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The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
DEMOCRATS 1912
 ORGANIZATION
Plan Club in Every Precinct in Every State in the union-It's Woodrow Wilson Move, But
 Champ Clark Gets Room.

Washington, Aug. 23.-prepara- tions for the presidential campaign of 1912 were begun by the Demo- crats in this city today. Senators and representatives, headed by Sen ators Owen, of Oklahoma, and Chamberlain of Oregon, met at the capitol to draft a charter for the Democratic federation of precinct clubs. The leaders of the party in- tend to wage a war for Democratic success by utilizing the smallest unit of party organization and by extending the qualifications of the organization to effectively reach in- to the hearts of the Republican stronghold.
 These senators and representa- tives who are backing the new federation plan a nation wide or ganization of clubs to control the next Democratic national conven- ton, nominate a progressive Demo- crat for president and force the duUptiOif oAed pi OSi NooifC pidtiOIHl.
 The federation will be chartered by the District of Columbia and will organize precinct clubs in ev- cry county in every state in the union. It was rumored that the or ganization would favor Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, for the nomination.
 
 Champ Clark's presidential boom received another boost today when Senator Owen of Oklahoma, speak ing at the meeting called to per- feet the organization of the new Democratic federation of precinct clubs, declared that he personally, was for the Missourian for presi- dent.
 T am for Champ Clark for presi- dent" announced the Oklahoma senator, and Oklahoma is for him too
 This statement was greeted with applause.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
CH0KEs ARMED MAN TO DEATH
Young Woman's Companion Kills a
 Would-Bc Assailant.

MaIlsfieiidi, G., A;ug. a9 % Al h uni uni identified man was checked to death last night by the companion of a girl whom the man had attacked Walter Clover, a florist, and Miss Hortense siIafer of Belleville, both attending u teachers institute, were seated in a park when a man con- fronted them with a revolver and ordered them to accompany him across the adjacent railroad tracks.
 Under threat of death, they con- piled. fearing to make an outcry, but when their assaiIant was mo- mentarily off his guard, after he had compelled his victims to lie down on the ground, Glover seized clod of earth and struck the man in the face, blinding him. Glover then seized him around the neck with both hands and choked him to death.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
BIG TEMPERATURE DROP
Real Frost Nips the Fruit and Gar dens in the Dakotas and
 Minnesota.

Kansas City, Aug. 24.-A near kin of winter weather arrived in the
 United States yesterday and under
 his regime the local temperature went down to 68 degrees at noon, while in Minnesota and the Dakotas yesterday morning farmers found
 that frost had nipped garden truck in the late watches of the night. Black leaves hung from the potato vines near Dickinson, Lisbon and Napoleon, N. D., where the tenn perature was as low as 30 and 32 degrees yesterday morning. Frosts were reported at Bismarck and Swift Current, N. D., and Campbell and Duluth, Minn.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
TO GET INTEREST
 ON STATE FUNDS
\ Depository May Be Located iT Each Senatorial District-Must Pay the State Not Less
 Than 3 Per Cent.

Little Rock, Aug. 2i.--State Treas urer Crockett yesterday sent out notices to all banking institutions in Arkansas to the effect that he is ready to receive bids from banks desiring to become Repositories oi state funds under the new state de- pository system. All bids must be in by October and must be ac- companied by certified check for $500. No bank is allowed deposit oi state funds greater than it's paid up capital, and no bid for less than : per cent on state funds would be considered. Each senatorial dis trict is entitled to one bank if it can qualify, or 34 in the entire state.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
FEAR HIS CONFESSION
Visit of Sergeant-at-A Arms to Prose cutting Attorneys Onlee stirs
 Ohio Legislators.

Columbus, O., Aug. 2i.-panic and fear have seized every man involved in the legislative bribery scandal. Each one is using every effort to prevent the confession promised by Rodney J. Diegel, sergeant-at-arms.
 Representatives of those now un- der suspicion besought Diegel im- mediately after eh left the confer ence with Attorney General Logan and Prosecuting Attorney Turner. Yesterday their actions showed the strain and worry under which they have been laboring since they learned the sudden turn in Diegel's case. They predicted with assumed confidence that either Diegel would never talk or that his confession would be of little use to the prose- cution. Diegel even declared that he had never promised to tell afl he knew about corporations in the last session of the legislature.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
TAX COM MISSION
 AFTER RAILROADS
Place Value on New Oil Pipe Line D. A. Gates Talks of the Turner Jacobson Law and Answers
 Some Charges.

