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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
CONVENTION OF FOOD
 EXPERTS IN SESSION
Committee Report on 8enxoate of Soda Is Expected to Cause
 Lively Battle Thursday.

Denver, Col, Aug. 25.-The opening session of the thirteenth annual con yention of the Association of State and National Food and Dairy Depart ments was held here this morning and was attended by a great number of food experts from nearly every state in the union.
 President J. Q. Emery of Madison. Wis, was In the chair and introduced in turn Gov. Shanroth, Mayor speer and Dr. Hugh l.. Taylor. secretary of the Colorado state board of health, all of whom cordially welcomed the del egates to Denver. Response to these addresses was made by A. 0. Bird, dairy and food commissioner of Mich igan, and then President Emery deliv- cred his annual address.
 This afternoon there were five min utes talks by many commissioners tell ing of the progress of food, daily and drug control in their respective states. At the same time the food chemists were in conference listening to pa pers by Dr. R. E. Doolittle of New York, Dr. A. P. Sy of Buffalo, Dr. A. F. Leach of Denver. Dr. M. k. Jana of the University of California. H. E Barnard of Indianapolis. and Dr. A. 8, Mitchell of St. Paul. Minn.
 Thursday is the day all the mem bers of the association are looking for ward to. for then the committee oi state food chemists, appointed by di rection of the executive committee will make it's report on the expeii ments and conclusions of the bureau of chemistry. United States depart ment of agriculture. of the referee board of consulting scientific experts and of the state food department, on the subject of added sodium benzoate to foods. It is expected that a live Fly battle will develop between the supporters and opponents of the con ciusIons of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley though the convention probably will
 sustain pr. Wiley's position. Sev eral eminent authorities are on the program for speeches on sodium ben zoate.
 Thursday afternoon Dr. Wiley vii
 read paper on the chemistry o I bleached flour, and numerous other. will address the meeting. The con
 vention closes Friday.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
WELLMAN HAS FAILED AGAIN
His DirigIbIe Balloon Wrecked After Making Only 32 Miles Toward
 North Pole.

Camp Wellman, Spitzberger, Aug. 15, by way of Hammerfest, Aug 24.-- Walter WelIman's second attempt to sail over the North Pole in balloon has resulted in failure. The giant dirigible balloon, America, in which MT. Wellman and his party of three set eyt upon their perlious flight. met with a mishap after 1t had proceeded about g miles from the starting point
 Wellman and his party succeeded in making . safe landing and returned to this point on board the steamer Tram which also lowed in the disabled bal loon.
 To the general relief of the mem bers of the polar expedition, Walter Wellman, although keenly dlsap pointed at the mishap to his dirigible balloon announced that he was more determined than ever not to abandon his plan, but would continue to wrestle with all the difficulties standing in the way of reaching the North Pole by airship.
 Mir. Wellman plans to build new ship longer and narrower than thai which exploded, and of higher speed Other improvements will be made profiting by experience. Workmer
 have started enlarging the airshiI
 house and making all ready Tor an
 other campaign.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
FOUGHT A FOREST FIRE
 FOR MORE THAN 40 HOURS
Farmers and Timbermen Near 6po- kane, Wash, Fall to Check
 Destructive Blaxe.

Spokane, Wash. Aug. 22.-Battling desperately but almost hopelessly 300 farmers and timbermen fought a great forest fire three miles wide which swept through the splendid fir and tamarack timber north and west or Lake Couer d'Alene. For 40 hours the fire defled all efforts to check it, and as the flames approached Rockeford hay they split In two, one wall or nre moving northeast, the other southeast beyond control.
 The fire was about 25 miles south east of Spokane and is burning path three miles wide and had already gone distance of more than six miles. For avery mile 1t is estimated $l00,0Ou worth of fine timber is destroyed. ana inc total loss mp to noon was estimated at s1 250. 900. There are no white set Hers on the Idaho side. the flames there being confined to the newly onened reservation for which the draw ,ny was held ten days ago, On the Washington side of the boundary ioe Ara has been in timber owned V the pIackwell Lumber company.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
\ RELIGIOUS CENSUS
INTERESTING FIGURES FROM A GOVERNMENT BULLETIN ON
 THE cHURcHEe.
WOMEN OUTNUMBER THE MEN
Of the Total Church Membership Re ported, 43.1 Per Cent Were Males and 56.9 Females--Much Money m Church Buildings.

