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The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
LAMAR SARCASTIC
 ON W|TNESSSTAND
II Am the One William in Wall Street All the Rest Are Actuated by Highest Motives" He Cries
 Voice Shook With Emotion.

Washington, July 8.-David La mar, the Wall Street operator, took the stand this morning at his own request in the Senate lobby investi- gation for the purpose of making a statement relative to his relations with Edward Lauterbach and the Wall Street financiers.
 Lamar declared that his only ob- ject was to bring about just such a situation as this Investigation
 T am the one william i'll Wall Street. All the rest are actuated by the highest motives and possess the highest ideals cried Lamar bitter ly.
 Frequently his voice shook with emotion. His choice of adjectives in speaking of various Wall Street men led senators to interrupt his remarks frequently, and in each ease Lamar agreed with the ob- jector.
 Always his game had been to force the financial people into the Open,' he said.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
AT WONBLE
Egbert McMillan Loses Valuable Mare and COlt-\arP9w Es-
 cape of Family.

Word was received over long dis tance telephone late Thursday night from Egbert McMillan, for merly of this city, but who now resides in Womble, stating that lightning had just killed a fine mare and colt belonging to him, also of the narrow escape of his wife and l2-year-old son.
 His son had just fed the animals and returned to the house, a very short distance from the barn, when the lightning struck. Mrs. McMil- Ian. who was standing in hall way near the barn, received se- we're shock, recovering shortly aft erward. Very little damage was done to the barn.
 The animal killed is we'll known in Mena, being the fancy single driver formerly owned by Guy Thornton.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Rnlnnrs Are Minninn.

London, July GA Sofia dispatch 10 The Times says:
 The war news continues favor able to the Bulgarians. The Ser vian attacks in the Kochana and Is tip district were at first successful, but have now been repulsed. It is officially denied that the Bulgarian right wing has been defeated.
 Tn sOuthren Macedonia General Infanvo's army of 32,000 has retired before the Greeks, who captured Kilkish and are approaching Zerres, but reinforcements have been sent to this army, which was weak.
 "The Bulgarian first and third armies have been ordered forward, and now the whole army has taken the field"
 The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that Austria has arranged bargain between Bulgaria and Roumania whereby Bulgaria will get Salonica in return for territorial concessions in Rou- mania.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
\ Luscious Curiosity.

This office has received from James A. Slote, one of the hustling fruit growers and boosters of Hat nel. a small box of fruit that was good 10 look at, better to taste, and withal. new and strange. They are called Compass Cherries, a fruit of recent origin. and a result of the polinization of the Morello cherry and the Miner plum on the Sand cherry. The fruit is considerably larger than the average cherry, is of a color that resembles ruby. The first flavor on eating seems like a cherry. and then comes the tang of the plum. All in all, they are good to look upon and better to eat and Mr. Slote says the tree bears fruit the first year after planting, and, in his experience, has done well each of two succeeding years.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
CONTEST TO BE DECIDED FRIDAY
Supreme Court Is Expected to Take Up the GubernatOrial Row Dur ing the Latter Part of
 the Present Week.

Little Rock, July 8.-The decision in the gubernatorial row will be handed down by the Supreme court before Friday, that being the time to which the court adjourned Mon day afternoon at the conclusion of the long, tedious arguments ad- yanced by counsel for both liti- gants.
 q There is much interest. naturally, in the outcome and much specula- ton as to what the courts findings will be. That finding, of course, will not be konwn until formally handed down from the bench.
 In the meantime, the officers of the State Democratic Central Com mittee are going ahead with active preparations for the campaign in the interest of the Democratic ticket. While no name has been certified on the ticket, the commit tee does not propose to lay down on the job and allow the Republi- cans to walk away with the govern orship.
 Should the Supreme court find that Judge Hays name is entitled to be placed on the official ballot. the committee will redouble its efforts in behalf of the candidate, Should the inaction of the lower court be upheld there is little doubt that the committee would go ahead in the interest of the man whom they have declared to be the nominee and a brisk campaign be made for his election on July g.
 Meantime, the other candidates are laying in great supplies of campaign thunder, which they ex- pect to explode at the most riotous moments. and Col. George w.. Murphy, the Bull Moose candidate, is already busy going up and down the state in the interest of his candidacy.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
B|P[ANE FALLS,
 OFFICER KILLED
Lieutenant Call, Tenth of Uncle Sam's Corps of Army and Navy Air NavigatOrs, Meets Death at
 Texas City-Warm Air Cause.

