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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
SHOULD BE USEFUL
W. A. Baker Has Applied for Patent
 on Tent and Fly Supporter.

W. A. Baker. who lives about two miles west of Bethesda Springs, has made application for an adjustable tent and fly sup porter.
 This invention provides for suspending tent, tent fly or wagon sheet from one pole or support by an arrangement of ropes and pulIeys. It is expected to be exceptionally valuable for use in curing some crops, as cow peas, valuable hay, etc. It can be used to suspend tent from a wagon, or from a tree or pole, h almost any position desired for camping. etc.
 The invention is simple and should be valuable.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
SLASHES WINDPIPE
James C. Gentry of Little Rock Is Choking on Train, but Physician
 Makes Heroic Rescue.

Bismarck, Mo-, August l5.- James c. Gentry ot Little Rock. Ark, ca route to St. Louis, today accidentally inhaled pithy. spongy substance, which lodged in his windpipc and at once shut off his breathing. Dr. J. L. Eaton, resourceful young sur geon here, found him in his Pull man berth gasping feebly for breath, and, realizing that unless air was admitted into the lungs at once death would ensue, Dr. Eaton promptly made an incision into the windpipe. Tbe foreign substance was expelled through the opening and the distressed man was practically suatched from the very jaws of death.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
CENTRAL JAPAN SUFFERS
 FROM EARTHQUkE SHOCK
Many Temples Destroyed and 32 Pso- pie Killed and 82 Others
 Injured.

Tokio, Aug. 17-Reports received to-day concerning the earthquake in Central Japan Saturday afternoon show that there was a number of fa- talities and that great damage. was done to property. The dead at pres ent is said to be thirty. though 1t is feared that the fatalities will be great Iy increased when the outlying districts are heard from. The number of per sons injured Is S2. Thus far 362 build ings, including many temples are re- parted to have been destroyed and more than 1000 others badly dam aged.
 The shock occurred at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon and affected a wide area in the Shiga and Gifu pre- lectures The town of Ozaku in Gifu suffered terribly. The banks of the Hida river there broke and the sur rounding country were inundated. The people of the district fled to high ground and remained in the open all night. Intermittent shocks were felt throughout Saturday night and early this morning.
 The mountain Ibuki, short dis. tance vest of Gifu. emitted smoke in he carly stages of the earthquake and then collapsed with thunderous roar. The formation of the mountain was completely changed. Slight damage was done at Nagoya, n fha aot1fhward of Gtfu and uai0h. boring villages.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
loME MADE ENGINE ExPLODEs.
|hrss Youths Forgot to Put a Safety
 on Their Tin Can Boiler.

\ Argenta, Aug. Is. IT h r 2 e 5outhiul sons of railroad engi- Beers were badly scalded yesler-
 Day when the tin.can boiler to fheIr homemade stationary en-
 Rlue exploded from too much steam pressure. The boys are Dave Brashear, the l4-year-old Son of M. Brashear of the Rock Island, and the two sons of c. w.
 Reese, also of the Rock Island. The boys had taken an idea ihal they wanted to emulate the fxtmple of their fa'h ITS, SO they lndde an engine, and used for a potter a two-gallon oil can. In constructing the machine they neglected the very necessary safe " valve, and when they laid a lfe under the boiler it was not ,ong until the steam could no longer be contained in the tin can. When the boiler burst the scalding steam aud water were ,nrown over the boys. Young
 brashear, who received the worst ,,nlu'ies, was scalded about the iaee' neck, arms aud chest. The o'ner boys received similar burns.
 ibey are being cared for at
 their homes.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
MUST HIDE THEIR FIREARMS
Dealers Can No Longer Display Their Stock in the Store Windows
 in Missouri.

Kannas City, Aug. 1.-The assistant prosecuting attorneys received tele- phone inquiries from pawnbrokers, second hand dealers and hardware merchants about the new law that went into effect to-day prohibiting the exhibition of revolyers and pistols in show windows. They were advised that 1t would be all right to exhibit the firearms in showcases, but not so they could be seen from the street. The penalty is a fine of from $50 to $500 or a jail sentence of from 30 days to six months.
 The new law makes Il felony to carry revolver or pistol The pen alty is two years in the penitentiary or a fine of not less than $100 nor more than s1,0O0. Policemen, sheriffs and marshals and their deputies are exempted, as well as all other bona fide officers empowered to serve civil or criminal processes of court.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
WILL REFUSE TO PAY LICENSE
Missouri Wholesale Liquor DeaIers VIII Test New Law in
 State Courts.

