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The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
BUREAU TO DEAL WITH CRIME
Head of Arkansas ShcriifS' ASS0cia-
 ton Submits Plan.

Little Rock. Nov 23.- Special ~hcriff W. G. Hutton. secretary ol the Arkansas Sheriff,' Association. Is sending to the members a circu- lar letter setting forth the provi- sions of a bill to be placed by the legislative committee before the next legislature. asking for a cen tral bureau for dealing with crime in the state The letter also calls the association to meet in Little Rock December g.
 The legislative committee has prepared bill providing for a cen tral bureau to be located in Little Rock. which shall deal with crimi- nals in all sections of the state. This office will be in charge of a super intendent, at a salary of S2,500 per annum, to be appointed by the gov crnor and an assistant at a salary ol Si,200 per annum. The officials must be experts in dealing with criminals. and able to take Bertillon measurements. as well as finger print records. This bureau will have a photograph gallery, and com- plete records of criminals arrested will be taken there and supplied 10 state. county and city officers. This office will be self-sustaining through fees paid by the officers who desire information concerning the ldenii- fication of criminals. The superin- tendent will have power to make arrests and may subject criminals to the usual methods of intcrroga- ton. as well as use the photographs and records made without fear of suit on the part of the suspect.
 The legislative committee is unanimous in recommending this bill. so it is certain to come before the next General Assembly.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
FREE PRESCRIPTION
 FAKE IS UNCOVERED
Department of Agriculture Warns the Unwary From Placing Gre dence in "Philanthropic"
 PretcnderS.

Washington. Nov. l9-Ghe De parlment of Agriculture today is- sued a warning to the public against placing credence in advertisements which promise philanthropically to send sufferers free prescriptions that will prove panaceas for what ever is ailing them.
 In each case the department ln- vestigators discovered the principal ingredient of the cure-all prescrlp- ton was some patent or proprietary drug which if the compounder did not have in stock, he was compelled to buy at considerable expense.
 The government cannot reach these people under either the food and drugs act or the postal act, the department adds, because the scheme Is SO. o.planned as to eVade government laws. The deception and misrepresentation appears in advertisements, circulars and let ters. separate from the package, and the medicines are seldom sent through the mails.
 The best the department can do, therefore, is to warn the people to be particularly suspicious of those who spend money for advertising space, postage and letter writing, seemingly out of their love for hu- manity. In all of these cases there is profit making scheme back Of the seeming philanthropy"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
STATE FEDERATION
 LABOR ISSUES CALL
Wants Volunteers to Circulate Peti- ton to Initiate Safe Bank Guaranty Law and Child
 Labor Act.

Little Rock. Nov. 20 Special - The officials of the State Federation of Labor have issued the following call to the people of the state:
 We, the officers of the Arkansas State Federation of Labor. being de- sirous of assisting in securing the enactment of a good child labor law and a safe bank guaranty law, have decided to try to initiate same under the initiative and referendum laws of this state.
 We have gone to considerable expense in this matter and feel that we are justified in so doing; but while the federation desires to do all possible to make this matter a success, we feel that there are thou sands of good men and women in Arkansas who are as deeply inter- ested as we are in securing the en- actment of these proposed laws.
 Therefore we have decided to issue a call for volunteers to assist in the circulation of these petitions and all those who are willing to as sist in this work are urgently re- quested to send their names and ad- dresses to our state secretary, l.. H. Moore. ii6 Donaghey building. Lit tie Rock. and he will gladly send petitions to all"
 The call is signed by President G. E. Mikel. Secretary L. H. Moore and H. L. Scott, Peter Stewart and NJ. J. McMahon, initiative and referendum committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
SENATORIAL RACE
 HAS NOW STARTED
Senator Clarke Has Been at Work Judge Kirby Will Open at Benton Soon and Gen. Coffin Will Make
 First Speech at Walnut Ridge.

Little Rock, Nov 70 Special - The senatorial campaign is on. Senator Clarke has been in Ft. Smith. Van Buren and other points in Western Arkansas this week. Judge w. F. Kirby Is scattering his literature broadcast over the state. and will formally open his campaign at Benton, Saline county Saturday afternoon. November 22. A number of his Little Rock friends will attend the meeting General Charles COf- fin of Batesvile the latest entry in- to the senatrolal race. writes Little Rock friends that he will make his opening speech at Walnut Ridge on Monday, November 2l. and will speak al Pocahontas Tuesday q am going after this nomination, he says. and l believe | can win if. ought to-
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
LACK OF MIDDLE CLASS
 IS MEXICO'S TROUBLE
COnstitutiOnalist Party's Policy Is to Bring About Conditions Favor able to It's Creation and
 Existence.

