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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-11
Some Reasons Why the
Y. NJ. c. A. Succeeds
in Education

The students are ambitious bovs
and men who have a purpose n
life
The method OF Instruction 5 Is
sentislly individual with properly
graded class work
The courses o. study are e.
peciaily suited 90 the vocational
needs OF employed men and
youths
The STAFF o. thirty teachers 8
made Up OF men Of RIPE expert
ence in educational practIce-pIus
this motive Of mutually.
The general atmosphere II that
OF the Y N g An. attractive
workable combination OF club IA
Cilitiss. education. athletics. and
religion
The conditions for STUDY and
recitation are Es perfect as mod
ern building construction affords
light air and that comfortable
club feeling
The motive back % It's eiucs-
tiOnaI program IS serving needs
not supplying demands It's CO
operative, mutual, created BY
members o. q great organization
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-11

lie schools. and helping 70 fit themselves
for the larger demands OF modern bust
ness, industrial. and professional life
These students say that Association
Institute and the Young Mems Christian
0f1r+s al 600 =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-11
GIRLS IN SCHOOLS
OUTNUMBER BOYS

IN our city high schools for 100 girls
entering there are only seventy five
1r5vs During the high school course,
moreover. the boys are ellInlnotes more
rapidly. so that in the last year there
are 50 per cent more girls than boys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-11
Thirty Third Year Opens September %

The Washington Young Mems Chris
tan Association began formal class
work in college preparatory and COM
mercial subjects IN 1S7S- The season
1901 is therefore, its thirty-third-
Nearly ten thousand men and boys have
been enrolled during this period.
These Institute classes are conducted
mostly at night-from TO 10 D m Day
classes in shorthand. typewTiting, book
keeping. mathematics, civil service pre-
raratorv and mechanical drawing are
conducted principally for the benefit OF
men ami boys who work at night
The classes are open 20 members OF
the Association, or men and boys VINO
are eligible and desire TO become MEM
bers The minimum membership fee Is
s. a year The tuition rates are mod
crate
Friday. September ., at 40 D m
the Institute class schedule VIII be
formally opened The School Of Snort
hand resumes Wednesday, September /
The School % -Accountancy resumes
class sessions Friday. September %
Personal interviews with prospective
students are solicited Conference on
any OF the thirty or more courses OF
study NAV be had any week day OF ever
Ofice- Central Y II c > Building. Il.
Inquiries given prompt attention
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
RAILROAD BARS OFFICE GIRLS
Baltimore and Ohio Decides to Employ No More Women in Any Ca
 paclty in the Future.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 9-The Balti- more & Ohio railroad has decided to employ no more women for railroad work in any capacity. It has been de- cided that duties in a railroad office can be handled better by men or boys. The women who are already on the payrolls of the company will not be discharged, at least not at once.
 It Is stated in the Pittsblug offices that the women will be retained as long as they desire to hold their posi-. tions or so long as they can do the work for which they were secured, but once they leave the company's employ their places will be taken by men.
 It has been roughly estimated that 90 per cent more work can be gotten from the average young man steno, grapher than from a girl in the same position and that the work is more carefully handled. The same is said to be true of work in other depart ments.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
THE NEGRO TROOPS ARE GUILTY
Soldiers of Twenty-Fifth infantry Shot Up BrownviIie, Texas, Says Mili-
 tsry Court of Inquiry.

Washington, April S.-Military court of inquiry. which during the last year has been Investigating the shooting up of Brownsville, Tex, finds that the evidence clearly sustains the charge that the shooting was done by soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. colored.
 The court is of opinion that if the officers of the regiment had performed their respective duties immediately prior to the shooting, the affray could not have occurred and that if they had performed their duty immediately af ter the shooting. some of the guilty men would have been discovered
 Fourteen men who belong to the 25th infantry are declared to be eligible for re-enlistment.
 The court of inquiry was appointed by the secretary of war year ago The accused soldiers were ordered dis charged without honor by President Roosevelt II was ordered that those vho disproved connection with the shooting should be re-enlisted.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
Cures Blood, Skin Diseases. Eczema
 Greatest Blood Purifier Free.

