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The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
CONGRESS OPENS
 ON LIVING COST
Food Embargo Proposed in Two Measures Offered by Mr. Fitz- gerald-WOmen Ready to Renew
 Fight for General Suffrage.

Washington, Dec. -Four bills designed te touch tue high cost of food were introduced today by Re- presentative Fitzgerald of New York. Two proposed a food embar- go. One would regulate transpor- tation of cold storage food, and another would regulate the admis- sion of farm products and manu- factured fOodstuGfs to the parcel post and reduce the rates on food.
 The enactment of either of the bills" said Representative Fitzger- aid, will bring immediate relief to the country. The people want ac- tiOn: they are heartily tired of talk and Investigations
 A mass of petitions was filed in favor of the legislation.
 One embargo resolution would prohibit exportation of any farm product or manufactured food stuff for one year The other would empower the president to suspend eXportationS whenever prices be- came eXtortionate and public inter- est require.
 Both bills would provide for ship nent of food to Americans abroad or to peoples made destitute by war, pestilence or other extraordi- nary events.
 Interstate transportation of colo storage foods, unless the date oi storage is distinctly marked, would be prohibited, together with an ar- bitrary prohibition of interstate transportation of any product ir cold storage more than ten months except butter, which might be helc longer.
 A bill for free importation ol wheat for seed was introduced by Representative Steenerson, of Min nesota.
 It is intended to supply seed for the Red. River Valley, which has been drawing on Canada, Russia Hungary and Rumania.
 Secretary Redfield Monday sent g report on food prices to the White House. which is understood to show wide differences between the prices paid to producers and those paiC by consuZaers.
 For the time being. the report i, considered confidential and will bt held with many others being made for the president
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07

GOV. HAYS PARDONs FINES.
John kr0enlin and Martin Earl Re-
 lieved of Paying $5l Each.

John kroenlein and Martin Earl, the two young men from Illinois, who were arrested and fined on Monday, November 27, on the charges of having violated the Ar kansas game law and the law relat- ing to carrying concealed weapons, having been fined Sl on the first named otfense and $50 on the sec ond, were relieved of the payment of the fines thru a proclamation is- sued by Governor George w. Hays on Tuesday. Kroeniaia had already made arrangements to pay his fines, and hdc furnished a cash bond in the amount of $l50 for his appear ance at the April term of circuit court to answer to the charge of killing a hog, and had returned home. It is likely that the efforts to get Earl released thru the pay ment of the balance of his costs and the furnishing of a cash bond will now materialize, and he, too, will soon be permitted to return to his home and to his bride of less than a month.
 The governors action in this mat ter meets with the approval of ev- eryone who is familiar with the cir cumstances and conditions connect ed with the arrest and conviction of these young men on these misde- meanor charges. In fact, the opin- ion generally prevails that it would have been sufficient to have held them on the felony charge of kill ing a hog and appropriateing it tC their own use, for it seemed very evident that the young men got into the chain of trouble not because ol malicious intent buf largely thru thoughtlessness and thru a lacl. ol knowledge of the ways of the world Even with the remission of the fine of S5i each, the experience was ar expensive one to the boys and their folks back in Illinois, the costs 1T each case having amounted tC S2S60. aside from the cash bond o' St5O
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
NOW EAT RABBITS.
Texas to Develop New Industry, It
 Is Planned.

Austin. Tex, Dec, 3.-The Texas State Department of Agriculture has decided to take up the task of creating countrywide demand for rabbit meat.
 It is expected that not less than 100000 Texas born and reared rab- bits will be shipped to northern and eastern markets during the next winter months. The depart ment believe Texas revenues will be materially increased by the traf- iie i'll jack rabbits and cotton tails. Commissioner of Agriculture Fred w. Davis says they are quoted at higher price than turkey and chick ems i'll some cities.
 Already the department has re- eeiyed orders for two carloads.
 Texas rabbits generally have been considered nuisances As a result a bounty of , cents per head is paid for their destruction. The ag- rieultural department thinks 1t it will have no trouble in getting large shipments to the East, but to give impetus to it's plans, intends to give a big rabbit dinner here soon.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
WHAT WILL NINA
 DO ABOUT THIS?
Hugo, Ok. Is Interested in BuiIiina Railroad to Conenct With the Kansas City Southern at This
 Point-Mayor Corresponding.

