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The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
LADOR'S SUPPORT
 TO GOVERNMENT
At Convention in Minneapolis Pledg- eS of Fealty Were Given and the PacifiStS and Pro-Germans Were
 Warned in Loyalty Conference.

Minneapolis, Sept. 4.-Organized Labor mobilized it's representatives here today for the double purpose of pledging hearty support to the gov ernment and sounding a warning to pacitists and pro-German propa- gandists by means of big loyalty conference under the auspices of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
 The red. white and blue" special bearing delegates from the east leaders of various labor organiza- lions and a number of former social ist party members-was given a rousing welcome today as it rolled into Minneapolis for the three day patriotic convention which opens tomorrow.
 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor and chairman of the alliance, will arrive here tonight and probably will be a speaker al tomorrow nights meet ing.
 Delegates express disappointment that the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace, was barred from holding it's pro posed conference in Minnesota
 Our members were anxious Go meet these pacifists face to face and answer their pro-German aPgu- ments, said Chester NJ Wright, publicity manager.
 American labor's part in the world war will be discussed from all an gles by score of speakers in cluding Charles Edward Russell, Clarence Darrow. Frank P. Walsh. John Spargo and Hugh Frayne.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06

MENA BOY AN AVIATOR
Joseph Parrish Could Have Been
 Captain But Chose Aviation.

Joseph Parrish, son of Mrs. John Chambers arrived Saturday from Cleveland, O., to spend few days with homefolks and Mena friends. before reporting for duty as cadet aviator He expects to have to re- port for service in Italy within the next two months. MT. Parrish had attended the officers training camp at Fort Harrison, Ind, and at the close could have had captaincy in the field artillery or a second lieu tenancy in the regular army but he gave up both for service in the avi- alton branch, which appealed to him the strongest. and which he had decided to make his life work. He had been in the training school at Columbus. O., and his training will be completed in the flying school in Italy.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
sEsCADRLLE CUBAINE' TO
 SEE SERVICE IN FRANCE
This Aviation Corps Will Form the First Body of Fighting Men
 From Cuba.

Havana, Cuba, Sept i-Colonel Manuel Coronado, member of the Cuban Senate and editor of the newspaper La Discussion, has added new phase to Cuba's alliance with the United States in the war against Germany by organizing an aviation unit which, it is announced will be offered to France, with complete equipment. in the near future.
 Tho other means of cooperation have assumed shape here since Cubas declaration of war against German on April s, last. it is be- lieyed probable. from the enthusi- asm shown by it's members, that the 'Escadrile Cubaine,' as the flying unit will be called, will be the first body of fighting men from Cuba to serve on French soil.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
NO WASTE OF CAR SPACE.
No Less Than 6 Bales of Cotton C
 Be Shipped in a Car.

New York. Sept. 3.-An order pro- hibiting the shipping of cotton in quantities less than 65 bales a car land requiring as many more to be added as the size of car will per init has been issued by the Rail- roads War Board Notice has been sent to buyers of cotton with a re- quest that they place orders on a basis of not less than 65 bales or multiples thereof.
 The movement of the cotton crop, which is scheduled to begin this fall at a time when "a combination of government and commercial busi- ness will be bringing a tremendous pressure 10 bear on the railroads, 7 was given as the reason for the orr der in a statement issued by Fair- fax Harrison, chairman of the board.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
HOW NEUTRAL NATIONS SUFFER
Norway Lost 2l Ships, With 25
 Persons Killed, Missing.

London, Sept i-Aecording to Norwegian advices, 2l merchant ships. with an aggregate tonnage of more than 1000, were lost during August.
 Twenty-three persons were killed and five are missing.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
REPORT ON EXEMPTION IS IN.
Of 90, i6 Were Exempted, 90 Ac- cepted, No Recommendation on 2i.

Judge Wright prickett on Satur- day transmitted to the District Board in Fort Smith the aflidayits together with his recommendation on the claims for exemption which had been filed before the district board by 94 of the Polk county reg istrants. There are still some more claims on which he must secure aili- dayiis. Out of the 90 on which he made report, he recommended that i6 be exempted, 50 accepted, and on 2i he made no recommendation.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
British Official Report.

