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The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
Back to Arkansas.

,. R. Doyle of the Huddleston community, who had been near Weatherford Ok, since last winter arrived in Mena last week, having made the trip overland Mrs. Doyle and the other members of the fam ilY who came by train, arrived one day last week Mr. Doyle had started Cd make a crop near Wealth. erford but becoming dissatisfied with conditions. he sold out and re- turned Co Arkansas. The family will again locate near HUddleston, where Mr. Doyle still owns a farm tho it has been rented for this seas on.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
To Take Training in Primary Work.

Miss Hattie Sue Hines, who has been teacher of the Primary grade in tho Central school for the last four years, left here on the early train Saturday morning for her home in Sulphur Springs, where she will be until some time in June. when she will go to Chicago to take special work in the Pestalozzi-Froe- bel Primary training school, for a period of six weeks. Miss Hines will return to Mena for the work during the coming year.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
Government to Distribute Cans.

Washington, May Distribution ti0n of the tin can output will be put under direct supervision of the government under plans prepared by a committee representing gov erument departments and can inter- ests. Packers of non-perishable pro- duets will be required to use paper or fiber containers.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
DIFFICULTIES NOT OVER.
Germans Will Experience a Fuel
 Shortage for Several Years.

Copenhagen, May -Germauy's fuel difficulties did not end with the past unusually severe winter.
 The Germans are now being warned that during the remainder of the war, and for the period im- mediately following, 1t will be inn possible to supply the individual consumer with all the coal he de- sires.
 A government coal commissioner has been appointed to apportion the coal according to the urgency of the needs.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
MIDDLE WEST CAME IN FIRST.
One District Fills Quota of Recruits
 for the Navy.

Chicago, May i0.-The middle west was the first of the four dis tricts into which the country was divided for navy recruiting, to fill its quota, i0,200 men, according to 8 telegram from the navy department Thursday.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County. Ss.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Cheney & Co. doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State afore- said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the uso of HALLS CATARR4 CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this eth day of Deeem-
 (SeaD Notary Public.
 Halls Catarrh Curo is taken intern ally and acts throush the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials free
 F. J. CHENEY S co. Toledo. 0.
 Sold by all druggists 75c.
 Halls Family Fuis for constipation
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
NO FAVORITISN IN
 SELECTIVE DRAFT
Registration Boards Are Held Liable for Those Eligible for Service Imprisonment for Those
 Guilty of Evasion.

Washington, May ii.--To dispose of any fear that county and city reg istration boards will exercise favor itism in enrolling soldiers under the Selective Draft Act, Provost Marshal General Crowder issued statement last night declaring such practices would be virtually impossible be- cause of the explicit terms in which the act is drawn. He warned regis tration officials that favoritism cas- fly could be detected and would be punished by heavy penalties
 Every precaution," the statement said, would be taken to make it certain that the registration will be conducted with exact justice.
 The Registration Board Liable.
 The law is specific and allows no latitude to the boards, either in the matter of registration or in the later matter of exemption from service. In fact, the law is self-executing. Every man within the age limits fixed by the Selectiye Service Act must register and the penalty of the law for evasion of registration will fall, not only on the man who fails to appear, but on any member of registration board who may be shown to be in collision with the person who attempts to escape his duty.
 Further than this, the registration boards will never act as exemption boards, except in certain specific cases, such as where a young man who has registered shall claim to be employed in a federal, state or local office, and thereby does come within the exemption clause of the statute. In a case like this, the facts must be entered officially and attested
 Imprisonment the Penalty.
 "So far as the other reasons for exemptions under the law are con- cerned, exemptions for men engaged in pursuits in which their work is more valuable at home than in the service, the authority will lie with a board of higher jurisdiction
 "The law provides the penalty of Imprisonment with no other alter native of fine for any official or registered man who shall make a false return or attempt such prac- tice. The safeguards against a fav- ! tOritism OF evasion are ample"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17

passing over the grade of second lieutenant entirely Some of them will be troop and company com handlers with rank of captain for the duration of the war as their first actual employment after grad nallnn
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
ANNIHILATEs FAMILY.
Farmer Fills Father, Mother, Broth
 CT, Sister-in-Law and Self

Elkton, Ky, May l0.-Frank Mil len, 30, farmer, killed his father, mother. brother and the latter's wife al the family home near here, and then hanged himself today
 Ii is believed that he has been in- sane
The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
THE AGE LIMIT IS
 FIXED AT q TO 30
ConfereeS Drop Senate Amendment to Allow Roosevelt to Raise Divis- ions for Service in France
 Some Amendments Kept.

