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The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
MUST STICK TO APPROPRIATION.
No More Spending Large Sums When
 Smaller Is Specified.

Little Rock, July i0.-The next time county judge in Arkansas wants an automobile he will have ms quorum court appropriate the nec- essary amount. There is one who now has an appropriation of S500 for the purpose of buying an automobile with which to inspect the county roads. He claims the county had us eyes set for $i50n machine, and has written Attorney General Ar buckle to see if he cannot spend that amount and let the next quorum court make the additinoal approprl- alton. The attorney general mas conveyed the sad news to him that he cannot spend a cent above ms specific appropriation.
 It has been the custom before the session of the 1917 legislature to make small appropriation Tor a bridge, road machinery or court house and then spend any sum de. sired. This system stood the test or the courts, but the last legislature so amended the law that the appro- nrIation could not be exceeded Hence the inability of the county Judge to ride in 3 real automobile.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
HSUN FLIES ID
 SACRED PLACES
Withdraws His Troops Into Imper- ial City and the Temple of Heaven, Historic Sections of Peking--
 Hold Priceless Edifices.

Washington, July i0. Gen Chang Hsun, leader of the attempt to re- store the Manchu dynasty in China, is reported by Minister Reinsch to have withdrawn his troops into the Imperial City and the Temple of Heaven, two of the most historic and beautiful sections of Picking.
 The loyal troops of the republic have surrounded the city, and the complete destruction of the in0fs- archial movement is considered only q matter of a very short time.
 The interrupted communication with Tien Tsin was restored July &.
 Chang Hsun's choice of the Im- perial City and the Temple of Heay- en as his place of refuge after his desperate project had been swamped by the wave of universal republican opposition, confirms the belief here that he intends to hold China's priceless edifees as pawn for his own personal safety.
 The Temple of Heaven, large en- closed space dotted with blue-domed temples. was the scene of the most sacred worshipping under the old imperial regime, while the Imperial City was filled with irreplacable relics of old China.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
SPECIAL SESSION PROBABLE.
War Conditions Said to Demand Ac-
 ton in Arkansas.

Little Rock, July ii.-Aiatters of grave importance to the nation, and ill which the state is vitally interest ed, are rapidly shaping themselves to the point where special session of the legislature may be deemed an absolute necessity. 1t will be difii- cult to avoid this crisis if things con tinue to travel as they have for the past two weeks. One of the princi- pal results of the special session, should it be called, would be the sending back to every county of a representative who would be alive to the war conditions, and in this way educate the people to make a more ready response to such calls as wilt be made upon them. Unless all signs fail, strong pressure will be brought within the next few weeks to have a special session called, but the call will contain nothing outside of matters which will tend to put Arkansas strongly behind the na- sional organizations in the conduct of the war.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
SHIPPING CREAM PROFITABLE.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wyatt Shipping
 10 Gallons Per Week.

Mir and Mrs. John Myatt, living west of Mena, who have been in the dairy business quite extensively for some time, milking from to 10 cows, are building up a good cream shipping business. For a long time they turned their attention to butter making, but found difficulty in dis posing of all their product at re- munerative prices at certain times of the year. Then, too, they desired to get away from the great amount of work required for butter making and marketing, their output having amounted to as much as 50 pounds per week. For the last four weeks they have been shipping on an aver age of ten gallons of cream per week to Watson & Aven of Fort Smith, and the returns have been so satis- factory that Mr Myyatt concludes that a cream receiving station in Mena, where cream is bought ac- cordjng to test, would be tho best i'm petus that could be given the dairy industry in the territory tributary to Mona
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Polk County IF Called for Soon Build Highway Not Some Other Cor
CLOSING DOWN ON MIGRANTS.
Arkansas Council of Defense Advises
 City Authorities.

