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The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Japanese cruIsers comIna.

Yokohama, Mar. 16.-The Japanese naval training squadron consisting of the armored cruiser Also, and the pro tected cruiser Soya. sailed Monday for Honolulu, under command of Capt Iseji. The ship carry 1S0 cadets of the Japanese navy. The squadron is due to arrive at Honolulu about April 1 and will then proceed to San Fran cisco, cruising northward later along the Pacific coast to Seattle, The Also and Soya. as the Bayan and yariag, representively, were formerly Russian cruisers. They were sunk by the Japanese during the recent war and were refloated later and added to t4e Japanese navy
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
CITY COUNCIL TO
 HAVE MORE POWER
New Law Passed Will Give That Body Power to Fill Vacancies on Water Works Commission Hamilton
 Favored Change.

Little Rock, March l6.-The house this morning passed both bills by Senator Holland, affect ing improvement districts. The first provides that no commission CT or improvement board member shall profit by any contract let by the board for district improve ments.
 The second provides that va. cancies on such boards shall De filled by election by city council instead of by the board ana also provides that council shall have power 10 remove board members for sufficient reason.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
PAYS OVER 6PER CENT
City National Bank of Texarkana Gives Good Interest on Daily Balances of
 County Funds.

Texarkana, March l6. At a meeting of the Bowie County Commissioners court yesterday the City National Bank of Tex arkana was chosen as the county depository for Bowie county for the next two years.
 Tue interest rate to be paid is 6 Is per cent on daily balan .es.
 The City National has been the county depository for the past two years.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
WILL CHANCE RULES
HOUSE INSURGENTS WITH HElp OF DEMOCRATS WIN
 THEIR POINT.
CANNON WAS REELECTED As SPEAKER
Revolt Against "uneIe Joe" Did Not Extend Far Enough to Defeat the oid Leader-Motion to Adopt the oid Ruiss Was Beaten by Vote of 193 to 18e.

Washington. Mar. l6.--Cannonism is
 defeated. Led by Victor Murdock of
 Kansas. the Republican insurgents. or the house have won out in tneir nght for revision of the rules of that body.
 The powerful support of the united minority. led by Champ Clark of Nils. souri. the minority leader, was the big factor in the success of the "insur- gents Champ Clark had announced that he would carry to the aid of the insurgent Republicans enough votes to secure revision, and he made good his pledge.
 The result of the insurgent victory IS to secure new rules for the house which will give back to that body the power which had been surrendered in the course of years to the speaker
 Before the big fight on the rules was taken up the house. voted on the speakership and placed Cannon in the chair again, the insurgents having abandoned their idea of beating him.
 After this matter was disposed of Representative Dalzell of Pcnnsylva- nia, Cannon supporter, moved that the rules of the last congress, which would have perpetuated the speakers power. be adopted for the congress which began Monday.
 The Democrats and insurgents forced a roll call on. this motion. The previous question was then called for and ordered by vote of 194 to 1SS
 The previous question. that is the vote to adopt the old rules. was de- feated by a vote of.193 to ISe, thus bringing about the defeat of the old rsgime
 The vote on speaker was as fol lows: Cannon. 2o4; Clark, 1e6. Cooper, 8; Esch. l. Norris, 2; Hep burn, 1.
 The hundred and eighty-two mem bers respondedsSto their names when roll was called. more than quorum Immeditely after announcement. of quorum was made MT. Currier of New Hampshire nominated Joseph c. Can non of Illinois for speaker. and Mir. Clayton of Alabama presented the name of Champ Clark of Missouri, both under instructions of their re- spective caucuses. As the names of MT. Cannon and Mr. Clark were put in nomination their respective parti- sans gave way to applause. The roll was then called.
 MT. Cary of Wisconsin. one of the when his name was called, voted for his colleague, Henry A. Cooper. also an insurgent. who fin turn voted for George w. Norris of Ne braska. Mir Cooper received another vote from MT. Davis of Minnesota.
 MT. Hinshaw of Nebraska gave his vote to Norris, while Hubbard of Iowa favored Cooper. Mir. Kopp of wiscon- sin cast his vote for Mir. Esch. his col league. MT. Lenroot of Wisconsin voted for Cooper. while Lindrkeruh Of Minnesota recorded his for W. P. Hep burn of Iowa, an ex-member.
 Four more votes were added to Cooper's column when Morse. Nelson and Poindexter of Wisconsin and Mur- dock of Kansas announced themselves for him. None of the candidates whose names were presented voted for himself. although with the excep- tion of MT. Cannon they were all pres ent.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
JOHN THOMPSON RESIGNS
Oar Watkins Chosen as New Head of Commercial Club-Another
 Vacancy Soon.