Washington May -Conferees on the army bill reached an agree ment today and the measure will be reported to the two Houses for con- flrmation as soon as possible The amendment put in by the Senate permitting Colonel Roosevelt to raise four divisions for service in France was eliminated, as was an other authorizing the raising of three volunteer regiments for bor- der patrol duty.
 The conferees made the age limit of those subject to draft to the se- lectiye draft 2l Co 30 years, incIus- iv, in place of 2i Co 27 in the Senate bill and 2i to 70 in the House bill
 Some Amendments Kept
 The Senate amendments prohibit ing the sale of liquor at army camps and otherwise safeguarding the morals of the troops were retained.
 Representatives Kahn and An thuny Republicans, announced they would not sign the conference re- port Anthony was opposed to elim- mating the Roosevelt amendment and Kahn opposed the prohibitory sections, maintaining he could not approve provisions making the United States appears to be either a drunken or an immoral nation.
 Chairman Chamberlain of the Senate military committee said he expected to report an agreement to- day, but because the House must first act, the bill may not be finally agreed upon until later in the week, Elimination of the Roosevelt amend ment was modified so that while liq- uor. wine or beer cannot be sold or possessed on military reservations or camps it will not be unlawful to furnish or give them to men in uni- form.
 Right of Appeal Given.
 One of the difficulties in reaching an agreement was over the tribunals which shall pass on exemptions from the seleetive draft. The pro- vision accepted gives right of appeal ilNil q iikHl tb q otlbilti. 4NO Hltii- tary men are to be on either and they are to be distinct from the courts of the United States or the states.
 General staff officers were much pleased at the agreement of the conferees and favor a total elimina- ton Of the volunteer system from the new armies
 While they prefer the narrow age limits of the Senate bill, il will yield on the whole a younger lot of men, and they were satisfied with reiec- tion Of the House provision which extended the age as far as forty
 Would Widen Age Limits.
 Senator France of Maryland, be- lieving the bill defective because of the limited range of ages, intro- duced today a separate resolution to empower the president to enroll all men between IS and 6 for na- tional defense, simultaneously, with the selecthe conscription regislra- ton The enrolment would consist of a cadet corps, iS Go 20; first line 2l Go 27; second line, 27 t0 8; first reserve, 36 to i5,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
A Notable Editor

The late f. C. Burnand can hardly be
counted among the great English humor-
lists. His pleasant and genial concelts,
much as they delighted his readers, are
wanting in the quality Of permanence and
will not survive many generations. lie
was man of singular versatility, but his
principal distinction was that for many
years he was editor of the most influential
of the journals awkwardly grouped under
the questionable title of comic"
Burnand came TO Punch" when it was
still in the hands of its chief founder; its
standing was already established beyond
dispute. and as editor he was not obliged,
like his predecessor, to carry on with
salary of Sc a week. punch" in the early
SOS was a mighty social power: the ex-
pertinent which for the first few years
seemed so dubious had by that time sue
ceeded beyond all expectations.
For it must not be forgotten that "The
London Charivari," to use its alternative
title, was largely experimental in the be-
ginning. We are apt to-day to regard 1t
as a peculiarly British type of journal, but
in reality it established new standards for
which it is difficult to find any equivalent
in the past of English journalism or picto-
rial art-caricature is not the word, for
Punch" has never experimental much IN
caricature. Indeed, true caricature in
England seems to have been destroyed al
most al the moment that punch" estab-
lished itself.
Foreign observers have not failed to
mark the change. A German critic once
said that Punch" was singularly lacking in
"thc sour, bilious temper of John Bull"
and a French writer, looking back regret
fully at the savage or boisterous humor Of
Gillray. Rowandson and the eighteenth
century satirists, complains that Punch"
is possibly un pen trOp gentleman. But
that is more or less what punch" aimed
at from the very first, and its example has
had an undoubted influence in shaping all
of its kind, even in this country, where its
closest analogue seems, however, to be in
tended principally for the amusement of
the undergraduate mind.
Burnand was an accomplished editor.
If he cannot be reckoned a notable origi-
nator. he at least carried on the tradi-
ton with rare success, and "Punch's"
reputation owes much to his skill and
good judgment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24