If your blood IS impure. thin, diseased, hot or full of humors, if you have blood poison. cancer, eating sores. scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and pumps, swell- ings or superating sores, scabby pimply skin, ulcers, bone pains, catarrh, rheumatism, or any blood or skln disease, take Bot anic Blood Balm (B.B.B.) Soon all sores heal, aches and pains stop and the blood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by express $l per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Co , Atlanta, Ga. E. B. E. IS es- pecialIy advised for chronic, deep seated cases of b'ood or skin diseases. as it cures after all else fails. Sold in Mena. Ark, by w. c. Vandiver.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
BEGGED TO BE ALLOWED
 ID STAY IN PEhITENTlARl
Gus Thomas, Kansas Negro, Was Afraid of LynchIng In Crawt
 ford County.

Leayenworth, Kan, April 7.-Gus Thomas, alias Ed Young, the negrg from Crawford county who wa1 brought to the Kansas penitentiaTy under a life sentence for murder, Feb ruary 24, has been taken away from the Kansas penitentiary by Sheriff E J. Merriweather.
 The judgment and sentence oi Thomas was Set aside by Judge Arthur Fuller of Crawford county so that Thomas could be brought back into court to testify against Edward Charles. another negro. who is to be tried for murder at Girard this week.
 Thomas did not want to leave the penitentiary. He cried and begged the prison officials not to allow him to be taken away. He is afraid he will be mobbed. Sheriff Merriweather gave him assurance that he would be pro tected at all costs and Warden Cod ding advised him to go on the witness stand and tell the truth about all his crimes and the part Charles and others had in committing them. He replied that he would surely tell the truth.
 Thomas was so badly frightened that he could scarcely walk and kept con. stantly looking back at the peniten- tiary walls as he left the institution to take the car for Girard.
 The setting aside of sentence of the convict is a new procedure. However, Thomas could not testify legally in criminal case with a penitentiary sen tence hanging over him. At the con clusion of the trial of Charles, Thomas is to be arranged again on other mur- der charges. and it Is expected that he will plead guilty. as he did before, and he will be brought back to the peni- tentiary under new fife sentence.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
 AGAINST GLASS COMPANY
The Imperial, a West vIroinia cornor. auon, Charged With Conspiracy Three Western Men Are
 Involved.

Plttsburg. Pa. April 9.-The I'm. perial Window Glass companv incor. porated In West Virginia and which iacks Dnt one week of being a year old, and 16 officials and directors were indicted by a special federal grand Jury here on three counts:
 First, conspiracy in the restraint ot tne nandblown window glass trade in the United States.
 second. engagement in illegal com petition.
 Third, attempt to monopolize inter- state trade.
 Alter four days hearing of many witnesses. the grand jurors returned an indictment of GO typewriter pages
 The officials and directors of the I'm. ,periM Window Glass company. are named in the indictment. These in. eluded: F E. Wear Kansas City. Mo A. Hudson, Chanute. Kan, and U. c. Baker Caney, Kan.
 The indictment sets forth that the company has from the beginning acted as selling agency, and has prevented competition, "by persuading and in. ducing corporations, partnerships and individuals in the window glass trade to enter into contract with the agency 10 sell their entire output of hand. blown window glass;" and that "the defendants were able to establish. fix and maintain arbitrary. unreasonable and non-competitive prices for window glass, greatly in excess of prices which would prevail if said defendants had not engaged in unlawful conspiracy.
 It IS charged that when glass blow Ing concerns declined to enter such agreements, the defendants proceeded to lease the factories with the purpose to monopolize the trade and restrain interstate commerce.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
4 BIG BENEvOLENCE is
 PLANNED AT KANSAS CITY
The Christian Church to Build a Hospital and Homes for Or phans and Aged
 People There.

