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The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
CORPORATIONS MUST
 SQUARE WITH STATE
Will Add $f75,000 to General Reve- nue Fund, All of. Which Has Been Appropriated by
 Legislature.

Little Rock, April t1.-Notices to all corporations in Arkansas, calling their attention to the laws of the state governing franchise taxes, and intimating it is time for the pay ment of the same, are being sent out by the tax commission. This act, as amended by the recent legislature, will bring in $i75,000 to the general revenue fund, and it must be paid in by August 10.
 With the evident intention of keeping the general revenue fund near bed rock, the legislature also made many appropriations which will take out even this great sum as rapidly as it is paid in.
 Under the new law all corpora tions not specifically mentioned must pay franchise tax of one fifteenth of one mill of the capital stock employed in Arkansas. The law also gets the foreign corpora ton which is authorized to do busi- ness in Arkansas, forcing it to pay tax upon the amount of capital it is authorized to employ in the state. The minimum tax to be paid by any corporation is Si0 There are between 5000 and 6000 corpora lions doing business in the state.
 Building and loan companies must pay tax of $25, mutual insurance companies which have no capital stock must pay an annual tax of St00, and insurance companies with capital stock up to S500000 pay Si00, but those with capital over that sum must pay S200 annually.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
STRIKE THAT WILL
 PARALYzE BELGIUM
Socialists, Demanding Manhood Suf- frage, Will Precipitate a General WalkOut-Sending Away
 Women and Children.

| Brussels, Belgium, April 10.-The first active move in preparation for great general strike to enforce the grant of manhood suffrage in Bel gium was made yesterday by send ing out of the country many chll- dren of the three hundred thousand or four hundred thousand workers who will lay down tools Monday, April f4, at the bidding of the So- cialist party.
 The last hope of the Socialists of intervention by the king to prevent the great general strike, called to enforce granting by the govern ment of manhood suffrage, now ap- pears to have disappeared.
 Moving to Neutral States.
 It is expected that train service will cease, or be greatly impeded after Sunday Accordingly the wives and daughters of hundreds of workmen are crossing the from tiers with children on every train, places the noncombatant, as it were, in safety in neutral states. Offers of provisional homes abroad have arrived this week at the rate of one thousand daily and the di- recting committee of the strike has received eleven thousand offers thus far, six thousand from France, four thousand from Holland and one thousand from Germany. Trade has increased in all kinds of preserved foods, beans, rice and flour, and the sales of Illuminating oils and candles have tripled.
 A Party's Final Coup. The strike has been decided on by the Belgian Socialist party as the last desperate effort to make the government give Belgium system of manhood suffrage, instead of the system of plural voting now in practice. It's success or nonsuccess will be of consequence to the world at large, for if it succeeds 1t will demonstrate the practicability of the strike as political weapon.
 The movement appears to have been planned with extraordinary skill and care; the workers are de- termined and full of faith in the justice of their cause, the resour- ces at their disposal are consider able, both in money and kind, and they have the practical though un- official support of the Liberals none the less vigorous from being indirect. The proprietor of the Lib- eral newspaper, the Petit Bleu, has formally promised to pay S20,000 a week into the strike fund as long as the movement lasts, and the strik- CTS assert that they can hold out foI six weeks.
 Monday coal mines will be desert ed, furnaces shut down and factor ies and workshops abandoned; biz cities will be without light or stree ears and the port of Antwerp with out dock laborers.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
LARGER WAR FUND
 BY SUFFRACETTES
"Generaf Flora DrummOnd Tells Followers What Was Done as Answer to Government Meas
 ure-AmericanS Contribute

