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The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
HAD A STRENUOUS TRIP.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Williford Reach
Mena After Abandoning Car.

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Williford
reached Mena Thursday night and
are now at home with the latter's
mother, Mrs. w. w. Harrison at The
Antlers. They left Little Rock last
Saturday afternoon in their Iexing-
ton and after most strenuous trip
were finally forced to abandon the
car near Board Camp. After having
been stalled at Mt. Ida by engine
trouble, the relief expedition sent out
to meet them succeeded in getting
through and a start was made home
ward. Mr.. Williford stated they re-
quired hours to travel from Mt Ida
to Board Camp, the roads were so
bad. At Board Camp the Lexington
went into mud hole that defied all
efforts at extraction, including that
last resort, a team of mules.
Rather than spend another night in
the wilds, Mr.. and Mrs. Williford
came on to Mena with the relief car.
Hugh Harrison went out Friday
morning with another car and hopes
to return with the Lexington. One Of
the stirring experiences Of the fate
fui trip was a five-hour wait for a
flooded stream to subside. Mr.. Will
liford has been mustered out of SER
vice at the officers training camp.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
ICE CREAM NAN
SAYS HE THOUGHT
HIS TINE HAD CONE
COULD FIND NO RELIEF FROM
HIS SUFFERING-FEELS LIKE
NEW MAN SINCE TAKING TAN
LAC HE DECLARES.

It is indeed doubtful if there is a
better known or more highly respect
ed man in Konxville, Tennessee, than
C. M. Smith. "Cal" as he is known to
his host of friends, has been promi-
nently identified with the ice cream
manufacturing business in that city
for a number of years, occupying a
responsible position with the Mono
Ice Cream Company. In relating his
remarkable experience with Tanlae,
Mr.. Smith recently said:
"About one month ago, / had Sc
we're attack of what the doctors de-
scribed as acute Indigestion, and for
several days / was a very sick man.
Shortly after eating, one day, | be-
gan to experience very full, uncom-
Portable feeling in my stomach. |
had never had anything like it before
and / hope | never viii again, for my
stomach swelled up so from gas that
/ could hardly breathe. My hands
and feet got cold and clammy and
my pulse weak. | felt like I'd give
anything in the world for one good
deep breath. | started doctoring my
self, but in spite of the medicine
took, | continued to get worse and
begun to think my time had come.
"a friend of mine told me about
this Tanlac and sent and got bot
tie and started taking it. Well, sir,
you can believe it or not, but I begun
to improve from the very start. By
the end of the week ] was all
Strengthened out again and now that
I've taken three bottles, | feel like
a new man. / have forgotten all
about the indigestion and can eat just
anything | want.
"Tanlac just beats anything | ever
saw. Nearly everybody in my neigh
borhood is taking Tanlac and they
are all praising it."
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
WON'T SINK GERMAN SHIPS
Such Talk Is Pure Bunk, a High Al.
lied Authority Says.

Paris, Dec. 21.-The report that the
American commissioners had decid-
ed to advocate sinking Of the surren-
dered German fleet is pure bunk" a
high authority said today:
Submitting suggestions regarding
the German fleet, or guessing how it
win be disposed of, are among the
favorite pastimes here at present.
The same applies to disposition Of
the former kaiser.
AS matter Of fact, nothing in re-
gard to either has been decided upon
yet. A great number of proposals
have been received, but they have not
yet been thoroughly discussed.
The American commissioners GER
tainly have arrived at no decision
regarding the general shipping stu
alton. Several angles were expected
to be taken up today, however, when
Edwin Hurley met representatives Of
Great Britain, France and italy.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Won HlNDfNBURG
AGAIN IN ACTION
Forming Counter Revolution-Peo-
Piles League and Social Demo-
Gratis and Other Activities in
German Unrest.

Paris, Dec. 20.-Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg has telegraphed the Ber-
lin government, advising that it is his
intention to form new front six
miles behind the neutral zone fixed
by the armistice, according to a dis
patch received in this city today from
Zurich.
The government has asked Won
Hindenburg for an explanation of
this action, but has not yet received
reply from him.
The Zurich dispatch also announc-
ed that Won Hindenburg, Major Gen.
eral Scheuch, Prussian war minister,
and probably Lieutenant General Lee
quis, former governor of Metz, are
behind counter revolutionary move
ment.
Won Hindenburg, it is understood
has declared that the existing gov
eminent is manifestly incapable Of
preventing the realization of THEN
scheme.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
PLAN RELIEF FOR
insane PATIENTS
Superintendent o. c. Kirk Would
Maintain EpiIeptics Where Can
Work--Need Quarters for
Tubercular Cases.

