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The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
GIRL TRACKED BURGLAR
Overpowered by Burglar, 17-Year- Old Clara Carabaugh Kicks Him
 and Makes Her Escape.

Mount Pleasant Pa. Oct. 2i.- Miss Clara Carabaugh, aged i7, and athletic, awakened at i o'clock to find a burglar ransacking her room. When the burglar saw saw her open her eyes he dragged her from the bed and choked her. Miss Carabaugh fought back, using her teeth in the thiefs face. For nearly half an hour she fought.
 Realizing she was becoming weak, Miss Carabaugh resorted to strat- egy. Feigning unconsciousness, the burglar threw her on the bed and for a minute held her throat to make sure she was unconscious, Suddenly Miss Carabaugh threw her feet up and kicked the burglar
 in the face with terrific force. With grOan the intruder fell senseless to the floor. Miss Carabaugh ran out and called the police, but the burglar revived and jumped out of second-slory window and got away.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
SLOW WITH HYDE CASE.
Second Triai Promises tn Last
 Longer Than First.

Kansas City, Oct. 26.-With five tentatively accepted jurors in the box and 20 veniremen agaiting ex- animation, attorneys in the Hyde trial went into court today deter mined if possible to interrogate the remainder of the panel before night. A motion the court will pass upon when the panel is examined is that of the defense to dismiss all ve- niremen on the ground they were summoned illegally It now ap- pears the second trial will last longer than the first.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
CHINESE TROOPS
 KILL OFFICERS
Generals AsSaSsinated and Soldiers Go Over to RebelS-Imperial Family Ready for Im-
 mediate Flight.

Picking, Oct, 26.- Shorg Haun- Haui, minister of Posts and Com munications, has been dismissed from office in accordance with the demand of the national assembly made on the government yesterday.
 The charge against Shong Haun- Haui was formulated by the peo- pie of Sze Chuen, Hu Peh and Hu Nan. Shong negotiated the loans for the naturalization of the rail- ways and has been a leading advo- cate of the anti-provincial policy, which is regarded as largely re- sponsible for the revolution. The inhabitants of these provinces have shown strong opposition to the pro- posed railway.
 At a meeting of the assembly yesterday members urged that they were not against foreign loans, but against the methods employed and the results, which were tantamount to robbing Chinese, who had all ready begun the railways, and sell ing them out 10 foreigners.
 Kill General.
 Chinese newspapers report that troops at Chen-Tu, the capital of the Sze-Cheun province, have mu- tinied and killed General Chao Ehr- Feng, commander of the Imperial forces and have joined the rebels, who now hold the capital,
 It is commonly reported in Pe- kin that the imperial family is ready for flight. The road to Jo- hol, ii5 miles northeast, is studded with troops. Other rumors desig- nate the foreign settlements in Tien Tsin as the possible refuge.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02

man said that the only reason he
 mad was that he had been unable to get some witnesses here. Judge
 Bowling reminded him that he had
 had two years to get these witness
 es and proceeded with the sentence
 painting a truly sad picture of the grief he had brought on the young
 glrl-his wife's sister-and upon
 his wife and baby.
 Judge Bowling next called up J.
 M. Fox and fixing his punish
 ment at two years in prison. gave
 him an earnest lecture on the cer- talnty of the life of a criminal lead
 ing to detection and punishment.
 The judge referred to the sad pie ture of the father and son being sentenced at the same time and ex- pressed the feeling that possibly the father was responsible for the sons position. Mir. Fox interrupt ed the judge to say that it was the first time he had ever been in court. At the. close of the court MT. Fox was seen to wipe tears from his eyes. The young man gave no out ward expression of his feeling, even when Judge Bowling referred to his wife and little baby as being the wife and child of a convict. Mrs. Jesse Fox and their baby were in court part of the time today, but were not present when sentence was passed on her husband.
 Following the J. M. Fox case a case was called in which the old | and well-known citizen of the county, N. A. Gam, was charged with failure of road duty. It seems hat a road leading west of Rust across Mountain Fork by the Penn | place is in bad condition. It is in | 'Oad district No. i2, of which Mr | iann is overseer. As Overseer he | las not worked this road, giving | IS reason that he did not know or consider it a public road and sev- ,ral witnesses were introduced to | how that it had never been con- idered or worked as a public road. l The case was submitted to the jury | argument and a verdict of | lot guilty was returned in lees than | i've minutes.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
A Household Medicine

