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The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
TO EXAMINE ALL REGISTERED.
Ten Million Men Will Know Order
 of Liability Soon.

Washington, Sept. i9.~-All of the 10 million men registered under the Selective Draft Law will be exam ined at once so they may learn the order of their liability for service, Secretary of War Baker indicated today
 If was indicated that the examina- tions will begin as soon as the work of drafting the quota of the first call is complete.
 Secretary Baker appeared before the Senate conferees on the Defi- eieney Bill today to ask additional appropriations in anticipation of a second call for ia million men.
 Troops will be removed from the Northern camps to Southern as weather conditions become intoler- able. it was stated al the War De- parlment today There are no defl- nite plans for moving troops from any specific camp.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
JOHN H. PACE SAYS HOLD COTTON CROP
Commissioner of Agriculture De- eEares Conditions Warrant a Price Os 30c Per Pound and Gives
 Reasons for His Relief.

Little Rock, Sept 20 Commis- sioner John H Page says that the conditions of the cotton crop are such that it should sell al not less that thirty cents a pound. and he aG- vises farmers Co hold for lhat price.
 -1f the Arkansas cotton crop is sold for less than % cents a pound. 1t will be sold at sacrifice, said Mr. Page. Twenty cents for the Arkansas farmers cotton this fall and winter will mean hardship and some prvation next year, It will mean greater burdens for the mer- chants and financiers. It will mean a drain upon the country that coun- try is not prepared t0 stand, and will hurt everybody. every business and every industry. If this state ment Of facts is true. our duty is plain. It is to hold cotton for a bet ter price, and the obligation rests alike upon all, in so far as their bus iness relations touch the transaction Of producing and handling cotton. zf the Arkansas cotton has been held last year it would have sold for twenty-five cents pound. If it is held this year we may expect as much The present price Of cotton goods more than justifles the hope.
 Eight ounce 0snaberg is selling wholesale at Si cents q yard. That means @ cents a pound Osnaberg Is low grade cotton goods, not re- Guiring high grade or staple cotton. The cost of manufacture does not eUHeed ten cents a pound Step into any dry goods store and price any kind of cotton goods and weigh it and see what cotton is bringing in the manufactured stale. You will soon be convinced that cotton should Dc selling at 90 cents a pound. Weigh and ponder these things, and then let's get together and hold Arkansas cotton for price that will save our farmers and business men from fu- lure depression and possible disas- ter
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
YOU'RE YELLOW, BOB."
 LA TOILETTE WAS rom
Wisconsin Senator Was Jeerea When He Tried Co Defend Sinkine
 of The LuSitana.

St. Paul, Minn, Sept. 2i Senaior LaIollette of Wisconsin told an An. dience gathered at the closing ses- sion of the producers and consuu,- CTS conference last night that he was opposed to war: that lie thought Germany had been rather rough with the technical" rights of the American citizens but he did not think the exercise of these technl- cal rights in travelling on board merchantmen laden with munitions was worth going to war about.
 A majority of the delegates to the conference mainly farmers, gave the Wisconsin senator a tumultous re- ception. There were a few in the large gathering however, who did not approve all the sentiments ex- pressed by the speaker. When ex- plaining his declaration that the United States should never have en- tered the war and seeking to de- fend the sinking of the Lusitania there came cries of You're yellow Bob. and Put him out
 Instantly there was great confu- sion, but above the uproar the sen ator shouted:
 Any man who says that in the au- dience is yellow himself. I can takl care of any man who interrupts m' If you will give me a chance
 A passenger on a foreign-carry- ing passenger ship is on foreign ter ritofy" said Senator LaFolette Tho citizen who enters such a shll takes his life in his hands ! be- lieve the American munilion man ufacturers encouraged America citizens to ride on such ships to giv them a semblance Of protection,
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
.U-BOAT DANCER IS
 NOW M|N|M|zED
Means of Defense Are Proving Satis- factory-Triumph for America No Submarines Near to
 Our Coasts.