Washington, Aug. 21.-5tanding out as conspicuous feature Of bulletin issued by the census bureau entitled "census of Religious Bodies IS the fact that out of a church membership in the United States in 1906. Of neariy 33 OO0, ,0O0 males, formed considerapy less than half of the total.
 Of the total church membership re- ported by the various religious Doales and classified by sex, 431 per cent were males and 56.9 per cent were females. Among the pSotestants tne difference was greater. only Ss.s per cent being males, while in the honisn Catholic church the males formed 4s'o her cent of the total membership.
 Fewer males than females were ,ound among the Latter Day saints tba Lutherans. Disciples, Methodists, paptists. fresbyterians and protesl.n' Episcopalians. the percentage or maie members decreasing in the oruel shown. and there being but So.o pei cent male among the Episcopaiians. Among the Christian ocien'ists' ou's o7e ner cent were males and oi .ne shakers but 2l.3 per cent; but Tn lhe s Creek orthodox church, s5.s per cen' were males A renort
 other salient features of the fepo' abow that there were billion anu . ouarte, dollars invested in chuion edifces and that every day eien' "
 .snrcbes sent their spires skywaro' {, I a, inc total estimated population a 2. .a..,asn,s, United States in lsoo' tne church members formed Ssl per cen. n, as arainst s2.7 per cent for lSsv. u ss,. as cer cent increase, the Roman en's s s,. church is credited with = mar cent and the protestants wi'n , ','i all ,ha remainder being divided apons ~ other denominations. orshin for
 Ire total church mempel 'n nrn,ber oos was s2.s36,445. of which nun nun'oo on ,be nrotestants were credited mn'" a,,tb aa7 sa5 1ao and the Roman catholics w,ss ,,as ,so-a,aa ss,,,a~' of the protestant D ooa,es eae ,ha 'a's uetbodists numbered 9,ass.1sos saean $ .ha m naetisis. 5.e62.2s4: the ia'sno'q sao ss5, a,,9 T ae4. the Presbyterians l,'eV,,p,' 40 s',z,1s' ,,.e nisciples of Christians l,isa, sar sss s rho rate of increase sno@s os z ss- ,he S Roman Catholic church 2 .sSs, sS,s for for
 he ''o,">'s ,4ssh ,s more than iwiee thas " sll Inc protestant bodies '0'As'@s''
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
4 THRILLING FLIGHT
GLENN H. cuRTIss, THE AMERl.
 GAN AVIATOR WINNING HON. oRS AT RHEIMS.
MADE NEW RECORD TOR COURSE
Will Not Fly Again Until Saturday, When He Will Attempt to Win the Bennett international cup-In a Sunday Race.

Rheims, Aug. 25.-Glenn H. Curtiss the American aviator, and M. Paul ham, representing France, divided the honors of the second day of aviation week, the former with thrilling flight just before dusk in which he lowered the speed record for the course which measures 6 1-5 miles, to 8 minutes S5 2-5 seconds; the latter making two impressive high altitude flights of 4aB and 56 kilometers respectively in the endurance test for the Prix de la Champagne
 Curtiss performance began just as the time limit for the start of the Prix de la Champagne was expiring, when the American enthusiasts had abandoned hope of seeing their repre- sentative take the field. Amid the lnbounded jubilation of the French spectators. Bleriot only few minutes before had clipped 16 seconds of Lefebyre's record made with his pow erful so horse power monoplane. Sud denly at one end of the field, a cry went up: "The American Is startlng.' p
 All eyes were strained to that par ticular point, where Cortlandt Field Bishop, president of the Aero Club of America and crowd of other ad- mirers surrounded Curtiss.
 With a preliminary run along the ground of 100 yards the machine rose lightly and shot by the tribunes at a height of 60 feet. It was going at a
 rifle pace. with the wing level as a plain. Curiiss made the last turn un- der the mistaken impression that the finish line was closer. He descended 90 close to earth that many thought he touched but preceiving his error, he mounted quickly crossing the line najestically. An instant later the signal was hoisted that he had made a record.
 Cnrtiss said that he had not pushed his machine to the limit of its speed and laughingly declined to say more, adding that the most interesting in cident of his flight was the view he g0t CT HIS Iaiieu Ii'diS rtie"h aiouhu the course.
 It is the intention of the American aviator now to await patiently the in ternational event for the Gordon Ben nett cup Saturday for which he is again the favorite, after which he win try for the Prix de la vitesse, the final of which will be contested on Sunday.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
MAKE NEW RECORDS
eTRANG GOES 100 MILES IN FAST TIME AT THE INDIANAPOLIS
 TRACK.
l8,OOO PEOPLE WERE PRESENT
The Large Crowd Saw the Fastesi 10o-MiIe Race Ever Run In Thii country-The Ten-MiIe Record Wal Lowered.

