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The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
ALLIES HAMMER FOE INCREASINGLY
A German Correspondent Says, For Seven Days and Seven Nights" Poisonous Gases Mingled
 With Bursting Shells.

Berlin. via London. July 1.-The correspondent of the Lokal Anzieger, telegraphing Sunday from German headquarters in France describes the opening of the Anglo-French att tack as follows:
 For seven days and seven nights. guns of all calibres from field guns to long ship guns have unceasingly hammered the German positions, camps and shelters behind constant ly renewed waves of poisonous gas es. The gas drifted over, mingled with shells. which as they burst, threw out corrosive benumbing fumes.
 The country between Ypres and R0ye was one vast hell of fire dur ing the long period of preparations which was double the length of that which preceded the battle in Cham pagne last autumn. The only pauses came when sallies were made to de- termlne whether an onslaught was possible. The Germans first line trenches in many places were com pletely under a hail of missiles, asainst which the best pioneer work was helpless
 Tt came as a relief to the German troops flom an almost unbearable strain when the bombardment Sat urday ceased and strong columns advanced These did not attack the whole front but broad sections on either side of the Somme and Ancre rivers from the British northern sector to La Boiselle. Along the second sector from La Boiselle to the Somme the first line trenches were so demolished that they offered no support for their hard pressed occupants and retirement was de- cided upon and executed. The ruins of Fricourt. Mametz and Curlu, which lay in line with the front trenches. had to be abandoned to the enemy who found here relative ly his greatest success of the first day.
 The sector south of the Somme reaches to Lyons, just south of the Roman road from Amiens to Quen- tin.
 The material left behind in the abandonment of the front trenches was destroyed before retirement The struggle continues along the whole front with enormous violence and the utmost use of artillery both
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
Farmer and Takes More Than Shouting Bring Results
LATINs IN ANTI-u. $. PLEDGE.
MeSiean Cites Agreement AIIeBed to
 Have Been sworn To in 1908.

The City of Mexico, July 4.-An open letter was published yesterday, signed by 5. Cosme zafra, in which an agreement was cited that was said to have been entered into by i9 Latin-Ameriean countries to resist aggression by the United States.
 This agreement is said to have been signed by the representatives of the nineteen countries at Sara gossa, Spain, November t9. 1908. Ac- cording to Zafras letter. the signers swore by the image of the Virgin of the Pillar" to act unitedly in the case of any single country or group of Latin-American republics being threatened by the United States.
 The Church of the Virgin of the Pillar is one of the famous shrines of Spain, built in 1881. The 0ccas- ion of the alleged abreement was the celebration of the centennary of Spain's release from the domination of Napoleon. Zafra states that i9 flags of Spanish-American countries, led by that of Mexico and ended by the national emblem of Chili, were deposited at the foot of the Virgin Pillar as pledge to keep the com pact
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
WORLDS RICHEST WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Hetty Green. Mistress of Fi-
 nance, Dies in New York.

New York. July Mrs. Hetty Green, aged. 80, the worlds wealth. lest woman, died at s:05 yesterday morning. She had suffered three strokes of paralysis during the last two months and for several weeks had been practically helpless. Death occurred at the home of her son, Col Edward H. E. Green, at No. , West Ninetieth street adjoining the plain brick four-story house at No. 2. on the corner of Central Park, West, where Mrs. Green had lived in seclusi0n, except for her son and several Japanese servants and trained nurses. Her son and her daughter, Mrs. Matthew Aster Wilkes, who were the only children. had been with her much of the time and it recently was reported that Mrs. Green had turned over all of her financial affairs to her sons charge
 Estimates of Mrs. Greens fortune range from S20,000,000 to Si00000,000.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
PARDONS GRANTED TO
 TWO INNOCENT NEGROES
Hot Springs Girl Wrote Governor They Were Not Guilty of Charges
 for Which Imprisoned