Mayor J. II. Hamilton, under date of December 3, received a commit nication from parties in Hugo, Ok, in reference to a railroad that is in contemplation from Hugo first to Atoka and thence from Hugo to some point on the Kansas City southern railway, and it seems from the communication that there is decided preference for Mena as the point at which to strike the K. c. s. A mass meeting was held in Hugo Monday night to promote the proposition, and the information comes that parties in Heavener were on hand to present the claims of that city as the proper point at which to strike this railroad Mir. Hamilton wired the interested par ties in Hugo that Mena was in the field for the new road, and in addi- tion he sent a letter which went more into detail on the matter of tiit hiidt itl Jildb ID dlltduy llclu lOA a road from Mena to Hot Springs, and which would be the natural continuation of the road if built from Hugo to Mena. Even before this matter has been under consid- eration, Mir. Hamilton had been in correspondence with parties in Hu- go as to the advisability of building a road from this Oklahoma terri tory to Mena and thence to Hot Springs. If there are Mena folks who are interested in taking up the proposition with the commercial club of Hugo, fuller information can be secured from Mayor Hamil- ton
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
BAFFLED MAN AND DOGS.
Large Party Spent Night in Chase of
 Fox or d "What-Ts-It?."

Lovers of the fox chase were out in force Tuesday night in an effort to capture a sly old fox, wild cat or "What-is-it" that seems to be mah- ing its headquarters in the valley north of Mena, and thus far las baflled all efforts of h1hters and the pack of dogs. Those in the party last night were J. H. Hamil- ton, A. McMillan w. L. Parker, D. A. Hazel, Gene Davis, w. H. Davis, George Haines, w. l.. Smith, Her. bert Parker, Will Mcdonald and Aubrey Mcdonald, and they had with them a pack of twelve hounds some of them being among the best fox hounds in the country. The dogs struck the trail early in the evening, and some of them kept up the chase until about { o'clock in the morning. The entire horseshoe drive was patrolled by the men and dogs, and the chase was confined almost entirely to the territory embraced within the drive, tho once or twice the animal circled onto College Hill and thence to the McCann homestead, but each time returning to its stamping ground on the north part of the Star Farm. The hunters have about concluded that the animal is not fox, but that it is either a wildcat or one of the wolves that escaped from Jansen park a year or so ago.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
VILLA DRIVEN OUT
 OF CHIHUAHUA CITY
Generals Ozuna and Mufgnia Take Possession After Routing the Ban ditS-NO Americans Killed, but
 No Mercy shown Chinese.

Juarez, Mexico Dee. 4.-After holding Chihuahua City less than a week, Francisco Villa and his bandit forces were driven out in fighting Saturday and Sunday by de faeto troops under the command of Generals Carlos Ozuna and Francis co Murguia.
 Ozuna's army, which approached the city from the south was joined by the remnants of General Ire who's garrison which fled in that direction after their rout by the bandits last Monday. Murguia's command came from the direction of Torreon and joined 0zuna just before the attack began.
 No Americans Killed
 Gen. Francisco Gonzales, brigade commander here, announced the establishment of telegraphic communication with Chihuahua City. He said the telegram from Ozuna, announcing the victory, was dated at the state capital.
 A private message received here said that no Americans had been killed in Chihuahua City by the Villistas. The only foreigners to suffer were the Chinese, for whom, it is said, Villa showed no mercy.
 Not Warning on Americans.
 A Mexican refugee who left Chi huahua City after it's fall to Villa said that he had seen a proclama- ton issued by Villa in which the bandit called upon the people to unite with him against Carranza, but made no reference to Ameri- cans.
 In proof of his magnanimity he cited the ease of his old personal enemy, Jose Ynez Salazar, saying that he released Salazar from pris- on in his assault on Chihuahua City September i6 and gave him a bri- cade command.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
WILSON RENEWED RECOMMENDATIONS
preSSes for K. R. Bills but Elimin- ates Proposal That Congress Give ApprovaI to Considerations of
 c. C. of Rates.