St. Louis, Aug. 17.--A contest be- tween the wholesale liquor dealers as- sociation and the state authorities Is presaged by the attitude of each on the new merchans' tax which goes into effect today. The wholesalers have announced that they will contest the graduated license scheme on the ground that it is unconstitutional.
 Excise Commissioner Caulfield stated that ali liquor merchants who do not file the required reports within reasonable time" will be cit ed to the circuit attorney. This is in line with the known plans of :he wholesalers, who, in declaring their opposition to the tax, stated that they would not initiate court proceeding. but would resist attempts to collect.
 The tax runs $100 and upwards, those dealing in 5000 gallons or less each year, paying the minimum. The smaller dealers are not expected to take part in the fight over the con stitutionality of the measure.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
SHAKEN IN RAILROAD WRECK
John H. Hamilton Was h Collision on
 Frisco Near Fayetteville.

Representative John Hamilton returned Sunday from a trip to North Arkansas and Southern Missouri of about a weeks dura- ton. He was in a bad wreck on the Frisco in which a train rah Tn on an open switch and smash ed locomotive and cars. Many were hurt, but none badly. Mir. Hamilton got a lame neck and arm.
 While in Missouri Mr. Hamil- ton made inquiries regarding the tuberculosis sanitarium near Mt. Vernon. He says that the peo- pie are very favorably disposed to the institution, all fears of it hurting the town having van ishtd.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
Sunday Wedding in Country.

oearphine Ernst and Miss Bama barley, accompanied by Mir. and Mrs. Will Sunderman. drove soout ten miles in the country sunday and were married. iney had hoped to have a quiet sxeoaiug, but a large number of ,''ends were at hand to make 'nings pleasant for them. After 'e'urning from the country they spent the rest of the day at the o'iues home, 1900 Church ave- s sue' where another party of i'iends a, had gathered.
 ine bride and groom will soon iu'nish home in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
Small Blaze on Second Street.

There was lire Monday a' she home of Mrs. s. J. Johnson, at BOP 2ud street. The alarm was turned in about 11:30 o'clock this morning. It was thought that the fire was started by Mrs. John sons two-year-old child, Tn some napers that had been gathered by l E. Lear, while with the Amer ;can fleet on it's trip around the world. Mr. Lear is Mrs. John sons " brother. The fire was soon extinguished and the damage was very slight. The house IS ownea bv Mrs. J. B. Lear.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
GOV. HADLEY'S PARTNER DEAD
Hugh 2. Ward, Kansas City Attor> ney, Dies in New York
 Sanitarium.

New York, Aug 17.-Hugh c. Ward, prominent Kansas City philanthro- pist. and law partner of Governor Hadley of Missouri. died in a sanitar- ium here of apoplexy. He was strick- en here Saturday while on the way from his summer home at Bass Rock. Mass, for Kansas City on business.
 Mir. Ward. who was 46 years old and leaves four children, was rated as a millionaire. One of his last acts was to give $25.000 to the Young Women S Christian Association of Kansas City.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
Confessed to Killing His Father.

Idaho Falls, 1dano., Aus- 10. S Augustine Pierre and Edward, her son. were arrested on a charge Of murdering Gustave Pierre, the hus- hand and father. A younger son Paul. was arrested previously. A few weeks ago Mrs. Pierre and her eldest son had the father arrested on a charge of insanity. but he was liberated. Then a neighbor notiesc his absence from his home. Paul admitted he shot his father after the father had threatened to kill the entire family rye said his mother and brother help ed bury the body
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
Searching for Kidnapped Children.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-Four detectives started out to make house to house canvass of the Little Italy of the North district, in the firm conviction that the two little viviano children, who were kidnapped frSm their home in St. Louis last week. will be found there. Cabmen and street car men near the Polk street station, where the children are supposed to have been brought August 4 by their ab- ductor, were questioned by the chief of detectives. without any further material clue being developed.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When Mena
 Citizen Shows You the Cure.