Texas City, July 8.-The danger ous thing known to aviators as a warm air current is held respon- sible for the instant death today of Lieutenant Loren H. Call of the aviation corps of the Second divi- sion of the United States army, sta toned here.
 About two hours after sunrise, Lieutenant Call, making practice landings, had risen from the avia- ton field which borders the Gulf of Mexico, had turned his biplane northward away from the water, crossing the brown-tented army city, and was flying over the level treeless stretches near the artillery camp, which lies farthest inland. His machine, at an altitude of about 800 feet, was plainly visible to seV- eral soldiers, who say that 1t seem ed to be running smoothly, and that, without warning, it suddenly turned it's nose downward and plunged straight to the earth. The impact broke nearly every bone in the young aviator's body, making kindling of his machine and wedg- ing it's fragments so tightly about his crumbled body that it was dltli- .cult to take out his inanimate form.
 The warm air theory was ad- vanced by other officers at the avl- .ation camp, who know the location over which Lieut.. Call was flying.
 The accident occurred shortly after : o'clock.
 While board will be named to investigate, the view is expressed that nothing remains about the wreckage to show the real cause of the mishap.
 Lieut.. Call was regarded as one of the best army aviators. 1ester- day he made a 25-mile flight in 25 minutes. He was engaged in a practice flight this morning when he met death.
 Lieut.. Call was born in Missouri June 30, 1888, and appointed a sec ond lieutenant in the coast artillery from Kansas, September 25, 1909. He was promoted to first lieutenant July |, 1911.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Servia Recalls Minister.

Belgrade, July 6.-The Servian government has addressed a note to Bulgaria, formally breaking off dip lomatic relations and announcing the recall of her minister. Servian troops have entered Kotychan. Semi-ollicial statement claims that Servia has prevented Bulgaria from executing her plan of gaining pos session of the Macedonian terri tories which she wished to occupy pending arbitration. The statement says the Servians succeeded in re- polling the Bulgarian advance.
 Another semi-Otlicial communi- cation says last weeks battles cost the SerVians l5,000, killed and wounded. the Bulgarians 10000.
 According to latest adyices the Servians have recaptured Krivolak, where a desperate battle has been raging three days.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
MRS. JOSIE WITHERSPOON DEAD
Remains Brought From CaddO Gap
 Friday-BuPial at NanderVOOrt.

Mrs. Josie Witherspoon, wife of J. NJ. Witherspoon, a lumberman at Caddo Gap, died Thursday after noon at that place of tuberculosis, and was brought to Mena by car- riage Friday and taken to her old home at Vandervoort on No. Saturday morning where burial took place Saturday afternoon in the Witherspoon cemetery. The de- ceased was raised in Polk county and was a daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Randolph, her father for merly being in the sawmill busi- ness near Nandervoort. She leaves, besides her husband, four children, the oldest about i6 years of age. She was first taken sick about three months ago, and has from that time grown rapidly worse.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
TO ACT THIS WEEK.
Futrell Likely to Name Equalization
 Boards Before Saturday.

Little Rock, July 7.-Goyernor J. NJ. Futrell will probably name the county equalization boards this week as he now has the required data on most of the counties. In former years the members of these boards were appointed largely through political preference, but Governor Futrell has declared ne will make no appointment except where the person possesses knoWI- edge of property values of the coun- tv and those connected with per sons who have been accused ot tax dodcing will be especially over looked.
 Governor Futrell will also during lhe week make the appointment ol a state bank examiner. It was thought this was settled several weeks ago. but complications arose which prevented an early appoint ment.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
COMMITTEE SHOULD RE-
 SIGN SAYS BRU\DIDGE

