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The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20

II. NJ. LIGGETT CONVICTED.
Jury Sent Back Seven Times by
 Trial Judge.

Helena, Nov. i7-After reporting seven times that they could not agree on a verdict. and being sent back each time for further delib- erations by Judge Jackson, the jury in the ease of the state vs. H. NJ, Liggett, charged with the murder of Vincent Edwards, last night re- turned a verdict of murder in the second degree and assessed Liz gett's punishment al seven years m the penitentary.
 November IS, 1912 Liggett and Vincent Edwards. both of whom were employed by the Reeve Lum- Der Company. became involved in a personal encounter. Tn the course of the struggle Liggett drew pistol and shot Edwards
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
SPECIAL ANDLOCAL
 CAME LAWS VOID
supreme Court Rules That a Cpr- tain Locality May Not Give Priyi- legeS to Citizens and Deny
 Them tO Outsiders.

Little Rock, Nov. IS Special .- One of the most important decisions relative to the game laws of the state was handed down by the Su- preme court Monday in the case of Lewis vs. State. on appeal from cir .cult court. In effect, it declared that all the special and local game laws of the state are invalid.
 George Lewis, of the Little Rock detective force. was fined Sl0 for hunting in Grant county in violation ot Act. 2S0. approved March 29, 1913, which provides that non-resi- dents may not hunt or fish in Grant. Hot Springs and Lonoke counties without paying license Of one dol- lar, under penalty of Si0 to S550 fine. Circuit court affirmed the jus tlce court but the Supreme court reVerses and dismisses the suit on the ground that it Is discriminatory because it does not require the cili- zens of the counties named to pay a license also The court says.
 No reason is given in the act why .cillzens of these counties should be classified within a favored territory. having privileges not enjoyed by .other citizens upon the same terms The classification is based upon residence only and without being shown further on the fact of the .act it must be held as arbitrary and .unjustly discriminative as 10 ciDi- zens outside the territory mentioned
 "The fish and game of the state belong to the whole people of the state collectively When it becomes necessary for the propagation and preservation of wild game and fish for the use of the public. the people. acting in their sovereign capacity through their law-making power. may pass laws to regulate the right .of each individual which he enjoys in common with every other mem Der of the community to the use of the same. But when the sovereign undertakes to regulate or restrain the individual in its right as a mem Der of the community to enjoy, to take and Use the common property of all. it must do so upon the same terms to all members of the com munity alike.
 Where the necessity for the pre- servation of the worlds game and fish exists in certain territory of the state that territory may be segregated for the right of taking game and fish therein. but the privilege of taking and using same must be extended to the people of the state outside the territory upon the same terms that are given to those who reside in the territory embraced in the legislature.'
 Local acts that are designed as purely preservatiVe, and not re- strictive in killing rights. are valid. There are such laws in Madison, White. Washington. Benton Polk, Carroll and a few other counties, but the great mass of local game and fish laws are null and void. The attorney general confessed error in the Grant county case.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
NEX|CANS 4 NOBLE
 AND FIERCE RACE
Co Says Paper That Rails at ,,a;teJ states and President Toxas Is Threatened in Letter
 to Governor Colquitt.

uovieo Cilv. Nov. l7.-El Impar- oial today refers editorially to the oroanization of the Mexican con gress. ,n
 It appears, says the Fl lmpar- oial that this congress displeases tbe mighty parsonage of the White uopse He takes Us for slaves, mbereas we belong to the noble and Gerce race of Circumference, the last Aqlec sovereign of Mexico, crossed ritb M fine blood of that other indo- mifabIe and proud people whose monuments of glory rear themselves in lhe heights of the Andes.
 our grand president, now un- embarrassed by intriguers, stands more firm than porphyrx or bronze.
 "A people which loses it's inde- nendence and dignity without su- nreme effort is worse than dead and merits eternal ignomy"
 The article continues by saying thaf the writer cannot believe the Yankees will launch upon such an insane adventure as a war with Mexico
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
HODGES GIVEN MORE LIFE.
Supreme Court Would Further Re-
 view Record of Case.