Little Rock, Aug. 24.-The Arkan- sas tax commission is now complet- ing the week of assessing the diff ferent railroads of the state, though it will yet be several weeks before the amount of the assessments against the big corporations are ' nounced.
 The commission has assessed the Arkansas Pipe Lines Company which has just completed line to Little Rock, Hot Springs and Pine Bulf, about $i ,250,0O0. which means about S25,000 annually in taxes to the different counties through which the line runs.
 The commisison is also sending out much information upon the Turner-Jacobson bill. The latest information is to explain why the time for assessing was moved up until February. This was in order that the assessors of the big coun- ties should have more than two months to make their assessments Two months gives the assessors in the big counties little more than just time enough to copy the pre- vious years assessments, without getting out and looking up inn proyements, and it is in the big counties that the large corpora lions have their investments.
 IL has been stated by those op- posed to the T.-J. bill that the move was made to catch the farmer. as his barns will be full at that time of the year.
 T would like to know what they are full of" queries D. A. Gates of the commission. The farmer has no cotton at that time of the year and if he has he is able to hold it and i'll that case he is able to pay taxes. His barn has little corn and little hay. It makes no difference what time of the year the assess ments are made, the total is about the same. Tn February the farmer has not his colts, his calves or his young pigs to assess, and they come in under the old time of assessing The talk of soaking the cotton brok- CTS by assessing in February is bosh The assessment is made upon the average stock of goods carried for the entire year. The big cotton firms pay this now and it makes nc difference to them if the assess ment is made in January or July"
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
STUDY NATIONS
 CREATESTPRODLEM
Senate Committee, Headed by Cum mins, Will Ask Corporation and Labor Leaders to Confer on
 Corporation Laws.

Washington. Aug. 23.-The great trust organizers of the country are to be invited by senate committee on framing a law to meet the business conditions of the present day. They are to meet with the leaders of la-
 Dor and suggest to the committee
 ideas that may lead to the framing iof law which is to supplant hotll
 the sherman antitrust laws and
 the interstate commerce laws.
 The question to be determined is
 whether it is better for the com-
 mercial health of the country that
 the combinations now in restraint
 of trade be legalIzed, or whether
 they shall be dissolved, making un- restricted competition.
 John D. Rockefeller, J. pierpont
 Morgan, George w. Perkins and FL bert H. Gary, representing the cap italists, Samuel Gompers and other labor leaders are to be brought to- gether i'll . friendly way to give their views as to needed changes in existing laws.
 The senate committee has turned the details of preparation of the in- vestigation over to a special sub- committee of which Senator Cum mins is chairman. The Iowa sena- tor is arranging for hearings which will begin in Washington on Novem-
 Der i5. Shall combinations or trusts, said to be in restraint of trade, be legalized and permitted to lremain intact or shall competition among all industries be placed on it's | feet in the interest of ultimate con- sumers. These are the great ques- tions our committee will endeavor
 to settle" Senator Cummins said to- l day.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
EXPENSES OF U. s. ARMY.
Major General Wood Figures They
 Will Re Near S9i, 100000.

Washington, Aug. Estimates for approximately 9l million dollars will be presented to Congress for the military establishment according to statements at the War depart ment. Major General Wood, chief of staff, announced that the tenta- tive estimates had been prepared, and were now being revised. He said the money which the army would ask for would not be more than the sum appropriated last year.
 Last year the army received s94. 2i0.00O. This did not include the amount appropriated TOT the Pana- ma canal and for public works which bring the total classed as ar my appropriations up to nearly f5d million dollars.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
INDIANS WANT LAND
Rig Suit Started to Recover Lake Front Property in Chicaao
 Valued at POO Millions.

LaPorte, Ind- Aug. 2i.-Owners s; Lake Front property in Chicago. val ued at 200 million dollars. are to be defendants m suit brought hy the Ottawa Chippewa and pottawaiomie Indians of Michigan through their attorney, E. B. Stark of Hartford. The Indians claim their right to the tribal property on the lake front of Chicago, which they allege was moi included in the lands which passed into the hands of the government by the treaty of 1916.
 E. B. Stark, who has been collect ing data for twelve years, is at the Indian camp meeting enrolling the last Of the Indians of this part of the stale, and he expects to have the rolls completed before Septem- Der, when he will take the case into the United States district court at Chicago.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
LORIMER HAS NERVE
Opens Campaign in Illinois Seeking Vindication at Hands of
 the People.

Duquin, H.. Aug. 2i.-United States Senator Lorimer began his active campaign for popular vindl- cation today when he spoke at the soldiers and sailors reunion here today.
 He arrived early this morning and a great part of the day was spent in conferences with those of his sup porters in Southern Illinois who are not afraid to openly aid him.
 John K. WawInan of Chicago, who prosecuted Lee O'Neil Brown. who was said to be Lorimer's chief aid in his alleged bribery of state legisla- tors, also spoke here today, and from the same platform.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
Many a Suffering Woman.