Kansas City, April S.-The National Benevolent association of the Chris tian church is to build in Kansas City a s250,0O0 hospital. home for orphans and home for old persons.
 These additions to Kansas City elee- mosynary life are result of the re- cent meeting of the associatios in Pittsburg, Pa, which produced a new impulse for benevolent work in the church.
 Of the s250,000 hospital fund, $l30, 900 has been subscribed. In addition to these subscriptions two sites have been offered for the hospital, one of them worth $50,000. However, no site has been chosen, and the selection probably will not be made until the full amount has been subscribed.
 It is intended to make the new hos pital the largest and best equipped in the city. It will be non-sectarian in its operation. It is the purpose to make its charitable services as extensive as the resources of the institution will !. permit. It Is not the desire of the church to make it monetarily profit able establishment In addition to the regular hospital departments, there will be school for the training of mis. sionary nurses.
 It is planned to follow the opening of this hospital with the building oi the home for orphans, open to chil dren of any or no denominational con. nections, and the old peoples home open to aged members of the Christian church. All of these institutions will he under the general supervision oi the National Benevolent association, but their practical management will be entirely local.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
NEXT PACKER HEARING APRIL i8
Attorneys for Meat Trust Notified to be In st. Louis on That Date Will Last Several Days.

Jefferson City, April 9.--Attorney
 Heneral Major served notice on Frank kIagerman of Kansas City, general at Horney for the packing houses under Efre in Missouri. that he will resume Ethe taking of testimony in St. Louis <April 1s
 II is expected that no additional Bearings will follow, and that the at Horney general at the close of the St
 lsouis hearing will forthwith file direct Esnformstion In the court charging all Fcf the large packing firms with viola 9tions of the antitrust laws. Hs says |fhe hearing probably will last four or five days and that he will endeavor to 'seeure testimony from all the large |packlng houses and from some of the Il large live stock shippers.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
London,s sunday MaII Service.

There Is no postal delivery in Lon don on Sunday, but 1t is possible to send letter by express delivery" on Saturday which will be delivered on Sunday on payment of fairly high mileage rate by the recipient. A new system was introduced last Sunday by which envelopes marked on the out side flor telephone delivery" are opened on Sunday and the contents telephoned to the addressee at s:30 .. ID.
 The charge in addition to the ordi nary two cents postage is six cents for every 30 words. Thus 60-word message would cost 14 cents as com pared with SO cents if sent by tele- graph, while express delivery might be cheaper if the distance was not great from the receiving pestofice
 Only 42 messages were handled the first Sunday and many of these were sent by newspapers to test the serv- Ice.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
SLOW TO ACCEPT INVENTIONS
Az People, Americans Have Put Themselves on Record Against
 Notable Advancements.

We of this big republic complaccnt- ly affirm the glory of our national achievements, and are not without temptation to acclaim them as proof of superior craft and judgment.
 But herein do we forget that we are on record as having cast our vote against every move that has contrib uted to the present century's develop ment
 We raised our voices in contemptu- ous protest, against the first protected railways. Had the locomotive waited It's signal from the people, it would not yet have started.
 When the electric telegraph was shown to us we brushed 1t aside as a toy, and laughed it's inventor to scorn when he offered to sell us his rights for few thousand dollars.
 We put into jail as an impostor the first man that brought anthracite coal to market. We broke to pieces Howes sewing machine as an invention cal culated to ruin the working classes; and we did the same thing to the har- vester and the binder. We scorned the typewriter as a plaything.
 We gathered together in mass meet Ings of indignation at the first pro posal to install electric trolley lines. and when Dr. Bell told us he had in vented an instrument by means of which we might talk to one another across the town we responded with accustomed ridicule, and only the reckless among us contributed to it's being. Atlantic.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
A|DE0JOPllN 'WETS'
MEMBERS OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH TO TRY Ex-LlEuT.
 GOV. cLAYCOMB. V
MADE SPEECHES FOR SALOONS
Ordered Before Board of Deacons to Explain His Course. in the Recent
 Local Option Cont sst-30 Days to
 Prepare Defense.