Little Rock, Nov. i7.--Arthur Hodges. the young man who was sentenced to be eleetrocuted on No
 vember i2, but whose life was spared by writ of supersedas is
 sued by the Arkansas Supreme court, was granted further time to live today by that body. when it or dered a writ of certiorari in his case to bring the record of the case before it for further consideration.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
MUCH CROP MONEY USED.
Two-Thirds of Government Funds
 of S5O.OO0,000 Taken by Farmers.

Washington Nov. i6.-Almost two-thirds of the S5O,OOO,O0O the Treasury Department put at the disposal of banks to aid in the movement of crops has been taken, according to an announcement yes terday by Secretary McAdo. The exact figures are S3i3ii,000, and probably a few more millions will be taken in the West. None of the money will be asked for by the treasury until December. Missouri leads the roll in the amount taken with Sl,775,000. Illinois is second, with an even Si,000,000. Texas took $900,0O0 while California and New Mexico are lowest with S50,000 each,
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
No Blockade as Yet.

Washington, Nov. l8.-Overnight developments have apparently brought no change in the Mexican attitude in Washington among the government officials.
 Some of the officials seem of the belief the Mexican congress would heed the warning of the United States and take no action on the concessions offered.
 Talk of blockading the Mexican ports was revived. but high officials denied any such step has been de termined upon as yet.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Bought Slate Machinery.

The North Wales Slate Company, which owns the Morris Jones prop erty near Heath Valley, seventeen miles east of Mena, has purchased the machinery of the American Slate Company and has moved it to lheir fields. It is understood that they will begin active work in the duarries within a short time. The North Wales concern is owned by Erie. Pas, parties.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20

Guard your kidneys; the health of the body depends on those small but important organs. They extract uric acid from the blood which, fl allowed to remain in the system, would cause dropsy and Brights Disease. Prickly Ash Bitters IS a successful kidney tonic: it heals and Strengthens the kidneys, regulates fhe liver. stimulates the stomach and digestion, cleanses the bowels. If will prevent or cure Brights Dis ease. Jackson Drug Co.,, Gunnels Drug Store, special agents.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20

Tenderness or aching in the small of the back is serious symptom. The kidneys are suffering. Take Prickly Ash Bitters at once. It is a reliable kidney remedy and sys- tenn regulator and will cure the trouble before it develops it's dan gerous stage. Jackson Drug Co.,, Gunnels Drug Store. special agents. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
biG CAPTURE OF JOY WATER.
ro'eau Officers Secure 400 Gallons
 or Alcohol and Whisky.

roIeau, Ok, Nov. i7.-Gus Evans anu ' St Elmo Johnson, negro boot "seerS' are under arrest here s"aised With selling contraband wet .s sUOuS In the Indian country, and Saila sagir two wagons and teams and 400 Ssan Sbetlons oi alcohol and whisky have wona yOm seized, The seizure and arrest aore e made by Deputy Sheriff Le- ovae e The negroes were turned sbsi so p Deputy United States Mar hear;lnob pop Logan and will have a Mnstng Mpi,lg before the commissioners at
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Plenty of Cotton Unsold.

D. T. Roach and son Frank re turned Tuesday from combina- ton hunting trip (they were after game and dollars) to and around Board Camp. They reported sue cessful trip and state that there is a great deal of cotton in that section Il al has not been brought to mar ket. On several farms as many as ten bales of the fleeey staple were seen stored in yards. There is also a great deal of cotton that has not been picked.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Prominent Man Commits Suicide.

Eureka Springs, Nov. 17.-lt De- came known today that William head of William Jenkins and Company, real estate and in surance dealers of this city, and one of the leading citizens of Northwest Arkansas. committee suicide about ! o'clock Saturday evening at hls home here by hanging. He was 6o wears old. Jenkins had been a resi- dent of Eureka Springs for about fen years and leaves widow, three daughters and three sons
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
800 AMERICANS IN MEXICO.
Unable to Leave Trouble Zone, May Have to Fight to Save Own Lives.

Norfolk, Na., Nov. l6.-WirelesS messages from American warships now ill Mexican waters, according to reports received here, state that 800 Americans. unable to leave the district between TuXpam and Tam pico. where there is fierce fighting between the rebels and federals, may have to fight to save their own lives.
 The gunboat Wheeling is report ed at anchor in Panuco and has on board several refugees from Tam pico. The Acquilo oil plant, em- ploying 800 people, located near Tampico. has been forced to close,
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Left for Grand Lodge.