Washington Sept. 2. - Unless some new outbreak of submarine ac- tivity develops many officials are satisfied that the situation is fairly well under control. Encouraging re- suits have been obtained thru con- voying of fleets of merchant craft, the loss having been reduced to less than one-half of one per cent. The employment of smoke screens, kite balloons and other detection devices also have shown good results and progress is being made with the re- duction of smoke from merchant men and by painting ships to make them invisible at a distance thru a lperiscope
 In discussing submarine condi- tions. Admiral Benson, chief of naval operations and acting secre-
 tary in the absence of Secretary Daniels, indicated the department Is to make known more of it's accom- lplishments herafter than in the past.
 Find No U-BOatS Near. Admiral Benson said the depart ment had not been able to find any support for reports that German submarines either had begun opera tions off the American coast or were preparing to do so
 The smoke box" a device to be thrown overheard from a vessel when submarine appears, has proved highly successful in some
 ases. A great smoke arises instant ly when the chemicals in the box come in contact with the water, and under the screen created the yes- sel has opportunity to change her course and elude the U-boat.
 Experimenting continues with many other devices. Thomas A. Ed ison is still at work on experiments to which he devoted himself at the outbreak of the war. Even without the discovery of any new implement for use against the U-boat the di- minishing rate of destruction of merchant craft impressed many off, cials as showing that the subma- rine menace can be held in check sufficiently to make certain the ult- innate defeat of Germany.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
BROuGH TALKS TO SOLDIERS.
Thinks There's Enough Arkansas
 Boys to Catch Kaiser.

Little Rock, Sept. 20.-" There are enough Arkansas boys here today to bring the Kaiser into camp without any trouble declared Governor G H. Brough in an address before the members of the National Army who had arrived in the city, the Sec ond and Third Regiments of Arkan- sas troops, and several thousand citizens of the state assembled yes terday afternoon in front of the state capitol.
 It was an ideal day, and the circus parade followed soon afterward with the military parade attracted thou sands of spectators. There were nearly 6,01O troops in line. counting the Iowa artillery, and the parade stretched from Main street to the state capitol on West Capitol ave- nue. The seemingly amending line of khaki-clad troops marching with all the precision of trained regulars was one of the most impressive sights ever witnessed in Little Rock
  National Guard and National Army were applauded all along the line of march by admiring thousands.
 The ranks of the National Army were filled with men from all sta lions of life. None of them had re- ceived their uniforms. and there were clerks and professional men in tailored suits and mechanics and farmer boys in overalls and blu jean jumpers. But it was apparent to all that all they needed was uni forms and discipline to mako tnem an effective army.
 There were speeches by Governor Brough Maj. Gen. Surgis. Judge Miles and others. cheering the men on to their battle for democracy Governor Brough predicted that thru the efforts of the Arkansas troops and others like them. after This war has been won by the Allied forces, and the world made safe for democracy, No longer will any po- lltical grand larceny for the annexa- tion of territory be possible any where in the world
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
FEEDING wHEAT TO HOGs.
Refuse to Sell at Fixed Government
 Price.

Oklahoma City, Sept. 2i-Wheat is being fed to hogs and other live stock as substitute for corn m many counties of Northeastern Ok lahoma, and pending governmental action, very little additional wheat will be marketed from these coun- ties at the price fixed by the food administration, according to state ment issued last night by the state board of agriculture.
 The action of the farmers is due to a number of causes, chief of which is the scarcity of corn for feeding purposes, coupled with the fact that the farmer feels the gov- ernment has placed an arbitrary price upon his product at a time when the law of supply and demand was in his favor. without at the same time fixing the price of other articles for his consumption, ac- .cording to farm experts.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
BERLIN SOCIALIST ORGAN
 DEFiES THE MAILED FIST
Declares That Belgium Has a Riabt to It's Independence, and That
 Right Is Right.

Amsterdam, Sept. i9.-The vor- waerts, the socialist organ of Berlin. holding that the complete restora- ton of Belgium is corrolary to the reichstag resolution, says.
 Whether the German government remains deaf thereto is not only a question of power or of policy. but .oi justice and conscience.
 No policy is truly wise that dis regards the legal factors of nations.
 Despite the bowling of the mailed llst advocates, we affirm that right is pIght and that Belgium has a right to its independence.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
CANADIAN HEROES ARE MANY.
Records of Great Battles at Lens
 Reveal Numerous Feats of NalOr.