Joplin, Mo, April 9.--Stephen II. Claycomb, ex-lieutenant governor of Missouri. has been ordered before the board of deacons of the First Baptist church of Joplin to explain his course in campaigning for the. saloon men in the recent prohibition. contest in this city. A meeting of thechurch members was held and MT Claycomb was given 30 days to prepare his defense.
 In defending his action Mir. Clay eoNnb said that the Bible Is authority for the statement that wine is good for the stomach and for the health, and says nothing against the .sale of liquor. HeA says he will stand pat on his position\ on the liquor rquestlon. He attended the meeting and an nounced thatshe was willings to defend himself then and there.
 Mir Claycomb joined the church in- stitution only a short while before he delivered saloon speech, int the Club theater of this city. His brethren now maintain he helped .the saloon men win the election, and tthey demand an explanation.
 MT. Claycomb's CT tb theater talk was unusual. With ar .array of whisky and beer on either sitie of him he ex- plained he had securedl the liquor from Kansas joints.
 q would rather see Joplin have li- censed saloons than, unlicensed joints," he exclaimed.
 He quoted repeatedly}from the Bible where reference wasj made to the drinking of wine and other intoxicat- Ing liquors.
 In those days, he said the Bible in dicates the people had an awful thirst for mention is made of their drinking enough wine to put an ordinary man nnder the table.
 Mir Claycomb argued that coffee drinking did more harm than liquor drinking.
 The deacons took the matter under consideration, and MT. Claycomb was Informed months ago that such steps possibly would be taken against him. About 150 men and women attended Inc session. The deacons of the church are ]. F. Mardatt. J. R. Thomb, John w. Rains, J. s. Gravelle. Lee aosenbaum. J. H. Stuart (chairman) :, and Clement Steeh, elected to take the place of Henry. How who resigned soon after the Glaycomb agitation was started.
 Mir. Claycombwas lieutenant govern or while David k. Francis was governor.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
Just Exchanged Flats.

'1 heard an entirely new one to me the other day" said man who hears all kinds of queer things in his bush ness. q was standing near the tele- phone booths at the Grand Central when woman began to talk to a friend, apparently uptown. She said that a friend of hers was coming to New York in few days and didn't want to go to a hotel.
 "1 hear you are going to Chicago she said. Well my friend has a nice fiat un the Lake Drive and just like yours, with a good servant Why don't you two swap. You take her flat while you are in Chicago and let her take yours And the uptown woman seemed delighted with the arrange ment."-New York Sun.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
What Jackso1 ouqnt to DO.

Well, by love. this is lucky'" cried young man, as he heartily slapped the back of a gentleman whom hi overlook in the street The othet turned round sharply and angril.s showing the face of complete strar ger.
 q thought it was my friend Jack son" said the young man. confused.
 .All right" said the stranger; and he doubled the young man up with q tremendous poke in the waistcoat.
 What did you do that for?"
 q thought that was what Jackson ought to do" remarked the stranger as he resumed his interrupted walk -Tndor Jenks. in Judges Library
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
MlWAUkEE IN HANDS
 OF THE SOCIALISTS
Mayor-Elect Seidel Win Have 22 Out of the S5 Aldermen to Back Up His Ad-
 ninistrstion.

milwaukee, April S.-"Giye them s chance, that is the spirit which has ioiiowed Milwaukee's election of Tues day when the enntire city voted the Socialist ticket so strongly that Mayor elect Emil Seidel will have. 1t ia now certain 22 out of 35 aldermen of his own party, to say nothing of having 'he appointing power of many import ant offices.
 Ihere seems to have been a fear that Socialist victory here meant business disaster. The Socialists laugh at such fear.
 Why should We ruin the city and it's businessmen" they ask. ITO cause business trouble would be to certainl, prevent our ever attaining power again"
 The spirit is shown by the follow Ing editoral utterace of one of the local newspapers:
 No ingenuity of explanation is re. quired to account for the Social-Demo. cratic victory.
 US sweeping character, the unpre- cedented plurality given to MT Siedel the composition of the vote that swept him into power, all point to one funda. mental, and sufficent cause, the wide spread disposition to give the new party chance.
 Give them a chance was the senti. ment heard everywhere and spoken un. grudgingly, after the result was known.
 And a splendid chance it Is. It is the first chance; and whether or not It shall be the last one depends en- tirely on the way and spirit in which if shall he availed nf
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
MORE TROUBLE FOR BALLINGER
The Seattle Bar Calls Special Session to investigate Charges Made
 by Golfers Weekly.

