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The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
YUAN SHI KAI IS
INPEK|N At LAST
just What He Will DO Next Seems
to Be Problematical at Pres
ent Marking Is
Warned.

Pekin, Nov. i3.-Yuan Shi Kai,
accompanied by 1000 troops, today
made triumphant entry into the
capital from which he was driven
in disgrace three years ago. News
that "the strong man of China" had
returned to give the tottering
|throne his counsel attracted vast
|crOwd.
Yuan appeared hale and hearty,
his appearance belying recent re-
ports of his physical condition,
which had been made the excuse
for his delay in obeying the imper-
ial command to come to Pekin and
assume the responsibility of the
premier. In communication to
the government Yuan expressed his
Iunwillingness to assume the Office,
and whether he could be pursuaded
to reconsider this decision has been
a question of much speculation.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
COTTON RECORD FRIDAY
Receipts Heaviest of Year-192
Bales Came In-Only 155 Were
Weighed.

Fridays receipts of cotton were
the biggest of any day this year.
Weigher Sims weighed i55 bales,
and 81 other bales, which made the
receipts of the day 1872, could not
get to the scales and were kept in
the wagon yards until next morn
ing.
The market seemed a little
strong Friday, some bales
bringing as high as 9 cents per
pound.
The total number of bales
weighed up to Friday night was
1880. The number bought by each
Ihrxnan folfouyc.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
ARKANSAS FEELS
THE WINTRY BLAST
Telegraph and Phone Lines Blown
Down In Blizzard That Does
Much Damage and Causes
Considerable Suffering.

Little Rock, Nov. i2.-FolIowing a
day of warm, sultry weather Sat-
urday, with the thermomete. indi-
eating a maximum temperature OF
80 degrees during the day, wind
and rain storm broke over Arkansas
last night, considerably lowering
the temperature and bringing great
damage in its wake. Through all
the districts lying in the vicinity OF
Little Rock reports at late hour
Saturday night indicated considera-
bile damage TO property OF all kinds,
Telegraph and telephone wires,
with a few exceptions, were put
out of commission, and the city at
II o'clock was in wire communica-
tion only with Hot Springs and Pine
Bluff.
Awnings and signs in the down
town district were strewn about
the streets and torn from their
hangings. Late Saturday night
shoppers, hurrying from the diff
ferent stores were caught unpro-
tected in many cases by the rain
and wind, which struck Little Rock
few minutes before o O'Clock, and
received drenchings before places
OF shelter could be reached. In the
suburban sections trees were
blown down and fences broken by
the force OF the wind.
In and around the city the lines
of the telephone companies wer,
reported down, and more than i5t
phones were put out Of commission
in short time after the storm
broke.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
CONPERS' REPORT
COMPREHENSIVE
Covers the Entire Field of Labor
Reforms and Supports Special
observation-disclosures the
McNamaras.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. i3.-president
Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor in his report
submitted today TO ,he delegates of
The thirty-frst annual convention,
predicted great changes in American
methods Of government, particular
ly with regard to political parties.
He gave to the referendum, initia-
tive and the recall the unqualified
endorsement of organized labor and
declared that real, representative
democracy had never been known
in the United States because of the
general absence of those provisions.
This standardization of judges" ;"
he said in defense of his endorse
ment, this sanctimonious cant
about mob rule is mere drivel.'
President Gompers report, which
covers sixty closely printed pages
and would make more than thirty
columns in newspaper, says it
leaves many subjects untouched or
inadequately presented.
In the main, the report declares
for and says organized labor de-
mands
The referendum, the initiative
and the recall.
Passage of the so-called anti-in-
junction bills at the next session of
Congress.
Restriction of immigration.
Further restriction of convict Ia
Dor.
Legislation to relieve civil serv-
ice employees from the executive or
ders prohibiting them to petition
Congress.
Uniform laws for protection OF
life and health in factory buildings.
A department of labor in the fed
eral government.
Employers liability and work
mems compensation acts through
out the states.
Severe arraignment is made OF
so-called scientific management or
efficiency systems.
With its membership now more
than i.750,000, the greatest in his
tory, and its financial condition ex-
ceIlent, the organization often called
the greatest altruistic institution OF
the times, enters the thirty-first
year of its work.
Mr.. Gompers refers very briefly
TO the contempt of court proceed
ings against Vice President John
Mitchell, Secretary Morrison and
himself, which are still pending be-
fore the courts in the District OF
Columbia.
The Mcnamara case, however, is
taken up at some length and fully
reviewed. President Gompers ex-
pressed his faith in the innocence
of the men now on trial at Los An
geles for alleged dynamiting out
RACES, and denounces in unmeasured
terms their removal from Indiana to
California.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Gold Weather Records Broken.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. i3.-With
one exception, cold weathCr records
for the first half of November for
the past 80 years were broken in
Montgomery this morning. The
temperafure registered here by the
weather bureau was 25. This is the
lowest record so early in the month,
except November i2, 1894, when a
temperature of 26 was reported.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