London, Sept. i-"The enemy's artillery showed great activity dur ing the night northeast of Ypres. says todays official statement We advanced our lines slightly north west of St. Julien We carried out q schedule raid last night. directly north of Lens. Our troops killed number of Germans and captured several prisoners. A hostile raiding party was driven off south of La Bassee"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
DROP POISONED CANDY.
German Airmen Said to Have
 Caused Death of Children.

Plymouth, Mass, Sept. 2.--German airmen, flying by night over a French town near Rheims recently dropped poisoned candy, causing the death of many children who ate it, according to q letter from Brewnlee B. Gauld, a former Harvard Uni versity student, who now is driving an ambulance on the western front. The letter aIse states that the Ger fnaffs are feontinually shefling hns4 pitals.,, .esas 70l 2u71
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
MORE TOR POLK co. SCHOOLS
win Receive Si3.S77.65 This Year as
 Against Si3,ii9.27 Last Year.

In the apportionment of the com mon school fund and the National Forest Reserve fund Polk county se- cures Si3,S7765 as against Si3tl927 in 1917, an increase of S72S.3S. In the apportionment for i9i1 Si2.65i.- 2S comes from the common school fund and Si,223.37 from the Arkan- sas National Forest Reserve. The apportionments from these funds in 1916 were Si2, ,30992 from the school fund and $S39.35 from the Forest Reserve fund The total enumera- ton of children of school age in Polk county is 5,969, and the ap- porlionment per capita S212
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
Austrians Cry for Aid.

Geneva, Sept IA dispatch from Innsbruck says that after several urgent appeals Field Marshal yon Hindenburg has consented to send two divisions of Bayarian troops from the Russian 10 the Isonzo front to strengthen the Austrian defense. The Skoda factory, the dispatch adds is working 24 hours a day t0 supply heavy artillery in order to protect Hermada Heights. the key In Iriesi
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
FROM ST. LOUIS BY AUTO.
Dr. C. E. Holt Win Open Offices in
 LOchidge Block.

pr. C. E. Holt, accompanied by his son, Norris, and by his friend. John helleher, arrived in Mena Sunday from St. Louis, making the trlp by automobile Mrs. Holt is coming thru by train, and will stop for a visit at the home of Dr. Holt's brother in Fort Smith. The doc tors car of household goods and of flee fixtures arrived Saturday, and were unloaded Monday. Dr. Holt will open an office in the suite of rooms over the Hoehener jewelry store, formerly occupied by Dr. L. o. Dickson and he and his family will live in the Freeman Johnson resi- dence 1907 Port arthur avenue.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
FORCING SERBIAN
 GIRLS ID HARENS
Ten Thousand Victims of From 10 to if Years Have Been Taken by Turks and Bulgarians-Little
 Hope of Rescue.

London, Aug i5 By Mail Ten thousand Serbian girls from i0 to fl years old have been kidnapped and deported from Serbia to the harems of Constantinople, to Bulgaria and Asia Minor, say advices received by NJ. pasitch, the Serbian premier, who is now in London.
 These deportations,n NJ. pasitch said, have been going on since Feb ruary, 1916, but the number was very limited until a few weeks ago Now it has been systematized under Bulgarian controllers, and it Is i'm possible to predict how far it will go
 Eight thousand girls have been sent to Constantinople, and two thousand more to Bulgaria and Asia Minor. Prisoners whom we have taken on the Saloniki front tell us that the traffic in our girlhood has grown to be a byword in Bulgaria and Turkey.
 Taken From Small Villages.
 ''fhe girls are kidnapped and talk en away secretly, particularly from the smaller villages, until at pres ent dozens of small towns have been quite denuded of the young female population.
 T do not think that the Turks are the actual instigators of this gross violation of the rules of civ ilized warfare. All our information indicates that the Bulgarians are the prime movers and the Turks only incidental beneficiaries of the traf- fife.
 The girls are too young to be of any use for laboring purposes: be- sides neither Turkey nor Bulgaria is seriously handicapped for labor, and in Turkey the use of young women for outdoor work is practi- Ically unknown.
 Little Hope of Saving Victims.
 Tt is very difficult for us to do anything 10 help these unfortunate victims. Our affairs in Constantine ople and Sofia are now in the hands of the Dutch government. and we have made the most earnest possible protests thru that government. But you know how difficult it is to get any action from Turkey We have suggested. for instance, that some scheme of reparation he put into effect immediately; that the girls should be placed beyond the war zone. But I fear it is too late to save them and that we can only wait in patience until peace comes.'
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06