to the full, at time when state and cities
face ever increasing demands for the care
Of dependents.
This bill deserves the most careful con
sideration from the legislators. An effort
is being made to preserve the present sys-
TEN and the present board. Without de-
string to criticise the members of that
body, who undoubtedly have conscientious
~ given disinterested service, The Trib-
une believes the existing board and the ex-
listing system should give way to some
thing better fitted to do the work in which
they have failed. Experts are needed, not
ordinary citizens. however CONSCIENTIOUS,
supervising a multitude Of commissions
and job holders. The states money must
be conserved; it must be made to work
hard instead of being wasted or. at the
least, msused The state must be IN posi-
ton to do the job it undertakes to do, and
with the existing organizaton-the lack
of it, rather-the state is not performing
what it promises and what its taxpayers
have a right to expect of the government.
Patching up a discredted scheme Of
operations will not do. Mr.. Strong's re-
port pointed the way TO betterment. The
Mills bill should be passed to bring that
bettcrmcnt into being.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Unworthy Servants

Mr.. Brand Whitlock's terrible descrip-
ton of German deyiltry in Belgium IS
tempered by a spirit Of charity which
leads him to credit the report that some
of the soldiers wept when forced TO exc
cute the orders of their vile masters and
chat even German officers are now said
to be ashamed
It NAV be so; but if such weakness re-
mains anywhere in the army it is not the
fault of the supermen who conceived these
denominations and whose duty 1t is to
shape and direct the thought of the ma
ton. The care these leaders of the people
constantly take to repress whatever pas
sion corresponds TO shame in the German
breast is reflected in the thoughtful COM
ments Of the Berlin newspapers on the
looting and wanton crueltes attending
the recent retirement on the Western
front. Hear the gloatings of the "Tagc-
blatt's" correspondent:
From the middle Of March it looked like
the house-movine of humble people
mattresses and chairs. and perhaps a sew
ing machine, or a hen coop. And then
there was fine quantity Of doors and
windows, and everything else which
seemed worth carrying away from the
houses. Everything is thrown
down and burnt out, the villages are heaps
Of rubbish, and the church towers and the
churches with them lie across the roads.
Heat. smoke and smell! The explosions
are still doing their last work.
Let them sec it! Let them sec it over
there! This naked, terrible war should be
reflected in all the shop windows Of the
bouleyards. We have put distance between
us and the enemy. It is a desert full Of
Indebtedness.
There speaks the true spirit of the
Boche. If there are soldiers so soft
hearted as to weep at what Mr.. Brand
Whitlock saw they are rot worthy of
their masters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24