Little Rock Nov. t3.-George w.
Donaghey, governor of Arkansas,
vas compelled 10 leave a Highland
avenue street car this morning by
the conductor when the governor
could not produce any nickel to pay
his fare. Governor Donaghey had
been directing the work Of those
who saved his 100000 building al
Seventh and Main from fire. and
started to his Office in the new
state house. He boarded the car
offered the conductor S bill from
which 10 take his fare. The con-
ducior demanded a nickel. The
governor had rcne.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
new MENA Incorporation
Patton Hardware and Furniture
Company Receives Charter
$4,000 Capital Stock.

The Patton Hardware and Fur
niture Company, succeeding A.
Patton & Co., has received its char
ter from the state, and has entered
upon the conduct Of its business
under the new rule.
The stockholders and officers are
A. Patton, president: Gertrude Patton
treasurer and secretary, and Hubert
Patton, vice president. The capita
stock is $4,000.
The charter provisions grant the
right to continue all branches ol
the business as heretofore, includ-
ing the undertaking business.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
BLOOD POISON FROM TACK.
Minister Sticks One i'm Toe and Lea
Is Amputated.

Mammoth Spring, Nov. i9.-Rev.
b. f. Mason, pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Salem, bought a pair
of shoes several days ago, and on
putting them on ran a tack into
one of his toes. Blood poison en-
sued, and Saturday DR.. Sigler am
putated the leg half way between
the knee and foot. He thinks Mr..
Mason will recover,
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
WANTS ENEMIES OF
SOUTH PUNISHED
Representative Aiken OF South
Carolina Demands That Govern
ment Prosecute Cotton Hears
Wickersham in Quandary

Washington, Nov. i4.-Responding
TO request by Representative
Aiken of South Carolina tha. the
federal government undertake the
prosecution Of bears, who, it is al
legged, are engaged in depressing the
price of cotton, TO the financial det-
riment Of the cotton producer. At
torney General Wickersham frank
ly admits he does not understand
the workings of a bear pool or how
such a combination could operate
in restraint of commerce.
In correspondence made public
yesterday II is stated by the attor-
ney general that he has no tangible
evidence of any such pool and re-
quests Mr.. Aiken to furnish him
information. The governments
course, in connection with corners.
Mr.. Wickersham intimates, will be
governed largely by the decision
of the Supreme court in the pend
| ing case against alleged bulls
charged with cornering cotton to
increase the price.
"If the court shall decide the es-
sential question involved" he says.
"and not let the case get off on
technical matter OF pleading, we
may have some light which will
be Of aid in the enforcement OF the
law against other combinations OF
like character"
Mr.. Aiken claims thatsif the gov
ernment had the right TO proceed
against a combination OF specula-
tors whose purpose was to force up
the price of cotton, it has the same
legal right to prosecute an organi-
cation to depress the price of that
commodity.
South Was Robbed.
"The news dispatches say that
the bear pressure in Wall street
forced down the prices of nearly
three cents q pound, thereby rob-
bing the South OF approximately
Si03,000.000 and giving 1t TO foreign
spinners. This decline has been
brought about by the bear element
overselling the market, publishing
false or misleading statements and
combining TO keep buyers out OF
the market" said Mr.. Aiken.
The attorney general agrees with
Mr.. Aiken on the general proposi-
tion that is cornering a product to
increase It's price is illegal. similar
cornering TO depress the price is
| likewise illegal.
The formation and operation Of
a bull" corner to increase the
lprice OF commodity, he dds, is
clear, but he does not understrnd
by what process a "bear" pool is
organized and conducted.
Moreover" he continues, ut is
mot quite clear in my mind how
such a bear pool can operate TO
restrict interstate commerce"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
COTTON PREMIUMS
ETlR
POLK COUNTY BOYS
To Be Awarded Saturday, Novem-
ber is, f9f1-Giyen by Companies
and Individuals Named.