Little Rock, June 2S.-C5overnor Hays has granted parsious in the case of two Faulkner county ne- groes, Robert Threat and Charley Mitchell, upon the affidavit of the prosecuting witness that they were innocent.
 Threat was convicted of carnal abuse January i6. 1914, and sen tenced to twenty years, and Mitchell was convicted in June, 1913 and sentenced to twenty-one years. Getrude Hollingshead was the wit ness against them. She had been an inmate of the Good Shepherds Home in Hot Springs, since August f, 1913, and on May g last, voluntar- fly made an affidavit to the effect that her evidence against them was untrue. and was gwen at the sug- gestion of another. The Mother Superior, writing the governor, says, "She was placed here for moral and religious training and has made ex- cellent progress. Having embraced religion. she is a devout observer of the same Now that she under stands the principles of Christianity. she is extremely desirous to right the terrible wrong she has unwit- tingly committed by duplicating these poor innocent negroes"
 The governor also pardoned James pinson of Woodruff county. convicted last February of second five years imprisonment.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
 TWO DROWNED AT SHREVEPORT
Young Woman Swimmer Dragged
 Down Would-be Reseuer.

Shreveport, July 4.-Miss Beulah Braden, aged 20, daughter of Lilburn Braden. cashier of a bank, and Att forney +. K. Braugher. an elderly man of Jefferson. Tex, were drowned here Monday evening at a bathing party in Cypress bayou.
 In swimming across a wide part of the stream, where the water was rather cold, Miss Braden was taken ill and was assisted to the bank by Mir. Braugher. who advised her not to venture into the deep water again. Following a rest, however, the young lady, an expert swimmer ven tured again into the bayou, remark ing that she felt fine and I'm game ' About half way across she was again attacked and screamed for help. MT. Braugher swan to her assistance, but was unable to rescue the girl, who grabbed him and carried him below the water as she went under. Both were immediately drowned
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
|austros Shell Italian Coast.

krlin. June 29.-The following krt from the Austrian admiralty led June 24, was received here ersday.
 Austro- Hungarian torpedo boats He'd a factory and a freight train motion. near Guilianove. on the Han east coast. The locomotive Il up, four freight cars were set Sire and several others were 0aged Our warships returned
 hout molestation.
 4he battleshin Lieutenant Balm
 l shot down a hydroplane ad-
 q ing to attack Priests. The Ital- 6 observer was killed and the ench pilot was captured.
 An Austro- Hungarian air squad E successfully b0mbarded the
 Toad bridges and stations at N-Di-Pial and Porto Grade. A zee was hit four times. All our |9planes returned unharmed. An N later French aeroplane was ' down by the Battleship Lieu 1pt Bahnfleld in the Gulf of
 Fst- An armored motor boat of enemy rescued the aeroplane, M occupants of which probably
 E badly wounded,
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
FOUR VILLA FOLLOWERS HANG
They Were Convicted of Participat-
 ina in the Raid on Columbus.

Deming. June 30-Four Villa fol- lowers. convicted of having partici- pated in the raid on Columbus, New Mexico, were executed here this morning in the county jail
 They were hanged in pairs, and the four men were calm as they were led to the gallows to pay the death penalty for their murderous raid on American territory.
 The execution of the four men this morning completes the dispos- ition of the cases of the Columbus raiders. Jose Rodriguez recently was granted a stay of execution and now is serving lfe sentence.
 Company D, of the New Mexico National Guard, was held at the ar mory here in case of an attempted demonstration, but nothing of that sort occurred
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
FARMERS SHOULD SAVE SEED.
Dean J. H. Miller Warns Against
 Danger of AdulteratiOn.

Little Rock, July 4.--Dean J. H. Miller of the University Extension Division, advises the farmers of Ar kansas that it is both extravagant and dangerous to be buying seed every year. He says there is always danger of getting many seeds of noxious weeds. It is reported that in another state ninety per cent of seed oats prot from outside the state last spring had Johnson grass seed. Let Arkansas farmers study the seed question: says he, and save all their own seed of the clov- CTS, alfalfa. rye, wheat. oats. corn and vegetables and save money and thus guard adulterations. A good farmer told the writer recently that he had ten acres of sweet clover that he got along the road side three years ago. The Extension Division is making a campaign for saving Ar kansas seed, If in doubt see the county agent"
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
the Banker and the Business Man Responsibility Farmer
GROW STRAWBERRIES
Are You in on Something That Will
 Bring Prosperity


