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The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
now MEN sANEp TmEMsELNEs

New York April To- Colonel
Archibald Oracle. u. s. A.. who
Jumped from the iopmost deck Of
the Titanic as she sank and swan
about until he found a cork life
raft and then helped rescue others
who had jumped into the water. adj
DEED today to his statement Of last
night
"The interval between The eollls-
Jon and the sinking Of the ship was
two hours and twenty-five minutes
After sinking with the ship, il
appeared 10 ne as If We were pro-
PEELED by some great force through
the water. This might have been
oeeasioned by the explosions under
the wafer. I recall that ! vas most
fearful q being boiled 30 death. The
second officer. who was ON the top
deck. told ME he had a similar *
pertenne. Innumerable thoughts 81
q personal nature. relating t. feie-
putty flashed through ms brain. /
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
Great Ship Was Racing at Full
Speed When 1t Hit
the Iceberg.
UNSELFIsH HEROISN
In Response to Call OF Capt. Smith,
Seamen and Passengers Sacri-
feed Their Lives to Aid the
Women and Children.

The wreck OF the monster
Titanic, as given in this paper
last week, has been proven
even worse than at that time
supposed. The late reports
give the loss of life as 1896,
with 7O5 survivors.
The Senate investigating COM
mittee is probing the matter
closely and relentlessly, seeking
to find where the blame for the
awful calamity should lie. j.
Bruce ismay, managing director
Of the White Star line, who was
aboard the Titanic, is being bit
terly accused OF not only being
responsible for the accident by
causing TO be ignored repeated
warnings of danger, but leav-
ing the vessel in a life boat con-
tanning only is passengers,
when 80 could have gone as
well. He is said 10 have made
an effort TO return TO England
on another ship before landing,
taking with him the survivors
OF the crew in order TO avoid
investigation.
Nothing has come from the sur
sivors to indicate anything but tn
loblest self-sacrifice on the part o
he men, millionaires, notables AM
,eamen standing side by side, aid
ng poor peasant women am
children to places in the boats will
equal care given to their own dea
)nes.
Some of the men who survives
'emained by the sinking ship unit
t had started on its final plunge
Many struggled in the water Oh
'afts and floating debris unit
picked up by the Carpathia.
1t is a conceded fact that the III
anic was running at full spec
when it struck the iceberg, racin
or a record trip, this despite tn
it had received.
Following are stories that hav
,ome from those best able to tel
# the awful catastrophe.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
GATHERED BY CORRESPONDENT

New York, April 20.-The Morn
ing World today published the
story of c. NJ. Hurd, one of the
stan, who was on board the Car
pathia. Mr.. Hurd says:
Facts which | have established
as positively as they could be on
board in view of the silence of the
few surviving officers are:
THAT the Titanic's officers knew
several hours before the crash OF
the possible nearness of the ice
bergs.
THAT the Titanics speed, nearly
% knots per hour, was not slacken-
ed.
THAT the number of life boats on
the Titanic was insufficient to ac-
commodate more than one-third OF
the passengers, to say nothing OF
the crew. Most members of the
crew say there were i6 lifeboats
and i colIapsible; none say there
were more than 20 boats in all
The 700 who escaped filled more
than the Is lifeboats and the one
collapsibe which got away to the
limit of their capcity.
The Impossible That Happened.
Had the ship struck the iceberg
head-on at whatever speed and
with whatever resulting shock, the
bulkhead system of water tight
compartments probably would have
saved the vessel. AS one man ex-
pressed, it, ii was impossible
that happened when o shock UNI
believable, which made the bulk
head system Intellectual.
The Titanic was 1899 miles
from Queenstown and i,f9i miles
from New York, speeding for q
maiden voyage record. The night
was starlight, the sea CLASSY.
Lights were out in most Of the
siaterooms and only two or three
c0ngenial groups remained IN the
public rooms.
I'm the crows nest, or lookout,
aud on the bridge. officers ana
members Of the crew were al thelr
places awaiting relief al midnight
from their two hours watch
AT Has came the sudden sound
q two guns. 2 warning OF immedi-
ate danger.
ihe crash against the iceberg.
when had been sighted a. oA8e q
quarter Of a mile, came almost SIM
uilaneousiy with the click 81 The
levers operated By those on the
bridge which stopped the engines
aud closed the water tight eompart-
ments. Capt. Smith was en- TIE
bridge a moment later giving orders
for the sunmoninE ~ all on board
and for putting on 81 life preserN-
ers and the lowering u boats.
The first boats lowered ceniaiH-
"a more men than the latter ones ~
tbp meu Were on deck first and mol
enough wpmen there 10 OIL them.
Enforced ~Aumcn First fsnle
When mameui later the rush
~ frightened women aud ffxiak
fhildreH - lie anea beeoa en-
foHcemenf Il the VuueH first FusF
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