Little Rock, Dec 20.-Following
the constructive policy which has gov
erned the state charitable Institutes
during recent years, Dr. o. G. Kirk,
superintendent Of the State Hospital
for Nervous Diseases will ask the
General Assembly for new depart
ments which are essential to the
proper care of the inmates. DR.. Kirk
will ask first for an appropriation for
the erection and maintenance of a
separate Institution for the treat
ment of epileptics. He will also ask
for a detached ward for the care of
tubercular patients, and also school
for children who have been commit
ted to the institution.
Il will ask the legislature for no
appropriation that is not absolutely
needed, and | will not ask for one dol
lar that we could well get along with
out" states DR.. Kirk. 1.-THE hospital
has at present about 1900 patients.
We have sent home several hundred
who can perform manual labor in or
der that they might help out during
the labor shortage of the war. OF
these remaining over 500 are epilep-
ties. If we can place them in an in
stitution elsewhere, with suitable
farm land adjoining, we will relieve
our present overcrowded hospital We
can do nothing for these poor patients
now, but if they can have the neees-
sary out door exercise, they will be
much better off than they are here
There are few of them who cannot
work good portion of the time, and
exercise is essential to their treat
ment.
I'VE now have no isolated building
for tubercular patients. They are not
permitted to mingle with the other
patients, but we have to keep them in
wards adjoining those of physically
healthy patients. We have about sc
now, and in order to properly care for
them, we must have a building well
removed from the others. 1t need moi
be an expensive one, but should have
plenty of porch room, so the patients
may have open air treatment.
'The school for the children / in.
tend to have if the funds for its
maintenance must come from some
other source. We get a great many
children who are mentally deficient
yet who can be taught to read ane
write, and as many of them are even
tually cured. it is almost criminal t.
neglect the rudiments of an educa
ton at least. intend to have tn.
I school even if / have to use the chap
ell for it,"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
.EX-CzAR' FATE IS
PULLING WORLD
II He is Dead, as Reported, Someone
Is Sending Notes 70 His Mother
Signed With His Name-Do
Not Tell Hiding Place

London, Dec. 21.-If Nicholas Ro-
manoff is dead, where's his grave ?
If he's alive, where is he hiding i?
Who is writing to his mother?
Marie Dagmar Romanoff, his
mother, living in Livadia, Russia. re-
ceives letters every ten days signed
with his name it is reported.
She is said to recognize the hand
writing as that Of her son. There is
no present clue as to where these
mysterious letters are posted.
The story reached Warsaw through
Polish army officers escaping from
Russia.
Nicholas is becoming the great
Russian mystery.
Midnight Arrest Starts the Mystery.
At midnight, March is, 1917, he
signed his abdieation of the Russian
throne.
He was Immediately arrested and
taken to Tsarkoe-Selo palace. Later
he was exiled to Tobolsk, in Siberia,
and starting his journey in the night
Plots to restore him to the throne
made his revolutionary guards decide
to move him to some more secure
prison.
Then came reports:
That he had been assasinated on q
railway train while leaving Ekaterin-
burg.
That he had been shot by his
guards while on the way to Peru.
That he had been killed during a
personal quarrel with one of his
guards.
That he had been publicly execut-
ed in house in Ekaterinburg.
All these reports were denied OF
clouded by doubts Documents said to
be his farewell letters, were never
verified. Reports of his last words
lacked proof.
No Grave. No Body Yet Discovered
An investigator found bullet holes
in room in house in Ekaterin-
burg, said to have been occupied by
Nicholas and his son. There were
stains of blood on the floor. But the
bullet holes were too high on the
wall to have resulted from shots fir
ed at short person standing or sit
ting.
And the body has not been found.
Nor does anyone seem to know
where the grave was made.
Until the grave is found and this
body produced, or until Nicholas ap-
pears and proves his identity, there
always viii be doubt as to his fate
What has happened to his wife
two daughters and son is an almost
equally great mystery.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
MUGS BAcK To MAKERs.
Surplus Stock win Be Marketed in
the Usual Way.