John Thompson, who has for months been the active and hard working president of Mena's Commercial club, rendered his res ignation Tuesday nigh.insisting that it be accepted at once, which was done under protest. MT Thompson stated that business that would require an absence from Mena much of the time made his step necessary in justice to the club and himself.
 Eugene Cox was chosen as tenn porary chairman of the meeting and Dan Watkins was elected president of the club by unani- nous vote.
 Mir. Thompsou, in retiring, made an earnest talk for Mena, pointing particularly to the need of immigra ton ot the class that will make the hills and valleys of Polk county blossom and yield, saying that such was the saliva ton of the city. He spoke of the great need of cooperation among Mena's people in working for the prosperitty of he city.
 George Kirschke, secretary oi the club, announced that he ex pected to resign in the near fu- iure and requested that com mittee be appointed to audit his books, and the finance committee was instructed to attend to this duty.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Kansas Supreme Court to Begin Early.

Topeka Kan, Mar. 16.-The Kansas supreme court has sent out notices that the June docket of the court will be advanced a week in order to give the court time to consider the cases heard at that time before the July term of the court begins. Under the rules of the court the session in June would begin June :, but by this order the hearings begin June and con tinue the rest of the week
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Shot by hl. Wife.

,ron e Mont, Mar. 14.--A dispatch TSa, M Twin Bridge. Mont. says that maa s Metzel, a prominent stock. u Ta, ol the Centennial Valley. near wIss e,1ew was shot and killed by his nsa @ friday, Mrs Metzel, it is said, q S S. Oeen i'll recently and had been in wac pi'ai' sp'ai' It is presumed that she
 a' temporarily deranged
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Appoints Nawsnan.r M.n

R.ns n@s'nston, Mar. 14.--Robert O. hss Washington newspaper man ta a' peen chosen as private secretary IA anAiin MacVeigh, secretary oi tiva ueasury. MT. Bailey. who is na- nana " Lena, H.. has been in news. iha nser work in the national capital for 'Ae past 2l years
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Decapitated by Train.

Chapman. Kan. Mar. 17.-J. B. Dob bins. while crossing the track here on Main street. was struck and killed by train, his head being severed from his body. Mir Dobbins was SC years old. and had lived in Dickinson county for the last 2S years
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
No Need of Scratching.

Other afiiictions may be more pain fpl, but none more annoying than many forms of itching trouble. The quickest and most reliable remedy for itching diseases of any character is Hunts Cure. One applicationrelieves -one box guaranteed to cure,
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Who Will Be Nextl

The $500 given away each week by the Mena Mercantile Go. was secured by Mrs. Junius Wilkins. If you buy your goods there you may hold the lucky key next time. Al-zt Wit
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
For Sale.

coruse house aud lot in Womble, Ark. hS,ia. uer lot 25xl2o feet; store .. s.s'la'ng 25xSO feet. Will be sold oncs great bargain if taken at Mss. Address, Mark G. Riggiu.
 ua' Ark. Hot ii-2t*
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Do Not Suffer.

No use suffering from Itching Piles when one box of Hunts Cure is abso- lutely guaranteed to cure any case. One application will convince you of its merits.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Log Teams Wanted.