M P. Olney, Past Grand Master; Rev. Francis N. Brewer, Grand Chaplain; Gilbert MeMillan, Wor- shipful Master of the Mena lodge, and W. D. Thornton left Sunday aft ernoon for Little Rock, where they will attend the meeting of the Ma sonic Grand Lodge, which convenes in that city next week. Mrs. Leslie Moseley will represent the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
MRS. STEVENS HEADS U. n. C.
Election of the Mississippi Woman in New Orleans Was Unanimous.

New Orleans. Nov. Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens of Mississippi was unanimously elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confectionery at the convention here, after the only other candidate, Mrs. Nathan D. Ella of Virginia, had withdrawn. Mrs. Cornelia Branch Stone of Texas was named honorary president general.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
HOLD COTTON FOR RAISE.
Clarksville Has 800 Bales Waiting
 for Prices 10 Go Up.

Clarksvile, Nov. i6.-Mckennon X Morgan have on hand about 800 bales of cotton, which represents their purchases during the last two weeks. A great deal of cotton is begin held throughout the county by merchants on account of not being able to dispose of it at a fair price.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
TWO EDITORS BURIED IN WEEK
Remains of Pioneer Arkansas Editor
 Laid to Rest in Little Rock.

Little Rock. Nov. r (Special).- The funeral of w. R. Barrow, one oi the pioneer editors of Arkansas, took place Monday afternoon. Until d d snort time before his death Mr. barrow was the owner of the Ar seha Times. He previously op- eTa'ed the Little Rock Bee and Her. ald, He was member of the gen. in 1911. U'''
 ., rms IS the second pioneer editor p D. AtS ansas to be buried in Little Wy9n. WGGH during a week, c. Rainey w, "hIla.a3' na3' who died in Atlanta. be-
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
CURIOSITY DRAWS MANY.
Five Hundred Visited PententiarN
 Sunday to See Condemned Men.

Little Rock, Nov i7 (SpeciaI.-- Sunday there were fully 800 visitors at the state penitentiary. The mum . Der of Sunday visitors has been constantly increasing for several months. The fact that there are five condemned men in the peni- tentiary, four of them sentenced to the electric chair, and one to the gallows, seems to be one of tho strong drawing cards.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
CAMPAIGN FOR NAMES NOW.
Petitions for Saloons in Little Rock
 Put in Circulation.

Little Roc, Nov. 17 (SpeciaD.- = The petition asking County Judge Joe Asher to grant liquor licenses in Little Rock under the Going act, were put in circulation in Little Rock Monday morning, and the liquor interests expect to make a whirlwind campaign for forty-i' days, making a complete canvass of the city in that time. A census, more accurate even than that Of the federal government, will be made in order that it may be shown that the petitioners are in the ma ioritY.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Rebels Canture Tamnico.

Galveston. Tex, Nov. t8.-A wire less message received here by the Gulf Coast Fruit and Steamship Company last night said that Tam pico had been captured by the Con- stitutionalists.
 This message has not yet been confirmed today.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
PARCEL POST IS 4
 BIC MONEY MAKER
\ Clar Profit of S30000, 900 This Year and Enlargement of Scope Is EX- pected Soon - Great Britain
 Approves Mexican Policy.

Washington, Nov. iS.-The Post office Department has made thirty million dollars clear profit this year by the operation of the new parcel post law. which went into effect January |. 1913. It was expected that the first years profit would be about fifteen million dollars. and it is exceedingly gratifying to Post master General Burleson and presi- dent Wilson to know that in addi- tion to the valuable service which the parcel post has rendered to the people. 1t has also earned so nice a profit for the government The postmaster general has greatly en- larged the usefulness of the service by raising the limit of articles from eleven pounds to twenty pounds. It is expected in the near future that the limit will be raised to fifty pounds, and possibly to one hun dred, for as it has already aided in reducing the cost of living it can be made to still further reduce the cost by enabling the farmer 10 deal directly with the consumers in the large cities, thus benefiting the farmers and cities together.
 The President Triumphs.
 II is needless to say that President Wilson is delighted with the result of the recent election in which the candidates he supported won sweep ing victories in each state. namely, New Jersey, Maryland and also New York City These victories show conclusively that the people of this country have unwaVerlng confidence in the great statesmanship. patriot
 ism and honesty of Woodrow Will son, and it is only saying what he rich deserves to say that no presi- dent has ever worked more earnestly and ably in the interest of the man who earns his living by the sweat of his brow" than Woodrow Wilson, and he deserved the support which he received and which he is going 10 continue to receive
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
N"i'dren There Is Nothing