Indianapolis. Aug. 22.-Strang and Zengel shared the honors of the second day of the automobile racing meet on the new Indianapolis speedway The former won the fastest 100-mile race ever held in this country. The latter established new ten-mile record Not single accident of serious nature marred the days racing and this was welcome relief after the tragedies of the previous day. The only acci dent reported was bruised arm sus tained by Barney OldHeld in the ten mile free for all race, in which Zengel made his new record.
 A crowd of about 1S,000 spectators crowded the two big stands and hun. dreds of automobiles filled every inch of the parking spaces. The feature of the day was the easy victory of Strang who drove Buick in the l00- mile race, the star event of the day. Strang led all the way from the start and won by about ten miles in the exceptional time of 1:3c,4S 5-l0 At first 1t was thought that this was q new 100-mile record for this country. but the officials announced that they had decided to allow the mark of 1:32:1S 9-10, made by Chevrolet In the first 100-miles of the 250-mie race yesterday stand, despite the fact that Chervelot did not finish the race. Strang, however. beat Chervelot's rec. ords for nearly all the distances be. tween 20 and 100 miles. Strang's time was more than II minutes better than the 100-mile track record made by Burman at Columbus, O., on July 3. of lms year Burman's record was made on & 1-mile track.
 Strang never stopped once during the 100 miles. his car working like 8 carefully adjusted piece of delicate mechanism. His pace was uniform throughout and the speedy car con tinued to reel of lap after and mile after mile with remarkable uniformity He increased his lead all the way and never once was he forced to take g | rivals dust.
 Before Strang started on his wonder full race the honors had gone to Zen gel who established new ten-mile record in his Chadwick. This was the second time in the meet that this rec ord had been broken. Chevrolet re. duced Oldfield's old mark of SIP 3-5 when he won ten-mile race in S:56 4-I0, and Zengel slashed this to S:23 BIO in the ten-mile free for all.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
|G BLAZE AT DECATUR, ILL.
@men Worked t5 Hour5 Before Fire Wss Under conirni---
 Loss 5000, coo.

fcatur. H., Aug. 24.-The fire fh started al 1 o'clock a. m. :n the nfehouse & Wells Hardware stors East Main street, was not undei zrol tlll { o'clock !. m. The lof Flmated at si.ooo.0o0, with insui'
 about 80 per cent of that amount. blowing the fire. the worst in tho Pfy of the city. Decatur faced \ \ famine. 1t became necessary nut of the residence districts, .he v sf water in the reservoir being p m seve2 feet
 rinsheld sent an engine and fire
 under the direction of Assistant
 Cullen, and thls gave the city
 engines. The department was
 led by falling walls covering sev.
 hundred feet of hose.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
May Finance Turkish Railroad

Constantinople. Aug. 22.-The cham Ter of deputies discussed the question of granting concession to an Ameri- can syndicate which seeks to con struct a railroad from Sivas, Asiatie Turkey. 10 Lalteyan. near the Persian frontier, distance of 1.250 miles. Int ministers Of public works and financt supported the scheme and the cham
 her substantially approved it on tha condition that more advantageous pro
 posal Is made within the 16 months the company asks to study the route. Il is proposed that the line subsequently will be extended across Persia to Indip
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
RATE CASE DECIDED
INTERSTATE COMMERCE coMMIs- SION PERMANENTLY ENDOWED
 IN MISSOURI RIVER CASES.
DECISION BY JUDGE GRoSSCUP
Plea of the Railroads Against Western Shippers Granted by the Federal Court at chlcseo-waterways the Only Hope Left.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-The permanent injunction sought by western railways against the Interstate Commerce Com mission in the famous Missouri river rate case was granted here by the United States circuit court. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
 The railroads asking for the injunc- ton were the Chicago, Rock Island X Pacific Railroad company, the Chicago, burlington & Quincy Railroad com pany, the Chicago, Milwaukee X St. faul Railway company. the Chicago & Northwestern Railway company and the receivers of the Chicago Great western Railway company, and others. The Illinois Central, the Santa Fe, the Alton, the Missouri Pacific and the Frisco Railroad companies and a number of important shipping inter ests intervened as co-complainants.
 The question raised" said Judge Grosscup in giving his opinion, lin it's larger aspect, is not so much aues- ton between the shippers and the railroads as between the commercial and manufacturing interests of the territory east of the Missouri river on the one side. and the commercial and manufacturing interests of the Missouri river cities on the other Besides granting the permanent in- ] junction in the Missouri river rate case the court also granted q preiimi nary injunction in the Denver rate case, which is based on similar prin- ciples as the Missouri river case. The Denver case, involving shipments to Denver instead of Missouri river points, is still pending final decision on a demurrer filed by the Interstate Commerce Commission to the bill of the complaining railroads. To-days decision. if sustained, will. 1t is said. limit the power of the Interstate Com merce Commission to the settlement of cases of rate discrimination.
 In concluding the opinion in this de- cisIon, Judge Grosscup said;
 Tt must be understood that these orders of the commission are enjoined solely because, in our judgment, they lay upon the commerce and manufac- turing of the localities affected an arti. | ficiaI hand that congress never intend ed should be put forth and therefore are outside the power conferred upon the commission by congress; for with the question of reduction in rate, or a readjustment of rates from which such artificial results have been elimi- hated we are not now dealing"
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
REBATES 10 BLAME
eoV. HADLEY TELLS CONNER. CAL CONGRESS THEY ARE
 MOTHERS OF TRUSTS.
MORE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Irans-Mlsslssippi Delegates Indorss Territorial Legislature For Alaska. Tariff Commission and the Income Tax-Ask Aid for Shipping.