Little Rock, July 9--The Arkansas State Council of Defense will this week send to all city authorities in Arkansas, a request that they rigidly enforce the laws pertaining to vag- rancy. II is pointed out that there are many negroes about the city who are not working. These men work a day or so, and at the pres ent high wages, they receive enough to keep them going for the balance of the week, and this time is spent loitering about pool rooms. When labor is SO scarce and prospects for il being scareer when the na- tional army is called to the eolors, every man who can work must work or be forced to work in places where he will receive no compensation.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
MORE CONTRIBUTIONS ASKED.
Gov. Brough Calls for Support of Council of Defense-Y. M. C. A. Too.

Gov. Brough Calls for Support of Council of Defense-Y. M. C. A. Too.
 Little Rock, July 6.-Gov. Chas. Il. Brough on Wednesday afternoon is sued proclamation asking the pa- triotic citizens of Arkansas to make contributions for the maintenance of the State Council for Defense. He asks that the people who cannot go to war, who are for that reason the secondary defense, send their contributions to Gen. Lloyd England, chairman of the council.
 Gov. Brough also appeals to the various organizations over the state which have for their purpose patri- otic work, as we'll as conservations of resources, act only under author ity of the Council for Defense, in order that there be cooperation Tn all lines, and no energy uselessly expended.
 The governor points out that he has made a deficiency appropriation of si,0pQ for the work of the coun- cil, but this is entirely inadequate. He also states that other common wealths are pledging the credit of the state by citizens signing notes which will be later cared for by the legislature, but he does not favor this plan, as if only places the state further in debt.
 The War Work Council of the \. aii a.si. c. A., also is asking for S20,O00 of people of the state.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
OPPORTUNITIES IN
 REGULAR ARMY
Young Men From Reserve Corps to Be Gommissioned--Sien Given Best Possible Care and Chances for
 Promotion Are Good.
Special to The Star.

Special to The Star
 Little Rock, July 9.-Fifteen young men from each of the companies in the Officers Reserve Corps, now training at Fort Logan II. Roots, will be given provisional commissions as second lieutenants in the regular United States Army All these will be between the ages of 23 and 27. The other officers selected for duty will be assigned to the National Army.
 ''The Regular Army is the place for recruits, states Capt. N NJ. Cart mell, U s. A.. for there the men are under officers who have spent years in caring for men. They know their business. They know how to keep them trim and always fit. They take pride in having the best ap- bearing body of men in their branch of service, and the regular army, having nothing but specially schooled cooks, there is never dan ger there.
 Any young man with brains, is a n-eommissioned officer almost from the start, getting $50 as a pri- vate. and all necessities, and more as he is promoted. If he applies him. self he is soon in a position for pro- motion sto a commission There never was a time when promotions are so rapid as they are today, and the army is a fit career for a high school boy to decide upon.
 Tn war, the company that gets to the front in the best shape is the company that is going to come out of the battle in the best condition. It is to be expected that the we'll trained regulars, under skilled off, eers, will get to the front in best shape, so the boy who is going into the war ought to place himself in the hands of the man who will best fit him for the trying ordeal ahead.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
CONDEMNED BOOZE.
 TO ASLOW DEATH.
All Whiskey in Retailers Hands Gan Re Closed Out--Senatc Voted to Stop Manufacture and Imports
 To Take Over Stocks in Bond.