Washington, Dec. 5.-President Wilson's address at the opening of ihe session of Congress today was wholly devoted to domestic sub iects. principally the problem of railway legislation.
 In the Hall of the House with Senators and Representatives as sembled in joint Session, President Wilson in accordance with the cus- tom he began at the opening of his term read his address rom the clerks desk.
 The President not only renewed his recommendation for legislation 10 prevent nation wide railway strike or lockout before there has been opportunity for investigation, but defended it against the attack of organized labor as nothing arbi- trary or unjust and the "justifiable safeguarding by society of the ne- cessary processes of it's very life
 Aside from recommendation for the passage of the Porto Rico gov ernment bill, the corrupt practices bill and the Webb bill to legalize American collective selling agencies abroad, the Presidents address was devoted wholly to the railroad slt- uati0n The only feature which had not been forecast was the elimina- ton of the proposal that congress give explicit approval to eonsidera- ton by the Interstate Commerce Commission of an increase in freight rates to meet additional ex- penditures by the railroads caused by the operation of the Adamson law.
 Today, the President took the po- sition that the power of the Inter- state Commerce Commission to grant an increase of rates on the grounds referred to is indispuatbly clear and a recommendation by Congress with regard to such matter might seem to draw in question the scope Of the commissions authority or its inclination to do justice when there is no reason to doubt either"
 The other recommendation on the railroad situation made in a special message during the las. sss- sion, which were not put into law, were renewed today.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
h. c. $. SUES COUNTY
 AND CITY OFFICIALS
Would Restrain Them From Max ing Their New Train Stop
 at GraVette.

Fort Smith. Dee. 3.-Suit for an ordinance restraining officials of Grayette, and of Benton county from interfering with the operation of a new fast mail train known as No f. which made it's first run Sunday was filed in United States District Court Saturday by the Kan sas City Southern Railroad
 J. R. Dunagan, mayor; George Lake, city marshal of Grayette; John Cooms, prosecuting attorney, Sid Jackson, sheriff, George Lakin, constable; David Carter and L. Aus tin. justices of the peace, are named defendants.
 The company charges it has reas- on to believe the officials contem- plate penalizing the railroad com pany S25 daily for not stopping the train at Gravette. 4 law passed by the 1913 legislature providing for stopping all Kansas City Southern trains at Grayette is attacked as unconstitutional by the suit
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
 TYPHUS SWEEPS TURK ARMY.
Fever Epidemic Killing LOGO Hena
 Day a Dispatch States.

New York, Dec. 2-Soldiers in the Turkish army in Syria are dying from typhus fever at the rate of one thousand a day according to a dispatch from that country, for warded thru Port Said and given out by the Ameriean committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. In ad- dition to the famine from which the people of Syria are long reported to have been suffering, epidemics of both typhus fever and cholera are sweeping over the country, the dis patch says.
 The type of cholera is mild, hut the typhus fever is a sudden, fatal kind. which spreads so rapidly many houses are swiftly depopu- lated by il" the message said. Its havoc among the troops is inde- seribable, as many as a thousand dying i'll a day
 It is not confined to any one re- zion, but extends from Aleppo, on the northern border of the Arabian desert, to the Arish river, on the Egyptian border. The doctors have not attempted to combat it, as there are no drugs or remedies in the country"
 The committee announced it has increased it's orders for drugs and chemical supplies to be sent on the naval collier Caesah, leaving here for Beirut about December 20, but adds there is imperative need of the speedy sending of more adequate material with which to fight epi- denies. 4st
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
GIad to Get Rack to Mena.

W. W. Brown. of the firm of Kel- ly-Stratton Company, returned on Tuesday afternoon from Canada, where he had been looking after his interests since early in July. Mir. Brown has had little opportunity to enjoy the exceptionally fine eli mate prevailing in Mena, this sum- mer, fall and winter, having just returned from a trip to Indiana a short time before starting on the trip to Canada. His first inquiry upon stepping from the train yes terday was; Has the weather been this fine all fall and winter?' adding that it was certainly different than where he came from.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
NATIVE RESISTANCE TO U. s.
 INVASION C0USES BLO0DSHED
Marines Wounded and DOminicans Shot in Clash Over Their
 Disarmament.

Washington, Dec. 4.-In an en- counter between American marines and natives at Macoris, Santo De- mingo. November 20 a number were wounded on both sides. The heavi- est losses were suffered by the De- minicans. The affair was reported to the navy department Monday by Captain Knapp, commanding the forces in Haiti and Santo Domingo.
 The dispatch said no Americans were killed and that only few marines were injured. It did not indicate the number of the native losses. The fight occurred while the Americans forces were invest ing Macoris, disarming the natives and establishing themselves, in ac- cordance with the military rule re- gently proclaimed
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
Mothers Club in Session.