Canadian Headquarters in France Sept. Edwards still being made
 for heroic conduct indicate Canadi- an courage never reached a higher point than in the Battle of Lens. Repeated cases are found in the re- cords in which Canadians performed
 feats of valor, in order that their comrades might be saved.
 A noncommissioned officer of the British Columbia battalion led a sec
 ton which had the difficult task of 'mopping up cellars, craters and machine gun emplacements. In one cellar he bayoneted three Germans
 and attacked, single handed, seven
 others in a crater, killing all of
 them. On reaching his objective a machine gun was found holding up
 his right flank, causing many casu- alties. The officer rushed forward entered the emplacement, killed the
 crew and brought the gun back to
 our lines. Today he again attacked. single handed, another machine gun
 emplacement, killed three of the l lcrew and destroyed the gun and en- placement with high explosive charge. He killed at least sixteen Germans and carried on until wounded.
 Another hero member of Sas-
 katchewan battalion, when his
 bombing party was compelled by a | Superior force to retire. having ex- hausted their supply of bombs. coy- i cred the withdrawal of his comrades by mounting the parapet of a trench and bringing such rapid and laecurate rifle fire to bear on the
 Germans they were held back until the withdrawal was completed. Another British Columbia man after three unsuccessful attacks had been made against a heavily wired
 machine gun emplacement and a strong point, organized a fourth at
 tack. The wire was penetrated bv
 him personally He bayoneted three | of the defenders and killed a fourth with the butt of his rifle. The ma lchine gun was sienced and the posi-
 tion captured. But for his daring. the official record says, our attack
 would not have succeeded.
 I Sergeant Flayelle of Manitoba
 when his platoon was held up in
 the enemy wire by a machine gun.
 shot the gunner and disposed of the
 rest of the crew before the gun
 could again be put in action.
 Private Henry Hansen of Maniio-
 ba- a stretcher bearer. several times m daylight made trips into No
 Mans Land. carrying water to the wounded, who could not be brought in until darkness. and no douht
 saNed the lives of many
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
AGRANrs MUsT WonK oRFIenr
ldIers in Oklahoma Towns Are to
 Be Ardested.

Tulsa Ok Sept. i9 Holding that the towns of pawhnska and Hominy. m Qsage county have too many able bodied men doing nothing County Attorney Corbett has dreef- cd all peace officers each of Osage county. town or settlement to arrest all suspected vagrants. Arrested ones will be taken to the courthouse at Pawhuska for courts of inquiry
 All civic organizations of the county have pledged assistance in the effort to rid roomine houses and pool halls of loafsrs. They must work or fight, said the county at torney.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
CHINESE TO EReNT BY JAN. |
President and Cabinet Agree to Send
 Trial Division of 2s.000.

Pegin, Sept. 23.-The president and cabinet have agreed to the plan of sending trial division of 2l,o0o Chinese soldiers to France if money equipment and shipping are avail .able. The entente allies have ap- proved tho proposition and France .ls eager Co receive the contingent. The Chinese probably could reach France by January | An abundant number If fairly trained soldiers is immedIaiely available for the expe- diti0n
 The premier is m favor of send-
 ng 30a00Q mon and tAe provisional authorities are heartily in support af Che pian in the event lhat the Canton provisional government eiNes lts approval to the war with Ger many The Chinese soldiers prob ably will be used as second line of defense until they are better trained m the latest methods of warfare.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
TAKES MEN TO WIN WARS, SAYS WOOD
The General Pins Little Faith on Inventions - RusSia's Breakdown Will Prolong Struggle-Makes
 Plea for Universal Training.

