. known
that the Allied force is blocking
their southward progress along
the seacoast.
The French have made an ad
vance on Verdun and the gener
al situation is improving.
Must Keep Hands Off Ameri
cans.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 17—
Chairman Stone of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
today warned the belligerent na
tions that they would be held
responsible for actions which
drive Uncle Sam to take ac
tion to protect American citi
zens.
The warning followed a pro
test to Senator Stone from Colo
rado that four German-Ameri
cans had been taken from an
American ship, the Metahan,
bound from one neutral port to
another by a French cruiser.
Mrs. Goodlett Dead.
Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 17.
■—Mrs. M- C. Goodlett, aggd 70,
and founder of the United
Daughters of The Confederacy,
died at her home here today, af
ter a long illnes.
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Americans Hit By Merican Bul
lets.
! United Press Dispatch.
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Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 17.—
Fierce fighting is in progress
between Carranzaistas and Vil
listas, near Naco, Sonora. Mes
sages from Naco, Arizo, state
that four Americans were hit
| while on American soil, by fly
ing bullets.
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