Washington. July 7.-It's good-by whiskey After day of backing and hauling. in which the vets first had the upper hand and then the drss. the Senate again today refused to adopt bone dry provision for the United States during the war. But it did upon two votes accept an amendment which will prohibit whiskey making, provided the whit key interests iifiii!!i'ss;see sees,ts arc not able to exert enough influence to upset the Sen- ate again.
 The Senate not only adopted the House provision which forbade the distillation Of liquors such as whis key during the war for beverage purposes, but it also twice recorded itself, aud the food bill now con- tains a provision, offered by Sena- tor Reed Shoot of Utah, dircctine the President, nol giving him mere ly power to do so, but directing him to seize all whiskey now in bond in the United States, pay tho distillcrs for it at the rate of the exact cost and 10 per cent profit, and then re- distill it into industrial alcohol for use in making smokcless powder
 Can Take Much from Warehouses.
 There are between 200 and 300 million gallons of whiskey in bond subject to this order If the provis- ion stands, and the "drys' now say having lost the fight to ex- elude beer and wine, they will take nothing else, it means that there will be no more whiskey sold over the bars, in clubs or anywhere else, as soon as the present sLocks of the saloons and wholesalers and such such quantities as the whiskey trust is able to get out of bond be- fore the law takes effect has been consumed
 It is admitted that there will be millions of gallons taken from bond in anticipation of the law, hut this quantity is limited by the law, which requires all whiskey to be held in bond for four years. So the great i bulk of whiskey will be seized and used in making powder
 Altho under the unanimous con- sent agreement, under which the Senate has acted the last two days to get decision on the prohibition feature of the food bill, the action today is supposed to be final and binding on the Senate, no one thinks for a minute the whiskey trust will give up it's fight. The most desper- ate effort will be made to reopen i the question and every conceivable effort of pressure brought to bear to get the seize and purchase" pro vision knocked out, for it knocked flat a plot of the whiskey interests to get away with the biggest "kill- ing" in the history of the Nation
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
BAND OF swINDLERs WANTED.
Blue Sky Department Seeks Shrewd
 Gang of Alleged Oil Land Men.

Little Rock, July 1.-The Blue Sky Department of the state government Is endeavoring to run down a band of swindlers which is operating in the sale of oil and mineral land. Ac- cording to the information received at the department the men enter a town with plat of some bearing oil field or mineral land, and offer lots for from $50 to $50 each. The pros pect is asked to pay all the money down, and Si0 will be placed in the local bank for a drilling fund. Many have fallen for the line of talk giv- en out by the smooth salesmen, but the state officials have been unable to catch up with them in order to cause their arrest. The final Si0, if placed in a bank, has never been used, but the sharpers have gotton away with the balance.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
CUARDSNEN INTO
 FEDERAL SERVICE
President Wilson issues Proclama- ton Making Them Available for Service in France -AiobiIlza-
 ton August }.

Washington, July iO-The last step necessary to make the entire na- tional guard available for duty in France was taken today by President Wilson with the issue of a procla- nation drafting thu state troops into the army of the United States Au- gust ,.
 To make certain that the purpose of the National Defense Act is car ried out, the proclamation also spe- officially declares the men drafted to be discharged from the old militia status on that date In that way the constitutional restraint upon use of militia outside the country is avoided and the way paved for send ing the regiments to the European front.
 Prior to the application of the draft, regiments in the northern and eastern sections of the country are called into federal service as na- tional guardsmen, in two increments to Be mobilized July i5 and 25 Many units already are federalized and presumably they will be mobilized with the other troops from their states The guard from the other states wifi be mobilized on the day of the draft. The arrangement was necessary to provide for movement of the regiments south to their con-
 entfation camps without congestion and to the same end the division of states into these increments was re- vised from the original schedule.
 The operative date of the draft was delayed until August so that all regiments can be taken into the army simultaneously
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
pnlalnes for shinninn.

J. S. HinsoE eafne in from the Owens Chapel neighborhood Friday morning with load of about 9 bushels of potatoes which he stored at the Commercial Club headquar- ters to await the time when a car load can be shipped out. Mir. Hin- son had a part in filling the first car which was shipped out of Mena this year, and he is one of the men who fully realizes that one of the weak links in the marketing proposition is the lack of organization among the growers, which makes it impos- sible for the selling agent to get in immediate touch with those who have products to sell.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
777-77717--77---7-sl77--lll- RIG PICNIC AT OPAL.

There will be- on Bigfork creek near Opal school house, July 2f. a picnic. Speaking and singing, also refreshments of all kinds. For those who enjoy sports there will be foot racing, horse and mule racing and riding. Come, come, come. and have an enjoyable time.
 Henry Standridge,
 Samuel E. Morris,
 Dr. John Murphy, Adv wit Committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
HO0Kw0RMS ARE BLAMED.
Garrison Says They Cause Many
 Young Men to Be Rejected.
Special to The star.