Thni stops coughs 'ulckIy and cures colds is Foley's Honey and
 Tar Compound. Mrs. Anna Palzer, 2596 Jefferson St., So. Omaha. Neb., says. T can recommend Foley Homey and Tar Compound as a sure cure for coughs and colds. Il cured my daughter of a bad cold and inv neighbor. Mrs. Benson, cured herself and her whole family
 with Foley's Honey and Tar Com
 pound. Everyone in our neiehbor
 hood speaks highly Of it For sale
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
\ Mail Carrier's Load

Seems heavier when ne has a weak back and kidney trouble Fred Duehren. mail carrier at Atchis0n. Kas., says: T have been bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and had a severe pain across my back. Whenever l carried a heavy load of mail my kidney trouble in- creased. Some time ago 1 started taking F0ley's Kidney Pills and since taking them l have gotten en- tirely rid of all my kidney trouble and am as sound as ever Fer
 sale by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
SOUGHT OFFICE THIRTY YEARS.
Final Disappointment Drives Poli-
 tician to Suicide.

New Oorleans, Oct. 26.-F. R. Tanneret, an old-time Republican, who has been hoping for a federal political job for thirty years, blew out his brains today, when he learn ed the state Republican executive committee had recommended some body else for assistant appraiser, the last job he had set his hopes on.
 Tannegehas been the ngoat" for his part For thirty years, standing as candidate for congress and state offices, to be in line for an appointive federal office.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-11-02
Couqhinq at Night.

Means loss of sleep. which Is bad for everyone. Foiey's Honey and Tar Compound stops the cough al once. relieves the tickling and dry ness in the throat and heals the inflamed membranes. Prevents n cold developing into bronchitis OF pneumonla. Keep lt always In the
 house. For sale by all druggists.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
FAMINE, NOT A DURBAR.
Delhi in Center of Famine District
Not a Fit Place for Show.

Delhi in Center of Famine District
Not a Fit Place for show.
From the Detroit Free Press
The reign Of George v, King and EN-.
peror, opens amidst sea of troubles
The first use Of his prerogative was to
destroy the whole power of one of the
coordinate branches Of the government
and radically to change the constitution
He was to visit India and there be en-
throned on the seat of the great moguls
at a durbar in Delhi some time this year
Tremendous preparations were made for
this ceremony, which, with its Asiatic
pomp, would have cast into the shade
the recent performance at London. A
around the Indian capital to shelter the
hundreds Of thousands who were to gath
er and do honor to the British rajah. A
hundred princes, some of them more or
less independent, but all taking their cue
from a British resident, were to come
on elephants and kneel at the feet of
their conqueror. Three hundred million
of Hindus, Of hundred different races
and tongues, were to be represented IN
the vast gathering, and a universal song
Of loyalty was to be carefully harmon
ized throughout the vast peninsula.
But, alas. a cruel fate has put veto
on 1t all. There has been a bad monsoon;
the rains have failed, and famine spreads
its awful shadow over the land. Delhi
itself is in the very center Of a drought
cursed region. There is no rain there.
The crops have been ruined. and the
water supply is decreasing fast. The
prices of commodities are rising rapidly.
and the King Emperor might have a
million or two less subjects to greet him
on his triumphant journey through his
Indian dominions. This would be, to say
the least, inauspicious for an opening
reign. The great durbar may be post
poned, and, II postponed. who can say
when his majesty will have another
chance to go to India?
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Niagara Safe for a Time.

Congress did not cease its labors with
out repulsing the rapacious water
power grabbers who for years have
been scheming to capture Niagara Falls
and prostitute its scenic grandeur for
their own purposes.
However, the escape was narrow
one The Congressional enactment
checking the power companies expired
by limitation in the latter part of June
Senator Burton and others endeavored
in the recent session to get this pro-
lection extended for two years more.
At the eleventh hour 4 compromise was
reached extending the act to protect
Niagara until next March.
There the matter stands. 1t is need
less to intimate that the water-power
lobbyists will be here again in Decem-
Der, and that strong and vigilant pub
lie sentiment will be necessary to defeat
their Vaccinations. That this public
sentiment can and will be aroused is not
to be doubted.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
ENTANGLED By CUPID.
How Two New York Reporters Met
and Fell In Love.

