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The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
LIKE AN ELECTRIC
 BUTTON ON TOES.
Tells Why Corn Is So Painful and Says Cutting Makes
 Them Grow.

Press an electric button and you form a contact with live wire which rings the bell. When your shoes press against your corn it pushes it's sharp roots down upon sensitive nerve and you get shock of pain.
 Instead of trimming your corns, which merely makes them grow, just step into any drug store and ask for a quarter of an ounce of freezone. This will cost very little but is sufficient to remove every hard or soft corn or eallus from ones feet. A few drops applied directly upon tender, acheing corn stops the soreness instantly, and soon the corn shrivels up so it lifts right out, root an dall, without pain. This drug freezone is harmless and never infames or even irritates the surrounding skin. Adv.
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CHAPTER xxx.
achats wIth FrItrr

We were swimming in money. from the receipts of our theatrical venture. and had forgotten all about the war, when an order came through that our brigade would again take over their sector of the line.
 The day that these orders were is- sued, our captain assembled the com pany and asked for volunteers to 20 to the Machine Gun school at St. Omar. volunteered and was accepted.
 Sixteen men from our brigade left for the course in machine gunnery. This course lasted two weeks and we rejoined our unit and were assigned to the brigade machine gun company. It almost broke my heart to leave my company mates.
 The gun we used was the vickers. Light .303 water cooled.
 I was still member of the Suicide club, having jumped from the frying pan into the fire. I was assigned to section 1, gun No. 2, and the first time fin" took position in the front-line trench.
 During the day our gun would be dismounted on the fire step ready for instant use We shared a dugout with the Lewis gunners. At stand to- we would mount our gun on the parapet and go on watch beside 1t until 'stand down" in the morning Then the gun would be dismounted and again placed i'm Ituacc on tha Are cfaT,
 We did eight days in the front-line trench without anything unusual hap pening outside of the ordinary trench routine. On the night that we were to "carry out bombing raid against the German lines was pulled off. This raid ing party consisted of sixty company men, sixteen bombers, and four Lewis machine guns with their crews.
 The raid took the Boches by surprise and was complete success, the party bringing back twenty-one prisoners.
 The Germans must have been awful ly sore, because they turned loose a l barrage of shrapnel, with a few Min nies" and "whizz bangs" intermixed. l he NltCiiS NCit uibpBAhB ihAO Oul liont line like hailstones.
 To get even, we could have left the prisoners in the fire trench, in charge of the men on guard and let them click Fritz's strafeing but Tommy does not treat prisoners that way.
 Five of them were brought into my dugout and turned over to me so that they would be safe from the German fire.
 In the candelight. they looked very much shaken. nerves gone and chalky faces with the exception of one, a great big fellow. He looked very much at ease. liked him from the start
 got out the rum jar and gave each nip and passed around some flags the old reliable Woodbines. The other prisoners looked their gratitude, but the big fellow said in English, ''Thanl l you, sir, the rum is excellent and ap i preciate 1t, also your kindness"
 He told me his nnme was Car Schmidt. of the Sixty-sixth Bavariar Light infantry; that he had lived sis years in New York (knew the city bet ter than l dld), had been to Conel island and many of our ball games. Ht
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FOR AMENDMENT No IA. AGAINST AMENDME NO Ia
Proposed constltutlonal Amendment