Washington, Dec. q Through
agreements with representatives Of
the motor car industry, the War De-
partment's surplus stock Ct motor
cars and trucks to be disposed Of has
not yet been determined.
Reports that the department in
tended to do its own selling, which
caused some anxiety among dealers
and flood of inquiries from bar
gain hunters, were denied today by
Assistant Secretary Crowell. All
trucks owned by the government will
be needed for sometime and in dis
posing Of surplus property, Mr.
Crowell said every care would be TAX
en- to cause the trade as little distur-
bsnce as possible.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
DECORATE FOR SOLDIERS.
National Colcrs to Be Displayed IN
Honor of Returning Fighters.

Mena is TO show more coicr IN hef
greeting to the fighting men who
are returning home from service with
Uncle Sam on land and sea. The
lads who have come back home the
past week have noticed the absence
of Old Glory and the lack Of the
red. white and blue The local chap
ter of the Red Cross has decided to
remed this deficiency, and members
are asking that Mena business men
decorate with the national eolors
their stores and offices. Decorations
Of an appropriate kind viii also be
put on the X. c. s. depot where the
incoming soldiers and sailors and
those passing thru can see that the
city's patriotism IS still above par.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Fight Social Democrats.

Copenhagen, Dec. 20 DR.. Gustav
Streseman, leader Of the National
Liberal Party in Germany, has an
nounced that the German Peoples
Party, in which he has been active
since the revolution, is absolutely OPP
posed to social democracy, and viii
fight the Social Democrats, accord
ing to Berlin newspapers received
here.
The Center Party has been sum-
moned to conference which will
be held at Frankfort on December 30.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Cotton Price Advanced Thursday.

Cotton Prices took an upward turn
Thursday morning, and the best
bales brought above 20 cents.
Among those who were on the Mena
market and got the benefit of the
advance were William Ryan and w.
F. Mourton of Egger; W. l.. Leamon
Of Eagleton; Jake Dodds and G. A.
Fryer of 0den. A number Of farm
ers who were not satisfied with the
local market hauled their bales to
Hatfield Wednesday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
LIBERALIZATION
Of 10000 DAILY
General Pershing Reports That Few
Americans Are Prisoners in Ger
Many Handling Mail For
The Soldiers.

Washington. Dec. 21.--Demobiliza-
ton Of the home military forces at
the rate Of 10000 day the goal
set les sthan a month ago BY the
war department, has been reached if
not exceeded.
Total rehabilitation on December
a., had reached 20 1908 officers and
1852 men The chief Of staff said
more than 100000 men have been as
signed for early rehabilitation, in
GLIDING 81 900 divisional troops, 49,
900 engineers and 10000 men of the
military aeronautics divisions.
General Pershing has reported that
3,2l0 American prisoners Of war
were repatriated up to December 6,
OF these 1858 came through Switzer-
land; S24 passed through the Ameri-
can front lines; 100 went through
Holland and 113 through Denmark.
Those passing through Holland and
Denmark are now all enroute for
England, the dispatch says.
General Pershing expressed the
opinion that very few American
prisoners remain in Germany and be-
Iieved these would be quickly evacu-
ated He said continued search is
being made for isolated prisoners.
British and French officials in Swift
erland, Holland and Sweden and in
Germany itself aiding in this search.
AS an illustration Of the heavy
flow of troops returning from
France on board the largest ships,
General March announced that the
steamer Leviathan making ten trips,
had carried an average of Gals men
to France on each trip. Seven other
ships of unusual tonnage averaged
better than 1000 men per trip.
Every effort is being made to ar
range for the delivery of mail con-
signed to units which have been des-
ignated for early return, the chief Of
staff said. In cases where a majority
OF the members of any unit have
been ordered home, mail is held in
the United States until the organiza-
tion arrives and a report is made Of
the men left in France, the mail adj
dressed to these men then is assert
ed out and sent across.
In cases where only a small pro-
portion of unit is homeward bound,
the mail for the entire unit is shipped
TO France and that consigned to the
men who have been returned home is
sorted out in France and redirected.
General March disclosed the fact
that the communication facilities par
ticularly with the American forces
IN Russia, particularly in the Arch
angel area have been very unsatis-
factory. The war department, itself
has had difficulty in communicating
important military instructions to
the commander and only meager dis
patches have come through to this
end
In answer to a question General
March said that coast artillery units
which were being used for army and
corps artillery are all being returned
to this country, but those which were
serving as divisional artillery prob
ably will stay abroad for some time.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

London. December 19.-The news
that President Wilson considers COM
ing to London next week was receiv-
ed by the British government off
cials this morning.
II caused considerable surprise,
and necessitated hurried reconsidera-
ton Of the plans for the presidents
reception.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Little Rock, Ark. Dec. l7.-The
next session Of the General Assembly
will convene on Monday, January 10.
1t will be an important session, since
1t will have to deal with many re-
construction problems. 1t promises
to be a Woodworking body, and to
get down to business in short order.
Indications are that the Senate will
be completely oganized the first day,
and it is not likely that more than
two days win be required for the or
ganization Of the House.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Officials on a Strike.