AS previously I announced, the
members of the Polk County Boys
Corn and Cotton Club will meet in
Mena, at the court house, Satur-
day, November i8. AS many as can
should arrive by 10 o'clock.
Judge Martin and Professors
Adams and jackson, it is under
stood, have volunteered to act as
a committee to figure out the diff
ferent reports, task of considera-
BILE magnitude.
w. A. RaelandI will be on hand
and has arranged good dinner for
the boys at a Meha hotel.
The premiumI awards will be
made as soon as possible after din
Iner.
The premiumsl are as follows:
First-$50.O0 in Gold, given by the
Farmers & Merchants Bank, Mena.
Second-$lO.O0 III Cash, $25 by the
Kansas City Southern Railway Com
pany and $i5 by sAllen & Baker.
Third--S3O.O0 Cash. S25 by the Loeb
ridge Dry Goods Go. and SIS by the
Watkins Hardware Co.
FOurth-$20.0O in Cash, by the Wat
kins Hardware Go.
Fifth $1,000 in Cash, by Allen &
Baker, Mena.
Sixth-S5.00 In Cash by Woodruff
Jewelry Co., Mepa.
Seventh--$5.00 IN Cash, by L. P.
purvis. BOARD CamD.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Report Fifty Killed.

st. Louis, Nov. i2.-Southern
Wisconsin and Western Illinois
we're visited by cyclones yesterday
afternoon and evening and, accord
ing TO unofficial reports received
here, between 25 and 80 persons
we're killed and almost POO injured
The property loss is estimated al
from one million TO two million
Immediately after the storm the
temperature fell to below freezing
in many sections.
Reports received here say ~ per-
sons were Killed in and about
JanesvilIe, Wis, i6 at Virginia, Ill.
and one at Chandlerville, Ill.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Cold Snap Makes Atlanta shiyer.

Atlanta, Nov. i3.-Atlanta is shiv-
ering in the grip OF le Of the cold
est snaps experienced in November
since 1887, when the mercury drop
ped to t6 degrees. At 7 o'clock this
morning The official temperature
was given at y degrees, drop Of
as degrees since 7 o'clock Sunday
morning.
The cold snap is thought TO have
caused little damage to cotton, as
most OF the crop had been picked.
A strong wind. however, preceded
the drop OF the mercury, and in
some sections cotton which had
been left in the bolls was stripped
and scattered through the fields.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Japs Send Warship.

Annoy, China, Nov. ia Japanese
cruiser arrived today. Warships of
Japan have been within two hours
call by wireless, but have not be-
fore approached the harbor because
of the distrust felt by Chinese to-
ward any action which appeared
like Japanese interference. The
tartar General Hai-Feng-Ting, has
fled to Kulengau.
Women and children of mission
ary families in Fokien province
have been summoned to Annoy, but
the men continue their duties al
mission stations.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

Nanking, Nov. i3-Americans and
other consuls and foreigners under
their protection will leave the city
immediately. Commanders of for
eign warships today notified their
consuls that they wouldn't protect
the lives and property of those who
remained inside the city.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
WIND AT EAGLETON
Roof Torn From Buildings Last
Niyht-No Clouds Were in
Sight.