London, April flour answer to the governments cat-and-mouse bill is fifteen thousand added to our war chest tonight" said General (Mrs.) Flora Drummond, in closing the suffragette meeting at Albert hall, over which she presided last night. It was the biggest meeting ever held by the Women's Social and Political Union.
 The subscription included two for l,500 pounds and two for 1000 pounds each. Among the American contributors were Mrs. August Bel mont and Mrs. J. White of New York, and Miss Scott-Troy of San Francisco.
 In opening the meeting Mrs Drummond said: Fight on: fight on; that is the message Mrs. Plank hurst would send us from Hollo- way jail if she could get out, and fight on is what we intend to do.'
 George Lansburg, ex-Socialist member of the House of Commons demanded the immediate release of Mrs. Pankhurst and her fellow pris- oners, and abandonment of the torture of forcible feeding" He urged the militants to continue tC burn and destroy property.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
PASSENGERS CAUSE
 WRECk|NC OF TRAIN
Twenty Are Killed and 40 Injured When Train Is Thrown Into Ditch While Making Curve
 Were Fearful of Rebels.

City of Mexico, April ii.-Twenty passengers were killed and 40 in- iured in a wreck on the Mexican Central railway near Tula, state ot Hidalgo, because the engineer yield ed to the importunities of the pas sengers.
 The engineer, fearing to run into rebels, was moving cautiously. The passengers were similarly appre- sive, but believing that greater safe- ty lay in greater speed, induced the conductor and engineer to consent to full speed.
 The train was ditched on curve.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17

soclate Justice Malone pitnev Sec retary to the President J. P. Tumul- ty, Dr. Frederick F. Friedmann Senators Bradley, Colt, Golf. Hollis ddiltchcock, James, Kern, O'Gorman. OllVer, Oyerman, Root, sherman, stone and Hoke Smith; Speaker olark, Former Speaker Cannon, representatives Fitzgerald, Know land, Linthicum, Mann, Murdock. stevens, Minnesota; Futile, Under wood and Ware, Felix Agnus, Balti- more American, A. J. Bletham. Se- attie Times; Carlos K. McClatchy, sacramento Bee; George Barry Mallon, Everybody's Magazine; As slstant Secretary Franklin D. roosevelt; Harry A. Thompson, the Country Gentleman.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
RECOGNIZE HUERTA'S RULE.
Great Britain and Russia Will Ac- cept Ministers He Has Appointed.

Washington, April 9.-Belief that Great Britain and Russia have rec ognized the Huerta government was expressed in a message from the Mexican foreign office to the en- bassy here, announcing that the countries named have made it known that new ministers being sent would be persona grata. Mi guel Covarrubias, who has been at London, was transferred to St. Pe- terbsurg and Bartolema Carajal ye Rosas is on his way from St. Pe- tersburg to London.
 Guatemala also has recognized Luis P. Nerdia as minister from Mexico.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
At Sioux City t5 Inches Fell.

Sioux City, Ia., April it.-This city was practically cut of from the outside world yesterday by a record breaking snowstorm, which broke down telegraph and telephone wires in all directions. The dam age done to wires is placed at S50,- GOO. Street car traffic was tied up and railroad traffic delayed. Thou sands were forced to walk to and from work. Some of the hotels were forced to use candles. Business was at a standstill. Many trees broke under the weight of the snow.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
STATE TREASURY NEEDS MONEY
State Auditor 0ath0ut Issued Call
 on County Collectors.

Little Rock, April 12.-State Audi tor J. NJ. Oathout Friday afternoon addressed an appeal to the collector of every county of the state, re- questing that 25 per cent of the taxes due the state from each coun- ty be immediately forwarded to the state treasurer. This is done un- der the Helt act of the last legisla- ture, which requires the collectors to make partial settlement whenever the auditor, in the case of an emergency, demands it. The call is expected to bring at least Si00,00O to the treasury.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
RITTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking will not children of wettng the bed, be- cause is not habit but dangerous disease The c. H. Rowan Drug Co., Dept S26 Chicago, Ill., have discovered and to make known it's merits they will send 50c pack securely wrapped and prepaid Absolutely Free to any reader of The Star This remedy also frequent desires to urnate and inability to control urine during the night day in old young The c. H. Rowan Drug Co., an Old Reliable House Write to them today for the free medicine Cure the afflicted members of your family
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
GOV. LITTLE RECOVERING.
Recognizes Friends and Goes About
 Streets Now.