When moment later lhf rush
- fflfhlaued women ana cfxihk
fhiidfeH - lhf anea beEta. eNt
fpfeeneni q the 'VuneH aIs Fiias
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

and stepped out and assisted the
woman into the seat he had occu-
pied. Mrs. Astor cried out and
wanted to get from the boat with
her husband, but the colonel pat
ted her on the back and treasured
her. While the boat was being
lowered heard him say, the ladies
will have to go first"
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
Ten Minutes Saved rs Lives.

New York, April I9.-How the
wireless operator on the Carpathia,
by putting in an extra ten minutes
on duty, was means Of saving 745
lives, was told by DR.. j. f. Kemp,
the Carpathia's physician, today.
Our wireless operator" said DR..
Kemp, was about to retire Sunday
night, when he said, jokingly, /
guess I'll wait just ten minutes,
then turn ill.,
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

Pure Single Comb White Leg
horn eggs, is for 81. 100 for IS. None
better. Also complete line of Cy-
pliers Tncubators and Poultry Sup
plies. G. 0. Kelly, Mena, Ark.
24-6 i4-37-3t
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
WANIFD-ACINE MAN m EACH lOCAlIT,

TO join this Society. Sick, accident.
death benefits. And introduce our Mem
berships All or spare time. $50 to $500
month. Every Member secured gives
you steady monthly income. Expert
ence not needed. Write for plans.
Box KM-293. Covinaton. Ky.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

Strayed- From the mountain home
a 3-year-old bay filly with star in
face. Any information leading tc
her recovery will be highly appre-
ciated and will pay for all trouble
Please notify the Star. R. Osborn
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

Pure-bred White Holland Turkeys
for sale. $500 per pair, $3.50 trio.
Address, Mrs. Ira O. Smith, Nunley,
Ark. sDtf
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25

We loan money to the farmers on
fall terms. Come and see us.
Farmers and Merchants Bank.
9-32-t2t
The Mena weekly star., 1912-04-25
Women Wepi for Their Losl.

sixteen boats were IA the pro-
cessl0n which turned on ihc Ter
rlhle hours Of rowing. drifting and
suspense. Nemru wept for Jest
husbands and sons. sailors sobl9ed
for the ship which had been their
pride. Early Ia the dawn the Car
nalhia showed her snobesiack on
iha horizon. ~ The JOY Of That mo-
n.pnf fhg heaviest pFaefs were fer
ealitsn.
soon afterwards CAPT Aosifsffi
44a fessf steward Huetfs we're
~ eaaane Quilted ana hefifaeRl led
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16
DARROW ON TRIAL
 IN CALIFORNIA
DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN NINA. MARA TRIAL DEFENDS CHARGE
 OF BRlBlNG JURORS.
Wife Is an Interested Spectator at the Session for Selecting a
 Jury.

Los Angeles, May l5.-In the same court room where the McNamara brothers were sentenced to prison ear. ly last December after pleading gull ty to dynamting Clarence S. Darrow of Chicago. their chief counsel. was placed on trial today for the alleged bribery of George N. Lockwood. one of the veniremen in the trial of J. B. McNamara.
 At the conclusion of the days ses- sion, four of the i2 in the jury box, al. ready passed tentatively by the de. fense, had been tentatively passed by the state, and another challenged for cause.
 Assisting District Attorney John D. Fredericks in the prosecution is Dis. trict Attorney Joseph w. Ford, who aided in the McNamara prosecution, while Darrow Is represented by Attor- neys Earl Rodgers and Cyrus c. Me. Mutt of Indianapolis.
 Mrs. Darrow attended both sessions today.
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Relnforoements for Huerta.