Worcester, Mass, Nov. 2i.-"The reason for the instability of MeXi- can conditions is the absence of a middle class" yesterday declared Louis Cabrera, former leader of the Mexican House of Representatives, at the Clark University conference .on Latin-America. Mir. Cabrera s address was the first of a series made on this, Mexican day. at the conference.
 Without the middle class" Mr. Cabrera continued. there is no real social equilibrium, no peace and no democratic form of government. The Constitutionalist movement tends toward the formation of a middle class through the creation of favorable conditions of life for the masses.
 The colonial policies of Spain in Mexico contributed largely to the creation of privileged classes. Large tracts of land were granted to hold the conquerors and to the church. Thousands of Indians were com pelled to live upon and work the land so granted. The independence of Mexico in 1910 did not materially change the condition of the masses. The great landed estates offered by wealthy families still remain in their possession and are responsible for MeXico's economic crisis.
 Owing to the dictatorial personal powers exercised by General Diaz from 1876 to 1910. the people of Mexico have not been given an op- portunity to test their constitution, but study and recent developments have proved that in certain partic- ulars the constitution of Mexico is not fitted for the needs of the peo- pie.
 The problem now confronting the Constitutionalist party is the promotion of conditions creating a stable middle class. This must be accomplished by political reform measures as we'll as by the enact- ment of agrarian laws to equalize taxation between the small farms and the large estates"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
LITTLE ROCK APPROVES STORY.
Board of Trade Uses Historical
 Article From The Star.

A copy of the Twenty fourth An nual Report of the Little Rock Board of Trade. containing IF pages of matter treating mostly of the commercial and business life of our state capital, has been received in Mena Incorporated in the report and featured by a photograph of Gen. R. c. Shaver, together with the entire story by the general of the Evacuation of Little Rock, Septem- her 10, 1863, as first printed in The Star fifty years after it occurred
 General Shaver now is at Fore man. where he will spend Thanks giving with relatives, after which ne will return home. He has spent several weeks among old comrades and friends in North Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
EXAGGERATED
First News Stories Concerning Rev. W. K. Irwin Did Not Contain
 Facts.

The newspaper reports concern
 ing the condition of Rev. NJ. K. Irwin, former Mena pastor, who was found in a dazed condition in a room i'll Pine Bluff, where he went to attend conference, did not con tain the true facts, and were very much exaggerated.
 In letter received from Mrs. NJ. H. Mulkey of Nashville, daughter of J. H. Naler, who is Mr. lrvin's father-in-law. she writes as fol- lows:
 Bro. J. B. Hill came from Pine Bluff Friday, and states that the article in the paper of the 2ist was very much exaggerated. Bro. Milt arrived at Pine Bluff last Tuesday afternoon, together with other friends, and instead of going to the place assigned to him, he saw some friends and stopped to talk to them. He asked them where they were going to put up that night, and they told him they were going to the Arlington hotel. So he concluded that as it was late that ne would not try to find the place assigned to him, but put up at the hotel for that night and go to the other place next morning.
 He. together with his friends, went on up the street, and just be- fore they got to the Arlington ho- tel Brother Milt said that as he did not care for very much to eat he would step into cafe that was close by and come on to the hotel a little later.
 He ate some oysters, and then proceeded to go on to the hotel; but not being familiar with Pine Bluff he stopped to inquire the way. As 1t happened. the party he asked was a drummer for another hotel (the BrookhilD, who told him that his place was nice and considerably cheaper: so he thought he might as we'll save a dollar.
 He went to the hotel with this man and got a room. He did not like the looks of the place very much, but inasmuch as he was there, thought he might as well stay for the night.
 Some time during the night he took sick; seemingly the oysters had turned against him. He said he thought he would die that night having vomited all over everything. Says this was probably the last he remembered until late Wednesday evening. when the porter came in and Brother Milt, not being able to get strychnine tablets, which he had always used in spells of this kind, asked the porter if he could not get him some spirits, thinking perhaps 1t would answer. He gave the por- ter a quarter to get the spirits with. but after taking only very small quantity he vomited again and was practically unconscious until he was found by the police about 10 o'clock that night.
 This is the straight of it all. as Bro. Hill has told it: and he says that as to the whisky part of it, he had put the whisky in his grip be- fore they found him there, and that it was only a half pint. and that there was hardly enough gone 10 miss it.
 Tt is true he was dazed when found, and just beginning to come to himself. So you see the police found the whisky first, and this is why the report got out in such bold
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS.
Bill to Appropriate S2,0OO.OOO for
 Highways Under Conditions.