Manhattan. kas., Sept. i0.-"This war will not he easily won" de- clared Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commandant of Camp Funston, in an address to the students at the Kan sas State Agricultural College.
 Many hundreds of thousands of Iour boys must go across the sea, and many, many thousands of them will mot come back. They are going against nation whose soldiers are willing Co die in heaps-whose sol diers are the best trained men in the world, and as good soldiers as ever stepped forth, altho they be- long to a nation whose acts we con- demn,' declared the general.
 Situation Is Dark--
 The situation of the Allies is bad, General Wood pointed out, and the breakdown in Russia will make the war much longer and much more serious. We must finish it on the other side, he declared, "or it will he finished here"
 This war will not be won by new inventions-no by some wonderful production of Edison or some mar vicious combination of circumstan- ces. the former chief of staff said. 1t will not be won in the air. and all the talk of winning in the air means nothing, he continued. altho we need all the airplanes we can get This war will be won by well trained and well disciplined men, de- clared General Wood,
 Preparedness a Safeguard.
 General Wood emphasized thru Iout his address that the only safe guard which will save our nation is universal training and preparedness against war. The nation that waits until war is declared to make pre- parations is the nation that will have the greatest number of unnec- essary dead on the battlefield, it was declared. We are now in the sixth month of the war, longer than the average duration Of modern wars, the general pointed out, and we see our eantonments not yet completed, our officers training camps still g0- ing on and the first of our drafted troops just coming in. Ask your selves, he told his audience. what would have happened to us if we had had to meet the Teutonic allies while we were getting ready.
 The work of training an army has been made about three times as easy as it would have beeR General Wood said, by abolishing ruA ghe men who are sent to war wiN NAne out of it-those who do come bakk> better men than when they enskL more conservative and th0ughtf& with more respect for the rights oA others and with their minds and bodies better trained and co-ordi- mated.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
TO CALL NEGROES OCT. 3.
Southern States to Send Them Nisn
 Their Next Contingents.

Washington, Sept. 22.A majority of the negro men of the Nationa' Army will be called out for mobillza- tion al the training cantonmens with the contingent of draft forces summoned for October 3. In making this announcement today Secretary Baker said that the negroes calleu would be from states with the lare- est percentage of negro population. Those from states with few negroes will De mobilized later
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
BROKE 4 MOTOR RECORD.
Chevrolet Raced 100 Miles in A:2O:ss
 Which Is q New Mark.

New York. Sept. 9. Louis Chew rolet won the i00-mile motor race for the Hardness gold trophy on the Sheepshead Bay Speedway track to-day. Ralph De Palma was seeonu, Eddie llearn third. Ralph Mulfofa fourth and Dan w. Hickey fifth
 eheNrolet's time of 5i.57.72 made new American speedway record los the distance His average speed was ' i04 miles an hour The former American record was 5G.37:l2 maie over ihe same track by Dario Hesss in igl5.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
GOVERNMENT MAY USE ALL
 AVAILABLE MERCANT SHIPS
Vice Chairman of II. :. Shipping Board Says Pinch in World Ship
 ing Will Come Next Spring.

Atlantic City, Sept. i9 Within the next six months the demands oi the American army board will re- fulre that the government divert every available American merchant vessel, coastwise or otherwise to the oversea service, R. E. stevens Vice chairman of the United States Shipping Board, told the war con- yention of American business men here today.
 The real pinch in the world sfiip- ping situation will come next spring before the government has begun lo turn out vessels in large numbers. Stevens declared.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
 RURAL EDUCATION SOON
Thru Efforts of Gov. Brough Edu- catorS From South Central States
 win Meet in Little Rock Oct D.

Will Meet in Little Rock Oct. a5. Special to The Star
 Little Rock, Sept. 20 X natoinal conference on Rural Education and Rural Life for all the South Central 6tates has been called for October 25 to 2, in Little Rock, thru the efforts of Governor Brough, State Supt. J. l.. Bond. and Dean James Jewell of the College of Education University of Arkansas Prominent educators governors of states. and men Of na- tional prominence in educational work will attend the conference.
 The conference will devote most of it's time to a consideration of the problem of rural school consolida- ton, community organization. high school education for all country boys and gIris without severance Of home ties in obtaining 1t. and how to secure a sufficient number of teach CTS adequately trained for their ~erk iii rural schools and rural leadership.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
C0TToN PmCEs sMAsmEn.
Hope Buyer Pays i5 Cents Poun,
 Tor Lona stanle.

Hope Sept 22-All records were smashed on the local spot cotton market today when local buyers paia 10 cents DOT pound for long staple cotton and 26l1 cents for shorl cotton More than 50 bales were sold for 10 cents and above one planter received s2,5O0 for 10 baies and his seed. This is tbe first tune m more than 50 years that such prices have prevailed
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
DENOUNCED IS FALSE.
spanish Ambassador Says Gern,s.y
 Has No U-Boat Base on Coast

Washington, Sept i9-spanish Ambassador Juan Riano denounced as false today the published reports sllat slat the Mediterranean coast of span IS serving as a base for Ger man submarines. v o'
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
Iohn II. Pagc Has New Duties