Seattle, Wash. April 9.--A specia meeting of the Seattle Bar association has been called for next week to taki action on the charges of unprofession al conduct made against Richard A Ballinger, secretary of the interior, I member of the association. by Collier's Weekly A bar committee investigated the charges six years ago and ex onerated MT. Ballinger.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14

Notice is hereby given that the following Joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the State Consultation, was passed by the General Assembly at its regular session of isO9, and that the same will be submitted to the electors of the State, at the next general election. to be held Monday, September l2. 1910. for adoption or raleetIon.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
People Who Argue.

There are some people who are never convinced. They will argue subject out for hours at stre.cn. and he no nearer a solution than they were at the start. .,.oo
 It is hopeless to try to convince s,ch n nerson on any subject. Thc truth is. 1t gives them pleasure .o argue. and the more you disagree witn U. ,hsm inc better they arc pleased. II vou And yourself dropping into the hadn't try to drop out again as soon as possible. ------------
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
NOTICE FoR Pl,BI,IcATloN

Department of the Interior. U. <. Land Of- flee at Camden, Arkansas, March H. 1910. Notice is hereby given that
 JOSEPH J. FRY of Ink, Arkansas, who on December 8. la07 made Homestead Entry No. 3l05l Serial No. rornshin5s panae 9a N 6,h p,,nnj,,,n .o" AT ridian, has filed notice Of intention to make final fiye-year proof to establish claim. to the land above described, before the clerk of fhe Circuit Court Of Pold county at Mena Ar kansas, on the 27th day of April, Isf0. Claimant names as witnesses: David Luns- ford, Tone Lunsford, Dell Tempieton, George Wilcox, all of Ink, Arkansas.
 H. G. Friedheim. March V, 1910. Register.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
TO ERADICATE WEEVIL IN WHEAT
Insect Pest Being Studied by Kansas Agricultural College-Causcs
 Heavy Damage.

Manhattan, Kan, April 7.--Prof. George A. Dean of the Kansas Agricul- tural college has begun the study of the wheat weevil with a view to it's eradication. This pest is present in wheat from the shock to the flour sack, and 1t is estimated that $l.0OO.O00 is annually subtracted from the value of Kansas wheat before and after milling on account of it's presence. The only method now used to eradicate the pest is by fumigation in the elevators and mills.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LANDS.

Notice Is hereby given that, in pursuance of the authority and directions contained in decree of the Chancery Court of Polk county, Arkansas, made March 18th, 1910. m cause then pending fin said Court wherein <. NJ. Davis and L.. NJ. Davis are plaintiffs and Lee Davis ct al. are defendants, the under signed, as commissioner of said Court. will bidder, at the south door of the court house in Mena, Arkansas. within the hours pre- scribed for Judicial safes on Friday, April e2 1910. the following described real estate to- wit The SWl4 ofthe NE4. the SEt& Of the NW4, the NNL of the SEsA the NE4 Of the SW4 of section 2S, Township south, Kange 3t West. in Polk county, Arkansas
 Terms of sale: On credit ofthree months the purchaser giying his note with approved security. note bearing interest at the rate Of ( per cent per annnm from date until paid and q lien retained on the land for the pnr- chase price.
 Given under my hand this March 2Jfh IglO I32t r. II. Poe, Com missioner in Chancery.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS LOWER
speculators Believe the Present High Level of Prices Can Not be
 Maintained.

Chicago April s.-Grain and pro visions markets became very weak un' der a flood of selling by speculative holders who appear to have become convinced that the present high level of prices cannot be maintained. Wheat and corn quotations for future delivery declined about two cents and May pork sold down more than dollar a barrel. At the low level wheat was down nearly five cents a bushel, corn more than II cents bushel and May pork s2.sO a barrel from their recen' high levels.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-04-14
A Baby Show in Mena

would have many contestants; but its safe to say that the healthiest baby would win the prize. No baby can be healthy who suffers from worms and most babies do unless they are kept free from them with Whites Cream Vermifuge. Act quickly. yet mildly is its own purgative. Mothers.
 don't attempt to raise children with out Whites Cream Ve.mifuge. Price 25 cents. Sold at Gunnels' Drug store