mus 'SSugh medicine for children without aieip ID their coughs and colds stomouCSS Dad effects on their little and ad'ifSns Tsn and bowels. Foley's Honey opiataasa ar exactly fills this need. No palion sImo no sour stomach, no consti- whee%1v i5Sllows its use. Stuffy colds. arc a'ty ar breathing, coughs and cronn Dno asl' Quickly helped. Jackson
 '" Furniture Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
! W. LEEPER BUYS ANGORAS'
Secures the Ben Bigge Flock and
 Expects to Enlarge It.

J. W. Leeper has purchased the Ben Bigge flock of Angora goats, and has taken them to his farm west of Mena. He is in the market for more of the same kind. proposing to take up goat raising as an industry, for which he thinks this country is especially fitted.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Great Britain Approves Mexican
 Policy.

The opposition papers have been endeaVoring to create the impress sion that Great Britain was support ing the bloody monster Huerta as President of Mexico, whom Presi- dent Wilson has refused to recog- nize. Mir. Asquith. the prime min ister of Great Britain. has set all of these vile rumors to sleep by his recent speech, in which he states that Great Britain will keep her hands of, thereby giving moral sup port to the policy of President Will son.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Texas MeNicanS Threaten. Texas.

Texas MeNicanS Threaten. Texas.
 Austin. Tex, Nov. TIA threat to make Texas answer to the whole Mexican people" unless mercy Is shown Mexican ammunition snug glers arrested last September at Carrizo Springs, Tex, was tee- graphed to Governor 0. B. Colquitt today by i27 Mexicans under San Marcos, Tex, date. There were fourteen Mexican smugglers, eleven of whom still are awaiting trial. The telegram to Governor Colquitt reads
 Mexican colony protests against the persecution the state of Texas is making against the Mexican revo- lutionstS arrested near Carrizo Springs. Two of them have been convicted against the law and evil dence and given twenty-five years in the penitentiary, and the other one was convicted at Cotulla by a prejudiced jury and given the bar barous penalty of ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. We will not stand for such a barbarous state of things and will appeal to the whcle Mexican nation if your state wants to murder men loyal to the human race and to the liberty of oppressed people. We have noticed that the other men are going to be convicted and sentenced to be hanged, and we will tell you, Mir. Colquitt, that if such thing happens Texas will answer before the whole Mexican community if crimes without pre- cedent in legal history continue"
 Governor COlquitt's Reply.
 The governor replied as follows:
 T do insist that Mexicans must respect the rights of citizens of Texas, and l will protect lives and property of our people to the best of my ability with the means at my disposal, The laws of this state must be upheld and vindicated, and l desire to inform you that your threat to make Texas answer be- lore the whole Mexican communi- ty certainly is a brazen one, and if any Violence should come to Ameri- can citizens as a result of your threat each of you will be held per- Sonally responsible under the law.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20

The aDOVe report IS up 10 ITIs morning. Since that time about thirty bales have been brought in which will bring the total past the 5000 mark, which was the estimate made by some in the early part of the season.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
Americans Flee in DrOves.

Mexico City, Nov. 18.-Because the rebels menace the town of Orizaba the foreigners are flocking to the coast in large numbers, fear ing they may be bottled up here.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-20
To Prevent Blooc Poisoning

apply at once the wonderful old reliable Dk PoRTER'S ANTISEPTIc HEALING OIL, sur gicai dressing that relieves pain aud heals
 he same liiue. Not iiniment. 25c soc. si.OO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

natives Of the Pacific islands who had
developed the art of writing. Their
inscriptions are on wooden tablets
and bear a remarkable resemblance to
ancient BabyIonian. These hero
glyphics have never been decipher-
ed.
This mysterious people was a race
Of idol wo-shipers and had mastered
to some degree the art of sculpture
and masonry.
On the island. which is about 50
square miles in extent, are immense
platforms facing the sea. formed of
large stones fitted together, some Of
which weigh five tons, and in places
the sea side of the walls are 80 feet
high and over 200 feet long. On these
platforms stand colossal figures cary
ed out of lava from an extinct crater
eight miles away.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
NONPART|SAN
OFF|C|ALSR RULE
IN MILWAUKEE
Graft and Inefficiency Of the Party
System Is Lifted From the
Town'c Citizens.
BOSSES ARE WIPED OUT
Some Successful Moves Made
Since Redemption of Munich
paIity From Old Parties.