Steady work at good pay. We pay in cash every Saturday night.
 Barker & Lighton, 5&10 2t Jansen, Polk Co.,, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

Every time you buy S2 worth of merchandise at Townsend s YOU have a chance to get Q 42 piece dinner set free. 10 l2t II 2t
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
EIaht AbIIene. kan., st0res Robbed.

Abilene. Kan. Mar 17.--Eight stores were robbed Monday night small sums Eeing taken in each Safes were opened and tills robbed No trace of the men has been found
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

For good yellow pine shingles on short notice, call or phone M K. Peninger, Nunley, Ark. 302 I'm s 1m
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
Wanted for Jansen Park.

One dozen squirrels ana one half dozen owls. See Judge J. ,. Kelly, park commissioner. d&w
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickly, strengthens the lungs and expels colds. Get the genuine In yellow package. Sold by all drug pistg
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

John H. Hamilton, one of Mena's water works commission CTS, was one of the supporters of this measure.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

The Bethesda mountain road has been completed and is prov ing of great service to the peo- pie across the mountain. IL is probable that additional work will be done by the farmers next fall, since there are several places for improvement. Forest Ranger Caappell has gone to Atheus with a crew of men to begin op- eratious on a trail between that town and Big Fork. It will re- quire about six weeks to complete the work.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

The present area of the Ar kansas National Forest is l,663, 800 acres. On February 25 the President signed a proclamation adding about 600,0 GOO acres to the Ozark, making the total area of that forest 1,526, 48l acres. This pives the state ot Arkansas B. ls9 FPS acres of National Forests. There are l45 National Forests in the United States with a total acreage of l63, ,000, 580. If Alaska and Porto Rico are counted, the brand total amounts to l89, ,S2S,- 156 acres.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18
WILL FURTHER PRO-
 TECT NETHERLANDS
Land Office Will Require Lands to Be Examined Before Taken Up Under Timber and Stone Act-More
 Fish in Future.

Several more applications for fish for stocking the streams in Polk and Montgomery counties have been made recently by For est Supervisor Record. Hon. Ben Cravens has gladly indorsed these applications, which will soon
 mean good luck to local anglers.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

M. K. McMillan arrived Mou- day night from Albuquerque, N. M., to examine land applied for homesteads within the Forest. H. B. Jamison, law officer for this district, is here studying the trespass situation Conditions in Arkansas present many new ad- ministration problems which the central office desires to become personally acquainted with.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-18

The regulations of the United States land office have been re- gently changed in regard to en- tering land under the stone and timber act. Previously this land wns sold at $2.50 per acre, re- qardless of the amount or quality of the timber. 1t is now neces. sary to have the tract examined and the timber thereon estimated and appraised. Ii this plan had been adopted several years ago 1t would have prevented some ex- tensive land frauds iathe North west and saved the public of un- told thousands of dollars.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.

Henry Clews, the New York bank
er, thus sums up conditions in the
business world:
Outside of the stock market, bust
ness conditions show further improve
ment. General trade is quite active,
as is demonstrated by the heavy
clearing house returns and continued
liberal gains in railroad earnings.
Our railroads are now doing excep-
tionally well, their large. earnings,
better rates and more economical
management placing them in a much
more comfortable financial position
than they have been for several
years. In consequence railroad man
ayers are now putting into effect
many Improvements and extensions
which had been previously deferred
for financial reasons. Heavy orders
have been placed for rails, cars and
structural material, the result being
that the great iron industry of the
country is now employed to about go
per cent of its capacity for fabricated
products, and this in spite of the in.
creased capacity arising from use OF
the Gary and other new plants. The
wooden industry and the leather in,
dustry are also exceptionally active
very large orders having been placed
in these markets. Our cotton goods
markets are well sold up and have
had their full share of the late re,
covery. While dullness exists in a
few sections, trade and industry "a a
whole have shown a remarkably raj.
id recovery from the late panic and
are in as satisfactory a condition as
could be reasonably expected
]. S. Blanche & Co., also New York
bankers, thus regard the situation:
While the stock market has been
experiencing reaction which
amounted to about four points aver.
age, business throughout the country
has been steadily progressing, and
fundamental conditions continue
sound We are drifting towards the
period when summer dullness should
set in; and while the security mar
ket acts well, generally favorable
considerations have been possibly
more than discounted for the present.
The hardness in the tariff settlement
is still further added to by the intro
duction of the corporation tax mat
ter, and it will evidently be some
time before business is relieved of
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09
THE LAWLEss RICH.