Why will people continue to suffer the agonies of kidney com pIaint, backache, urinary disor- ders, lameness, headaches, lan- guor, why allow themselves to b come chronic invalids, when Q certain cure is offered themr
 Doan's Kidney Pills is the re- medy to use, because it gives to the kidneys the help they need to preform their work.
 If you have any, even one, of the symptoms of kidney disease, cure yourself now, before diabetes, dropsy or Bright's disease sets in. Read this Mena testimony:
 K. V. Mcbride, confectioner, AIens, Ark, says:-"A short time ago was having a great deal of trouble with my kidneys. My hack was lame and sore and the least exertion caused me to suffer from sharp pains in my back and kidneys. This trouble together with the too frequent passages of the kidney secretlons convinced me that my kidne were disorder ed. I was finally advised to try l)oan's Kidney Pills and l pro euaed a box at the Palace Drug Co. Tkey relieved me promptly md in short t me effected a cwe. l gl .dls recomnead Doan' s Kidney PllIs."
 For sale by all dealers. Price 5o cents. Foster-Mllburn Co, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the naIne-Doan 's- and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
Relief From Kansas City.

Mrs. John Ralston and little son, Forrest, of Kansas City, are here visiting their friends, MT. and Mrs. Charles Thomson. Mrs. Ralston states that they have been suffering severely with the hot weather in Kansas City, and she is perfectly delighted with Mena's climate, especially the remarkably cool nights.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
2. $. WILL ASSIST NATIONAL FOREST
Jim to Prevent Fires in
 ...,s Forest InfIammable Ma I s;.I Removed From Right of- Way : Telephones.

ellington, Aug. Is. = For
 .,uruose of reducing the num-
 f fires along the rlght-ot-way :,,e 3 Arkansas National Forest,
 Forest Service has entered
 cooperative agreement
 inc K lnsas City Southern .ilrosd.
 ;s q we'll known fact that \ burning locomotives are a
 ,;6c source of forest fires. par .,l,r,y on heavy grades, where
 aovsn or more fires may be |,r,ed within distance of a '1e. Many of the most destruc' .s fires have been caused in this .rner and incalculable damage bpc.
 Tne agreement between the orest Service and the Kansas av Southern railroad provides .at the railroad shall clear its .ht-of-way Of all infia mma ble .terlal for a distance of fifty tt on each side of the track and .rr over an additional 100 feet neuever necessary. A provision made for the use of efficient ark arresters. and that fires all be reported to the nearest ,iiou agent, who will notify rest officers and section crews. he maintenance of a Forest Ser ,e telephone line along the rht-of-way will also be allowed. On it's side, the Forest Service Il patrol and supervise the airing of the right-of-way, sup ? tools and maintain aud opel- sufficient telephones as well as ant the railroad the timber free charge, where it is necessary clear the right-of way.
 This agreement is for a period ten years aud has already been | into effect. Six telephones ve been established along the C and excellent results are be- , obtained. Iuasmuch as a .at majority of the fires iu the kansas National Forest can be d 10 this source, it is thought 1t a great reduction in the area burned over land will be made ring the coming season.
 The Forest Service will be glad have similar cooperation with Ter railroads traversing Ma nal Forests.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
ELLIS FREE MAN,
 PROHIBITION LATE
Chancellor Elliott Grants Bail to Slay- CT of Willis Two Hours Before Supreme Court Writ Reach.
 es Him.