Amsterdam, Dec. 20.-All leading
officials of the German foreign Of
flee are on a strike as the result Of
the governments acceptance of the
resignation Of DIR. Solf, as foreign
minister, according to the Rhenish
Westphalian Gazette.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Children take BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP willingly because it
tastes nice. There isn't better rem
edy anywhere for children's coughs,
hoarseness and bronchitis. It's a
good medicine and easy to take. Price
25c, Soc, and $1.00 per bottle. Sold
by jackson Drug Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Form Peoples League.

London, Dec. 2O.-A Peoples
League" has been organized in Ber-
lin, says a Central News dispatch
from Copenhagen today.
The Leagues committee includes
Prince Macmillan of Baden, former
German imperial chancellor; Hugo
Haase, independent socialist; Count
Won Bernstorff, former ambassador
to the United States. and Matthias
Erzberger, centrist leader.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Cabinet Has Resigned

London, Dec. 20.-Reports received
here from Copenhagen today declare
that the German cabinet, headed by
Friedrich Ebert, has resigned, but
there is no confirmation of the re-
ports as yet.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Ginners' Report Shows Increase.

The government ginners report re-
ceived in Mena Friday showed con-
siderable increase in cotton ginned
over the corresponding period of last
year. The report shows 1O,252, 402
bales ginned to December IS, or an
increase Of 689,27S bales since last
report and gain of 271 ,278 bales
over the same period in 1917.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
POLAND PLUNDERED
BY THE GERMANS.
Country Stripped of All Materials
and Machinery is Report-Will
Take 2 Billion to Replace.

Warsaw, Dec. 18.-Poland was
stripped Of all materials and machin-
cry during the German occupation
which ended November IL. On that
day a few thousand soldiers of the
Polish Legion, aided by the popula-
ton Of Warsaw, disarmed more than
10000 German soldiers who had plan
ned a revolt against their own Off
GERS. All food and all telephone wires
were removed by the Germans. All
industrial plants were robbed and
dismantied with the result that Po-
land will have hard job to start in
again even if financial and political
conditions were of the best, observers
say. Discussing the economic situa-
ton in Poland, Stanislaw, Larlows-
XII, director of the Commercial bank
of Warsaw, said to the correspond
ent today:
1t will take nearly 100000 900
to repair the damage done during the
German occupation and to put US on
our feet properly and to develop our
great natural resources. Our oil prod
ucts return 500,OO0,O00 marks annu-
ally and we are rich in coal and salt
mines, potash, forests and agricultu-
raj products.
cat the present time the economic
situation is confused because Rus
rians rubles, Austrian crowns and
German marks are in circulation. The
marks are a heritage of the German
occupation.
''In April 1917, the Germans issued
100000 marks. which they called
Polish marks The issue was made
through a special bank with the an
nouncement that after two years
Polish marks would be redeemed by
German marks. By this scheme, The
German Reichsbank was not compell-
ed to issue extra money and there
fore did not injure its own credit"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

We pay best cash prices for Liberty
Bonds. We buy and sell stocks. Write
us. Morgan-Yatter Co., 1910 South.
western Life Bldg, Dallas. Tex.
Adv. aug .23dwtf
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Heartburn is a symptom of indi-
gestion. Take dose Of HERBINE
in such cases. The pain disappeares
instantly. The bowels operate speedi-
ly and you feel fine, vigorous and
cheerful. Price Coo. Sold by Jackson
Drug Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.

II you should have a fire tonight
When you are snug in bed
That little gcb Of blame would fall
On whose careless head?
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Wheeling in the lungs indicates
that phlegm is obstructing the air
passages. BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP loosens the phlegm
so that it can be coughed up and
elected. Price 25c, Eec and s1.00 per
from Camp Zachary Taylor KY,
bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug Co
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

If you have q bad taste in your
mouth, if your tongue is coated, and
you have spells of dizziness, the
trouble is in your stomach, liver and
bowels; they are clogged with bilious
impurities. Prickly Ash Bitters
clears out the distractions and re-
stores healthy conditions. Price 81 %
per bottle. Gurnels Drug Store,
Spccial Agents.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
DIES CRANKING FORD.
Levy Cogbill Suffers Heart Attack
Due to His Exertions.