How Two New York Reporters Met
ana Fell In Love.
From the New York Herald
Announcement Is made of the engage
ment OF Miss Flossie Dixon, of 25s Lin
den street. Fiatbush, to Mr.. George Ro-
gan. They are to be married some time
next month Miss Dixon is a reporter
on the staff Of the New York World and
Mr.. Rogan is on the staff Of the Even
ing Telegram.
-Four years ago Mr.. Rogan was sent to
a Brooklyn hospital to write human
interest" story about crippled boy, a
victim Of an accident. At the bedside of
the boy he met woman reporter. Miss
Dixon. -
"The little chap is in pain" said Miss
Dixon to Mr.. Rogan "I have had a talk
with him and will give you the story"
The boy went to sleep. His name was
George Mcmahon and he had lost both
legs
After formally introducing each other,
Miss Dixon read her notes to Mr.. Rogan,
and they agreed to put their best efforts
into play to turn out copy" that would
touch the hearts Of readers and possibly
bring financial aid to the cripple. The
friendship then formed ripened into love.
Miss Flossie Dixon appeared as usual
for work yesterday. and 1t was noticed
by her fellow-workers that she was fius-
tered. The ring on her finger gave the
reason.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
CONDUCT OF OUR SOLDIERS.
Country Should BE Proud OF TheiI
Behavior in Texas Maneuvers.

Country Should BE Proud of ThctK
Behavior in Texas Maneuvers.
From the San Antonio Express
The country has reason to be proud of
the way its soldier boys who served IN
haved themselves. On leaving San An
tonic Gen. Carter called attention to
the fact that it had been demonstrated
that four or five thousand men might be
poured into any city and their behavior
would be as exemplary as the citizen
ship of that city.
There were no posts established" says
Gen. Carter, that is, sentries surround
ing 1t to hold the men within. wanted
the men to know that, while they were
soldiers, they were free to go. They did
not require a pass every time they wished
to go to the city. II they wanted to go
to the city to have glass OF beer or
to make any purchase, or to obtain some
relaxation, they were free to go. I want
ed them to know that because they were
soldiers their freedom was not denied
to them. They knew then they had been
placed upon their honor. The camp hero
has been exceptional 1t has been ex-
ceptonal In the behavior of the men.
They have found San Antonio a very
congenial station. and they have found
that San Antonians appreciate the SOL
der"
1t appears that the proposal that a SOL
der of the United Staes army may be
treated as a self-respectins and law-abid-
ing citizen of the country and allowed
to go and come when he likes within
the necessary limits of army discipline
and routine has been adopted since the
Spanish war and has vindicated itself.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Baltimore to Be Chosen.

If the latest information is not mis-
leading, Baltimore has already enough
votes pledged to assure for it the next
Democratic national convention. The
Washington Herald has repeatedly
urged that Baltimore should have the
convention, and now hopes that such is
actually to be the case.
But while we felicitate Baltimore,
there is ample cause for congratulation
among ourselves. The delegates and
visitors to the national convention will
come over to Washington for at least
brief visit, and thus Washington will
share Baltimore's good fortune in hav-
ing the Democratic hosts in her midst.
Baltimore was the great Democratic
center before the civil war. 1t is pc
culiarly appropriate that it should again
be a Democratic Mecca.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Canadian Anti-reciprocity Fight.

With all the vacuous iteration of
which only the professional demagogue
is capable, the anti-American campaign
in Canada-the attack on reciprocity
is in progress. The annexation bugaboo
is Haunted by Premier Laurier's enemies
in a manner to arouse resentment among
all fair-minded Conservatives. The
United States is pictured in bald, crude
colors as a vampire anxious to suck the
life-blood of her northern neighbor, and
planning the reciprocity agreement as a
deadly blow to the unity of the British
empire.
The following from the Montreal
Star, one of the most influential jour-
nails in the Dominion, shows the char
acter of the campaign being waged:
"Ex-Congressman Lentz, of Ohio, who
has been interviewed and declares that
the United States never annexed any
country, must imagine that Canadians
do not read American history. The
Americans began with thirteen States.
They now occupy half continent How
did they get it? By annexation. They
annexed their own hinterland. They
annexed Texas. They annexed Louisi-
ana. They annexed California. They
annexed Alaska They annexed Hawaii.
They annexed Panama. = The
Philippines and Porto Rico are trophies
of war. The argument against reci-
proclty, based on annexation, is in
vincible argument, because it is woe
fully, bitterly, menacingly true"
Another wolf cry runs: "Shall Can
ada become an Ireland or Cuba" 1t
is little wonder that Sir Wilfrid's fight
ing blood is at the boiling point and that
he intends to win at all hazards. 1t
would seem as if the fear Of annexation
ought to be speedily dispelled.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Safety and Speed.