Proposed Constitutional Amendment
 No. IA.
 He It Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representatives of the State of Arkansas, the Majority of Both Houses Agreeing Theret0;
 That the following is hereby pro- posed as an amendment to the Consti- tuition of the State of Arkansas, and the same being submitted 10 the elec- tors of the State for approval or re- lection at the next general election for Senators and Representatives. If a majority of the electors voting at such election adopt such amendment the same shall become a part of the Consu- tuition of the State of Arkansas. to-wit :: ba PF of afa the sfae 1i Aree off sas be amended to read as follows:
 The Supreme Court shall be compos- ed of seven Judges. one Of whom shall be styled Chief Justice and elected as such In the consideration and decis- ion of cases all Judges may sit or the ions and the decision of each of said divisions shall be the decision of the Court The Chief Justice shall assign three of the Associate Justices to each division, and he may change such as signment from time to time. and the Aesociate Justices may interchange with each other by agreement among themselves. The concurrence of three Judges shall be necess ary to decision lnr n n bsnc the Ghef jnsce fns sha preside, and the concurrence of four shall. be necessary to a, decision. The tHtGt justice Sff3ii aiitt tiit sFisfoS to the divisions. and he may order any case to be decided or. recQnsidered by the court in banc. The Chief Justice may sit in either division, and shall preside when so sitting The Judges of each division shall elect presiding Judge for that division. who shall ore side when the Chief Justice Is not sit ting in that division. If the Chief Jus tice is absent from the Court, the sem Tor Judge present shall perform his duties
 The Governor shall appoint tha two additional Judges provided for herein. one of whom shall hold office until his successor Is elected al the general elee- tion for State officers in 1922. and oual- flies and one of whom shall hold office until his successor is elected at the general el -ction for State officers in 1924 and qualities.
 Approved by. the Governor. and filed in the office of the Secretary of State. January IT. 1917.
 Each elector may vcte for or against the above amendment.
 Witness my official signature this. the 24th day of April, 1918.
 1Seal1 TOM J. TERRAL.
 Secretary of State.
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was regufaT Tan. 1 couldn't mase S1iiffl believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the best ball player in the world.
 From New York he had gone to Lon don, where he worked as a waiter in the Hotel Russell. Just before the war he went home to Germany to see his parents, the war came and he was con scripted.
 He told me he was very sorry to hear that London was in ruins from the Zeppelin raids. I could not con vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen moving pictures in one of the German cities of St. Pauls cathedral In ruins.
 I changed the subject because he was so stubborn in his belief. It was my intention to try and pump him for information as to the methods of the German snipers, who had been caus- ing us trouble in the last few days.
 I preached the subject and he shut up like Q clam. After few minutes he verv tnnocently said:
 (Continued in Next Tssue.l
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BAPTIST WOMEN WIN VOTE.
Granted Equal Right in Convention by
 Southern Church-Give SI,OOO, ,O0O.


 Hot Springs, Ark, May 16.-Wom- en of the Southetrn Baptist churches yesterday were granted full and equal rights with the men in the convention of the churches, by an overwhelming vote at the sixty-third session of the Southern Baptiset convention. By the action taken, which consisted of an amendment to the constitution, women are now entitled, not only to represent the churches in the conventions. but also to hold any office in the conven- tion, which is the highest administra- tion organization in the denomination.
 The opposition to the amendment was led by Dr. w. D. Nowlin, Louis vile, Ky, and Dr. A. S. Petite, White vile, Ky The principal points ad- vanced by them were: The convention would in short time come under com piete domination of the women since the men would not wrangle with them on the floor of the convention. and that strict interpretation of PauPg epistle to the Corinthians which deals with the subject of feminine participa- tion in the conduct of churches, for bade them voice in church govern ment.
 E. D. Gray, corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Board, in making his report, requested contribution or apportionment by the churches of I million dollars to advance the work of the church next year in army can- tonments.
 The report of the foreign mission board showed that the churches for the first time in their history had contributed more than million dol lars for foreign missions. The exact amount was given as $1 ,006,1S9.
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POLICE GOING OVER TO
 HELP SWAT THE KAISER.
Mauch Chunk Guardians of the Peace Join Americas Soldiers of the
 Sea in a Body.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 17.-Ever hear of town so quiet and orderly that the entire police force, in order to. get something to keep them busy, enlisted in the marine corps?
 That is the case of little town of Mauch Chunk, Pa, which recently waved a found farewell to it's whole police department without a qualm of fear for it's own safety as the men left for Paris, Island, s. C., the marine training camp
 The force consisted of four able bodied men-Robert Nader, Clinton Nader, Charles Shut and Chester Bis by.
 The jail at Mauch Chunk has not been occupied by a prisoner since last Christmas, hence the departure of the guardians of the peace.
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Hun Names Barred for Railway Stops

