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The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
chanaIna Taste In Humns

One of our churches in New York el'y having taken a poll of the con 'Fegation in order to determine the ten favorite hymns announces that he following received the reouisite number of ballots: Nearer. My God. to Thee" Abide With Me" "Jesus. Lover of My Soul" q Love to Tell the Story" Lead Kindly Light" Res. sfie the ferisnIng,- Rock of Ages. .'' Onward Christian Soldiers.A 'sWhat a Friend We Have in Jesus" Four others were tied for tenth place; Love Divine. All Love Excelling. !" Lust as am." Faith of Our Fathers. Living Still" and Tn the Cross of Christ l Glory"
 Nothing could illustrate better the fhange that has come over our re- aigious thinking. In the list there ia not one hymn about heaven. Ten years ago no congregation would have omitted Jerusalem the Golden" or
 There Is Land of Pure Delight" and twenty-five years ago half the list would have been given to such hymns. Northwestern Christian Advocate.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
Mena Has to Bow to the Inevitable Scores of Endorsements
 Prove It.

After reading the public state- ment of this fellow-sufferer given below, you must come to this con- clusion: A remedy which cured years ago, which has kept the kid neys in good health since, can be re- he'd upon to perform the same work in other cases. Read this:
 J. A. Burton of DeQueen, Ark. says: The cure Doan's Kidney Pills made in my case in in 1908 !aee lissss has been permanent. You may contin- ue to publish my former testimon- lal, as it still holds good.n
 The above was the substance of Mr. Burton's conversation when he was interviewed on March go, 1911. His former endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills was in substance as follows:
 Judging from my experience, | can say that Doan's Kidney Pills will help sufferers from kidney complaint if anything will. I had tried a number of remedies to rid myself of severe backache and other symptoms of disordered kid neys, but Doan's Kidney Pills were the first to help. It took them but short time to effect cure and since learned of their merit have advised every one heard complain ing Of kidney trouble Co give them trial"
 For safe by all dealers. Price 5oc. foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y. sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name--Doan's- and take no other. s
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
FEARED TAFT ON THE RECALL,
Governor Johnson Tells Why He
 Missed Presidents Dinner.

San Francisco, Oct. 20.--In an in- terview yesterday Gov. Hiram John son of California explained why he did not attend the banquet given in honor of President Taft here last Friday night by the directors of the Panama Pacific Exposition.
 1t was because he wished to fore stall any embarrassment to the president that might result from a possible attack on the recall of the judiciary and direct legislation which were made a part of Cali fornia's legislation by the recent election, on which he could not lis- ten silently, says the governor, that he stayed away.
 Our only thought was" Cover nor Johnson said, as California is jealous of our reputation and hos pitality, to extend to the chief ex- ecutiye of the nation fitting greet ing and to make his stay all that he could wish.
 Wherever there was a possibility oi an untowald event we sought to avoid 1t, as at the San Francisco banquet. It required no inscrutable power to see that somebody at the . quot ssissos probably would in concur renee with the presidents view covertly or openly attack the ae- tion Of our people on direct legis- lation and the recall, and that the serenity of the occasion might not be marred, of course, we could not sit still while the verdict Of our people was assaulted, so we ab- sented ourselves on that occasion.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
Dying by Organs.

It has been discovered that if a hu. man being dies after an ordinary ill- ness and no- violent death he does not die all over and all at once. He may have a diseased liver, heart or lung, and this may be the cause of death; but 1t has been found that if the diseased organ could have been replaced by healthy one life might have been maintained indefinitely This is no imagination or speculation It has been confirmed by the most careful experiments by the ablest medical scientists in the country Leslies Weekly.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
FAMOUS AVIATOR
 DASHED 10 DEATH
Lost Control When Tried to Ris' From Sensational Dip--Once Flew Out to Sea, Lighting
 on Deck of Ship.