Searcy. July 7.-EXpressing sur prise at the announcement that the State Democratic Central Commit tee is planning to open headquar- ters in Little Rock to make clear their position in the gubernatorial contest last week, and asserting the greatest service 19 members of the committee could do for the De- mOcracy of Arkansas would be to resign, stephen Brundidge issued a public statement last night.
 Mr. Brundidge will return to Lit tie Rock early in the week, and says he will watch with interest the work of the committee in making clear their position in the contest brought by him to the claims of Judge George W. Hays to the Democratic nomination for govern or.
 T read with astonishment the statement that the Democratic State Central Committee is to open head quarters in Little Rock for the pur- pose of making clear to the voters of the state the position taken by the committee in conducting my contest last week" Mir. Brundidge said.
 The facts about this contest, which cannot be denied truthfully, already have been made clear through the public press to the peo- pie of this state, and if this con- mittee will confine its efforts to a statement of these facts I shall be only too glad to cooperate with them
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Mena Boys Won Baseball Game.

A Mena baseball team went down to the picnic at Vandervoort Fri day and upheld the honor of Mena by defeating the Nandervoort boys in a baseball game by the one sided score of fl to i. The batter ies for the game were; Mena. Gun ningham and Clement; Vandervoort, Barnes and Cecil. The game, which was "batter's feast" for the Mena lads, was featured by the pitching of Cunningham. A large number of Mena people went down with the boys and were interested specta- tors of the contest.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
MISS BATEMAN, RICH,
 Is STILL \ DAIRYMAID
HeireSs to S5OO,0OO Still Working Every Day on Her Fathers Farm.

Newport, R. l., July S.-Miss De- rothy Bateman, who inherited half a million dollars from the late Ross R. Winans of Baltimore, just for bringing sunshine into his life, has not had her head turned by the Windfall.
 She is still milking COWS and car ing for the chickens on her fathers farm and assisting in the manage ment of the exclusive Bateman ho- tel. where Winans met her.
 Although she no longer delivers milk and farm products to her fathers select customers, she still runs her big automobile to boats and trains on which patrons of the hostelry are expected.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
CLEARED NAME IN DUEL.
An Italian Woman in Denver Fought
 With Her Husband.

Denver. July 6.-Challenglhg her husband to a wager of battle, Mrs. Vencentali Palacio made good her defiance against the accusation made against her by Samuel Pa laeio in a duel tonight with knives until the police, who had been sum moned by the neighbors broke through the locked doors and sepa- rated the combatants. Both re- eeived many, but not dangerous wounds. According to the story told the police, the combat was dellD.. erately arranged for the purpose oi nroyine if the accusations of un- faithfulness made by the husband were false or true.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
COVE STORE IS ROBBED
Golf Bros. X Gamble LsSe Small Sum of Money Through Burg
 lary-No Clew.

The store of Golf Bros. X Gamble at Cove was broken into Friday night and a small amount of money stolen. The thieves gained access through the second story window by means of a ladder Up to the present time nothing has been missed except the money which was the receipts from business Friday. All other money had been banked the day before, and the amount the thieves got was not great.
 There is no clew to the robbers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
HAS HAD MUCH EXPERIENCE.
!. C. Frazier Has Embalmer'S Li-
 ccnse in Three States.

J. c. Frazier, who has purchased the o. NJ. Elrod undertaking busi- ness. has been in the business for seventeen years, and hold licenses in three states, and until recently was a member of the firm of Bell X Frazier in FL Smith, Desiring 10 have a few months relief from business. he sold his interest there, and later decided to again take up the work. Before deciding to To- cate in Mena he had investigated nearly a dozen other places, but on coming was so pleased with the city and it's splendid advantages as a home that he at once gave all his attention to getting in business in Mena.
 In addition to having a good b0si- ness record, MT. Frazier IS an ac- tive member of a number of the leading fraternal orders, as well as of a prominent church.
 See Mr. Frazier's advertisement in this paper.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
THOUGHTFUL OF FRIENDS.
Mob Held Negro Five Hours for Ar
 rival of Friends.

Pensacola, Fla, July 7.--So that mob could arrive from Bombay, 100 miles distant, and take part in the lynching of an unidentified negro, the victim was held for five hours by a mob at Milton, near here, this morning before he was strung up to a telegraph pole and his body riddled with bullets.
 The negro had assaulted a girl at Bombay.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Plan Quadruple League.