MILWAUKEE. Sept. 2O.-One q.
the features of the redemption os
Wisconsin that has not attracted great
attention is the rescue of Milwaukee
from partisan politics. Long before
The Socialists broke in here as ad-
ministrators of the city, by the cleo
lion of 1910, party lines really had
ceased to exist.
Party tickets appeared in the vari-
Gus municipal elections, but they were
put up by the men who had no poll
tics other than desire to control the
city for special purposes and who
worked the political parties az man
ikins.
1t was the same old game and the
same old rule by the special interests,
disreputable elements and politicians
who gave the city inefficient, as we'll
as dishonest administration. Hera
things got so bad that city officials
were indicted and bundled off to pris-
on and the administration of Mayor
Rose became notorious. Here they
say the real supporters of Rose were
always the tory" Republicans, IN
stead of the Democrats. 1t was q
great illustrat ton of the fact that par
tisan lines are worked in municipll
affairs purely as fetish.
Things went along this way until
three years ago Milwaukee was fnrcci
over TO the Socialist rarty to escape
the old partisan control.
The next was taken last year when
The people who had debated the old
Republican and Democratic partisan
crowd by using the Socialist PARTY
saOved aside the old-time bosses and
brought out of the wreckage a ticket
composed of good men, running Oh i
pledge to scrape of the political bar
naCles and put the city aGministra-
lion on as nearly as possible the basis
If a large well-managed corpora
lion.
The candidates on this ticket We're
pledged not to be partisan if elected
10 office and not to take any. part II.
PARTISAN politics while holding office
further than to cast their votes.
Speaking broadly, the Socialists hal
given the city an honest administra-
lion though there is always the ques-
ton Of whether it was an able on a.
The same honesty Of administration
mas been continued, but the partisan
ties which held the Socialists have
been Topped off, and efficiency has
been introduced.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Farmer Pays $50
For US, Lighthouse
Rural Visitor to Chicago Strikes
Bargain With Stranger Who
Needed Money Badly.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-Franklyn P
Foster, a farmer of Kankakee, learned
that he is not alive to all the tricks
of the bunko man. Foster came TO
Chicago to see the sights. He met
an engaging fellow.
Fosters new friend Confided that
he owned the lighthouse in Chicago
Harbor, off Randolph street, and that
he received so cents for every vessel
that passed there. He said his wife
was sick in California and that he
needed money to reach her bedside.
Foster bargained for a short time
and gave SIS. Then he rented a mo-
torboat and went out to take posses
sion.
I've bought this thing" ne told the
keeper, land l guess I'll take charge
now"
You may have bought this place
and from the way you talk l suspect
you did" returned the keeper but
Uncle Sam still owns it and l guess
I'll remain in charge
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Dog in Yellowstone
By Wilson's Order
President Listens to Girls Appeal TO
Take Pet Into National
Park.

PARSONS. KANS.. Sept. pa
Kansas girl and her pet dog, with the
assistance of President Wilson. have
broken down the strict rule against
dogs being permitted in Yellowstone
National Park Miss Ethel Provost.
Of Parsons. received an announce
ment from the Department of the In
terror that her request to take her
dog. Fanny, into the park had been
granted.
The girl recently wrote to Presi-
dent Wilson: My father is soon to
take the engagement of a hotel in
Yellowstone National Park We nave
been informed that no dogs are al
lowed in the park confines Mr. Pres
ident. you don't know how sorry l
am to hear this. ! am 10 wears old
and our old dog Fanny is the same
age. We have never been separated
and I can not bear the thought OF
leaving her behind. She is ver- OLD
for dog aud would no' BE- Dr. 10
harm any Of the park animals"