Little Rock, April 12.-A Green wood visitor in Little Rock Friday stated that former Governor John S. Little, who was stricken in Jan uary, 1907, soon after being in- augurated, was recovering. The fellow w-townsman of the former chief executive stated he could rec ognize his friends and greet them now, and was frequently seen on the streets of Geernwood. Until a short time MT. Little was con fined to his bed with little hope for his recovery.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
A Heavy Spring Snowstorm.

Omaha, Neb., April 1.-The heaviest spring snowstorm ever known in the west has been raging 36 hours, and last night from 6 to l2 inches of wet snow interfered with railroad traffic at all points.
 The snow is melting rapidly and every river and creek in the Mis- souri valley is running brim full. The Missouri river at Omaha rose two and half feet last night and the rise has kept up all day. To- night the water is within two feet of the danger line.
 Rain and snow is falling all over the valley and points down the river will undoubtedly suffer when the flood reaches them.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
SNOW WRECKED TRAIN
U. F. Engineer Killed and Several Trainmen Injured-15 Inches
 in Sioux City.

Cheyenne, Wells, Colo, April H. Union Pacific passenger train No. flo, eastbound, due to arrive in Kansas City at 9:i5 o'clock this morning, pulled by two engines and running at full speed, plunged into a snowdifrt two and one-half miles west of here last night. Both en- zines, the mail and baggage and the chair cars were derailed.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
Red Tane.

After irving Tor more than 60 years the people of the United States have at last succeeded in amending the constitution so as to elect senators by direct vote. Of course the people always get what
 they want if they are in earnest and are everlastingly persistent. But that is no reason why the ma chinery should he So complicated that they have 10 wait half cen- liury to get what they want.-Kan- sas City Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
OKLAHOMA TAX SENSATION.
Ferret Found 2 Million Not on Rec
 ords in Muskogee.

Muskogee, Ok, April 9.-County officials have found S3,00O,000 worth of property in this county unlisted on the tax records as result of the investigations of tax ferret. Most of the persons and corporations in volved have admitted the accuracy of the county's figures and have promised to settle. It is said that the investigations will net the coun- ty S75,000 in taxes.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17

A prudent mother is always on the watch for symptoms of worms in her children. Paleness, lack oi interest in play and peevishness is the signal for WHITES CREAM VFRMIFUGE. A few doses of this excellent remedy puts an end to thf worms and the child soon acts nat urally. Price 25c per bottle. Solt hv McNerney's Pharmacy.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
Recommended for Good Reason

.. IT. GFanL, ZoU WaVeFIy NI., Pt- oria. IL, says: Backache and con gested kidneys made me suffer in tense pains. Was always tired and floating speeks bothered me. Took Foley's Kidney Pills and saw big improvement after third day I kept on until entirely freed of all trouble and suffering. That's why II recommend Foley Kidney Pills. They cured me- Jackson Drug X Furniture Co.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17

There is no case on record of a cough, cold or lagrippe developing into bronchitis, pneumonia or con- sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has been taken. The genuine is in a yellow package. Re- fuse substitutes. Jackson Drug & Furniture Cn.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
Rnsiness RuiIdina for Sale.

Tha Racket store, brick building and goods, or goods alone. Mlsh' trade for a farm. Call and see me ar write for particulars.
 John A. York,
 Box 6i, Mena, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17

Bring us your country produce We pay the top market price Tor chickens, eggs, butter, etc.
 J. F. Averitt
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17

Alberrs Headache Checkers give instant relief and permanently cure .all headaches, neuralgia and neriodical pains Five doses 10 cents; 9 doses 25 cents. Mail or ders filled hy the Bloodine Corpora ton. Boston, Mass.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
Filly strayed-s5.OO Reward.

Weight about GOO pounds, bay reached mane, cropped tail, smal white speck in left eye. $5 reward for return to owner.
 Charley Goodman, dw Board Camp. Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-04-17
Noiahles al Dinner.