Special to The Star
 Little Rock, July 9.-"Arkansas people sconed at me in my hook worm leetures,7 said Dr. C. w. Gar rison the, head of the State Board of Health, in discussing the treat ment being administered to the sol- diers at Fort Logan H, Roots, but the government shows the people what it thinks of the hookworm. If the men who have been rejected be- cause of lack of weight, would take a bit of hookworm cure they would not so many of them be turned down"
 In this manner Dr. Garrison gives a tip to those who contemplate en- tering the army or navy, but fear they cannot make the required weight
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
REPLY TO SHOTS FROM
 MEXICAN SIDE or BOUNDARY
Fifty Shots Were Exchanged Just North of Fl Paso, Hut No One Was
 KiIled-To Cover Smuggling.

Fl paso, July i0.-Fifty shots were fired by Mexicans across the Rio Grande river at Mart's mill, mile north of union station here, between nine and ten o'clock last night.
 The fire was returned by the American army patrol. but so far as known there was no casualties.
 The army officers believe that the shooting was for the purpose of cov- ering smuggling operations at a naint further up the river.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
smcceesIs Prof. Torreysnn.

Little Rock, July i0.-Prof. A. B. Hill, for a number of years principal of the Little Rock high school, re- gently appointed professor of sec ondary education to succeed B. W Torreyson, elected president of the State Normal, is now filling his new office. He will not, however, official ly take office until September 1 He 5 merely getting acquainted with the duties of the office while Prof. Tor reyson is assisting in the summer school being conducted at the Uni sersity of Arkansas.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
GERMANS REFUSE TO
 STATE PEACE TERMS

Berne. Switzerland, July iG.-Ac- cording to Berlin newspapers, the German chancellor, Dr. von Beth man Hollweg, today, sad to mem bers of the reichstag
 r'i repeat that the formula of peace without annexations is unacceptable to us.
 We cannot declare our terms of peace.
 We must fight and conquer
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
German Forees WIthdrawn.

Berlin Feb. i0.- The war office this afternoon announced officially that the German forces which have been fighting in the Stanislau sector Of the Galacian front were yester- day withdrawn behind the Tomnica rissesr
 Near Riga, Dvinsk and Smorgon, on the northern end of the Russian front the fighting between the Ger mans and Russians has increased.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

w. E. Watkins and D. Nj. Watkins have begun the construction of a dipping vat on their farm, located southeast of Mena. The vat will be located near the farm house on the right hand side of the road, and the water for charging it will be secured from q spring near that point. The excavating for the vat has already been completed, and the concrete work will soon be begun.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Grows Ria Beet.

R. U. Edwards, who came In from Ink Monday, brought in beet, weighing 2i1 pounds, which was raised by his daughter, Mrs. Horace Chambers. The beet is large enough to make a good mess for an average sized famlsy
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
HAMMFRR|N|vEG HHAMIV||V|F FRR||N|vE, AWAY
 AT THE TEUTONS
Pctrograd War OtIice Claims 1000 Prisoners, Several Villages and aluch War Material Is Taken
 French Repulse Attacks.

Paris, July i0. The Germans re- turned to their attack on the Aisne front last night and again met with defeat. the war office announced in an official statement this afternoon.
 Several strong assaults on the French positions at the Hurtebse monument and al Dragon were re- pulsed
 The attacking waves suffered se- Nerely and were unable to reach the French lines.
 Local attacks at Laflaux Mill, AL lies Corbeny Courcy and Auberiye were unsuccessful, 1t IS officially claimed, and at several of these places the French took many pris- oners
 petrograd. July 10. General Kor- .nilon's offensive in eastern Galacia continues, says an official Russian statement this afternoon, despite the energetic resistance and stubborn counter attacks of the Teutons.
 Additional villages have been cap- tured. it is claimed. More than one thousand prisoners were taken yesterday by the Rua- sians who also captured three field guns. many trench moffars, ma- chine guns and q quantity of war material
 The enemy has retreated to the Lomniea river" says an official statement. Tn two days the Rus sians have penetrated to a depth of Isix and two-third miles in the en- Jenny positions west of Stanislau"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
pICNIC auLY 20.