 Denver, Aug. 22-The agitation over the Colorado forest reserves and the activities of Clifford Pinchot broke in. to open fire before the Trans Missls- sippi congress and after a hot debate, resolution calling upon congress for law declaring for division of the agricultural, mineral and forest lands was passed.
 The resolution was the one pre-. sented by former Senator Paterson of Colorado. It had been in committee for two days and the feeling was abroad in the congress that it was an overt attack on Pinchot and this as- sertion was made on the floor by Frank Gowdy. of Denver, who opposed the action.
 MT. Patterson said he had no inten. tion of attacking MT. Pinchot and wanted merely settlement once for all of the Pinchot controversy in which it has been charged that Mr. Pinchot has overlooked technicalities in re- serving forest lands.
 Instantly the floor was alive with prospective speakers for and against the resolution and 1t continued to be so until Mir. Gowdy offered an amend ment commenting the forestry policies of the administration. This was ac. cepted by MT. Patterson and in turn Mir. Gowdy accepted the Patterson resolution. Both were passed and this effectively, 1t is believed. stops the forestry dispute which has been the factor most feared through the session
 The resolutions committee presented partial report and the clauses on the following subjects were adopted:
 That the income tax measure be. come law
 That a tariff commission of experts be placed in service.
 That congress pass law regulating the use of grazing lands.
 That Alaska be given a territorial legislature.
 That congress pass law preventing the collection of federal liquor revenue in prohibition territory.
 That aid be extended American ship ping.
 The principal speaker of the after noon was Gov. Hadley of Missouri, who dealt with the rate question in his state.
 Gov Hadley declared that the rail way rebates and not the tariff Is the mother of trusts. He said that one man was responsible for placing the blame where 1t belongs and for putting quietus on the rate evil with such force that 1t has not shown its Lead since and that man was Roosevelt. He said he was not in favor of the govern ment ownership of railroads but he said he had rather see government ownership of railroads than the gov. ernment owned by the railroads. He closed his address by declaring that he believed the answer to the rate question lies in making navigable the great inland waterways.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
END ID HOGCHOLERA
eERUM TEST AT KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS PROVES A DE.
 cIDED eUccEss.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE FARMERS
Thirteen Hogs Not immunlxed Died of the Disease While 22 Treated With Serum and Kept In Same Pen Are Still Healthy.