Mexico City, May 15.-General Au. relic Banquet, with a detachment of artillery and number of machine guns, left for the north today to join General Huerta in the northern cam paign.
 Communication with Oaxaca, capital of the state of the name, was cut to. day, and passenger train due to ar. rive in Puebla from that city had not been heard from.
 Government advices from there state that 600 regular and rurales have just arrived at Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa, bringing 80 prisoners ta- ken in battle with the rebels in the northern part of the state; also that 50 federals yesterday repulsed 200 reb- els at Puerto Camoas, northest of the capital, killing eight and wounding many.
 Reports that San Juan de Guadalupe and Pedricena, in Durango, and Mata- moras in Coahuila, had been taken by the rebels and that Torreon was be seiged, were denied by the minister of the interior. ii.
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SOUTHERN sAPTIsTs.
Enrolment of Messengers Shows e48
 Members.

Oklahoma City, May 15.-The South ern Baptist convention met in fifty seventh annual session in the Audi torium of the First Baptist church this afternoon. Led by Robert Cole man, author of the songboob Evangel thousands of the people joined in sing. ing old time inspirational hymns President Dargan of Georgia formal ly opened the convention with scrip ture readings. Rev. Dr R. c. Buck her, president of the Buckner orphan age, Dallas, Texas, prayed.
 One of the secretaries, Dr. Burrows of Georgia, reported the enrolment of 94S messengers up to the opening hour.
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BATTLE IN MEXICO
 IS EXPECTED TODAY
coNTENDING ARMIES NOW WITH. IN TEN MILES OF EACH orH-
 FIR NEAR EscALoN.

At General orozcos Headquarters. Jiminez, Mexico, May 15.-The front of the rebel forces under General Sal. agar is at Asunsolo anu Escalon, 41 and 45 miles, respectively. south of here. The main columns are at Rel lano, six miles between the rebel front and the advancing federals are only 27 miles. The federals are ex- pected to have covered this distance by tomorrow.
 Rellano is likely to be the scene of the principal fight, as the insurrectos have excellent Qualifications. The rebel vanguard probably will retire to Rellano, drawing the federals after them
 Scouts reported tonight to General Orozco that the federal forces were advancing rapidly northward and probably would attack at daybreak
 The vanguard of the government troops. under General Tellez, already is ten miles north of Yermo, while the main columns under General Huer- ia are only three miles behind.
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cAMoRRIsT DIES.

Viterbo, May 15-Posquale Gargiu- To, one of the Camorra prisoners, died in prison today of heart disease The other Camorra prisoners on hearing of his death. mutinied, creating a great disturbance. Enrico Alfano, known as "erricone," sprang upon Gennaro Alb battemagio, the informer, shouting, you killed my brother and Valparcel Now you have killed Gargiulo. All three of them were fathers of families May God punish your infamy."
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SOCIALISTS WILL AID.
National Convention Would Help m.
 dustrlal Workers.

Indianapolis, Ind. May 15.-Over- riding and rebuking the national exec. utive committee, the delegates of the national socialist convention today voted to recognize and aid the Indus. trial Workers of the World at San Diego, Cal, in the campaign for free speech
 The committee, which reported through Job Hartman, recommended that telegrams be forwarded to the various labor bodies in California asking fon financial assistance for use in the San Diego fight.
 The executive committees action which was oyerridden, was decided upon unanimously in committee.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16
ROOSEVELT IN OHIO.

Dayton, Ohio, May 15-In the opln- ion of Theodore Roosevelt, the cam paign for the republican nomination for president has now been decided. He dictated this statement tonight.
 The number of delegates neces- sary to nominate is 539. Of the dele gates already elected, without count ing the contested delegates, have more than 500. Of the delegates yet to be elected am confident I will receive enough to insure my nomina. ton on the first ballot"
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16
NEW $2o,ooo CAFE.
Indiana Club to Be Transformed Into
 PalatiaI, Up-to-date Cafe.

w. s. Jacobs, who has secured long lease on the Indiana club prop erty on Central avenue, is arranging to convert that into a grand $20,000 came, to be one of the finest cafes and grills in this country. The fur nishings and equipment will be spe- cially designed and the cafe will at tract attention and become famous all
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16
ENGLISH COURTS
 TITANIC INQUIRY
OFFICER OF CALIFORNIAN BE. LIEVEs HE SAW aLL-FATED
 STEAMER GO DOWN.
Lord Mercey Agrees With Him--The Mount Temples Wireless op-
 orator Testlfies.