Baton Rouge, La, May 17.--Sta- tions on the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company's lines bearing the names of Teutohic origin must be renamed, under an order issued today by the state railroad commission, The commission in directing the change or dered the railroad to substitute "Tun- ica" for "Wilhelm," named for Will liam Edenborn, president of the com pany
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ons took OvCr' 1t was picnic: they would yell across that they were Sax ons and would not fire. Both sides would sit on the parapet and carry on conversation. This generally consist ed of Tommy telling them how much ne loved the kaiser, while the Saxons Informed Tommy that King George was particular friend of theirs and hoped that he was doing nicely.
 When the Saxons were to be relieved by Prussians or Bavarians. they would yell this information across No Mans Land and Tommy would immediately tumble into his trench and keep his head down.
 1T an English regiment was to be re lieved by the wild Irish, Tommy would tell the Saxons, and immediately vol. ley of "Donner und Blitzens" could be heard and it was Fritz's turn to get a crick in his back from stooping, and the people in Berlin would close their windows.
 Usually when an Irishmau takes over trench, just before stand down" in thc morning, he sticke his rifle over Ne top aimed in the direction of Der llh, and engages in what is known as Inc mad minute.n This consists of .A.Ag fifteen shots in minute. He n3l a !ins anything in particular
 just sends over each shot with a tionally good and welI-trained fighters 
 from the actual firing line, claiming that the officers. when selecting man for servants duty, generally picked the man who had been out the longest and llAew the ropes.
 But from my observation I find that large percentage of the servants do go over the top, but behind the lines they very seldom engage in digging parties, fatigues, parades CT drills. This work is as necessary as actually engaging in an attack therefore I think 1t would be safe to say that the all- md work of the two hundred thou sand is about equal to fifty thousand men who are on straight military du. ties. In numerous instances, officers
 
 rals and they assume the same duties and authority of a butler, the one stripe giving him precedence over the other servants.
 There are lots of amusing stories told of 70. S."
 One day one of our majors went into the servants billet and commenced "blinding' at them, saying that his 1 horse had no straw and that he per sonally knew that strlw had been is- sued for this purpose. He called the lance-corporal to account. The cor poral answered, "Blime me, sir, the straw was issued, but there wasn't enough left over from the servants beds; in fact, we had to use some of the 'ay to 'elp out, sir"
 It is needless to say that the serv- ants dispensed with their soft beds that particular night.
 Nevertheless it is not the fault of the individual officer, it is just the sur yival of quaint old English custom. You know an Englishman cannot be changed in a day.
 But the average English officer fs U good sport. He will sit on a fire step and listen respectfully to Private Jones theory of the way the war should be conducted. This war is gradually crumbling the once insur- mountable wall of caste.
 You would be convinced of this If you could see King George go among his men on an inspecting tour under fire, or pause before a little wooden
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prayer, hoping that one of his strays will get some poor unsuspecting Fritz in the napper hundreds of yards be- hind the lines. It generally does; that's the reason the Boches hate the man from Erin's isle.
 The Saxons, though better than the PrHssians and Bavarians. have nasty trai of treachery in their makeup.
 At one point of the line where the tre nches ere very close. stake was ,.riven into the ground midway be- tween tho hostile lines. At night when II was his turn. Tommy would crnNl to this take and attach some London phpers to 1t, while at the foot he would place tins of bully beet. flags, sweets, and other delicacies that he had re- ceived from Bllghty in the ever looked for parcel. Later on Fritz would come out and get these luxuries.
 The next night Tommy would go out tc see what Fritz put into his stocking. The donation generally consisted of a paper from Berlin, telling who was winning the war. some timed sausages, clgars, and occasionally little beer, but funny thing, Tommy never re- turned with the beer unless 1t was in side of him. His platoon got whiff of his breath one night and the offending Tommy lost hls job.
 One night young English sergeant crawled to the stake and as he tried to detach the German paper a bomb ex- ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz had set trap and gained another vic tim which was only one more black mark against him in the book of this 'var. From that time on diplomatic re
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND-
 MENT.
Proposed ConstitutionaI Amendment
 No. 16.