Macon, Ga, Oct. 20.~-Eugene Ely, the aviator, was killed at the state fair here late yesterday afternoon when his machine, failing to rise from a sensational dip, plunged with him fifty feet to the ground. Seeing the danger ahead of him, the aviator had attempted to jump and almost cleared the craft. He fell with 1t in the field, breaking his bones in score of places.
 He regained consciousness before his death, few minutes after the accident, long enough to mutter.
 T lost control; l know l am going to die"
 Ely made a flight in the morning, ascending to an altitude Of 3,tO0 feet. At 2:45 o'clock he began his second flight, rising gracefully from the track enclosure, which he cir cled in a few minutes, travelling about thirty miles an hour. As he was completing the circle he made a dip, seemingly to startle the thousands beneath him.
 The machine shot down with tremendous velocity and the crowd applauded, thinking the aviator would rise, as he had done many times before.
 But Ely seemed to lose his grip on the lever. The machine con- tinued it's downward plunge. He attempted to rise from his seat. Releasing the lever entirely he half jumped, barely clearing the aeroplane as 1t crashed to the ground. The machine was demol- ished and Ely struck with terrific force. He died shortly after reach ing the hospital.
 Ely. a native of Davenport, la, left his wife in New York two weeks ago to come to Macon to give a series of flights for the Georgia state fair in his Curtiss biplane. He had been giving spectacular flights here for eight days, going up on one occasion in rainstorm.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
JEFFRIEs MOTHER WAS RICH
Fallen Fighter Part Heir to an Es.
 tate Worth S99. .5O0

Los Angeles. Oct. i9.--An estate valued at S99,500 will be distributed m unequal shares among 10 heirs of Mrs. Rebecca Jefferies, who died September 5, and whose will was ilied Tor probate yesterday.
 Among the residuary legatees is James J. Jeifries, former worlds champion pugilist and son of inc ueau woman. He is made a bene- hciary with other children, in con- slderation that they care for and support their father in his declin- ing years.
 A provision specifies that any at tempt to break the will will be re- warded with disinheritance.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
BUYS LUMBER BUSINESS
\. H. Scoggin Has Closed Deal for D. E. Little's Inter-
 eStS Here.

A. Il. Scoggin has purchased of D. E. Little his lumber yard, leases etc., together with all rough lumber at the blaming mill and yard on Janssen avenue, including the lease on the mill machinery. MT. Scog- -sin Viii take charge at once and push the business. He is well known m this section as a lumberman of ability.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
MAY HAVE SAVED RODGERS.
Ely's Death Caused Discovery of
 Weakness in Machine.

Waco, Tex, Oct. 20.-The shock of Aviator Ely's death, with whom he flew at Chicago last August, caused Cal Rodgers to go over his biplane with unusual care here to- day before resuming his flight to- ward the Pacific coast.
 To this minute inspection Rodg- CTS owes his escape from a peril which might have caused his death. He discovered that his elevator and rudder wires were worn so thin that there was doubt of their last- ing out the flight he had mapped out for today, t88 miles from here to San Antonio.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
THE TRUTH ABOUT slulNo.
Talk No. b.

Avcid liquid bluing In every city oers is an accumulation Of junk bot ess which are gathered up and filled with weak solution called bluing Don't buy water for bluing.
 Bur RED CROSS BALL BLUE: & s-esnt package equals 90 cents worth of liquid blue. Makes clothes whitsr thsn szew. ALL GOOD GRoCERs.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
CHARGES S5,OO0 FOR BLOOD.
Clerk Saved Life of Wealthy
 Farmer. Who Offered $40.

Anderson, Ind, Oct. 20.-Herschell Bailey, a clerk, has sued Ira c. Peck, wealthy farmer, for $5,000, alleging that he gave up three |pints of blood through transfusion, which saved the life of the farmer. Bailey refused to accept a check for $40 offered in payment.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
Wm Continue in Rusiness

l have sold my store and lot on Pickering avenue. but will continue my poultry and produce business al the same stand up to January i 1912, and will announce later where my store will be after that date. |sli-4 ]. 10. Imoe.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-26
FLOtR---FFED,

Car Of Flour and Feed just un- loaded by penIngeT at NunIey. Will be sold al close prices. See him before buying elsewhere. S0-s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
BUSSE RESPONSIBLE
Through Him Tint Lorimer Wns
Elected to Senmtc

Chicago. ILL.,, October 3o.-Former
Mayor Fred \. Busse, OF Chicago. was
responsible. indirectly. for the election
OF United States Senator William Lor-
liner. according to testimony given to-
day by former Speaker Edward D.
Shurtleff. OF the Illinois Legislature.
before the Federal senatorial investi j..
cation committee.
Shurtleff said he owed his election as
Speaker in no small part to the advice
and support OF Busse. Previously, 10.
ger c. sullivan. Democratic national
committeeman, and Congressman Ira
c. Copeley had testified that l.orimer's
elevation to the Senate was an out
growth of Shurtler's election as SHeak-
err sullivan said that Lorimcr would
not have gone DO the Senate but for
the election of Shurtlcff.
The former Speaker OF the Illinois
House to-day traced the history OF the
Lorimer election and swore that SO far
as he knew there was no corruption
in connection with 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
SEEKS LEGAL LIGHTS
Nickershnm Wants the Best to Assist
In Trust-BustInE.