The announcement that at least
four indictments will be returned
next Monday against persons connect,
ed with the sugar trust, and at least
one of them against "a business man
of unusual prominence" in relation
to the violation of the Sherman law
in methods of crushing competition
is encouraging to those who believe
that the Taft administration will wit.
ness a new and effective line of law
enforcement against criminals of this
character. Indeed, this proceeding
will probably be taken as a criterion
of President Taft's purpose and
methods as to the punishment OF
what his predecessor called male
factors of great wealth"
If the result should be the impris
onment of men who have assumed
that money, position and business
and political influence would make
them immune to the penalties that
would be suffered by less wealthy of
tenders, the example would go far to-
ward causing the proper respect fol
the antitrust laws and similar enact
ments.-Kansas City Star.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09
THE LAWS DELAY.

In one of the district courts forty,
three criminal cases were wiped from
the docket at one fell swoop. Some
of these cases had been on the docket
for ten years, and "the removal of
witnesses from the juridiction of the
court" is the principal reason given
for the wholesale annulment of long
pending indictments.
In some specific cases "insuffic-
iency of evidence" is assigned as the
reason for Diminishing the indictments
found as far back as 1903, and in
others it is noted that witnesses are
missing, which, of course, amounts to
the same thing.
The ways of courts and prosecuting
attorneys are sometimes past finding
out, and the technicalities and uncer-
tainties of the law, as well as it's de-
| lays, are more or less exasperating to
the average citizen who cannot under
stand why it is not possible to have a
| CdoS u lSu III Illc COul dS SOOH DIS
the offender against the law has been
apprehended, duly indicted and the
evidence prepared. OF course, there
is a good deal about the administra-
ton of justice which the layman does
not understand. He cannot under
stand, for example, why person
charged with a felony should be kept
under that imputation for ten years
while the machinery of the courts is
in active operation.
The absence of witnesses and in
sufficiency of evidence is not, how
ever, to be marveled at after a lapse
of years. In this world people die
or change their place of abode and
the witness who may be important in
criminal trial cannot always be
easily located or made available after
the vicissitudes of life have whirled
him away from the scene of the hap
pening. Of course, if the case were
to be tried at once the witnesses
could be restrained of their liberty, if
necessary, in order to prevent their
going away, and this has sometimes
been done, but there are so many
ways of securing a continuance that
it seldom happens that an accused is
tried before his attorneys think it is
to his advantage to stand trial, if
they are determined on delaysnl
The laws delay appears to be about
as old as the law itself. Hamlet COM
planned of it in his day as one of
"the ills that flesh is heir to-" Per
haps it is inevitable and unavoidable,
but in our modern systems of facili-
tating business and enterprise and of
pushing things it does seem that it
ought to be possible to get little
quicker move on the administration
of justice.-San Antonio Express.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09

of their manufacture to the local cen
sors for some time. The new move
ment is intended to make this .inspec
ton include all views manufactured
or imported and to do away with the
necessity for censorship by local
boards in other communities.
Censorship bodies modelled on that
of New York have come into exist
ence in many cities and as the next
step in the establishment of a ma,
tional censorship these local bodies
are being invited to cooperate with
the New York board by delegating a
representative to act with the latter
so that when film has received the
approval of the censors here it will
be accepted as satisfactory for exhi-
bition in any part of the country. The
Peoples Institute, which established
the New York censorship in conjunc-
ton with the City Vigilance League,
the Public Education Association, the
Society for the Prevention of Crime
and other civic bodies, is taking the
lead in this movement and is inviting
the cooperation of civic organiza-
tions in all parts of the country to
make the new plans effective. If
these plans are carried out more
than eight thousand moving picture
theatres, representing an investment
of over $5O,OOO,OOO, will be under the
direct authority of the national board
of censors so far as their exhibits are
concerned.
THE object of providing a censor
ship of moving picture views is not
only to prevent the exhibition of i'm
proper scenes" said John Collier, sec
rotary of the board of censorship, in
the boards sphere of activities, "but
also to improve the general tone and
quality of these views which are eX-
hibited daily before an aggregate au-
dience hundred times as large as
that which attends all the regular
play houses of the country combined.
Of course, attention is devoted-pri-
marily to preventing the display of
indecent, degrading or suggestive
scenes. Farther than this, however,
the influence of the board reacts upon
the manufacturers with the result
that higher and higher standard
is gradually being set for this class
of entertainment" Austin States
man.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09
THE "sHocKER" SHOCKED.