have entered the war as a Zoe OF inc
German purpose and the German ideal
We should 90 beyond this narrower under
taking: we should make sure Of our place
in the world council that is to follow the
war by recognizing the new situation and
accepting the new opportunity.
Mr.. Balfour has come to this country
not merely to discuss the details OF war;
not alone to make plans for campaigns or
polcies. He has come as the most dis
tinguished among the friends Of America
in his own country; a statesman whose
svmpathv and affection for our country
have been. displayed on many occasions
during a long life of public service. lie
has come. beyond all else, as the messen-
ger Of the British people, bringing US
new and in sense a different eN-
nression Of British esteem from any that
has come before. 1t will not be the fault OF
the people of the British Isles if the re-
lations between the British Empire and
the United States are not henceforth upon
a better basis.
And the voice of England, in this IN
stance. is the voice of Australia, Of Can
ada, of New Zealand, of South Africa
Politically we shall never again be OF the
British family, but just as it is an event
of world meaning that all the English
speaking people should to-day stand to-
rethcr against Gcrmanism, so 1t may be
tomorrow and forever in the future OF IN
cstimable value to civilization, to liberty,
to permanent peace, if the present coopera-
ton leads to that sort Of good understand
ing and implicit trust which is more than
alliances and stronger than treaties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Pernicious

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The daily press carries an item to the
effect that training camps are TO be estab-
Iished throughout the United States TO fit
nen for the officers reserve corps, that men
entering these camps are to do so for a
period of three months at their own expense.
As one who was in the service Of the United
States as a volunteer during the years 1898
and 1899, and who now has charge Of force
Of men, practically all college and technical
graduates. about one-third Of whom have
either been examined for applied for
examination for officers of the reserve corps,
consider this a most pernicious requirement
The men Of whom | speak are young men,
from twenty-five to thirty-fve years Of age,
the majority of whom are married, and who
could not consider for a moment giving three
months time without pay at the present
time. with the chance that at the end OF the
said three months period they might be re.
iected and left absolutely without means OF
support for themselves and families
A VETERAN.
WATERFOWL, ~ Y, April 81, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Hard Lot Of Officers
With an Assertion of College Men
Ability to Command

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. The letter of Mr.. c., of Ithaca. satlr'
ling the restless anxiety of our possessing
clossesv 10 do something in this crisis, that
is ANYTHING except fill a place in the ranks,
:. commendable for its honesty and penetra-
ton Qualification must be made, however,
to his structure on college men VINO are plan
ming "a he officers. Such men are doing their
duty.
They arc being told by their presidents and
bv army officers that it is their sacred duty
80 81 themselves to be officers, and in cases
in which they are being given training II Is
NTH tho explicit end of supplying the new
army with officers. Here at Yale, Tor IN
.torce our undergraduate training body IS
o,ass;fod az candidates for the K. U. J. u
r,,r.hor evidence of the insistence that the
studorts should become officers IS 10 De
found in President Hadley's statement tna'
seniors receiving a commission ana leaving
the university will be granted their degrees
IN course. while no such offer IS EXTENDED 10
those enlisting as priyates'
r,r.bermore. while the motives Impeding
urder0raduates to fit themselves as ofhcers
may not always be very high, the Facts are
.ha+ actually the officer has a much harder
ion than the private. He has to work harder
and longer in preparation. In the held ne
has 70 sustain nearly as great pnysicai
strain and in addition an immensely greater
.,or+aI and moral demand. In battle his FISK
i much greater than that Of the private, AT
~. .ar,e time that his morale is expected to
sre5ce both for himself and his men. Though
tho college men do not all see it, it truly Is
,rch simpler and easier thing TO be mere
private. ..
Again. whatever the vices of the possess
inc classes" they must be granted the abil'
tv 70 command In daily life they are in the
habit Of giving orders and of expecting and
demanding that they be executed The en-
rIoved classes have not that habit, and some
If them cannot acquire it. For this reason
then. college men are needed as officers,
though they do not form the only visible
source of supply. Intelligence, high spirit
ambition. pride, and even class consciousness,
seem 10 be essential qualities of the officer,
and. with all allowances made for their indo-
lence and mental slovenliness, college men as
a class eminently possess such qualities.
So far. then, from casting slurs at their
desire to become officers. let US do all we
can TO confirm them in that resolution.
l.. NJ. b.
NewoHaven, Conn, April 81, 1871.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Kulturvolk