There will be picnic July 20 at the old s. I, Wood place, at the spring. Swing, cold drink stands, and usual amusements. Everyone invited to come.
 L.J. Wimberly,
 N. H. Sterner, Adv. 28 2tp Committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

For Rent-Seven vacant rooms. In
 upper story of the Thacker bulld- sng Will rent cheap. Inquire of Anthony X Riding, 5ig DeQueen st. Adv. i62 Ct 28 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
GERMANS PLOTTED IN US. BEFORE WAR
Plans Included HindOo Revolution and War on England-Zimmer- man Named-iO5 Men Are
 Indicted.

New York. July 7.-papers seized in the offices of Wolf von Igel, sec retary of Capt. Franz von Papen, gave the government proof of Ger man plots to foment uprisings in h. dia and Ireland, it was learned here tonight. The information, it was said, also had on important bearing on the arrest of Sir Roger Easement.
 San Francisco, July 7.-Prepara- tions for war with England were being made in the United States by German agents and Hindu agitators more than a year before the outbreak of the European war, according to a statement made here today by United States District M- torney John w Preston.
 This assertion was in connection with fling of i39 indictments in the United States court here today for alleged violation of American neu- trality Two sets of indictments were returned 9S bearing on worldwide plot to foment revolution in India and fl on the so-ealled steamship Sacramento case. in which it is charged an effort was made to pro- vision German garships at sea. Sev- efal of the defendants are mentioned in each set of indictments.
 The so-calIed Hindu revolution plot was summarized today in a statement by Preston in which he said:
 One hundred and five men are involved Ninety eight have been indicted and seven named as eo-con- spirat0rs About half of this num- Der are at present outside the juris- diction of the United States.
 Prepared for War on England.
 For more than a year before the outbreak of the European war cer- tain Hindus in San Francisco, and German agents were preparing openly for war with England. At the outbreak of the war, Hindu leaders, members of the German consulate here, and attaches of the German government began to make plans to carry out conspiracy to inclte re- yolution in India for the two-fold purpose of attempting to free India and aid the Germans in their mili- tary operations.
 Hindus on the Pacific coast were eanvassed and those willing to take part in the revolution were regis tered. Emissaries were financed by German agents here and immediate ley sent to Germany. Shortly there after what is known as the India Committee, an adjunct of the Ger man Foreign office, was created in Berlin. Among them was Hardayala, fugative from the United States in 1914. This India committee had the personal attention of Alfred .lmmer- erson attention of Alfred Zimmer- man
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Directed from Berlin.

Thereafter the operations of the plotters in the United States were directed from Berlin and the finan- ces were sent from the same source. The conspiracy took the form of various military enterprises. Arms and ammunition in large quantities were purchased with German money. Men were recruited and sent to In- dia. Military expeditions were or ganized to be carried on from America and Siam. Arms and am- munition were smuggled thru China and Japan. The whole conspiracy was a well defined effort to create a revolution in India for the purpose of forcing England to maintain large bodies of troops in India that other wise would have been for use against Germany on the battle front
 Zimmermann in the Plot.
 eThe evidence presents an amaz- ing display of intrigue at the ex- hnnrxff nI ff ty
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

Souvenirs and Post Cards of Mena at the Post Card House that Hilte- brand built Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Reprisals Demanded.

Five minutes after the explosions ceased the streets of the district attacked were damned with fire en- zines, ambulances, patrol wagons and motors with nurses and doctors. Police were everywhere. Sightseers from the west end seemed to come in droves.
 This part of London usually de- serted on Saturday night was crowded with tens of thousands to a late hour. Anger and determination seemed to be the dominating senti- ment of the populace. Increased de- mand for reprisal on German cities, several members of parliament hayc already announced, will be brought up as soon as the house of commons meets.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

Complete stock Of Artist supplies at HiItebrand's Art Gallery.Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Zimmerman in the Plot.

1.-The evidence nresents an amaz, ing display of intrigue at the ex- pense of the laws and hospitalit, of the United States"
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
RIPTI0N
 PRICE

$f.0O A YEAR STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12
Dipping Vat for Watkins Farm.

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The Mena weekly star., 1917-07-12

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