 To the Readers. of The Star
 If you would succeed in life you should choose that vosation, for which you are especially prepared So with farming, if you expect the best results, you should plant that crop which is best adapted to your soil. Everyone knows that the soil in and near Mena is especially adapted to the growth of strawber- ries. Many berries are being grown, but not in sufficient quantity to pro- duce market, or to ship in car lots.
 That the raising of berries is a paying proposition, need not be dis cussed here. The thing to be done IS for the business men and farmers who own acreage property in or near Mena. to come together and plant a sufficient acreage of ber- ries to produce a market, and there by relieve the financial strain that is so dominant at this season of the year. If you are interested in this movement, meet with the commit tee on July i3 at o'clock D. m. over the Planters State Bank, and be prepared to say how many acres of berries you will plant.
 l would especially appeal to the business men of Mena to interest themselves in this movement. It will furnish employment to the needy, and thereby enable them to purchase supplies for themselves. Nine-tenths of the money thus prot into our community will find it's way into the commercial channels, thereby increasing the volume of business which means profit to the tradesman and prosperity to the farmer.
 Yours for success,
 n H. Al,Aan..
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
TEXAS HEAT UP ID f2i.
Even in the Shade the Thermome-
 ter Broke. It Was So Hot

Columbus, June 2S.-The blister ing summer sun, intensified by the stark desert sands blinding the eyes, will be the first difficulty thousands of militiamen from cooler climes will face on their arrival for border pa trol duty. The high altitude in the El Paso district also may prove troublesome.
 The temperature here yesterday was ii6 degrees. A week ago the thermometer reached i2i in the shade and broke. Altitude and lack of humidity make this bearable here. In fact. it is not more notice able than a temperature of 95 in Chicago or New York.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
"sLACKERs" GET ROUGH DEAL
Eight Stripped by Comrades and
 Painted With Iodine.

Des Moines. Ia, June 29.-Eight Council Bluffs men who refused to take the federal oath as members of the Third Iowa infantry at Camp Lodge yesterday were stripped of their uniforms by their angry com rades and painted with iodine, ac- eording to stories told by the men today while at the court house awaiting orders to appear before Adjutant General Lodan, who will decide what is to be done with them. The men were dressed in old over alls and undershirts, and little else. They probably will be discharged and sent home.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
CLANP|NG AN IRON
 HAND ON BELGIUM
German Efforts to Force Belgians to Work for Invading Army May Block M0rk of Relief Com
 mission.

London, July 4.-In a communica- tion addressed to the Spanish and American ambassadors and the Dutch minister here, as patrons of the Commission for Relief in Bel gium, the foreign office calls atten- tlon to a decree said to have been issued on May i5 by Governor Gen. eral Von Bissing, the German gov ernOr of Belgium creating more stringent laws against Belgium workmen who refuse employment.
 May Block Relief Work.
 The foreign office protested last September, through the patrons of the commission, against the decrees issued by vOn Bissing on August l4 and i6 regarding labor in Belgium. Referring to that protest, the pres ent communication states that at that time the Marquis of Crewe wrote to the patrons that if the Ger man authorities used the machinery |of the commission and that of the Comite National for the purpose of c0erelng the civilian population of Belgium against its will and con- science. directly or indirectly into the service of the occupying army. they must themselves provide the relief which these bodies dispense and all arrangements between the British government and the commis- sion would have to cease.
 In a subsequent letter Sir Edward Grey stipulated that there must be no interference of any kind what ever by the German authorities either with the sale or free distri- button of foodstuffs to those whom the commission and the Comite con- sldered deserving of such relief.
 Violates Promise?
 Replying to this letter. Baron von Der Lancken, civil governor of Brussels, stated in letter to Brand Whitlock, the American minister to Belgium. that the governoriFd-cie Belgium, and the Marquis De Villa lobar, Spanish minister to Belgium, that the governor general, von Bis sing, would never use the Comite as means of forcing the Belgian p0p- GlatiOn to serve the German army, contrary to the stipulations of The Hague convention,
 In August, however, according tC the present communication. the Ger man authorities issued two decrees which provided heavy penalties for those who, having refused work be- come a charge on either private or public relief. Both these decrees contained a clause exempting from their operation those cases where refusal to work was based on con- alterations admitted by internation- al law.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
lJSSIANS CAPTURE 10000 MORE MEN.
.ss al Taken Since Their Offensive suan Is Placed at 2i0,OOO-Paris heeIares Foe Suffered Repulse
 On West Front.