If you feel bad. if you are ''biue. ' tired and discouraged. without ap- parent reason, you need Prickly Ash Bitters, the system purifier. It re- stores action in the torpid liver, cleanses the stomach, helps diges- tion. drives out gas and fermented matter in the bowels, and brings back that fine feeling of strength. vim and cheerfullness which belongs only Co perfect health. Jackson Drug & Furniture Co. and Gunnels Drug Store. special agents. Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
PREPARE FOR SORGHUM CROP
Farmers Are Daily Taking Out
 Buckets in Quantities.

Almost daily farmers are in Mena getting supplies to take care of the large syrup crop which is going to be made in Polk county this fall On Monday ] H. Scott bought six eases of buckets, i36 to the case, to be used in taking care of his crop. T. Il. Jones, in from Big Fork today. took out two cases, D. |. Taylor from Two-Mile Monday arranged for three cases, and l.. II. BaiIy took out one case.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
lO7 DEAD IN AIR
 RAID ON ENGLAND
I'ermans Make Successful Attack on Military and Naval Establish ments-ltalian Score in
 Air Raids.

Washington, Sept. i-While the major operation of the Germans in the Riga district of the Russian front and the great Italian cam paign for Triet continues to fur nish the chief developments of mill iiary interest the German authori- ties have caused a momentary di- version by directing a spectacular air raid on the English coast appar- ently directed at one of the princi- pal British naval bases, says the Associated Press.
 W neither British naval property suffered to any extent from the raid has not yet been made apparent. It lis known, however, that airplanes engaged in the operation reached Chatham, the site of extensive miIi- tary and naval establishments. 90 miles southeast of London, and that i01 men of the naval establishment were killed and S6 wounded
 All the six German machines par ticipating in the raid appear to have escaped, altho they were engaged by British aircraft and anti-aircraft guns as they swept up the Thames estuary to Chatham
 The report of Lord French, com manding the British home forces, covering all ground except under admiralty control. states that only slight damage was done The casu- alties, he reports, are one civilian killed and six injured. The naval casualties were reported by the sec retary of the admiralty and nc men, ton was made of the damage, if any, to naval property.
 Italians Score in Air Raid.
 Meanwhile the Italian air service seems 10 have effected notable dam age upon the Austrian naval base al pola. Rome reports the dropping of nine tons of bombs by 30 Italian airplanes on pOla. causing heavy damage and large fires.
 Press dispatches from the Austro- Italian front state the Italians are continuing their steady advance in the operation for Triesl. pushing their lines ahead in the Brestovizza valley in the district south of Cor izia and working forward eastward over the great Bainszza plateau. The fall of Monte San Gabrielle, the chief remaining vantage point of the Austrians, aside from their Carso stronghods, is considered only a matter of time, as the Italians con- tinue steadily creeping up the slopes.
 There has been no renewal of the Flanders fighting on large scale as yet, altho the intensity of tiie afftti;l- lery fire suggests that this is inn pending. The British, however, are biting further into German positions at points on this front and today a slight advance of the British lines northeast of St. Julien is announced
 Kaiser on Rigas Capture.
 Berlin. Sept. 4-Emperor William has sent the following telegram to the Empress:
 Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria reports the capture of Riga by our troops, which is new mile- stone of German strength and uner- ring will to victory May God help us further"
 The emperor also sent a telegram of congratulations Go Prince Leopold.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
YOUR WIFE CAN USE IT.