Washington October 3O-Attorney.
General Wickershum within the next
lew days Is expected to announce the
names of the lawyers who will assist
Jacob NJ. Dickinson. the governments
special counsel. In the suit for dIssolu-
ton OF the United States Steel Corpora
ton. The Attorney General intends
that the governments lawyers will not
suffer by comparison with the counsel
for the defense.
In the meantime, the Department Of
Justice is organizing its prosecution.
Returns are made daily as subpoenas
and copies of the complaint are served
on the defendants. The governments
plans are tentatively shaped and the
Attorney Generals office does not en-
pect 10 be taken unaware by technical
tactics.
Chairman Stanley. of the congress
sional committee. which has been in.
vestisatlng the United States Steel Cor.
poration. Photographed to his represen-
tatives here to-day that he would como
to Washington Immediately after tho
election In Kentucky next Monday and
plan for an early resumption OF tho
commattee's inquiry.
One OF the first things the Stanley
committee expects to take up will be
the Steel Corporations returns with
transportation companies. 1t has been
claimed that the corporation enjoys
some unusual advantages through its
interest In railroads.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
Taft Surprises Hearers
by Apparent Air of
Hopelessness.
FRIENDS ATTEMPT
AN EXPLANATION
Ascribe His Utterances to Great
WEAKNESS After Long and
Arduous Tour of Speech
making-Steady Strain of
Past Weeks Has Told
on Him.

Chicago, Ill.,. October 3o-Presidcnt
Taft surprised large audience at the
dinner OF the Hamilton Club to-day
by what most of his hearers construed
as an admission of the possibility Of
Republican defeat In the coming ma
tional election. lie was speaking 10
whit had been promised 10 be an un-
usually enthusiastic audience Of Repub-
licans.
Those present FASTENED to ascribe
the Presidents utterances to WEAKNESS
after his long tour Of speechma king
and especially after the three days
hard campaign" in Chicago 1t was
his last public uttcrance IN Chicago
before leaving for Pittsblrg to-nigi..
Now we are at, some people think
the crisis in the Republican party with
reference 10 its continuance in the
guidance of the nation" the President
said. Il am sopeful that the good pco-
pie of the country. who know a good
thing when they see it, having only
chastened US in off year. in order
that VIC may he better hereafter, but
with no intention OF shifting from
shoulders that arc fitted TO bear the
brrdens OF the present problems and
carry them to a successful solution, 10
those which are untried and which
have new theories OF action that we
do not believe in. and tina, We don't
believe tho people believe in.
However. II so be IL, and they de-
sire TO make change. we shall Loyalty
support the new government under
any conditions. with the hope II will
inurc to the benefit of the country. but
with the consolation that II after one
trial the people think they ought TO
go back to the old party that has
served them so well In the progressive
days OF the nation. they will do SO.
We can bear that, my friends; that is
ALL
After his address the President re-
tired to his hotel for rest. Though bo
professed no WEAKNESS. the three days
steady strain mad told on him, and
1t was a tired man who led the presi-
dental party gu, of Chicago at $50
p. NJ. over the Pennsylvania Railroad
for Pittsburg.
The address before the Hamilton
Club. in which the possibility of defeat
found expression. followed the laying
OF the cornerstone OF the new homo
of the Hamilton Club. one of the lead
ing Republican clubs OF the Middle
Nest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
SACRIFICE HATS TO SAVE MEN
Women to Leave Them on In Church,
tobbinx Males of Excuse.

Ithaca. y. l., October 1910 de-
ptivr some ~ ~. incn II the church
OF the cxcisa thu; they lo not attend
divine serv:c:s because they cannot
see the ,n.uistc'. hrcIusa Il tn. s'zs II
wonens hats. 10 wUmz1 members OF
the First Methodist Episcopal Church.
of this city. have agreed 10 remove
their hats IN church
The question was brought UP Al n
meeting of church members. when Rev
Wallace E. Brown ia tfui!y suggested
that one reason advanced for the inon
not attending was the preponderance
OF millinery, and suggested that the
women might perform helpful SER
vice BY taking up tho question. III
nally, one of the men offered a resoiu-
ton that women no longer wear their
hats.
All men were barred from voting,
and the motion was carried by ma
jority Of women votes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
HUNDREDS SEE A SUICIDE
Poorly Dressed Man Jumps From
Hridgc nefore CroM.