London, May 15.-At least one off cer of the Leyland liner Californian firmly believes the Californian was in the vicinity of the Titanic the night the White Star liner went down and that although he did not know 1t, he actually saw her sink as the lights of the vessel they were watching disap- peared.
 Charles Grove, third officer of the Californian, the man in question, so testified in the course of today's board of trade inquiry. His fellow officers disagree with him, but from the remarks of Lord Mercey, the pres ident of the inquiry. he concurs in the belief of Grove.
 Evans, the wireless operator on the Californian, also testified today that tanic were near the Californian judg. he told the captain on the night of the disaster that he believed the Ti- ing from the strength of her signals,
 The commission concluded the evi- dence of the officers of the Califor. man and then examined the captain and the wireless operator of the Cana dian Pacific Railway company steam CT Mount Temple. The telegrapher reconstructed the story of the sink ing of the Titanic from the messages he heard passing between the doom ei vessel and other steamers.
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PREssMEN's STRIKE,

Chicago, May 15.-After an investi. gation of the police department brought about by alleged inefficiency in handling the newspaper strike sit. uation, a police sergeant was dis charged today. three policemen were lined and charges were filed against II other policemen. investigators for the civil service department substan- tiated charges that the police had used lax methods Tn preventing dls. order.
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HYDRo-AERoPLANE FLIGHT.

New York, May 15.-General James H. Allen, chief of the signal corps of the United States army, made a spec ttcular flight in a hydro-aeroplane this afternoon, down the lower bay, past Governors Island and around the Statue of Liberty. The craft was guided by Charles c. Wittmer. It dipped into the water from a great height, rose again and dropped once more, finally landing near the statue.
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CHINA NEEDS MONEY.

London, May 15.-Representatlyes of the six powers group were in con- ference in London all day discussing the basis of the Chinese loan.
 It is expected the meetings of the group will be protected. Among Americans present were W. D. Straight, Henry P. Davidson and Nor timer L. Schiff.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16
BOSTON BUYS HESS

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 15. The Bos. ton National league club tonight exer. cised it's option on Otto Hess, for mer major league pitcher, who has been with the New Orleans Southern league team number of years. The price of the option is s4,O0O.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

At the regular meeting of the Order of Owls, last evening, Judge James l.. Graham was elected president, and Mike Dobry, trustee.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

Cyrus Lazarus has returned iron Camden, where he attended the tl- neral services of II. w Myer. wee president of the Arkansas National bank.
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J. E. Cordell, travelling in this sec ton for adding machines, is a recent visitor in the city.
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over the country. The contracts have been let for the remodeling and other work necessary to the improvement.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

George P. Wilmington and wife and son. David Burbank. have gone to Ken lucky to visit friends for a month.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

Anybody wanting cannas will please call at Government park any after, noon this week.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

General Attorney Hicks of the Rock Island lines in Arkansas, is here at tending court.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

Miss Blanche Bailey leaves next week for Louisville on an extended visit to friends,
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

Norville Williams is in Little Rock attending the convention of the Hard ware association of Arkansas.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-05-16

Born--To MT and Mrs. Joe Looka. aoos Sunday, q son.
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Postmaster Fred Johnson is out at Crystal Springs spending a acation.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-17
BRIDGES OF The INDIANS
Structures Found In North British Co
IumbIa Are Built on the Can't
lever Principle.