Little Rock. Aug. le.-Just two hours after Chancellor Elliott at Pine Bluff granted ball to w. Y Ellis, who killed N. P. Will lis in the Circuit Court room m Little Rock, writ of prohibi. ton, forbiddiug the chancellor 10 grant the ball, was received at Pine Bluff by telegraph from Su- preme Justice Carroll D. Wood too late.
 Yesterday morning when Prose- cutting Attorney Roy D. Camp bell and ex.Lieutenant Governor Johnson of Missouri went to Pine Bluff to fight the applica. ton for bail ia the Jefferson Chapcery Court, Frank Pace oi the firm of Davis & Pace, who is assisting in the prosecution, went to Montecello, where Supreme Justice Carroll D. Wood is spend ing the summer, and applied for a writ of prohibition to prevent Chancellor Elliott from exercising jurisdiction in the matter.
 It was race between courts, and the lower court showed the better speed. At 2 o'clock Chan cellor Elliot i.rap ted Ellis bail in the sum of $10,000, which was quickly furnished. Just an hour aud a half later-at 3:30-Justice Wood granted the writ of prohi- bition. Neither court knew of the action of the other, and the writ was telegraphed to Pine Bluff, arriving there at 4o'clock. 4 But as Ellis was already at lib- erty the writ was worthless.
 Considers His Action Mandatory.
 In allowing Ellis pail, Chancel- Tor Elliott said that he had never refused bail to a man who had not yet been indicted. He over ruled the motion of the state for a transfer of the case to Pulaski county, holding that the statutes are mandatory. A motion for a postponement until Wednesday was overrulled, the chancellor de- clariag that the rights of the de- fendant entitled him 10 an imme- diate hearing in the premises.
 The writ of prohibition granted by Justice Wood was only tempo rary, staying proceedings until further orders. w ednesda d a y, August IS, at Monticello was fixed for the hearing on the mo- tion to make the writ permanent.
 Ellis Free Until September.
 As the Pulaski County Grand Jury meets practically as soon as the Supreme Court 1t is not prob- able that the question will be pressed there unless 1t is found desirable to obtain an opinion from the court on the question. The action of Chancellor Elliot makes Ellis a free man until the Grand Jury meets, which is the fourth Monday in September. Upon the return of an indictment he will agaln be taken into custo- dy, and if bail is desired another 1. o. ~...r rr .,,tcf f,a had
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
New Grocery Store.

h VI. '. Ponders has opened for business with his new stock of s'oceries, flour, feed etc. at the solner er of Adams street and oou.hiand avenue. This is in sue s heart of the Hall addition, s'' sal out but thickly settled, and a eo'ner grocery should prosper.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19

Don't neglect the warnings o' nature. If your appetite is poor, breath bad, tongue coated you will " he sick unless you take steps to put your system in in. good p;,asrs c0ns 1s alton. Prickly Ash bittefs s ls the remedy you need. It c,eanses 1sns; the entire system. " o' yer special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19
WORK STOPPED ON
 CAMP WILDER ROAD
Forest Supervisor Record Withdraws His Force Because Citizens in Vicinity Showed Little Inter
 est Other Forest Notes.

On account of the failure of citizens to comply with the co-. operative agreement with the Forest Service, further work on the Camp Wilder road has been indefinitely postponed. Had the people contributed the labor they agreed in writing to give, an ex- cellent road would have been com pleted. For several days there has been lack of help and notice was finally served on them by the Forest Supervisor that it would require good turnout of citizens on Monday 10 warrant further ex- penditure on the part of the gov ernmeni, Monday witnessed one lone man interested enough to come to work Consequently the work has stopped and the camp and tools will be moved to Mont gomery county.
 The plan, which originated here, of equiping National For ests with wireless telephones, has met with such favor at headquar- ters that cooperation of the War ard Navy department has been solicited. The extent to which the wireiess telephone has been perfected is not well understood. Until the American battleship fleet set of on it's recent tour, the world scarcely knew that there was such a thing as a wireless telephons. That voyage demon strated It's practicability. Each ship was equipped with q wireless phone and was thus in constant telephouic communication with every other ship in the fleet. Since thea development has gone on by leaps and bounds and 1t has been demonstrated beyond doubt that wireless telephony is as available overland as oversea. Perhaps 1t will not be many months until the ether waves h this locality will ! harnessed to assist Uncle Sam in his plans for conservation of our natural re- sources.
 Supervisor Record has just re- ceived a siereoptican and acety- lene gas generator which he w.ll use in illustrating serles of lee lures be plans to give this fall at the principal settlements in tue Forest., A large nnmeer of views are being taken showing the work of the Forest Service in this State. It is found that almost all of the opposition to the Serv- ice is due to a misunderstanding of it's plans and work, and 1t isl hoped that this educational tour will answer the objections made to the regulations.
 ln order to comply with one part of its agreement with the Kansas City Southers Railway Company, the Forest Service will fully equip four tool boxes and place them at convenient places along the right of way within the Forest. These boxes will be wei supplied with axes, saws. hre hooks, water bags, buckets, wire flaiis and other tools. Chris Ma this will supply the material re- quired by specifications.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19

Keep the body healthy at this season by using Prickly Ash Bit ters. It is necessary condition to successfully resist malarial germs. w. C. Vandiver special agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19

Fortify the body to resist ma ,s1Ial ,s germs by putting the sy>
 'em n perfect ordeer. Prickly nso hltlers is wonderful regu- 's'oF. ". c. Vandiver special
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19