The terrible accident upon the Lehigh
Railroad whereby more than thirty
persons were killed is to be made the
subject of investigation by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. Public
sentiment will agree with Chairman
Clements. of that body, when he says
that some one ought to be put in jail
for causing such large sacrifice of
human life
We venture to predict, however, that
nobody will be jailed. The probability
is that nobody will be punished. Acct
dents like these, occurring with dreadful
frequency, excite condemnation for a
day, and then they are forgotten. Off
cials manage to make excuses and plead
that the circumstances which caused the
disaster were beyond their control, and
then the matter drops. This has been
practically the experience in the past
II the present instance results in a diff
ferent sequel, it will be unique.
None the less, let us hope that the
Interstate Commerce Commission will
do its full duty under the law and fix
the responsibility, if possible Punish
ment, no matter how severe, will not
bring the dead back to life, but it may
make railroad officials more careful in
the future. In the meantime, let them
remember that the public does not want
to be rushed over the tracks at the rate
of mile minute unless the speed is
accompanied by safety. Fast travelling
is desirable only when it is sure When
it is merely a reckless exhibition, it is
juggling with human life.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Time to Mail II.
OPPOSES SEGREGATION.
Report of Minneapolis Vice Board
Favors Suppression.

Report of Minneapolis Vice Board
Favors Suppression.
From the New York Evening Post.
The Minneapolis vice commission has
published its report containing the views
of thirteen men and two women, repre-
senting different elements in the COM
munity, who have been at work on the
problem for nearly a year. The signfi-
cant thing about the finding is that IL
comedies with that Of the Chicago vice
commission. namely, that 1t favors law
enforcement and suppression, instead OF
segregation and connivance. This OUT
come is the more remarkable because,
without doing so Intentionally, the mayor
chose for the commission men and wom-
en- who almost unanimously believed in
the segregation Iolicy. 1t was a study Of
the facts which brought them to the op-
posite point Of view. They were con-
vinced despite a prejudice in favor of
control in a restricted district.
The results of these two studies will
be far-reaching. II only because they pro-
vide most valuable ammunition for those
opposed to the policy of toleration and
of municipal supervision. So does the
experience in Des Moines, where the
quarters" have been abolished; so does
the failure OF European methods to PRO
tect" and safeguard. Yet it will probably
be necessary to rehearse these arguments
many times over. Has not Gen. T. A.
Bingham just published a book in IA
vor of segregation as a result of mis-
service as police commissioner? And the
man who asserts that because evil has
always existed, it must, therefore, be
tolerated and even encouraged, will al
ways be with US.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

Asch Building, in New York, resulted
in more than z,1oo deaths. This is q
national shame
Much can be accomplished by the
Fire Prevention Bureau 1t can be ad-
ministered by the youngest civil en-
gineer, under the guidance of the fire
chief of any city, large or small, and
is susceptible of the same logic that has
compelled boards of health to conquer
epidemies through preventive measures
And above all, the ncver-ceasing care
of the individual is also essential as a
safeguard against fire loss.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Fire Prevention.