] iitle insa,,AAs. insa,,AAs Sept ia -Gpon tine recommendation of the State Council uf Defense. Governor Br0ugh has appointed John II Page. chairman of the Stale Central Council of Ag- rienlture. as a member of the State Council Of Defense. All matters af- fecting agriculture and food conser- vation and correlated subjects will be referred hv the State Connen ta Mfr. Pages committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
WARS END NOT IN SIGHT.
First Lord of the British Admiralty
 Thinks America Sleeps.

parkersburg, W Va, Sept. i9.-- The belief that the end of the war is yet far off and that American has not yet awakened to its seriousness, IS expressed in a letter written by Sir Erie Geddis first lord of the British admiralty, to George c. Eek CT, of this city.
 Geddis, when boy, worked for Ecker in the lumber business.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
MORE LOANS TO ALLIES.
Englands Borrowed $50000,0O0' and
 France S2O,00O,OOO "Wednesday.

Washington, Sept. i9--Loans of S50000,000 to Great Britain and S20,- |000000 to France were made today by the government. bringing the total thus far advanced to the all lies to S2.39i 100000.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
TYPHooN KILLS 500 IN CHINA.
All Were Natives. According to Re-
 ports From Annoy.

Annoy. China, Sept. i9.-More than six hundred natives were killed by a typhoon which struck Annoy with out warning at the end of last week. Eighty per cent of the water craft in the harbors nearby were destroyed No foreigners have been reported lost.
 Outlying districts cannot be com municated with and it is feared great damage has been done there.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27

Yellow complexion. pimples and disilguring blemishes on the face or hady can be gotten rid If by doctor ing the liver, which Is torpid HER. ZINE is a powerful liver carrectant. it DuflileS the system. stimulates the vital organs and puts the body in fine vigorous condition Price soc. Sold by Jackson Drug < Furniture f'a Ad1
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
NOTICE!.!

Will be in Mena Sept. 28 and go with pigs. Come and see for your self Located at Dickson wagon yard. Whitsett X Quillen.
 
 Fathers and Mothers has your boy been called, if so, have fam fly group taken before he goes, ny Hiltebrand, the Photographer, of Mena, Ark. k.-Adv. 2i9 3t g 2.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
OIL SHORTAGE IS REMOTE.
There's Ample Supply of Crude Oil
 and It's Products Now.

Atlantic City, Sept. i9. There is not the slightest danger of deii- ciency in the supply of either crude .oil or its products kerosene and gasoline for the use of the United states or its allies in the opinion of "A (. Bedford, of New York, presi- dent of the Standard 0il Company of New Jersey, expressed today before the war convention of the American Chamber of Commerce.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
CoIIecllng Fraachlse TaNes.

Special to The Star
 Eiiile Rock Sep, i9 The onlte 0i lhe attorney general sent out not ices last week for delinquent fran- chise taxes, and the retufnes are ai- ready coming in at the rate of si0s to S3lO T day Gen Arbuckle esii- mates that about s6,000 win he enl- lected
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27

Young Man in parlor Willie do you think your sister cares any Ehing for me2
 Small Edwin don't know but I'm betting ihe other fellow will win.
 Young Man Why aa you think se3
 Small Edwin Because mamma makes me slay out of the parlor when he comes.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
Drives Out Malaria, Bullds Up system

The old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC drives out Malaria eurichcs the blood. and builds upthe sys- tenn. A true tonic For adults and children ooc
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27

Large Trial Bottle of SanoI for 35c. Sanol is family remedy. Sanol is sold on an absolute guarantee. Re- member if it says Sanol it is all right. 35c and $i.00 at the drug stOre.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
The Gslnns That Does Mt Affect the ,,s.d

Because of its tonic and laxative effect. IAxA. IlVE bkoMo QUIHINEi Is better than ordinary 2utnine ana does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the fuIi na me and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. s0e
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27
CUT OF THE MOUTHS Or BiBEs

Now, Bobby said the Sunday school teacher, what do we learn from the story Of Sampson2'
 That 1t doesn't pay to lei wom- Ian cut fellows hair. replied Bobby
The Mena weekly star., 1917-09-27

AUCTION Sales conducted any where; high class. commendable work. Col. C. M. Latimer, Mena. Ark. Sat&3e imo