Wilmington. Del. October 30
Jumping from tile Eleventh Street
Bridge yesterday afternoon man,
who has not been identified. was
drowned In the Rrandywine Creek
while several hundred persons stood
on the banks. powerless to rescue
him. The mans act was delibera te
Those who saw him walking across
nuencc OF liquor. He stopped at the
cast end. tossed his hat into tie water
and then plunged over the railing.
Elijah Higgins boatman. brought
him to the surface with boat hook
about ten minutes later. and DR.. \.
man sent to the hospital. as he found
signs Of life. but the man died in the
ambulance. Nothing was found in the
pockets that would furnish clew to
the identity of the stranger. who was
about forty-1vc years old and poorly
dressed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
TRIBUTE TO CARRIE NATION
Women Bow Heuds When Her Name In
Mentioned. :,

Milwaukee. WIS. October So.-Every
woman attending the National Women's
Christian Temperance Union convention
to-day bowed her head when the name
of Carrie Nation was read at the memo
rial service.
a symposium on How My Depart
ment Promotes Prohibition" was a fea-
;urc to-day.
No harem no hobblc nor high heels"
announced DR.. Louise C. burlington, OF
Boston, national superintendent of
health and hereditary department. In
laying down laws for women. I'VE
insist that as much care be given to
the breeding and welfare Of children
as is given TO improving stock in
horses and hens"
Mrs. Martha w. Allen. of New York,
world superintendent of the depart
ment of medical temperance, said: ITO
us has been assigned the herculean
task to destroy the main root, which
is the popular belief in alcoholic liquor
as nourishing. strengthening and slim
ulating in times of illness"
In support OF her contention that this
is fallacy. she quoted DIR. Harvey
w. Wiley. chief of the government
Bureau OF Chemistry. ITO win such a
man as DR.. Wiley to our cause is equal
TO winning State for prohibition"
she said.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
DISASTER is EXPLAINED
Austin Dsm Not Built According to
Plans.

Albany. n. ". October sO.-The re-
cent disaster at Austin, Pa, resulted
original plans for the construction Of
the dam. according to a statement
given out to-day by the State Conser-
yaton Commission. based on prelim-
State Inspector OF dams, who. with the
consent of the Pennsylvania authori-
ties. inspected the Austin dam. October
II.
MIR. McKim found that in two vi
tai points. which heretofore have es-
capped public notice." says the state
ment, portions of the dam as actually
constructed differed so widely from the
was doomed to failure. In the first
place he was dumbfounded to find that
at least one portion OF the dam which
drawings published showed to be thir-
ty feet thick at the base, was only
twenty feet thick.
To make matters worse, he could
lind no trace of the existence OF cut
off or key which the drawings show
ed extended the entire length of the
dam from bank to bank of the stream
me designs showed that II was to be
sunk four feet into the rock and be
four feet thick in the direction of the
now OF the river. The primary pur-
pose OF this cutoff wall was to pre-
vent the impounded water from creep
ing under tho dam and lifting 1t up
wards. vital point. In addition to
TINS junction II WAS intended to pre-
vent the sliding of the dam on the
bed rock.
Only twice in it's brief history was
this dam filled with water, and then
only for short periods The first time
the water rose to the top of the dam
was on January 81, 1910. Two days
later the dam slid down stream about
eighteen inches. and the water was
drawn off, as the newspapers stated at
the time. The water never got so deep
again until the rains of the last week
of September. 1911, brought the water
nearly TO the crest of the dam again.
and utter failure resulted In view of
the conditions noted above. no other
result was possible"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
JUDGE ACCUSES DEFENSE
Says II Is Trying to Circumyent RuI-
Ing of Court.