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The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
Eaales Select Head Officers.

San Francisco, Aug. 2i.--Frank E. Herring of South Bend. Ind, was nominated yesterday for grand worthy president of the grand Aerie of Eagles and William J. Brennan of Pittsburgh for grand worthy vice president. There being no other nominations for these offices the election of the nominees will be unanimous.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

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The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

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The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

Farms for Sale-One 40 and one 80
 acres. Three miles from Mena. Address TT care Star. f57-3i-2
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31
FATAL FLOODS ON
 ARKANSAS RIVERS
Farmers Moving Gut and There Are Fears That Some Are Drowned Sure to Be a Great Loss
 to Crops.

Clarendon, Aug. 24.-Eight persons are believed to have been drowned early today when the White river, which is at flood, washed a negro cabin from the banks near Bates vile and caught two families in it's swirling eddies.
 Farmers today moved their fam lilies from their homes to the high lands three miles back from the river.
 Hundreds of head of cattle have been drowned and reports from Batesville and Newport say that the river rose fifteen feet in five hours, due to heavy rains of the last few days.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-08-31

Plumerville, Aug. 23.-W. A. Jones, planter who lives here, will lose 2,000 bushels of corn and $3,000 worth of cotton as result of the recent rains. His plantation is i5 miles northwest of this place, on Point Remove creek. Representa- tive Criswood, whose farm is on Cypress creek, two miles north of this place, says that POO acres of corn and cotton on his farm are un- der water, and that he is not yet able to estimate his loss. It is claimed that 1000 acres are under water, and it will be impossible to make an estimate of the loss until the water recedes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

perpendicular bank Of sand with their
hands in order to protect themselves from
the Confederate muskets overhead They
were not released until nightfall, when.
one by one, they got out of the danger
zone
All signs pointed 10 marked addition 10
the Confederate troops in the fort'hcations.
an overflow Of the bottoms where he lay
and lack of cooperation from Grant from
whom he had not heard for three weeks, so
Sherman now withdrew his troops 10 Mil
liken's Bend. Here he found McClernand,
who assumed command and told Sherman
OF Grants return toward Memphis. IL was
proposed that the III success Of the army
be retrieved by an expedition against Ar
kansas Post Confederate work about
forty miles up the Arkansas River. occu-
pied by 1--WE thousand troops. This was
promptly undertaken by joint land and
water movement. The fertilization was
readily carried. and upon the orders of
Grant the troops engaged In the move
men: quickly returned to the Mississippi
Not having entire confidence In McCiernsnd.
General Grant took the step which has
made OF the Vckshurg campaign one Of
United States. lie took command himself
The campaign now began I'm deadly ear
nest. For three months. however the army
equal to any then fighting under the ban
ncr Of the United States. was unable To
make any progress against the foe Nature
had cCnsplred with Pemherton 90 hold Grant
back The affair al Chickasaw BLUFFS con-
WINGED General Grant that nothing was To
be gained by an assault from the water side
al any point between Warren,on south OF
Nicksburg, and iIan,s's BlufY eleven miles
north, "A total distance OF approximately
nineteen miles. He decided that the only
way OF getting into the city was &C. APP
proach IL from the south His nrst plan in
this direction WAS the digging cf canal
across the tongue OF Louisiana land in
, closed IA the oxbow In front OF Vicksburg
For nearly three months the men worked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

Western armies. had selected General Penn
ber.on a Northerner with Southern sympa
ties who had had training al West Point
and 10 whom President Davis was much
attached. to direct the forces concentrated
at Vicksburg. and had gone himself to
Mississippi to stimulate the enrolment cf
all the men and youth OF the state capable
OF bearing arms.
Go at once to Nicksburg" said lie CON
federate President 20 the Mssissippians.
and assist in preserving the Mississippi
River, that great artery OF the country,
and thus conduce more than in eny other
way TO the perpctuatlon of the Confederacy
and the success OF the cause
The bluffs which lay In front Of Sher-
man and the strong earthworks GROWING
them could be reached only by crossing
the Chickasaw bayou. which Rugged the
base of the hills at this part of its course.
The bed OF the bayou had been choked up
by the enemy by cutting down the young
cottonwoods three or four feet above the
ground and filling the spaces between the
stumps with the branches The bayou it
self was deep and miry. Covering the whole,
on the far side. was steep bank protected
by strong abatis and "a rifle pit extend
ing from end To end Above this WAS an
other rifle pit, and still higher up IA circle
Of batteries Of heavy guns comma nding
every part of the ground below. Sherman
spent two days In reconnaissance, and
hnally decided To make an attempt to carry
the heights. which formed an integral part
Of the defences Of the city.
Blair's brigade was the only one to get
through the tangle OF brush. the chilling
waters OF the bayou and the quicksands
and past the two lines Of rife pits Pauslng
TO look back he found that he WAS likely To
have no support and withdrew his men In
good order. having lost 60S In killed wound
ed and missing out OF total Of 1900. The
9Th Missouri Infantry crossed the bayou
lower down with heavy loss, but was un-
able to climb the steep bank. The men
were Obliged to scoop out caves In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
BACKBONE OF CoNFEDERACY'