Some interesting examples OF In
dian ingenuity are afforded on the
River Skeena and it's tributaries in
North British Columbia, according to
q writer in Scientific American. These
waterways in their upper reaches flow
swiftly and for the most part through
deep ravines. AS 1t is impossible for
the Indians to cross them by means
of canoes they have resorted to bridg-
ing.
Their bridges are interesting struc-
yures from the engineering point OF
view, inasmuch as the cantilever prin-
ciple is adopted. A bridge of this de-
sign spans the Bulkeley river where
it is about 120 feet wide, and the
height from the bridge to the water
level is about so feet.
1t is built of wooden logs, the logs
Of the structure being formed of single
stout logs varying from 60 to so feet in
length. The task of lowering them
into position must have demanded con-
siderable ingenuity on the part Of the
builders.
They are buried some Is feet at
their lower ends and anchored by the
'superimposition of masses of large
rock rolled and carried to the site. The
longitudinal members of the shore
spans are similarly buried in the
ground and dashed to the ends Of the
diagonal logs.
These main members-correspond-
ing to deck Orders, are about 120 feet
in length, and to either end the A
members of the superstructure are
dashed. Elaborate cross bracing is
resorted to In order to secure greater
strength.
When the bridge was first erected
the different members were simply
secured together by willow thongs,
but when the British Columbian gov
eminent erected a more substantial
suspension bridge lower down the
river the Indians assembled and fol
lowed the white mans operations with
great interest. They observed how
the thick wire cables were slung and
anchored, and accordingly decided to
introduce wire into their own struc.
ture.
They procured the material for this
purpose from wherever they could and
introduced it in a most fantastic man
ner. Also when the Grand Trunk
Pacific railway engineers commenced
working on their track near by the
Indians procured odds and ends, such
al bolts and spikes, from them for
Introduction in their bridge, so that
now 1t Is q strange looking piece of
work, though the fundamental can't.
lever lines are still distinct.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-17
PennsyIvania Eroa Hunters.


All the sport is not found In angling
for the gamy bass or speckled trout.
The frog season is now open and II
there is any sport that requires skill
1t is catching frogs. says the Susque-
hanna Transcript.
There was a time when the twilight
soloists were taken any time during
the year. but since frogs were discov.
cred to be of benefit to mankind, not
only as a food product but because
they kill embryo mosquitoes. 1t was de.
c;ded to have laws protecting them.
The frog season will end Nov. 30.
Nets are 10Y being prepared, lamps
put In shape, gum boots tested to see
where a mouse or time has worn holes
through the rubber, and after dusk,
frog hunters throughout the surround
Ing rural district will be seen vending
their way to the favorite frog pond or
stream.
Those who go for sport spend one
or two nights a week in search Of the
greenbacks, and those who make a nv-
Ing by selling them to restaurants.
cafes, hotels and families rarely miss
4 night. This is especially the case
at the start Of the season.
Veteran frog hunters do not reveal
their favorite places. There are many
who have been going for years. and
even their closest friends do not know
where they make the large catches.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-17
Primitive Men Of Giant Stature.

Eleven skeletons of primitive men,
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes. and with two rows Of
teeth in the front of the upper jaw,
have been uncovered at Craigshill, at
Ellensburg, Wash. They Yer found
about twenty feet below the surface,
twenty feet back from tho face Of the
slope, in q cement rock formation
over which was q layer Of shale. The
rock vas perfectly dry. The jaw bones,
which easily break, are 80 large that
they will go around the face of the
man Of today. The other bones are
also much larger than those Of the or
binary man. The femur is twenty
inches long, indicating a man Of eighty
inches tall. The teeth in front are
worn almost down to the jaw bones,
due. 1t is believed. to eating uncook-
ed foods and crushing hard substances
with the teeth. The sloping skull
shows an extremely low order of in
telligence.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-17
Would Make Natural Gas,

Sir William Ramsay, one OF Eng
lands famous scientists, says there is
absolutely nothing, so far as he can
see, to prevent q bore-hole from being
put down until the coal stratum is
reached and the setting Of the coal
on FIRE by electricity, thus converting
the coal in tho bowels Of the earth
directly into gas. Air would be sent
down to enable the coal to burn, the
amount Of air being restricted when
suficient heat had been engendered;
steam would be sent down to provide
q mixture Of hydrogen and carbonic
oxide. or water-gas; great gas en-
gines would be mounted at the mouth
Of the pit or ~bore-hole. and the gas
would be used to develop electric
power-Popular Mechanics.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-17

l hereby certify the above and fore
going to be a true and correct copy
of the original list of Grand and Petit
Jurors selected for service for the
session of the Eighteenth Judicial
District Court, in and for Lafayette
Parish, Louisiana, beginning Monday.
October 7th, 1912, and also a true and
correct copy of the original list of Pc
tit Jurors drawn for service for the
week beginning Monlay, October IA.
1912, and for the week beginning
Monday, October p, 1912, at the ses-
sion of said Court.
Witness my hand and seal of office
at Lafayette, Louisiana, this seven
teenth day of August, Ammo Domini.
Nineteen Hundred and Twelve,
Q912).
J.. GILBERT ST. JULIEN,
Clerk of Court and Ex-Oficio Member
of the Jury Commission.