According to ex-Fire Chief Croker
New York City is paying 100000 4
year for the maintenance of its fire de-
partment, but only $4,000 a year tc
prevent fires. Modern medicine take:
all its vital value from its power tc
prevent disease We do not wait fol
cholera or smallpox or yellow fever
. to develop, but try to prevent them
Fires should be treated on the same
principle In New York, for instance
the tenement has always been regarded
as fire trap, but during the last ten
years, during which model structures
have been compulsory, the first loss OF
life in tenements is to be recorded.
There was time when the picker room
in a cotton mill, as fire risk, was held
to be about the equivalent of a badly
protected powder magazine, but now
these mills can buy their insurance
cheaper even than the palaces of mil
lionaires. The danger to cotton cargoes
from spontaneous combustion is we'll
known. Formerly this meant destruc-
ton of the entire vessel, but now,
though there is still as much cotton
cargo as ever, and just as much chance
of spontaneous combustion, the gener-
alton of heat starts the machinery that
extinguishes the blaze.
The report of the national under
writers for 1910 states that the FIRE loss
for the United States and Canada for
that year amounted to $73474o,o5o
This is the amount that came under the
supervision of the insurance companies.
The actual loss, it is said, was more
than $5oooooooo; and even this does not
include mine, marine, or forest fires. 1t
is estimated that it cost every man,
woman, and child in the United States,
between 1901 and 1910, an average of
S2,3o year for fire. The Germans
were paying only Io cents, the European
on an average of 50 cents. In that same
period our fire losses increased I34 per
cent and the underwriters say they are
continuing to increase But this is not
the worst of it. Figures gathered by
the Geological Survey for 1907, and per-
tanning only TO one-third of our popu-
lation, give the loss of human life from
fire as I,44o and the list Of injured as
5.654- Between 1908. and the current
year fye fires alone--the collinewood
schoolhouse, the Iroquois Theater, in
Chicago; the Boyertown moving picture
show the steamer Gen. Slocum, and the
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Eating Beyond Relish.
From the Worlds Work.

From the Worlds Work.
Have you ever kept on eating candy
after the pleasure in 1t has all gone and
the taste has actually become unpleasant?
Herbert w. Fisher confesses that he has
done so. II believe" he says, that physi-
ology and psychology both have one ex-
PLANTATION to offer. and that is memory.
Even as q violent image will persist on
the retina of the eye. so the memory of
the initial acute pleasure of the first con-
lection is stronger than the dull sense OF
present safety. And in the name of that
memory, we go on eating
This is said in objection to using sugar
so freely in foods that it is too easy of
access and does not have to be obtained
by dint of honest chewing to get it out
of the heart of foods. He advises, In the
interest of moderation. that sliced ba-
nanas or sweet apple sauce be OCCASION
ally used with cereals instead of unmiti-
gated sugar. and. for that matter. the
more general use OF fruit for fits own
sake
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Mr. Underwood q Candidate
the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
The movement in behalf Of Representa-
tive Underwood as the next Democratic
candidate for President is taking on a
more formal character. A conference of
his friends was held at Birmingham on
Saturday, at which a committee was
appointed to have charge o. his interests,
and 1t is intended hat this body shall
be enlarged to include all sections of the
country. If, as has been ,ntimatei, the
Underwood boom is merely q blind for
the Harmon candidacy, its promoters are
nevertheless proceeding as II they were
sincere in their support Of the Alabama
Representative; and 1t is possible that
what may have started as a cover for the
Ohio candidate will develop into some
thing very, different.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-27
Floating Exposition to Get Trade

The reports of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor state that the
value of exports from the United States
during the fiscal year ended June 90
1o11, was $2,o4o3eo,Ioo, as against a
total of $I,744os477o for the year
previous. This is the first time in our
history that Our exports have risen
above the two billion dollar level, and
this in the face of the fact that the
American exporter is confronted with
an increasingly sharp competition
wherever he seeks trade. Every project
with promise of new opportunities is,
therefore, worth careful consideration.
There is on foot a new movement
looking to the enlargement of our for
eign markets, an enterprise which, in
reality, amounts to cruising for trade.
New York has come to the conclusion
that if foreign buyers do not wish to
come to New York, that city must go
to them. The United States needs trade
expansion, and in order to obtain it a
commercial exposition ship will start
next November on trip to nearly
every important port in the West Indies,
Central and South America. and per-
haps as far as the Orient. On the main
deck of the vessel will be display
of commercial exhibits, representing ar
ticles chosen with special reference to
their adaptability to foreign needs. The
project virtually will place on view in
scores Of seaports floating exposition
of American products.
European exporters have prohted by
this method Of procuring foreign busi-
ness The United States, the leading
country on this hemisphere, affiliated
with the other republics on this conti-