Pine Bluff, Dec. 17.-Levy Cogbill,
aged %, of Snyder, Lincoln county,
met death in a very strange man
ner Saturday night on the Star City
pike, near Curry place. A coroner's
inquest here Sunday determined that
Cogbill's death was due to heart
trouble, brought on by his strenuous
efforts to crank his automobile, ne;s.
which his body was found.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Too much sweet stuff puts the
stomach out of order. A dose Of
Prickly Ash Bitters corrects the
trouble, restores the appetite and
good digestion. Price S1.25 per bottle,
Gunnels Drug Store, Special Agents.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
Groves TasteIess chin Tonic

restores vitality and ensrsy BY purifying and en-
richina the blood. You can soon feel It's Strength
enIne Tnvisoratine Effect. Priee coz.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

LAXATIVE BRoMo oUINTE Tablets remove the
cause. There Is only one "Bromo ouinine. !"
z. W. GROVES signature on box SOC.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

For Sale:-Ford touring car: ex-
cellent repair. Inquire al Star office.
d6t2O3w1t52
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

For Sale:-Two sets of mill stones
cheap. See or write w. H. Little
page, Hatfield w3t51
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26
ARMY DwINDLEs IN SIZE.
Bolsheviki Now Reported to Have
Not More Than 10000 Troops.

London, Dec. 19-Reports that the
Russian holshegiki have raised an
army of three million men are dis
credited by the special correspondent
Of the Daily Chronicle.
1t is said the most reliable infor-
nation puts the number Of bolshe-
Wiki troops at 10000. scattered over
most Of the former Russian empire.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

SiclIly children need WHITES
CREAM VERMIFUGE. 1t not only
destroys worms, if there be any, but
it acts as strengthening tonic in
the stomach and bowels. Price 30c
per bottle. Sold by Jackson Drug Co.
ADV.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Tie QHinine That Does Not Affect The Head
Because Of its tonic and laxative effect. LAxA-
i've BkOM0 QUINlNE (Tablets) can be taken
by anyone without causing nervousness or ringing
In the head. EW. GROVES signature on box SOC
The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-26

Notice to Farmers.
No scrap iron wanted after Dee
ember 81, 1918. Mena Junk Co. dw1t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
TURKISH CRUISER SUNK.
BRITISH GUNS SEND TO BOTTO,,
FORMER GERMAN
BRESLAU.
Fate OF Famous Vessels. Lour Oncr.
ating in Black Sea, Decided in Dar-
dancIlcs Fight.

London, Jan. 20.-In naval action
petween British and Turkish forces NJ
he entrance to the DardanelIes. The
turkish cruiser Midulluah, formerly
the German Breslau, was sunk and
the Sultan Selim, formerly the Ger
man Goeben, was beached. This an
nouncement was made by the admiral
ty tonight. The official statement
says:
The Goeben and Breslau-Turliish
names Sultan Selim and Midulluah-
With destroyers were in action with
he British forces at the enrance to
nc Dardanelles this Sunday morn
ng. The Breslau was sunk. The Goe-
oen escaped but has been beached, evil
IDENTIFY badly damaged, at Nagara
Point in the narrows of the straits.
The Goeben is being attacked by
naavl aircraft.
"Our losses reported are the moni-
tor Raglan and a small monitor the
M-2S."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23
BONHAM RESOLUTION KILLED.
Effort TO Restore Puts OH Clinchcr--
Transferred Pardoning Power to
Board

Columbia, Jan. 1S.-An unsuccess-
nj effort was made in the house
esterday morning to restore to the
aiendar the Bonham resolution, re-
ewing the governor of the pardon
jower, which resolution was killed
adopting the unfavorable report
rom the judiciary committee. Mr..
-ong Of Greenville moved to have
ne resolution restored TO the calen-
lar explaining that the members had
.ccepted the report without realizing
he full purport of the measure. OBJ
ection was Immediately entered from
several sources, and Mr.. Hughes of
lconee argued that the power should
emain with the chief executive. II
vas better TO be lodged there, even
though it were abused by an occa-
5ional governor, than to place this
power in pardon board.