Surrounded by mesh of waterways on
the north and west, guarded on the south
by Notifications and by the fortress at Port
Hudson. goo miles down the river. and en-
closed in formidable works. It presented ia
1863 military problem Of great complex
ity To take Ncksburg was to break the
backbone Of the ConfcdoraCy in the West,
for it would give the Union undisputed con-
troll Of the Father Of Waters and besides
cutting off large slice Of the ConfederaCy
would also deprive the South of Texan beef
and other necessary supplies. Vicksburg
was essential 10 both sides.
The story OF Vicksburg begins far back
in the year 1862 Following Hallccks pro-
motion to the position Of commander in
chief. the command Of the armies Of tho
West fell TO Grant At first he was unable
10 undertake an aggressive campaign
owing TO the extent to which his forces
had been drawn upon to assist Buell. in
holding his positio I'm Tennessee. There
were battles at Iuka and Corinth, in the
latter Of which General Rosecrans won
glory and was promoted to the rank of
major general Late I'm october, 1862. Grant
suggested a move toward the south, and
the proposition was seconded in hearty
manner at Washington. 4 wide discretion
was g..cn to him. and early in December
he planned an expedition to capture Nicks-
burg General w. r. Sherman was Sc
lected by him to conduct this expedition,
which was TO go down the Mississippi
River. landing near the Yazoo. He pro-
posed personally to hold the enemy's forces
in check on the Yallabusha while Sherman
performed his part OF the task.
Before General Sherman could get away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03
GpIEBScN'S CAVALRY RAID.

Another expedition which worried 'no
confederates great deal also ana Wn'o'
~ ,he,r attention away from Grant
- oh,.c, was a cavalry raid by GeneTSi
u u Grierson through the state 10 ea'on
to,ye II was planned by Grant ana hau
o,asrs 10 do all the damage possible 10 t"'
r,n,aderate cause and as little IA poss'ol'
. narsons who were peaceably incliheu'
va, ,ovsr than LOO men Grierson 'raN.
.,,Ad the entire length OF the stare "
a.u.s IN sixteen days, In the course %
hitch no took 800 prisoners. destroyed mos
$780,, e,,v miles of railroad and teiesraP"
No.. large quantities OF military stores
,",,oa several locomotives. tore up IN
,''..,arab,e bridges and buried severa ia0-
-. engaged IN manufacturing suppn''
,,a Confederate army. Terror ana us
,, snrcad through the state. The raiu wa,
na,auctaa with remarkable display -
.aa,ran,mlty and kindness toward wv
80 ,,,,ha,ants. Everywhere care "''
,sken 10 preserve private properly anu
public order ,,hor,o, wh,
a., confusing OF all IN Pemberton' WIZ
Ia, nv this time become Thoroughly "'
...a, ~ the idea that the blow woui"
p. ,rcy, IN. north upon his right was
..,,,,ament OF Eliet's marine brigade up
H. river. with orders to the lehhes0
n,.nr Some OF Pemberton's troops "ei'
49, ,,ua,d the Tennessee line To meet '''o
ro,tinued on seventh page
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no1ued from weekly the courtesy Of the p

Grant and also Of the fact that he had been
superseded pursued the even tenor OF his
way down the river, adding twelve thou
sand men To his force at Helena. Reaching
Milliken's Bend. twenty miles above Nicks-
burg, on Christmas morning, he landed
division TO break up the Shreveport Rail-
road. over whose rails vicksburg was sup
piled with provisions from the West. The
other three divisions Of his army continued
their voyage to the mouth Of the Yazoo
and landed twelve miles up that stream
among the swamps at the foot of the Wal
nut Hills, a part Of tho bluffs north OK
Vicksburg.
The cooperating campaign Of Grant and
Sherman was intended to surprise the Con-
federates. Their plans, however, ha be-
come known. and the enemy was ready
when Sherman appeared. The crisis had
been considered so great by President Davis
of the Confederacy, who was citizen
of Mississippi that he had put General
! Joseph f. Johnston in command OF all the