(Frop, n lcttcr ~ The Saturday Rctieir, London
The extract which is given below from
memorandum of Prince Hohenlohe, dated
1862. is possibly Of interest at the present
time. After pointing out that Southwest Ger
many is the true source of the German race,
and its natural objection TO the efforts of
Prussia and Austria for personal aggrandize-
ment. it continues: at is incontestable that
for the political education and invigoration
of a people they must have a share in those
human interests which are termed high poll
tics. It cannot, therefore, be denied
that the cry for German unity which now
goes ND from the German states of the mid
die and lesser ranks is even as the strug-
gle If a sick man to obtain the longed-for
rcmedv which he knows will cure his disease,
and which alone can save his life. There
are social philosophers who will say in re-
pIv the Germans. are Kulturvolk, whose
mission is rather to guide the intellectual de-
velopment and solve the great questions Of
humanity than to descend into the arena Of
nolitical strife We can only hope that those
who find comfort in this thought are en-
Iowed with the resignation Of the Jews, for
the Jews. too, were a Kulturvolk. But we
refuse 70 believe that the German nation has
sunk so low as to find consolation for its po-
litical impotence in an empty name. "-("Me-
moirs of Prince Hohenlohe," Vol. ], p. llO)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Charities Board Reorganization

At last the Legislature has before it,
in the bill Just introduced by Senator
Mills. a measure intended to carry into
effect the recommendations of Mr.. Charles
IL. Strong, who, as a representative of the
Governor, investigated the State Board of
Charities. 1t provides for a reorganiza-
ton of the board, with nine members in
stead of twelve, the president and two
other members TO serve as heads of the
Bureaus of Mental Deficiency and of De-
pendent Children. These are to be paid
annual salaries, the others to receive per
diem allowance. One member must be a
woman, and provision is made for the APP
pointment as members of a penologist, an
educator, a physician having special eXpe-
rience with tuberculosis, physician with
special knowledge of hospital and dspen-
sary practice, psychiatrst, lawyer, an
expert in institutional and private care of
children, and one experienced in DEEPEN
dency and various forms of relief.
The reorganization scheme proposed by
Mr.. Strong contemplates the conversion of
ian advisory board, weakened by loss of
power, into an authoritative supervisory
board" 1t includes taking over by the
board Of many functions now exercised by
the fiscal supervisor and various commits
sions, and granting new powers so that
the board may be a central body having a
definite scope of duty and definite powers
and authority to perform that duty. 1t
must meet regularly, at least twice a
month; the president, who is to devote his
entire time TO its work, must be the execu-
tive and administrative head, supervising
expenditures and contracts, building plans
for state institutions, the development of
institutional industries and the like. The
board is to adopt rules and regulations for
the reception of inmates into state chart
table institutions.
All of this is eminently desirable. Mr.
Strong's investigation proved, from the
boards own records, that the present sys-
tenn had broken down. He found lack
of imagination, too much patience" and
mass of legislation which left the ques-
ton of power and responsibility in doubt
The result has been deterioration in the
operation of institutions under the boards
supervision, mishandling and actual waste
of state funds, failure to employ resources
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-24
Universal Service by Congressmen

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A telegram from Washington ys''.,
day, published in one Of the evening pap.
in discussing the attitude Of certain h'~
bers of Congress toward universal militia.
service, which is necessarily limited 10 'f'
cation at the start, stated; "a
"The committees measure seeks 70 s,,t..,
Congress a means of lodging respOHs's Il
for CONSUMPTION. which, in the 0p''' s.ould
some of the politicians Of the HOUSE,
prove unpopular" =, con.
In other words. certain members sol.
press expect the men OF this eo7h.i' ,;f,s
unteer" for military service at me Sadly
Of their homes and families ana s,o.
their lives. and they themselves 81. ,s,y
willing to volunteer" to provide ~a a,. son.
know to be the only just and prse'les.,s ,hsy
Of military service, because ioI'yO.| essrss
are not willing 20 sacrifice. or run ~"
OF sacrificing their political pro'pp,,, .,eris,'
Are patriotism and possible 81 %, baprsa
20 be left entirely TO those who 90 Nv.
70 hold ofhce-or to be nn,,,@rxaN.
New York, April 20. isiL