The death knell of the moving pic.
ture "shocker"-the name given to
Jews showing british extremes of
drunkenness, horrible crimes and un-
pleasant details of vice, including
those views, depicting Chinatown de-
pravities, such as led to the recent
Elsie Sigel murder which heretofore
have been shown in many parts of
TIE country-has been sounded in
New York by the announcement that
tie censorship of moving pictures
which has been in operation here for
several months is to be made nation
al in extent. Many of the leading
manufacturers of films, including all
these associated in the Motion Pic
tire Patents company, who control
the great majority of views on exhi-
bition, have been submitting all films
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09

this undoubtedly hanperings condi.
ton. Small merchants will not buy
except for immediate needs Until the
question of future prices controlled
by the tariff is thoroughly settled;
and as a consequence-except in the
case of the large corporations-tra
must depend upon the daily wants of
the masses. General stocking of
shelves will not begin until later in
the year"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09

We serve notice on this commu
nifty now that if we are still alive
one year from date, and as good look
ing as at present, we propose to
make our debut in this sanity old
town in white flannel, with white
shoes and socks-maybe-and white
fluffy, cross-barred, open effect shirt
or to be more dainty in expression
lingerie Our object in stating our
intentions thus far in advance is to
prepare the public mind that there
may be no shocks, and that all may
have time to hitch the teams that are
accustomed to shying.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09

The Farmers Union is again talk
ing of holding the cotton crop for
favorable prices. The last attempt
along this line did not pan. out very
successfully. But such a plan is
feasible If the farmers were so thor
oughly organized that they could dis
tribute the sale of the cotton crop
over a years time, only selling GER
tain per cent for each month in the
year, they could command the situa-
ton. And the cotton goods people
would get it back from the consumer
in higher prices. The solution of the
cotton situation is more cotton mills
in southern cotton fields.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09

All the talk about the republican
party wrecking on the tariff rock is
mere moonshine. The republican
party has always stood for high tar
iff, for the protection of the Infant
industries?" of the country, and the
present course of the party, while
contrary to some of its recent prom
ises, is in entire keeping with its
past record. But the democrats are
making new record. The democrats
have always preached tariff for rev
enue only, but many of our demo
cratic representatives are voting
right along with the protection fell
lows. The democratic party stands
opposed to protective tariffs in theory
at least, and if it has not this cardi-
nal principle then it has nothing
worth while to differentiate it from
the republican party.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09

The Beaumont Journal truthfully
remarks: The afternoon paper is the
paper of the masses and That is an
there is to it. 1t is the most widely
read journal in the world because it
is the only class of daily literature
that the people have time to read
and to devour. A careful analysis of
the circulation of afternoon papers in
all cities in which there are morning
papers will convert you to this belief
Then, again, the afternoon paper
prints the news of today and not the
news of yesterday.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-07-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

One mans success may spell dis
aster for another.
The man who always knows what
not to say isn't so foolish.
The bargain counter doesn't care
whose pocketbook it dents.
Some people set good examples but
expect others to hatch them out.
A political plum seldom drops into
the lap of a man who isn't expecting
it.
Some women had rather dye than
let people know they are becoming
gray.
The fence surrounding a water
melon patch is one of the things
lightly passed Chicago News.