For Sale Two young mules all so m, oue burro. Address E. Fri,y, sa Mans uu Route No. 2,or call 2 miles west oi 'o" q W lt
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-19

The Farmers and Merchants bank uana Arkansas,
 Solicits your business.
Evening journal., 1909-03-01
WOMEN THE SAME,
HERE OR In JUNGLE

CHICAGO. March 1--Women are the
same in the society circles of New.
York and Chicago and in the jungles
Of benighted Africa. according TO Prof
Frederick Starr. of the University Of
Chicago. In a magazine the professor
declares that This moral identity Of
savage and barbarous women with the
civilized can be demonstrated by thous-
ands of examples. Thus:
1.-THE bargain counter morals are the
same.
Both classes of women will submit
to any amount OF torture for fashions
sake.
"Woman's clubs exist in Africa as
we'll as in America.
women are sold as wives in New
York and Chicago as well as in Africa.
"The subject of modesty arises from
the same causes in both cases.
'"The question of personal adornment
is of great Importance in both cases
"'rhe mother-in-law is omnipresent in
savagery.
AFRICAN and American women both
seek the last word
Evening journal., 1909-03-01
FIRE FOLLOWS
FIGHT IN HOUSE
Blaze Caused by Upsettine
OF Stove Damages Two
Dwellings

AS result OF an alter alton between
colored persons shortly before noon to-
day. stove was upset In the home of
Annie Washington, colored, at No. sol
Lafayette street. small thoroughfare
between Front and Second streets, lead
ing OF jefferson street, and for a time
that locality was threatened with
destruction. Hot Goals In the stove set
IRE TO the house and the blaze commu-
nicated TO the dwelling next door occu-
pied by Ellen Briggs. colored. This last
house was the more seriously damaged
and the occupant lost nearly al her
possessions
As result Of the fight, the police
locked up Charles Williams. colored,
aud he will be arraigned in the city
Ciurt tomorrow morning.
An alarm was struck from box No q,
az Front and Justson streets, and the
district apparatus quickly responded.
Streams Of water had to be played on
both houses before the blaze could be
gotten under control.
The fight and fire combined. served
10 draw a large crowd and during the
dinner hour hundreds OF workingmen.
crowded into the little thoroughfare to
view the burned houses.
Evening journal., 1909-03-01
DEFENCE IN CARMAcK CASE
EXPECTED TO CLOSE TOMORROW

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, March More
testimony to bear out the contention OF
the defense that Senator CarmaclS fired
first was introduced to-day when the
trial of Colonel Duncan b. Cooper, Robin
Cooper. and John d. Sharp. for the mur-
der Of Senator Z. w. Carmack, was re-
sumed. Mrs. Mary Kraig, who lives in the
Polk flats. in front OF which CarmacS was
killed. swore that there were five shots
fired.
There was a perceptible interval be-
tween the first two shots. which were
close together. and the last three which
sounded almost as one shot" she swore
This is in line with Robin Cooper's evil
dence that he did not fire until CarmaclS
had shot twice at him. and then he used
his automatic three times in killing his
fathers enemy.
Most Of the evidence for the defense is
now IN and II is expected that Il will be
completed by tomorrow. Then the State
will take not 10 exceed three days with
its rebuttal evidence. after which sum-
Evening journal., 1909-03-01
LONG HAIRED MAN
GOES OVER FOR VAGRANCY

Although William Greer has long hair
and looks like a poet. Judge Cochran sem
fenced him to 10 days in the worlShouse
in City Court this morning on the charge
of vagrancy. Greer, who appeared to be
a cross between a bookworm and a TRACE
dian, was arrested on Washington street
yesterday afternoon. after Palmer
patrolman. had seen him begging. Greer
told the police he had no home. and It was
for this that he had to face the charge OF
vagrancy. When Greer heard his sentence
he smiled gloomly, gave dainty twist to
a big black bow necktie and struted away
with becoming grandeur.
Quite as unfortunate was Charles Pyle.
who was fined s. and cost on the charge OF
drunkenness. and begging. Bowman, a
patrolman. saw Pyle stop several men on
Market street Saturday night.
on similar charge Frank Tolson was
fined $40 and costs. lie was arrested at
Front and Market streets on Saturday
afternoon. by Crozier. a patrolman, who
saw him stop several men.