Among the guests ll attendance at the Gridiron dinner, in addition to President Wilson and the members Of his cabinet, were The Brazilian ambassador, the Swiss minister. As-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

Ii Is to be hoped the university ap-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

preparation win be sustained by the
people at the special
The University election November 4.
appropriation. The appr opriation
was held up by few
men who assert the university and the
Oregon Agricultural College should be
combined, preferably at Corvallis ana
therefore no more money should be
expended on buildings at Eugene.
Against this proposition the greater
portion of the people having informa-
ton on the subject stand arrayed
There is grave doubt if any economy
whatever would be gained by such a
move. on the other hand consolida-
ton might mean considerable loss
in efficiency. The experience of other
states leads to this belief Generally
where the schools are combined the
technical courses are neglected and
seldom are they given the attention
their importance deserves. II the
present move in this state should car
~ and the consolidated schools be To-
Gated at Corvallis the university end
would be the one to suffer. But that
would be unfortunate because the uni
yersity does valuable work, particu-
lorly among cultural lines, and this
state can well afford to maintain that
work.
The logical thing to do in Oregon is
to maintain each institution and keep
each school within its own sphere. o.
\ c should have the technical cours-
es and the university the cultural
courses. Then provide each institu-
ton with what money is needed and
allow each to grow in accord with its
merits and the manner in which It
serves the people. Before consoliia-
ton is attempted the need should be
more apparent than at present.
Some good people regret that the
university is not as large as the agri-
cultural college. But the situation is
wholesome just as it is There are
far more young people needing train
ing in scientific farming. horticulture
engineering and kindred lines than
there are young people needing train
ing such as will fit them for such
cultural professions as the law and
journalism That should be obvious to
everybody. Therefore it is natural for
the college to be larger than the uni
v,rslty and it always should be. 1t
would be an abnormal state Of affairs
we're the reverse to become true.
II was recently stated mere that
the agricultural college IS back Of the
consolidation move or Of the holdup Of
the university appropriation. That
statement IS Incorrect and unfair. Tho
consolidation move was fathered In
Portland and one Of the prime NOV
ers is former president OF the U. Of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20
FROM THE PEOPLE
AS VIEWED IN NEW YORK.
Short Ballot Secretary UphOlds City
Manager Plan of Commission
Government.

New York. y. Y. oct. 16, 1918.
Editor East Oregonian Pendleton
Oregon.
have been reading your editorial
of October 3rd. entitled Weakness OF
the Managerial Plan " In this you
say The weak point about the man
agerial plan is that it causes a division
Of responsibility and in a way takes
the city government too far away
from the people i'his statement
really contains two objections. Let
US consider the first one:
Under the regular commission plan
the individual commissioners can
only do what the commission as a
whole orders. and it is just as easy
for one of the five commissioners to
shift responsibility on the commission
as whole as it is for the city mana
ger to do so; but there is this differ
ence in favor of the city manager
plan: That the commission carries
out its own will through one of its
own servants. Such is not the case
under the regular commission plan
and an individual commissioner car
defy the entire body, or at least can
neglect to carry out their orders for
the simple reason that he derives his
authority from the same source, and
inasmuch as he is member OF the
governing body himself. he takes part
in the process of giving orders to him
self, which is rather an odd situation
when you come to think of it. There
is really more division of responsible
ity under the commission plan of the
older type, because the administration
is not under a single head, but under
five separate heads.
Toward the end of the editorial you
partment or several departments and
he is directly responsible to the peo-
pie for the conduct of his office" 4
question the truth Of this statement
If this theory is carried out, one of
the fundamental virtues of commission
government is lost, l. e., the unity of
responsibility in the hands of single
mission government, as we understand
it here. is that the commission as a
whole Is charged with the conduct of
the affairs of the CITY, ana that 1t
delegates the supervision OF certain
functions to its individual members.
The latter, therefore, are not respon-
sibe directly to the people, but rath-
er to the commission, just as the city
manager will be in La Grande.
II. T. GILBERTSON.
Executive Secretary National Short
Ballot Organization.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