St. Petersburg, July 6.-The Heich asserts that pourparlers are passing between Greece, Servia, Montenegro and Roumania with the object of forming a new quadruple alliance. RumOrs are persistent that Turkey threatens war unless Bulgaria evacuates RodostO and the coast of Marmora.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10

TO MEET THIS WEEK.
State Board of Election Commits
 SiOnerS to Fill Vacancies.

Little Rock, July 7.-The State Board of Election Commissioners, composed of the governor, attorney general and secretary of state, will hold a meeting one day this week to make appointments in counties where there are vacancies on the election boards. This will be done in time to permit the county boards to meet and select judges and clerks for the election to be held July 23.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Accent Maae of Conflict.

Washington, July 6.-The Greek legation here was informed by it's today that without formal declaration Greece, Servia and Montenegro have accepted war with Bulgaria; that the Greek sec retary of state had notified the Bull garian minister at Athens he con- sidered the latter's mission at an end and that the Greek minister at Sofia had been instructed to return.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Governments Toll to Aviation.

Washington, July S.-The death of Lieut.. Call today makes a total of ten in the interest of government aviation work, nine fatalities being credited to the army and one to the navy since experiments in aerial navigation were started with heaV- ier-than-air machines at Fort Never. Va, in 1908.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Kansas Oats in Polk County.

B. w. Larmon, who is renting the George Johnson farm three miles west of Mena, on the lower Rocky road, brought a bundle of Kansas oats to the Star office. The oats were raised by him on his rented farm and are very good ones.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Fine Peaches.

R. Osborn was in Saturday from his Mountain Top farm and brought in few peaches of the Governor Hogg variety. Six average peaches from the lot he brought in we're left at the Star office. They weighed little over three pounds.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
YOUNG AMERICAN KILLED.
Slain in Battle Between FederalS and
 ZapatiStaS at TuXpan July 4.

Port Arthur, Tex. July S.-A young American attached to the office at TuXpan, was killed in a fight between Federals and Zapatistas on July 4, according to a report brought to this city to- day by steamer.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
"0uoht Summer Home Here.

6o Os ,',,c cEwell of La Porte, Tex, |mm"I ml'h his daughter, spent last
 hin 1T Tn Mena, has returned |mnaSIll mn Sllls summer. Mir. Ewell last N r on purchased the Potts prop Spnr vn tle Southside, to be used as \ danaer dler home for himself and
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
SERV|AN FORTRESS
 YIELDSTObULCARS
Ten Days of Desperate Fighting Mark Progress of Latest Bal kan OutbPeak-40,000 Are
 Reported Killed.

London, July 6.-After 10 days fighting, more severe than anything in the last Balkan war, little light begins to break upon the obscure operations. The Servians have lost more men than in the whole pre- vious campaign, and semi-official statements from Belgrade have the appearance of preparing the public for news of disaster.
 Desperate fighting with fluctuat- ing fortunes, are heard along the various Freganitz rivers, apparently to Bulgarian advantage. News has been received of the Bulgarian in vasion of Servia through Belograd- chyk. The Bulgarians claim to have defeated the Servians and captured five guns and quantity of other war material, and by the occupation of passes to have opened the road to Nish, Servia's most important forti- fled town.
 There is heavy fighting between the Servians and Bulgarians south of Istip and in the neighborhood of Kotchana About 100000 men are engaged and the losses on both sides appear heavy.
 Hold Greeks in Check.
 Bulgarias strategy appears to be 10 hold the Greeks in check, prob ably with comparatively small forces, while she deals with Servia.
 Reports credit the Bulgarians with victories near Koprih, giving them the key to Uskipi and with outhanking a movement from the south of Tahynos Lake, which would cut off the Greek strait. Sa- lonica dispatches report that the Greeks have captured 16 guns at Dorian. Evidence of desperate fighting is found in the arrival of 5000 wounded at Salonica.
 A conservative estimate of the killed or disabled in last weeks fighting is from 3O,000 to 10000. Thousands of destitute refugees from the scene of fighting are pour ing into Salonica.
 The Greeks have made charges against Bulgarians of burning and pillaging all the villages they abandon, and of committing mur- ders. mutilations and other horrors.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
|RNERS FAVOR |NENA CREAMERY
inn Saturday Brought Out Ne '.sity of Supplying a Market for hairy Products-Live Stock
 Association Started.