Providing Credit of State may be loaned and indebtedness incurred to an amount not exceeding two per cent of state for the purpose of proyidipi; funds to be loaned upon the security of farm lands within the State or max ing farm loans; providing Gove.n)r, Secratary of State and State Land Com missioner shall constitute State Land Board having authority to sell boa Is in name of State, place money in state f.tlrehasers of farm lands in Arkansas. and prescribing manner in which such loans shall be made and repaid, dele eating 10 the Legislature the authority to provide for carrying out. adminis- terfng and safeguarding the prov ions of this amendment: providing. all pro visions of the Constitution of Arkan- sas in conflict with this amendment sre repealed
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
FOR AMENDMENT NO. Is. AGAINST AMENDMENT NO. u

Fse It Resolved by the House of Rep xesep5.fiyes and the Senate of tie state of Arkansas, the Majority of both Houses Agreeing Theretci
 nosed as an amendment to the Consti- fution of tho State of Arkansas and the same being submitted to the cleo tors of the State for approval or r4- lection af the next general election for Senators and Representatives if ma forftv of the electors voting at such same shali become a part of the Com
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
Notice of Confirmation

Notice IS hereby given that there .s uas peen Hied Tn my office as clerk of ene Shancery court petition for the confirmation of the title to the EJb of NEA the ISWA of NEl, and all of tiIe 1a of SEA that lies north of the Oqachlta. river in Section .. in IownsHhip' z South of Range 30 West. m Polk county, Arkansas. containing lo2 acres more or less, and the quiet Ing and confirming the title to the same Tn Alex Fleming. the petitioner lands or any interest therein are here- py warned to appear in this court in the next six weeks and show cause. if any, there, be, why the title to said firmed in Alex Fleming, the petitioner
 Witness my hand and seal as clerk of the Polk Chancery court on this April IT, 1918. w. L. Parker,
 lst pub. April IS, 1918.
 Last pub. May 22, 1918.
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Notice for Publication


 Department of the Interior. U. s. Land Office at Camden. Arkansas. May 10. 1918.
 Notice is hereby given that
 JUSTIN w. KINGSBURY of Potter. Arkansas. who. on April T. 1913. made a Homestead Entry. Serial No; 06050, for the SEA- SEA-. Sec, 1S- Eh NEH. Sec. 19 and the SWH NWA. Section 20. Township 2 s.. Range 32 W. 9th Principal Meridian has filed notice of intention to make Final Three Year Proof. to establish claim to the land above described be- fore the Circuit Clerk of Polk county. at Mena. Arkansas. on the 21st day of June. 1918.
 Claimant names as witnesses; D B. Roberts. J. T Winton and ". T. Weatherford of Potter. .Arkansas. and A. L. Roberts of Hatfield. Arkan-
 R. D. Newton. Register Adv.-First Pub. May 16. 1918. Last Pub. June 13. 1918.
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Nerve and Discretion.

The Senate has finally worked up it's nerve to the point of tackling the charges of disloyalty made months ago against Senator LaFollette. La Toilette, himself has had the sense to lie very low.
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lations were severed.

Returning to Tommy, I think his spirit is best shown in the questions he asks. It is never "who Is going to win" but always ''how long will 1t takef"
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Men Wanted-To work at sawmills,
 planer and to drive lumber and log teams. Steady work at good wages. For further particulars apply to M. L. Harris Lumber Co.,, Crum Creek, Ok. Adv. 17-3t.
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Warniue OrfIer

State of Arkansas. County of Polk. e. Plaintiff. vs. A. w. Ward. Defend- ant-ln. the Polk Circuit Court.
 The defendant. A. w. Ward. ia warned to appear in this court wituin thirty days and answer the complaint of the plaintiff. Golf Brothers & Gam May l. 1918.
 W. L. PARKER. Clerk. 1st pub. May 2. 1918: last. May J9
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
For Indigestion, Constipation or
 BIiousness

Just try one 5O-cent bottle of LAx-FoS WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive Laxative pleasant to take. Made and recommended to the public by Paris Medi- cine Co. manufacturers of Laxative Promo ouinine and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-05-23
LEGAL NOTICES.
PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMEND
 MENT,
Proposed ConstitutIonal Amendment
 No. 1f.

Amending Sections 2 and 3 of Article of the Constitution of the State of Arkansas; providing that the Supreme Court of the State shall be composed of Essociate Justices; providing the Judges may sit in two divisions and otherwise providing the manner in which the court shall sit and shall rem der its decisions.
 Providing for the selection and elec- ton of the two additional Judges.
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PROHIBITION DURING WAR.
Memorialize Wilson to Stop Sale and Manufacture of Alcoholic Beverages.