Washington. Nov 20.-A new plan for federal aid to state road build ing is proposed in a bill prepared by Senator Smith of Georgia, to be in- troduced i'll Congress today. It would provide $2,O00,O0O road fund to be administered by the sec retary of agriculture in cooperation with state highway officials. The money would be apportioned among the states according to their rural postal route mileage and would be expended only where the state pro- vides S3 for each dollar of federal money.
 The Smith bill also includes a provision similar to the Shackleford bill passed by the House in the last Congress, under which definite sums would be spent by the federal gov ernment upon roads used by rural mail carriers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
MISTAKEN FOR \ TURKEY.
Oklahoma Hunter Thus Killed by
 Member of Another Party.

Ft. Smith. Nov. 2l.-The victim was Virgil Putnam of Shawnee. Ok. who was shot to death by Lafayette Owens of Nebo. Ok, member of another hunting party in the Kiamichi mountains of Eastern Oklahoma yesterday. Putnam wore a red handkerchief around his neck and was mistaken for a turkey.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
DROVE TURKEYS l5 MILES.
Saline County Farmers Market 1S7
 Thanksgiving Birds in Capital.

Little Rock, Nov. 2l Special = A gentle reminder of Thanksgiving struck Little Rock from Saline county Thursday evening when two farmers drove 187 turkeys into the city. The men had driven the tur- keps forty-five miles on foot, talk ing two days to make the trip. The turkeys were herded on the state capitol grounds while negotiations for their sale were conducted. The farmers did we'll on their venture, one stating that they had made over $I on each turkey by driving them to the city. The presence of the flock of Thanksgiving extravagances on the capitol grounds caused many envious eyes to turn in that direc- ton, especially from those who looked through the state capitol windows.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
SELL WHISKY BY BASKET.
saloons in Youngstown, Ohio. End
 Their Career.

Youngstown, Ohio. Nov. 23.-Bot- ued liquors were literally sold hy lhe bushel here last night when POO saloons and wholesale liquor houses ended their last day in business be- cause the proprietors had failed to onldln license. The saloons closed at fl o'clock and will not be permitted to reopen. Bottles con-. l%alnlng all forms of intoxicants were ,llfoWn Tn bushel baskets and placed outside the saloons. Some of sIle baskets bore placards with this Inscription:
 Bushelm
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
AIIECED YECCNEN ESCAPE, RETAKEN
Accused of Dardanelle Bank m,n na.herv Break Jail at Russellviile i'' ~aseholI Player Aids Officers in purs,lit and Finds Fugi'ives.