he meeting called Saturday for |nurpose of organizing a Polk btv Live Stock and Forage .,,ers' Association drew goodly sber of farmers, considering the ! season of year.
 arlv the meeting was practical .,rned into a big boost for a lmery, there being men present b something like a half dozen
 as who were familiar with the .mery business and it's relation ho farmer and the development l country. Several of those ke for the enterprise and stated either this or some similar aosition must be organized here .rder to furnish a ready and de- 6able cash market for the pro- Prs There seemed to be no Stion in the minds of these but I the fact that butter fat would .g ready cash on delivery at a smerv would be sufficient ln- Iiye to the average farmer to Ire cows and take up the work. arson Adams, who is engaged in stock business at Acorn, was kent. and made the statement he would, if a creamery was
 h6shed. secure large number Rows which he would sell to se who desired them, taking as |one-half of the money received hream until the cows were paid In other words. if a farmer one or more cows and desired le Mir. Adams would double his n taking a mortgage on the herd security. and taking as his pay the butter fat marketed until !. This is a system commonly Ilse in other localities, and is orally satisfactory.
 |Leslie Williams, who represents |concern that supplies practical M the creamery equipment used Ihe United States, stated in the inning that he was not very Rful of organizing a creamery \ because there were but few ins an interest in the prOposi- and he therefore devoted most hs time in a short talk of the PftS of the dairy business to Harm, giving valuable informa- as to soil building. etc. based
 his own experience on his farm Tennessee. At the close. how F, there were a number who Rllied their desire to secure a pmery by signing up for stock. lOnday this last had been |bled. and if there are a reason- number of business men who take hold of the enterprise, Mir. |lams will go to the country undertake to secure sufficient operation among those who will lallE milk cows to make up the |ded capital, S6,OO0.
 Stock Growers Association.
 |fter the close of the talk on the Pmery, the matter of organizing Polk County Stock and Forage lNers Association was taken up. Nas decided 10 enter into a tenn Rry organization, and A. E. Wear elected temporary president J. Hollister Full temporary fetary A committee then was (olnted to prepare a constitution Dy-laws and adjournment was
 fn to July i9, when a permanent 'anzation will be perfected.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
TO THE WEST FOR HEALTH.
Clio Harper to Spend Month in
 California Mountains.

Little Rock, July 7.-Clio Harper, of the parke-Harper News Service, suffering from a nervous collapse, left today for California, where he will spend a month resting in the mountains.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10

We lead, others follow, when it comes to fine Kodak Finishing. Come and try me if you are not all ready on my list. Hiltebrand, Pho- tographer.-Adv. fO3-o 21-2
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't curs.

The worst cases, no matter of how long standing
 are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 2sc, soc, Sloo
The Mena weekly star., 1913-07-10
LOU BENNETT DEAD.
! Bennett Was Killed in Railway
 Accident Two Years Ago.

'ou Bennett, age 63 years, died pday night about midnight at
 home one and one-half miles Fl or town, on Rural Route No.
 The funeral services were con- E'ed at the home at 2:30 o'clock Fsday afternoon by the Rev. J. J. Nlnah' Burial was in the Gam hetery.
 brother from Kansas City was 'Ile bedside when death came. 'iP' bennetCs death recalls one of
 most 1T not the most, serious
 ,1ell's that ever happened on the In nsaS ClJy Southern railway near Pa August i2, 1911, Mr. and Mrs. nue'l James Moore and Walter E1lan were in Mena attending a Sull, and in the afternoon start
 l,oine m Mr. Bennetrs wagon. lLn they reached what is known ,a ,'e loFA crossing. one mile south ho, eHh they failed Co hear the ap- 5 "Vl n oI passenger train No. 3, u'e engine crashed into the 'eUa ISOa just back of the horses. Mrs. i9.. p was instantly killed and a IHN
 5 peullelt received a broken arm
 nose nose and was otherwise badly Eio,, u,iu bruised. Mir. Moore was Seral y injured internally, and for
 'a' uays lay at deaths door.