A most enthusiastic meeting of the Twentieth Century Mothers Llub was held Saturday afternoon, December ?, at "The Oaks" with ars. F. E. DeLongy and Mrs. N. R. oneal, at which time the following program was rendered:
 Reading, Mothers of Men" Mrs. frank Tomlinson.
 Poem, The Calf Path" Mrs. c. B. Naii. This poem brought out a nice moral, which Mrs. Nall discussed. Poem William Wadsworth), She was Phantom of Delight" Mrs. Graham.
 Marriage" Shakespeare's sonnet, read and discussion led by Mrs. F. E. DeLongy.
 Reading, The College Woman, Mrs. Leroy Neal.
 Song, Speak Gently" quartette, Mrs' M. B. Legate, Mrs. Frank Tom ,Mlhson, Mrs. David E. Dodd and Mrs.
 At this meeting Mrs. T. NJ. Fletch- er was elected second vice president puu anu Mrs. M. B. Legate entered upon ner duties as treasurer.
 noe lhe closing number for the after Wn'.. uVpn was a solo, q Will Wear a nase nnnlse Flower for You, Mother nh' Jear' by Mrs. Nj. B. Legate, and nTnorus, Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, Mrs
 qTIu T, <, Dodd and Mrs. N. R. Oneal. hon ne next meeting will be Decem- ConnelI. " '
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
TAGEBLATT SEES TIME WHEN
 PEACE WILL BE POSSIBLE F
"Of Course, Those Who Consider a Business Peace Mustn't Return
 Home Empty Handed." IL Says.

London, Dee. 5.-The Berlin Tage- blatt is quoted by an Amsterdam correspondent as saying:
 The moment is near when a busi- ness peace will be possible, a peace which the allies and central powers can discuss in view of the securities they possess.
 "Of course, those who consider such proposal must not be allowed to return home empty handed.
 The status quo ante bellum is im- possible since the independence of Poland is proclaimed, but it is re- markable that the number of Ger mans who wish to annex Belgium has shrunk recently to almost noth- ing, while the pan-Germans are ready to listen to word 'paciflcism' without protest"
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
JOHN ARCHBOLD
 DEAD AT NY. HOME
President of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey Had Been III Less Than Two Weeks-Ap.
 pendicitis Was Fatal.

Tarrytown, Dec. 5.--John D. Arch bold, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, died at his home in this city this morning after a brief illness resulting from an op- eration for appendicitis.
 Since Saturday morning his con- dition has been such as to cause the grayest fears for his recovery, and yesterday he was reported as resting we'll, though still in a critical condi- tion.
 His death at an early hour this morning was not unexpected.
 Archbold was 6S years Of age and was a native of Ohio.
 In early life he was an oil refiner and buyer in western Pennsylvania and became associated with the Rockefeller interests in 1875,
 He was ill less than two weeks.
 John D Archbold was almost as closely identified with the history ol the Standard Oil as John D. Roeke- felIer himself. Of the first nine trustees of the trust formed il 1882 he alone remained in this ca pacity until it's dissolution in 1911 al the order of the United States Su- preme Court, and it was he who was named to engineer the dissolution after which he became President and director of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey He was the most active and aggressive fighter i'll the oil combine, and invariably re- presented the Standard Oil on the witness stand in the numerous hearings in connection with the gov ernmenEs snifs fn dissolve il
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
HOGAN OLIVER PICKS AIDS.
Retired From Sheriff of Ashley Co.,
 to Become State Auditor,

Retired From Sheriff of Ashley Co.
 to Become State Auditor, Special to The Star
 Little Rock. Dee. i.-Hogan Oli- yer, who retired as sheriff of Ash ley county last week, after serving three terms, has been in Little Rock for several days, arranging his of flee force which will serve under him when he becomes state audi tor on January s. Mir. Oliver will bring with him from Hamburg, Mr. smith, who has been his chief de- putty sheriff, and will become Depu- ty State Auditor Bruce T. Bullion, former private secretary to Gov. c. w. Donaghey, now a clerk to the Tax Commission, will be Insurance Commissioner, ande Ceburn Brooks, oditor of the Searcy Citizen, will be printing clerk. Mrs. Shewmake of Malvern, who was connected with the office for a number of years under John R. lobe, will be sten0grapher.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
Shutting the Door to the Driuker.