Ing of Court.
Los Angeles. October 3o.-Judge
Walter Bord1ell accused the defense
in the Mcnamara murder case to-day
OF trying 10 c!rcumvcnt his ruling and
rejected two challenges against tales
men. these challenges having formed
the basis OF his accusation.
He also refused to the defense the
privilege OF challenge against a juror
who said he would not convict a pris-
oner in a capital case on clrcumstan-
;ial evidence alone, holding that this
challenge was available only to the
State.
Under these rulings the jury box
contained at the close of court to-
night three men passed for cause by
both sides In addition to the four pre-
viouslv qualified.
To both of the courts main rulings
Attorney Clarence s. barrow took en-
ception in behalf of his client, James
b. Mcnamara. who Is on trial for the
murder of Charles ]. Haggerty, a vic
tim of the Los Angeles Times explo-
sion a year ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
DIX ON STEEL SUIT
sn's Co-opcration Should Be Couserv.
ed, Not AuuibiiuteJ.

Ninany' n. T., October 30.-Governor
DIX issued a statement regarding the
suit TO dissolve the United states Steel
Corporation and the comments of
president TAFT In regard to the en-
iorcement OF the Sherman antitrust
law. The Governor says he takes a
great interest In this matter. owing
10 MS position as chief executive of
the State In which most of the large
corporations have either their .xccu-
i've MONIES or their financial footing.
Rational agitation" he says, de-
mands that We cannot rest placidly in
the political Ideas of past centuries
ana the indiVldualstic methods that
governed the economic world up to
the last decades Of the nineteenth cen
fury. The world moves Combina-
uoh and corporation are the great
Facts and forces of the age in which
VIC live.
The modern forces OF combination
and corporation nave their origin in
the spirit of American enterprise and
national need and opportunity. They
are forces which should not bc annihi-
lateo' but conserved and regulated In
the peoples interest.
We are suffering from plethora
OF laws and regulations aimed at tho
conduct OF business.
When great enterprises make for
economy anu efficiency they should be
let alone by the law: whc. they aim
at Oppression and extortion through
monopoly they should be curbed and
regulated.
he annihilation OF so-caIled big
business In this country is Impossible.
The great need Of the time is to
cease ili-considered interference and
consistent with human rights. give the
fullest play possible TO the energy and
resourccfulness Of the American peo-
pie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
VICTORIES DUE TO AIRCRAFT
Italy Finds Then, Valuable in Trlpoli.
Turks Poison Wells.

Rome (via the Frontier). October
scribe the great value OF the aero
planes In the war. BY their recon
naissances II has been possible to learn
several hours in advance the mo"c-
ments. the strength. and some tunes
the efficiency OF the enemy. In this
way the Italian commander has been
able to distribute his troops In such
manner to make almost certain
the repulse of an attack from any di
Iection whatever.
Military critics here are of the opin-
ion that when signaling system from
the aeroplane has been perfected. the
real direction of engagements will de-
vclvc upon officers in those machines.
According To further official reports.
the Turks have resorted TO all methods
of opposing the invaders Including the
poisoning Of wells This however has
failed in its object. as, in compliance
with the orders of General Caneva,
which have been strictly enforced, no
body is allowed u touch water before
il is sclcntitically examined.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
WIRELESS STRAYED AFFAIR
Messages Between Cubn md Panama
Picked Up In iSnnsns.

washington, OctoDcr 50.-Army and
navy officers who are developing wire
less for the services would give n good
deal to know how n squad OF signal
men recently practiclnE near Fort
Leavenworth. Kan. and equipped with
only q regular army service set OF
Instruments and AN aerial pole forty
feet high picked mp wireless MESA ges
being exchanged by the naval station
mt Guantanamo, Cuba, with the 18TH
mus of Panama.
Usually the instruments cannot be
depended upon TO work clearly more
than 100 miles. but they sometimes
betray peculiar constituencies. such as
was shown, in this cusc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
GOATS MILK FOR iNEBRIATEs
Suggested as Remedy by Woman Doe
tor OF Boston.

the latest remedy for the drink habit
mr.. adelaide NJ Abbott, superintendent
Of the department OF health and. hcre6-
ity OF the Woman's Christian Temper
ancc Union. declares that II is spe-
elite. and recommends that the city
keep q herd OF goats in Franklin Park,
and distribute the milk once or twice
"A day 10 inebriates throughout the city.
IF an abundant supply of pure goats
milk could be provided at the cost OF
distributors by the city or State 1T
would be great aid toward the sup
preston of intemperancc, pauperism
and all evils growing out of alcohol
ism and improper nourishment" says
DR.. Abbott. II believe this is the solu-
ticn of the greatest economical and So
problem Which cPnfronts the
country to-day