1T you are away from home and one of your horses takes the collie your your Wife can treat him if she has Farris. Collie Remedy in the house.
 Just drop it on the horses tongue a and m thirty minutes he is relieved. oet It today. You may need it to- morrow. Thocker Grocery Adv
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
WHEAT S2.2O AND
 l4-Oz. LOAF 5C
Price of Grain Set by President Will son for 1917 Crop-The Farmers Wanted $2.50 and the Laborer
 Representative SfSi.

Washington, Aug 3l-A reduction Tn the price of bread is in sight to- day as the result of the fixing of S2.20 at Chicago as the price of the 1917 wheat crop. The licensing system for flour and bread dealers soon will be put into effect, and al tho not extending to the small deal CT the food administration is ex- peeted to find a way to hold down bread prices.
 Members of the price-fixing com mittee are agreed that a price of S2.20 will permit a i4-ounce loaf of bread for five cents, allowing fair profit to both the flour manufactur- CT and the baker.
 How Price Was Reached
 A price of S2.20 bushel was fixed for the 1917 crop of wheat by presi- dent Wilson last night on the rec ommeadation of the wheat price committee headed by Dr. II. A. Gar field The basis will be No north ern spring wheat, delivered at Chi cago.
 Representatives of the producers began by voting for a price of S2 50 and labors representative for Sf.S4. The two extremes eventually mar roowed down until the votes were only few cents apart and most of yesterdays voting showed only a slight difference. Both factions ap- peared uncOmpromising at the start.
 How Wheat Has Ranged.
 During the last ten years the highest average price paid to pro- ducers for wheat was the June |, price, 1917, practically S2.49 per bushel. Up 10 the persent time the price has ranged between a mini mum Of I6 cents paid iii December, 1912, to the above maximum.
 On the basis of $220 at Chicago the food administration worked out differentials for the various grades and classes and for several termin- als.
 The price fixed is twenty cents higher than that named for the 1918 crop by congress in the food control bill. The S200 price set by congress was taken into consideration by the committee in considering a fair val uation for this years crop.
 In a statement accompanying the announcement of the price Presi- dent Wilson declared it is the hope of the food administration and his own as well, that the fixing of a price will stabilize the market and keep prices within moderate bounds for all transactions during the cur rent year.
 The price of flour and bread, too, the President declares will be kept down.
 No 1 dark hard winter, SPA; hard winter basic. S220: red winter basic, S2.20; yellow hard winter. $2:i6; soft red winter, s2.iS; dark northern spring, S2.2i; red spring, S2iS; humpback, S2i0; amber durum, s2.2i: durum basic, s2.20; red durum, S2i3: red walla, S2.i3; hard white basic, S220; soft white, S2.i8; white club, $2.i6; No ? of each grade is three cents less; No. 3, six cents lower; No 4, ten cents less
 Market Bases.
 Relative market bases. Chicago, Galveston. New Orleans basic; Kan sas City and Omaha, five cents less than basic; Duluth and Minneapolis three cents less; St Louis two cents less: New York ten cents more than basic: Baltimore and Philadelphia nine cents more; Buffalo, five cents more.
 The basic grades are Nos. 1 hard winter, red winter and northern spring.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
CORPORATION TAxEs RAISED.
TOmlinson Bros. Plant Will Pay on
 Si0.000 Advance of S2,500.

The Arkansas Tax Commission has completed the assessment of rail- raods and public utility properties in the state, and the increase is S26, 070,377 oyer 1916 The Kansas City Southern was raised from S4,Si7,- 32S to S5,38096S. or S563,8i0. The Tomlinson Bros Electric Light com pany was raised from S7,500 to Si0,- GOO.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
THE LOSSES IN ONE WEEK.
l9,sll British Were Killed or Died
 of Wounds Received.

London. Sept i.-The British cas- uallies reported during the past Week are i5,6i4. Killed or died of wounds, divided as follows. officers, Soi' men, 3,880 The wounded or missing numbered ii,37O divided as follows: officers. S46. men. iO.52t
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
GRANT WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
However, Mexican Women Must Be
 Educating and Self-snpporting.