Kansas City, Aug. 21.-After a 30. day test. conducted under the most rigid supervision of the United States government and the Kansas City Stock Yards company. the uLque estioned eff cacy of the serum discovered by Dr. M. Dorset, government specialist, for the prevention of hog cholera, has been demonstrated. Of poison squad of 35 hogs, the IS which were not inn munized at the beginning of the test are dead and the 22 which were treat ed are perfectly healthy in an isolated pen at the stock yards.
 The 22 were subjected to every con ceivable form of exposure to cholera, and the 13 which succumbed 10 the disease died in the pens with the 22 at various times during the progress of the tests. The carcasses of the dead hogs were permitted to remain ss the pens with the immunlzeu ami. mals sometimes two or three days. Every opportunity was given the 22 to succumb to the disease. Under nor nal conditions every hog would be dead. The fact that the 22 aid not die Is absolute proof, those who con ducted the tests declare. that the serum Is an unfailing preventive of hog cholera. The serum for use in the tests was furnished by James Wilson, secretary of agriculture. who took a personal interest in the tests and gave them his approval.
 The hogs used In the test were pur- chased by the Kansas City Stock Yards company from farmer in Clay county, who was willing to make affi- davit that there had been no cholera on his farm in ten years. Ex-Con- g-essman Mason Peters represented the stock yards company in the tests, and he was assisted by c. P. Sneed. a veterinarian. At various times Dr. l.. K. Baker. chief of the inspection de- partment of the government at the Kansas City stock yards; Dr. J. D. Cooper, government inspector in charge, and Dr. w. B. Niles, of the government experimental station at Ames, Tex. assisted in the tests. Dr. Baker said today that immediately he would make to Secretary Wilson re- port of the complete success of the ex- periments conducted here. The tests | undoubtedly will be the subject of a government bulletin.
 Of the 35 hogs used in the test, all were tagged for Identification. The tests started July 2l. That day 22 hogs were immunized and placed in the isolated pens, and with them 1a upon which no immunity had been con. ferred. Of these, four were innoculat. l ed without treatment of any sort as 1 cheeks"
 July 26 the first of the hogs )pon which immunity had not beer con serred showed signs of cholera. The | first death occurred August 2 and one by one the unimunized hogs died, the last suecumbing August 15. Post mortems conducted in every case showed cholera to be the cause oi death. At no time did any of the 22 upon which immunity had been con tered disclose signs of cholera or any | other disease.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
Sank Account for Incubator Baby.

Tepoka. Aug. 25.--A subscription fund for the aid of Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, mother of the incubator baby, has been started here. One bank opened an account for the baby today. naming it the Marion Bleakley ac. count. It was not generally known that subscriptions would be received until after banking hours. and dozen people called at the bank to make subscriptions at that time.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
Held on Perjury Charge.

salina. Kan. Aug. 25.-Josepn Mont gomery was arrested and had his pre- iiminary trial on charge or perjury He was bound over 10 the district court and failed to give bond Mont gomery was arrested and convicted in police court last week on a charge oi selling intoxicating liquor The testi mony of his life convicted him and was responsible for the warrant charg ing perjury being issued Montgom' ery's testimony eonflicted with that giver by his wife.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
CAUGHT MILLIONS 0t MULLETS
North Carolina Fisherman Load Ineir Vessels With 50o,ooo Pounds
 cf the Fish.

Beaufort, N. C., Aug. 25.-A catch of mullets aggregating 500.OOO pounds said to be the largest ever known along the Atlantic Coast was made on this port by deep sea fishermen.
 The fishermen went to sea early n seazch of menhaden but their boats ran into schools of mullets miles long and aach vessel was loaded to the gun whales with them.
 The catch was brought to market here and the entire working force avai,able here will be engaged all night in preparing the fish for snip ment.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
HUNDREDS MEET DEATH AT SEA
Women and Children Perish When Ex- oursion Steamers Collide in
 Montevideo Harbor.

Buenos Aires, Aug. 25.-A collision between two excursion steamers at the entrance of Monteyideo harbor result ed in the drowning of from l50 to 300 persons, chiefly women and children. The vessels were carrying passengers from Buenos Aires to the festival at Monteyideo. One steamer went down so quickly that all attempts at rescue were practically hopeless.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
n,.d Waiting For the Doctor.

springheld, Mo. Aug. 25.--Wniie III the office of a physician here tenay' swa,ting the return of the physician. Robertson, II years old, died suddenly of heart disease. He naa snsered a stroke of apoplexy on tho street few minutes before ana nao ~ aane to Dr E. L. Evans office for ssaatment sDn He was native of Greene county and had lived here his entir' life
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-26
. ao.,,,d. Seeker" Made Good.

wapkesha. Wis. Aug 25.-Burt WIT ,.s hilled on park vaudeville cir N '',,s as inc Suicide Seeker, was sa,,v sanserously injured while doing ms sst at waukesha Beach. Williams am ,'e, ,aans the gap on roller skates, turn. isaps hackward somersault into the ,ns ,nso He turned the somersauit too quickly and struck hls nesa ''s Inc z. sk,ll ,Il emu chute, suffering fracture ol 'as sAu"