DR.. G. p. Dunman spent Monday
night in Eagleton and reports that
a bad wind storm visited that part
of the county Monday evening
Considerable damage was done to
buildings and fences. Among the
buildings which we're damaged
were the drying building and barn
of the Stevenson -Hauert Lumber
Company. The roofs were blown
from both of these big houses.
One popularity of the storm was
that at no time was there a cloud
in sight.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS
AND FOR THEIR FATHERS

To The Star and The Democrat
Please notify the people of Polk
county that Mr.. H. S. Mobly, State
Agent in Boys Corn Club Work,
will arrive in Mena Friday evening,
November II, and will want to ad-
dress the boys and their parents
and others interested in the ] oys'
Corn Club Saturday, November IS,
at i0:30 a. m.
Kindly notify the schools as much
as possible. Yours truly,
J. J. Moore, Special Agent.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
$50 BUSHELS ON FOUR ACRES.
Sam Holland Holds Record as Corn
Grower i'm His Section.

Eureka Springs, Nov. i3.-Sam
Holland, living ~ miles southeast
of here, beats the record for rails
ling corn in this section. He picked
out four acres, 10 which he gave
sneeial attention, using the methods
of improved farming as advocated
by the government experiment sta
ton. This fall he was rewarded
with $40 bushels Of corn thai
weighed SO pounds to the bushel
or an average OF 1870 bushels TO the
acre. The corn is very large and
sound. He did most OF his eulti-
waiting with a one-horse harrow.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Nine Are Dead.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Nov. f2.-Nine
persons dead, another dying, many
injured, nearly half a million dol
lars worth of property destroyed in
a cyclone that swept over Rock
county this afternoon. Near Ok
fordsville, family was killed.
John Cfowder, Mrs. Proed, Fred
Lentz and Amy Korban are dead.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Is Doina a Great Work.

Mr.. Mobly is doing great work in
Arkansas and bis efforts have borne
much fruit in many localities. He
has message that is inspiring the
youth of the. land and doing great
wonders in the way of agricultural
development. He should be ac-
corded n hearty welcome here and
greeted with large audience.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

Hobart, Ok, Nov. i2.-Sweeping
directly from the west, the worst
blizzard OF the year struck south
western Oklahoma this afternoon,
sending the thermometer down TO
% degrees from rs degrees in five
hours. The wind gradually shifted
TO the north, and tonight is blow
ing gale.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
ANTI-SLANG CLUB.
Members of Young Ladies' Club
Will Pay Fine for Bad Lsnuage.

Cuero, Tex, Nov. t0.-Young wo--
men of the Clinton neighborhood
have organized an anti-swearing So
ciety. Any member who uses a by
word no matter how mild, will be
fined five cents, the money to GO
Into a local Sunday school treas
lurv
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Dust Storm Proceeds Cold Wave,

Oklahoma City, Nov. f2.-The
temperature dropped 40 degrees in
as many minutes and is still going
down with a bitter cold wind blow
ing from the northwest. One OF
the worst storms in years preceded
the cold wave.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
uow About This?

i05 acres Of fine fruit and gra
land. right at scnool. postomc
store and railroad station. a ~
location for hogs cattle and pou
try. Also a 1871 acre homeste'
adjoining. with a large 7-roo
house and all necessary outbuil
inqs and lots. fine garden e
strawberry patch. well OF 4
water. viii relinGuish on the y
acres to purchaser OF the fo5 ncrs
n interested ell at Star once \
zee A. Mcmillan of Mena.
2i2e i5-t
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
J. II. COX MUCH BETTER.
Returned Last Week From Three
Months In Battle Creek, Mich.

]. H. Cox, who left Mena about
the first of August for treatment
at a sanitarium at Battle Greek,
Mich. returned nome last
week, and is feeling much better
than when he left. On his way
home he spent q week in Little
Rock.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
OKLAHOMANs MOVED HERE.
p. N. Williamson and Family Have
Rented Two Mena Homes.

P. N. Williamson and family OF
Blackwell, Ok, arrived in Mcna
Monday and will make their homes
here. They brought with them a
carload of household goods and
some fine horses, which they moved
onto the e. r. Biser and ]. I. Mon
roe places, which they have rented
from the Mena Land and Improve
ment Company.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Annoy in Control of Republicans

Annoy, China, Nov. i4.-The Re-
publican tricolor waves over the
city today. There is no disorder
the shops remain open and a gen.
eral feeling of relief prevails. Early
this afternoon the crowds began tC
assemble for a conference with the
revolutionary leaders. About Q
thousand revolutionists formed in
line and marched to the walled city
where they raised the Republican
emblem over the place.
Aoati Chang was compelled tc
flee to Hong Kong during the night
American warships, Saratoga
Monterey and Ouries, arrived this
morning. The British destroyer
Janus and the Virago are here.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

Carl Cunningham, son Of William
Cunningham, and Miss Tina Farms
worth, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
+. b. Farnsworth, were married
Sunday at the home of the brides
parents on the Hudgins farm at
Dallas.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Thermometers f3 at salina.