Manufacture of Alcoholic Beverages.
 Washington, May 14.-Complete prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages during the war was asked of President Wilson and Congress today in a memorial signed by the national service and war committee of twenty protestant organizations and six interdenomina- tional agencies.
 ~------------- rs---------.--s Tor saie--Complete grist mill, nearly
 new, in good condition. has hn gasoline engine, 2O-ln. Williams nil John Bowmer Cove, Ark. Adv. is-z
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-08
SAYS SHARK MEAT is GOOD
Writer Declares Flesh Looks and
Tastes Much Like That of Young
Pig, but Is Not as Juicy.

A good many people do not know
how sharks, meat tastes when it is
cooked. There is some talk of a gov
ernment investigation of this matter,
observes the Hartford Courant, so that
everybody may get the taste as second
hand. The writer of this paragraph,
owing to the fact that he was a good
deal of seashere man at the time,
has tasted cooked shark for himself.
The flesh of the shark, when South
ern cook presides over the kitchen,
looks: very much like the meat of a
young pig, and. tastes very much like
that meat. The main difference is that
the flesh of the infant hog is a trifle
more juicy.
When one reflects that part of the
shark family was created with relish
for human flesh, or has been brought
to this liking by some millions OF
years of evolution, it seems odd that
MANI when he gets the chance, should
also like. to eat the. shark. 1t goes to
show that in the general scheme OF ex-
istence nothing is wasted.
The shark can get good dinner out
of a man, and the man can get a good
dinner out of shark 1t all depends
on which one gets the other first. In
either case it is fair eating for the one
who. gets the dinner.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-08
HAVE A LESSON IN FRENCH
Family and Friends of Young Indian
apoIis Officer Learn the Meaning
of "Sans Origin"

The;Son of a prominent indianapolis
business man recently received COM
mission and. was. called for service in
France. relates the Indianapolis News.
The family and many friends of the
young lieutenant were anxious to learn
of his. safe trip across, and the father
received many inquiries about his
sons welfare during the weeks of ST.
lence following his departure.
Finally caBIegram was received
and the word was passed around that
the soldiersSboy had landed safely.
Someone thoughtfully inquired just
where the ~cablegram came from, and
close inspection of the message re-
yealed' what. Was thought to be either
the port of landing or the headquar-
tcrs Of American troops. 1t was writ
ten plainly enough, across the top of
the message Sorigin.'' Specu-
lations was rife; office associates
brought out aliases; maps and encyclo-
pedias We're consulted to find out, il
possible, whetlIef the young officer was
near the scene Of activities, at a port,
or in-the south of France. Finally
someone with knowledge of French
spoiled al the fun by, informing the
eager group. that @aSans origin" was
the French equivalent to somewhere, j"
or, literally, without origin. The ca
BILE operator who had copied the mes
sage s:had merely divided the letters
in the two words at the wrong place.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-08
Old Friends Meet.

This world is not such big place
after ALL. Recently, at Forty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue, writes a New
York correspondent, one of our boys
in khaki met an Italian soldier with
one sleeve of his coat tucked in,
..Why,'' gasped the American. "Bien,"
returned. thes Italian. The two had
met in Florence, Italy, three years ago.
On the lapel of the American there
was,a small nickel-plated model OF the
Statue of Liberty, enfolded in an
American flag. The italian asked if
he might have it for keepsake
"Solne day I'll come to your land"
he said, smiling. Hand 'sI'l bring it
back to YOU" And. when the Ameri
can ,.and Italian came face to face
the man from the sunny climes still
wore the emblem of Liberty on his
breast. "And must l return it?" he
asked. swell, hardly" returned the
American. "You have earned it
thousand times. Your sacrifice has
BEEN for what it represents-liberty
and Justice" ''That Is right, yes, but
is it not worth the sacrifice? Yes
worth it ten thousand times"
The daily morning oasis., 1918-01-08
The Dream of a World Court.

The thought of an international
court or conference for the settle
ment of International disputes is not
new,S writes OSesf ;Hallam in Case
and Comment. %Gr6tids suggested it
nearly three hundred Years ago dur
ing the Thirty Years war.
William Penn, in 1893, proposed the
establishment of European diet, par
lament or estates for the maintenance
of perpetual peace
Rousseau, Kant and Bentham fol-
lowed. Sumner. devoted himself to the
question of disarmament, the estab-
lishment Ola congress of nations, and
the abolition of waraby means of an
international court of justice.