From The Kansas City Star.
 The opportunities for the man who drinks are narrowing all the time. The railroad won't have him. The shop, the factory, the store do not want him; and now the drinking policemen and firemen must go, The mayor and city council of Jop- lin, Mo, decreed this week that city firemen and policemen who take even one drink, on or of duty, shall be discharged. The heads of the Chicago police have just announced that the man who does not drink will be given prefer ence over the man who does. James Couzens, millionaire Detroit police commissioner, announces: "Appll- cants for jobs must not drink"
 Booze is on its last legs.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
Women Ready for Fray.
Card of Thanks.

We take this means of expressing our heartfelt gratitude to the good friends and neighbors who were so kind, helpful and sympathetic to US during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother. Especi- ally do We desire to express our gratitude to Mrs. Oliver Johnson and Mrs. William Driscoll, who were so constant in their loving service. May Gods richest blessing come to them is our prayer.
 R. H. Hughes
 Mrs. Lillie Scoyille.
 Mrs Myrtle Neff.
 w. D. Hughes.
 s. A. Hughes.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
10 SAVE
 BUCHAREST FAIL
With Rumanian Capital Practically Surrounded the Invading Armies Are Overcoming All Resistance
 Figures on Wars Toll.

London, Dec. 5.-The fate of Bucharest apparently is sealed. The Teutons advance toward It is going on unchecked, Rumanian attempts to stop it having been unsuccessful admits the Russian official state- ment.
 petrograd also mentions ploescl, B miles north of Bucharest, as an- other point in the direction of which the invading armies are moving without effective opposition. plo- esei Is on the line of the only rail- road route of retreat for the Ru- manians operating in the vicinity of Bucharest.
 The threat to ploesci seemingly means the speedy evacuation of Bucharest if the Rumanians hope to make an effective retreat over the railroad line toward Moldavla. On the south of the capital Field Mar shal Von Mackensen's DanuDe army was reported yesterday within F miles of the city. The Rumanian first army, opposing the Teutonic advance from the west, is declared by Berlin Co have been decisively de- feated on the Argechu. From the northwest the Austro-Germ arm ies pushing from the mountain passes are aiding materially in Che effort to complete the enyelopine process and break thru to the Ru- manian line of retreat.
 On the Macedonian front the Ser bians are following up their victory in the Grunshte region and have captured the village of Stravina. The Bulgarians are reported retreat;ng northward apparently having eNac- uated and set on fire the village of Zovik.
 Berlin Estimates Entente's Losses,
 Berlin, Dee 5.-The total losses Of the entente in the present war have been i5,i0O,000, according to figures given out by the Association for Re- search of the War. of Copenhagen, as quoted in an Overseas News Agency statement today
 Of this number says the news agency summary of the report, Great Britain has lost 100000 men, Russia 5,500000, France 3,700,000, It. ally S00,000, Serbia 4S0000, Belgium 220.000 and Rumania 100000"
 Lloyd-George to Quit.
 London, Dec. 5.--The Exchange Telegraph Company says that War Secretary Lloyd George has decided to resign
 The Serbs Advancing.
 London, Dec. 5.-The Serbians have won further successes in the Cerna region and have carried the village of St. Ravina by assault, cap turing two howitzers, according te an official statement issued by the Serbian war office, dated Monday. The statement says that the village of Zovik. five miles north of Gran eshte, is in flames and the Bulgafians are retreating northward.
 Gain and Lose.
 Berlin, Dec. 5.-British patrols fol- lowing up mine explosions, succeed ed in entering German trenches along the front in Belgium thIs morning at some points, the war of flee ansouneed today, but were un- able to maintain themselves there.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-07
Texan Moves to Oklahoma.

H. w. Brock, who came to Polk county about a year ago from St. Joe, Tex, locating on a farm near Board Camp, loaded out his house. hold goods and farm implements and stock Tuesday for shipment to Corrine, Ok, near where he has rented a farm Mrs Brock and the children left for the new home last Sunday, and Mir. Brock got the car loaded out so that he left Tuesday night