London. June 29.-The capture by Russians of more than 10000 ditional prisoners in the fighting inc southern Russian front, was bounced by Petrogred Thursday. 6s brings the total Russian cap tes-claimed since the Russian of ,siye began--to nearly 2i0,000 of prs and men.
 Heayy fighting in other sectors of front has not caused the intens- of the struggle at Verdun to di- bish Another powerful attack
 E delivered Wednesday night by l Germans near the Thiaumont loubt, north of the citadel. Like preceding assault, this was rcked. the Paris office declares. |n the Champagne a French raid ar Tahure penetrated the Ger ,n positions as far as the second \ of defense, where sheltering rks were blown up.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
A POOR LITTLE GIRL, THIsl
Bertha krupp Last Year Received an
 Income of but S25,000,O0O.

Vienna. July 4.-The annual re- port of the great Krupp Works at Essen says that out of every 100 women employed there 77 claimed relief from the Sick Fund during the year, as compared with 62 men out of every 100.
 The number of women employed by Krupps has risen more than ten- fold.
 Tn August, 1914. just before the war broke out, the company's pay roll included 36,S80 men and only f,2f4 women. At the end of April last these figures had risen to 55,949 men and i2,032 women
 Bertha Krupp, the Cannon Queen. is credited with having received an income from the works last year of more than hundred million marks. OF $25 100000
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
eouRI TO VOTE ON BOOZE.
.0a Filed Assures Prohibition
 "u'hent on November Ballot.

'stsoh City, June 30.-CharIes Ps Pses ; and H. P. Paris of Clinton. t,1a, pl the Missouri Dry Feder- hlraad T'sd a potion bearing 25,f54 'saes raes Tn the secretary of states
 IA b1n0ssseruay os calling for the sub ol ssa a prohibition amendment Slate constitution.
 ffIbsllaltQres fba filed are sufficient sne sreo initiative and the prohi-
 h6au,e 6,eilument huiIent will go upon the
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
QUITS BUYING HOGS. R. NJ. Jones Will Be in Market This
 Fall, However.

R. NJ. Jones, who has bought and shipt several cars of hogs, has dis posed of the last and will purchase no more this summer because of trouble over the sanitary regula- tions. In furnishing an everyday market it is necessary to feed the animals in lots until full car is ready for shipment, and MT. Jones said he was unable to buy or rent ground for this purpose convenient to the railroad where he would be free from protests and interference. He asserts, however, that when cold weather comes he expects to be in the market for every hog that comes to the Mena market.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
TWO GIRL WADERs DROWNED.
A Boy Also Narrowly Escaped From
 An Oklahoma River.

Vian. Ok, July 4.--Minnie Boyd, i3 years old. living at Fort Smith, Ark, and Maud Conley, i2 years old, of Vian, were drowned in the Illi- nOis River near here yesterday. The girls, members of a fishing party, got beyond their depth while wading with q boy of the party about their age. The lad was almost pulled un- der by the struggles Of the two girls. The bodies were recovered
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
SAY LAPS IN MEXICO ENLIST.
A Regiment of Nipponese Formed
 Refugees From T0rre0n Say.

Eagle Pass, Tex. June 30.--Arriv- als here yesterday from Torreon echoed the report that came from Monterey that large numbers of Japanese have joined the Carranza army. It is stated that one full regi- ment of Japanese recently was formed in Southern Mexico and 1t passed through Torreon few days ago enroute to Chihuahua. Many Japanese have been given employ ment in industrial plants where war munitions are being manufactured.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
GERMAN IS ACQUITTED. A
Capt Tauseher Held Blameless in
 the Welland Canal Conspiracy

New York, June 30.-Captain Hans Tausehef, former German army officer and the husband of Madam Gadski. was acquitted by 8 jury here today of conspiracy to blow up the Weiiand canal.
 It was alleged that he was aL ae- complfce of high German consular officials in this country.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
AMERICANS KILLED AT
 CARREZAL BURIED THERE
American Arrival Says Mexicans Lost 26 Killed. 50 Wounded
 And 8 Horses.

El paso. June 30.--All but a few of the Americans who were killed in the fight with Carrancistas near Carrizal, including Captain Boyd and Lieutenant Adair, have been buried in the Carrizal cemetery, govern ment officials here this afternoon were informed by an American ar rival from that place.
 From the same source 1t was learned that the Carranza casual ties in the fight with the Americans were put at 26 killed, 5U wounded and 35 horses killed.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
c.A.sR.R!A.NzA sPURNs VILLA.
The Bandit Cant Join Arms With
 Him. the General Says.