n.,o,lville Nov. 2i.-Aided by a
 s.Jorate who unlocked the door tho iail while the jailer was at lnnch. George B. Thompson and pinbard Reynolds, held as members nf , gang of bank robbers, escaped of l2;3O yesterday afternoon and at @,oo were recaptuTed by Deputy Shorir Rush McArthur and Jack ,7i,vi nVo southern League baseball LD,a, 1o,'or while hiding in the foliage ps09 fallen tree. They made no re- Oistance An unidentified man was 9rresfed late in the afternoon as ,ba arrompice who opened the cell door SIrC No charge has been made oOoinst him yet, but he will be held on suspicion =. e,o ,,,noh .hn taller discovered that the two mon ,ag were gone, and he promptly naye the alarm. The gang of which Tbompson and Reynolds are alleged mamhers is charged with the dar- ing robbery of the bank in Darda- npIlp Nearly all the men in the community joined in the chase after tbp two men who. it was believed, would render a desperate resistance.
 Find Fugitives Hiding.
 The officers and the volunteers scattered and soon learned that the two men had been seen to board a train. Then they learned the fu- ritives had left the freight at the coal chute. several miles away Marshal Ned Edwards and Deputy McAr.hur and Love went to the countrv around the coal chuts and began a search. A large tree had fallen during storm a short while ago. and Marshall Edwards passed if huf McArthur and Love moved aside the branches and found the fvo men hiding beneath the foliage. Covering them with their revolvers, thev ordered the alleged yeggs to surrender. The men obeyed with oul resistance and were taken back 10 iail. A constant watch will be kept over them in future, it was said,
 The men will be tried on Novem- Der 25 at Dardanelle for robbery of the bank there. They will be prose cuted by Prosecuting Attorney A.. $. Hays and Edward Gordon, as sistant prosecutor.
 Mir. Gordon said that the case against the men is a very strong one and the authorities had evil dence which will prove their guilt conclusively. He said part of this evidence will be in the testimony of a man who was asked 10 join the gang and who refused.-
 Thompson and Reynolds are two of the five men captured after a chase through two states by w. L.. Wick. representing the Arkansas bankers. and the authorities of Oklahoma and Arkansas. They all were captured in Oklahoma. One of the men is held in Oklahoma now under a federal charge of entering the postoilice at pocahontas, and two others, Startling and Barton, are held in jail at Dardanelle.
 Bloodhounds were sent from Lit tle Rock but reached here after the men were captured. The captors of Thompson and Reynolds will re- ceiye a reward of si00. which was offered for their arrest after their escape became known.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
OUT FOR MISSOURI SUFFRAGE
St. Louis Women Circulating Pcti-
 ti0ns Among Business Men.

St. Louis. Nov 20.-Women of the executive committee of the St, Louis Equal Suffrage League yes terday began a campaign in the business section of the city with the view of obtaining ten thousand sig natures to an initiative petition for an amendment 10 the Missouri state constitution which would give wom- en the ballot.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
NI\ETY-SEXEN VETERANS
 IN CONFEDERATE HOME

Little Rock. Nov. 20 Special TT There are now ninety-seven veler- ans at the Confederate Home, and Superintendent c. ?. Newton re- ports that their health is good and the death rate has been very low since he assumed the management of the home. General R. c. Shaver of Mena, returning from a visit to relatives in Independence county. was visitor al the home Wednes- day. He won the sohriquet of Fighting Bob" by his bravery in the war.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
,O Years for Shaver of Policeman.

Guthrie, Ok, Nov 2i.-The jury in the case of Lucius Green, negro, charged with the murder of I. H.. Caldwell Guthrie police officer, re- turned verdict at i0 o'clock last night of guilty of first degree man. slaughter and fixed the punishment at forty years in the state peniten- tiary. The jury had been out since ? o'clock in the afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
Tor Children There Is Nothino
 Refiar

n,, A cough medicine for children wiiso,h ,last help their coughs and colds sJ,tnout bad effects on their little and 9IUdliachs iTachs and bowels. Foley's Honey on;a onG lar exactly fills this need. No npt;oes, ptta;ees, no sour stomach. no consti- phan p1heaon follows its use. StufTv colds. mmeezy srn Breathing, coughs and croup nr Hre all quickly helped. Jackson
 us @ furniture Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
Donaghey Sells Conway Home.

I, Ll'tle Rock, Nov. 2i Special = non non George w. Donaghey, former governor, now a resident of Little nocA, has sold his old home at Con- , may to Joe Frauenthal of that city, o.lu Thursday Mr. Frauenthal awarded a contract for the extensive 'eulodeling of the building.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27

words in regard to his condition when found. He was immediately moved from this hotel, which IS not very reputable place. but is never theless just across the street from the Arlington hotel and is consid- cred the best part of the city"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-11-27
NASONS PUT BANON
 SALOON PETITIONS
Grand Lodge FOrbids Members tO Sign OF Circulate Liquor Pleas Officers Are Elected
 and Installed.