Mexico City. Sept. 1.-The legis- Iature of Guanajoto has granted woman suffrage with the restriction that the women voters must be able to read and write and must be self supporting.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
BLAMED FOR LOF
 RUSSIAS DEFEATS
M. Soukhomlinoif, Cars War Min iSter Now Is on Trial for High Treasm-Awful COndi-
 ton at Front.

Petrograd, Sept 1 delayed At Saturdays hearing at the trial of M. Soukhomlinoh, former minister of war. and his wife, who are charged respectively with high treason and as an accomplice in the crime, a startling denunciation of NJ. Soukhomlinof was made by NJ. Rodzianko, president of the Duma, whose testimony amounted to a di- rect accusation against the former minister.
 Mr Rodzianko testified that long before the war NJ. Soukhomlinoif s activity alarmed the Duma, which perceived his criminal negligence ill the organization of the army He said that when the situation at the front became threatening owing to lack of ammunition and the Duma sounded the alarm and appealed to the workers, NJ. Seukhomlinoif at first feigned great interest, but soon began to organize a systematic re- sistance to the efforts of the depu- ties for a betterment of conditions. This resistance aggravated the ter rible situation of the army, which found itself compelled to fight with out arms. In March former Grand Duke Nicholas declared continuation of the war under the conditions i'm possible.
 Awful Conditions at Front.
 T then went to Galicia," said Ms Rorzianko, and what I saw there filled me with terror. I affirm that the responsibility for the enormous losses we suffered during the retreat falls entirely upon Soukhominoff. A committee of defense was created to investigate the situation and im- mediately established SoukhOmlin- offs culpability. I then appealed to the former czar and persuaded him tO convoke the Duma and dismiss Soukhomlinoff."
 General Saylich, an expert on the war budget, gave similar testimony
 M. Gutchkoff, president of the Third Duma, said Russia entered the war without the least prepara- ton and that Soukhominoff alone was responsible for all of Russias s defeats.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
No Brazilians to Europe.

Rio Janeiro, Sept. i-In a denial of newspaper reports. tine Minister of War has announced that Brazil will not send troops to Europe. The announcement also states that the minister of the navy will not lease requisitioned German ships to the entente allies.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06

HERBINE is the medicine that cures bi,iousness, malaria and con- stipation. The first dose makes you feel better,a few additional doses cures completely. Price i0c. Sold by Jackson Drug & Furniture Co., Adv. 4a
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
SaNing NlctlmS.

The habit of putting it off" has caused the loss of many lives. A dose of prickly Ash Bitters at the first sign of indigestion. constipation and kidney trouble wards off sick ness and saves money. Jackson Drug & Furniture Co. and Gunnels Drug Store. special agents. 0s2 Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06

Indiana Wagons, 2E in, worth Sg2 50 special price now S75.00. at J. B. Gess' s's.--Adv. 36 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
AMERICANS ID BE
 TAUGHT BY BRITISH
Officers From British and French Ranks to be Attached tO EXpedi- tionary FOrce-F'irst Lesson
 in Battle.

American Training Camp in France, Sept. l.-It was announced here today that number of British officers will soon be attached to the American expeditionary forces to assist in training the Americans.
 IL is considered probable that many of the British officers selected for these assignments will be Amer jeans who have been serving in the British or French divisions.
 The American soldiers Wednes- day will see men advance under an artillery barrage fire for the first time. It will, of course, be only a practice barrage, but the French training the Americans will lay a curtain fire as if under actual battle conditions and will show their American students how close ly the American infantry can follow a protecting wall of fire when prop erly trained artillerymen are direct ing it.
 Record for Efficiency.
 Saloniki, Sept. i.-The American Red Cross has established a record for efficiency, according to General Sarrail, commander in chief of the allied forces in Macedonia, and the British officials now have taken over the relief of the people made destitute in the recent fire.
 Within twelve hours after the fire started. Dr. Edward w Ryan, of the American Red Cross, had forty-one soup kitchens in operation and thereafter fed two thousand persons daily.
 It was several hours before relief measures were under way.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-06
INSCRIPTION
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$i.OO A YEAR STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.