Washington. June 28.-A report that Francisco Villa and a body of his followers are to be mustered into the Carranza army in the event of war with the United States was officially denied here last night by Eliseo Arred0ndo, General Car ranza's ambassador designate here. Mir. Arredondo said he had been ad- vised from the City of Mexico that under no circumstances would Villa or the bandits allied with him be permitted to serve with the de factD troops For more than two months, the ambassadors advices declared Villas whereabouts had been un- known 10 Carranza officials.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
CHANGE IN BANK OF COVE.
R. Golf Sells Interest to r. F. Roark
 of Hatfield

R. Golf, while at Cove last Satur- day, closed deal whereby he dis posed of his interest in the Bank of Cove to F. F. Roark of Hatfield In the reorganization that took place after the sale was consummated, F. F. Roark was elected president, Frank Roark, Jr., vice president, w. c. Martin, secretary and cashier and George ROark, assistant cashier,
 MT. Martin, who has been the cashier since the organization of the bank, and has largely been respon- sible for the growth of the institu- tion and for it's usefulness as force in the development of the commu- nity interests, will continue Ill the active management of the bank, with the assistance of Geoge Roark, a son of the president of the insti- tuition.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
BANKS IN MEXICO TO REOPEN.
Financial Conditions Are Better and
 Exchange Rate Is Higher.

The City of Mexico, July 4.-Banks, exchange houses and brokerage firms which, for the last few weeks. have suspended operations due to a government decree prohibiting them from operating in foreign or ioeal exchange, resumed business today This resumption is due tee tee . dssseisssse s4 by General Carranza nermitting the transaction of general banking busi- nes as the crisis oecasoned over the transfer of the paped money issue has passed The efflchange value of the money has bettered considerably plunge perpendicuIarly, the wings in the last two days.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
SIX DIE IN POWDER EXPLOSION
The Dry House in Pennsylvania Factory Blew Up.

Emporium. Pa, July i.-Six men were killed, one was injured proba- ply fatally and five others were se- verely burned here this afternoon when several thousand pounds of powder exploded in the dry house at the Aetna Explosives Companys plant. The dry house was demol- Ished and the ruins ignited
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
HOW LIEUT.. IMMELMAN DIED.
German Pliers Machine Broke as Hf
 D0dged British Aeroplane.

London, July 1.-The death of Lieutenant Immelman, the famous German aviator. who was killed ifl a combat with British fliers. is de- scribed briefly in the statement given out yesterday by the British aerial board
 According to this account, Lieu tenant Immelman. in Fokker was attempting with another Fokker to attack British aeroplane approaching Annay from Lens, when another British flier appeared and dived on the two F0kkers, causing Lieutenant Immelman to of his machine breaking off
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
775 AMERICAN STEAL OUT OF
 MEXICO UNDER COVER OF DARK
General Nafarrates, Carranza Com mander at TampicO, Threatened to
 Hold All Americans as Hostages.

Galveston, June 29.-Under cover of the night. to avoid eonsummation of General Nafarrates' threat to hold all Americans as hostages, 775 Americans and British refugees boarded the United States tender Dixie off Tampico early Sunday, embarking for the United States, and arriving here early today.
 The tanker Herbert c. Wylie also arrived from Tampico today with i5O refugees aboard, and the steam CT Fort Morgan arrived from Puer- to, Mexico. with 99 Americans on board
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
FLEETS FOUGHT IN THE AIR.
Two German Fokkers Lost in an
 Attack on British Raiders.

Headquarters of the British Army in France, July 2.-An air battle be- tween British raiding fleet and a squadron of twenty German Fokkers occurred over the British front yes- terday while the British attack was under way. The British air fleet at Lille was attacked by the Fokkers and two of them were shot down by InarilIIln gun fire.
The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-06
MADE HERSELF RIDICULOUS.
Member of W0man's Party Inter-
 rupts Presidents Speech.

Washington. July 4.-While Pres ident Wilson was delivering a dedi- catory address in front of the new labor temple here today, Miss Mable Vernon, a member of the new Woman's Party created a stir by interrupting him in a loudly voiced demand as to why the president had tried to block the suffrage move ment.
 The police quieted her. and Pres ident Wilson continued his speech as tho nothing had happened.