Little Rock. Nov. 20.-The seventy-second annual communica- tion of the Arkansas Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. was concluded last night with the eX- republication of the Masters degree by the Magnolia Lodge No. 60 in AL bert Pike ConsistOry, Eighth and Eighth streets. Several hundred Master Masons witnessed the degree work. which was done in full form for the benefit of the Grand Lodge.
 Oppose Saloon Petitions.
 A resolution providing that it be Ia Masonic offense for a member of the order in Arkansas to sign or cir culate a petition to lisense saloons was passed by the Grand Lodge, ac- cording to Grand Secretary Fay Hampstead. Copies of the resolu- ton will be printed and distributed to the subordinate lodge as rapidly as possible, Mr. Hampstead said.
 This action is believed to be un- precedented in Masonry.
 The election of officers for the Grand Lodge yesterday morning re- suited in the promotion of David I. Mills to the position of Grand Mas ter. Other officers selected were: .C. E. Rosenbaum. deputy grand mas ter; l.. P. Kempner, Grand Senior Warden; j. s. Reamey, Grand Ju- nior Warden; Baker Clark re elected, Grand Lecturer; Congress- man O. T. Wingo Grand Orator: F. W. Tucker re-electedl Grand Treasurer: Fay Hampstead ,re- elected, Grand Secretary: Milton Milhorn. Grand Senior Deacon Walter Wells, Grand Junior Deacon the Rev F. N. Brewer (re-elected) Grand Chaplain; William l. Whit well reelected. Grand Tyler.
 Officers Installed.
 The newly-elected officers were installed early last night at the Grand Lodge room ill the Masonic Temple, Capitol avenue and Main street. just previous to adjourn ment to the Consistory.
 The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons will convene this morning for two days session.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-13
leaders in civic movements is large.
Many of her supporters pointed out
that the boards decision nulifed the
effect of the law permitting married
women to teach in public schools.
Strikers WIN-BAcK. AM WORK

STRIKERS WIN-BACK, AT WORK
New York, March 13.-Winning
nearly all: of their demands in one
of the .speediest settlements ever
made in "a New York strike, 10000
members of the women's and chill
dren's garment makers union re-
turned to work today.
The agreement signed by the en-
ployers provides for a fifty-hour
week, an average wage advance of
Is per, cent, a permanent board of
arbitration, sanitary workshops and
the preferential union shop.
Sub-contractors and the tenement
house work system are to be abol-
ished as quickly as possible,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-13

CAN'T HAVE CHILDREN AND
4: STILL TEACH SCHOOL \
New York, March 13.--The board
of education has decided that mar.
ried women school teachers, who
must protect and mother pupils while
in. their care, cannot have children
of their own and still teach school.
By vote of 80 to 5, the board re-
fused the application of Mrs. RATHER
inc Campbell Edgell for years leave
of absence without pay that she
might bear and care for child.
No discussion of Mrs. Edgell's ap-
plication was allowed by the members
of the board. Mrs. Edgell,. who was
not present when the decision
against her application was made, re-
fused to disclose her next step in an
effort to secure leave, but her fight
will probably be taken to the courts.
Her following among teachers and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-22
ECZEMA SPREAD
ALL OVER BODY
Began on Cheeks With PimpIes.
ltched Badly. Caused Disfgure-
ment. Had to Put Mittens on
Him, Used Cuticura Soap and,
Ointment. Eczema Left Him.

Roxbury. Ohio. when my little boy
was two weeks old he began breaking out on
his cheeks. The eczema began just with
pimples. and they seemed to itch SO badly
he would scratch his face and cause q
matter to run. Wherever that matter
would touch, it would cause another
pimple until 1t spread all over his body.
Tt caused Disagreement while it lasted.
He had fifteen places on one arm and
his head had several. The deepest places
on his cheeks were as large as O silver
dollar on each side. He was SO restless at
night we had to put mittens IN him to keep
him from scratching them with his finger
nails. He could not sleep because I put
those mittens on which would not allow him
to scratch and then he would wake up and
be cross. II ho got q little too warm at
night IL seemed to hurt badly.
I'VE tried o treatment and ne didn't get
any better. He had the eczema about three
weeks when we began using Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. I bathed him at night with
the Cuticura Soap and spread b Cuticura
Ointment on and the eczema left" (Signed)
Mrs. John White. Mar. 10, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment do SO much
for poor compilations. red, rough hands. and
dry, thin and falling hair, and cost SO little
that it is almost criminal not to use them.
Sold everywhere. Sample of each mailed free.
with 32-p. book on the skin and scalp. ADJ
dress postcard Cuticura, Dept..T Boston
Ag-Men who shave and shampoo with Cue
ticura Soap will fndit best for skin and scalp.