Salina, Kas., Nov. i2.-The ther-
mometer stood i3 here at O'clock
yesterday. The weather is clear
and the indications are for zero
weather in the morning.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Tit TRuTfii asouT siv;HH>>
ralk No. 8.

Talk No. ,.
No Thoughtful person uses hQuf
bius. Half cents worth Of blue.
large bottle filled with water and Il
dsIusion is complete.
Always buy RED CROSS BAL
Blue It's all blue Nothing b
blue. Makes beautiful white clotht
like new. ASK YOUR GROCER
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

An unusually fine full-blood Jer-
sey calf for sale at a bargain. II is
very large for its are beautifully
marked and from a strain OF milk
and butter producers equal to the
best. Address. The etar Farm,
Phone SO. Mena, Ark 46-i7-d
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Dropped 60 Degrees at Nowata.

Nowata, Ok, Nov, i2.-Tempera-
ture here at noon was 80; at 6
o'clock 20. The hot winds this
morning were suffocating.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

Tulsa. Ok. Nov. i2.-The greatest
and quickest drop in temperature
ever known was experienced IN
Tulsa yesterday. The temperature
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

of IS at noon dropped to 20 at &
o'clock, a drop of 65 degrees, caus-
ed by a cold rain and north wind.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16
Chi-Fu Is Taken.

Shanghai, Nov. i3.-Chi-Fu went
over to the revolutionists this
morning. There was no fighting.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

A 40-aere farm for sale south OF
Board Camp. III miles, on public
road. Nice place 10 live. W. r.
Buchanan. Board Camp, Ark.
.sS2
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-16

Mems new Work Shoes almost al
secondhand prices AZ the Raeaet
Store. Call ana zee them, zzz-so-S
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-02-09
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE
Educational Posters by the Thousand
to Be Displayed All Over
United States.

During the next three months, the
bill boards of the United States will
display 10000 educational posters on
tuberculosis, according to an an
nouncement made by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis.
This will conclude the campaign be
gun year ago, when the National
Bill Posters association donated free
space to the tuberculosis cause, the
Poster Printers association offered
free printing, and nine paper manu-
facturers gave the paper for the post
ers. The combined value of these sew
eral donations for this three-month
campaign is nearly 100000
The posters are in six different de.
signs and are all printed in three col
ors. They are seven feet wide and
nine feet high. Already nearly $500
of these posters have been hung on
the bill boards of 4G different cities,
and it is planned to distribute 2C,00C
more before April / in over 400 towns
and cities. Any anti-tuberculosis so
ciety in the United States may re-
ceive free of charge, except for trans
portaion, as many Of these posters as
can be hung on the boards in its ter.
ritory. The National association with
the tuberculosis committee of the Ma
tional Billposters and Distributors are
conducting the campaign.
The posters show in graphic form
how fresh air. good food, and rest
cure tuberculosis; how bad air, over
work and closed windows lead to con
sumption; and how the careless con
sumptiye menaces the health of his
family by splitting on the floor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-02-09
A Few Fads.

Silk and satin flowers, each petal
edged with beads, are used on the
crown and under the brim of an
evening hat
White coney is an inexpensive fur
and much in favor for cloaks. long
shoulder scarfs and hats for young
girls.
Very effective is the banded trim
ming of cut steel beads outlined on
either edge with two rows of fine let
beads
Silver on black tulle, steel beads
on bleu de mutt "a dark blue) and
coral on pink or blue, are some of
the beautiful combinations used.
For evening there is a great de-
mand for brocades. crepe de chine
and all supple weates that lack
luster, but abound in wonderful colors.
Dainty linen gift handkerchiefs for
women have delicately-hued borders.
Some OF these, with lace-work cen
tiers, are highly expensive.