Somehow cannot tell YOU why
Her glances often met my own.
| offered her a magazine.
She took it with winsome smile.
No princess, nay, any queen,
Has ever had a gentler style.
Her voice was low and soft and sweet
And oh. the depths of her dark
eyes,
To gaze upon her was a treat.
Her every pose glad surprise
I proudly paid for all she ate.
All, what an appetite she had.
We journeyed on from state to state
To give her pleasure made me glad
scorned reserve; my tongue was
loosed.
praised her beauty, which was
rare.
And at the end she introduced
Me to her waiting husband there.
IS. r. Kiser in Chicago Record Her
aid
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

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There Is one ingredient in S. s. s. which
peculiarly stimulates cellular or glandular
activity to select from the blood or from
the fine network of blood vessels In the
skin, those elements which 1t requires for
regeneration.
Thus pimples, acne eczema lupus, or
any Other blood condition that attacks the
skin or seeks an outlet through the skin is
met With the anitdotal effect OF $. s. s.
This Is WIZ skin troubles vanish so
readily and why they do not return. I'm.
der the influence OF s. s. s. this fine net
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stantly selecting from the blood the nutri-
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harmless.
You will be surprised and delighted at
the quick change IL you will use s. s. s.,
the famous blood purifier. Its action In
the skin is quite sensational. These facts
are most fully explained in a book on
skin troubles sent by the Swift Specific
Co, 213 Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. You
will find s. s. s. on sale at all drug stores
Get a bottle to-day and Danish all skin
affections.
When you asl for 8. s. s. look ont for
the common trick Of trying to sell you
something else. Don't be misled.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

o. Agricultural college graduates and
former students are generally uphold
ing the university in its appropriation
fight as is shown by the fact many of
them are on committees now working
for the universlty's welfare They do
this because they recognize that the
cause of education at large should
take precedence over mere institution
al rivalry and that view is right
Oregon can afford both an agricul-
tural college and state university,
but it cannot afford to injure either
school. Vote for the university ap-
preparation and stop the tinkering.
In his letter published today Mr.
Gilbertson makes the amazing asser-
ton that under
We Have Unpaid commission gov
Officials Now. ernment a COM
missioner should
not be directly responsible to the peo-
PIE but should be responsible to the
commission. Therefore he thinks the
city manager plan is better than the
ordinary form of commission govern
ment. But how can a city commits
sion as a whole be held responsible
upless the individual members of the
commission are directly responsible t.
the people and are paid for the work
they do. No chain can be stronger
than its various links Under the city
manager plan the commissioners are
not given salaries and that is one OF
the weak points of the plan. A man
filling a Thank You" job never looks
upon his duties as seriously as he
would if a fair compensation accom-
panied his work. The chief point OF
objection about the council form OF
government is that the officials are
unpaid and do not give as deep atten-
tion as they should to their work I;
an unpaid commission is wanted there
is no need Of departing from the pres
ent system. Pendleton and most other
western towns have unpaid govern
ments now.
The fact the city manager plan may
be supported by the New York view
as Mr.. Gilbertson says does not alter
the case at all. Many things are toll
Grated in New York that would not be
sanctioned for moment in the pro-
gressive west For instance there is
Boss Murphy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20
On the Rialto.

"You call yourself an actor I'd
have you know that | wear the man
tie of Booth"
81 may not wear the mantle OF
Booth" retorted the other but
gotta fur overcoat Yah!"-Kansas
City Journal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

she sat across the aisle from me
We Travelled in a sleeping car
Her face was beautiful to see,
And she and / were going far.
She Travelled all alone, and 1
Was also travelling alone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

Member United Press Association.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20
Not Impressed.
~>>~e~A>%

81 know no north no south, no east
no west" declared the impassioned
orator
'Yod are also badly mixed in sever
al other respects" commented an old
farmer in the Pittsburg
Post
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20
Sure Proof.

How can a girl be sure that a
young man loves her?"
'Oh. there are reliable signs Now
my beau stands for my fathers stale
stories, and even an occasional
touch. Louisville Courier-Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

official City and County Paper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20

And how do you find married
life?"
"A little flat"-Plttsburg Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-10-20
SAME Answer.

And so you married a poor man
after all. What are you living in?"
"a little flat"